Golden Eagles close out 2024 with 7th place finish at State Championships
LEMOORE – With a score of 61 points, Lemoore College finished in seventh place out of 20 teams at the season-ending 3C2A State Championships. The two-day event, hosted by Lemoore, closed out on Saturday at Golden Eagle Arena.
Four of the Golden Eagles' nine wrestlers that qualified for the event placed among the state's top-six. Jimmy Reyes at 125 and Gio Urbieta at 133 both led the way with third-place showings in their respective weight divisions.
Reyes was a 3-1 winner over Ryland Madrid of Mt. San Antonio College in the third-place match. He ended the weekend with a 4-1 record. Urbieta had a huge win in his third-place match as he earned a 21-8 major decision over Santa Ana College's Ricardo Solorio. Urbieta closed with a 5-1 record.
Also for the Golden Eagles, Philip Arroyo took fourth place at the 165-pound weight class and Robert Felipe finished fifth at the 184-pound division.
LEMOORE FINAL RESULTS
125 – Jimmy Reyes, 3rd place
3rd Place Match
Jimmy Reyes (Lemoore College) 4-1, over Rylan Madrid (Mt. San Antonio College) 4-2, (Dec 3-1)
133 – Gio Urbieta, 3rd place
3rd Place Match
Gio Urbieta (Lemoore College) 5-1, over Ricardo Solorio (Santa Ana College) 3-2, (MD 21-8)
165 – Philip Arroyo, 4th place
3rd Place Match
Isaac Romero-Martinez (Modesto Junior College) 4-1, over Philip Arroyo (Lemoore College) 4-2, (Dec 11-7)
184 – Robert Felipe, 6th place
5th Place Match
Farzad Hashimi (Cerritos College) 3-2, over Robert Felipe (Lemoore College) 2-3, (Dec 6-2)
