Cuesta Wrestling opened the 2022 campaign fresh off a Top 10 finish at the 2021 CCCAA State Championships.  The Cougars finished right in the middle of the pack at the season-opening Sac City Tournament with a 7th place finish out of 13 teams.  Cuesta brought ten wrestlers in six different weight classes to the event and posted a combined 15-17 record, while boasting three place winners.  Leading the pack was 2021 State Place Winner Sami Barakat (pict-L).  Barakat went 3-0 at 165 to win his weight division.  Freshman Gabriel Rivera and 2021 Regional Place Winner Quinn Patrick (pict-R) both just missed a trip to the finals.  Rivera took 3rd place at 125 with a 2-1 mark and Patrick finished 4th at 174.  

The Cougars are back in action next Saturday at the West Hills Tournament in Lemoore.  

Sac City Tournament

125- Gabriel Rivera (2-1)-3rd, Andres Cervantes (0-2)

133- None

141- Danny Gonzalez (2-2)

149- Cael Cooper (1-2)

157- Jasun Bautista (1-2)

165- Sami Barakat (3-0)- 1st, Henry Catalan (2-2), Nati Morales-De La Vega (0-2)

174- Quinn Patrick (3-2)- 4th, Ashkan Dehnaey (1-2)