Holley pins all four of his opponents at New Year’s Resolution tournament
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MIDDLETOWN >> The CORE Wrestling Club took 17 of its members to the New Year’s Resolution Tournament on Sunday in Middletown and four wrestlers came home with first-place medals.
Winning their weight divisions were Eric Holley (8-and-under, 43-47 pounds), Amazing Pena (10-and-under, 96-104 pounds), Tucker Heywood (12-and-under, 88-94 pounds) and Wyatt Hooten (10-and-under, 55-73 pounds). Hooten pinned two opponents and beat the other by major decision.
“The kids wrestled well considering that they were on winter break,” CORE coach Danny Cuellar said. “They showed some guts out there. We’re really proud of Eric Holley for doing the little things in his matches to come out with a first-place medals and four pins.”
Bringing home second-place medals were Daniel Clark, who went 2-1 with one pin in the 12-and-under, 63-74-pound division; Tony Howland, who pinned two opponents in the middle-school, 98-108-pound division; Liliana Williams in the middle-school, 90-98-pound division; Georgia Emerson in the middle-school, 125-132-pound division; and Skyler Ramirez, including a win by pin, in the PeeWee, 41-59-pound division.
Third-place honors went to Jessie Taylor Jr. (8-and-under, 45-48 pounds), who two matches by pin; to Ryan Ramirez (10-and-under, 55-73 pounds), who also had a pin; to Deegan Clark (12-and-under, 63-74 pounds); to Andrew Reams (12-and-under, 91-106 pounds), who had a pin; to Hannah Oweis (middle school, 78-83 pounds); and to Timothy Williams (67-75 pounds).
Finishing fourth were Kholton Downey, Timothy Williams and Ryder White Eagle.
“I was very proud of some of our first-year wrestlers,” coach Daniel Hooten said. “You can see things are starting to click for them and as a coach, that makes me happy. I saw some good techniques and effort, and that’s all I need as a coach.”
CORE wrestlers scored the most team match points with 343.
CORE next hits the mat for the New Year’s Bash 2025 on Sunday in Folsom.
