{"id":5248,"date":"2026-01-14T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2026-01-14T18:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T18:24:00","slug":"philpot-calvillo-bring-home-firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/?p=5248","title":{"rendered":"Philpot, Calvillo bring home firsts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Gladiator Wrestling Club members compete in Jr. NorCal Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake County Sports on Facebook<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ANDERSON &gt;&gt; Thomas Philpot of the Gladiators Wrestling Club went 4-0 with three pins and one technical fall to win the 100-pound division for fifth- and sixth-graders Sunday at the Jr. NorCal Championships in Anderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also placing first for the Gladiators was Fernando Calvillo, who went 2-0 with two pins, the third straight tournament he\u2019s finished first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second-place medals went to Jameson Philpot, who was second in the division for first- and second-graders, and to Cristiano Lopez, who was second for third- and fourth-graders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Placing third was Kailaya Philpot at 85 pounds. Another third-place medal went to Sebastian James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elijah Lopez came in sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese kids battle every day to strive to be better,\u201d Gladiators coach Hugo Salazar said. \u201cIt\u2019s not about the short gain; it is about inspiring the kids to be more than they can believe, then smashing those goals and making new ones. I look forward to working with these kids every day. It is the highlight of my day to be surrounded by young student-athletes who strive to be better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gladiator Wrestling Club members compete in Jr. NorCal Championships Lake County Sports on Facebook ANDERSON &gt;&gt; Thomas Philpot of the Gladiators Wrestling Club went 4-0 with three pins and one technical fall to win the 100-pound division for fifth- and sixth-graders Sunday at the Jr. NorCal Championships in Anderson. Also placing first for the Gladiators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68,67,60,61],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5250,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5248\/revisions\/5250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briansumptersports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}