UPDATE, 4:57 p.m.: Since this one is ridiculously long, I'll start a new post for the championship matches, which are slated to begin at 6 p.m. Here are your top 10 in team standings heading to the finals. The consolation bracket was good to Selma, but not good enough. It's a three-horse race heading to the finals, with the top two your likely contenders. If everything breaks right, Bakersfield could still make some noise, but three of the Drillers' four finalists are going in as underdogs.

Buchanan 131.5 (3 finalists)
Clovis 127 (5)
Bakersfield 124 (4)
Selma 114 (1)
Lemoore 79.5 (3)
Clovis West 68 (2)
Washington Union 61.5 (1)
Clovis East 44 (0)
Sunnyside 36 (0)
Madera 33 (1)

UPDATE, 4:29 p.m.: Just received word that the Oakland Section winners didn't meet CIF requirements for state at 119, 125, 130 and 140 pounds, giving the Central Section an extra spot at those weights. The lucky losers are: Exeter's Jason Gagnon, Tehachapi's Jared Steinbach, Clovis' Sonny Cervantes and Arvin's Francisco Bugambilia.

UPDATE, 4:24 p.m.: I'm taking a look at state qualifiers per team and still trying to get math to work out, but here's what I've got so far: Buchanan has nine qualifiers, followed by Selma with eight, and Clovis and Bakersfield with seven each. It looks like 24 Kern County wrestlers will make it to state, down from 27 last year, though I dare say this group has a little more quality.

Third-place results: 103—Stevan Knoblauch, Clovis West, dec. David Rico, Washington Union, 6-4; 112—Chris Diaz, Sanger, pinned Natrelle Demison, Bakersfield, 1:25; 119—A.J. Valles, Selma, inj. default Sonny Perez, Hoover; 125—Nick Pena, Selma, dec. Damien Arredondo, Buchanan, 4-0; 130—Timmy Box, Bakersfield, dec. Jose Mendoza, Selma, 14-12; 135—Nathan Zarate, Selma, dec. Alec Dieter, Clovis, 7-6; 140—Nick Escalera, Selma, dec. Javier Sanchez, Ridgeview, 3-2; 145—Alex Rodriguez, Washington Union, pinned Martin Cueto, Liberty, 1:30.

Fifth-place results: 103—Adrian Rodriguez, Buchanan, dec. Justin Jauregui, Clovis East, 3-0; 112—Diego Quintana, Selma, maj.dec. Silverio Esparza, Lemoore, 10-1; 119—Connor Larson, Clovis East, dec. Alex Perez, Lemoore, 4-0; 125—Chris Calcagno, Clovis East, dec. Robert Patino, Exeter, 5-3; 130—Kevin Rojas, Kerman, pinned Anthony Waters, Buchanan, 1:57; 135—Gabe Ramirez, Monache, dec. Moses Quesada, Clovis East, 7-5; 140—Matt Negrete, Buchanan, pinned Michael Martinez, Wasco, 2:28; 145—Brian Perrault, Clovis East, inj. default Lance Castenada, Frontier; 152—Justin Lozano, Selma, pinned Mago Ramos, Hoover, 1:10; 160—Amandeep Singh, Delano, maj.dec. Tyler Grandal, Kingsburg, 15-6.

UPDATE, 3:55 p.m.: Another survivor who has had a bad day is Buchanan 215-pounder Holden Smith, a runner-up at divisionals last week who had to wrestle for seventh. Smith pinned McFarland's Jesus Urrea in the second period to move on to state.

Consolation semifinal winners: 171—Zach Nevills, Clovis, and Erik Sotelo, Yosemite; 189—Jake Gingold, Buchanan, and Nick Corona-Zamarripa, Hanford West; 215—Noel Gomez, Cesar Chavez, and Michael Renteria, Washington Union; HWT—Byron Mancia, Sunnyside, and Angel Posadas, Foothill.

Seventh-place winners: 215—Holden Smith, Buchanan; HWT—Teddy Furnish, Kerman.

UPDATE, 3:40 p.m.: Dwight Flores, Tulare Union's top-ranked 171-pounder, has survived to state. He lost two overtime matches earlier, but since he was the top seed, he still had a chance to wrestle for seventh place. In that match, he just pinned Tanner Roberts of Kingsburg in 0:28, and he'll live to see another day.

Consolation semifinal winners: 140—Javier Sanchez, Ridgeview, and Nick Escalera, Selma; 145—Alex Rodriguez, Washington Union, and Martin Cueto, Liberty; 152—Nikko Reyes, Clovis West, and Martin Fabbian, Buchanan; 160—Lewis Pedraza, Madera South, and Jose Ramirez, Bakersfield.

Seventh-place winners: 145—Nick Gizzo, Madera Ranchos-Liberty; 152—Vincent Rubio, Clovis East; 160—James St. John, Tehachapi; 171—Dwight Flores, Tulare Union; 189—Michael Machado, Arvin.

UPDATE, 3:16 p.m.: We've begun consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches here, but I wanted to update team standings and finalist information. Here are the top 10 in team standings with number of finalists in parentheses:

Clovis 113 (5)
Buchanan 104.5 (3)
Bakersfield 102.5 (4)
Lemoore 79.5 (3)
Selma 70 (1)
Clovis West 53 (2)
Washington Union 38.5 (1)
Clovis East 38 (0)
Madera 29 (1)
Clovis North (1), Madera South (1) and Liberty (1), 27

So, strength over numbers so far today. Bakersfield is in competition for a championship, something that seemed pretty unlikely last week, when the Drillers were a distant third to Clovis and Buchanan. But with Buchanan struggling and Selma having a disastrous semifinal round, Bakersfield fills that gap. Consolation matches will be huge here in determining positioning in team standings before the finals.

A new set of brackets, through the semifinals, is attached. To add to that...

Some consolation semifinal winners: 103—Stevan Knoblauch, Clovis West, and David Rico, Washington Union; 112—Chris Diaz, Sanger, and Natrelle Demison, Bakersfield; 119—A.J. Valles, Selma, and Sonny Perez, Hoover; 125—Nick Pena, Selma, and Damien Arredondo, Buchanan; 130—Jose Mendoza, Selma, and Timmy Box, Bakersfield; 135—Nathan Zarate, Selma, and Alec Dieter, Clovis.

And some seventh-place results for the last state spot from the Central Section: 103—Lupe Flores, Exeter; 112—Marc Collier, East; 119—Peter Gonzalez, East; 125—Gabriel Velasquez, Hanford; 130—Derik Rizo, Foothill; 135—Mickey Phanthavong, Granite Hills; 140—David Gevorgian, Bullard.

UPDATE, 2:43 p.m.: An upset here that's good for Kern County and bad for Clovis' team chances. Shafter's Rene Medina, down 3-0 to Clovis' Zach Nevills, gets a takedown, lets Nevills escape and then gets another takedown with seconds left to tie the match. In overtime, Medina got a funky-looking takedown that he turned into a pin with 12 seconds on the clock. He'll wrestle another upstart, Washington Union's Mark Narvaez, who beat Yosemite's Erik Sotelo 5-4.

At 189 pounds, Tommy Burriel has already dispatched Hanford West's Nick Corona-Zamarripa with a 15-4 major decision. He'll wrestle Central's Rodolfo Juarez in the championship. Juarez avenged a loss to Buchanan's Jake Gingold last week with a 5-2 decision.

They're wrestling semis on three mats now, so I've got a paragraph going for each weight. Bakersfield's Brian Schoene just took down Hanford West's Jonathan Garcia in the first 215 semifinal. A quick tilt and Schoene leads 5-0. He'll hang on 7-1 and wrestle Edison's Rykeem Yates, who's busy dominating Chavez's Noel Gomez. Gomez nearly turned a five-point move to stun everyone there, but Yates recovered, got to his belly and will win 6-2. Schoene beat Yates in an entertaining semifinal match at last week's divisional (3-1 maybe?).

Finally, at heavyweight, Lemoore's Loren Baize dominated Foothill's Angel Posadas in what figured to be a close match. He led 5-0 already when he pinned Posadas in 1:39. That's only a mild upset, but the ease of Baize's victory is pretty surprising. Baize gives Lemoore two finalists and will wrestle divisional champ Kyle Papendorf of Buchanan, who's not as big as some of the other heavyweights but is solid technically. Papendorf out-pointed Byron Mancia of Sunnyside 3-0. Should be a real contrast in styles in the final, another semifinal rematch from last week.

Now onto seventh-place matches and consolation semifinals. Remember, the seventh placers are important. Winners go to state; losers are just alternates.

Finalists: 171—Rene Medina, Shafter, vs. Mark Narvaez, Washington Union; 189—Tommy Burriel, Clovis, vs. Rodolfo Juarez, Central; 215—Brian Schoene, Bakersfield, vs. Rykeem Yates, Edison; HWT—Loren Baize, Lemoore, vs. Kyle Papendorf, Buchanan.

Consolation winners: HWT—Luis Contreras, Madera, and Antonio Hernandez, East

UPDATE, 2:13 p.m.: Bryce Hammond was upset in last week's Divisional semifinals, but he's still dangerous, and he's proving it in his semifinal with Clovis West's Nikko Reyes. Hammond has a slim 2-0lead late in the third period, and twice he's turned Reyes shots into stalemates late. Hammond will wrestle for the championship against Clovis'  Cameren Kelley, who turned in another head-to-head victory for the Cougars against Buchanan's Martin Fabbian. That score was 3-2, with Kelley's early takedown holding up with a third-period escape for victory.

A quick note from the consolations, where Tulare Union 171-pounder, who won the Yosemite Divisional last week, lost his second straight overtime match and is now dangerously close to missing state. He'll wrestle Tanner Roberts of Kingsburg for seventh.

In the 160-pound finals, the saga that is James Cook of Madera and Stephen West of Buchanan, former Bears teammates, have wrestled the past two weeks for league and divisional titles (West has won both), and they're trying to meet again. West is facing Bakersfield's Jose Ramirez, and Cook against Lewis Pedraza of Madera South in a repeat of last week's semifinalists at divisionals. Cook won easily against Pedraza from the looks of it, and I believe West has a comfy lead on Ramirez. West will win 6-0. Actually, Cook's match was tight, but he moves on for the rematch with a 5-4 decision.

Next round will be consolation semifinals plus the all important seventh-place matches. Then we'll wrestle for third and fifth place.

Finals matchups: 152—Cameren Kelley, Clovis, vs. Bryce Hammond, Bakersfield; 160—James Cook, Madera, vs. Stephen West, Buchanan.

Consolation winners: 171—Chris Heath, Sunnyside, and Matt Wykoff, Mt. Whitney; 189—Wade Jackson, Kingsburg, and Shane Ellis, Frontier; 215—Juan Hernandez, Sunnyside, and Michael Renteria, Washington Union.

UPDATE, 1:51 p.m.: For the second straight week, it's a great show when 140-pounders Jonah Cruz of Bakersfield and Javier Sanchez of Ridgeview (and formerly of BHS) get together. Last week, Cruz won 3-1. This week, Sanchez gets the first takedown and nearly has another in the second period, but Cruz, always so technically sound, ducks under his arm and gets his own TD, then adds two quick nearfall points on a tilt for a crucial swing and a 6-2 lead. Now Cruz, who held on for a 7-4 win, will get another shot at Lemoore's Nicholas Sierra, who beat him in OT in last week's divisional final. 8-3 for Sierra over Buchanan's Matt Negrete.

At 145 pounds, Scott Sakaguchi overpowered Martin Cueto of Liberty and pinned him in 3:48. Frontier's Lance Castaneda and Bakersfield's Adam Fierro are staging a battle over on Mat 1 to meet Sak. Looks like Fierro is a 5-1 winner.

Finalists: 140—Nicholas Sierra, Lemoore, vs. Jonah Cruz, Bakersfield; 145—Scott Sakaguchi, Clovis, vs. Adam Fierro, Bakersfield

Consolation winners: 140—Michael Martinez, Wasco, and Nick Escalera, Selma; 145—Brian Perreault, Clovis East, and Alex Rodriguez, Washington Union; 152—Justin Lozano, Selma, and Mago Ramos, Hoover; 160—Tyler Grandal, Kingsburg, and Amandeep Singh, Delano.

UPDATE, 1:29 p.m.: Things in both 130-pound semifinals have slowed down a bit. It's hard for me to get a read on exactly what the scores are, though I think Raul Estrada of Madera South beat Jose Mendoza of Slema with a late takedown. And that's confirmed. In the other semifinal, another Buchanan upset victim, this time Anthony Waters, who blew a 3-0 lead after two periods and lost 4-3 to Porterville's Shane Yacuta. Waters was penalized a point for stalling and one for three cautions on Waters, it looks like. The Bears are still ahead for now in the team standings, but they're losing chances at valuable points.

Now for the chance at an all-Kern County final at 135. Liberty's Greg Kapler is tangling with Selma's Nathan Zarate. I don't think there is score yet in that match, but Kapler is on the mat hurt. In the other semi, it's undefeated Seth Hicks of Centennial and Gabe Ramirez of Monache, which I believe was a semifinal last week also won by Hicks.

Kapler is up and wrestling again. It looks like Hicks has a lead way over on Mat 1. Kapler is one of the funkier wrestlers you'll ever see, one second on his back and the next with his opponent on being pinned. Can be very dangerous for both guys. I think Zarate got nearfall in that last exchange, but I didn't see the signal. Meanwhile, Hicks takes Ramirez down to his back, and though the Monache wrestler was able to spin around, Hicks is in complete control. He's the winner, 7-2.

Will Kapler finally join him for that showdown? You bet! Some late nearfall from Kapler and he beats Zarate 11-6.

Finals matchups: 130—Shane Yacuta, Porterville, vs. Raul Estrada, Madera South;  135—Seth Hicks, Centennial, vs. Greg Kapler, LIberty.

Consolation winners: 130—Kevin Rojas, Kerman, and Timmy Box, Bakersfield; 135— Moses Quesada, Clovis East, and Alec Dieter, Clovis.

UPDATE, 1:08 p.m.: I've attached a copy of the brackets, but they're only updated through the quarterfinals. I'll try to update the file when the semifinals end.

There's another great semifinal ongoing, this one at 119 pounds. Clovis West's Chris Martinez and Selma's A.J. Valles are locked 2-2 heading to overtime on Mat 2. Buchanan's Stephen Meredith beat Clovis East's Connor Larson already in the other semi, 8-1. Now Martinez is in on a shot, trying to finish as Valles wraps his legs around Martinez's head. They continue to circle, and Martinez is awarded two! He'll meet Meredith in the final.

Clovis comes up with a big win at 125 pounds as Clinton McAlester edges Selma's Nick Pena for a spot in the finals opposite the favorite from Lemoore, Brandon Rocha.

Final matchups: 119—Stephen Meredith, Buchanan, vs. Chris Martinez, Clovis West; 125—Brandon Rocha, Lemoore, vs. Clinton McAlester, Clovis.

Consolation winners: 119—Alex Perez, Lemoore, and Sonny Perez, Hoover; 125—Chris Calcagno, Clovis East, and Damien Arredondo, Buchanan.

UPDATE, 12:46 p.m.: Fantastic 103-pound semifinal to start things off here between Clovis West's Stevan Knoblauch and Selma's Alex Cisneros. Cisneros, heavily favored and No. 1 in the state, just got a third-period escape to lead 5-4 with about 1:30 left. We'll see if Knoblauch can come up with a takedown for the stunner. Cisneros just warned for stalling. About a minute left, I'm guessing. Clovis' Daniel Gaytan has already won the other semifinal, 11-4 over Washington Union's David Rico. And Cisneros hangs on for a 6-5 victory after a late double stalling call gave both wrestlers a point.

Up next are the 112 semis and a rematch of a great quarterfinal from last week, BHS' Natrelle Demison and Clovis North's Vince Rodriguez. Other semi is Chris Diaz against Zach Zimmer. Demison lost to Rodriguez 9-6 last week, and this one looks a bit more lopsided, from what I can see. Several takedowns for the Bronco in the second period. And a 9-2 final.

Finalists: 103—Daniel Gaytan, Clovis, vs. Alex Cisneros, Selma; 112—Vince Rodriguez, Clovis North, vs. Zach Zimmer, Clovis West.

Consolation winners (state qualifiers): 103—Adrian Rodriguez, Buchanan, and Justin Jauregui, Clovis East; 112—Diego Quintana, Selma, and Silverio Esparza, Lemoore.

UPDATE, 12:21 p.m.: The final winners from the first round of consolation: 145—Brian Perrault, Clovis East; 152—Anthony Tirado, Kingsburg; 189—Shane Ellis, Frontier; 215—Jesus Urrea, McFarland; HWT—Logan Enos, Dos Palos, and Antonio Hernandez, East

UPDATE, 12:12 p.m.: This round is going quickly, with lots of pins and an injury default or two to boot. A couple of notable wrestlers who are out already: Josh Zinkin of Clovis West at 140 (he was pinned by Bullard's David Gevorgian and appeared to injure his right leg pretty badly) and Nathan Poteete of Buchanan, who I think was hurt in the first round and tried to wrestle in the consolations. He was pinned in the third period by Mt. Whitney's Matt Wykoff.

Consolation quarterfinals — where winners are statebound — and semifinals are coming up next, probably about 12:30 or 12:45. Finals tonight are slated for 6 p.m.

More consolation winners: 119—Jason Gagnon, Exeter; 130—Derik Rizo, Foothill; 135—Mikeal Ruiz, Kerman, and Alec Dieter, Clovis; 140—Francisco Bugambilia, Arvin, and David Gevorgian, Bullard; 145—Nick Gizzo, Madera Ranchos-Liberty; 152—Vincent Rubio, Clovis East; 160—James St. John, Tehachapi, and Dalton Endes, Centennial; 171—Matt Wykoff, Mt. Whitney, and Chris Heath, Sunnyside; 189—Hugo Ferrer, Caruthers, and Shane Ellis, Frontier. 215—Holden Smith, Buchanan.

UPDATE, 11:57 a.m.: Your first batch of consolation winners is here. Remember, winners here go on to the conso quarters and need to go just 1-1 from here on out to qualify. Losers won't be going to Rabobank Arena next weekend for state, at least not to wrestle.

103—Adrian Rodriguez, Buchanan, and Harley Davis, Monache; 112—Juan Santos, Farmersville, and Marc Collier, East; 119—Sonny Perez, Hoover; 125—Chris Calcagno, Clovis North, and Gabriel Velasquez, Hanford; 130—Kevin Rojas, Kerman.

UPDATE, 11:47 a.m.: The lightweight consolation matches have just started, and these are big ones. Losers at each weight are two of the unlucky three who won't make it from here to state; winners go on to the consolation quarterfinals, where even if they lose, they can wrestle for seventh and a spot in state.

While we have a second, though, let's take a look at semifinalists (and automatic state qualifiers) by school.

Buchanan had 11 wrestlers here, the most of anyone, with Selma and Clovis at 9 each and Bakersfield at 7. Here's who's still alive for a championship:

Buchanan 7
Clovis 6
Bakersfield 6
Selma 5
Clovis West 4
Lemoore 3
2 each — Washington Union, Madera South, Liberty, Hanford West
1 each — Clovis North, Sanger, Clovis East, Exeter, Porterville, Centennial, Monache, Ridgeview, Sunnyside, Foothill, Shafter, Frontier, Madera, Central, Yosemite, Cesar Chavez, Edison

And the top 6 in team scores at this juncture:

Buchanan 57
Bakersfield 53.5
Clovis 48
Selma 38
Lemoore 33.5
Clovis West 31

UPDATE, 11:28 a.m.: It's now time for the big-boy quarterfinals, with one 215 quarterfinal ongoing and all four at heavyweight. That includes an early showdown between Foothill's Angel Posadas and East's Antonio Hernandez. The rivals have split four meetings this year. After this, one will be safely in state and the other in the consolation bracket.

Meanwhile, that 215 match just ended, and it looks like — don't hold me to this just yet  as it's on a far mat — an upset and another blow for Buchanan. I believe Cesar Chavez's Noel Gomez just took out the Bears' Holden Smith. Smith, who nearly beat Bakersfield's Brian Schoene in last week's Yosemite final, should be OK in the consolation bracket, but you never know. That's confirmed, now, 5-1 for Gomez over Smith.

As for Posadas and Hernandez, it's your typical heavyweight match, with little scoring and lots of leaning. Posadas just rode out Hernandez in the third period and apparently won the match. I'm guessing it was 1-0. And that's confirmed by the bout sheet, the same score Posadas won by last week.

The rest of the quarterfinal results: 189—Nick Corona-Zamarripa, Hanford West ; 215—Jonathan Garcia, Hanford West; Raykeem Yates, Edison; Noel Gomez, Cesar Chavez; HWT—Angel Posadas, Foothill; Loren Baize, Lemoore; Byron Mancia, Sunnyside; Kyle Papendorf, Buchanan

UPDATE, 11:15 a.m.: A collision of big names in a 152-pound quarterfinal now, and it's on a far mat, but from here it looks like Selma's Justin Lozano is getting the best of Bakersfield's Bryce Hammond. Could be a back-and-forth match, though, as Hammond just got a reversal and is super-dangerous on top.

Clovis wrestlers Zach Nevills and Tommy Burriel also are wrestling and appear to be in control. Nevills just wrapped things up, and in his 171 weight class, a big upset just happened right in front of us, with Yosemite's Erik Sotelo getting an overtime takedown of Yosemite champion Dwight Flores of Tulare Union for a 5-3 win. That opens up the weight class for Clovis' Nevills or Shafter's Rene Medina (who meet in one semi), though Sotello obviously is dangerous. Flores, meanwhile, is in a precarious position. Three of the four semifinalists at 171 are from the Sierra/Sequoia division.

I'm not positive Lozano was ever up in that match with Hammond, but the Drillers wrestler just had his hand raised, so a big win for Bryce Hammond there. Score was 6-4, and Hammond was down 4-2 going to the third.

More quarterfinal winners: 119—Stephen Meredith, Buchanan; 152—Martin Fabbian, Buchanan; Cameren Kelly, Clovis; Bryce Hammond, Bakersfield; 160—Stephen West, Buchanan; James Cook, Madera; Lewis Pedraza, Madera South; 171—Erik Sotelo, Yosemite; Mark Narvaez, Washington Union; Zach Nevills, Clovis; Rene Medina, Shafter; 189—Rodolfo Juarez, Central; Tommy Burriel, Clovis; Jake Gingold, Buchanan; 215—Brian Schoene, Bakersfield.

UPDATE, 10:58 a.m.: It was a 6-4 decision for Anthony Waters over Clovis' Sonny Cervantes. Right now, the loaded bracket at 140 pounds is starting to take shape. Lemoore's Nicholas Sierra got a quick pin of Wasco's Michael Martinez, and Bakersfield's Jonah Cruz and Ridgeview's Javier Sanchez are ahead on their mats. Those will be semifinals to watch. A quarterfinal to watch is Clovis' Scott Sakaguchi against Washington Union's Alex Rodriguez (no, not that one), just starting on Mat 3. They're battling in wizzer position right now, with Sakaguchi fighitng off a Rodriguez shot.

Sakaguchi now has a second-period takedown for a 2-1 lead. Cruz leads Clovis West's Josh Zinkin 6-2, though the match is starting to tighten up as Cruz appears to be getting tired. Now it's 7-4 as Zinkin gets a late takedown, but that's how it'll end.

Clovis' Scott Sakaguchi gets another takedown in the third period and now leads 4-2, I believe (I'm not facing the scoreboard). It looks like he hung on by that final score.

An overtime victory for Ridgeview's Javier Sanchez against Selma's Nick Escalera also, setting up a semifinal rematch from last week with Jonah Cruz.

More quarterfinal winners: 125—Nick Pena, Selma; 130—Anthony Waters, Buchanan; 135—Seth Hicks, Centennial; 140—Nicholas Sierra, Lemoore; Matt Negrete, Buchanan; Jonah Cruz, Bakersfield; Javier Sanchez, Ridgeview; 145—Martin Cueto, Liberty; Adam Fierro, Bakersfield, Lance Castenada, Frontier; Scott Sakaguchi; 152—Nikko Reyes, Clovis West; 160—Jose Ramirez, Bakersfield.

UPDATE, 10:38 a.m.: A big win for Liberty's Greg Kapler, who got a late tilt to put away Clovis' Alec Dieter 13-8 in a rematch of a terrific finish, won by Dieter, in last week's Yosemite Divisional. Maybe this is the week we see Kapler and his friend and rival, unbeaten Seth Hicks of Centennial, finally meet up.

Next up on that mat is a battle between Clovis and Buchanan, rivalry matches that will always be key to the team battle: It's Sonny Cervantes against Anthony Waters at 130 pounds. Looks like Waters is signing the bout card there, though I'm not sure how the victory came about.

Other quarterfinal winners: 112—Zach Zimmer, Clovis West; 119—A.J. Valles, Selma; 125—Brandon Rocha, Lemoore; 130—Jose Mendoza, Selma; 135—Greg Kapler, Liberty; Gabe Ramirez, Monache and Nathan Zarate, Selma

UPDATE, 10:26 a.m.: Several great matches — all perhaps key to Selma's title hopes — going on right now, with East's Peter Gonzalez battling Selma's A.J. Valles at 119, Clovis West's Zach Zimmer and Selma's Diego Quintana going at it at 112, and Bakersfield's Timmy Box taking on Jose Mendoza at 130.

It looks like Quintana was given a penalty point for an illegal hold during overtime against Zimmer. Quintana came back to his coaches, one of whom kept saying, "That's chicken, that's chicken." But Zimmer is the winner, and he's into the semifinals to face Sanger's Chris Diaz.

Meanwhile, a big win for Mendoza, 15-9, in a back-and-forth match over Bakersfield's Timmy Box. Box now has work to do if he's going to make state. And I see Valles signing a bout card on his mat, meaning he's beaten East's Gonzalez. So 2 of 3 for Selma ain't bad there.

UPDATE, 10:14 a.m.: Marc Collier of East had a nice start in his match with Sanger's Chris Diaz, but he couldn't stay ahead. Collier took Diaz down and very briefly to his back before the Apache got away and worked for a second-period pin.

Other quarterfinal winners are pouring in: 103—Alex Cisneros, Selma, and Daniel Gaytan, Clovis; 112—Chris Diaz, Sanger, and Vince Rodriguez, Clovis North; 119—Connor Larson, Clovis East, and Chris Martinez, Clovis West; 125—Robert Patino, Exeter, and Clinton McAlester, Clovis; 130—Shane Yacuta, Porterville, and Raul Estrada, Madera South

UPDATE, 10:01 a.m.: We're quickly into quarterfinal matches for those wrestlers who didn't have a pigtail. Those who did will have to wait a few minutes before they can hit the mats again (against the divisional winners), and those that lost have to wait for the losers of these matches for an elimination match.

Winners here are guaranteed a spot in the semifinals, at least sixth place and therefore a spot in next weekend's state tournament.

Nice start for Bakersfield High so far: Timmy Box and Bryce Hammond had pins in the pigtails, and Natrelle Demison just got a tech fall at 112 to open the quarterfinals. The freshman is the first state qualifier in the Central Section, so congrats to him.

Quarterfinal winners so far: 103—Stevan Knoblauch, Clovis West, and David Rico, Washington Union; 112—Natrelle Demison, Bakersfield.

UPDATE, 9:53 a.m.: We have our first big upset of the day, though it came about in injury default fashion. Nathan Poteete, Buchanan's 171-pounder, defaulted to Tanner Roberts of Kingsburg in his pigtail match (they were tied 4-4 at the time). Sorry, I wasn't able to catch exactly what happened, but if Poteete is unable to recover, the Bears are dealt a major blow to their section and state title hopes. Poteete is one of their best.
Also the first Kern County loser — that's Mychal Quiddam of Delano, who dropped a 6-3 decision at 171 pounds to Eric Sotello of Yosemite. Score one for the Sierra/Sequoia guys. Remember, these pigtail losers have to win twice in the loser's bracket to make state. Winners are in much better shape.

The rest of the pigtail winners: 152—Bryce Hammond, Bakersfield; 160—Amandeep Singh, Delano, and Lewis Pedraza, Madera South; 171—Tanner Roberts, Kingsburg, and Eric Sotello, Yosemite; 189—Rodolfo Juarez, Central, and Wade Jackson, Kingsburg; 215—Juan Hernandez, Sunnyside, and Raykeem Yates, Edison; HWT—Loren Baize, Lemoore, and Luis Contreras, Madera

UPDATE, 9:41 a.m.: Good day for Kern County so far, with all wrestlers who had pigtail matches winning. That includes Wasco freshman Michael Martinez, who turned in a 5-3 decision over Bullard's David Gevorgian at 140 in a bit of an upset. Bakersfield's Bryce Hammond is in control, and Delano's Mychal Quiddam has just begun wrestling.

More pigtail winners: 135—Moses Quesada, Clovis East, and Micky Phanthavong, Granite Hills; 140—Michael Martinez, Wasco, and Javier Sanchez, Ridgeview; 145—Alex Rodriguez, Washington Union, and Lance Castenada, Frontier; 152—Mago Ramos; Hoover.

If you're looking for a specific match result, let me know and I can post the score. I'm sitting at the scorer's table and have access to all of the results.

ORIGINAL POST: Welcome to the one and only day of the Central Section Grand Masters wrestling tournament from East Bakersfield High School. I'm going to post live results as much as I can here, plus some commentary or play-by-play as I can.

Here's what we know so far:

Pigtail round winners: 103—Lupe Flores, Exeter, and Justin Jauregui, Clovis East; 112—Silverio Esparza, Lemoore, and Zach Zimmer, Clovis West; 119—Alex Perez, Lemoore, and Peter Gonzalez, East; 125—Damien Arredondo, Buchanan, and Jared Steinbach, Tehachapi; 130—Timmy Box, Bakersfield, and Sonny Cervantes, Clovis

More to come shortly.