Red defeats Blue, 24-13 in Intrasquad

Saturday, October 26

Fresno, CA/ South Gym

1:00 PM PT

Fresno State

Red vs. Blue Intrasquad

Photo by: Chris Aguirre/ Hanford Sentinel

Red defeats Blue, 24-13 in Intrasquad

10/26/2019 5:35:00 PM | Wrestling

By: Travis Blanshan / Assistant Director of Communications

FRESNO, Calif. - The Fresno State Wrestling team got the 2019-20 season unofficially underway on Saturday afternoon hosting the Red vs. Blue Intrasquad in the South Gym on the campus of Fresno State.

As part of the California Coaches Seminar hosted by Fresno State Wrestling, that features the likes of 2018 World Champion David Taylor, former USA Wrestling head coach Bruce Burnett and former Bulldog All-American Stephen Abas, fans were treated to 10 matches with the Red team coming out on top, 24-13 winning six matches.

With the Intrasquad starting at 125 pounds, redshirt sophomore Robert Garcia IV narrowly edged classmate Jeremy Trinh, 3-2 to put the Red team up, 3-0. Returning 2019 NCAA Tournament qualifier Gary Joint evened up things for the Blue team with a 7-1 win over junior college transfer Isaiah Perez.

One of three matches decided by a single point, the first of the one-point matches came at 141 points with Utah Valley transfer redshirt junior DJ Lloren narrowly edging redshirt freshman Lawrence Saenz, 4-3 to put the Red team ahead 6-3. The Red team increased its lead to 9-3 with a 7-1 win by Greg Gaxiola over true freshman Jace Luchau. Gaxiola, a redshirt junior from Clovis, will look to return to the lineup this season after taking a redshirt season in 2018-19.

The Blue team got back on the board at 157 pounds with a 8-0 major decision by redshirt sophomore Jacob Wright over fellow classmate Beau Colombini.

Taking their only lead of the afternoon, the Blue team picked up a narrow 3-2 win by redshirt freshman Adam Kemp at 165 pounds over redshirt senior Ricky Padilla. The Red team quickly responded with a 1-0 win at 174 pounds by redshirt sophomore Jackson Hemauer who edged redshirt senior Dominic Kincaid.

The Red team extended its lead to 18-10 with a fall by redshirt freshman Hunter Cruz over redshirt sophomore Angel Solis in the third period at 184 pounds. The Blue team picked up its final win of the afternoon by true freshman Ryan Reyes topping redshirt freshman Isaiah Perez by a score of 5-2.

The final match of the intrasquad saw junior and two-time NCAA Tournament qualifier AJ Nevills with a third-period fall over sophomore transfer Randy Gonzalez at heavyweight to seal the Red team victory.

The Bulldogs get the 2019-20 regular season officially underway on Friday in San Diego at the Battle on the Midway taking on No. 4 Wisconsin, Navy and No. 23 Army.

Red (24) vs. Blue (13) Intrasquad Results
125: Robert Garcia IV (Red) dec. Jeremy Trinh (Blue), 3-2 | Red 3, Blue 0
133: Gary Joint (Blue) dec. Isaiah Perez (Red), 7-1 | Blue 3, Red 3
141: DJ Lloren (Red) dec. Lawrence Saenz (Blue), 4-3 | Red 6, Blue 3
149: Greg Gaxiola (Red) dec. Jace Luchau (Blue), 7-1 | Red 9, Blue 3
157: Jacob Wright (Blue) maj. dec. Beau Colombini (Red), 8-0 | Red 9, Blue 7
165: Adam Kemp (Blue) dec. Ricky Padilla (Red), 3-2 | Blue 10, Red 9
174: Jackson Hemauer (Red) dec. Dominic Kincaid (Blue), 1-0 | Red 12, Blue 10
184: Hunter Cruz (Red) won by fall in the third period over Angel Solis (Blue) | Red 18, Blue 10
197: Ryan Reyes (Blue) dec. Isaiah Perez (Red), 5-2 | Red 18, Blue 13
HWT: AJ Nevills (Red) won by fall in the third period over Randy Gonzalez (Blue) | Red 24, Blue 13

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