West High’s varsity wrestlers competed in the Tim Brown Memorial Tournament in Sacramento on Saturday.

The tournament, named for a Foothill High School graduate who was killed in Iraq in 2006 while serving with the U.S. Marine Corps, draws teams from around Northern California for a preview of which wrestlers are likely to contend at the California Interscholastic Federation state tournament.

West placed 45th in the team scores, and three wrestlers from West — Justin Martin Del Campo (112), Trevor Manaois (119) and Kris Merrill (285) — finished a match away from the top eight in their 64-wrestler, double-elimination brackets.

Martin Del Campo went 3-2 for the day, Manaois was 4-2 and Merrill was 3-2. Daniel Mora (130) recorded an even 2-2 finish.

Wrestlers to go 1-2 for the day were Ulysses Juan (103), Daniel Austin (135), Adam Crandall (152) and Matt Mahe (215). Daniel Aflague (125) Jacob Biehl (140), Hewey Burnett (160) and Jose Sanchez (171) all finished 0-2.

Tracy, Kimball at Enochs JV Tournament

Junior varsity wrestling teams from Tracy and Kimball high schools competed at the Enochs Junior Varsity Tournament in Modesto on Saturday.

More than 30 teams attended the tournament, which also had a girls bracket.

Kimball High sent six of its 12 wrestlers and showed significant improvement since the start of the season, as five of the six placed third or better. First-place medals went to Dejahn Williams (112) and Gabriel Hernandez (135), who both went 3-0 for the day.

Josue Pajarito (119) went 2-1 to take second place, while James Vega (130) and Edgar Ruiz (135) both went 3-1 for third place. Also wrestling was Guillermo Townsend (160), who finished 0-2.

Tracy High sent 10 of its junior varsity wrestlers to the Enochs tournament, and five went 3-0 for the day to take first place in their brackets. Those wrestlers were Albert Landeros (103), Bishop Nguyen (112), Justin Woo (125), Kendrick Bergmann (152), and Tyler Hoffman (145).

Joshua Williams (135) and Oscar Gerstenberger (171) went 2-1 for second place, and Joshua Gomez-Zavala (125) went 2-1 to place third in his bracket. Also wrestling were Christian Lowe (130), who finished 1-2, and Michael Liu (189), 0-1.