Two State Champions Highlight A Great Group Of California Wrestlers Getting Ready To Wrestle In The Freak Show!!
California – Since the beginning stages of the Freak Show, the Golden State has always sent their best wrestlers to attend the tournament and compete with the best. And that mentality hasn’t changed a bit!
Justin Mejia of Clovis High School and Colt Doyle of Poway High School, will be entering the competition in November and will try to win a title for the Golden State. Mejia won the Freak Show last season in a bracket that included various state champions and Fargo All-Americans. Most of the placewinners, if not all, were ranked in the nation by various wrestling sources.
“Our goal is to compete in this great event and win it for the second consecutive time. I know it won’t be easy, but nothing in life is” – Said, Tom Mejia (Father of Justin)
Mejia went on to have a successful year in California in the 2014 season by winning the state tournament and becoming only the twelfth wrestler to win a state title as a freshman.
Doyle had a great run in the state tournament last season for the mean green machine of Poway. Ranked top 15th going into the state tournament by The California Wrestler, he wrestled the best tournament in his scholastic career and came out as the state champion at 160 pounds. This season he will look to win his second state title, but before he can do that, he will try to win the Freak Show and make a name for himself on the national scene.
Two other athletes from the Golden State that can’t wait to wrestle in the event are Russell Rohlfing and Joseph Dominguez.
Both wrestle in Southern California and hail from strong wrestling programs. Rohlfing finished eighth in the one class state championship at 120 pounds. He’s a great technician who has been improving greatly and can’t wait to showcase his talent to the nation. Dominguez is a mat rat who has been wrestling before he could walk. Dominguez finished sixth in the state tournament in one of the toughest brackets in the tournament. Last year in the Freak Show he placed third at 138 pounds. This will be his last chance to wrestle in the event and take the gold medal back to the Golden State.
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