ELK GROVE, CA (MPG) - Elk Grove High School honored six seniors during its wrestling dual and hosted the Sheldon and Laguna Creek boys’ and girls’ teams on Tuesday, Jan. 20.        

Elk Grove held its senior night ceremony before starting the matches, thanking each of the six for the sacrifices they made during their time in high school.

Before this dual, Sheldon’s boys team was 0-2, having lost to Monterey Trail 40-35 and Franklin 60-18. Sheldon’s girls’ team was 1-1, beating Monterey Trail 27-22 and losing to Franklin 60-18.

Laguna Creek’s boys’ team was also 0-2, losing to Pleasant Grove and Cosumnes Oaks. And its girls’ team was 1-1, beating Pleasant Grove 35-24 while also losing to Cosumnes Oaks.       

Elk Grove had two mats in the main gym: one for girls and one for boys.            

Elk Grove Team Celebrating Win Against Laguna Creek 

It started with Elk Grove facing Laguna Creek, where both teams for Elk Grove showed the dominance that had appeared all year, jumping to a quick lead and not looking back.              

Both Elk Grove teams had beaten both of Laguna Creek’s. The boys’ team had only lost one match where the final score was 74-6 and the girls teams won 40-30.

Both teams for the Thundering Herd were able to take a break while Sheldon faced Laguna Creek. Both teams for Laguna Creek beat both of Sheldon’s teams.              

This pushed Laguna Creek’s boys’ team to 1-3 against Delta League teams in duals, while the girls are 2-2 on the season.                

After coming out of the break, Elk Grove did not skip a beat when facing Sheldon. Its boys’ team only allowed six points while it scored 74. The girls’ dual was a much closer fight, with Elk Grove winning 30-28.                            

Sheldon’s boys’ team fell to 0-4 on the season while the girls’ team is now 1-3 after losing to both Elk Grove and Laguna Creek.

 

A Laguna Creek wrestler is about to get a pin for his team’s only win against Elk Grove.

Now both Elk Grove teams are 4-0 getting closer to the postseason.       

Elk Grove started the season with senior Skye Jordan being ranked No. 8 in the state; she is now ranked No. 6, where it seems she places in the top three week in and week out, placing third at the West Coast TOC, while placing first at both the Napa Classic and the Contest of Champions. 

Elk Grove is consistently placing multiple wrestlers in some of the hardest tournaments in California. The Herd placed six wrestlers in the top six at the Sierra Nevada Classic, which has competition from California, Nevada, Utah and Oregon.           

And it had six places in the top 10 at the Tim Brown Memorial, with Isaiah Gonzaga placing first, as well as seven in the top five at Deets Windslow, with both Paul Portugal and Vinh Ta placing first.      

Elk Grove looks to finish the way the season started as it looks forward to entering the postseason.