CIF State Wrestling: San Marino’s Wick brothers win state titles; Northview’s Comstock takes fourth


By Stephen Ramirez
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BAKERSFIELD >>
The Wick brothers reign supreme.
Zander and Evan Wick, two of the area’s best over the past three seasons, will finished on top, scoring 145 and 152-pound titles, respectively, at the CIF State wrestling championships at Rabobank Arena.
They are the first twin brothers to win state titles at the same event.
“It’s never happened before,” Evan Wick said. “It’s definitely exciting. We’re the first set of twins to win state titles.”
Evan Wick, who was fourth here at 138 last season, had a dominant run to the title. He had three wins by technical fall and two wins by fall, including pinning San Marcos’ Jett Moy in 39 seconds in the final.
He finishes the California season at 33-1.
“It’s awesome,” Wick said. “The fact I didn’t (win) last year makes it that much more awesome this year. I just wanted to dominate the entire tournament. I got three techs and two pins. I’m excited.”
So is brother Zander, who was nearly at dominate in taking the 145 title. He ran his record to 37-1 by scoring two falls and one technical fall before getting an 8-5 victory over No. 2 Ruben Garcia, of Selma, in the final.
“I’m really excited,” said Wick, who was runner-up last season. “I’m really happy. It sucked last year going home with that second place. It just feels like a dream. I got that ‘W,’ state champ. I couldn’t be happier.”
The other area top-eight medalists were Northview’s Steven Comstock (170, fourth), Eddie Flores (106, sixth) and Richie Casillas (120, seventh) and San Marino’s Julian Flores (138, fourth) and Zander Silva (126, seventh).
Bishop Amat’s Sidney Flores (113), Rowland’s Ethan Vistro (195) and Northview’s Jackson Serna (285) lost consolation fifth-round matches and did not medal.
Comstock’s fourth-place finish was one of the bigger stories of the weekend. The sophomore, who is also one the area’s top quarterbacks, went from a 24th state ranking three weeks ago to a top-four finish, which including advancing to the semifinals.
“My confidence was high coming off a big Masters tournament,” Comstock said. “I just had to prove myself to these guys (competitors). They’re all used to this state tournament and this was my first year here. I just wanted to prove myself to everyone in the state of California that I’m will be the best as long as I keep doing the hard work.”
He went 1-2 on Saturday after advancing to the semifinals on Friday. He lost to Palm Desert’s Anthony Mantanona by fall (:51) in the semifinals before splitting his last two bouts, defeating Trabuco Hills Lukas Howa (6-3) and losing to Windsor’s Dominic Ducharme (fall, 2:18).
“Now, that everyone knows who I am, I’ll have to work just as hard, if not harder,” Comstock said. “I was kind of a no-name coming into this tournament, so now I’ll be in the spot light and know I have to continue to work hard.”
Eddie Flores and Julian Flores lost in the semifinals.
Julian Flores, who was looking for a second consecutive state title, lost in overtime to Dinuba’s Jacob Wright, 3-2.

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