2024-2025 Season Recap

?? SCVAL League Highlights:

We shattered league records this year:

Most Team Points in SCVAL History

Most Finalists

Most Individual Champions

JV Team Highlights:

Most Points

Most Finalists

12 Individual JV Champions

17 JV Placers, including multiple placers in the same weight class



?? CCS (Central Coast Section):

We broke school records for:

Most Team Points

Most Placers (11)

Most Finalists (6)

Two Freshman Champions

One Girls Champion


?? State Championships:

Most State Qualifiers in School History (10)

Two State Placers

All freshmen won at least two matches


?? Reno Worlds:

Multiple Champions & Placers


???? Freestyle State:

1 State Champion

Multiple Finalists

Multiple Placers


?? Western Regionals – Utah:

1 Champion

1 Runner-Up


???? Fargo Freestyle Nationals:

For the first time ever, six wrestlers from our program qualified for Fargo — the top freestyle tournament in the country!


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This kind of success doesn't happen alone. A huge thank you to our generous donors:

Dr. Cesar Escudero, Dr. Howard May, James Pile, Fred Murabito, Partesh Shastri, Scott Cornelius, Jim Doss, and The Burg Family.

Your contributions have made a massive impact — thank you, thank you, thank you!


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?? Program Growth:

We now have over 70 kids on our roster — double the size of last year.

OFF-SEASON

Last year: 1 wrestler at Freestyle State ? This year: 15

Last year: 0 at Western Regionals ? This year: 6

Last year: 0 to Fargo ? This year: 6 qualified


With this incredible growth comes some real financial challenges. I’ve personally covered many off-season expenses on my credit card, hoping our November fundraiser — the Junior Wildcat Invitational — will help, but that may take away from our in-season resources.

Just one weekend last season, we had:

18 wrestlers at a Varsity tournament

30 at a Frosh/Soph tournament

6 girls competing

Our Fisher & CTE wrestlers at their league championships


We’re growing fast and we’re doing big things — but we need help keeping up!


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????? How You Can Help:

We’re looking for:

Fundraising ideas

Nonprofit fundraising companies

Or anyone who wants to get involved!


If you have suggestions or want to lend a hand, I’d love to connect. Just reply to this email or reach out directly.

Thanks again for being a part of our journey. You are a vital piece of our success story.

As always
Go Wildcats!

With gratitude,
Greg Varela
Head Wrestling Coach
Los Gatos High School
Coachgvarela@lgsuhsd.org