In this episode, Bryan, Brian, and Carlo talk about Greco wrestling as a product after U23’s, how the state tournament might look next year in the team race, and comment on whats happening at Oklahoma State University

Anaya Falcon is 3-time State Champion from Walnut High School who went undefeated in 118 matches.

She is currently ranked #8 in FloWrestling’s pound for pound High School National Rankings, ranked #1 nationally by Flo at 105 pounds for high school, and ranked #7 at 50 kg in the Women’s Freestyle Domestic Rankings.

Anaya made the U20 World Team at 50kg by taking out Iowa’s Nyla Valencia twice in a best of 3 series. She will be competing in the world championships this fall in Spain.

In addition to competing for the United States this fall, she will also be continuing to wrestle in college for Life University in Georgia.

Jason Kraft owner and Head Wrestling Coach at Dethrone Mixed Martial Arts in Fresno, California where he has been for the last 15 years.

Kraft has been involved with the development of numerous California state placers and champions, cementing Dethrone as one of the premier programs in the state.

In this conversation, we talk about Krafts competitive career at Nebraska, coaching youth, and the relationship between high school coaches and club coaches.

Mike Mendoza is currently the Head Men’s Wrestling Coach for Colorado Mesa. This past season, Mendoza led a group of six first time national qualifiers, three of whom finished in the blood round at the D2 NCAA tournament. Colorado Mesa finished 3rd at their Super Region.

In 2023, he was named as the RMAC Coach of the Year and the Super Region VI Coach of the Year in his first season as Head Coach. He began coaching at Colorado Mesa after spending two years at Northeastern Junior College in Colorado. Before that, he served as the Head Coach for Boise State for a year before the university cut the program in 2017. Mendoza had served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Cal State Bakersfield, from 2002 until 2010, when he took over as Head Coach until 2016. He has spent the previous two years as a graduate assistant at Adams State before heading back to Bakersfield.

In college, Mendoza was a three-time NCAA D1 qualifier and a PAC-10 Finalist for CSUB. He helped lead the team to a 3rd place finish at the 1996 National Tournament, and two PAC-10 championships.

Mitch Finesilver has been wrestling for the Cliff Keen Wrestling Club based out of Ann Arbor Michigan with his brother, Matt. He had spent the last four years as a resident athlete with the NYC Regional Training Center, and had represented Israel in the last three world championships. His summer plans for representing Israel in the upcoming Olympic games were canceled due to safety concerns.

In college, Mitch was a 4x NCAA Qualifier, an NCAA All-American in 2019 as the ACC Champion in that same year.

In high school, Mitch wrestled for Cherry Creek High School in Colorado, where he was a 2x State Champion and 4x state qualifier. He also finished 5th his senior year at the NHSCA tournament.

Throughout high school and college, Mitch was able to be on the same teams as his twin brother Zach, and his younger brothers Matt and Josh (who are also twins).

Justin Signorelli just finished his 5th year at Alfred State, where the program was able to repeat as conference team champions and garnered their first All-American since the school transitioned to Division III.

Before Alfred State, Signorelli was a graduate assistant coach at Western New England University, the Head Coach at SUNY Ulster Community College, and an assistant coach for Highland High School, his alma mater.

In college, Signorelli wrestled for DIII SUNY Cortland, where he served as team captain for two seasons and helped lead the Red Dragons to a 4th place team finish at the NCWA DIII National Duals.

In this episode, we talk about Alfred State’s growth in the last 5 years with Signorelli at the helm, coaching philosophies, and our summer as J Rob Camp counselors.

In this episode, we talk with Rick McKinney about the new high school rules being implemented in California, including the new out of bounds rule, the 3-point takedown, and the 4-point nearfall. We also give our thoughts on the OSU-David Taylor saga.

Rick McKinney is a 2017 inductee to the California Wrestling Hall of Fame. He has been a referee for 17 years and was an educator and coach in the Central Valley before that.

Riley Orozco coached at CSU Bakersfield from 2011-2016, helping build CSUB into a Top-25 nationally ranked program, despite being community funded. In 2016, he followed CSUB’s Head Coach Mike Mendoza to Boise State to coach for a year before the school dropped their wrestling program.

Orozco is currently a Senior Firefighter in Boise, Idaho, and works with Meridian High School and their youth program.

In college, Orozco was a four-time NCAA qualifier, was a PAC-12 Champion his Junior year, and eclipsed over 100 wins.

In high school, Orozco was a state champion in Nevada out of Churchill County High School.

In this episode, we talk about our shared experiences at CSUB, coaching philosophies, and his move from Bakersfield to Boise.

Adam Hall is the new Head Coach for Utah Valley University. Hall comes from NC State where he was the Associate Head Coach and had been coaching in Raleigh for 9 years.

In college, Hall was a two-time All-American for Boise State #saveboisestatewrestling

In this episode, we talk to Hall about his unique coaching transition, what it is like taking a program by the reigns, and the vision he has created for Utah Valley wrestling.

The Wright Brothers jump on the show to talk about their wrestling experiences through youth, high school, and college and how those experiences have influenced what they are doing now at the high school and club level.

Michael Wright II is an assistant coach at Redwood High School, which just captured their second straight Central Section D2 championship, and sent four wrestlers to the state tournament.

Lori Ayres is the Director of Operations for the Cardinal WC and an advocate for D1 Women’s Wrestling. She is also the wife of Chris Ayres, and has been around wrestling since she was a kid.

In this episode, we talk about the state of women’s wrestling nationally as well as girls wrestling in the state.

Al Fontes is in the California and National Hall of Fame for his 40 years of contributions to the sport through the California wrestler, coaching, and writing in multiple national wrestling newsletters.

In this episode, we talk about wrestling history, we compare Idaho and California wrestling, and we get into the hot topic about possibly splitting California into divisions.

Daniel McCune is a teacher and coach for Fremont High School. He also coaches for the Sunnyvale Wrestling club and the SCVWA association team. He manages and helps run non-profits like Beat the Streets in San Jose. He has been building the wrestling website caliwrestling.com. He also works as a tournament director for many competitions in the CCS area such as the Pat Lovell Memorial, Webber Lawson Memorial, and the MidCals.

In this episode, we talk about what it is like to coach and manage organizations and the challenges that come with it.

Get ready for a great episode where the whole gang shows up to recap the state tournament. We go weight by weight in an episode that lasted almost as long as the state finals did.

John Meyers has been coaching at Poway for the last 22 years, the last 6 years of which, as head coach. Under Meyers leadership, Poway has transformed into a national powerhouse, ranked 3rd nationally as a team, and recently winning a California High School State Team title, breaking the team scoring record.

In this episode, we talk about Meyer's coaching philosophy, his vision for the program, and what this remarkable team was able to accomplish this past season.

Brian Navarro and Oren Dramen return to the show to talk about the California State Tournament this weekend. We preview each weight class, talk about the team race, and share our favorite things about the state tournament.

Brian Navarro and Oren Dramen have been on the call for state tournament together for the last few years. Both having experience working for Flowrestling and other productions in setting the video streaming and being commentators for major wrestling events such as Reno TOC, Doc B, The Big One, Battle for the Belt, and the California State Tournament.

Cody Vasconcellos is an assistant coach at Pitman High School and runs Vasky Bros, an elite club program in northern California.

In college, Cody wrestled for Sac City and was a JC State Champ in 2008, before transferring to Chadron State. He finished in the blood rounds at the D2 NCAA Tournament.

Flo and California State Wrestling Commentator, Brian Navarro, rejoins the show to talk all things Doc B.

Derek Moore is the Head Coach for Cal Baptist University, a D1 school located in Riverside, California.

In this episode, we talk to Coach Moore about his coaching experiences at CBU, and delve into his coaching philosophy.

Chris Ayres joins the show to discuss Stanford’s recent success at the Cliff Keen Invitational, where Stanford had 6 placers and a champion in Nick Provo.

Chris Ayres is in his first season on the Farm, arriving right before the college season started. He has spent the last 17 seasons coaching at Princeton where he was able to transform the program into a wrestling power, where in the 2022-2023 season, was able to produce a national champion in Pat Glory and a program high 13th place team finish.