The Gunn wrestling team came closer to beating Los Gatos than they have in past years. The final score came out to 30-35, but captain senior Phil Park felt that the outcome could have gone either way. “We could have beaten them,” Park said.

Both the Titans and Los Gatos came into the match undefeated. “We need to work on getting more pins,” Park said.

Seniors Dylan Gorman and Matthew Bordbari won their matches with pins, and seniors Zack Blumenfeld and John Blanchette won by decision. According to his teammates, sophomore Stefan Weidemann showed a lot of strength, especially for a younger addition to the team. “A rising star of the Gunn team is definitely Stefan Weidemann,” senior Clayton Post said. Weidemann defeated junior Omri Rahmil of Los Gatos, who holds a high rank in the division. The score was a back and forth battle for most of the first half, and Los Gatos began beating the Titans during the second half, in which the lightweights wrestled. “We need to not be intimidated by teams that are ranked higher, like Los Gatos, because we are just as good as them or many other teams in CCS,” Blumenfeld said. Senior Yonatan Rotman, junior Yoni Alon and sophomore Michael Baker struggled, but did not win. The lightweights on the Los Gatos team are mostly upperclassmen, in fact, only two wrestlers on the team are underclassmen which could account for more experience in some matches.

Park, unfortunately, had to forfeit, as did sophomore Shai Bruhis and freshman Jesse Grimes, because Los Gatos did not have a wrestler in their weight category. Next wrestling match is on Tuesday, February 10th at Milpitas.