Fernley’s Riley McCullar became the first Fernley wrestler to place in the high school boys division at the Reno Tournament of Champions, with a seventh place finish at 175 pounds last weekend.
McCullar, a senior and returning 3A state champion, won six consecutive matches after losing his opening match before ultimately winning in the medal round.
“As a dad I couldn't be more proud of him and as a coach he deserves it,” Fernley coach Jake McCullar said. “He works hard and it's paying off."
The tournament included more than 100 teams from 31 different states.
McCullar was tied with Niko Rotella of Omaha (Neb.) Skutt Catholic at 7-7 in his first match when Rotella pinned him at 5:46. But he bounced back to pin Evan Kincheloe of Nampa, Idaho, pin Micah Olsen of Northridge, UT, then he won a 13-1 major decision over Clay Heuer of Arlington, WA and a 14-1 major decision over Quinn Mosch of Poway, CA. In the consolation quarterfinals he beat Tavier Garcia of Canyon View, AZ 10-4 and pinned Santiago Cabrera of SLAM after building a 12-0 lead. In the consolation semifinals, McCullar lost by technical fall to Isaak Chavez of Mullen, CO, placing him in the seventh place match, where he beat Nekvapil 4-3.
McCullar has committed to play college football at the University of Montana Western, but he is starting to receive interest from college wrestling coaches as well.
The program also sent several wrestlers to Lovelock to compete in a tournament and had several medal winners. Tournament champions were Archie Mendez, Jocelyn Escartin and Calvin Bacon. Josue Padilla was a tournament runner-up. Third-place finishers were Clayton Degloyer, Faith Mhondo, Brayden Cruz and Keon Kreller. Fourth-place finishers were Brendon Magill, Heath Davis and Wyatt McGinnis.
Next week the Vaqueros will compete in the Sierra Nevada Classic in Reno on Dec. 29–30.
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