Benicia Wrestling Association

Congratulations to our 2026 NCS Championship medalists: Sloane Knighton for getting 5th place at 155lbs and Dominic Garingarao for getting 7th place at 138lbs. Way to end the season you two!! 👏👏👏👏🤼‍♀️🤼‍♂️🏅🏅

Benicia High School hosted the very first NCS Division II East Bay Championships over the weekend. Over 300 wrestlers (boys & girls) competed for a chance to advance to the NCS Championship tournament. BHS produced eight placers, three qualifiers, and one champion at 140 pounds.

117 - Leia Gonsalves 8th
157 - Sloane Knighton 4th

108 - Jared Teodoro 7th
115 - Brenden Christensen 6th
122 - Braxton Unson 7th
134 - Amari Mirlohi 3rd
140 - Dominic Garingarao 1st
146 - Roberto Gonzalez
177 - Raymond Santiago
217 - Darius Mceuen
287 - Andres Canela 8th

Last but definitely not least, thank you to our coaches, parents, volunteers, families, and school staff for making this a successful event. Good luck to our qualifying wrestlers this weekend!! Go Panthers!!

Proud of our wrestlers who stepped on the mat at the Diablo Athletic League Championships:

Varsity Girls
Leia Gonsalves
Sloane Knighton 4th

Varsity Boys
108: Jared Teodoro 5th
115: Brenden Christensen 4th
122: Braxton Unson 4th
128: Jacob Pierson
134: Amari Mirlohi 2nd
140: Dominic Garingarao 1st
146: Roberto Gonzalez 3rd
152: Rocky Chestnut 5th
177: Raymond Santiago
217: Darius McEuen 6th
287: Andres Canela 5th

JV Boys & Girls
108: Bryce Christensen 1st
115: Koen Bautista 1st
146: Leland Simmons 4th
117: Helen Lee 3rd
122: Lea Sorrentino 5th

Congrats to all the wrestlers who qualified for this week's Divisional tournament hosted at BENICIA High School.

Senior night goes down on Wednesday, 1/28 vs Northgate High School. Doors open at 5pm. Link to tickets in bio.

🎶 DJ entertainment provided by
🍽️ Snack bar will be selling Filipino food by 🇵🇭

Be sure to join us for an exciting night of wrestling! 🤼‍♂️ 🤼‍♀️🐾

When wrestlers let the camera take the shots. Behind the scenes on media day for our seniors.

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Join us tomorrow: Wednesday, 1/7. Our first dual of the season vs Las Lomas. Wrestling starts at 6pm. Purchase tickets on GoFan. Link in Bio.

Contest of Champions with the Varsity boys and Brenden Christensen with the hardware💪🏽🏅

JV boys kept it local at the Crossface Classic as they continue to build their skills on the mat. Congratulations to our Freshman, Braxton Unson for winning 1st place in his bracket 🙌🏽🥇🤼‍♂️

It’s all love for Nina Boutain who placed 2nd in JV girls at the Contest of Champions 🫶🥈🤼‍♀️

Our Panthers stepped into the Lion’s Den for the Lou Bronzan Invitational and were met with some tough competition. This was a 2-day tournament with our wrestlers: Bryce Christensen (106), Jared Teodoro (113), Koen Bautista (113), and Brenden Christensen (120) returning for the second day, and Dominic Garingarao (144) making it to the 7th place match.

Thank you to all of our spectators who came out to support and show love to our wrestlers. Also, thank you to for capturing and sharing your photography with our wrestling community.

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