Arturo Ojeda Jr  Your 2x CIF Champion

Arturo Ojeda Jr is a name you should be used to reading by now. He has been making headlines all year long, starting with his excellent play on the football field and continuing it through wrestling season. Ojeda has been lights out when performing on wrestling mats this season. He has really come into his own his senior year and wants to leave nothing on the table. Although he was the best offensive lineman in the league this year and helped to lead his Tiger to a deep playoff run, he didn’t really get the respect he felt he deserved from scouts. The potential to play at the next level is a huge dream to Ojeda, all that built up emotion from football season has led him to become a wrecking ball in the wrestling scene. When he comes into the gym, his opponents begin to sweat, the aura of the gym is filled with fear. It’s almost like the boogeyman has entered the room and everyone is scared to look under the bed.

Ojeda destroyed the competition at CIF’s earning the right to call himself the back to back CIF champion, but it wasn’t without drama. Earlier in the season, Ojeda suffered his first and only loss against Centennial Heavyweight, Issac Lopez. The loss was controversial, as Ojeda pinned himself. When the CIF matchups were announced, Ojeda took notice of Issac Lopez’s position and quickly realized he was on the other side of the bracket. Ojeda circled his name and went on a rampage, doing whatever he could to earn his chance at retribution. Ojeda was determined to prove to everyone watching that he should have beat him the first time. He wasn’t going to waste his chance this time. So he controlled the match from the first whistle until the last whistle that signaled his victory as Ojeda pinned his opponent.

Next up for Ojeda is Masters, he will have tough competition at Masters, including a potential matchup against up and coming Heavyweight Karson Martin. Ojeda is embracing it, “I hope I face him.” It would be a chance to give the fans the matchup they where wrongfully robbed of earlier in the season. The two boys have mutual respect for each other, but that all goes out the window when the whistle blows. As soon as Masters finishes, Ojeda will turn his attention to State. Ojeda wants to be the first heavyweight wrestler to win State for the Tigers. At the State tournament, Ojeda will be matched up against the best wrestlers all around California. These guys are the best of the best. Only time will tell if he has what it takes to make his dream come true.

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Shark Tank Invitational No Problem For San Jacinto Wrestler

San Jacinto’s Defending CIF Champion wrestler, Arturo Ojeda Jr. dominated over the holiday break. Where most people see it as a time off, he has been putting in overtime on the mat in preparations of his defense of his championship in early 2020. Most recently, Ojeda won the Shark Tank Invitational at Santiago High School. Arturo Ojeda was able to pin three of his opponents with ease and in the other he won a major decision, scoring 19 points to his opponents 4. It didn’t look like anyone at the tournament would be able to stop Ojeda except maybe his childhood friend Karson Martin. Martin was wrestling on the other side bracket and the two of them could have potentially met up in the finals, except Martin would lose in the semi-finals due to some very questionable calls by the ref. 

It appeared to many in the crowd the Karson Martin had his opponent pinned, but the ref didn’t count it and the match ended up going in his opponent’s favor. Martin would finish in third place due to that loss. Ojeda took it very personally that the victory was robbed from his friend and the highest-ranked wrestler (except for himself) at the tournament. The championship was supposed to be a great match-up between two childhood best friends and the #9 (Ojeda) & #10 (Martin) ranked heavyweight wrestlers in the state. As soon as the match started Ojeda made it clear he was going to avenge his friend and secured the victory with a pin. 

Karson Martin is currently ranked 10th in the state for heavyweights and has a 20-1 record. His sole loss coming in that Shark Tank tournament and it was a very controversial loss. He has won two tournaments this year and has continued to show that he has what it takes to be in the CIF’s this year. The comeback kid is showing great confidence in his leg/ankle (coming back from a major injury that happened last season) and nothing seems to be slowing him down. This is only his junior year and he is on track to earn the attention of many college programs looking for a top-notch heavyweight.

Arturo Ojeda Jr. is now ranked 9th in the state for heavyweights, although many feel he should be ranked higher by now. Ojeda has a 22-0 record on the year and has already won four tournaments. No-one has even seemed close to stopping this animal as he continues to rip through gyms across Southern California. Ojeda is in his senior year and would love to get the opportunity to wrestle next year at Cal-Baptist University next season, but if they don’t swoop in and offer him a scholarship soon, another program may be able to snipe him away as he continues to prove that he has what it takes to help any university build a powerhouse in the NCAA wrestling scene.

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