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Seen with his first coach, Greg Wagaman of Relentless Kids Club, Sebastian Anderson wears a first place medal after winning Shark Tank January 2014.
Westview High School's Sebastian Anderson, left, battles with Matt Black of Temecula Valley High School in the title match of the 138-pound division at the Freshman Southern California Wrestling Championship.
Sebastian Anderson of Bonsall, left, takes down Matt Black of Temecula Valley to win the 138-pound division at the 13th annual Freshman Southern California Wrestling Championships.
At the largest freshman wrestling tournament in Southern California, Sebastian Anderson of Bonsall is seen on the top step having swept the competitive 138-pound division.
Westview High School's newly-appointed head wrestling coach Duayne Guile, right, and assistant coach Marshall Thrasher, left, flex for fun with Sebastian Anderson after Anderson was singled out as the "Most Valuable Wrestler" over 100 freshman athletes competing in the five middle-weight classes.
Sebastian Anderson takes first place at a pre-season high school tournament held at Vista to determine if he could compete at the varsity level as a freshman.
BONSALL – Sebastian Anderson of Bonsall received one of three Most Valuable Wrestler awards at the annual Freshman Southern California Wrestling Championship held at La Costa Canyon High School in January.
More than 300 wrestlers, representing more than 40 high school teams from San Diego, Orange and Riverside counties, competed in 15 different weight classes during the event, Saturday, Jan. 20. Medals were given to the top eight for each weight class. Plaques were also awarded to the best wrestler in lower, middle and upper weight categories.
Wrestling for Westview High School in the 138-pound division which featured a 32-man bracket, Anderson swept his class with no points scored against him. He won by pin against Dalton Sexton, Michael Esquer of Mater Dei Catholic High School and Jayden Galley of Vista Murrieta High School. He secured his championship with a 13-0 major decision against Matt Black of Temecula Valley High School.
Anderson has been wrestling for five years. He was introduced to the sport when local Boy Scouts den master Karen Ramer brought the troop to try it out at Fallbrook High School. Anderson subsequently joined Fallbrook's "Relentless" kids club under the direction of Coach Greg Wagaman in November of 2012 to stay conditioned after pop warner football ended for the year.
His very first tournament was for beginners through SDIKWA (San Diego & Imperial Counties Kids Wrestling Association) on Dec. 2, 2012, when he took first place. He placed in five open/experienced SDIKWA tournaments that season to qualify for the association championship where he took second place with coach Abram Lopez in his corner on Feb. 24, 2013. In 2014, he took first in the SCWAY San Diego state qualifier.
While at Sullivan Middle School, following wrestling partner Ethan Aguila of Fallbrook, Anderson moved to No Mercy wrestling club in Vista under head coach Ruben Leon. From 2015-2017, he placed first in the SCWAY state qualifier each year. At CA-USA Wrestling, Anderson took eighth in the 105lb schoolboy freestyle division in 2016 and second in the 128lb schoolboy freestyle division in 2017.
Wrestling varsity as a freshman at Westview High School this season under newly appointed head coach Duayne Guile, Anderson placed third at Arroyo, fifth at Holtville Invitational, third at Mt. Miguel and made it to the quarter finals of the four-state, 64-team Hamada tournament but was one match shy of placing.
Anderson took fourth at CIF San Diego Division 1, losing by one point in the last four seconds of the semi-finals to the San Marcos competitor who ultimately took gold. Anderson will compete at Masters and CA-USA State.
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