WRS: Cox, Martinez bring in more titles

The Dos Pueblos wrestling team in Santa Ynez on Saturday.

The Dos Pueblos wrestling team in Santa Ynez on Saturday.





Eden Martinez and Cameron Cox added to their trophy cases on Saturday by winning their respective divisions at the Santa Ynez Invite.

It is Martinez’s third tournament championship of the season and Cox’s second. As a team, Dos Pueblos finished eighth.

In the 152-pound class, Martinez beat El Camino Real’s Hamada Abdelhalim 4-1 in finals while Cox, competing at 132 pounds, beat Chris Contreras from Montclair 5-3 in OT.

Dos Pueblos’ other highlights included Jeff Uyesaka’s third-place and Josh Murphy’s fourth-place. Paul Sinicrope, Alex Garcia, Damian Pennington and Ivan Govea were all top-8.