Santa Ynez High wrestling pulled out a 43-24 dual-match victory over St. Joseph on Thursday to begin league competition.
There were nine total matches after several forfeits.
The Pirates to win by way of a forfeit were Andrew Badger (128), Kaj Kretzschmar (167) and Jonathan Hansen (192). St. Joseph earned a pair of victories due to forfeits.
Santino Alvaro (134) and Anthony Herrera (287) each pulled out their wins for Santa Ynez with second-round falls.
Meanwhile, four Pirates picked up wins by decision, with Hayden Pahler (152) leading the charge with a major decision win at 12-2.
Ben Flores (159) defeated his opponent 8-6, Fernando Nunez (177) bested Manual Zepeda 15-13 and Tomas Rodrigues (217) came out on top by a score of 4-2.


