Over the course of his 40 years with Cerritos College, Hal Simonek spent time as the school's wrestling coach, instructor, Athletic Director, Dean of Athletics, women's cross country coach, women's water polo coach and women's swimming coach.
With the first day of the CCCAA State Championships behind them, the Cerritos College wrestling team is currently in second place with 76.5 team points.
Led by five wrestlers who advanced to the championship semifinals, with two winning respective individual state titles, the Cerritos College wrestling team finished in second place at the CCCAA State Championships.
Competing in their final regular season tournament before the Southern California Championships, the Cerritos College wrestling team had two individual champions at the East Los Angeles Brawl on Saturday.
Aided by three forfeits, the Cerritos College wrestling team closed out their Southwest Conference season with a 34-17 win at Santa Ana College on Wednesday night.
It was the fourth tournament of the season for the Cerritos College wrestling team on Saturday and it was the fourth time the team finished in second place.
Returning to Southwest Conference action after a tournament, the Cerritos College wrestling team handled host Palomar College, 35-9 on Wednesday night.
With more than half of their starters out of the lineup, the Cerritos College wrestling team had no answer for visiting Mt. San Antonio College in their Southwest Conference match and lost, 37-9.
Looking for their fifth consecutive Southern California Team Dual Meet championship, the Cerritos College men's wrestling team came up short in the championship match.
Competing in their first tournament of the season, the Cerritos College wrestling team finished in second place at the West Hills Tournament on Saturday.