Officials

RON MARQUEZ

Originally from Fresno, Ron has been a wrestling referee for over 30 years. Ron's knowledge of the sport and the rule book is unmatched. He is a leader in the Northern California Officials Association and lives in Sacramento and just recently retired from the Calif. Tax Franchise Board. Ron is active in rule interpretations, training and rating of officials, and has refereed the California State HS tournament several times. He is generally acknowledged as one of the top officials in the Sac Joaquin Section and in all of California. He serves as our Head Official at the TOC. Ron was elected into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2009 as a Lifetime Service Award recipient.

CODY OLSON

With Cody on the mat you will have to wrestle hard or you will be hit with stalling right away. Decisive and very consistent in his calls, Cody is a top level collegiate and high school official. Cody was selected to officiate at the NCAA tournament in 2005, 2006, 2012 and refereed in the NCAA East Regional tournament and PAC 10 finals several times. He has also officiated many PAC 10 matches in recent years and the California high school state meet. Cody is a former Nevada state high school champion and was a California high school state runner up in 1984 at Bella Vista High School. Cody and wife, Kristin own Olson Insurance in Rocklin.

DAVE BRANSTETTER

The 2016-17 season was Dave's final as a wrestling official. After doing 30 plus years on the mat at middle school, high school AND College level he is going fishing ! We appreciate his many years of outstanding work at TOC.

KEN GAUDREAU

A former California high school state champion and 1984 graduate for Bella Vista, he also wrestled at Columbia University in New York. Ken has risen quickly to the top of the officiating ladder. Extremely knowledgeable about the sport, Ken's calls are decisive and consistent. He has a lot of energy on the mat and is always in good position. He was chosen to ref the state high school tournament for the first time in his career in 2003 and has been invited back several times since then being ranked in the top 10 of the state tournament several times. Ken is also an accomplished collegiate official.

TONY TRABUCCO

A former All-American wrestler at Chico State, Tony lives and works in Sacramento and is a very experienced official. He has worked the college circuit for many years in California and was a top high school official in the Sac Joaquin Section and Sacramento area before choosing to move his officiating to the North Section He has been chosen several times to work the California state high school tournament as well as the Community College State tournament. Tony has great skill in his positioning, correctness and consistency in his calls.

STEVE ROMAN

Another veteran official, Steve has also coached at several high school programs in the Sacramento area. He had officiated quite a bit of freestyle before joining the high school officiating ranks and now is recognized as one of the better officials in the state. Since moving to San Diego a few years ago, Steve has been chosen to referee the California HS state meet from both the Sac-Joaquin and San Diego Sections. He moves to position quickly and is a very conscientious official with great focus on each match. Steve, wife Michele and daughter, Samantha return yearly from their home in San Diego to work the TOC.

SCOTT WARDEN

Scott is a now a veteran referee in the Sacramento and Foothills area. A former Ponderosa HS wrestler from 1987-91, Scott was a section place winner and state qualifier in 1991. He wrestled at Sac City in the early 90s before having coaching stints at El Dorado HS, Bear River HS, Golden Sierra HS and Vista del Lago HS. He has been refereeing wrestling since 1998 and has done the Sierra Nevada Classic and Foothill Asics classic in addition to several section tournaments and the TOC for the past several years. Scott is active on the mat and is a rules aficionado who makes consistent and accurate calls. He works as an English teacher in Sacramento.

SCOTT SELTER

No longer just an up and coming official in the Sacramento area, Scott was chosen for the California high school state meet in 2009 has returned every year since due to his skill ranking in the state tournament. Scott is a former wrestler and coach at Lincoln High School (Lincoln, CA). An outstanding wrestler and very successful coach, Scott quickly transferred those skills into his officiating. In just a few years of officiating Scott has become a top quality high school official who is approachable on the mat and recognized for his good positioning, calm demeanor and accurate calls. Scott just moved to Elko, Nevada with his wife and kids where he works for UPS.

LARRY FLETCHER

Larry was a basketball player in high school and college (Chico State) and is a retired teacher at Bella Vista HS in Sacramento where he coached football, track and golf. While working alongside the legendary wrestling coach Charlie Lee at BV, he became a wrestling official some 40 years ago and has been an outstanding wrestling ref working many high level tournaments in the Northern California area including the Junior College Nor Cal Regional and the Division II nationals at UC Davis. Larry is our assigner of officials in the Sacramento and Foothills area and is also an official body fat checker for the Sac Joaquin Section. Larry was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2009 as a Lifetime Service Award recipient.

WILLY FALVEY

A 1998 graduate of Woodland HS where he was a Sac Joaquin Section champion and placed 6th in the state meet his senior year and also an All American at Menlo College. He also was an Academic All American while at Menlo. He lives with his wife and 4 children in Fair Oaks and works in the sales department for KXTV News 10 in Sacramento. Starting his officiating career in 2004, Will is already a state level official having referred many divisional, Sac Joaquin Masters tournaments and just recently was selected for the C

MONTY MULLER

Anybody who has been around California wrestling in the past 35 years knows Monty Muller. Monty was a long time very successful, respected and well liked school administrator in the San Juan School District (Sacramento) for over 30 years. Monty was an outstanding wrestler at both American River College and San Francisco State but his fame is in the world of officiating. For most of his wrestling officiating career Monty has been recognized as THE top official in the state of California. He retired from high school officiating a few years ago but still does "selective" tournaments (including the TOC since 2011), is a top college level official and serves as the lead official at the Sac Joaquin Section and California State tournaments. He was an early inductee into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame and currently serves on the HOF selection committee.

MATT WINN

Matt has been a teacher, coach, Athletic Director and school administrator in the Elk Grove School District for many years now. He was the wrestling coach at Franklin HS when the school first opened and then moved over to newly opened Consumnes Oaks HS to be Athletic Director before currently serving as Assistant Principal. After moving into administration it was difficult to coach so Matt switched over to being a wrestling official to stay connected and involved in wrestling. That was a great benefit to the wrestling community as Matt made an immediate impact as an outstanding referee. He commands tremendous respect for his even temperament, sense of humor and accurate judgment calls on the mat. He recently was selected to officiate in the California HS state wrestling tournament.

BROCK BROWN

A truck driver by trade, Brock wrestled in the Bay Area and has been a top official in the Sac Joaquin Section for the past 13 years. He is precise and accurate in his calls, has great presence and mechanics in officiating and seems never to be out of position. Even this early in his career he has caught the eye of the wrestling community as he has already been selected 4 times as a California High School State tournament official.