Calvary Chapel Controls Last 10 Matches

SANTA ANA — Coach Scott Glabb knew before going into the dual meet Friday night with Calvary Chapel that his Santa Ana wrestlers were facing the best in the state. Nevertheless, Glabb still hoped for a good meet.

Well, it was a good meet. At least the first four matches were good.

Calvary Chapel, ranked first in the state and third in the nation, gave Santa Ana a dose of what it has been giving to all its opponents this season--a beating on the mat.

And though the nonleague match was supposed to pit the two top teams in the county, it sort of fizzled into another romp for the Eagles, who won, 53-15.

As expected, Santa Ana (14-2) came out strong in the lower weights, with Tony Perez beating George Perez by a fall at 103 pounds. Fernando Serratos, who’s ranked second in the county at 112, scored again for Santa Ana, pinning Armando Lucero in 64 seconds.

The match at 119 between Tino Archuleta and Ignacio Bahena was close until the end, when Calvary Chapel’s Archuleta got a takedown for two points and won, 7-5.

Archuleta, as with most of his teammates, was wrestling at a higher weight.

Santa Ana got its third victory from Sadie Morales, who beat Calvary Chapel’s Matt Azevedo, 5-3, at 125 pounds.

But that was the last match the Eagles didn’t win, as they took control of the remaining 10 weight classes.

Calvary Chapel got pins from Kris Camacho (135), Phil Wozniak (152), Chris Mieneke (189) Mike Pawasarat (215) and Josh Shulz (275). Joe Calavitta (140) and Lou Hernandez (145) scored technical falls.

“Actually it went pretty much like I expected,” Glabb said. “We had some good matches . . . But we wanted to go against the best. And we did. For us, our goal is to win [Southern Section]. For Calvary Chapel, their goal is to win state.”

Said Calvary Chapel Coach John Azevedo: “We’re all in good shape and healthy. I expected some good matches from Scott’s team. We had some close matches in the lower weights.”