Calvary Chapel, Santa Ana Lead Way
The Masters meet, the Southern Section’s qualifier for the state finals, begins Friday at Fountain Valley High, where 106 Orange County athletes will be among the 336 scheduled to wrestle in the two-day meet.
Those competing in the Masters advanced in their weight classes from division finals held last weekend. The top eight finishers in each weight class will advance to the state championship meet at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, March 2-3.
Calvary Chapel, which won its 10th Division I individual championship, and Division II individual champion Santa Ana lead all county schools at the Masters with 11 wrestlers each.
The Eagles will send Mario Estrada (103 pounds), Anthony Rodriquez (112), John Jackson (125), Steve Esparza (130), Frank Gill (135), Chad Jackson (140), Yuri Kalika (152), Joe Williams (160), Willie Parks (171), Conan Williams (189) and Justin Boulais (215).
Santa Ana will send Hugo Guzman (103), Luis Cuellar (112), Juan Silva (125), Harold Rubio (130), Fernando Jaimes (135), Juan Serna (145), Ozvaldo Avalos (152), Jamie Orendain (160), Jimmy Becerra (171), Wyatt Howard (189) and Raul Cardenas (215).
El Modena had the second-best showing in Division I, advancing nine to Masters: Paul Munoz (112), Robby Valadez (119), Andy Caraillo (130), Ricardo Sepulveda (140), Ron Brown (145); Mark Hales (152), Daniel Contreras (160), Hans Gleason (171) and Kevin Lukes (heavyweight).
Villa Park advanced seven: Travis Featherstone (103), Frank Angelo (112), Doug Yadon (125), Scott Meyer (130), Buck Barger (140), Nick Diaz (152) and Anthony DeAngelis (160).
Other county Division I wrestlers to advance were Evan Miles (135) and Josh Oskins (189) of Foothill, Patrick Cadwallader (135) of Brethren Christian, Danny Moller (135) of Valencia, Jriel Chavez (112), David Tran (160) and Art Santellan (125) of Magnolia and Anaheim heavyweight David Gutierrez.
In Division II, Dana Hills and Laguna Hills advanced five each. For the Dolphins: Ian McCall (112), Evan Melgares (119), Frank Gutierez (125), Rene Perez (130) and Ty Blair (171). For Laguna Hills: David Coles (135), Matt Simmons (145), Mike Brown (152), Kevin Kendall (160) and Jerod Simpson (Hwt.).
Capistrano Valley had four: Brian LaMay (140), Bobby Goddard (152) and brothers Mike (171) and Gary Ullerich (215).
Irvine, Saddleback and Trabuco Hills had three each. David Shevitz (119), Chris Eyre (160) and Doug Noble (215) will represent the Vaqueros; Pedro Barajas (112), Reyes Padilla (125) and Osvaldo Aguilar (160) advanced for the Roadrunners, and Austin Eigelbach (119), Brian Carroll (189) and E.J. Chanda (Hwt.) will represent the Mustangs.
Other county wrestlers who advanced from Division II: Bruce Lim, Newport Harbor (119); Jonathan Keene (140) and Matt McCollough (171), Mission Viejo; Chris Russell (189), Woodbridge, and Joseph Samperi of San Clemente.
OTHER DIVISIONS
In Division III, El Dorado advanced five: Keith Collins (140), who won a division title; Chuck Rust (130), Dan Dubois (145), P.J. Montano (215) and John Curtis (Hwt.). Loara’s Orlando Galvan won his second consecutive 112-pound title in Division III and brother Josh (119) advanced as did Jose Hernandez (Hwt.). Kennedy will take two to Masters as Frank Richmond (152) and Fernando Garcia (145) both won division titles. Chris Cathey of Huntington Beach (171) also advances.
In Division IV, which sent its top four to Masters, University advanced Brian Chen, who won the 145-pound title, and Alberto Gamboa, who took second at 160 pounds. Also advancing were Arthur Aquilar (140) of Mater Dei, Ben Stricklin (189) of Brea Olinda and Aaron Hacker (152) of Corona del Mar.
Buena Park’s Juan Ruiz (125) and La Habra’s Jason Murphy (140) won titles in Division V to advance. Also advancing were Gonzalo Meza (152) Armondo Caltempa (119) of Buena Park and Troy’s Tim Chang (112), Thomas Rubio (130) and Evan Markstrum (145).
Also advancing is Estancia’s Nathan Thaler (215).
The Masters meet begins at 4 p.m. Friday and continues at 9 a.m. Saturday.
INJURY REPORT
Juan Serna, one of Santa Ana’s top performers, injured his ankle during his 145-pound semifinal against Craig Wilkerson of Covina Northview Saturday night at Moreno Valley Canyon Springs.
Serna had to forfeit the rest of his matches and finished sixth.
“It was pretty bad,” Coach Scott Glabb said. “We have a week to get ready [for Masters], so we’ll have to wait and see.”
Definitely on the Saints’ sidelines is Juan Silvar (119), who was injured two weeks ago at the Division II duals and did not compete at the Division II individual finals.
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WRESTLING TOP 10
Orange County Final Coaches’ Poll
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Pos. School League 1. Calvary Chapel Olympic 2. Santa Ana Golden West 3. El Modena Century 4. Villa Park Century 5. Laguna Hills Sea View 6. El Dorado Empire 7. Dana Hills South Coast 8. Kennedy Empire 9. Loara Empire 10. (T) Magnolia Orange 10. (T) Irvine Sea View
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Individual Rankings
103--1. Estrada (Calvary Chapel); 2. Guzman (Santa Ana); 3. Featherstone (Villa Park); 4. Tiee (Fountain Valley); 5. Cullimore (San Clemente). 112--1. O. Galvan (Loara); 2. Rodriquez (Calvary Chapel); 3. Chavez (Magnolia); 4. Montgomery (Edison); 5. Augulo (Villa Park). 119--1. J. Galvan (Loara); 2. Aguilar (Canyon); 3. Gaitron (Katella); 4. Lim (Newport Harbor); 5. Melagres (Dana Hills). 125--1. Yadon (Villa Park); 2. Jackson (Calvary Chapel); 3. Santellan (Magnolia); 4. Silva (Santa Ana); 5. Tinoco (El Modena). 130--1. Esparza (Calvary Chapel); 2. Perez (Dana Hills); 3. Rubio (Santa Ana); 4. Gabrielson (Los Alamitos); 5. Rust (El Dorado). 135--1. Gill (Calvary Chapel); 2. Cadawallader (Brethren Christian); 3. Coles (Laguna Hills); 4. Martinez (Los Alamitos); 5. E. Miles (Foothill). 140--1. Keene (Mission Viejo); 2. Barger (Villa Park); 3. Aguilar (Mater Dei); 4. Collins (El Dorado); 5. Chen (University). 145--1. LaMay (Capistrano Valley); 2. Serna (Santa Ana); 3. Garcia (Kennedy); 4. Dubois (El Dorado); 5. Jackson (Calary Chapel). 152--1. Avalos (Santa Ana); 2. Richmond (Kennedy); 3. Kalika (Calvary Chapel); 4. Meza (Buena Park); 5. Hales (El Modena). 160--1. J. Williams (Calvary Chapel); 2. Gamboa (University); 3. Contreras (El Modena); 4. Orendain (Santa Ana); 5. Eyre (Irvine). 171--1. Parks (Calvary Chapel); 2. Blair (Dana Hills); 3. Becerra (Santa Ana); 4. Gleason (El Modena); 5. Cathey (Huntington Beach). 189--1. C. Williams (Calvary Chapel); 2. Howard (Santa Ana); 3. Carroll (Trabuco Hills); 4. Oskins (Foothill); 5. Stricklin (Brea Olinda). 215--1. Montano (El Dorado); 2. Thaler (Estancia); 3. Noble (Irvine); 4. G. Ullrich (Capistrano Valley); 5. Boulais (Calvary Chapel). HEAVYWEIGHT--1. Chanda (Trabuco Hills); 2. Lukes (El Modena); 3. Hernandez (Loara; 4. Gutierrez (Anaheim); 5. Curtis (El Dorado).
