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| 09.30.06 -
Cerritos Wrestling took second place
at Cerritos tournament Saturday. |
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The Cerritos College wrestling team
played host to their annual tournament on Saturday and
came in second place behind South Coast Conference
opponent Santa Ana College, the defending state
champion. The Dons amassed 112.5 team points, while the
Falcons finished with 81 points, with three other
conference teams also competing in the tournament. This
Saturday, the Falcons will travel to Santa Ana to
compete in their tournament before opening up conference
action.
Three Falcon wrestlers won their
respective weight classes, while three others finished
in the top four. At 165 pounds, freshman
Jack Porter
(Desert
Vista, AZ HS)
defeated three opponents to win his championship, with
freshman
Gene Choi
(North
Torrance HS)
needing only two wins to pick up his title at 174
pounds. As for sophomore heavyweight
Brandon Doran
(Yucca
Valley HS),
he only needed to defeat three opponents, with two
coming by way of pins, to win the title.
Porter, who was seeded second,
received a bye in the first round and then started his
championship run with a 12-4 victory over Gary Ayon of
Santa Ana College, followed by a 17-2 technical fall
victory over East Los Angeles College's Michael Salcido.
In the finals, Porter posted a 12-8 win over top-seeded
Daniel Garay of Mt. San Antonio College. As for Choi, he
had two byes before a tough 7-5 win over Rio Hondo
College's Eric Sanchez in the semi-finals before a 7-4
victory over Charleton Thayn of Victor Valley College.
Doran, the top seed, received a bye in the first round
and then won, 8-1 over Miguel Rano of East Los Angeles
College. He continued his march with a pin over Alex
Arellano of Rio Hondo College in 1:15 and then needed
6:50 to finally pin Tyler Porras of Santa Ana College in
the finals.
Joining Doran in the heavyweight
division was freshman
Chip Baker
(Paramount
HS),
who eventually came in third place. Seeded second, Baker
received a bye in the first round before getting upset
by Mt. San Antonio's Albert Villafay, 4-0. From that
point forward, Baker was unbeatable, as he defeated Rio
Hondo's Jess Childress by pin in 1:37, followed by a 3-1
win over Rio Hondo's Fabian Ojeda and a 3-2 win against
Arellano to propel him to the third place match. In that
match, Baker had his way with East Los Angeles' Miguel
Rano and scored a 12-4 victory.
At 133 pounds, freshman
Jason
Carrillo
(Torrance
HS)
came in third place, as he opened with a 12-10 win over
Santa Ana's Gabe Tseng before getting pinned by eventual
champion Claudio Seanez of Mt. San Antonio in 3:45.
Carrillo rebounded to pin Danny Gutierrez of Santa Ana
in 2:45 before a 7-6 win over Tseng for third place.
Sophomore
Carlos
Alaniz
(La
Mirada HS),
who was the top seed at 141 pounds, started off well
after his opening round bye with a pin in 30 seconds
over Rio Hondo's Herbert Ortiz. After that, Alaniz was
defeated, 19-9 by Vlad Kockiev of Moorpark and then came
away with a 15-13 win against KC Miles of Mt. San
Antonio. In the third place match, Alaniz was then
defeated by Rio Hondo's Diego Martinez and finished in
fourth place.
Others who wrestled for the Falcons
included 125-pound sophomore
Matthew
Holiday
(Camp
Verde, AZ HS),
who went 0-2; freshman
Brian Messinas
(Santa
Fe HS),
who went 0-2 at 157 pounds; freshman
Brandon Dompe
(Whittier
HS),
who went 0-2 at 157 pounds, freshman
Jordan
Serrano
(North
Torrance HS),
who went 0-2 at 157 pounds; freshman
Dean Dutzy
(West
Torrance HS),
who went 0-2 at 157 pounds; freshman
Mike Torres
(Santa
Fe HS),
who went 0-2 at 167 pounds and freshman
Taylor
Gastelum
(Lakewood
HS),
who went 1-2 at 184 pounds. |
