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Miguel Gallegos of San Fernando and Trever Devestern of Littlerock were accidentally left off the second team All-Area team in the paper on Thursday.
Both of them medaled at the Frosh/Soph Tournament two weeks ago, with Gallegos winning it.
The News regrets the error.
More photos of various All-Area wrestlers - in no particular order and from various events this year
Anthony Espinosa (on top) of Alemany
Carlos Lazo (on top) of Alemany against Tyler Loyer of Kaiser in the CIF Finals.
Adam Ali of El Camino Real (in light blue)
Gary Espinosa of Alemany (in maroon)
Benito Mendez of San Fernando (in black singlet and red shoes)
Lazo of Alemany again (with the bloody nose) during the Semis of CIF
Jonathan Urango of Camarillo (in blue) at Masters
Eddie Ruiz of Royal (in white) and Behdod Katebian (in green) of Thousand Oaks at Masters.
Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade (far left) and Katebian of Thousand Oaks (middle) getting their medals at Masters.
Saul Garcia of Moorpark (in green jacket) getting his medal at Masters
Sergio Cortez of Royal (in white) in the Finals match at Masters
In today's All-Area team section, it was stated that Matt Rulon of Royal finished 6th at CIF. He actually finished in 2nd place at CIF and was 6th at CIT.
The Daily News regrets the error.
Here is a photo of Rulon after winning a match - photo supplied by Mark Rulon
Here are a few photos of some of the various members of the all-area wrestlers - in no particular order. More to come throughout the day and next couple days.
Behdod Katebian of Thousand Oaks vs. Eddie Ruiz of Royal
John Combs of Agoura at the Masters Meet
Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade vs. Gary Espinosa of Alemany
San Fernando wrestlers Sultan Muhammad, Miguel Gallegos, Jacob Gorman, Anthony Uribe, Benito Mendez and Rashaad Reynolds.
Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade winning a medal at CIF Regionals in Whittier
Gary Espinosa of Alemany (on top)
Anthony Espinosa of Alemany (in white) wrestling with Nikolai Crouch of Santa Fe at CIF Regionals in Whittier
The entire Quartz Hill team
Sergio Perez (left) and Johnny Fernandez of Birmingham
Matt Rulon, Sergio Cortez, Blake Ginsburg and Mike Dumelle of Royal
Sarah Saenz of San Fernando - Female Wrestler of the Year
Saul Garcia of Moorpark - Marmonte League Champion
COMBS/CORTEZ II - Marmonte League Final
Al Shuman, Adam Ali and Cameron Medina of El Camino Real
These didn't make the online version of the article, so here are the Honorable Mentions, in no particular order
HONORABLE MENTION
Jon Melendez, Quartz Hill
Jacob Ricker, Quartz Hill
Ben Harvey, Quartz Hill
Alex Harvey, Quartz Hill
Spencer Friedman, Harvard-Westlake
Bruce Holmes, El Camino Real
Al Shuman, El Camino Real
Cameron Medina, El Camino Real
Jack Medina, El Camino Real
Bobby Medina, Chaminade
Adam Moreno, Chaminade
Michael Rojas, Sylmar - competed at state
Armando Ontiveros, Sylmar
Blake Ginsburg, Royal - He dominated in the Marmonte League and at CIF,
but ran into stiff competition at Masters.
Oscar Aviles, Granada Hills
Joe Liu, Granada Hills
Randy Horowitz, Calabasas
Behdod Katebian, Thousand Oaks - reached state competition at 119.
Tough weight class.
Brandon Jansen, Thousand Oaks
Bronson Lobato, Thousand Oaks
Eddie Ruiz, Royal - reached state competition as a junior
Anthony Uribe, San Fernando
Jacob Gorman, San Fernando
Lorenzo Chapman, San Fernando
Rabbannee Williams, Alemany
Akeem Gonzales, Alemany
Carlos Lazo, Alemany
Christian Carter, Alemany
Steven Flores, Alemany
Sergio Figueroa, Alemany
Manny Martinez, Chatsworth
Jason Villavensencio, Westlake
Peter Cisneros, Knight
Tyler Burton, Highland
Donovan Baker, Palmdale
Trevor Devestern, Littlerock
Jimmy Ariaza, Littlerock
Thomas Mejia, Littlerock
Jeremy Sanders, Canyon
Matt Tao, Rio Mesa
Zach Downard, Newbury Park
Garrett Morris, Crespi
Alex Guzzi, Crespi
Scott Haskell, Crespi
John Moore, Simi Valley
Erik Hasan, Simi Valley
Chris Organ, Simi Valley
Kyle Hasan, Simi Valley
Tim McAnany, Simi Valley
Tyler McAnany, Simi Valley
Kyle Armour, Simi Valley
Collin Bedwell, Moorpark
Joey Skinner, Agoura
Maxwell Yim, Agoura
The All-Area Wrestling team is coming out in tomorrow's paper. The First and Second Teams, Wrestlers of the Year and Coach and Team of the Year will be in the paper and Honorable Mentions will be online as well as some other factoids about the wrestling season.
I'll post photos of some of the participants over the next couple of days, but here is a teaser of who the (Male) Wrestler of the Year will be.
Alemany's Diego Rabanal took 5th place in the 145 pound class at the Freshman Nationals in Virginia today.
Here he is at BIV at Chaminade High earlier this season.
Miguel Gallegos won the Frosh/Soph State Championships at 130 pounds on Sunday for San Fernando, as the team won it all for the fourth year in a row. The Championship was held in Fresno City College.
Gallegos finished this sophomore season with a 43-8 record. He finished First at the BIV Tournament, First at Sam DeJohn, First at the Cal High Duals, second at the Camarillo Duals, third at the Newbury Park Tournament, seventh at the Tournament of Champions TOC. then in the postseason he finished First at Regionals and second at City C.I.F
Here is a photo of him in the Finals Match at the Best in The Valley (BIV) Tournament at Chaminade High. He won it when he beat Kyle Taketa of West Torrance.
I'm planning on making a graphic arts piece (or pieces) with as many area wrestlers as possible. If anyone has good photos (of either headshot types or 'in action' ones...even full team ones) of LA City Champions, League Champions (or Runners-up), CIF, Masters and State Qualfying wrestlers, please send them along with the photographers name and I'll make something with them all.
I can even use school logos (as a .jpg file), photos of wrestlers jackets with their name on it...anything like that.
Send any you can to john.wareham@dailynews.com. I'm especially lacking in Golden League wrestlers, if anyone has any of those guys (particularly Luis Favela of Littlerock)
thanks
Jonathan Urango of Camarillo ends up with the only state medal among the 23 local wrestlers who went to state. He finished fifth at state today after losing his first two matches of the day and winning his final two. He lost his first to the #1 ranked Stephen West of Buchanan and with that, Urango missed his opportunity to avenge his Masters loss to Patrick Martinez of Temecula Valley, who then beat the previously unbeaten West in the Finals - in 3 OT.
Saul Garcia of Moorpark and Matt Hickman of Camarillo both competed in Day Two of the state tournament, but lost their opening matches of the day and were eliminated early.
The one of the first state champions crowned today was Alex Cisneros of Selma. The significance of his win was that he is a freshman, went 47-0 in the regular season and is the brother of Joe Cisneros, who also won the state championship - also as a freshman.
There are only three local wrestlers left in the state tournament.
Jonathan Urango (160) Camarillo
Matt Hickman (Camarillo) 140
Saul Garcia (125) Moorpark
Urango is the only one of the three still in the championship bracket and guaranteed to medal. He is in the semi-finals and faces #1 ranked Steven West of Buchanan of Clovis next. If he wins that, he could have a rematch with Temecula Valley rival Patrick Martinez - who beat him last week to win the Masters Meet.
The remaining four wrestlers at 160 pounds are the top four ranked guys in the state. (West is #1, Martinez #2, James Cook is #3 and Urango #4) Interestingly, Urango placed fourth at last year's state tournament at 145 pounds, while Cook won state at 152 pounds, but at Clovis West (now he is at Madera). Also last year, Martinez beat West in the quarterfinals last year at state then West blew through the rest of the consolation bracket and finished third while Martinez lost twice more and finished sixth.
Now they all meet tomorrow.
Garcia is the surprise of the three, after finishing sixth at Master's. Hickman and Urango both finished second at Masters - and both could have rematches with their Masters opponents tomorrow.
three rounds of championship brackets and three of consolation brackets have narrowed the local field of wrestlers to five guys who are still alive.
Saul Garcia (125) Moorpark
Sergio Cortez (152) Royal
Matt Hickman of Camarillo and Brandon Stotomayor of Granada Hills (both 140) - but one will be eliminated next, since they wrestle each other.
Jonathan Urango (160) Camarillo
Two early losses and the wrestler is out and goes home. Here are where the local guys are as of now.
Adam Ali, ECR - out
Craig Seidenglanz (Chaminade), Behdod Katebian (TO), Eddie Ruiz (Royal) and Benito Mendez (San Fernando) - all two losses at 119 pounds - all out (the only one of the four to win at all was Seidenglanz, who won one match between his two losses)
Saul Garcia (125) Moorpark - has one loss and is still in at this point
Gary Espinosa (130) Alemany - lost his first match, then won one. Still in.
Emerson Jimenez (135) Reseda - lost one, but still in
Matt Hickman (140) - Camarillo - has one loss so far
Brandon Stotomayor (Granada Hills) - also at 140 and also has one loss
Mike Dumelle (Royal) and Isac Lazarovits (ECR) - both at 145 and both are out.
John Combs (Agoura) and Sergio Cortez (Royal) have one loss each at 152 - they are now in the consolation bracket.
Whereas, Sergio Perez from Birmingham (also at 152) lost his first two and is now out
Jonathan Urango of Camarillo is the only local guy who is advancing and who hasn't lost one match yet. He's in the quarterfinals of the championship bracket. He is already guaranteed to win a medal of some sort.
Josh Dulaney (160) of Granada Hills - out
Michael Rojas (171) of Sylmar is out
Johnny Fernandez (215) of Birmingham is out
Luis Favela (hvwt) of Littlerock is also out.
Adam Ali of El Camino Real lost for the second time and is out
Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade won his first match in the consolation bracket and is 1-1
Behdod Katebian of Thousand Oaks lost for the second time and is out
Gary Espinosa of Alemany won his first match in the consolation bracket and is 1-1
Sergio Perez of Birmingham lost his second match and is out
Josh Dulaney of Granada Hills lost his second match and is out
Johnny Fernandez of Birmingham lost his first match and has moved to the consolation bracket
Luis Favela of Littlerock lost his second match and is out
In the second round, here are the results
Benito Mendez of San Fernando lost (his first loss of the tournament)
Edward Ruiz of Royal lost his first match
Mike Le of San Fernando lost his second match, now he is 1-1
Saul Garcia of Moorpark won his first match, in the second round.
Matt Hickman of Camarillo won his first match of the day (in the second round)
Brandon Stotomayor of Granada Hills lost his first match of the day - in the second round.
Mike Dumelle won his first match, but lost his second - now he is 1-1.
Isac Lazarovits of El Camino Real lost his first match, in the second round
Sergio Cortez of Royal had a bye and advances
John Combs won his second match of the day but now faces Chris Urquizo of Merced - who is NATIONALLY ranked.
Jonathan Urango of Camarillo won 20-4 - his second win of the day.
Michael Rojas of Sylmar lost his first match.
Combs has a tough road ahead, having to beat two state-ranked guys to get to the Finals. If he can get by Urquizo, he then has to face Tigran Adzhemyan of Calvary Chapel - who beat him and Sergio Cortez to win the Masters.
Here are some of the results of the early round matches that involve local guys. In the tournament, two losses usually means you're out of it - unless they come late in the brackets. One's first loss bounces them down to the consolation bracket to compete for either 3rd place, 5th, 7th or 9th. So one loss doesn't mean you're out of it.. However two....
In first round action so far.
Adam Ali, El Camino Real, 103 pounds - lost his first match 5-2
Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade got pinned
Behdod Katebian of Thousand Oaks lost 18-5 (both Seidenglanz and Behdod are 119)
Mike Le of San Fernando (125) won by pin (Saul Garcia of Moorpark advances also because of a bye)
Gary Espinosa (130) of Alemany lost 6-2
Mike Dumelle (145) of Royal won by pin
Sergio Perez of Birmingham (152) lost 5-1
John Combs of Agoura won 18-2
Josh Dulaney of Granada Hills lost 14-6
Jonathan Urango of Camarillo pinned CJ Berry of Chico - in 43 seconds.
Luis Favela of Littlerock lost by pin.
the other participants have first round byes.
more to come.............
I'll blog about the local area guys at state throughout the day as the results come in.
so keep an eye out...
In case you're not aware, the State Meet for wrestling will be this coming Friday and Saturday - all day at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, 1001 Truxtun Ave.
23 local area wrestlers - a combination of Southern Section and the City Section schools - will be competing there on either or both days.
The list of the area wrestlers is the following:
Adam Ali, El Camino Real, 103 pounds
Nasim Nasir, El Camino Real, 112
Craig Seidenglanz, Chaminade, 119
Edward Ruiz, Royal, 119
Behdod Katebian, Thousand Oaks, 119
Benito Mendez, San Fernando, 119
Saul Garcia, Moorpark, 125
Mike Le, San Fernando, 125
Gary Espinosa, Alemany, 130
Emerson Jimenez, Reseda, 135
Matt Hickman, Camarillo, 140
Brandon Stotomayor, Granada Hills, 140
Mike Dumelle, Royal, 145
Isac Lazarovits, El Camino Real, 145
Sergio Cortez, Royal, 152
Sergio Perez, Birmingham, 152
John Combs, Agoura, 152
Jonathan Urango, Camarillo, 160
Josh Dulaney, Granada Hills, 160
Michael Rojas, Sylmar, 171
Adolfo Medina, San Fernando, 189
Johnny Fernandez, Birmingham, 215
Luis Davela, Littlerock, Hvywt
San Fernando is one of the teams that has multiple participants, as do perennial wrestling powerhouse schools of Clovis, Clovis North, Clovis West, Clovis East, Poway, Bakersfield, Santa Fe and Calvary Chapel, among others.
Any wrestler who finishes in the Top 8 of their respective weight class gets a medal and bragging rights that they were one of the eight best wrestlers in the entire state of California in their class. Although now, all of these guys can say that they are one of the 40 best in the state - which is also fantastic.
Here are photos of some of the State-Qualifers from the area.
Gary Espinosa of Alemany (in white) getting turned onto his head. Gary finished 8th at 130 pounds.
Sergio Cortez of Royal (in the back) in his semifinals match, which he won - as indicated.
Jonathan Urango of Camarillo (in blue) wins his semifinal match.
John Combs of Agoura (in white and blue, with two-toned hair) loses the semifinal match. He finished 4th in the tournament.
Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade wins the match against Michael Duparque of Ventura to wrestle for the ninth place - which he wins and finishes 9th.
Behdod Katebian of Thousand Oaks (in black and dark green) battles Eddie Ruiz of Royal (in white) for the 7th and 8th spots. Katebian won the match and they both are going to state in the 119 pound class - along with Seidenglanz.
Saul Garcia of Moorpark (in green) wins the match to finish 8th.
Cortez of Royal again - in the finals match, which he lost.
Combs of Agoura again - this time winning the 4th place match.
Urango and Patrick Martinez of Temecula Valley grappling for the championship of the 160 pound class. Martinez won.
30 local wrestlers went to the Masters Tournament this past weekend. Here are the results of everyone who went.
First, all of the State Qualifiers and where they finished:
Behdod Katebian, 119, Thousand Oaks (placed 7th)
Eddie Ruiz, 119, Royal (placed 8th)
Craig Seidenglanz, 119, Chaminade (placed 9th)
Saul Garcia, 125, Moorpark (placed 7th)
Gary Espinosa, 130, Alemany (placed 8th)
Matt Hickman, 140, Camarillo (placed 2nd)
Mike Dumelle, 145, Royal (placed 8th)
Sergio Cortez, 152, Royal (placed 2nd)
John Combs, 152, Agoura (placed 4th)
Jonathan Urango, 160, Camarillo (placed 2nd)
Luis Favela, Heavyweight, Littlerock (placed 6th)
Now, for the other participants, who were out of the tournament after two or three losses - depending on when they lost:
Jared Ricker, 103, Quartz Hill (lost his first match, won his second, lost his third)
Peter Ceniceros, 112, Knight (won his first match, lost to the eventual 112 pound champion Kenny Mai, then lost to Kogan from Harvard-Westlake)
Ben Kogan, 112, Harvard-Westlake (lost his first match, won his next two, lost his fourth)
Jason Villaviscencio, 112, Westlake (lost his first two matches)
Tyler Burton, 125, Highland (lost his first two)
Donovan Baker, 130, Palmdale (lost his first two)
Trevor Devestern, 130, Littlerock (lost his first, won his second, lost his third)
Spencer Friedman, 135, Harvard-Westlake (won his first, lost his next two)
Ben Wolhaupter, 135, Agoura (lost his first two)
Matt Tao, 140, Rio Mesa (lost to the eventual champion Kyle Chene in the first round, lost to Moorpark's Collin Bedwell in the second)
Blake Ginsburg, 140, Royal (won his first two, lost to Hickman of Camarillo in the third round which bounced him down to battle for 3rd place. He then lost again and got bounced down to wrestle for 9th place with three other guys and then lost in the first round there and was done.)
Bronson Labato, 140, Thousand Oaks (lost his first two)
Collin Bedwell, 140, Moorpark (lost his first one, won his next two - including a win over Tao, then lost his second match and was done)
John Moore, 152, Simi Valley (won his first one, then lost his next two. One of his losses was to Ramon Estrada, who Sergio Cortez of Royal then beat)
Randy Horowitz, 160, Calabasas (lost his first, won the second, lost the third)
Thomas Mejia, 160, Littlerock (lost his first, won the second, lost the third)
Matt Rulon, 171, Royal (had the flu at Masters and lost his first two matches)
Brandon Jansen, 189, Thousand Oaks (lost his first two)
Anthony Espinosa, 189, Alemany (lost his first, won his second, lost his third match)
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