BOBBY LOUGHRIDGE INVITATIONAL NOTEBOOK: HIGHLAND'S ALLEMAN BEATS RIVAL 160-POUND WRESTLER AVENGES LOSS.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer PALMDALE - For the third consecutive year, Highland High failed to win its own Bobby Loughridge Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. wrestling wrestling, sport in which two unarmed opponents grapple with one another. The object is to secure a fall, i.e., cause the opponent to lose balance and fall to the floor, and ultimately to pin the supine opponent's shoulders to the floor, through the use of body tournament Friday and Saturday (the 12th annual). But 160-pounder Dustin Alleman had perhaps his proudest moment of the season, defeating rival Chris Gonzalez of Alemany of Mission Hills 2-1 on Friday. The victory avenged a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. a 3-1 overtime loss to Gonzalez last month in the championship of the Rebel Classic at Quartz quartz, one of the commonest of all rock-forming minerals and one of the most important constituents of the earth's crust. Chemically, it is silicon dioxide, SiO2. Hill High. Gonzalez entered the match ranked No. 5 (all weight classes) by the Daily News, and Alleman was eighth. The rivalry Rivalry Robbery (See THIEVERY.) Rudeness (See COARSENESS.) Brom Bones and Ichabod Crane bully and show-off compete for Katrina’s hand. [Am. Lit. between the two is heating up, much like Alleman's rivalry last season with John Collins of Lancaster. ``Chris Gonzalez is a real tough kid,'' Highland coach Mike Young said. ``He and Dustin are both real competitive and they respect each other.'' They could meet again Saturday at the Sam De John tournament at San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. High, a particularly tough event for 160-pounders because Brian Straight of Granada Hills and Wilson Pollock of Harvard-Westlake of Studio City also are expected. Straight is 31-3 with a school-record 24 pins. Alleman is 23-3 with 17 pins this season. He went 9-0 with seven pins at the invitational, including a pin over Bryan Merrick of Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. in the tournament final, which Thousand Oaks eventually won 42-39. Alleman is 19-0 over two years in the tournament. --Big rivalry: Highland has never lost a Golden League match, winning its 46th in a row with a victory over Quartz Hill last Wednesday. But for a while, Littlerock appeared ready to upset the Bulldogs at the Loughridge tournament Saturday. The Lobos led 19-6 after dominating the lightweights but eventually fell 43-22. Highland squeaked out the victory by winning three overtime matches by Jacques VanRooyen, Evan Salas and Dan Frazer. Littlerock, led by 125-pounder Brian Jennings Brian Lewis Jennings (born on October 10 1976 in Mesa, Arizona) is an NFL player. He is a long snapper and a tight end with the San Francisco 49ers. He went to Arizona State University. He was drafted by the 49ers in the 7th round (230th overall) in the 2000 NFL Draft. , plays host to Highland in a Golden League match Wednesday evening. Jennings, a junior who won the Golden League championship at 119 last year, was 9-0 with seven pins at the Loughridge tournament. He's 30-1 this season. --Lancaster late: Lancaster didn't show up for the first day of competition on Friday, forfeiting Forfeiting Method of financing international trade of capital goods. five matches. ``I don't actually know the reason why. I guess there was some confusion and Lancaster thought it was a one-day tournament,'' Young said. Second-year Lancaster coach Kevin Bice was a former Highland wrestler who competed in the Loughridge tournament before graduating in 1995. ``I didn't mind too much because it gave me a chance to plug my JV team in,'' Young said. ``They got a chance to see varsity competition.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Dustin Alleman of Highland, on top, gets leverage on Bryan Merrick of Thousand Oaks on Saturday. Gerry Gittelson/Daily News |
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