BOND AIMS AT DIVISION TOP SPOT\Wrestler seeded 3rd in today's tourney.Byline: Danny Schumacher Special to the Daily News With a Marmonte League The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. title finally in hand, Newbury Park High School wrestling star Tim Bond has turned his attention to today's Southern Section Division II championships at El Rancho High School El Rancho High School is a public school located in the city of Pico Rivera, California, United States. It is apart of the El Rancho Unified School District. The mascot is the Don. in Pico Rivera Pico Rivera (pē`kō rĭvĕr`ə), city (1990 pop. 59,177), Los Angeles co., SW Calif., SE of Los Angeles on the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers; inc. 1958 with the union of Pico and Rivera into one community. . Bond, who wrestles at 145 pounds, lost in the Marmonte League finals as a sophomore and missed a shot at a title last year when his season was cut short by injuries. Bond also missed several weeks early this season due to injuries but finished strong enough to snare snare (snar) a wire loop for removing polyps and tumors by encircling them at the base and closing the loop. snare n. the Marmonte League title by avenging an earlier loss to Mike Bonebright 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 finals. "It was great for Tim," Newbury Park coach Marty Maciel said. "I hadn't seen him that happy for a long time. Hopefully it will continue to work out for him. I would just like to see him get what he deserves." Bond is seeded third for today's tournament and Bonebright is the fourth seed. Both could meet in the final. Newbury Park, the Marmonte League champion, will have seven other wrestlers competing today. Mike Brems (103 pounds), Chris Crites (119), Armando Torres (125), Vinny Quiroz (140), Nate MacArthur (171), Noah Russell (215) and Tom Garcia (heavyweight) will also compete today. Garcia could battle league rivals Chad Troxler (Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. ) and Tim Bradley (Camarillo) for the Southern Section title today. Troxler won the Marmonte League title two weeks ago but all three competitors have traded victories and losses this season. Both Garcia and Torres have been wrestling well for Newbury Park over the last few weeks of the season. "Armando Torres, he has really been coming on strong for us in the end," Maciel said. "Tom, if he wrestles well, he has a decent chance of placing." Other top entries from the Marmonte League competing today are Juan Roman (112) of Channel Islands, Camarillo's Rick Peterson Eric Harding "Rick" Peterson (born October 30, 1954 in New Brunswick, New Jersey), nicknamed The Jacket (Peterson wears his dugout jacket even in warm weather), is a Major League Baseball pitching coach for the New York Mets and former pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates (119), Ron Peterson (125) and Wayne Hatch (140), Royal's Ryan Montanez (130) and Westlake's Beau Taylor (135). Montanez, Rick Peterson, Hatch and Roman are among the top seeds in the tournament. The top six finishers in each weight class today will qualify for next week's Southern Section Masters meet at Fountain Valley High School Fountain Valley High School (or FVHS) is a California Distinguished public high school located in Fountain Valley, California. It was established in 1966 and is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District. . CAPTION(S): PHOTO Photo Simi Valley wrestler James Lyles, left, trains with Chad Troxler, who may face Panther Tom Garcia. David Crane/Daily News |
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