CIF STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUGH AND TUMBLE FOR AREA STARS ONLY THREE ARE LEFT STANDING: BRYAN, LEMUS AND SPEAKMAN.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer STOCKTON - In a humbling day for area wrestlers, only three of the region's 14 entries avoided elimination at Friday's CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). State Championships before 5,879 fans at the Spanos Center. Arthur Bryan Sir Arthur Bryan KBE (born 1923) is former managing director of the Wedgwood pottery firm (now Waterford Wedgwood). He became the first non-Wedgwood family member to hold the post when he succeeded Josiah Wedgwood V in 1967. He was knighted in 1976 for services to export. (215 pounds) of Monroe High of North Hills, Ed Lemus (119) of El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
tournament, tourney - a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner . Bryan (44-2, 36 pins) rebounded after losing his first match by one point. He followed with a 12-3 victory over Fairfield's George Palmer George Palmer may refer to:
``I just knew I had to beat (Salgado), and I did what I had to do,'' Bryan said. ``It kind of hurt me losing that first match. I wasn't all the way there.'' Bryan meets San Benito's Matt Engwell today. Similarly faced with elimination after an early loss, Speakman (55-8) won two straight, qualifying with a 10-0 victory over El Camino Real's Moshe Levi Moshe Levi (born 1936) was the 12th Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from 1983-1987 . He is also known by the nickname Moshe Vachetsi (משה וחצי "Moshe and a half") because of his considerable height. . Earlier, Speakman pinned Oakland's Jeremiah Captain in 2:05. ``I did a lot better my second two matches,'' Speakman said. ``The first guy I wrestled was just real awesome, but I wouldn't let myself lose two in a row. It's always fun to win, and this place doesn't really intimidate me. Some guys get all nervous, but I just wrestle. I'm pretty happy.'' He'll square off with Dana Hills' Sohail Abraham today. Lemus (42-3) had an easy time in the first round, downing Villa Park's Doug Yadon 16-5. But he then ran into All-American Andy Kim of Poway and was manhandled 23-7. Facing elimination, Lemus defeated West Covina's Gilberto Gauzo by technical fall 22-6. ``Wrestling Kim was like wrestling a monster. He was just huge,'' Lemus said. ``He just got more and more aggressive, and he really came after me. I tried to stay with him, but it was just too hard.'' However, Lemus rebounded nicely with the victory over Gauzo. ``That was the most focused I've ever been,'' Lemus said. ``I just decided to come back and do what I do best - win.'' Lemus faces Arroyo Grande's Jose Velezquez today. Besides Lemus and Bryan, the region's 10 other City Section representatives went a combined 3-20. Royal of Simi Valley's Chris Rueckert, the Daily News No. 1 wrestler (all weight classes), wasn't expected to exit so early. However, his only victory was a second-period pin over heavy underdog Andreik De Leon of El Camino Real. Rueckert (44-5) sandwiched the De Leon victory with an 8-5 opening loss to Steffan Weiner of Buchanan of Clovis and a 4-2 loss to Chris Chambers Christopher J. Chambers (born August 12, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American football wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. of Scripps Ranch of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . Rueckert ended the season with four losses in his last five matches. He was especially despondent de·spon·dent adj. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected. de·spon  dent·ly adv. after the season-ending defeat to
Chambers.
``I just made a mistake and he took advantage of it,'' Rueckert said before storming off to the locker room. Royal coach Paul Mole wished his wrestler could have made up ground after falling behind 4-1. ``Chris controlled the first two periods, but the guy who gets the first takedown Takedown 1. The price at which underwriters obtain securities to be offered to the public. 2. The portion of securities that each investment banker will distribute in a secondary or initial pubic offering. Notes: 1. usually wins,'' Mole said. ``He dug himself a hole late in the third period, and he couldn't get out. Time ran against him.'' |
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