CITY SECTION WRESTLING PREVIEW: LOCAL WRESTLERS GEAR UP'GRIND'.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer Everything elite area wrestlers See
The ``real'' season, three ``meat-grinder'' events within a 16-day span, begins today with the start of the Southern Section individual championships. The section is split into six divisions - determined by geography, not enrollment where meets are held simultaneously. The area's top three programs are in separate divisions. Southern Section Div. V dual-meet champion and two-time 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. champion Royal of 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. - which sends 12 wrestlers, including nine league champions - competes in the Southern Division at Westminster High. Three-time Golden League champion and perennial area power Highland of Palmdale (12 qualifiers including five league champions) competes in the Central Division at Brea Olinda High of Brea. Three-time defending Mission League champion Crespi of Encino (12 qualifiers including seven league champions) competes at the Coastal Division at Edison High of Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. . Top five wrestlers from each division advance to the Feb. 25-26 Master's meet at Fountain Valley Fountain Valley, city (1990 pop. 53,691), Orange co., S Calif.; inc. 1957. Chiefly residential, Fountain Valley also has diverse manufactures, including apparel, computer equipment, semiconductors, and medical equipment. A U.S. navy helicopter facility is there. High. The competition is a prelude to the March 4-5 state meet at Bakersfield's Centennial Gardens. ``We're getting into the grind,'' Harvard-Westlake of Studio City coach Gary Bairos said. Area wrestlers most familiar with the grind are defending state meet qualifiers Eric Blackwell (Royal), a 154-pounder, and Harvard-Westlake's Kenji Porter (191). In addition to Blackwell (42-4) and Porter (38-4), top area wrestlers include Royal 114-pounder Kevin Dunn (42-3), Highland 147-pounder Steve Frehn (33-2) and 121-pounder Kyle Burnett (36-4), Crespi heavyweight Sione Fua (34-1) and 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. 147-pounder Jacob Chun (27-1). Dunn also is a national freestyle The code name for the MCE version of Windows. See Media Center Edition. champion. Royal, which pulled off a dramatic comeback to become just the second team in Ventura County history to win a dual-meet title, figures to be in the hunt for a team title this weekend. Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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