ROYAL NIGHT AT MARMONTE HIGHLANDERS DOMINATE IN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS.Byline: Dave Shelburne Staff Writer Royal High 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. concluded 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. competition the way it has conducted itself all season - dominating the opposition in the league championships Saturday at Simi Valley. Coach Paul Mole's Highlanders came in undefeated for a second consecutive regular season and ranked No. 1 in Southern Section Div. V. By the end of the near-hour meet, they had 10 wrestlers advance to 14 weight-class finals, produced nine individual champions and secured 12 of a possible 14 qualifiers for the individual section finals. It's been that kind of season for Royal (8-0, 7-0) , which also wound up with league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. awards for Kevin Dunn and Eric Blackwell and Coach of the Year recognition for Mole. Gerald Figueroa (105), Dunn (114), Adam Rundgren (121), Ben Sardoni (132), Shawn Jones Shawn Jones (born June 16, 1970 in Thomasville, Georgia) was a National Football League player for the Minnesota Vikings. He is arguably one of the greatest Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterbacks ever amassing the 1990 UPI National Championship[1] (137), Chad Davidson (173), Blackwell (154) Mike Dicato (191) and heavyweight Ryan Reese won titles for Royal. Moorpark's Erik Gonzalez denied the Highlanders a sweep by pinning Royal's Scott Shen Shen, in the Bible, place, perhaps close to Bethel, near which Samuel set up the stone Ebenezer. at 160. Moorpark's Eric Bodjanic (140), Cameron Teitelman of Calabasas (127) and the 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. pair of Jacob Chun (147) and Matt Hanley (217) took the other titles. Few wins produced as much celebration as the one by Davidson, who started the year on junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. and was called up to the varsity after Royal teammate David Talley nearly died during a tournament match at Ontario. Talley, who lost consciousness and stopped breathing on the mat, was kept alive by CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac performed by Mole and another coach and wound up in a coma for more than a day before being released to his parents. He is back in school and out of wrestling, but much in the thoughts of his teammates. ``That was a big win for Talley because he was varsity and he was supposed to win the league championship,'' said Dunn, one of many Royal wrestlers to come out of the stands to congratulate Davidson. ``We all wrestled pretty much for him because he was supposed to be on the team.'' Davidson said he never dreamed of winning league when named to replace Talley and remembered mostly praying for Talley at that time. ``I was praying he would come out of the coma and he did,'' Davidson said. ``It was kind of emotional knowing I took the spot from him. He would have been in there just like me, winning league for us.'' The top three in each weight class qualify for the Central Conference individual championships scheduled for Feb. 18-19 at Brea Olinda High. Royal and Calabasas will represent the Marmonte League in next Saturday's Div. V dual meet championship, which will be held at Kaiser High in Fontana. ``We think we have a very good shot of winning the 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). championship,'' said Dunn, who improved to 40-3 with his second consecutive league title. ``And we've got nine league champions. We feel pretty good.'' Dave Shelburne, (818) 713-3609 dave.shelburne(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Thousand Oaks' Jacob Chun and Moorpark's Richard Kelsey compete during Saturday's Marmonte League championships. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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