SOUTHERN SECTION MASTERS MEET: ROYAL NEARLY SENDS THREE TO STATE MEET.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer 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. - Significant in terms of state championship seeding? Perhaps not. Meaningless? No such thing, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. 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. coach Paul Mole, an ex-Marine whose no-nonsense approach and emphasis on integrity helped transform the perennially struggling program he took over seven years ago into the Daily News' top-ranked team. And although no medals are awarded in the Southern Section Masters Meet at Fountain Valley High, a qualifying event for next week's state meet, it was no time for the Highlanders to change course. No time for already-qualified wrestlers to start forfeiting matches, and no time for not-yet-qualifiers to take defaults that could better position them for a state berth, as many do. Royal qualified two wrestlers for the state meet - four area wrestlers in all advanced - and likely would have qualified a third had he employed a more opportunistic strategy. Sophomore Kevin Dunn, who competes in the 112-pound division, suffered a severely sprained knee in a championship quarterfinal match against defending state champion Brian Moreno (Foothill of Santa Ana Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. ), a match he didn't have to win to qualify for the March 4-5 State meet at Bakersfield's Centennial Garden. If Dunn had defaulted in the match against Moreno, he would have faced Anthony Frank (Laguna Hills La·gu·na Hills A city of southern California southeast of Santa Ana. Population: 33,600. ), whom he had already defeated, in a consolation-bracket qualifying match. The injury forced Dunn to forfeit the bout with Frank, forcing him out of contention for a state berth. ``It's very unfortunate,'' Mole said. ``He could have placed. He should have placed.'' Dunn wouldn't have done it any other way. ``If you've got a chance to wrestle a defending state champion, you go after them - that's the mindset mind·set or mind-set n. 1. A fixed mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person's responses to and interpretations of situations. 2. An inclination or a habit. of our program,'' Dunn said from his Simi Valley home after he was released from an Orange County-area hospital. ``Some do it ... but I still say it's better to go out there and at least put up a fight,'' said Royal's Eric Blackwell (152), who placed fifth to qualify for the state meet for a second consecutive year. Shaun Jones (135) placed eighth to qualify for Royal. Jacob Chun (145) became the third wrestler in 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. history to compete in a Masters Meet championship match, finishing second. He lost to Chad Hemerson (Calvary Chapel Calvary Chapel is a non-denominational, Protestant fellowship of churches which began in 1965 in Southern California. The term "fellowship of churches" is used in contrast to a denomination. of Santa Ana) 4-2 in a rematch of last week's Southern Section Southern Division championship match. ``I felt like I wrestled a lot better today, and that gives me some confidence going into (state),'' Chun said. Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Kenji Porter (189) placed third, qualifying for state for the second consecutive year. The Golden League's Steve Frehn (Highland of Palmdale) and Eric Timson (Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley of Lancaster) lost qualifying matches in the consolation brackets after winning their first two matches Saturday. Gideon Rubin (818)713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: LOCAL STATE QUALIFIERS |
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