WRESTLING ROUNDUP: HISTORY-MAKING PERFORMANCE FOR KNIGHT HIGH WRESTLER.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer Unheralded sophomore Mike Miller came out of nowhere to make history for Knight High of Palmdale, highlighting an otherwise lackluster showing for the Golden League in the Central Division's individual championships at Brea-Olinda High of Brea on Friday. Miller, who qualified for the individual competition in the 217-pound division as an alternate and got a randomly selected berth, became the second-year school's first athlete to win a Southern Section postseason event in any sport. A powerful wrestler despite a violent, if a bit unpolished, wrestling style, Miller rallied from deficits in each of his three victories, highlighted by overcoming a 6-1 deficit midway through the second period of an eventual 11-8 consolation quarterfinal quar·ter·fi·nal adj. Of or relating to one of four competitions in a tournament, whose winners go on to play in semifinal competitions. n. 1. quarterfinals A quarterfinal round. 2. A quarterfinal match. victory over Kennedy of La Palma's Gary Duffield. Miller's only loss came via pin (in 2 minutes and 32 seconds) to No. 1 seed and defending section champion Mike Castillo (Brea-Olinda). ``Mike is a very, very physical young man,'' Knight coach Del King said. ``He plays the game of football at a different level and he wrestles at a different level than most are really comfortable with. People don't like to wrestle him because he's so violent and so physical.'' If he wins his first two matches today, Miller would then need just one more victory in two remaining matches to qualify for the Feb. 25-26 Masters 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. No Golden League wrestler has made it to Masters after qualifying for the Southern Section individual meet in at least 20 years. Kyle Burnett (121), Blaine Burton (132) Steve Frehn (147) advanced to the championship semifinals for perennial Golden League power Highland of Palmdale, which also qualified three wrestlers See
The Golden League qualified seven wrestlers to the championship semifinals and 12 for consolation semifinals. --Crespi wrestler advances: Crespi of Encino heavyweight Sione Fua (36-1) advanced to the Coastal Division individual championship semifinals, meaning he needs just one victory in three matches today to become the Celts' first-ever Masters Meet qualifier qual·i·fi·er n. 1. One that qualifies, especially one that has or fulfills all appropriate qualifications, as for a position, office, or task. 2. . Harvard-Westlake of Studio City's Kenji Porter (40-4), a defending section champion and No. 1 seed, won both of his matches after a first-round bye to advance to the championship semifinals 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. . --Royal strong in Southern Div.: 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. showed no signs of a letdown letdown 1. the sudden flush of milk flow that occurs when the calf begins to suck or when milking commences in a properly prepared cow. Depends for its occurrence on the release of oxytocin from the pituitary gland in response to massage of the teats and udder. in the Southern Division individual championships at Westminster High. The Highlanders, who became only the second Ventura County team to win a Southern Section dual meet title with its Div. V victory last weekend, qualified 10 of its 11 wrestlers into today's action. Sophomore Kevin Dunn (112 pounds), seniors Shaun Jones (135), Eric Blackwell (152) and Ryan Reese (275) each went undefeated Friday to advance to today's championship semifinals. Seniors Andrew Rundgren (119); Ben Sardoni (130) Andrew Mihalo (145), Scott Shen Shen, in the Bible, place, perhaps close to Bethel, near which Samuel set up the stone Ebenezer. (160) and Mike Dicato (189) and junior Chad Davidson (171) advanced to the consolation quarterfinals for four-time defending 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. champ Royal. Dunn, a Masters Meet qualifier at 103 pounds as a freshman last season and Blackwell, a state meet qualifier as a junior, made strong showings on Friday. Dunn (44-3), who received a first-round bye, notched a pin and technical fall in his two matches. Blackwell had three pins in three matches. Jones had two pins in his two matches and Reese worked his way through all three rounds with falls. 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. seniors Jacob Chun (145) and Matt Hanley (215); Ben Whitehouse Ben Whitehouse (born 1961) is a British painter, best known for his large scale landscapes. Currently based in Chicago, he is regarded by some critics as one of the pre-eminent living landscape artists. He has also experimented in high definition "video landscapes. of Camarillo (135); Moorpark senior Eric Gonzalez (160); Calabasas senior Ivan Pinchuk (171); Michael Lemos of Rio Mesa (189) and Brad Chavez of Camarillo (215) advanced to the championship semifinals in their respective divisions. Kirby Lee contributed to this report. Gideon Rubin, (818) 713-3607 gideon.rubin(at)dailynews.com |
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