01/05/08 ~ B - Wrestling
23rd Annual Cupertino Memorial Varsity Wrestling Tournament
This year’s event featured some of the best wrestlers from the Central Coast Section and the state of California. Featured teams included: Santa Ana High School (Southern California Power), 2007 Sierra Nevada Classic Champions Los Gatos High School (#2), Palo Alto High School (#7), Fremont High School (#10), Gunn High School (#12), and Salinas High School (#15). Although the competition was fierce
Valley Christian wrestlers made their presence well known by placing 5 of 6 Varsity wrestlers, three of which were finalist against the power house Santa Ana.
Final Team Standings (Top Ten)
1. Santa Ana High School (269.5)
2. Los Gatos High School (187.0)
3. Salinas High School (141.5)
4. Cupertino High School (127.0)
5. Palo Alto High School (121.0)
6. Ann Sobrato High School (107.5)
7. Gunn High School (105.0)
8. Valley Christian High School (92.0)
9. Fremont High School (91.5)
10. George Washington High School (87.5)
Placements - 1/5/08
103
1. Hogan (Los Gatos)
2. Cano (Santa Ana)
3. Montgomery (Salinas)
4. Lam (George Washington)
5. Sharfi (Cupertino)
6. Vargas (Santa Teresa)
Con A. Shelton (Ann Sobrato)
Con B. Manriquez (Rodriguez)
112
1. Block (Salinas)
2. Redmond (Ann Sobrato)
3. Kreidle (Los Gatos)
4. Lim (George Washington)
5. Serrano (Santa Clara)
6. Osuna (Valley Christian)
Con A. Bautista (Santa Ana)
Con B. Ghannam (Rodriguez)
 
Jordan Osuna continues to make contributions to the team by placing in his second consecutive Varsity tournament this season. Jordan’s strong points have been his take downs and his level of confidence (See photos above).
119
1. Aveno (Santa Teresa)
2. Cerna (Salinas)
3. Castelan (Santa Ana)
4. Yanogacio (Milpitas)
5. Anzalone (Los Gatos)
6. Rotman (Gunn)
Con A. Dong (Piedmont Hills)
Con B. Zhu (George Washington)
125
1. Rodriguez (Salinas)
2. Hoang (Milpitas)
3. Learned (Half Moon Bay)
4. Schwager (Los Gatos)
5. Boucher (Homestead)
6. Williams (Piedmont Hills)
Con A. Borrello (Leigh)
Con B. McChesney (Ann Sobrato)
130
1. Cathey (Fremont)
2. Davalos (Santa Ana)
3. Messaros (Cupertino)
4. Rahmil (Los Gatos)
5. Defiesta (Rodriguez)
6. Nguyen (Milpitas)
Con A. Cleveland (Santa Teresa)
Con B. Gorman (Gunn)
135
1. Newby (Palo Alto)
2. Morales (Santa Ana)
3. Fernandez (Live Oak)
4. Cerda (Salinas)
5. Ramirez (Fremont)
6. Chan (Gunn)
Con A. Nguyen (George Washington)
Con B. Flores (Del Mar)
140
1. Martinez (Santa Ana)
2. Haraguchi (Cupertino)
3. Post (Gunn)
4. McVannel (Salinas)
5. Ino (Wilcox)
6. Do (Piedmont Hills)
7. Con A. Crawley (Valley Christian)
7. Con B. Harrison (Ann Sobrato)
 
AJ Crawley is adjusting well to his new 140 lb weight class. After suffering an early defeat he went on another winning rampage placing him in medal round territory. One of those wins was an exciting overtime win against a tough Lynbrook opponent (see photo above).
145
1. Navarro (Santa Ana)
2. Ma (Piedmont Hills)
3. Brewer (Ann Sobrato)
4. Martin (Cupertino)
5. Carboni (Leigh)
6. Elwin (Evergreen)
Con A. Feldstein (Palo Alto)
Con B. Hall (Del Mar)
 
CJ Van Elderen had an incredible tournament experience this weekend. So did his opponents, however they got the raw end of the deal. He demonstrated great head snapping takedowns. He also gave his opponents a breakdown and arm-bar to a tilt clinic (see photos above).
152
1. Lu (Monta Vista)
2. Brusca (Wilcox)
3. Sheehan (Palo Alto)
4. Mello (Santa Teresa)
5. La (Fremont)
6. Henderson (Ann Sobrato)
Con A. Spitters (Harkers)
Con B. Jackson (Cupertino)
160
1. Giaccia (Gunn)
2. Goodison (Los Gatos)
3. Linares (Del Mar)
4. Juarez (Santa Ana)
5. Zawaideh (Rodriguez)
6. Cho (Cupertino)
Con A. Stoch (Branham)
Con B. Strong (George Washington)
171
1. Canales (Santa Ana)
2. Galaviz (Valley Christian)
3. Gillespie (Ann Sobrato)
4. Drebin (Palo Alto)
5. Smith (Rodriguez)
6. Pele (Lynbrook)
Con A. Sohol, S. (Los Gatos)
Con B. Amezcua (Wilcox)
 
Charlie Galaviz who was seated #3 placed 2nd this tournament eliminating all CCS opponents by fall. He avenged a #2 seeded Sobrato opponent by fall. His only loss came in the Finals to a tough Santa Ana wrestler from the Southern Section. Charlie’s new season record is 12-2 with 11 wins by fall (see photos above).
189
1. Hall (Palo Alto)
2. Kalpin (Los Gatos)
3. Luengas (Santa Ana)
4. Eleazer (Aragon)
5. Bragas (Fremont)
6. Ramos (Evergreen)
Con A. Blakeman (Salinas)
Con B. Balkovich (Wilcox)
215
1. Alfaro (Santa Ana)
2. James, P. (Valley Christian)
3. Sohol, G. (Los Gatos)
4. Grimes (George Washington)
5. Lewis (Rodriguez)
6. Akren (Wilcox)
 
Peipe James experienced his first tournament action this weekend after shaking off a lingering football injury. You would have had to look pretty hard to see any evidence of rust because he came out firing. He placed 2nd loosing only to another Santa Ana wrestler in the Finals (see photos above).
285
1. Ortega (Santa Ana)
2. Tozer (Valley Christian)
3. Park (Gunn)
4. Patterson (Monta Vista)
5. Marvin (Cupertino)
6. Scott (Evergreen)
Con A. Brecheen (Santa Teresa)
Con B. Alaniz (Ann Sobrato)
 
Christopher Tozier for the third tournament in a row has stood proudly on the winners podium. He finished 3rd at McNair & 1st at the Bay Area Inv. This weekend he just fell short of being the Cupertino Memorial heavyweight champion. Chris improved his record to 12-2 (see photos above).
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