Mats pin Fremont with big loss
Puder is outstanding at rugged Mid Cal Classic tournament
By DICK SPARRER
It was a big match ... likely,the biggest match of the season to date in the De Anza Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.
The Fremont wrestlers knew what they had to do.
So did Monta Vista.
And the Matadors did it just a little better, pulling out a tight 33-27 victory over the Firebirds to all but drop Fremont out of the race for the dual match championship in the division. That distinction will go to either Monta Vista or Los Gatos.
The two squads will meet this week to fight it out for the title when the Wildcats and Matadors match 4-0 records in an important dual on Feb. 3, 6:30 p.m., at Gatos.
Two pins and three decision wins helped Monta Vista to the win over Fremont that pushed the Mats into the title match.
Jarrod Rothman and Tryg Koren each won by fall, and Billy Bybee, Paul Montez and David Sproule were decision winners in the key battle with the Firebirds.
Fremont jumped out to a quick 12-0 lead in the team score with wins in the first three matches. Fremont won by forfeit at 103 before Tony Osian pulled out a clutch 8-7 win over Lawrence Tsang in a tough match at 112. When Arturo Galano outpointed Arpit Uppal 7-2 at 119, the 'Birds were flying out in front 12-0.
Rothman tightened things up in a hurry with a quick pin at 125. When the talented senior won by fall at 1:19 of the first round, the Mats had trimmed Fremont's lead to 12-6.
But Kai Garcia blanked Nima Nejat 7-0 at 130, and Bobby Sanchez pulled out a 6-2 victory over Chris Ng at 135 to stretch Fremont's lead to 18-6.
Monta Vista figured to pick up a couple of forfeits for Daniel Puder at 215 and Kyle Kingsbury at heavyweight, so the match would be decided in the next six bouts.
And decided it was. Monta Vista won four of the remaining matches, including one by fall, to pull out the key win.
Bybee nailed a tight 3-2 win at 140 pounds and Montanez edged Chris Healy 5-3 at 145.
Fremont's Gilbert Sanchez managed a 7-4 victory over Norman Hsich at 152, but Monta Vista's Sproule got the points right back with a matching 7-4 win over Daniel McCune at 160.
Leo Saenz gave Fremont an edge when he won by fall at 1:22 of the first round at 171 pounds.
With the forfeits coming up in the final two weight classes, the score was a virtual 27-27 tie when Koren stepped on the mat at 189 pounds. He needed only a win to secure a team victory for the Matadors, but he did more than that. The senior pinned at 3:19 of the second round to give Monta Vista an important victory.
Cupertino wins
Five pins helped the Cupertino wrestling team pound Milpitas 46-32 in De Anza Division dual match action two weeks ago.
Rory Conley pinned at the first round buzzer at 103 pounds for the Pioneers, and Joshua Martin pinned at 1:26 of the first round at 119.
Joey Conley won by fall with a second left in the first round at 160 pounds, Nick Iden pinned at 1:21 of the first at 171 and David Balcazar pinned at 1:37 of the first at 189.
Anthony Nguyen won by technical fall 15-0 at 123 pounds for Cupertino and Andrew Reese won by technical fall 16-1 at 152. Ben DiGregorio won by forfeit at 135.
The win helped the Pioneers even their league record at 1-1-1.
Mid Cal champs
Fremont's Anthony Baza, Cupertino's Joey Conley and Monta Vista's Daniel Puder each came home with individual championships from the rugged Mid Cal Classic at Gilroy back on Jan. 22.
The tournament, annually one of the toughest in the state, features the top-ranked wrestlers and teams from throughout California.
Monta Vista managed a top-10 finish in the team standings behind the efforts of Puder and Jarrod Rothman.
Puder won the title at 218 pounds, beating an opponent from Oak Grove in the championship match. The win capped an outstanding day for Puder and was enough to help him clinch the outstanding wrestler award in the upper weights.
Rothman finished second at 128 to lead the Matadors to a team 10th with 88 points. It was Rothman's first loss of the season, and came against the state's No. 1 ranked wrestler at the weight. Rothman is ranked No. 2.
Baza was a champ at 138 pounds, beating a Madera wrestler in the finals, and Conley took a title at 163 pounds, also beating a Madera foe.
Supporting the efforts of Puder and Rothman for Monta Vista were Matt Krieger, sixth at 163, and Kyle Kingsbury, sixth at 278.
Titan Shootout
Robert Lee and James Rodriguez of Lynbrook each stepped to the top of the victory stand at the Titan Shootout wrestling tournament at John F. Kennedy High School in Fremont.
Lee won a title at 132 pounds for the Vikings and Rodriguez was a champ at 162 for the Vikes.
Wildcat Invitational
Mitch Conley, Andrew Reese and Scott Mueller each won individual titles to lead Cupertino to a team eighth at the Wildcat Invitational, the top frosh-soph wrestling tournament in the Central Coast Section.
Conley won a title at 100 pounds with Reese first at 154 and Mueller a champ at 162.
Wildcat Invitational Results
Team standings: 1) Overfelt 227; 2) Santa Teresa 121.5; 3) Los Gatos 166.5, 4) Andrew Hill 162; 5) Hollister 159; 6) James Lick 158; 7) Santa Cruz 156; 8) Cupertino 149.5; 9) Fremont 148.5; 10) Gilroy 125; 11) Monterey 124, 12) Mitty 102; 13) Palo Alto 92; 14) Homestead 89; 15) tie, Live Oak and Watsonville 78; 17) Lynbrook 69; 18) Pioneer 67; 19) Wilcox 58.5, 20) Oak Grove 48; 21) Milpitas 39; 22) Lincoln 38, 23) Prospect 25; 24) Saratoga 24.
Individual placers
100 pounds-- 1) Conley, Cup; 2) Sulay, Wats; 3) Gacayen, Wil; 4) Pomerantz, SC; 5) Perez, Hol; 6) Ybara, Wil.
105 pounds (A)-- 1) Mar, Lyn; 2) Groves, LG; 3) Marin, Hill; 4) Morrison, PA; 5) Owens, Mont; 6) Cabaug, OG.
105 pounds (B)-- 1) Tien, Over; 2) Money, Mont; 3) Matsuoka, Home; 4) Dubois, Hol; 5) Serrano, Gil; 6) Lam, Mil.
114 pounds (A)-- 1) Juarez, Over; 2) Fremlin, Wats; 3) Overbey, Hol; 4) Garcia, Gil; 5) Arabe, Wil; 6) Amador, Over.
114 pounds (B)-- 1) Razmunich, LO; 2) Keesling, Mil; 3) Chavez, ST; 4) Lee, Lyn; 5) Nelson, Linc; 6) Lopez, Over.
114 pounds (C)-- 1) Thomes, Gil; 2) Jackson, Mitty; 3) Quick, Hol; 4) Davson, Mont; 5) Ngo, Over; 6) Scott, SC.
121 pounds (A)-- 1) Fletcher, Gil; 2) Springer, LG; 3) Casas, Over; 4) Woessner, SC; 5) Rice, ST; 6) Persijin, Hol.
121 pounds (B)-- 1) Raquinio, ST; 2) Casas, Over; 3) Moore, Fre; 4) Rodrigues, OG; 5) Henderson, Lyn; 6) Soto, Linc.
121 pounds (C)-- 1) Acosta, Lick; 2) Kelsey, Hol; 3) Franko, LO; 4) Aye, Lyn; 5) Cornelio, Fre; 6) Gallegos, Hill.
127 pounds (A)-- 1) Conception, SC; 2) Baxin, Over; 3) Vu, ST; 4) Hawkinson, Fre; 5) Wilson, Hol; 6) West, LG.
127 pounds (B)-- 1) Gonzalez, Over; 2) Harril, Mont; 3) Fish, Mitty; 4) Comacho, Wats; 5) Collins, ST; 6) Dausen, Mont.
132 pounds (A)-- 1) Matos, Pio; 2) Wegbliet, PA; 3) Greco, ST; 4) Rodriguez, Hol; 5) Monges, OG; 6) Benevento, LO.
132 pounds (B)-- 1) Pinther, SC; 2) Detrinidad, Over; 3) Deehan, Hol; 4) Gorjastani, Cup; 5) Bettencourt, Gil; 6) DeLeon, ST
137 pounds (A)-- 1) Guttierrez, Gil; 2) Donnelly, LO; 3) Martinez, Hill; 4) Carskadon, Wil; 5) Reyes, Wats; 6) Gutierrez, Lick
137 pounds (B)-- 1) Sanchez, Fre; 2) Vasquez, SC; 3) Chen, Cup; 4) Marine, ST; 5) Baxter, Home; 6) Oleson, LG
142 pounds (A)-- 1) Dexter, PA; 2) Hurtado, Hol; 3) Wong, ST; 4) Vega, Pio; 5) Lee, Lyn; 6) Vallmer, Gil
142 pounds (B)-- 1) Gutierrez, Lick; 2) Wusu, PA; 3) Chen, Home; 4) Soeung, Over; 5) Kick, Hol; 6) Fuerte, Mil
147 pounds (A)-- 1) Scandling, PA; 2) Mircks, ST; 3) Back, Sara; 4) Bacco, Mitty; 5) Milman, LG; 6) Quintana, Mil
147 pounds (B)-- 1) Dalese, Lick; 2) Donnelly, Hol; 3) Guitierrez, Over; 4) Ward, SC; 5) Fehrer, PA; 6) Camel, ST
154 pounds (A)-- 1) Sanchez, Hill; 2) Atoudo, Fre; 3) Amajor, OG; 4) Ramirez, ST; 5) Smitherman, Mont; 6) Lavez, Hol
154 pounds (B)-- 1) Reese, Cup; 2) Dougherty, Home; 3) Hoffman, Mont; 4) Young, Hol; 5) Picket, Over
162 pounds (A)-- 1) Tran, Fre; 2) Horner, LO; 3) Fee, LG; 4) Roukema; 5) Johnston, Pio; 6) Freeman, LG
162 pounds (B)-- 1) Mueller, Cup; 2) Carpenter, LG; 3) Cornell, ST; 4) Ha, Fre; 5) Willis, LO; 6) Masoni, LG
173 pounds (A)-- 1) Smith, LG; 2) Joiner, Cup; 3) Gaitan, Hol; 4) Lopez, Hill; 5) Johnson, ST; 6) Vallmar, Gil
173 pounds (B)-- 1) Orozco, Over; 2) Wetmore, SC; 3) Sheaffers, Pros; 4) Kerley, Mitty; 5) Evans, Linc; 6) Fierman, LG
191 pounds (A)-- 1) McDonald, LG; 2) Renolds, Cup; 3) Marin, Fre; 4) Santos, Over; 5) Kishbawe, LG; 6) Angelinovich, Mil
191 pounds (B)-- 1) Soeung, Over; 2) Bracamonte, Hill; 3) Towsen, LG; 4) Olivira, Hol; 5) Duran, Hol; 6) Lologo, Mont
217 pounds (A)-- 1) Do, Mont; 2) Aranda, Hill; 3) Cook, ST; 4) Souza, Hol; 5) Pryzpenoski, Fre; 6) Biddiscomba
217 pounds (B)-- 1) Subia, Hill; 2) Correa, Hol; 3) Florez, Mont; 4) Bryane, Lick; 5) Neff, Mont; 6) Erwin, Pros
Heavyweight-- 1) Romero, Lick; 2) Vacarreza, Hol; 3) Villuazo, Hill; 4) Duenas, Gil; 5) Nunes, Home; 6) Smith, Wil
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