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Miller, Gorman win Andree titles
By Dick Sparrer
The late Ray Andree never coached wrestling at Westmont High School.
Still, the veteran coach was well-known around that Campbell campus after a long and illustrious career as a football and wrestling coach at Camden, Branham and Del Mar high schools.
So when Ron Scadina signed on as the head wrestling coach at Westmont, it made perfect sense to him to honor his former high school coach.
Andree passed away a few years ago, and to honor his memory Scadina has set up a scholarship and tournament in his name.
The annual Ray Andree Memorial Tournament was held on the first day of December and kicked off the 2001-02 high school wrestling tournament in the area.
"It's a memorial tournament created to fund our scholarships and honor coach Andree," said Scadina, who wrestled for the veteran coach as a prepster at Del Mar.
And Scadina's Warriors would have made Andree proud with their performance in the Saturday tourney.
Two Westmont wrestlers won individual titles and three made it to the finals to lead the Warriors to a team fifth in the 22-team tourney.
Seniors Tom Miller and Gareth Gorman each finished first in their weight classes and senior Johnny Bauman added a second as the Warriors ran up 149 team points to edge Palma (144) for fifth.
Miller pinned in 1:28 of the first round to claim the individual crown at 215 pounds for the Warriors, and Gorman rolled to an 11-3 victory to ice the title at 170 pounds. Bauman lost a tough 6-3 decision in his last match to wind up second at 140.
Two Prospect wrestlers Tony Barba and Steve Jones also made it to the finals at the Andree. Barba pinned at 1:28 of the first round to take the title at 275 pounds, and Jones was second at 135.
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