But before long, the ref would get downright slaphappy as the Saratoga wrestling team would nail six pins in the first six matches contested on its way to a lopsided 55-22 win over Milpitas in the El Camino Division of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League.

Block started it all when he pinned 19 seconds into the third round at 160 pounds, and then the Trojans didn't know what hit them. The Falcons won the first eight bouts--six by fall--to open a commanding lead. Only a forfeit at heavyweight interrupted the string of Saratoga victories.

In all, Saratoga won 10 of the 13 matches wrestled, and eight of the wins were pins by the Falcons.

Block got it started with his pin at 160 pounds in 4:19, and Johnathon Venuti followed with a quick pin at 1:29 of the first round at 171 pounds.

Kyle Stoffers pinned in the third round (at 5:01) at 171 pounds, Kyle Patzman pinned in the second round (at 3:13) at 215, Jeffery Nguyen pinned in the second round (at 3:45) at 103 and Allen Chen pinned in the second round (at 2:57) at 112.

Doug Macklin kept the string of Saratoga victories alive with a 12-5 decision at 119 pounds, and Tim Usher made it eight straight with a 12-1 victory at 125.

Stephen Chu (130) and Danny Gold (135) lost the next two bouts, but Scott Surrette got the Saratoga pin machine going again with a second round fall (at 2:42) at 140 pounds.

Spencer Sevilla added a second round fall (at 2:40) at 145 pounds to round out the crew of Saratoga winners.

Derek Macklin dropped a tough 13-5 nod at 152 pounds in the final match of the night.

Prior to the varsity match on Jan. 13, the Saratoga JV team took to the mat against Milpitas. Trent Dozier (54 seconds) and Alex Chiu (1:26) each registered quick first-round pins for the Falcons. Ryan Stoffers added an 11-4 decision win and Danny Lulu won 12-9.

The team win helped the Saratoga varsity improve to 3-0 in the El Camino Division and to 9-4 in the dual match season. Saratoga opened league with a lopsided 63-12 win over Santa Clara, then crushed Homestead 66-3 before whipping Milpitas.

The Falcons travel to The King's Academy in Sunnyvale on Jan. 19, 5 p.m. for varsity and junior varsity competition. Harker School, Lynbrook and Gunn also remain on the league schedule for Saratoga, leading up to the SCVAL finals on Feb. 11­12 at Lynbrook.

Later this week, Saratoga will take part in the Del Mar Frosh-Soph Tournament on Jan. 21, 3 p.m., and the Maria Carrillo Invitational on Jan. 22 in Santa Rosa.

The division dual-match title could be decided could be decided on the final night of the regular season when the Falcons meet Gunn. The Titans ran their dual record to 4-0 last week with an impressive 38-28 non-league win over Palo Alto of the De Anza Division.

Lynbrook slipped to 0-2 in the division after a 43-33 loss to Santa Clara last week. The Bruins, 2-1 in league, won eight matches--four by fall and one by forfeit--on the road to the victory.

The Vikings won four bouts, three by fall. Andrew Liu pinned in just 32 seconds at 140 pounds, and Kenny Huang (119) pinned at 2:34 and Kevin Rahbar (152) pinned at 3:41. Rounding out the list of winners for the Vikes was Winston Wey with a 9-4 decision at 160 pounds.

In the West Valley Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League, Prospect rolled to a 66-6 win over Yerba Buena, and wrestled just four matches to do it. There were forfeits in 10 of the 14 weight classes, but the Panthers added three pins and a decision win for the lopsided team victory. Prospect is now 2-0 in league competition.

Jeff Sellers pinned at 1:25 of the first round at 160 pounds and Scott Mirable (125) and William Hoppner also won by fall for the Panthers. Isreal Navarro posted a decision win at 152 pounds.