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Fremont's Sabraw seventh at state

It's a place for only the best.

And a dozen wrestlers from the Central Coast Section ended up among the very best when the 26th annual State Wrestling Championships were held last weekend at the University of Pacific's Spanos Center in Stockton.

Individual champions Jacob and Ricky Palomino of Independence topped a list of 12 placers from the CCS at the rugged state event.

R. Palomino, a senior, won a state title at 135 pounds and his cousin, J. Palomino, a freshman, won a state crown at 103 pounds.

The two 76ers were the only CCS combatants to reach the finals, but 10 more wrestlers from the section placed in the prestigious event, including local star Matt Sabraw of Fremont.

Sabraw, a talented senior for the Firebirds, nailed a seventh-place finish at 140 pounds for Fremont. He clinched seventh with a decision win over a wrestler from Hughson High School. Sabraw had earned the shot in the seventh-place round with a tight 2-0 victory over a Del Oro foe.

Other CCS wrestlers placing at state included sophomore Jarrod Rothman of Monta Vista, eighth at 112 pounds; junior Kurt Lorenz of Oak Grove, third at 119 pounds; senior Kenji Arai of Bellarmine, fourth at 130 pounds; senior Chris Valdez of Salinas, fifth at 135 pounds; junior Brian Cobb of Bellarmine, third at 140 pounds.

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, March 11, 1998.
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