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Northview Claims Nogales Superchamps Tourney w/Seven Individual Winners; Etiwanda Finishes Second w/Four

Jan 07 2024 01:43:41

Photos by RT Tolentino

Wrestling:

Northview claimed the Nogales Superchamps thanks to seven individual champions.

The Vikings earned 331 team points at the two-day event.

Elijah Butler (106), Marcus Tolentino (113), Jovanni Evangelista (120), Henry Arellano (126), Viviano Gutierrez (144), Aiden Pacheco (175) and Sonny Acuna (190) each earned titles for the Northview program.

Etiwanda had a strong showing of its own.

The Eagles finished in second with 307.5 team points.

That included individual champions Austin McSwain (138), Santiago Loera (150), Kenny Benitez (157) and heavyweight Galen Brown.

Diamond Bar’s Peter Xu won the 165-pound weight class.

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Team Scores (Top-10):
1-Northview (331)
2-Etiwanda (307.5)
3-Bell Gardens (184.5)
4-St. Augustine (183)
5-Aliso Niguel (158)
6-Bishop Amat (146.5)
7-Thousand Oaks (145)
8-Beaumont (143)
9-Diamond Bar (141)
10-Huntington Beach (140)

Individual Results:

106 Pounds:

Title Match: Elijah Butler (N) def. Benicio Thome (Amat), 8-2.

1st Place – Elijah Butler of Northview
2nd Place – Benicio Thome of Bishop Amat
3rd Place – Reggie Fernandez of San Gorgonio
4th Place – Garen Keshishian of Aliso Niguel
5th Place – Lucas Camacho of Carter
6th Place – David Kiley of Diamond Bar
7th Place – Aaron Contreras of West Covina
8th Place – Chris Carreno of Aliso Niguel

113:

Title Match: Marcus Tolentino (N) pinned Maxx Diaz (E) at 0:32.

1st Place – Marcus Tolentino of Northview
2nd Place – Maxx Diaz of Etiwanda
3rd Place – Joshua Grajeda of Bell Gardens
4th Place – Ethan Chow of Rowland
5th Place – Jorge Equihua of Bell Gardens
6th Place – Jeremy Rios of Northview
7th Place – Felipe Rosas of Huntington Beach
8th Place – Landen Minick of Beaumont

120:

Title Match: Jovanni Evangelista (N) def. Noah Butler (N) by injury

1st Place – Jovanni Evangelista of Northview
2nd Place – Noah Butler of Northview
3rd Place – Elias Flores of Northview
4th Place – Ethan Lee of Diamond Bar
5th Place – Cody Dalebout of Beckman
6th Place – Angel Acosta of Bell Gardens
7th Place – Jacob Solano of Etiwanda
8th Place – Joey Gonzales of Edison

126:

Title Match: Henry Arellano (N) def. Khaisen Chen (AN), 9-7.

1st Place – Henry Arellano of Northview
2nd Place – Khaisen Chen of Aliso Niguel
3rd Place – Alfred Luna of Beaumont
4th Place – Ben Mejia of Etiwanda
5th Place – Sean Gross of Chaminade
6th Place – Tripp Suire of Edison
7th Place – Andrew Liu of Diamond Bar
8th Place – Nathan Perez of Beckman

132:

Title Match: Gavin Stephens (HB) pinned Noah Alamo (N) at 4:33.

1st Place – Gavvin Stephens of Huntington Beach
2nd Place – Noah Alamo of Northview
3rd Place – Braeden Steele of St Augustine
4th Place – Luke Thompson of Chaffey
5th Place – Alfredo Hernandez of Bishop Amat
6th Place – William Vasquez of Carter
7th Place – Darius Mello of Thousand Oaks
8th Place – Jose Mayorga of Baldwin Park

138:

Title Match: Austin McSwain (E) pinned Nolan Himelfarb (Cham) at 1:35.

1st Place – Austin McSwain of Etiwanda
2nd Place – Nolan Himelfarb of Chaminade
3rd Place – Byron Cunningham of St Augustine
4th Place – Logan Pistilli of Huntington Beach
5th Place – Ryan Iwohara of Aliso Niguel
6th Place – Matthew Ortiz of Northview
7th Place – Juno Kuk of Diamond Bar
8th Place – Seth Devers of Covina

144:

Title Match: Viviano Gutierrez (N) def. Gianluca Munoz (Amat), 6-1.

1st Place – Viviano Gutierrez of Northview
2nd Place – Gianluca Munoz of Bishop Amat
3rd Place – Jason Castaneda of Etiwanda
4th Place – Issac Acuna of Etiwanda
5th Place – David Moya Sanchez of Huntington Beach
6th Place – Luke Gublet of Thousand Oaks
7th Place – Danny Villanueva of Beaumont
8th Place – Derek Seo of Aliso Niguel

150:

Title Match: Santiago Loera (E) pinned Matthew Siegel (TO) at 3:55.

1st Place – Santiago Loera of Etiwanda
2nd Place – Matthew Siegel of Thousand Oaks
3rd Place – Zane Aossey of Aliso Niguel
4th Place – Alek Sanchez of Northview
5th Place – Gavin Meraw of Aliso Niguel
6th Place – Josiah Flores of Huntington Beach
7th Place – Matthew Jenkins of Diamond Bar
8th Place – Jack George of Bishop Amat

157:

Title Match: Kenny Benitez (E) def. Fred Suri (Mont), 9-0.

1st Place – Kenny Benitez of Etiwanda
2nd Place – Fred Suri of Montclair
3rd Place – Luke Romero of Etiwanda
4th Place – Leonardo Bueno of Bell Gardens
5th Place – Hugo Rosales of Bell Gardens
6th Place – Georges Daniel of St Augustine
7th Place – Johnathan Wu of Diamond Bar
8th Place – Miguel Orozco of Saddleback

165:

Title Match: Peter Xu (DB) pinned Matthew Flores (BG) at 4:21.

1st Place – Peter Xu of Diamond Bar
2nd Place – Matthew Flores of Bell Gardens
3rd Place – Yvan Sevilla of St Augustine
4th Place – Luke Chavez of Rosemead
5th Place – Armando Villalva of Beaumont
6th Place – Jacob Montgomery of Charter Oak
7th Place – Jesse Jimenez of Montclair
8th Place – Nick Martinez of California

175:

Title Match: Aiden Pacheco (N) pinned Aiden Yim (Beck) at 2:43.

1st Place – Aiden Pacheco of Northview
2nd Place – Aiden Yim of Beckman
3rd Place – Dom Montellano of Etiwanda
4th Place – Pedro Lopez of Bell Gardens
5th Place – Curtis Ouch of Beckman
6th Place – Chris Vazquez of Aliso Niguel
7th Place – Myles Sanchez of Aliso Niguel
8th Place – Christian Rigel of Palm Springs

190:

Title Match: Sonny Acuna (N) pinned Alexander Baltazar (Beau) at 1:10.

1st Place – Sonny Acuna of Northview
2nd Place – Alexander Baltazar of Beaumont
3rd Place – Michael Martinez of Carter
4th Place – Anthony Vasquez of Bell Gardens
5th Place – Richie Munoz of Bishop Amat
6th Place – Maddox Lozano of Etiwanda
7th Place – Evan Perez of St Augustine
8th Place – Josiah Mitchell of Palm Springs

215:

Title Match: James Rocha (TO) pinned Robert Grohman (SA) at 4:39.

1st Place – James Rocha of Thousand Oaks
2nd Place – Robert Grohman of St Augustine
3rd Place – Sean Flores of Montclair
4th Place – Moses Vaitai of Etiwanda
5th Place – Sebastian Ramirez of Montclair
6th Place – Dylan Cano of Northview
7th Place – Koa Rapolla of Palm Springs
8th Place – Josiah Joseph of West Covina

285:

Title Match: Galen Brown (E) pinned Ethan Nguyen (SA) at 5:48.

1st Place – Galen Brown of Etiwanda
2nd Place – Ethan Nguyen of St Augustine
3rd Place – Joseph Chavez of California
4th Place – Christian Godinez of Fullerton
5th Place – Jorge Delgado of Rowland
6th Place – Jesse McMurray of Chaffey
7th Place – Joseph Garcia of Covina
8th Place – Ryan Gutierrez of Nogales

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