Photo by Beth Oualline
Wrestling:
The first through semifinal rounds will be completed this Saturday, and the finalists won’t meet up until Wednesday, January 31.
Saturday’s First-Round Schedule:
Boys:
Division 1 at Centennial Corona:
Shadow Hills vs Walnut
Camarillo vs Villa Park
Mayfair vs Norco
San Dimas vs Paloma Valley
Servite vs Royal
Citrus Valley vs Centennial Corona
Newport Harbor vs Chaparral
Canyon Springs vs Downey
Division 2 at Aliso Niguel:
Etiwanda vs Ramona
Bishop Amat vs Aliso Niguel
Millikan vs Buena
Laguna Hills vs Rancho Cucamonga
San Clemente vs LB Poly
Hillcrest vs Damien
Ventura vs El Toro
Chaminade vs Los Osos
Division 3 at Redondo Union:
Victor Valley vs Torrance
Marshall vs Garden Grove
La Canada vs North Torrance
Cypress vs Bonita
Redondo Union vs Colony
South Torrance vs Arroyo
Rim of the World vs Ayala
Lakeside vs Adelanto
Division 4 at Chino Hills:
Chino vs Hueneme
Indio vs Laguna Beach
Western vs La Habra
Highland vs Citrus Hill
Sonora vs Nordhoff
Quartz Hill vs West Valley
El Dorado vs Fullerton
Santa Fe vs Montclair
Division 5 at Thousand Oaks:
Cerritos vs Schurr
Santa Rosa Academy vs Sierra Vista
Thousand Oaks vs Valley View
La Mirada vs Colton
Bell Gardens vs Agoura
Eisenhower vs Nogales
Norwalk vs AB Miller
Glenn vs Bassett
Girls:
Division 1 at Northview:
Centennial Corona vs Northview
LB Poly vs Downey
Santa Ana vs Warren
Walnut vs Orange Vista
Hillcrest vs Laguna Hills
San Clemente vs La Canada
Shadow Hills vs Perris
Corona vs Norwalk
Division 2 at Bonita:
Santa Fe vs El Toro
Arroyo vs Hueneme
Montclair vs Valencia of Placentia
San Dimas vs Roosevelt
Beaumont vs Pacifica Oxnard
Cerritos vs Eastside
Paloma Valley vs Aliso Niguel
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