Wrestling:
The female contingency from 210 Prep Sports programs had an outstanding weekend at the three-day CIF State Championships in Bakersfield.
Of the 29 competitors, 19 were girls.
And of the 10 state placers, nine were young ladies.
Two of the 19 weren’t able to compete because one missed weight (West Covina stud Julie Cimarusti), while the other’s (South Hills’ Ava McGowan) transfer was deemed illegal when her old school (Roosevelt) turned her in for allegedly not having moved.
There was also a lot of history made.
Upland’s Sophia Lopez became the first female in school history to earn a spot in the title match.
Etiwanda had a program-best three state placers, including the first two females in school history.
Sophia Lopez grinded her way to the 170-pound title bout.
Lopez secured first, quarterfinal and semifinal wins via decision.
And she pinned Lincoln’s Alaina Cooper at 1:24 in her second-round match.
Her 6-5 victory over Orange Vista’s Tiffany Bell in the quarterfinal knocked the No. 3 seed out of contention for a trip to the final.
In her championship match, Lopez faced the No. 1 seeded and three-time state champ Leilani Lemus who pinned each of her prior opponents in the first period.
Lemus finished off Lopez in 34 seconds to write her name into the record books.
But her school, program and the SGV are very proud of Sophia Lopez.
Northview had five placers, including three that placed third.
No one worked harder for that third-place podium spot than 145-pound Jules Sitani.
Sitani pulled off literally the hardest way to finish that high.
The No. 3 seed was pinned by No. 30 Avery Naven of Frontier at 5:46 of her opening match.
And then Sitani rolled off seven consecutive victories, including an 8-3 victory over No. 2 seeded Anakarla Hernandez in the third-fourth match.
The Vikings’ Eliana Garcia also placed third at 120 pounds.
Garcia finished 5-1.
Her lone setback was a semifinal round pin at the hands of No. 1 seed and eventual champion SJ Martin of Granada.
Garcia, ranked 29th, secured third by edging Buchanan’s Mariana Gonzalez, 4-3.
Sumaya Lazaro had an amazing run at 140 pounds.
She placed third, going 5-1, including all five wins via pin.
Lazaro’s lone loss was a semifinal pin in the second period to No. 2 Dulcy Martinez.
Martinez ended up the runner up at 140.
Lazaro pinned Downey’s Ivana Cuellar in 38 seconds to earn third place, and it was her second victory over Cuellar in Bakersfield.
San Dimas’ Aubreyelle Baeza had an impressive 5-2 showing at 190 pounds.
It was good enough for fourth place.
Both of her losses came to No. 3 seeded Onyi Oragwan of Centennial.
In the quarterfinal, Oragwan edged Baeza, 4-3, in spite of stalling for most of the third period.
In the third-fourth match, Oragwan pinned Baeza at 1:43.
Baeza pinned three and won two via decision.
Sophia Lazaro went 3-3, and she secured a sixth-place finish at 105 pounds.
Lazaro won her first three matches, and then she lost her last three.
Her first and quarterfinal wins were tech falls over Hope’s Elli Marshall (18-0) and San Marino’s Malia Manibog (18-3).
Lazaro defeated Bakersfield’s Cienna Gutierrez, 10-3, in a second-round bout.
A pair of Etiwanda athletes became the first two in program history to place at state.
Sussette Bell went 5-2 to place seventh at 125 pounds.
Bell won four of her five matches via pin, including a stick of Northview’s Mia Hooper at 2:16 of the seventh-eighth place match.
Lilly Zediker was sixth at 140 pounds.
Zediker went 5-3, including her first four consolation matches.
Zediker was 5-1 before getting pinned by Northview’s Sumaya Lazaro and Peninsula’s Gianna Lopez.
Northview’s Mia Hooper placed eighth at 125 pounds.
She finished 3-3 after winning three of her first four matches.
Hooper pinned Pitman’s Leila Avalos (1:25) and Santa Ana’s Tiffany Nguyen (4:56), and she secured an 18-1 tech fall over Atascadero’s Emma Garrett in the third round.
Etiwanda heavyweight Carlos Sutton was the lone male placer.
He finished eighth in spite of having to forfeit his final two bouts due to an ankle injury.
Sutton pinned Vacaville’s Ezra Cremo (3:29) and Monache’s Diego Ensaldo (1:09) in the first two rounds.
He defeated Frontier’s Nathaniel Espericueta, 4-1, before getting pinned and injured against No. 1 Coby Merrill (JW North) in the quarterfinal.
The Northview girls finished third as a program (100.5 team points) behind Buchanan (147.5) and Marina (109).
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Placers:
105 Pounds: Sophia Lazaro (Northview): Sixth place
First Round: Lazaro def. Elli Marshall (Hope), 18-0
Second: Lazaro def. Cienna Gutierrez (Bakersfield), 10-3
Quarterfinal: Lazaro def. Malia Manibog (San Marino), 18-3
Semifinal: Angelica Serratos (Santa Ana) def. Lazaro, 14-6
Consolation Semifinal: Giselle Solano (Franklin) pinned Lazaro at 2:06
Fifth-Six: Lily Dizon (Pitman) def. Lazaro, 8-7
120: Eliana Garcia (Northview): Third
First Round: Bye
Second: Garcia wins via forfeit
Third: Garcia pinned Scarlett Renwick (Matilda) at 2:59
Quarterfinal: Garcia def. Addison Bernstein (Orland), 18-1
Semifinal: SJ Martin (Granada) pinned Garcia at 2:13
Consolation: Garcia def. Itzel Herrera (Corona), 5-1
Third-Fourth Place: Garcia def. Mariana Gonzalez (Buchanan), 4-3
125: Mia Hooper (Northview): Eighth
First Round: Bye
Second: Hooper pinned Leila Avalos (Pitman) at 1:25
Third: Hooper def. Emma Garrett (Atascadero), 18-1
Quarterfinal: Angelina Borelli (Los Banos) def. Hooper, 11-4
Consolation: Hooper pinned Tiffany Nguyen (Santa Ana) at 4:56
Consolation: Jocelynn Mendoza (Gilroy) def. Hooper, 12-5
Seventh-Eighth: Bell (Etiwanda) pinned Hooper at 2:16
125: Sussette Bell (Etiwanda): Seventh
First Round: Bye
Second: Bell pinned Angelina Schlumpberger (Albany) at 3:22
Third: Angelina Borelli (Los Banos) pinned Bell at 3:00
Consolation: Bell pinned Raquel Hall (Mt. Carmel) at 1:35
Consolation: Bell def. Georgia Michalchuk (Riordan), 6-1
Consolation: Bell pinned Aleia Apostol (Poway) at 2:22
Consolation: Maile Nguyen (Granada) def. Bell, 5-3
Seventh-Eighth: Bell pinned Mia Hooper (Northview) at 2:16
140: Sumaya Lazaro (Northview): Third
First Round: Bye
Second: Lazaro pinned Ayaka Nady (Concord) at 1:14
Third: Lazaro pinned Mikayla Cayabyab (Milpitas) at 0:50
Quarterfinal: Lazaro pinned Ivana Cuellar (Downey) at 5:54
Semifinal: Dulcy Martinez (Central Catholic) pinned Lazaro at 2:32
Consolation: Lazaro pinned Lilly Zediker (Etiwanda) at 2:38
Third-Fourth: Lazaro pinned Ivana Cuellar at 0:38
140: Lilly Zediker (Etiwanda): Sixth
First Round: Bye
Second: Zediker def. Daniela Lopez (Sylmar), 10-5
Third: Dulcy Martinez (Central Catholic) pinned Zediker at 1:18
Consolation: Zediker def. Bella Lyrse (Cypress), 14-7
Consolation: Zediker pinned Ashlynn Lynch (Northwood) at 4:57
Consolation: Zediker pinned Evelynn Thea at 4:38
Consolation: Zediker pinned Sarah Harthorn (Golden Valley) at 4:23
Consolation Semifinal: Sumaya Lazaro (Northview) pinned Zediker at 2:38
Fifth-Sixth: Gianna Lopez (Peninsula) pinned Zediker at 0:18
145: Jules Sitani (Northview): Third
First Round: Bye
Second: Avery Naven (Frontier) pinned Sitani at 5:46
Consolation: Sitani def. Rossy Parra (Lincoln), 7-6
Consolation: Sitani def. Kairabella Brown (Concord), 7-6
Consolation: Sitani def. Brynn Madden (Del Oro), 1-0
Consolation: Sitani def. Josephine Rettich (Aliso Niguel), 5-1
Consolation: Sitani pinned Emma Mallan (Marrysville) at 3:20
Consolation: Sitani def. Kirin Smith (Clovis West) by medical forfeit
Third-Fourth: Sitani def. Anakarla Hernandez (St. Helena), 8-3
170: Sophia Lopez (Upland):
First: Bye
Second: Lopez def. Alyvia McKenzie (Shasta), 8-0
Third: Lopez pinned Alaina Cooper (Lincoln) at 1:24
Quarterfinal: Lopez def. Tiffany Bell (Orange Vista), 6-5
Semifinal: Lopez def. Barlynn Solia-Tago (LB Poly), 2-0
Championship: No. 1 Leilani Lemus (Clovis) pinned Lopez at 0:34
190: Aubreyelle Baeza (San Dimas): Fourth
First Round: Bye
Second: Baeza pinned MacKenzie Miller (Casa Robles) at 1:27
Third: Baeza pinned Jazmine Mendez (Christopher) at 0:49
Quarterfinal: Onyi Oragwan (Centennial) def. Baeza, 4-3
Consolation: Baeza def. Diana Duarte (San Marcos), 5-2
Consolation: Baeza def. Briana Alvarado (Highland), 2-0
Consolation: Baeza pinned Rosalynn Diaz (Liberty) at 4:05
Third-Fourth: Oragwan (Centennial) pinned Baeza at 1:43
285: Carlos Sutton (Etiwanda):
First Round: Sutton pinned Ezra Cremo (Vacaville) at 3:29
Second: Sutton pinned Diego Ensaldo (Monache) at 1:09
Third: Sutton def. Nathaniel Espericueta (Frontier), 4-1
Quarterfinal: Coby Merrill (JW North) pinned Sutton at 1:22
Consolation: Sutton def. Abraham Datte (Monroe), 7-2
Consolation: Matthew Cooley (Oakdale) def. Sutton by medical forfeit
Seventh-Eighth: Nathan Espericueta (Frontier) def. Sutton by medical forfeit
Boys’ Results (non-placers):
113: Elijah Butler (Northview): 3-2
113: Nathan Solorio (Damien): 2-2
126: Kayden Vasquez (South Hills): 0-2
126: Elias Flores (Northview): 0-2
132: Henry Arellano (Northview): 0-2
144: Jacob Fernandez (Bonita): 2-2
175: Rex Topete (South Hills): 2-2
215: Michael Baeza (San Dimas): 3-2
285: Brayden Kilgore (Rancho Cucamonga): 1-2
Girls’ Results (non-placers):
110: Melissa Acosta (West Covina): 1-2
115: Rebecca Dezan (Upland): 2-2
130: Marci Cueva (Northview): 1-2
130: Zelilah Elliston-Perez, Upland: 3-2
135: Juliet Salazar (Northview): 3-2
140: Julie Cimarusti (West Covina): Did not make weight.
140: Ava McGowan (South Hills): Was deemed ineligible as an illegal transfer
170: Isabella De La Vega (Etiwanda): 3-2
190: Sonia Ibarra (Etiwanda): 0-2
235: Sofia Ibarra (Etiwanda): 3-2
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