Photos by RT Tolentino
Girls Wrestling
What a weekend for the SGV area girls wrestlers.
They left Bakersfield with 10 placers, including three state championships.
Arroyo’s Brianna Gonzalez earned the 101-pound title by defeating Kaelani Shufeldt (Marina), 5-1.
Walnut’s Anaya Falcon claimed a 5-2 decision over Nyla Valencia (Sobrato), 5-2, to win the 106-pound championship.
Jo Forman (Montclair) edged Marina’s Alexandra Lopez, 9-7, to win a state championship at 143 pounds.
Paige Morales (Central) defeated Arroyo’s Emilie Gonzalez, 5-0, in the 106-pound title match.
In the 150-pound finals, Whitney’s Leah Brown (Whitney) pinned Northview’s Savannah Lewis in 39 seconds.
Leilani Lazaro (116) pinned Isabel Perez at 3:42 to claim fifth.
Esperanza Dorantes pinned Tehya Ledesma at 2:41 to place fifth at 126 pounds.
Hailey Chapman (Rim of the World) defeated San Dimas’ Cameron Ortiz, 5-2 in the 131-pound third-place match.
Walnut’s Jasmine Macias (126) and San Dimas’ Juliana Marquez (160) dropped their seventh-eighth place match.
At the bottom of this story is a link to RT Tolentino’s photo gallery of both the boys and girls competition.
Team Points:
1- Marina (92.5)
2- Gilroy (68)
3- Arroyo (58)
3- Birmingham (58)
3- Paloma (58)
7- Menlo-Atherton (52.5)
8- Northview (50)
8- Pittman (50)
10- Casa Robl (49)
10- Liberty (49)
10- Montclair (49)
13- Walnut (48)
17- San Dimas (44.5)
123- Glendora
Local Girls Placers:
101: Brianna Gonzalez (Arroyo): State Champion
106: Emilie Gonzalez (Arroyo): Second
111: Anaya Falcon (Walnut): State Champion
116: Leilani Lazaro (Northview): Fifth
126: Esperanza Dorantes (San Dimas): Fifth
126: Jasmine Macias (Walnut): Eighth
131: Cameron Ortiz (San Dimas) Fourth
143: Jo Forman (Montclair): State Champion
150: Savannah Lewis (Northview): Second
160: Juliana Marquez (San Dimas): Eighth
CIF State Girls Title Bout Results
101- Brianna Gonzalez (Arroyo) def. Kaelani Shufeldt (Marina), 5-1
106- Paige Morales (Central) def. Emilie Gonzalez (Arroyo), 5-0
111- Anaya Falcon (Walnut) def. Nyla Valencia (Sobrato), 5-2
116- Arieana Arias (Selma) def. Isabella Gonzales (Clovis East), 6-4
121- Elena Ivaldi (Del Oro) def. Leah Gaitan (Temecula Valley), 8-2
126- Jennifer Soto (Gilroy) def. Ella Jauregui (Palo Alto), 2-1
131- Alexia Bensoussan (Menlo-Atherton) def. Veloria Pannell (Los Gatos), 5-2
137- Savannah Gomez (Brawley) pinned Stephanie Chavez (Downey) at 1:29
143- Jo Forman (Montclair) def. Alexandra Lopez (Marina), 9-7
150- Leah Brown (Whitney) pinned Savannah Lewis (Northview) at 0:39
160- Kalila Shrive (Merrill West) def. Kaiulani Garcia (Gilroy), 3-1
170- Mariyah Casados (Vista Murrieta) pinned Haley Gumpfer (Casa Roble) at 3:33
189- Samantha Calkins (Liberty) pinned Galilea Garcia (Schurr) at 3:09
235- Neila Fritts (Capistrano Valley) def. Annika Miles (Elk Grove), 1-0
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