The San Diego Section’s expanded girls wrestling championship tournaments drew quite a crowd last Saturday to the three competition sites: Rancho Bernardo High School (19 teams in Division I), Santana High School (26 teams in Division II) and Lincoln High School (27 teams in Division III).
That’s a total of 72 teams and 42 individual weight class champions — four from Grossmont Conference schools with 12 finalists, including eight runners-up.
Steele Canyon carried the torch at the Division I tournament with a fourth-place finish with 157 points while Granite Hills finished seventh with 79 points and Helix 15th (27 points).
Santana topped the five East County entrants in the Division II field with a third-place finish with 124.5 points while Grossmont finished eighth with 67 points, El Capitan finished 11th with 50.5 points, Valhalla finished 14th with 39.5 points and El Cajon Val¬ley finished 16th with 28 points.
Six East County teams were entered in the Division III field with West Hills placing fifth with 117 points, Monte Vista placing ninth with 71 points, Liberty Charter placing 17th with 36 points, Mountain Empire in 19th place with 26 points and Mt. Miguel in 22nd place with 11 points. Christian did not score.
The top four place-winners in each weight class advance to the upcoming San Diego Section Masters state-qualifying tournament.
Masters qualifiers from the Division I finals included Steele Canyon’s Kayala Hopkins (second, 135 pounds) and Marina Gonzalez (second, 155 pounds), Reika Proctor (third, 105 pounds), Monser¬rat Bautista (third, 170 pounds), Angelica Murguia (third, 190 pounds) and Izabelle Vazquez (third, 235 pounds), and Granite Hills’ Lucia Ledezma (second, 140 pounds), Jayselle Suetos (fourth, 105 pounds) and Liliana Porfirio (fourth, 235 pounds).
Masters qualifiers from the Division II finals included Santana’s Sierra Fahn (first, 110 pounds), Amber Spencer (first, 145 pounds), Myree Pacheco (second, 190 pounds) and Rachel Taylor (fourth, 155 pounds), El Cajon Valley’s Lilieanna Chunn (first, 130 pounds), El Capitan’s Anna Armenta (second, 120 pounds), Grossmont’s Makyra Redmond (third, 155 pounds) and Grace Parent (fourth, 145 pounds) and Valhalla’s Rozan Saber (fourth, 120 pounds).
The Lady Sultans cleaned up on the mat with two individual champions, three finalists and four Masters qualifiers.
Masters qualifiers from the Division III tournament included Monte Vista’s Katana Ortiz (first, 110 pounds) and Alexa Malinis (second, 100 pounds), West Hills’ Gizelle Fort (second, 120 pounds), Matilda Wilson (second, 135 pounds), Sophia Pomales (third, 115 pounds), Jasmine Haase (third, 130 pounds), Athena Romensas (fourth, 140 pounds), Lib¬erty Charter’s Ella Godby (third, 190 pounds) and Isabella Luzzi (fourth, 145 pounds), and Mountain Empire’s Delayna Mallon (fourth, 100 pounds).
Olympian claimed the team title in Division I — the Lady Eagles’ fifth CIF crown — with 228 points. Poway was a close second with 218.5 points.
Brawley captured the Division II team championship with a dominating 265.5 points, followed by Central Union in second place with 173 points.
Ramona won the team title among Division III schools with 243 points, followed by Imperial in second place with 140.5 points and Holtville in third place with 137 points.
Twelve girls will compete in each weight class at the Masters tournament Feb. 21-22 at Christian High School in El Cajon alongside the boys field.
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he four boys divisional championships are Saturday, Feb. 15: Division I (Olympian High School), Division II (Orange Glen High School), Division III (Ramo¬na High School) and Division IV (Mar Vista High School).
San Diego Section Divisionals
GOLD MEDALISTS
•Sierra Fahn (Santana), 110 pounds Division II
•Lilieanna Chunn (El Cajon Valley), 130 pounds Division II
•Amber Spencer (Santana), 145 pounds Division II
•Katana Ortiz (Monte Vista), 110 pounds Division III
SILVER MEDALISTS
•Kayala Hopkins (Steele Can¬yon), 135 pounds Division I
•Lucia Ledezma (Granite Hills), 140 pounds Division I
*Marina Gonzalez (Steele Can¬yon), 155 pounds Division I
•Anna Armenta (El Capitan) 120 pounds Division II
•Myree Pacheco (Santana), 190 pounds Division II
•Alexa Malinis (Monte Vista), 100 pounds Division III
•Gizelle Fort (West Hills), 120 pounds Division III
•Matilda Wilson (West Hills), 135 pounds Division III
