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Strength in numbers

By Derry Eads, deads@VenturaCountyStar.com
January 21, 2007

James Glover II / Star staff Nianna Morris, 17, of Santa Paula tries to pin South El Monte's Brenda Giaeta during their 154-pound match at the CIF Southern Regional tournament at Channel Islands High on Saturday. Morris won the match by pin.

So what does a girl have to do to be recognized as one of the best high school female wrestlers in Southern California?

Maintain a firm headlock against rival boys in co-ed tournaments and league duels?

For most of the past decade, that has indeed been the requirement.

Except for the occasional girls-only tournaments, scattered throughout the state, opportunities to showcase skills against opponents of the same gender have been lacking.

Olivia Ocampo's 1998 Marmonte League 103-pound championship for Channel Islands High remains an isolated breakthrough for girls' high school wrestlers in California.

The sport progressed two years ago when the CIF authorized Southern and Northern regional tournaments. Although no official CIF individual or team titles would be decided, it would give state and section offices a barometer of the participation level of girls' wrestling.

That is what made the 2007 Southern California Regional, held Friday and Saturday at Channel Islands, a pivotal event for the sport.

It wasn't the 14 nationally ranked wrestlers who entered the school's gym doors that drew the attention of CIF officials.

Total number of entries would be the bottom line for an evaluation on whether to extend the tournament.

"This meet will be significant in the determination whether the CIF recognizes girls' wrestling," said longtime wrestling officials Jim Stych. "The CIF wants to see an increase in numbers."

Last year's Southern California Regional tournament drew 260 entries. The Northern tournament had 280 competitors.

"If everybody's honest, we were looking for either 300 here or 600 between the two regionals," said Stych. "The CIF has to evaluate based on the numbers."

Entry numbers were down this week, but based on the circumstances surrounding a last-minute rush to find a site for the meet, it has not disillusioned at least one CIF official.

The Southern California Regional was moved to Channel Islands in the last two weeks because of problem at a West Covina gym.

There were 204 pre-registered entries for the regional tournament. With 60 no-shows and 51 walkup entries, the final total was 191.

"We might have had more athletes had we not had this late change in venue," said CIF official Sheri Ross, attending the two-day meet.

"I think we will take another look at it. We may move it to another year."

One more push may be all that's needed to prove girls' wrestling is a viable sport worthy of its own championship platform.

To former Rio Mesa head coach and current Pacifica assistant Todd Stoke, the wrestling at the regional level has been impressive.

"I am hardcore wrestling," said Stoke. "I don't want to see a sideshow. I don't see that happening here.

"The skill level is high in some of these girls. You see really good technique. You're not seeing people that put in four days (only) of work to get here."

In Stych's mind, girls' wrestling has proven that there have been significant increases.

On a large scale, 1,049 girls underwent the state-mandated hydration testing last year. The number increased by 111 this year.

A tournament at Napa drew more than 200 entries. Pacifica and South Hills tournaments, held the same weekend, had a combined total of more than 160 entries. Some tournaments, most notably Diamond Bar, had lower numbers because of late scheduling changes.

Texas and Hawaii are the only states that have separate state championships for boys and girls wrestlers, said Stych.

There has been spot success by females at high school state championships.

Last February, Michaela Hutchison became the first girl to win a title at a co-ed state tournament, winning the Alaska 103-pound title with a 1-0 victory in the championship final.

Deanna Rix was runner-up in the 2005 Maine state championship, losing in overtime in the 103-pound final.

After Ocampo won the Marmonte League title, she posted a 2-2 record in the CIF-Southern Section finals.

California could see another breakthrough next month.

Priscilla Caldera of San Diego Imperial could become the first girl in state history to win a section championship. Caldera placed fourth at last year's San Diego Section Division IV meet as a sophomore and had a 1-2 record in the Masters meet.

Caldera could be one of the best girls' high school wrestlers in state history.

But without a girls' championship meet to state her case or those of other potential state champions, we'll never know.

She has to settle for being one of the "boys."

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UC to pay ex-coach $750,000

By Michael Mirer/Enterprise staff writer

Published Jan 21, 2007 - 00:35:19 CST.

Former UC Davis wrestling coach Michael Burch will receive $725,000 from the University of California to settle a lawsuit he filed surrounding his firing in 2001.

Burch alleged that UCD had failed to renew his contract because of his outspoken support for two female wrestlers cut from the team before the 2000-01 season. UC Regents approved the settlement Friday. The deal was struck in late November, just days before the case was scheduled to go to trial in U.S. District court in Sacramento.

The university downplayed the settlement, saying in a statement it chose to settle to limit “potential exposure to the campus, due to costly litigation for more than three years.” But Burch, in a phone interview Friday, said he believed that was university spin.

“They don’t give three-quarters of a million dollars to cases without merit,” said Burch, who is now an assistant wrestling coach at Brown University. “We stuck with it all these years because we were right. And we’re sending the message to keep standing up for what’s right.”

As part of the terms of the settlement, the university admitted no wrongdoing and will not reinstate Burch, as he had sought. UCD still faces a class-action suit brought by four female wrestlers, alleging the university discriminated against them when it denied them the opportunity to compete before the 2000-01 season.

Burch coached at UCD from 1995 through 2001. He inherited a program that hadn’t won a dual meet the previous three years. In 2001, the Aggies won 10 duals and sent four wrestlers to the NCAA Division I Championship meet.

In May 2001, athletic director Greg Warzecka informed Burch that he would not be retained. That followed a month in which he publicly supported Arezou Mansourian and Chris Ng, two female wrestlers, when they filed a claim with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, regarding their removal from the team.

Women had been part of the UCD wrestling program for a decade. They practiced with the team during the season, but competed unattached in the few events there were for women. Burch added a women’s division to the annual Aggie Open.

Before the 2000-01 season, Burch said he was told to cut Mansourian and Ng from the roster. He did so, although the women continued to practice with the team. In January of 2001, the UCD athletic training staff, which deals only with student-athletes, denied Mansourian treatment for a back injury. At that time, they requested a meeting and were reinstated to the team.

On April 24, 2001, Mansourian and Ng filed their complaint with the Department of Education. University officials said that was the same day they decided not renew Burch. Burch had been working on a series of one-year deals and was part-time with the athletic department.

The university announced the firing in May, but did not explain the reasons. In court papers, it cited personality conflicts between Burch and senior administrators, budget deficits within the wrestling program and an unwillingness to cooperate with the compliance office during investigation of potential NCAA rule violations, as reasons for the firing.

“The decisions made by our Intercollegiate Athletics leadership in all matters related to former coach Burch and the wrestling program were principled and responsible,” UCD’s interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs Janet Gong said in a statement.

Burch filed for retaliation under Title IX. In 2005, the Supreme Court found that law protected whistleblowers from adverse action of employers. Because of that, as well as the relatively rare sight of a wrestling coach outspokenly championing Title IX, the case attracted national attention, as well financial support from the American Association of University Women’s Legal Advocacy Fund.

“AAUW is very pleased with Mike’s settlement,” AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund Interim Director Lisa Maatz said in a statement. “Mike stood up against discrimination — even when it cost him his job — and today, justice has been served.”

Burch said it felt good to have the case behind him, but that he would continue to campaign for the growth of women’s wrestling.

“This is just the beginning,” Burch said. “It gives us an opportunity to push harder for women’s wrestling. In a couple of years, we’ll see a women’s wrestling programs at a prestigious university.”

In 2004, women’s wrestling was included in the Olympics for the first time. The NCAA neither sponsors a championship in women’s wrestling, nor considers it an emerging sport. The California Interscholastic Federation does, however, sponsor a girls wrestling tournament. Last year, CIF expanded the event to include regional tournaments.

According to a statement released by the university, only 10 women have expressed interest in wrestling.

Burch also expects to be a key witness when the wrestlers’ case goes to trial in the coming months.

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Anderson pins down title
Royal wrestler the best in 138-pound division at girls' CIF Southern Regional

By Derry Eads, deads@VenturaCountyStar.com
January 21, 2007

Except for an occasional JV match, Jade Anderson has found breaking into the two-time defending CIF-Southern Section champion Royal High wrestling lineup a difficult undertaking.

It has only made the senior better.

"If not for the Royal team, I would be half the wrestler," said Anderson.

Daily workouts with Royal wrestlers have helped Anderson become the top-rated 138-pound girls' wrestler in the state.

Banking on that experience, Anderson defeated Sunny Hills' Christen Paysee, 8-1, Saturday afternoon in the final of the CIF Southern Regional at Channel Islands.

Anderson was one of three area wrestlers to win titles in the second year of the state's pilot program.

Rebecca Polich of Agoura defeated Justine Neves of Hanford, 3-2, in the 122-pound final. Moorpark's Megan Agajanian, who attends Louisville, won the 146-pound title with a 1 decision over Monique Sanchez of West Covina.

Pacifica's Latika Castillo (108 pounds) and Oxnard's Samantha Stych (126) had runner-up finishes.

To reach the final, Anderson pinned her first two opponents and won an 11-2 decision over Christina Pleitez of South Hills in the semifinals.

"I was struggling the week before this tournament," said Anderson, who won the title in 2006. "I had never wrestled her (Paysee) before."

Anderson was very aware of Paysee's fifth-place finish at the U.S. Girls' Wrestling Association national championships.

"I knew that I had to stay busy," said Anderson.

Perhaps Anderson's best move of the final was reversing Paysee by flipping her with an arm hold.

Anderson, who plans to attend the University of Pacific next year, will compete in the USGWA Northern California state tournament in Vallejo on March 4 and the national championships March 31-April 1 in Michigan.

The Southern Regional tournament was not without its classic matches.

In a match featuring the state's top two 103-pounders, Marina's Victoria Anthony defeated No. 1-ranked Priscilla Caldera of Imperial, 8-2. Anthony took control midway through the third quarter with a reversal that positioned Caldera in a near-fall situation.

Such was not the case in the No. 1 vs. No. 2 duel between Santa Monica's Jazzy Green and Hamilton's Amber Rowe.

Green, a national runner-up, pinned Rowe in the first round.

After placing second at the 2006 Southern Regional, Polich rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Neves, ranked No. 3 in the state. Polich pinned two opponents and defeated Jenette Muhar of Rialto, 6-2, in the semifinals.

Castillo, who entered the tournament with a 9-1 record, trailed 4-0 in the opening minute against the 108-pound top seed. Lopez recorded the pin with 35 seconds left in the first period.

Trailing 7-0 after the opening period against Hernandez (23-0), the state's No. 1-ranked 126-pounder, Stych held her own over the last two periods. Stych is ranked No. 5 in the state.

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Prep wrestling: Esterheld returns to circle, takes third at CIF regionals

Staff Report
Article Launched: 01/21/2007 12:08:21 AM PST

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BRENTWOOD - Kristen Esterheld made her return to the mat for the Redwood girls wrestling team, placing third in the heavyweight division at the CIS Northern California regionals.

"I wrestled three matches today, but I lost my first one," Esterheld said. "I had shoulder surgery over the summer so i was just trying to protect it. ... It was still really stiff.

"I just wanted to get third, I didn't want to lose again. It was kind of hard, I was comng off an undefeated season last year and this was my first tournament coming back."

Esterheld said she is going to the state tournament on Friday in Hanford.

Terra Linda's Jocelyn Havel took fourth place, going 3-2 on Saturday in the 126-pound bracket. San Rafael's Taylor Horgan went 3-2 on Saturday in the 118-pound bracket.

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Phillips finishes as Region’s second best

Manteca Bulletin Daily 1/21/07

BRENTWOOD — When time on the match clock had elapsed, Manteca High standout wrestler Samantha Phillips came just a few points short of conquering a personal goal of winning back-to-back titles in the CIF Girls Wrestling Northern Caifornia Regional Tournament Saturday at Liberty High.

Phillips seemed to be in line to reach the unimaginable feat after posting relatively effortless victories in the quarter and semi-final rounds of the California Intersholastic Federation sponsored tournament. Phillips’ success’ though, on the mat were a pleasant mirage in relation as to how the wrestler was truly feeling.
“Even though I kept winning and people would come up to me and say, ‘nice match’, or ‘you looked great’,” Phillips said, “I kept telling my coach and my dad that I don’t have it.”

Like all superior athletes, their mediocre performances usually will be enough to shame a good athletes’ most valiant effort. That was the case all weekend for Phillips — up until the championship round.

“I always work so hard before matches to get pumped up,” Phillips said. “I jump rope to get my adrenaline pumping, to get into my zone.

“I just could never get that tingling sensation in my fingertips where I know that I’m ready. This entire weekend I didn’t get it.”

After blowing through the quarters and semis with wins over Alex McCheseny of Napa High (11-1 decision), and Chelsea Grasseschi of Castro Valley High (first round pin) Phillips met up with Alexandra Sanchez of Santa Teresa High for the 132-pound title.

“I opened up and scored the first two points of the match, and then the rest of the match was hers,” Phillips said.

Sanchez squeaked away with a 7-2 decison earning herself the championship, but not leaving Phillips with anything to shed tears about.

“If she would have pinned me I would have probably cried,” Phillips said with a burst of laughter. “She wrestled really good. She earned first place and I earned second place.”

“It is just a little different than it was predicted.”

Phillips won’t have the option to hang her head as the senior must instantly start preparing for the State Tournamnent this week in Hanford.

“I’m really excited to get back on it,” Phillips said. “I’m just going to practice as hard as I possibly can without stopping. I want to get all the work I can.

“I felt as if my endurance wasn’t there, so I am going to get on the treadmill and go really hard,” Phillips added. “Everything I do I am going to turn it up a notch.

“This week will be a busy week, for sure.”

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Highland Park wrestlers claim state dual meet

By TERRY CARTER 1/21/07
Chronicle Correspondent

On the girls' state duals, Arlington Martin earned its first win against district rival Arlington 27-24 to capture the state crown.

Katy finished fourth after falling to Arlington and South Grand Prairie. And the Katy Taylor girls, wrestling with 5-of-10 weights filled, placed fifth after tying district rival Waller 30-30 in dual action.

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Vallejo-area girls fare well at wrestling regionals
Vallejo has 3 first-place champions; Hogan has 1, leads teams with 9 placers

TimesHeraldOnline.com 01/21/2007 09:22:40 AM PST

It was another successful day for Vallejo-area girls wrestlers at the CIF Northern Regional tournament, held this year at Liberty High.

Vallejo High, the two-time defending state champions, claimed three individual champions while Hogan had its first-ever individual champ. The cross-town rivals even butted heads a few times, though no team points were kept to determine overall scores.

In the 98-pound bracket, Vallejo's Mary Jane Fernandez, seeded fourth, upset her way through the tournament for a first-place finish, topping No. 1 seed Cindy Pacheco (Elk Grove) in the semifinal and Hogan's Christen Alcantara, the second seed, in the final.

At 103 pounds, Vallejo's Jennifer Fernandez topped Hogan's Krystalle Alcantara in the final.

The Apaches' other individual champ was Angie Miller, who turned in a dominating performance in the 138-pound class. Also wrestling well for Vallejo were Jennifer Steele (154 pounds, fifth) and Jennifer Avelino (114, seventh).

For Hogan, 154-pounder Monica Gonzalez, the top seed, achieved the feat of first-ever Spartan to win a regional title.

As a team Hogan had nine wrestlers place, the highest such team total at the tournament. Faring well for the Spartans were Samantha Hoover

(118, fourth), Keziah Ramos
(146, fourth), Tatiana Grant (165, fourth), Holly Moala (189, fifth), Car Parker (235, sixth) and Marcela Games (132, seventh).

The two teams head to what's considered the unofficial state tournament next weekend, the California Girls Invite held at Hanford West High. Vallejo is the two-time defending champion, but Hogan is looking tough heading into the meet.

"Hopefully," said Hogan coach Ric Manibusan of a possible title. "That's what we're working for."

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Prep wrestling: Esterheld returns to circle, takes third at CIF regionals

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Article Launched: 01/21/2007 12:08:21 AM PST

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BRENTWOOD - Kristen Esterheld made her return to the mat for the Redwood girls wrestling team, placing third in the heavyweight division at the CIS Northern California regionals.

"I wrestled three matches today, but I lost my first one," Esterheld said. "I had shoulder surgery over the summer so i was just trying to protect it. ... It was still really stiff.

"I just wanted to get third, I didn't want to lose again. It was kind of hard, I was comng off an undefeated season last year and this was my first tournament coming back."

Esterheld said she is going to the state tournament on Friday in Hanford.

Terra Linda's Jocelyn Havel took fourth place, going 3-2 on Saturday in the 126-pound bracket. San Rafael's Taylor Horgan went 3-2 on Saturday in the 118-pound bracket.

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Local report:

Santa Cruz Sentinel 1/21/07

Down by a point with less than a minute remaining in her match, Scotts Valley High's Haylee Childs pulled a reversal and pinned Rebecka Joshua of Half Moon Bay to win the championship match at the California Interscholastic Federation North Regional championships Saturday in Brentwood.

"I wrestled her before and barely won the first time so I knew I had to kick it up," said Childs, who competes in the 122-pound weight class.

Childs, who is ranked first in the state by the California Women's Wrestling Association, earned the pin five minutes and 11 seconds into the match.

Earlier in the day, Childs [20-1] defeated Whitney Louie of Sacramento's Kennedy High with a pin in the first round of the semifinals. Kennedy placed third in the tournament.

Scotts Valley's Dane Stevens [130 pounds] won his weight class at the 42nd annual Overfelt Classic in San Jose. Teammate Chase Kranich [119] took second.

Harbor's Tyler Naman [112] and Santa Cruz's Guerrero Villarreal [275] each finished third for their weights. Villarreal had three pins.

Three other Cardinals took seventh — Nicholas Rossini [125], Josiah Frampton [145], and Drew Johnson [215] — helping the team finish in 17th place.

Harbor's Isaiah Woodard and Steven Tandoi each took sixth.

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Joshua finishes third at Napa

By Mark Foyer--[ markf@hmbreview.com ] 1/21/07

Rebecka Joshua continued to build her wrestling resume as she finished third at the Napa Tournament Saturday.

Joshua lost her opening round match at 122 pounds to Brittani Romero of Pittsburg. The freshman bounced back to pin Candace Frietas of Monte Vista, Justine McPeteres of Pittsburg and Romero to qualify for the third-place match.

She went the distance, beating Stephanie Johnson of Arroyo, 4-0.

Cody Davis went 1-2 in the tournament, Morgan Davis and Kaitlyn Manishin both went 0-3.

Joshua was third at the Manteca-Lady Lancer Tournament last month. The freshman has also won two tournaments this year.

Half Moon Bay participates at the Northern California Regional Championships this weekend in Brentwood.

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CIF North Regional Results

January 19 - 20, 2007-Northern California

Liberty High School
850 Second St
Brentwood, CA 94513

98 lbs
1st- Mary Jane Fernandez (Vallejo)
2nd- Christine Alcantara (Hogan)
3rd- Cindy Pacheco (Oak Grove)
4th- Claudeen Panganaran (San Leandro)
5th- Susan So (San Leandro)
6th- Cristabel Mendoza (Pittsburg)
7th- Mercedes Khamjoi (Cesar Chavez)
8th- Alisha Piona (Cesar Chavez)

103 lbs
1st- Jennifer Fernandez (Vallejo)
2nd- Krystalle Alcantara (Hogan)
3rd- Sara Hubbard (Ferndale)
4th- Thuy Tran (Newark Memorial)
5th Ashleigh Rippy (Fairfield)
6th- Kayla Matsuda(James Lick)
7th- Sarina Nieves (Elk Grove)
8th- Jenny Halsted (Cesar Chavez)

108 lbs
1st- Michelle Jimenez (Oak Grove)
2nd - Briona Hendren (Rancho Cordova)
3rd- Marly Stubbs (Del Oro)
4th - Nathasia Agtarap (Fairfield)
5th - Sandra Garcia (James Lick)
6th - Hallie Rose Boldt (South Fork)
7th- Jessica Griffin (Montegomery)
8th - Kiandra Pulido (FRA)??

114 lbs
1st - Gaabrielle Solis (Castro Valley)
2nd - Annie Nguyen (Lowell)
3rd - Jackie Davis (Santa Rosa)
4th - Amy Redhorse (SAC)
5th- Kelly Urionguena (Lassen)
6th - Victoria Menera (Newark Memorial)
7th Jennifer Avelino (Vallejo)
8th Bianca Licata (Casa Grande)

118 lbs
1st- Katarina Perez (Buhach Colony)
2nd -Lauren Neves (Amador Valley)
3rd - Carissa Reynolds (Trinity)
4th- Samantha Hoover (Hogan)
5th Sonya Lucatero (Lassen)
6th - Serrina Smith (Pleasant Grove)
7th - Danielle Smith ( LBS)
8th - Michelle Umelu (San Leandro)

122 lbs
1st Haylee Childs (Scotts Valley)
2nd - Rebecka Joshua (Half Moon Bay)
3rd - Whitney Louie (KEN)
4th- Britanni Romero (Pittburg)
5th - Stephanie Johnson (Arroyo)
6th- Ari Aspelin (Montgomery)
7th- Justine McPeters (Pittburg)
8th- Jasmine Maravilla(Soledad)

126 lbs
1st - Rebec Ribiero ( Concord)
2nd - McKenna Thayn (College Park)
3rd Micha Furniss (Portola)
4th- Jocelyn Havel (Terra Linda)
5th- Mae Anne Y Puso(LBK)
6th- Terra Underdown (San Juan)
7th- Jessica Rubio ( Winters)
8th - Evelyn Perez (Arroyo)

132 lbs
1st - Alexsandra Sanchez (Santa Teresa)
2nd - Samantha Phillips (Manteca)
3rd - Chelsea Grasseschi (Castro Valley)
4th - Samantha Gardner (Napa)
5th - Kayla Garza (LBS)
6th - Tiffany Villareal (San Leandro)
7th- Marcela Games (Hogan)
8th - Justine Sanchez (Newark Memorial)

138 lbs
1st - Angie Miller (Vallejo)
2nd - Moriah Fernandez (Live Oak)
3rd - Amberly Safreno (Will C. Wood)
4th - Holly Thein (Paradise)
5th- Dominique Frazier (FRA)
6th - Kelly Kusumoto (PRS)
7th - Sarah Gendler ( Santa Teresa)
8th - Christina Brown ( Redwood)

144 lbs
1st - Marina Piccolotti (Terra Nova)
2nd - Natalie Bierwith (Monte Vista )
3rd - Brittney David (Liberty)
4th - Keziah Ramos (Hogan )
5th - Desere McCray (West Campus)
6th - Connie Jew (Lowell)
7th Jennifer Jung (Lowell)
8th - Kristin McChessney (Monterey)

154 lbs
1st - Monica Gonzalez (Hogan)
2nd - Rachel Whyte ( San Leandro )
3rd - Beth Bamberger (Ygnacio Valley)
4th - Monica Kirkpatrick (Terra Nova)
5th - Jennifer Steele ( Vallejo )
6th - Daniella Castillo ( Fairfield)
7th- Maria Santoya ( North Monterey County)
8th - Erica Sedivy (SAC)

165 lbs
1st - Maia Matalon (Albany)
2nd - Stevie Ratto (San Leandro)
3rd - Sherrale Rhines (SAC)
4th - Tatianna Grant (Hogan)
5th - Sara Aguilera (Edison)

189 lbs
1st - Matril Ford (SAC)
2nd - Angela Vybomy (Del Campo)
3rd - Brittany Braguine (Terra Nova)
4th - Kristen Ramirez (DEN)
5th - Holly Moala (Hogan)
6th- Rebecca Medeiros (Vintage)
7th - Alexandra Flores (Edison)

235 lbs
1st Jessica Kleever (Casto Valley)
2nd - Jamila McBride (IND)
3rd Kristen Esterheld (Redwood)
4th - Audrey Garza (Vintage)
5th Lauren McCallon (Salinas)
6th - Cardellen Parker (Hogan)
7th - Ebony Berry (SAC)
8th - Andrea Jen (Mission High, San Francisco)

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CIF Girls South Regional Results

January 19 - 20, 2007-Southern California
Channel Islands High School
1400 Raiders Way
Oxnard, CA 93033

98 lbs
1st Maria Henriquez - Northview
2nd Christine Perez - Montebello
3rd Araceli Olea - Farmersville
4th Loreal Cervantes - West Covina
5th Alyssa Moreno - Eleanor Roosevelt
6th Megan Gentry - South Hills
7th Rachel Burt - Imperial
8th Victoria Escamilla - Hamilton

103 lbs
1st Victoria Anthony - Marina
2nd Priscilla Caldera - Imperial
3rd Jazmine Medina - Diamond Ranch
4th Salina Cisneros - Gladstone
5th Vanessa Trujilo - North Torrence
6th Sabrina Gonzalez - Pacifica
7th Adriana Arzola - Farmersville
8th Andrea Sweeney - Marina

108 lbs
1st Samantha Lopez - West Covina
2nd Latika Castillo - Parcifica
3rd Krystian Johnson - Great Oak
4th Nicole Villanueva - Diamond Ranch
5th Misty Major - Royal
6th Mary Tsang - San Marino
7th Angelica Bernal - Arroyo
8th Victoria Guerrero - Righetti

114 lbs
1st Jazzy Green - Santa Monica
2nd Amber Rowe - Hamilton
3rd Bernara Moore - South Hills
4th Rockelle Arredondo - Savanna
5th Crystal Estrella - Santa Monica
6th Rebekah Fischer - South El Monte
7th Lyanna Osier - Oxnard
8th Blaze Crothers - Ventura

118lbs
1st Erica Torres - Granite Hills (SS)
2nd Trinity Plessinger - Yucca Valley
3rd Nicole Villa - Gladstone
4th Lindsay Noble - Torrance
5th Robin Lim - South Hills
6th Mayleen Soto - Gladstone
7th Cecilia Ramirez - Montclair
8th Chelsea Hansen - La Serna

122 lbs
1st Rebecca Polich - Agoura
2nd Justine Neves - Hanford
3rd Ashley Matthews - Canyon
4th Elizabeth Estrada - Gladstone
5th Janette Muhar - Rialto
6th Samantha Elskamp - Gladstone
7th Crystal Hernandez - South Hills
8th Dominique Lokoki - South Hills

126 lbs
1st Christina Hernandez - Oceanside
2nd Samantha Stych - Oxnard
3rd Fabiola Gutierrez - Fillmore
4th Patty Diaz - Fallbrook
5th Robin Puga - Channel Islands
6th Emily Beck - Redondo Union
7th Leticia Davila - Newbury Park
8th Erin Conway - Fillmore

132 lbs
1st Tatiana Padilla - Northview
2nd Mahriah Johnson - Great Oak
3rd Lauren Thompson - Torrey Pines
4th Omega Walters - West Covina
5th Melissa Best - Righetti
6th Destiny Rivero - South Hills
7th Ana Yeatter - Ocean View
8th Maria Anguiano - Ocean View

138 lbs
1st Jade Anderson - Royal
2nd Christen Paysse - Sunny Hills
3rd Hannah Alojado - Valencia
4th Gabrielle Corona - Hanford West
5th Paula Duartye - Sierra Vista
6th Christina Plietez - South Hills
7th Nicole Harvey - Santa Paula

146 lbs
1st Megan Agajanian - Louisville
2nd Monique Sanchez - West Covina
3rd Rebecca Hofman - La Serna
4th Eniola Azeez - Eleanor Roosevelt
5th Veronica Carslile - Marina
6th
7th Terri Cecchine - Ramona (Riverside)
8th Ashley Kendig - Torrance

154 lbs
1st Teri Milkof - South El Monte
2nd Katrina Wilborn - Helix Charter
3rd Kristina Dennis - Mountain View
4th Nianna Morris - Santa Paula
5th Brenda Giaeta - South El Monte
6th Kathryn Reed - Buena
7th Stephanie Alonso - South Hills
8th Sabrina Hernandez - La Serna

165 lbs
1st Alex Jacobo - South Hills
2nd Deidre Burson - Righetti
3rd Michi Stoke - Rio Mesa
4th Matilda Attalla - South Hills
5th Isabel Becerra - Farmersville
6th Rachel Zwicker - All Tribes
7th Lisa Spears - Righetti
8th Karina Johnson - Pacifica

189 lbs
1st Paloma Basulto - Arroyo Grande
2nd Amber Floyd - Rialto
3rd Garrie Ibarra - Savanna
4th Summer DeCourse-Tafoya - South Hills
5th Kylee Inman - Murriet Valley
6th Tiana Martinez - Righetti
7th Liliana Pimienta - Savanna

235 lbs
1st Sonia Peraza - Azusa
2nd Norma Garcia - Hanford West
3rd Jesica Cueto - South Hills
4th Gaby Torres - Tustin
5th Laura Rubio - Monroe
6th Yesica Medina - Santa Paula