SANTA ANA TAKES OVER LEAD; HAS FIVE IN CHAMPIONSHIPS

By John Van Gaston for the COA

The championship matches have been set for the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Wrestling Championships, held at Fresno City College. In an early morning session on Saturday, new points leader Santa Ana College has advanced five of their wrestlers to the finals, with second place Fresno City and fourth place Cerritos College with three apiece.

Currently, Santa Ana leads with 114 team points, followed by Fresno City with 112.5 points, while Sierra College (89.5), Cerritos (87) and Palomar College (63.5) round out the top five teams. The host Rams were able to advance all 10 of their wrestlers after the early session, while Santa Ana dropped to eight, along with Cerritos.

Here are the match-ups for the championship:

125 - Jason Carrillo (Cerritos) vs. Ivan Sanchez (Santa Ana)
133 - Carlos Alaniz (Cerritos) vs. Gabe Aguilar (Santa Ana)
141 - Leland Gridley (Sierra) vs. Jose Serrato (Santa Ana)
149 - Henry Kofa (Lassen) vs. Alfonso Sanchez (Fresno City)
157 - Sinai Pezzat (Fresno City) vs. Devin Velasquez (Santa Ana)
165 - Glen Shaw (Palomar) vs. Nick Bardsley (Fresno City)
174 - Kyle Griffin (Santa Rosa) vs. Tom Eaton (Santa Ana)
184 - Tim Hawkins (Mt. San Antonio) vs. Jason Carrasco (Bakersfield)
197 - Jayson Collard (Santa Rosa) vs. Jerred Dixon (Sacramento City)
285 - Brandon Doran (Cerritos) vs. Erik Nye (Sierra)

For complete results, go to http://www.tmi.150m.com/Results2006-2007/06-JC-SF-R2.pdf

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