Wrestling: Estancia finishes second in PCL

Joseph Boo

CORONA DEL MAR - Estancia High’s wrestling team finished second in

the Pacific Coast League championships Saturday at Corona del Mar, 20

points behind league champion University. CdM finished third, followed by

Costa Mesa.

The three Newport-Mesa schools sent 19 wrestlers to the CIF southern

Section meet. The top two wrestlers in each weight class qualified.

Among the meet highlights, Estancia’s Abe Inouye pinned his little

brother, CdM’s Ben Inouye, in 1:51 for the 112 weight title. Dan Oruguze

of CdM pinned Matt Mueller of Estancia in 20 seconds in the 171-pound

finals. Jesse Ynez of Costa Mesa got an 18-8 decision over Jesse Wynkoop

of CdM for the 130-pound title. And Aaron Hacker of CdM won a 12-5

decision for the 160-pound crown.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Team standing

1. University, 192 2. Estancia, 172 3. Corona del Mar, 115 4. Costa Mesa,

96 5. Northwood, 12

Individual

103 - M. Valdez (Est) pinned Donovan (CM), 1:17

112 - A. Inouye (Est) pinned B. Inouye (CdM), 1:51

119 - Carmona (Est) pinned Doty (Uni), 2:25

125 - Kang (Uni) pinned Siminoff (CdM), 1:12

130 - Ynez (CM) dec. Wynkoop (CdM), 18-8

135 - Chen (Uni) dec. Tapia (Est), 3-2

140 - J. Valdez dec. Casarrub (CM), 9-6

145 - Myers (Uni) pinned David (CM), :58

152 - Gamboa (Uni) pinned Tracy (CM), :32

160 - Hacker (CdM) dec. Ching (Uni), 12-5

171 - Oruguze (CdM) pinned Mueller (Est), :20

189 - F. Gamboa (Uni) pinned Morales (Est), 1:09

215 - Thaler (Est) pinned Kleine (Uni), 2:45

Heavyweight - Duckles (Uni) dec. Veach (Est), 4-3 criteria overtime