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The Tigers easily handled Panorama in City Wrestling and won 83-0 to move to 4-0 in league.

Tonight, Royal defeated Simi Valley 43-24 for its 7th consecutive league title

Chaminade vs. Crespi is going on now and we'll have results when we receive them.

Last night, a shorthanded Alemany defeated Harvard-Westlake 52-21 at Alemany.

Carlos Lazo, Matt Rojas, Andy Carmona, Anthony Inge and Mike Crossley all had wins for the Warriors (11-4 and 4-0 in league) while Anthony Espinosa, Mike Mendoza and Sergio Figueroa all had wins by pins. Rabbaanee Williams, Akeem Gonzales and Diego Rabanal all sat out for the Warriors.

Ben Kogan had another win for Harvard-Westlake and he'll most likely have a rematch next week against Alemany - and the other Mission League teams at the league finals this Saturday.

The Mission League finals start at 9am Saturday at Chaminade High School in West Hills.

If you want to see some of the best wrestlers in the area, head on over to Chaminade High School in West Hills on Saturday and watch the BIV Tournament.

The teams that will be there are the following:

Alemany
Canoga Park
Brentwood
West Torrance
South Torrance
Camarillo
Beverly Hills
Rio Mesa
Monrovia
Santa Paula
El Camino Real
San Fernando
Monroe
Granada Hills
St. John Bosco
Thousand Oaks
Chatsworth
Sylmar
Fillmore
Chaminade
St. Margarets
Newbury Park

The teams and wrestlers to watch are San Fernando, Alemany, El Camino Real, Thousand Oaks along with Matt Hickman of Camarillo (ranked #4 in the state), Craig Seidenglanz of Chaminade, With ECR and San Fernando going against each other, it'll be a precursor to the City Finals.

Several of San Fernando's female wrestlers competed in the Southern State Regionals where Sarah Saenz winning first place in the 138 pound weight class and Sertell Hollie finishing 3rd at 122. Berenice Flores (114 pounds) almost placed in the top 8 after winning two matches and losing two, but narrowly missed.

San Fernando as a team finished 7th out of 56 teams who competed.

With wrestling tournaments in full swing now, here are the local wrestlers and teams who placed in a variety of tournaments.

At Temecula Valley Invitational, Alemany placed 30th (of 63 teams) and San Fernando tied at 31st. Miguel Gallegos of San Fernando placed 7th at 130 pounds while Richard Ortiz finished in 8th for Alemany at 140. Anthony Espinosa placed 6th for the Warriors and San Fernando's Sultan Mohammad finished in 2nd - losing in the finals to Alex Grandy of Pioneer Valley.

El Camino Real finished in 3rd place overall at the San Clemente Rotary Wrestling Tournament in San Clemente with several of their guys medaling. Nasim Naser won at 119 pounds, Bruce Holmes won at 135, Jack Medina lost in the finals at 145 and finished second as did Aaron Tracht, won finished second at 189.

Quartz Hill (who won the whole tournament), Crespi (who finished 12th), Chaminade 23rd and 27th with two teams), Newbury Park (8th place) and La Canada (14th) all competed in the 42-team West Covina Wrestling Tournament in West Covina. The medalists include the following:

Adrian Manzo (Crespi) placed 3rd at 103 and Bobby Medina (Chaminade) finished 6th.
Jonathan Melendez (Quartz Hill) placed 4th and Canyon's Matt Nader finished 5th at 112
Jared Ricker (Quartz Hill) placed 4th at 119.
Craig Seindenglanz (Chaminade) finished 2nd, Tyler Benavides (Quartz Hill) was 3rd, Garrett Morris (Crespi) 4th and Ramine Sobati (Chaminade) placed 5th at 125 pounds.
Scott Haskell finished 6th for Crespi at 130.
David Wyatt finished 3rd for La Canada and Matt Salo placed 6th for Quartz Hill at 135 pounds.
Tim Stone of Newbury Park placed 3rd for Newbury Park at 140.
Miguel Guardado of Newbury Park (4th) and JT Wilkins of Quartz Hill (5th) medaled at 145.
Andrew Ruiz (Quartz Hill) finished in 5th place at 152.
Justin Southon (3rd) of Newbury Park and Nathan Keyes of Quartz Hill (6th place) medaled at the 160 pound weight class.
Alex Harvey of Quartz Hill won the 171 pound class and John Kearns of Crespi finished 3rd.
Ben Harvey of Quartz Hill won the 189 pound class.
Anthony Chu of Quartz Hill finished in first place in the heavyweight division, while Austin Devine of La Canada placed 3rd, Michael Laperche of Newbury Park was 4th and Alex Guzzi of Crespi finished in 6th.

Updates from two leagues:

In the Golden Valley, several of the teams were in action, but a couple had abbreviated action due to inclement weather. Quartz Hill beat beat Eastside and Antelope Valley in twin duals and here are the results of those:

Quartz Hill 56, Eastside 24

112 Vernon, Ryan (E) p. Arellano,Xavier, 4:19
119 Ricker, Jared (QH) ff.
125 Smith, Broc (QH) ff.
130 Woodruff, James (QH) p. Tramell, Jacob, 1:57
135 Ruiz, Nick (QH) p. Maccharoli, John, 1:19
140 Cambaliza, Joe (QH) p. Hicks, Marquis, :31
145 Christopherson, Nicholas (QH) p. Garcia, Richard, :39
152 Ruiz, Andrew (QH) p. Lepe, Evan, 2:19
160 Keyes, Nathan (QH) p. Zamudio, Jose, :21
171 Lewis, Josiah (E) p. Ruiz, Derrick, 1:05
189 Garcia, Mynor (E) ff.
215 Wright, Justin (E) p. Singleton, Dan, 1:53
285 Chu, Anthony (QH) p. Fahamokioa, Will-bo, 5:13
103 Zopelis, John (QH) d. Caro, Jylianne, 14-12

Quartz Hill 67, Antelope Valley 6

119 Melendez, Jon (QH) ff
125 Smith, Broc (QH) ff
130 Woodruff, James (QH) d. Jones,Kyle, 11-6
135 Ruiz, Nick (QH) maj. Smith, Donald, 13-0
140 Rizza, Michael (AV) p. Bauer, Sam, 1:13
145 Christopherson, Nicholas (QH) ff
152 Wilkins, JT (QH) ff
160 Keyes, Nathan (QH) ff
171 Ruiz, Derrick (QH) ff
189 Harvey, Ben (QH) ff
215 double ff
285 Singleton, Dan (QH) p. Bankhead, Trevor, 1:51
103 Zopelis, John (QH) ff
112 Arellano, Xavier (QH) ff

Due to some unusual circumstances not known at the present time, Highland started to participate in matches against Lancaster and Palmdale, but the team weighed in and then left immediately after. So both Lancaster and Palmdale went through the motions of each wrestler coming to the mat in full gear and raising their hands in victory and both teams won 84-0 over Highland.

So based on those results, here are the standings so far in the Golden League.

1. Quartz Hill 6-0
1. Lancaster 5-0 (but perhaps 6-0 based on the unusual and unknown circumstances with the Highland match)
3. Palmdale 4-1 (perhaps 5-1)
4. Highland 3-1 (perhaps 3-3)
5. Eastside 2-3
6. Littlerock 1-3
7. Knight 1-5
8. Antelope Valley 0-6

In the Marmonte League, Thousand Oaks meets Royal tomorrow night in a tough dual which is bound to be intense. Eddie Ruiz and Christian Beauvoir (among others) of Royal take on Behdod Katebian (among others) at TO. Thousand Oaks has already beaten Simi Valley this season and is 4-0 in league play. Several Royal and Thousand Oaks wrestlers placed high at the 5-Counties Tournament recently, so this Marmonte League matchup should be a good one. The league finals are always dramatic with Simi Valley, Royal, Thousand Oaks, Agoura, Newbury Park and Moorpark all fielding strong teams with strong individuals this season.

In one of the toughest wrestling tournaments in the state, three area wrestlers earned a medal by finishing in the top 8 in their weight class.

Ali Naser of El Camino Real made a roaring comeback at 112 pounds and finished 6th in that weight class. He had dropped to the consolation round on the first day and finished Day Two strong, capturing a medal.

Blayne Briceno of Crespi quietly excelled in the consolation round and finished 8th at 119 pounds and medaled also.

The highest placer in the area came within an inch of winning the whole thing at 145 pounds. Matt Hickman of Camarillo got the quarterfinals of the championship round on Day One, then started Day Two against the state's top-ranked guy Cody Rodenbaugh of San Lorenzo Valley. Hickman put up a fight and only lost 6-4, which bounced him to the consolation round, where he won his next two and defaulted the third and final match, placing him fourth in the tournament.

Its tough to explain the competition level at 5-Counties. It's such a high level of competition that its like being the pitcher against the 1927 Yankees or having to box against Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali and then Mike Tyson - in their primes - all in a row in order to advance. 5-Counties is like going to State at the end of the year and almost everyone there is state-ranked.

So medaling there is impressive enough, while finishing 4th is even more so.

Several local teams have wrestlers competing at the 5-Counties Tournament at Fountain Valley High School. Three local guys are still active and still in the Championship Bracket. 5-Counties is one of the most prestigious wrestling tournaments in the country, so the guys there are all top-ranked in the state.

Thousand Oaks, Royal, San Fernando, El Camino Real, Crespi and Camarillo have all sent wrestlers and only Camarillo's Matt Hickman, Royal's Christian Beauvoir and Anthony Uribe of San Fernando are left in the Championship bracket. Hickman is ranked #4 in the state, but his first match tomorrow is against the state's #1 - Cody Rodenbaugh of San Lorenzo Valley in Felton - while Beauvoir wrestles Scott Sire of Edison and Uribe goes up against Bradley Johnson of Canyon Springs - a state-ranked honorable mention at 160 pounds - in his first match.

Behdod Katebian (Thousand Oaks) won two matches at 125 pounds before losing in the third round and moving to the consolation round - where he won two more.

Eddie Ruiz (Royal) won once at 119 and teammate Alex Rivera won twice at 215, then both went to the consolation round. Beauvoir is the Highlanders furthest placer thus far - starting in the quarterfinals tomorrow.

Franklin Flores (112), Anthony Figueroa (who won once at 119), Adolfo Medina (189), Miguel Gallegos (130), Fernando Pacacios (140), Raul Perez (125), Robert Garcia (135), Sultan Muhammad (215) and Ted Peralta (heavy) all went for San Fernando and all of them went to the consolation round early. Only Uribe (at 152 pounds) is left in the championship round for San Fernando.

Chris Rolon (135) Al Shuman (140) Isac Lazarovits (152) all quickly moved to the consolation round for El Camino Real while Ali Naser (112) won twice in the championship round and then twice in the consolation round and his brother Nasim (119) won once and lost once then moved to the consolation round, where he is still active .

Scott Haskell (130), Alex Bader (140), John Kearns (171) and Alex Guzzi (heavy) all competed for Crespi and all went to the consolation round early.

Look for Hickman, Uribe and Beauvoir as they try to advance tomorrow in the tough tournament.

Got some results from last night's tournament late tonight and here there are.

Quartz Hill - the #1 Daily News ranked team - met rivals Highland and Littlerock and easily handled both teams to advance up the Golden League ladder.

The results are:

Quartz Hill 51, Highland 18

140 Salo, Matt (QH) p. Lucero, Steve, :55
145 Wilkins, JT (QH) m. Saul, Josh, 14-5
152 Ruiz, Andrew (QH) d. Johnson, Nathan, 10-4
160 Larkin, Pat (H) p. Berk, Sean, 1:11
171 Harvey, Alex (QH) p. Kuriyama, 5:30
189 Harvey, Ben (QH) p. Tuvai, Tua, 1:51
215 Moreno, Nick (H) p. Singleton, Dan, :48
285 Chu, Anthony (QH) dq. Casillas, Gus
103 Zimmerman, Hayden (QH) p. Escue, Louie, 3:09
112 Pfatenhauer, Forest (H) d.Arellano, Xavier, 8-1
119 Ricker, Jared (QH) p. Iguaran, Brian, 1:03
125 Melendez, Jon (QH) m. Shore, Nathan, 19-7
130 Burton, Tyler (H) d. Benavides, Tyler, 7-4
135 Ruiz, Nick (QH) m. Torgeson, Nathan, 16-5

Quartz Hill 63, Littlerock 12

145 Wilkins, JT (QH) p. Figueroa, 2:23
152 Devestern, Trever (L) p. Ruiz, Andrew, 1:51
160 Tollman, (L) p. Gottlieb, Sean, 2:50
171 Harvey, Alex (QH) d. Cline, 3-2
189 Harvey, Ben (QH) p. Sury, 3:32
215 Singleton, Dan (QH) d. Freeman, 13-7
285 Chu, Anthony (QH) p. Poston, 3:31
103 Zimmerman, Hayden (QH) ff
112 Arellano, Xavier (QH) ff
119 Ricker, Jared (QH) ff
125 Arce, Eric (QH) ff
130 Benavides, Tyler (QH) ff
135 Ruiz, Nick (QH) d. Chavez, Rolando, 6-1
140 Salo, Matt (QH) ff

Littlerock's Trever Devestern continues to roll through the competition. Watch for him to advance far in the postseason