Masters of Wrestling

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Dave Werstine
on February 28, 2009 5:26 PM | | Comments (0) |

Jose Lopez of Glenn High is certainly a Master. The heavyweight won the Masters Meet title Saturday afternoon, upping his record to a monstrous 44-0 with 39 pins.

He is headed for the CIF State Meet in Bakersfield, which begins Friday and concludes Saturday.

Lopez will be joined in Bako by three other area grapplers.

Steven Joyce of Norwalk finished 9th in Masters at 103 pounds.
Bradford Gerl of Downey Calvary Chapel placed 4th in Masters at 112 pounds.
Nick Pereira of Los Alamitos took 9th in Masters at 140 pounds.

The top nine finishers at Masters qualified for States.

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Prep Sports Editor Dave Werstine has worked in and around the greater Long Beach area covering high school sports since the mid-1980s. Dave sums up his own athletic career as a "Jack of all trades and a master of none." Whether the ball is kicked, hit or thrown, Dave enjoys being part of it. If you have game, e-mail opinions, story ideas or news tips to dave.werstine@dailybreeze.com.

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