A lot of credit has to also go to the youth wrestling
clubs that sponsor freestyle and folkstyle wrestling that
many wrestlers from the LA City Section attended.
They include the San Fernando Tiger Wrestling
Club, the main provider of wrestlers
in the San Fernando Valley and
surrounding counties, the SK
Golden Boys Wrestling
Club, a club that mostly
concentrates on freestyle
wrestling, and the newest,
the Southeast Youth
Wrestling Club.
This year, the section
made history by having
two wrestlers ranked in
the nation, Ali Naser at
132 pounds and Sohrab
Mohavedi at 182 pounds.
Both are ranked top eight in their
respective weight classes in California.
Also, Naser could make history this year by
becoming the first-ever two-time state medalist from
the LA City Section. He was a state medalist and
Fargo Cadet All-American in 2011. Last year, before
the postseason started, he sustained an injury that
prevented him from competing at state.
I want to thank and encourage the following
coaches who are sacrificing their time
and money to keep wrestling alive
in this section. Josue Pivaral,
Mike Lopez and Frank Aceves
(Bell High), Terry Fischer
and Paul Moomjean (El
Camino Real High),
Nester Sandoval
(Granada Hills Charter),
James Medeiros
and Anthony Born
(Birmingham High), Vlad
Kochiev (Reseda High),
Steve Soltysik (Carson
High), Thomas Cottrell and
Edwin Martinez (James Monroe),
Chad Solano and Jesse Arana (San
Fernando High), Jose Hernandez and
Joseph Padilla (Roybal High), and Victor Solano and
Eddie Moro (Sylmar High).
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