The Bonita Boys Wrestling team just competed in the CIF this past weekend placing 6th out of the 44 schools represented. There were 10 members of the team that wrestled at Yucaipa High School. Of those 10, all won at least one match, scoring points for the team. 3 members came up just short of returning on Saturday but gave it their all, Evan L. @ 160, Adrian S. @ 182 and Andrew F. @ Heavyweight.
The 7 that returned on Saturday all placed in the top 8, which set a record for Bonita High School wrestling! Owen C. placed 8th @ 120, Elias E. 7th @ 106, CT C. 6th @ 195, Dylan G. 6th @ 126, Nathaniel G. 5th @ 152 and Tristan F. @ 145 and Micah T. @ 220 both are your newest individual CIF Champions!!
Dylan, Nathaniel, Tristan and Micah will be competing this weekend in the Masters meet at Palm Springs High School hoping for a shot to make it to the State meet in Bakersfield. CT will be going as an alternate hoping to get into the Masters meet.
The girls also competed in CIF this past weekend at Corona High School. 9 of our girls qualified for CIF and were led by Alyssa C. who fell just short of medaling and moving on to Masters. She gave a valiant effort trying to fight off sickness but it got the better of her.
At league finals the week before, the following wrestlers placed at their respective weights. The top 3 advanced to CIF this past weekend with the 4th place finisher going as an alternate.
Boys Wrestling
4th place – Izaiah H. (senior) @ 132, Cole S. (senior) @ 138, Michael M. (junior) @ 170, Adrian S. (junior) @ 182
3rd place – CT C. (junior) @ 195, Andrew F. (senior) @ 285
2nd place – Owen C. (junior) @ 120, Evan L. (senior) @ 160
League Champions – Elias Echeveste (freshman) @ 106, Dylan Garcia (sophomore) @ 126, Tristan Fernandez (sophomore) @ 145, Nathaniel Gonzalez (senior) @ 152 and Micah Tofilau (senior) @ 220
Tristan F. was also named the lower weight most outstanding wrestler for the Palomares League!
Girls Wrestling
4th place – Madison M. (sophomore) @ 170
3rd place – Adalia M. (sophomore) @ 106, Bella Y. (sophomore) @ 126
2nd place – Kaitlyn H. (sophomore) @ 111, Elizabeth S. (sophomore) @ 116, Kayla C. (junior) @131, Kennedy R. (sophomore) @ 150, Izabele R. (sophomore) @ 160, Gaby C. (sophomore) @ 235
League Champion – Alyssa C. (senior) @ 189
This year the boys team also accomplished something that has not happened at Bonita High School for 38 years! They won a share of the league championship! The last time Bonita won a league title in wrestling was 1985 when Ronald Reagan was still president! Even though we had an early set back to Alta Loma, we bounced back to beat Ayala, who later defeated Alta Loma to force a 3 way tie.
Both the boys and girls teams have had to overcome losing a couple of their top competitors: Cole P. was lost for the season after just the first two tournaments and Manaia T., who was one of the top ranked wrestlers in her weight class in CIF, was forced out of action half way through the season. Both teams continued to battle and were focused heading into the home stretch. The boys finished the league season 4-1 and qualified for CIF duals for the first time in 2-3 years. Huge strides and accomplishments for both programs!
Congratulations! Awww Yeah, Bearcats
