Fillmore warms up on the mat with Faith Baptist in the background.

Match gets under way

Cameron Riley getting last minute instructions

The Flashes welcomed Faith Baptist, who traveled from Canoga Park, for the Tri-Valley League wrestling match. Following weigh in the match got under way at 5:30 PM.

First to take to the mat was David Cadena who wrestled at 108. He built a quick lead on points with a 5 – 1 lead before he pinned his opponent with a “tombstone” deep in the 1st period. Faith Baptist forfeited at the 112 and 120 classes. Giving the Flashes an 18 – 0 team lead.

Nick Stehly wrestled at 128. Stehly got down to business and pinned his opponent with 20 seconds remaining in the 1st period. Faith Baptist forfeited at the 134, giving Fillmore a 30 – 0 team lead.

Xavier Bobholz wrestled at 138 pounds. After the 1st period of action Bobholz was up 4 – 1 on points. He continued to rack up points in the 2nd period with a score of 14-4. As the match continued into the 3rd period the match took a turn for Faith Baptist when, with 41 seconds remaining, Xavier was pinned. Team score Fillmore 30 – Faith Baptist 6.

Andrew Bonilla wrestled at 145. The match started with a flurry of action. Faith Baptist gained control of the pace and pinned Bonilla at the end of the 1st period. Team score 30 – 12.

The Flashes produced Jamie Valdovinos at 152 pounds. This was another fast paced match with both wrestlers fighting for control of their opponent. Valdovinos fought his way out of several near pins by showing his strength and determination with some impressive bridging techniques but ultimately was overcome by his opponent and was pinned. Team score 30-18.

The Flashes forfeited at 160, 170 and 182. Team score now 30 – 36 with Faith Baptist in the lead.
George Orozco took to the mat at 195 and made quick work of his opponent with a pin in the 1st period. With Orozco’s win the team score was tied at 36 – 36.

Michael Castro wrestled at 222 where he over powered his opponent and closed his match down with a pin midway through the 1st period.

Cameron Riley, Heavyweight, got down to work and built a points lead at the end of the 1st period of 5 -0. Riley stepped up his effort and threw a cradle on opponent for the pin.

Final Team score Flashes 48 – 36 over Faith Baptist.

The Flashes will next travel to Santa Paula on 1/24/13 for the always hotly contested match up. Coach Ponce said that the annual match against Santa Paula “is always a tough contest”. “We’ll need to start fast and be aggressive against the Cardinals” said Coach Ponce. When asked about tonight’s victory Coach said, “We have a young team, with holes in several weight classes, but for a young team we hold our own. Tonight we needed our team leaders to step up and they did. They kept their cool and got the job done”.

Go Flashes.