Poway High Wins Team Championship at Five Counties

Poway High School wrestlers won only one of four championship matches at the Five Counties Wrestling Tournament Saturday night at Fountain Valley High School, but it was enough to win the team title.

The Titans’ Jesse John defeated Eddie Lucero of Overfelt in the 157-pound division for the lone Poway victory. That win enabled the Titans to down Clovis, 149 1/2-143.

Valhalla finished fourth in the two-day meet.

In the 135-pound class, Poway’s John Sargent lost to Clovis’ Andy Islas, 7-2, in the school’s only head-to-head match Saturday night.

Mark Geraldi of Valhalla beat Trace Smith of Poway in the 148-pound division and Harold Jones was no match for Steve Lawson of El Dorado in the 194-pound divsion.