Southern Section Wrestling : Cob and Wright Lead Loara High to 4-A Championship

Loara High School won the CIF Southern Section 4-A wrestling title Saturday night at Edgewood High School in West Covina. The Saxons rolled up 154 1/2 points to outdistance runner-up Calexico, which had 126. They were followed by El Dorado and Edison with 95 1/2, Indio with 93 and Canyon with 86 1/2.

Two Loara wrestlers won individual titles. Nicky Cob defeated Tony Trujillo for the 101-pound title and Chris Wright beat Mike Buckley of Covina by default for the 178-pound championship.

El Dorado’s Steve Lawson, champion at 194 pounds after defeating Ocean View’s Phil Meyer by a technical fall, was named the meet’s outstanding wrestler in the upper weights. Marina’s Ed Ruiz won at 129 pounds, defeating David Whiticker of San Gorgonio, 14-4.

Mike Warfel of Edison beat Doobie Escobedo of Huntington Beach for the title at 148 pounds. Todd Tomazic of El Dorado took the 168-pound title by defeating Larry Nash of San Luis Obispo by technical fall. Trevor Hargrave of Esperanza won the heavyweight title, pinning Vince Plymire of Channel Islands.