Santa Ana Beats Chino for Title
Santa Ana pounded Chino, 46-27, to win the Southern Section Division III dual-meet championship Saturday at Santa Ana High.
Saturday’s victory not only gave the Saints their first division dual-meet title, it more than made up for last year’s disappointing showing, when Chino Hills Ayala eliminated the Saints in the semifinals.
Emotions were so high that when Santa Ana’s Rudy Rosell clinched the victory by beating Andrew Saucedo, 4-2, at 154 pounds, teammates and spectators swarmed the senior.
The Saints began their rout when Chino had to forfeit at 105 pounds. Santa Ana won six of the next seven matches.
Jose Najera (114), Steve Avalos (142), Mauricio Joaquin (147) and Hector Urista (173) had pins for Santa Ana.
Chino’s only bright spot was Philip Alejandrino, the Southern Section’s top-ranked wrestler at 217 pounds. He toyed with Ed Barrios, pinning him at 4:37.
Santa Ana (12-2) breezed through its first three matches.
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