Advertisement

Moshe Levi won the 140-pound weight class...

Share
From Staff Reports

Moshe Levi won the 140-pound weight class and sparked Woodland Hills El Camino Real to its fourth consecutive City Section wrestling title at University High.

Levi, who sat out five weeks of the season because of injury, pinned Jeff Ford of Granada Hills in 1:57 and clinched the title for the Conquistadores with seven bouts remaining.

El Camino Real outdistanced runner-up San Fernando, 245-220 1/2.

“The way I figured it, all the damage to my joints wasn’t worth the medals or memories,” said Levi, who has wrestled for eight years. “But the reason I came back was I wanted to win City.”

Advertisement

El Camino Real’s Edward Lemus (119 pounds) and Jamar Cargo (189), San Fernando’s Willy German (160) and Monroe’s Arthur Bryan (215) all defended their titles.

Bryan pinned San Fernando’s Noe Ramirez in 1:23 and was named the tournament’s most valuable wrestler.

Ramirez initially appeared able to challenge Bryan, who improved to 43-1 with 35 pins. But Bryan found a pinning combination.

“He’s one of the strongest guys I’ve had to wrestle,” Bryan said. “It just took a little while to turn him and once I did I was able to hold on.”

Joseph Michel (112), Jason Rico (125) and Ken Enriquez (heavyweight) also won individual titles for San Fernando which placed second for the fourth year in a row.

Josh Berg (103), Ryan Umali (130), Aaron Wyner (152) and Andreik De Leon (171) also claimed titles for El Camino Real, which set a school record for points at a City final.

Advertisement

El Camino Real held a narrow 207-199 advantage entering the finals, but San Fernando’s chances were dealt a blow when sophomores Ramon Perry (135) and Conrad Silva (145) failed to win their bouts.

Perry had a title slip from him in the final seconds when he was penalized for illegally locking his hands.

It was the third time in the match that Perry was called for the infraction, allowing Bell’s Walter Espinal to win a 6-5 decision.

Silva was also called for illegally locking his hands and lost a 5-2 decision to University’s Jose Puentes.

Advertisement