Local report: Varner, Monteiro prevail at All-Star event in Fullerton
| Sunday, Nov 22 2009 10:41 PM
Last Updated Sunday, Nov 22 2009 10:43 PM
FULLERTON -- Reigning NCAA champion Jake Varner of Bakersfield and Cal State Bakersfield'a Mitch Monteiro were victorious Sunday at the 44th National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic at Cal State Fullerton.
Top-ranked Varner wrestled to his third career victory at the All-Star event in a rematch of the 2009 NCAA final he won last spring. The senior 197-pounder controlled Nebraska's Craig Brester by decision, 5-3.
Varner, a two-time state champion at Bakersfield High, recorded a takedown, reversal and had the riding time advantage in the match. Brester's three points came on escapes.
Monteiro, ranked No. 6, scored a takedown in the final seven seconds against second-ranked David Zabriskie of Iowa State to claim a 4-3 win in the heavyweight match.
Monteiro was the first Roadrunner to be selected as an NWCA All-Star since Stephen Neal earned the honor in 1999.
CSUB's Elijah Nacita and Riley Orozco were scheduled to compete in a pair of exhibition matches, but the matches were scratched due to a last-minute change in the 141-pound All-Star competitors and an injury to Orozco's opponent.
State volleyball playoffs set
Two newly minted Central Section volleyball champions get to stay at home in Kern County for at least one round of the CIF State Volleyball Championships.
The CIF gave Frontier the No. 4 seed in the Division II Southern Cal regional bracket. The Titans (30-9), who came back to beat Garces in a five-game thriller for the first section championship in program history, will host La Cañada (25-7) at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Tehachapi, which won the Division III section title over Exeter after two straight losses in the final, was rewarded with the No. 3 seed in Southern Cal's D-III bracket. The Warriors (28-4) play at home against Cerritos (22-3) at 7 on Tuesday.
The three rounds of the regional will be Tuesday, Saturday and Dec. 1 at school sites. The winners of the Southern Cal and Northern Cal titles meet in the state championships at UC Irvine on Dec. 5.
Taft women beat Mendocino
UKIAH -- Theresa Henderson scored 22 points to lead the Taft College women's basketball team to a 54-48 victory over Mendocino College in the third-place game of the Mendocino College Tournament. Christine Taylor added 10 points for the Cougars (4-4). Henderson was named all-tournament.
