Local report: BC qualifies 5 wrestlers for state championships
| Saturday, Dec 03 2011 10:48 PM
Last Updated Saturday, Dec 03 2011 10:51 PM
SAN MARCOS -- Bakersfield College qualified five wrestlers for next weekend's California State Junior College Championships during Saturday's Southern California Championships at Palomar College.
Mark Collier was BC's top finisher, placing second at 125 pounds. Jason Pendleton was third at 165; Lance Castenada fourth at 174, Jonathan Gomez fifth at 141 and Tyson Pinon sixth at 197. Jawayne Fambrough placed seventh at 149 and is an alternate.
BC coach Bill Kalivas said Fambrough has a chance to slip into the state meet because a wrestler in his weight class who placed ahead of him suffered a broken hand.
The two former football players who hoped to make their debuts Saturday were not cleared to compete for BC, Kalivas said. They were 184-pounder Pablo Martinez and heavyweight Gerardo Hernandez.
"Those kids were really disappointed," Kalivas said. "And they each had a good chance to qualify for the state meet. ... I don't know a definitive answer why they weren't allowed to compete."
CSUB women lose 5th straight
BERKELEY -- The CSU Bakersfield women's basketball team dropped its fifth straight game, 86-56 to Cal at the Cal-Berkeley tournament.
The five-game losing streak is the longest in the 12-season history of CSUB women's basketball. The team lost four straight three times.
The Roadrunners (2-6) suited up only six players because of injuries. Among the absent players were starting point guard Marilyn Naderhoff and starting guard Tyonna Outland.
Lauren Carter scored a career-high 19 ponts for CSUB and Kristine Herman added 13 points.
CSUB trailed 44-30 at halftime and pulled within 48-36 with 16:22 left in the game. But Cal outscored CSUB 20-6 over the next eight minutes to break it open.
"I thought we competed really hard for the entire game," said CSUB coach Greg McCall. "We had our opportunities to score but we weren't able to make enough shots to take advantage.
CSUB concludes tournament play today at noon vs. Prairie View A&M (1-6).
Iwamura 8th in tourney
LAS VEGAS -- CSUB junior wrestler Tyler Iwamura placed eighth at 125 pounds Saturday at the Cliff Keen Invitational at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Iwamura, seeded sixth in the tournament and ranked No. 20 in the nation, went 2-1 on Friday, then started Saturday with a 16-0 technical fall over Army's Scott Filbert. Iwamura then lost 7-6 to No. 12-ranked Michael Martinez. Iwamura then lost 3-1 in the seventh-place match to Pittsburgh's Anthony Zanetta.
CSUB's other nine wrestlers were eliminated during Friday's competition.
They were Jose Mendoza at 133 pounds (who went 2-2 in the tourney), Dalton Kelley at 141 (1-2), Calvin Miller at 149 (1-2), Anthony Box at 157 (1-2), Adam Fierro at 165 (1-2), Brady Garner at 174 (0-2), Reuben Frankin at 184 (0-2), Oren Dramen at 197 (1-2) and heavyweight Steven Wood (0-2).
Taft women beat DeAnza
SALINAS -- LaVera Robertson's three-point play with 2 seconds left broke a tie and lifted Taft College past DeAnza in the semifinals of the Hartnell Tournament.
Summer Webb scored 18 points for the Cougars (7-4), Katrina Huggins added 17 points and 13 rebounds and Demmi Nunn scored 16 points.
DeAnza (5-3) is ranked No. 9 in Northern California. Taft is unranked.
Taft plays in the tourney title game today at 3 p.m.
