The Los Alamitos High wrestling team took second place in the Sunset League finals last week, getting two individual titles and qualifying 10 wrestlers for the CIF-SS finals.
Richie Gurule won the title in the 126-pound division and Ethan Bakker won the title in the 195-pound division. Gurule defeated Marina’s Luke Glover in the finals and Bakker pinned Newport Harbor’s David Santos in the finals of his division. The Griffins had five other wrestlers reach the finals, but come up short of the title, settling for second place. Sean Amberry (132), Joe Pedregon (138), Clay Green (145), Derek Thome (152) and Kyle Collette (160) all took second place in their respective divisions.
Kobe Kim (106) was third place, as were Cullen Murry (220) and Marquis Sablo (285) for the Griffins. Gavin stock took fourth in the 182 division and Toben Torres was fourth in the 113 division.