By Seth Goldman
After winning the Mission League title on Feb. 2, the wrestling team will begin CIF playoffs this Friday at Brea Linda High School.
The team had its best season in years despite injuries that sidelined key wrestlers Daniel Meer â08, Evan Ryan â09 and Hank Murr â09 for parts of the season.
âOur coach says this is the best team heâs taken to CIF,â Gavin Ross â09 said. âIf four guys win their weight class we have a legitimate shot to win CIF, which is ridiculous because we havenât even had a full team this year.â
Ross, along with Ben Kogan â11, Spencer Friedman â09, Meer, and Richard Leuchter â08, won first place in his weight class in the Mission League tournament.
Murr won second place and Tarek Tohme â08 won third place in their respective weight classes. Nearly every wrestler qualified for CIF playoffs, which the team sees as a strong sign of their overall quality and depth.
The team first saw that quality when it won the Estancia Tournament early in the season, Ross said.
âWe will continue to show our quality in the CIF playoffs,â Matt Felker â09 said.
This yearâs league championship also ended the four-year title run of archrival Crespi.
