NORWALK – Glenn High senior Juan Arceo won his third Suburban League title upon pinning Norwalk’s Jose Garcia at 1:11 to capture the 135-pound championship on Saturday afternoon.
Arceo (35-4) was named the lower-weight MVP after pinning each of his opponents, and headlining a group of 13 Eagles who qualified for the CIF Individual Meet on Feb. 21.
“I am really happy with where I’m at right now, but our team looks good too and we hope to continue on as a unit,” Arceo said.
Glenn heavyweight Jose Lopez remained undefeated after winning a match and the tournament as La Mirada forfeited against the area’s best wrestler for the second time this season.
Leonel Ayala (140) won, pinning La Mirada’s Chris Trujillo in 20 seconds. And 112-pound Alex Camacho won the fourth title of the day for Glenn.
Steven Joyce (103) won the first of five titles for Norwalk High, pinning Vincent Montelongo (La Mirada) at the end of the first period.
“I felt good today, but I need to get much better if I am to get where I want to be,” Joyce said.
Daniel Llamas (130), Louis Gonzalez (140), Justin Burrowes (171) and 215-pound Ryan Martinez all won titles for Norwalk.
Cerritos’ Jordan Holkey (152) and Sais Mansaur (160) won their weight brackets, while Kevin Cummins (189) and Anthony Kaouri (125) captured titles for Mayfair.
Art Garcia (119) of La Mirada won an 18-9 decision over Norwalk’s Sergio Perez in the title match.
Nick Martinez led a Lakewood squad with nine titles into the Moore League finals on Saturday at Millikan High.
Martinez (152) had lost the in the finals each by one point each of the previous two years, and wasn’t going to allow that to happen again. He pinned Elliot Nunez of Millikan at 3:13.
Other Lakewood title winners include Ryan Bautista (112), Kimo Napohaku (125), Steven Araujo (130), Ryne Griswold (162), Chase Mirassou (171), John Barrera (189), Oscar Rivera (215) and heavyweight Carlos Rivera.
Millikan’s Abel Moran (140) pinned Alexis Jaime (Lakewood) to win his second Moore League title, while teammate Nick Pena picked up his 30th pin of the season to win the 145-pound division. James Kuwata (103) pinned Poly’s Jimmy Sammon.
Sergio Preciado (119) and his brother, Jesus (135), won titles for the Jackrabbits.
Ivan Garibay (112) highlighted an eight-title day for Downey at the San Gabriel Valley League finals.
Other winners for Downey included David Andrade (103), Aaron Esquer (130), Brandon Pineda (135), Chris Saldana (145), Brian Aguinada (152), Brandon McDonald (171) and Eric Leon (189).
Paramount’s Joey Garcia (119), Antonio Lopez (215) and Ian Dockrell (heavyweight) all won titles.
George Mariscal (125), Arturo Flores (140) and Aaron Fausto (160) were first for Warren.