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Articles by Phillip Brents

East County Wrestlers medal at Holtville Invitational

The high school wrestling season is entering the final third of the season, and perhaps its most important part as teams prepare to sew up league championships and wrestlers focus on qualifying for the upcoming state finals.

East County mat men took one more step in that direction after competing in last weekend’s Holtville Invitational in Imperial County. Steele Canyon, Granite Hills and Valhalla all earned valuable prestige points.

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Helix wrestling tournament to showcase Highlanders’ mat men

The 2013-14 high school wrestling season is entering its stretch run and, with that, the annual Helix High School varsity tournament on tap this Saturday, Feb. 1. 

Highlanders coach Adam Krzywicki said the East County tournament offers participating teams an excellent opportunity to get in a few more matches before the end of the regular season as well as additional experience for varsity-B wrestlers.

The Scotties have been getting plenty of experience this season and showing well for it.

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West Hills Wolf Pack rolling forward in 2013-14 hockey season

After helping set the standard for play in the CIF-Metro Conference the past several seasons, the West Hills High School roller hockey team faced the inevitable: the graduation of a very strong senior class.

The Wolf Pack, East County’s lone entrant in the 18-team conference, posted a program milestone by winning the Kiwanis Cup championship trophy last year via a thrilling 6-5 overtime decision against the top-seeded Rancho Bernardo Broncos.

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Cancer survivor Simone has Monarchs roaring on the wrestling mat

Mat Simone is a familiar face to anyone who has followed East County high school wrestling for the past two-plus decades. He’s served as either a head coach or assistant coach at eight Grossmont Conference schools over a 28-year span.

He is currently the head coach at Monte Vista High School. By his reckoning, he is on his second tour of duty in helping guide local prep mat programs.

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Hillers continue to climb the mat mountain, finish third at Lancer duals

High school wrestling exhibited its “dual” nature over the weekend for a pair of East County teams, as the Grossmont Foothillers and Granite Hills Eagles competed in the fourth annual Lancer varsity dual team tournament at Hilltop High School. 

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Sockers honor Wright, to fete other team legends at Reunion Night on Saturday

The San Diego Sockers won 48 consecutive games to set a U.S. professional sports-record winning streak at 48 games last year. The Sockers dropped their opening two games at the start of this season but appear to be working on another marathon winning streak after recording their seventh-consecutive victory after defeating the Toros de Mexico, 12-7, Sunday afternoon in Tijuana.

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Former Grossmont College football standout named Poinsettia Bowl Offensive MVP

It was a homecoming beyond expectation for former Grossmont College football player Joey DeMartino, who scored what proved to be the game-winning touchdown in the Utah State Aggies’ 21-14 victory against the 23rd-ranked Northern Illinois Huskies in last Thursday’s ninth annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl game at Qualcomm Stadium.

DeMartino scored on a one-yard run with 4:14 left in the fourth quarter to boost the Aggies to a 21-7 lead.

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East County mat champions leave ECI tournament field in a funk

Colin Forman makes no apologies for his somewhat unorthodox, somewhat sloppy style on the wrestling mat but it’s clearly working for the Steele Canyon High School junior. 

He aptly demonstrated that by winning the 182-pound weight class title at last weekend’s 43rd El Cajon Invitational at Christian High School.

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West Hills’ kickers howl with delight after winning major tournament title

It’s a ways yet until the San Diego Section playoffs roll around in February but the West Hills High School girls’ soccer team would like to think it has the right stuff to earn an appearance in the elite gathering before the 2013-14 season comes to a close.

The Wolf Pack made an early season statement for inclusion after tipping the Rancho Buena Vista Longhorns in a shootout in Saturday’s Premier Division finals of the 34th Barons Girls Soccer Tournament at Sweetwater High School.

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Christian Patriots tops San Marcos to claim Division III football title

The San Diego Section football playoffs featured a decidedly different look this season with divisions based on competition tiers rather than traditional student enrollment levels. This year’s six championship games produced some interesting match-ups, perhaps none more interesting than Saturday’s Division III contest pitting the Christian Patriots and the San Marcos Knights.

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