Cynthia Esquivel won her match in a thrilling overtime against the #2 seed. Angie Cervantes dominated the competition with 5 pins and joined Esquivel by qualifying for the CIF Masters tournament along with 6 more Walnut Girls Wrestlers. Two boys also qualified for masters, Ryan Kim (3rd) Joshua Salas (7th).

Each of the following Boys Varsity wrestlers won Hacienda League Championships in their wrestling weights: Joshua Salas Ryan Kim Alessandro Jo Jarod Inan

Walnut wrestlers Justine Barredo and Billy Von Goeben traveled to High School Nationals and came away with excellent results. Von Goeben made it to the quarterfinals and finished 12th in his division. Barredo did even better by winning her division.

Congratulations to our own Coach Cecil Sebastian, who was chosen by the San Gabriel Valley Tribune newspaper as the Girls Wrestling Coach of the Year. Also chosen on the Girls First team were Justine Barredo, Nateli Maston and Mariah Dow. Angie Cervantes and Kory Philips made the second team. Read all about in the SGVT’s article HERE.

Walnut wrestlers Justine Barredo and William Von Goeben both won medals at the State finals. Barredo finished in second place in the 106 lb division while Von Goeben finished 6th in the heavyweight division.

Billy Von Goeben won the 285lb weight class at the CIF-SS Wrestling Championships and was chosen the most outstanding upper weight wrestler. Von Goeben will now move on to the Masters next week.

At the Hacienda League Individual championships, Walnut Boys wrestlers won 5 individual league championships while 14 wrestlers overall qualified for CIF.  

Walnut varsity wrestling beat Diamond Ranch (54-18) Tuesday evening to claim their 5th Hacienda League title in a row. JV wrestling also won 45-14.