“All we think about is getting another ring,” said Gurrola, who returns as one of the area’s top wrestlers after placing seventh at 120 pounds at the CIF State Championships as a junior last year. North returns nine starters, including Daily Breeze All-Area selections Jordan Gurrola, Brandon Yee and Jameson Campbell.Īdd to that a strong core of wrestlers in Josh Barranco, Kenji Fujimoto, Gunner Engen, Heshawa Bamunuarachchi and Keith Thompson and the goal is another run to the dual meet championship. “We’re ranked a little low,” incoming coach Craig Garriott said. So, maybe it’s the loss of coach Luke Santos after six successful years that resulted in North’s dropping in the rankings.
But the 2010-11 state champion didn’t wrestle every match for North. Sure, the best wrestler in the area, two-time Daily Breeze Wrestler of the Year Johnson Mai, has graduated. North was ranked the sixth-best team in CIF Division III. So, how does CIF reward the Saxons when the first preseason poll is released? A season ago, a young North Torrance wrestling team shocked a lot of wrestling fans by winning the CIF Division III Team Dual Championships.
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