Anthony Saldana qualified for the State wrestling meet at 132 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Two wrestlers will represent Menifee at the CIF State meet next weekend, and both are from Paloma Valley High School.
Anthony Saldana qualified while wrestling in the CIF Masters boys wrestling meet Friday at Sonora High in La Habra. He will compete in the State meet Thursday through Saturday in Bakersfield.
Wrestling at 132 pounds, Saldana placed fourth.
Two other local boys wrestlers narrowly missed qualifying for the State meet. Paloma Valley’s Brandon Owen placed sixth at 150 pounds and Heritage’s Jacob Dalton placed sixth at 144.
At the girls Masters meet Saturday at Sonora High, Paloma Valley’s Reynalyn Geronimo placed second at 100 pounds to advance to the State meet.
Geronimo reached the finals with a 7-4 decision over Chaminade’s Olivia Munson in the semifinals. Munson came into the meet ranked No. 4 in the state and No. 8 in the nation.
In the finals, Geronimo lost to Kyle-Ann Thach of Roosevelt.
Reynalyn Geronimo, 100 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Lynda Guerra, 190 pounds, (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Anthony Martinez, 120 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Brandon Owen, 150 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Uriel Cruz, 126 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
William Leyva, 106 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Izaac Esparza, 175 pounds. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
Coach Luis Robles with Izaac Esparza. (Photo by Martinez Productions)
