Barons top Metro boys field with 7 finalists, 3 champions

02/13/2025

web.BVteam_4051 — The Bonita Vista Barons repeated as Metro Conference tournament champions. Photo by Phillip Brents

Metro Conference Boys Wrestling Championships
Feb. 8 at Eastlake High School

Team Standings

Points: 1. Bonita Vista 219, 2. Olympian 180.5, 3. Eastlake 118, 4. San Ysidro 115.5, 5. Hilltop 114, 6. Castle Park 98, 7. Mar Vista 87, 8. Otay Ranch 86, 9. Montgomery 85.5, 10. Southwest 57.5, 11. Chula Vista 36.5, 12. Sweetwater 33.5, 13. Mater Dei Catholic 11

Eastlake’s Leo Pedregal improved to 30-5 on the season by repeating as a Metro Conference individual champion. Photo by Phillip Brents

Top Individuals

108 Pounds
Championship: Nicholas Tuato’o (Olympian) pinned Maximum Yepis (Bonita Vista), time unavailable. Tuato’o improves to 20-3 on season
Third place: Ryder Bareng (Mar Vista) tech fall Abiel Rangel (Eastlake) 22-5

115 Pounds
Championship: Uziel Diaz (Southwest) pinned Armando Nunez (Sweetwater), time unavailable
Third place: Gabriel Ceballos (Mar Vista) dec. Estevan Flores (Bonita Vista) 11-8

122 Pounds
Championship: Alejandro Sarabia (Olympian) dec. Edwin Flores (Bonita Vista) 12-6
Third place: Brakyn Ellis (Mar Vista) pinned Jamez Sanchez (Chula Vista) 2:34

Olympian champions Nicholas Tuat’=o’o (108 pounds) and Alejandro Sarabia (122 pounds). Photo by Phillip Brents

128 Pounds
Championship: Josue Garcia (Bonita Vista) tech fall Luis Bue (Olympian) 19-4. Garcia two-time Metro champion
Third place: Cash Schreiber (Eastlake) pinned Maximus Fuentes (Mar Vista) 0:35

134 Pounds
Championship: Ivan Hernandez (Bonita Vista) pinned Frank Zambada (San Ysidro) 3:00. Hernandez two-time Metro champion
Third place: Roman Jimenez (Olympian) tech fall Hunter Haynes (Eastlake) 21-6

140 Pounds
Championship: David Martinez (Castle Park) pinned Nathan Banaszek (Bonita Vista) 5:00. Martinez improves to 20-3 on season, two-time Metro champion
Third place: Ian Ramos (Olympian) major dec. Patrick Parker (Eastlake) 15-4

Castle Park individual champions Emilio Surposa-Buentda (167 pounds) and David Mart inez (142 pounds). Photo by Phillip Brents

146 Pounds
Championship: Matthew Molina (Bonita Vista) pinned Joseph Lorenzo (San Ysidro) 1:01
Third place: Noah Soria (Olympian) tech fall Angel Rodriguez (Hilltop) 18-1

152 Pounds
Championship: Aaron Marcial (Mar Vista) pinned Brandon Kamali (Eastlake) 5:20
Third place: Alan Jean (Montgomery) tech fall Julian Valdivia (Bonita Vista) 19-3

159 Pounds
Championship: Leo Pedregal (Eastlake) tech fall Madden Poderick (Bonita Vista) 24-8. Pedregal improves to 30-5 on season, two-time Metro champion.
Third place: Andres Gonzalez (Olympian) major dec. Aiden Herrera (Chula Vista) 23-9

167 Pounds
Championship: Emilio Surposa-Buendia (Castle Park0 pinned Ricardo De La Torre (Hilltop) 1:30. Surposa-Buendia improves to 16-6 on season, two-time Metro champion.
Third place: Conon Merton (Bonita Vista) pinned Leonardo Garcia (Montgomery), time unavailable

Bonita Vista’s three individual champions. Photo by Phillip Brents

177 Pounds
Championship: Porfirio Nino (Otay Ranch) pinned Ivan Quintero (San Ysidro) 3:00
Third place: Lukas Mendez (Hilltop) dec. Daniel Kibodeaux-Campos (Southwest) 9-2

192 Pounds
Championship: Micah Hopkins (Hilltop) dec. Ivan Venegas (Montgomery) 5-3
Third place: Aiden Diaz (Olympian) dec. Jiryah Liburd (San Ysidro) 9-3

217 Pounds
Championship: Diego Camacho (Otay Ranch) pinned Erik Nealson (Hilltop) 2:49
Third place: Jad Keddo (Bonita Vista) pinned Vicente Aborqui (Castle Park) 3:03

287 Pounds
Championship: Luis Mejia (Montgomery) dec. Anthony Saavedra (San Ysidro) 11-6. Mejia improves to 24-4 on season.
Third place: Jose Luis Gonzalez (Castle Park) pinned Isaiah Sary (Otay Ranch) 2:09

Outstanding Wrestlers
Lower weight: David Martinez (Castle Park), 140 pounds
Upper weight: Porfirio Nino (Otay Ranch), 177 pounds