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The562.org’s Athletes of the Week

Congratulations to our Athletes of the Week and thanks to Naples Rib Company for their sponsorship. HIGH SCHOOL Saiheron Preciado-Meza, Lakewood Wrestling Lakewood wrestler Saiheron Preciado-Meza just wrapped up a great postseason run. She won the CIF Masters championship at 189 pounds and went on to take third at state. She finished 34-1 with 30 […]

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Wrestling: Lakewood’s Saiheron Preciado-Meza Third In State

A week after winning the CIF Masters championship at 189 pounds, Lakewood wrestler Saiheron Preciado-Meza finished third at the CIF State completion last weekend. Preciado-Meza finishes the season with 34 wins and only one loss, which came during the State competition in Bakersfield. Thirty of her victories came via the pin. Fellow Lakewood wrestler Zainab […]

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Lakewood Wrestlers Qualify For CIF State

Saiheron Preciado-Meza and Zainab Hakeem represented Lakewood wrestling very well at the CIF Masters meet over the weekend. Both of them qualified for the CIF State meet this weekend in Bakersfield. Preciado-Meza (189 pounds) won the Masters championship by beating Gabby O’Connell from Lake Elsinore in the final. Hakeem (160 pounds) finished top four in […]

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Lakewood Long Beach Poly Millikan Wrestling

Millikan Boys’ Wrestling Takes Top Spot At CIF Individual Finals

Millikan boys’ wrestling had another historic weekend at the CIF Southern Section individual championships by winning the overall team title with 292 points. The Rams had a trio of champions and also advanced 10 wrestlers to the Masters meet this weekend. Jake Pallares (160 pounds), Nathan Gomez (195 pounds) and Seth Elliott (Heavyweight) were the […]

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Millikan Dominates Moore League Boys’ Wrestling Finals

Just three days after a heartbreaking loss to South Torrance in the CIF Southern Section Division 4 championship, Millikan bounced back to win 11 of the 14 individual titles at the Moore League finals on Saturday at Lakewood High. “I think you might’ve seen a little bit of frustration from Wednesday,” Millikan coach Marshall Thompson […]

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Boys’ Wrestling: Millikan Suffers Heartbreaking Loss to South Torrance in CIF-SS Final

The Millikan boys wrestling team looked to be on its way to the CIF Southern Section Division 4 Dual Meet Championship Wednesday night as they took a 31-15 lead over South Torrance after Nathan Gomez pinned the Spartans’ Daniel Palomarez. But with only five matches remaining, the Spartans mounted a furious comeback as they won […]