Wrestling: Crunching numbers after the state meet

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The Southern Section finished the CIF State championships with only one individual champion for the second time in the last five years. This year it was El Modena’s Vinny Pisani at 135 pounds; back in 2005 it was Foothill’s Brian Moreno at 112.

But the section had only two runners-up this year, as opposed to three in 2005, making this year’s tally the lowest number of state finalists from the Southern Section in the past five years.

The section had four champions and one runner-up last year, two champions and eight runners-up in 2006 and two champions and six runners-up in 2004.

The section had 30 state place-winners for the third year in a row; there were 31 in 2005 and 28 in 2004.

The Southern Section’s highest-placing team finished in 10th place for the second year in a row and for the third time in the past five years (Temecula Valley this year and Santa Ana Calvary Chapel in both 2007 and 2005). Northview finished fifth in 2006, and Santa Ana Calvary Chapel was fourth in 2004.

-- Chuck Schilken

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