Golden Valley wrestling gets best of Los Banos
.JPG "Golden Valley High’s Joey Terry, top, gains control of Josh Bustamante of Los Banos while wrestling in the 145 pound weight class during a match at Golden Valley High School on Wednesday. Terry beat Bustamante by a score of 15-9.")
The Golden Valley High wrestling team rallied in the later matches to defeat Los Banos 47-12 on Wednesday night at Cougar Arena. The Cougars scored the final 26 points of the dual by winning the final five matchups.
Criselio Rivera (113 pounds), Tanner Browning (120) and Jacob Perry (138) all recorded pins during that run and Brady Mello (132) won by technical fall.
Two of the better matches kicked off the dual meet with Golden Valley’s Joey Terry pulling away late to defeat Los Banos’ Josh Bustamonte 15-9. In the next match, the Cougars’ Rene Renteria recorded a reversal and put Los Banos’ Ferb Mendoza on his back near the end of the match to win 8-7 to give Golden Valley an early 6-0 lead.
The Cougars improved to 8-0.
Both teams will compete in the Morning Star Tournament in Los Banos on Saturday.
Sun-Star staff reports.
This story was originally published December 17, 2014 at 11:14 PM with the headline "Golden Valley wrestling gets best of Los Banos."