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High school wrestlers who are called for a third stalling violation will receive a stiffer penalty beginning with the 2012-13 season.

In addition to the two-point penalty assessed for a third stalling violation, the opponent will now have his or her choice of position on the next restart.

The stalling penalty revision was one of eight rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations Wrestling Rules Committee at its April 9-11 meeting in Indianapolis, according to Bob Colgate, NFHS director of sports and sports medicine and staff liaison to the wrestling rules committee,

Former Bella Vista High wrestler Jennifer Page, now competing for Oklahoma City University, secured a spot on the United States women's wrestling national team by finishing third at 138 pounds in Sunday's Olympic Trials in Iowa City, Iowa.

Page, 19, defeated Erin Clodgo of Colorado Springs, Colo., 0-1, 1-1, 2-0 in the third-place match to land a Team USA spot in the Women's World Wrestling Championships Sept. 27-29 in Alberta, Canada.

The freshman also will be an alternate for the 2012 Olympics in London.

Oakmont wrestler Jake Elliott, the CIF 2011 state champion at 145 pounds and this year's state runner-up at 152, has signed an NCAA letter of intent with the Unviersity of Wyoming, reports CalGrappler, a high school wrestling web-site.

Elliott recently placed fourth at the National High School Coaches Association Senior Nationals.

These are the area all-league wrestling teams that were submitted to The Bee.

CAPITAL VALLEY CONFERENCE
All League: 108-Zach Tweedy, Bella Vista, Chris Enis, Christian Brothers; 115-Aaron Ashby, Christian Brothers, Brennen Collins, Bella Vista; 122-Victor Trujillo, Bella Vista, Adam Goldberg, Christian Brothers; 128-Josh Lazzaro, Bella Vista, Yianni Athens, Oakmont; 134-Justin Calderon, Bella Vista, Tyler Anderson, Casa Roble; 140-Shane Tucker, Bella Vista, Kaleo Ramero, Oakmont; 147-Sam Fowler, Bella Vista; William Lacker, Rio Linda; 154-Jake Elliot, Oakmont, Seth Avis, Casa Roble; 162-Christopher Matis, Casa Roble, Julio Martinez, Del Campo; 172-Peter Santos, Oakmont, Scott Johnson, Del Campo; 184-Jordon White, Casa Roble, Robert Gourlay, Bella Vista; 197-Anthony Trobridge, Casa Roble, Reed Smith, Del Campo; 220-Jake Minshew, Casa Roble, Sach Sidhu, Oakmont; 287- John Tennier, Casa Roble, Manasey Hingano, Rio Linda.

DELTA RIVER LEAGUE
All League: 106-Gilbert Martinez, Jesuit; 113-Jacob Gonzalez, Ponderosa; 120-Lorenzo De La Riva, Folsom; 126-Connor Pollock, Folsom; 132-Tony Hernandez, Folsom; 138-Mason Koshiyama, Folsom; 145-Nick Fiegener, Folsom; 152-Isais Diaz, Folsom; 160-Keaton Subjeck, Oak Ridge; 170-Nick Troquato, Ponderosa; 182-Jacob Richards, Ponderosa; 195-Alex Wood, Folsom; 220-Xavier Lopez, Oak Ridge; 285-Jeff Camilli, Ponderosa.

DELTA VALLEY CONFERENCE
108 - Jacob Lopez, Elk Grove; 115 - Ethan Larrabee, Elk Grove; 122 - Josh Vilafor, Franklin; 128 - Matt Bettencourt, Elk Gove; 132 - Martin Ramirez, Elk Grove; 140 - Sunny Jackson, Elk Grove; 147 - Braden Henderson, Elk Grove; 154 - Joey Lopez, Elk Grove; 162 - DJ Harper, Franklin; 172 - Scott Votino, Elk Grove; 184 - Freddie Lopez, Elk Grove; 197 - Ryan Ludwig, Elk Grove; 222 - Josh Letuligasenoa, Elk Grove; 287 - Jaharie Taylor, Elk Grove.

GOLDEN EMPIRE LEAGUE
Lightweight MVP: Andrew Coyne, Capital Christian
Middleweight MVP: Jesus Yanez, Lindhurst
Heavyweight MVP: Christian George, Lindhurst
Coach of the Year: Brady Yount, Mesa Verde
All League: 108-Andrew Coyne, Capital Christian; 115-Matt Butler, Mesa Verde; 122-Gabe Holm, Mesa Verde; 128-Jonathon Jordan, Mesa Verde; 134-Jesus Yanez, Lindhurst; 140-Armante Gonzalez, Lindhurst; 147-Edgar Rivera, Lindhurst; 154-Aaron Mayberry, Mesa Verde; 160-Brandon Sullivan, Capital Christian; 172-Quinton Kirk, Capital Christian; 184-Aaron Holt, Capital Christian; 197-Jordan Colby, West Campus; 222-Christian George, Lindhurst; 287-Brandon Roznos, Capital Christian.

PIONEER VALLEY LEAGUE
Coach of the Year: Bill Lum, Foothill and Kevin Figueroa, Bear River.
All League: 106-Jonathan Browning, Foothill; 113-Josh Mason, Placer; 120-Marcus Herrera, Foothill; 126-Storm Peterson, Foothill; 132-Jesse Hernandez, Foothill; 138-Stone Dallen, Bear River; 145-Aguilar Sam, Bear River; 152-Ero Wainio, Lincoln; 160-Bothelio Bradley, Bear River; 170-Garret Rose, Center; 182-Cameron Tate, Center; 195-Khymba Johnson, Center; 220-Ken Mathe, Colfax; 285-Michael Lowman, Foothill.

SIERRA DELTA LEAGUE
Lightweight MVP: Patrick Lewis, Golden Sierra
Middleweight MVP: Zander Mishler, Golden Sierra
Heaveyweight MVP: Aaron Abalos, Highlands
Coach of the Year: Ed Kenedy, Golden Sierra
All-league: 106-Sam Finley, Bradshaw Christian; 113-Pat Lewis, Golden Sierra; 120-Phillip Dye, Bradshaw Christian; 126-Veugenly Valyauski, Encina; 132-Rahemm Johnson, Encina 138-Eduardo Garcia, Highlands; 145-Trevor Knorski, Vacavillel; 152-Zander Mishler, Golden Sierra; 160-Aaron Abalos, Highlands; 170-David Ellis, Bradshaw Christian 182-Nick Carrasca, Highlands; 195-Jim Hansen, Golden Sierra; 220-Kyle Hensman, Golden Sierra; 285-Tommy Carey, Golden Sierra

SIERRA FOOTHILL LEAGUE
All-League: 106 - James Gomez, Woodcreek; Zach Ruybal, Del Oro; 120 - Sean Brown, Granite Bay; 126 - Johnny Callas, Nevada Union; 132 - Julian Purdy, Nevada Union; 138 - Ian Mock, Granite Bay; 145 - Shane Keefe, Rocklin; 152 - Austin Branum, Del Oro; 160 - Skylar Gonzales, Rocklin; 170 - Dylan Kainrath, Del Oro; 182 - Connor Guzman, Granite Bay; 192 - Cameron Smith, Granite Bay; 220 - Ryan Fratto, Roseville; 285 - Sam Woods, Rocklin.

SIERRA VALLEY CONFERENCE
All-league: 106-Jared Blecman, Cosumnes Oaks; 113-Chase Agrella, Liberty Ranch
120-Ryan Nantuna, Cosumnes Oaks; 126-Phoenyx Iniquez, Cosumnes Oaks;
132-Michael Gary, Vista del Lago; 138-Troy Grossi, Vista del Lago; 145-Sean Tow, Union Mine; 152-Adam Tyson, River City; 160-James Warden, Union Mine; 170-Mitch Woods, Union Mine; 182-Oscar Flores, Cosumnes Oaks; 195-Tyler Martin, Cosumnes Oaks; 220-Chris Vasquez, Union Mine; 285-Francisco Ruiz, Cosumnes Oaks.

Christian Brothers junior Mallory Velte defeated Turlock senior Alexia Moreno 4-2 in overtime to win the 132-pound division at the CIF State Girls Wrestling Championships on Saturday in Lemoore.

Velte joined Valley's Syria Rhodes, a 6-4 overtime winner over Cadence Lee of Palo Alto's Gunn in the 103-pound final, as area girls to win state wrestling titles.

Velte entered the event as the No. 2 seed from the Sac-Joaquin Section after losing to Patterson's Jazmine Mendoza in the 132 finals (officially called the Regional Invitational) Feb. 4. Moreno was the No. 4 seed from the section.

Despite a painful right shoulder injury, Valley High School's Syria Rhodes defeated Gunn of Palo Alto's Cadence Lee 6-4 in overtime to win the 103-pound championship at the California Interscholastic Federation girls state wrestling championships tonight in Lemoore.

Rhodes, a senior, injured her shoulder as she rolled out of a hold by Lee, a sophomore, in the third period.

"She had to take a couple of time outs and actually got penalized a point for stalling because it hurt her so much," said Valley coach Rod Edmiston, who was ill an unable to attend the finals but kept in contact with Rhodes by cell phone. "But she gutted through it, and the match ended 4-4 in regulation. Then she got a takedown to win in overtime."

Former Bella Vista wrestler Jennifer Page, now competing on scholarship as a freshman at Oklahoma City University, recently won the 143-pound title at the Women's College Wrestling Association national championships in Bristol, Tenn.

Page defeated 2011 Junior World bronze medalist Alli Ragan of Tennessee's host King College in the final 3-1 and 3-2.

The kinesiology major had defeated Ragan at the National Duals earlier in January.

Page, one of six Oklahoma City individual champions, helped the team win its fourth straight WCWA national title.

Nine area wrestlers medaled at the prestigious Doc Buchanan Wrestling Invitational in Clovis on Saturday.

Folsom's Connor Pollock placed second at 126 pounds, losing by pin to Anthony Valencia of St. John Bosco of Bellflower in the championship match.

Bella Vista's Shayne Tucker (138), Oak Ridge's Keaton Subjeck (160), Center's Khymba Johnson (195) and Foothill's Mike Lowman (285) all won third place medals.

Elk Grove's Martin Ramirez (132) placed fourth and teammate Josh Letuligasenoa (220) finished sixth. Folsom's Lorenzo De La Riva (120) and Ponderosa's Nick Traquato (170) placed seventh.

Folsom finished 10th in the team standings. Clovis won the team title.

In the most significant change in high school wrestling weight classes in more than two decades, the National Federation of State High School Associations has approved an upward shift of weights.

The change will affect 10 of the 14 weight classes, with increases of one to 11 pounds.
The 14 weight classes approved by the committee for 2011-12 are: 106, 113, 120, 126, 132, 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285.

The old weight classes were: 103, 112, 119, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 152, 160, 171, 189, 215 and 285.

The changes were made to try equalize the percentage of wrestlers in each weight class, according to Dale Pleimann, chair of the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee.

The last major change in weight classes occurred in 1988, when the lowest weight class was increased from 98 to 103 pounds. In 2002, the number of classes went from 13 to 14 and the 215-pound weight class became mandatory. In 2006, the 275-pound class was increased to 285 pounds.

Wrestling is the sixth-most popular sport for boys at the high school level with 272,890 participants in 10,363 schools during the 2009-10 season, according to the NFHS Athletics Participation Survey. In addition, 6,134 girls were involved in wrestling in 1,009 high schools.

- Bill Paterson

CAPITAL VALLEY CONFERENCE
103 - Aaron Ashby, Christian Brothers; 112 - Victor Trujillo, Bella Vista; 119 - Grant Burkhalter, Bella Vista; 125 - Austin Wuffert, Casa Roble; 130 - Shayne Tucker, Bella Vista; 135 - Landon Burkhalter, Bella Vista; 140 - Jake Wiffler, Rio Linda; 145 - Jake Elliott, Oakmont; 152 - Dillon Mueller, Bella Vista; 160 - David Call, Bella Vista; 171 - Zack McCormack, Casa Roble; 189 - Joran Lugar, Rio Linda; 215 - Zach Sidhu, Oakmont; 285 - Matt Phipps, Del Campo.

DELTA RIVER LEAGUE
103 - Daniel Gorans, Ponderosa; 112 - Lyle Susa, Sheldon; 119 - Connor Pollock, Folsom; 125 - Tim Ditrich, Ponderosa; 130 - Sam Melton, Ponderosa; 135 - Walker Ditrich, Pondoersa; 140 - Laith Alnassiri, Sheldon; 145 - Keaton Subjeck, Oak Ridge; 152 - Isaias Diaz, Folsom; 160 - Vince Waldhauser, Oak Ridge; 171 - Allen Emmons, Ponderosa; 189 - Roger Baines, Sheldon; 215 - Tevenn Lewis, Folsom; 285 - Jordan Alleva, Folsom.

Former Folsom High School standout Todd Wilcox will bring a 32-3 record and 17-match winning streak into the NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships that begin Friday in Kearney, Neb.

Wilcox won the 133-pound championship for Grand Canyon University of Phoenix at February's Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference/NCAA Region IV Championships in San Francisco. Wilcox, a senior, was ranked No. 1 by the NCAA entering that event. He defeated Aldon Isenberg of Fort Hays State 4-1 in the final.

"Todd has been instrumental in building our program," Grand Canyon coach R.C. La Haye wrote in an e-mail of the fourth-year program. "Leaders like Todd have been essential."

Wilcox was 38-5 last season, his first at GCU. He was 1-2 in the NCAA Tournament to cap a season in which he won three tournaments and rode winning streaks of 14 and 16 matches.

Wilcox was a state champion for Sierra College in 2008.

As a Folsom senior, Wilcox won the Sac-Joaquin Section title at 119 pounds and placed fifth in the state. He is a member of the Bulldogs' all-time wrestling team.

-- Jeff Caraska

By Jeff Caraska

Former Elk Grove High School wrestling standout Nick Jordan is 21-9 with six pins and four major decisions as a senior at Cal State Fullerton. He placed third at 149 pounds last weekend at the San Francisco State Open. The Titans resume action Sunday in a dual match at Oregon State.

Jordan entered the season with a career record of 28-20, five pins and four major decisions for the Titans. He was 13-6 at 149 pounds and 3-7 at 157 pounds last season.

"I started off the season ranked second in (Pacific-10) Conference, but I've dropped to fifth," Jordan wrote in an e-mail. "I'm not letting that get to me, though, because I know once our conference tournament comes (Feb. 27), I'll be ready to knock off some of the higher-seeded guys."

According to his father, Josh Jordan, Nick was a Sac-Joaquin Section champion, two-time subsection champion and three-time Delta League champion. Jordan, who made two CIF state championship appearances, is a member of the Thundering Herd's Wall of Fame.

Jordan was a first-team All-Metro pick as a senior, when he was 43-12. He took firsts in the section and subsection and was sixth in the state at 135 pounds.