EUREKA >> Xander Romero of the Middletown High School wrestling team allowed only two points in three matches, winning all of them in the 113-pound division Saturday at the Eureka Tournament.
Romero’s first-place finish included a 7-0 decision over Marley Harris of Arcata in the finals, a battle of two North Coast Section-ranked wrestlers – Romero is No. 4 and Harris is No. 7.
“Xander was dominant,” Middletown head coach Brian Hunt said. “He wrestled hard, he wrestled smart.”
Romero and Harris met earlier this month, Romero winning 11-9 in the finals of the Dennis Jensen Invitational at Middletown.
The Mustangs won three other varsity medals at Eureka. Filemon Sanchez (126 pounds), Anthony Nudi (160) and Jacob Perry (182) all finished fourth.
Just finishing out of the medal hunt was Andrew Mikel, who was sixth at 120 pounds.
In the junior varsity division, Anthony Mikel came in first in the 126-pound pool division, and Parker Boden placed second at 126 pounds.
Other second-place finishes went to Jackson Bomberry (145), Johnny Reyes (170) and Donny Turknett (220).
“The kids went up there and performed very well,” Hunt said of the Mustangs, who placed eighth as a team despite taking only half of their varsity squad to Eureka. “All in all the kids had a fun day.”
Middletown joins Upper Lake and Clear Lake in a Coastal Mountain Conference tri-meet on Wednesday in Lakeport at 5:30 p.m. The Mustangs’ next tournament is Saturday at the Puma Invitational in Santa Rosa (Maria Carrillo High School).
In other wrestling action Saturday:
Upper Lake
Upper Lake’s girls attended the Lady Eagles Tournament in Loomis while Upper Lake’s boys attended the King of the Mat in Windsor.
In the Lady Eagles Tournament, Dena Loans Arrow took home a second-place medal in the varsity division. In the JV division,
Tatum Salas secured a first-place medal and Mallory Henry came in third.
In the King of the Mat, Donavan Fernandez came in sixth, Richard Perez finished seventh, and Blake Talmage was eighth.
“Dena was great this weekend,” Upper Lake head coach Joe Fernandex said. “She had an outstanding day but suffered a tough loss in the finals.”
Upper Lake and Middletown travel to Lakeport on Wednesday to battle Clear Lake in a conference tri-meet at 5:30 p.m.
