Future Stars of the ELAC Wrestling Team
ELAC Campus News introduces three future stars on the 2013 Wrestling team. Rafik Hovhannisyan 141 lbs, Omar Ochoa 149 lbs and Davit Hovhannisyan 125 lbs.
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Wrestlers prepare for acclaim
By Tadizo Garcia To win a wrestling state title you should sport a strong team with veteran experience and top recruits out of high school. The Huskies have done just that. Ralph Valle, 19-year East Los Angeles College head coach, had a great recruiting off-season and returns veterans from three past seasons. ELAC will begin with the Green and White Dual next Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the men’s gym….
Huskies wrestle to fourth place
By Tadzio Garcia The wrestling team walked in the Mt. San Antonio College Duals last Saturday an underdog and left with a fourth place finish out of nine teams in total. Each of the teams placed in the top-14 at last year’s state finals. The Huskies won their pool and advanced to the championship round losing to eventual champion Palomar College, 38-9, and Bakersfield College, 37-11. The Huskies will be on the…
ELAC Wrestling captain fundraises for fellow athletes
By Ashley Garcia Out on the mat since the eighth grade, the captain of the wrestling team worked hard in order to give back to his community. Adrian Macias received an Ernest H. Moreno Scholarship Award at a ceremony held on November 15. The 19-year-old student-worker will be collecting $1000 annually and received $500 of his award at the ceremony. As a first-generation college student, Macias is a major in…
Rio Hondo takes down ELAC wrestling team
By Rodolfo Trujillo Under dim lighting and drowned-out by the opposing fans, Husky wrestlers were overworked in a 30-12 loss to Rio Hondo on Thursday. The Huskies struggled and were very close on several matches, winning one by pin-fall. ELAC Coach Ralph Valle told his players after the meet, “I thought we won the first two matches,” referring to calls that the referee made that he felt were in error. Those…