Louis Giroux (171 lbs.) took fifth place and Julian Lake (189 lbs.) took sixth for San Marcos as the only two medalists for the Royals wrestling team at the Nogales Tournament on Saturday.
San Marcos finished 20th out of 60 teams. Heavyweight Luis Urbina wrestled for the first time since recovering from swine flu and looked solid but ultimately didn’t have the conditioning yet, according to coach Tony Becerra.
At another venue, San Marcos female wrestler Mallory Fleischman got to take a break from wrestling against boys competition and placed first among 119-pounders at Santa Paula’s female tournament. Two weekends from now, she’ll wrestle in the girls CIF qualifying meet at Northview High School.
The Royals wrestle at Santa Ynez next weekend.
