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This past weekend it was district championship time for Valencia County’s three high school wrestling teams, and it proved to be quite the successful weekend for the teams.
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Belen, Los Lunas claim team district wrestling titles The Los Lunas Tigers and Belen Eagles both secured boys wrestling district titles last weekend during their march to the state championships, which began on Thursday. Valencia also earned an individual district championship to complement nine-state qualifiers. Belen dominated the district 4A-5 meet, finishing with a team score of 241.5 to take the district title. Valencia, the host school, finished in second place with a score of 107. In total, the Eagles took home 11 individual district titles, winning in all but three weight classes. BHS didn’t have a wrestler finish outside of the top two. Marcus Rimorin, Julian Sisneros, Josiah Pemble, Peter Duran, Diego Avila, Ely Gutierrez, Damien Wood, Coleton Gonzalez, Gabriel Tharnish, Bobby Orona and Tregg Johnson all earned district titles for their efforts in their respective weight classes.