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    Anaheim’s Lilyana Balderas, Esperanza’s Sammy Sanchez are No. 1 seeds in CIF State wrestling meet
    • February 27, 2025

    Lilyana Balderas of Anaheim and Sammy Sanchez of Esperanza are the top-seeded wrestlers in their weight divisions in the CIF State Championships this week in Bakersfield.

    The state meet, at Mechanics Bank Arena, begins Thursday and concludes Saturday. The NFHS Network will carry live streaming of the meet.

    Sanchez, a freshman, is seeded No. 1 in the boys 106-pound weight class. He won championships at the prestigious Doc Buchanan tournament in January and was a CIF Southern Section Masters champion last week.

    Balderas, a junior, is the No. 1 seed in the girls 125-pound weight class.

    Trabuco Hill senior Kylee Golz is seeded second at 120 pounds. The top-seeded girl at 120 is Clovis East senior Isabella Gonzales, who defeated Golz last year year in the state 115-pound final.

    Balderas and Golz were CIF-SS Masters champions last week.

    Esperanza junior Olivia Davis is seeded No. 2 at 145 pounds.

    Fountain Valley senior Khale McDonnell is seeded second at 215 pounds. In the same half of the 215-pound bracket is Mayfair senior Kayden Cartee, who beat McDonnell in the CIF-SS Coastal Division finals two weeks ago.

     

    ​ Orange County Register 

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