Corrales looks to state final
Only one fighter remains in the way of a state finals bid for
Hollister boxer Tony Corrales, who won by unanimous decision over
Clovis’ Paul Cano at the Central Coast Golden Gloves finals last
week in Stockton.
Owner and trainer of Bull Dog Boxing Gym Zeke Lopez said
Corrales’ fight wasn’t necessarily pretty, as Cano had a tendency
to hold and run.
Corrales looks to state final
Only one fighter remains in the way of a state finals bid for Hollister boxer Tony Corrales, who won by unanimous decision over Clovis’ Paul Cano at the Central Coast Golden Gloves finals last week in Stockton.
Owner and trainer of Bull Dog Boxing Gym Zeke Lopez said Corrales’ fight wasn’t necessarily pretty, as Cano had a tendency to hold and run.
Nevertheless, Corrales emerged with the unanimous win.
“It was a good fight. Tony won,” Lopez said. “But [Cano] was holding him and grabbing him and running. Tony would grab him and hit him, but the guy would run away.”
For the first two rounds, at least, Lopez said Corrales was “falling asleep in the ring” as a result of his opponent’s actions. As for the third and final round, though, “Tony just started wailing on him.”
“He did a lot better in the third round,” Lopez said.
Corrales, 18, will now advance to regionals at the Westside Boxing Club in San Mateo on March 21 where he will square off against Watsonville’s Jonathan Garcia.
Garcia, a southpaw who has trained at the Bull Dog Boxing Gym before, is approximately 17- to 18-years-old, Lopez said.
“We’ve sparred with him before and we’ve trained with him,” Lopez added. “We know what we’re gonna do.”
Wrestling Balers complete CIF run
San Benito’s only remaining wrestler on Day 2 of the CIF-State Wrestling Championships was 145-pounder Josh Ramirez.
But needing just one more win in order to place in the top eight of his weight class, Ramirez fell just short.
Wrestling against Desmond Rios of Chico-Pleasant Valley, Ramirez lost by a narrow 10-8 decision on Saturday morning at Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield.
Ramirez, the Central Coast Section champion at 145 pounds, finished the state meet with a 3-2 record.
Meanwhile, San Benito’s Junior Davila at 119 pounds won his opening match by a 13-8 decision over Poway’s Jesse Taylor on Friday, but lost in the round of 16 by a 4-1 decision to East Bakersfield’s Peter Gonzalez.
Davila finished with a 2-2 record.
At 160 pounds, Enrique Lucatero lost his first match to De La Salle’s Luke Sheridan, the North Coast champion, by a 10-6 decision. He then won three straight matches in the consolation bracket – he beat Bonita Vista’s Nick Barnes 9-5, defeated Ukiah’s John Escamilla 8-4, and upended, and upset, Palo Alto’s Patrick Sheehan 4-2.
The senior 160-pounder finished with a 3-2 record.
CYSA D-II seeks coaches, evaluators for the Olympic Development Program
MORGAN HILL – The CYSA District II is now accepting applications for U13-U16 boys and girls coaches for the Olympic Development Program. These are voluntary positions. Interested coaches should send their resumes to Jack Salvemini, District II ODP Coordinator, at 3635 Jackson Oaks Ct., Morgan Hill, Calif., 95037 on or before April 1, 2009. Applicants should hold a National D license or equivalent and will not be able to coach the same age group or gender they currently coach in league or club. CYSA District II is also looking for qualified coaches to act as tryout evaluators for the ODP tryouts. If interested, please call 408-461-1282 or e-mail: js******@ga****.com
Sign-ups under way at YMCA
HOLLISTER – The YMCA of San Benito County is now having sign-ups for T-ball (program runs on Saturday’s for the months of April and May) for those interested, ages two and a half to five-years-old. The YMCA is also having sign-ups for the Youth Basketball program, which will start Saturday, April 4, and run until the end of May; that program is for ages first through fifth grade. For more information, contact the YMCA of San Benito County, located at 339 Fifth Street in Hollister (right across from the Granada Theater), at 831-637-8600, visit the Web site at www.centralcoast.org, or e-mail Sports Coordinator Kristie Agan: ka***@ym**************.org
CSUMB to host free youth baseball camps
MONTEREY – Cal State University at Monterey Bay is holding a free youth spring training baseball camp on March 22. There will be two sessions for two different age groups, with 7- to 10-year-olds meeting from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 11- to 14-year-olds meeting from 1 to 4 p.m., on the CSUMB campus. Sign up forms can be downloaded at www.otterathletics.com. For more information, contact assistant coach Jimmy Walker at: ja**********@cs***.edu.
Fourth Annual Mud Run schedule for March 28
SEASIDE – The fourth annual Mud Run, presented by the Big Sur International Marathon in cooperation with the U.S. Army Garrison-Presidio of Monterey and Cal State University Monterey Bay, will take place on Saturday, March 28, beginning at 9 a.m. The race course encompasses five miles of road, trails, mud pits, walls and other obstacles throughout the CSUMB campus and former Ft. Ord lands in Seaside. The event begins and ends at CSUMB’s Freeman Stadium. A no-mud Kids’ Zone will also be featured adjacent to the stadium between 9 and noon. The Mud Run is open to all-comers 15 years and older. Fees are $48 for individuals and $240 for a 5-person team entry, with a discount for active military participants and students until March 25. Fees increase by $10 per person for race day registration. For more information, or registration visit www.bigsurmudrun.org or call 831-625-6226.
Barnstormers open season Saturday in Lodi
LODI – The Central Coast Barnstormers, now of the Northern California Football League, will open its 2009 season on Saturday, March 10, against the Central Valley Rams in Lodi at the Lodi Grape Bowl on South Pacific Street. Kick-off is at 6 p.m.
In Week 2 on March 21, the Barnstormers will visit the Pacifica Islanders at Terra Nova High School at 5 p.m., while Central Coast will have its “home” opener on March 28 against the Bay Area Buccaneers. Although the Barnstormers’ home games will take place at Gilroy High this season, the team’s Week 3 matchup against the Bucs will be played at Andrew Hill High in San Jose. Kick-off is at 2 p.m.
