Downey beats Warren in cross-town rivalry wrestling match
DOWNEY –The Downey High School wrestling team traveled to cross-town rival Warren last Thursday night and came away with a hard fought, 37-24 win.
Downey’s big four of Jonathan Prata (113), Dylan Ajtun (120), Roland Dominguez (126) and Adrian Guerra (285) all secured wins by decision, pin, decision and pin respectively, in leading the Vikings to their first league victory.
The boys’ varsity victory over Warren gives Downey the inside track to another S.G.V.L. title.
League foe Paramount was in attendance last Thursday night at Warren and looks to challenge Downey for league bragging rights. Paramount must still wrestle both Downey and Warren, certainly a challenging and difficult task.
In other wrestling action on Thursday night, the Warren boys’ junior varsity team defeated Downey 35-28 and the Warren girls’ wrestling team defeated Downey’s girls’ wrestling team 64-12.
Coach Soto, his staff and wrestlers are once again league favorites and look to defend their S.G.V.L. title as well as make another run at a C.I.F. Dual Meet championship.
DOWNEY BOYS BASKETBALL: The Downey High School boys’ basketball team currently has an overall record of 7-11 and a S.G.V.L. record of 1-1. The Vikings defeated Paramount at Downey 60-40 last Wednesday night and were defeated by league favorite Dominguez at Dominguez 71-54 last Friday night.
Downey traveled to Lynwood on Wednesday (score unavailable at press time), will travel to cross-town rival Warren later today for the first of their two city showdowns and will travel to Gahr to play the Gladiators next Wednesday. At the conclusion of the Gahr game, the first round of league play will be over and the second round will begin on Friday.
Coach Shelton, his staff and players are all looking forward to league play and competing for a line on a postseason bracket.
WARREN BOYS SOCCER: The Warren High School boys’ soccer team defeated Paramount at Warren last Thursday night 1-0. Bear senior Edwin Cano scored the only goal of the game in the second half to secure the win. With the win, Warren improved to 5-5-3 overall and 2-0 in S.G.V.L. play. With the loss, the Pirates fell to 10-3-2 overall and 0-1-1 in league play. Paramount is the four-time defending league champion and is certainly in the mix to win again this year along with cross-town rival Downey.
The Bears finished last season with an overall record 10-9-5 and were 5-3-2 in league play. Warren was the third entry from the San Gabriel Valley League behind Paramount and Downey, respectively. Warren was defeated by Edison at Edison 3-1 in the first round of the C.I.F. Division One playoffs. Coach Pena, his staff and players are all looking forward to competing for a league title and making a run in the playoffs.
WARREN GIRLS SOCCER: The Warren High School girls’ soccer team defeated Paramount at Warren last Thursday night 5-0. With the win, the Lady Bears improved to 12-2 overall and 2-0 in S.G.V.L. play. With the loss, the Lady Pirates fell to 7-5-2 overall and 0-2 in league play.
Warren will once again be the team to beat in S.G.V.L. play while cross-town rival Downey looks to challenge the Lady Bears for city bragging rights.
Warren finished last season with an overall record of 13-9-3 and were 8-1-1 in S.G.V.L. play. The Lady Bears were the 2017 San Gabriel Valley League champions and were defeated by Moorpark at Moorpark 1-0 in the second round of the C.I.F. Division Two playoffs. Coach Dussan, her staff and players are all looking forward to league play and making another run in the playoffs.
WARREN BOYS BASKETBALL: The Warren High School boys’ basketball team currently has an overall record of 11-6 and are 2-0 in S.G.V.L play. The Bears defeated Lynwood at Warren 70-63 last Wednesday night and defeated Paramount at Warren 63-37 last Friday night.
Warren traveled to Gahr to face the Gladiators on Wednesday (score unavailable at press time), will host cross-town rival Downey later tonight and will travel to league favorite Dominguez to face the Dons next Wednesday.
Coach Leflore, his staff and players are all looking forward to league play and challenging Dominguez for the league title. Downey, Gahr, Lynwood and Paramount are all looking to knock the Dons off as well.
WARREN GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Warren High School girls’ basketball team currently has an overall record of 10-8 and are 1-1 in S.G.V.L. play. The Lady Bears were defeated by Lynwood at Warren 45-33 last Wednesday night and defeated Paramount at Warren 56-35 last Friday night.
Warren traveled to Gahr to face the Lady Gladiators on Wednesday (score unavailable at press time), will host cross-town rival Downey later tonight and will travel to Dominguez to face the Lady Dons next Wednesday. At the conclusion of the Dominguez game, the first round of league play will be over and the second round will begin on Friday.
Coach Palmer, her staff and players are all looking forward to league play and challenging Downey and Lynwood for the league title.
DOWNEY GIRLS SOCCER: The Downey High School girls’ soccer team defeated Dominguez at Downey 8-0 last Thursday night. With the win, the Lady Vikings improved to 7-4-3 overall and 2-0 in San Gabriel Valley League play. With the loss, the Lady Dons fell to 1-4-1 overall and are 0-1 in league play. Cross-town rival Warren will once again be the team to beat in league play as they are the defending league champion and bring several players back from last season.
Downey finished last season with an overall record of 10-11-2 and were 7-3 in league play. The Lady Vikings were defeated by El Modena at El Modena 2-1 in extra time in the first round of the C.I.F. Division Three playoffs. Downey is excited about league play and looks to challenge Warren for the S.G.V.L. title and city bragging rights that come with it.
DOWNEY GIRLS BASKETBALL: The Downey High School girls’ basketball team currently has an overall record of 15-3 and are 2-0 in S.G.V.L. play. The Lady Vikings defeated Paramount at Downey 56-18 last Wednesday night and defeated Dominguez at Dominguez 73-33 last Friday night. The Lady Vikings hosted Lynwood at Downey on Wednesday (score unavailable at press time), will travel to cross-town rival Warren later today and will travel to Gahr to play the Lady Gladiators next Wednesday.
The Vikings are off to an excellent start and look to win the S.G.V.L. championship outright. Lynwood will once again be the team to beat in league play while cross-town rival Warren looks to challenge as well.