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Dec. 15, 2007: Two Normans place in Chaminade JV Duals
The Beverly Hills JV wrestling squad placed two of their nine wrestlers at the Chaminade JV Dual Meet Tournament in West Hills on
Saturday, Dec. 15.  Junior Jason Naziri (130 lbs.) won the gold medal in his weight class and had three pins on the day. Sophomore
Romeo Soofiani (285 lbs.) earned a silver medal, finishing with a 3-1 record on the day.


Dec. 12, 2007
: Normans drop dual meet to Cerritos, but beat Redondo Union
The Beverly Hills varsity wrestling team lost a dual meet to visiting Cerritos High School by a score of 51-33, but came back to beat
Redondo Union High School 52-36 in their second dual meet of the evening in the school's Swim Gym. Junior captain Weston Cage
(HWT) went 2-0, pinning both his opponents in the first period. Cage remains undefeated with a record of 7-0 with five pins.
Sophomore Klar Kuo (215 lbs.) also was 2-0 on the evening, pinning both of his opponents.  The JV squad ended up beating the
Cerritos JV squad by a score of 66-51, but lost to Redondo's JV 57-42. Below are the varsity results. The Normans, now 5-4 on the
season, next take on Salesian High School in a dual meet at home in the wrestling room on Thursday, Dec. 20, at 3:30 p.m.






































Dec. 8, 2007
: Three Normans place in Peninsula Frosh Tournament
Three freshmen wrestled to third-place finishes at the Peninsula Frosh Tournament today.  Kevin Youssian (119 lbs.), Josh Rezvani
(140 lbs.) and Matt Yashar (160 lbs.), all lost tough matches in the championship bracket, but fought back hard in the consolation
rounds to place third in their respective weight classes.  Youssian and Yashar went 3-1 on the day and Rezvani was 2-1.  Matt
Grubman (112 lbs.) and Armand Farrokh (171 lbs.) both finished the day with 1-2 records, but did not place.

Dec. 6, 2007: Normans earn win at home over South Pasadena
The Beverly Hills varsity wrestling team earned a win over visiting South Pasadena by score of 42-30 at home. Junior captain
Weston Cage (HWT) earned the quickest pin with a 17-second fall time over his opponent.  Also earning pins were fellow juniors
Calvin Berman (119 lbs.) and George Abraham (135 lbs.). The JV squad won by a score of 72-12, with pins earned by junior
Jason Naziri (130 lbs.) and freshman Matt Yashar (160 lbs.).  Below are the varsity results. The Normans next take on Redondo
Union and Cerritos in a tri-meet at home in the Swim Gym on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 3:30 p.m.



















Dec. 1, 2007: Despite wrestling well, Normans only place one at tough Newbury Park Invitational
The Beverly Hills varsity wrestling team sent 10 wrestlers to the 28-team Newbury Park Invitational.  On the day, junior George
Abraham
(140 lbs.) had the best showing for the Normans with a 3-1 record.  Losing his first-round match in a tough last-second
decision, Abraham was sent to the consolation bracket to wrestle back for seventh place.  He won his next three matches in strong
fashion and pinned the same opponent to whom he lost in the first round in 39 seconds to settle the score. Sophomore
Mikey
Shlomof
(130 lbs.) was 1-2 on the day, losing a tough-fought match to the number-one seed.  Junior Tal Dahan (135 lbs.) also lost
to a top-seeded wrestler and went 1-2 on the day as well.  Senior captain
Brian Kim (145 lbs.) was also 1-2 on the day.  The
Normans were without several of their starters including Jimmy Shlomof (103 lbs.), Bagus Rahadian (125 lbs.), Justin Brezhnev (135
lbs.), Jake Marchiafava (152 lbs.), Matt Flagel (171 lbs.), Klar Kuo (215 lbs.), and captain Weston Cage (HWT).  The Normans next
face South Pasadena at home in a dual meet on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. in the wrestling room.

Nov. 29, 2007: Normans fall to West Torrance in non-league dual meet
The Beverly Hills varsity wrestling team lost to visiting West Torrance by a score of 61-12.  Starting off strong for the Normans was
senior
Jake Marchiafava (152 lbs.) who improved his season record to 5-1 with a pin.  From there, things went downhill for the
Normans as they dropped their next 10 matches, mostly by pins, to their West Torrance opponents.  Junior captain
Tal Dahan then
picked up the next six points for the team by pinning his opponent at 135 lbs.  The team was without its heavyweight captain
Weston Cage who was sick.

The JV squad also wrestled with the outcome 50–21 in favor of West Torrance.  The Normans varsity squad will travel to the
Newbury Park Invitational Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007.  The next home match is on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007 against
South Pasadena in a non-league dual meet.



















Nov. 25, 2007: Normans go 3-2 at Chaminade Duals, JV places second as team
The Beverly Hills varsity and JV wrestling squads both had impressive showings at their first event of the 2007–2008 season.  The
varsity squad, led by sophomore
Mikey Shlomof (130 lbs.) and junior Weston Cage (285 lbs.) who both placed first with five
victories each in their respective weight classes, dropped their first two dual meets to Calabassas and Westlake.  They rebounded
by defeating Chatsworth, Sylmar, and hosts Chaminade.  Others turning in strong performances for the Normans were junior
George Abraham (third place, 140 lbs.), and seniors Brian Kim (second place, 145 lbs.) and Jake Marchiafava (third place, 152
lbs.).  On the JV side, sophomore
Matt Flagel (171 lbs.) placed first with five victories (each by pin) and was also voted the
tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler (upper weights) for JV.  Also placing first for JV were freshman
Kevin Youssian (119
lbs.),  freshman
Alex Gabbay (135 lbs.) who had five wins and three pins, and junior Tal Dahan (140 lbs.). Dahan also went
undefeated with five victories.  Placing second for the JV squad were juniors
Jason Naziri (130 lbs.) and Dan Molayem (152 lbs.),
and sophomores
Gabe Benji (215 lbs.) and Romeo Soofiani (285 lbs.).  The JV squad took home the second-place team trophy
with a 3-2 record.








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Chaminade Duals - JV Results
Beverly Hills defeated Allstars One 54-21
Beverly Hills defeated Grenada Hills 60-18
Beverly Hills defeated Westlake 54-34
St. Mary's defeated Beverly Hills 51-38
Calabassas defeated Beverly Hills 42-42 (winner by criteria)
Chaminade Duals - Varsity Results
Calabassas defeated Beverly Hills 51-27
Westlake defeated Beverly Hills 48-33
Beverly Hills defeated Chatsworth 54-27
Beverly Hills defeated Sylmar 45-33
Beverly Hills defeated Chaminade 54-30
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WEIGHT
VARSITY OUTCOMES AGAINST SOUTH PASADENA
BH
SP
TEAM SCORE
171 lbs.
Flagel (BH) win by major decision over Ishikawa (SP) - 13-0
4
0
4-0
189 lbs.
Abbas (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
10-0
215 lbs.
Kuo (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
16-0
285 lbs.
Cage (BH) win by fall over Jones (SP) - 0:17
6
0
22-0
103 lbs.
Latimer (SP) win by fall over J. Shlomof (BH) - 1:25
0
6
22-6
112 lbs.
Lee (SP) win by fall over Grubman (BH) - 0:53
0
6
22-12
119 lbs.
C. Berman (BH) win by fall over Shipley (SP) - 3:44
6
0
28-12
125 lbs.
Mirangi (SP) win by fall over Rahadian (BH) - 0:25
0
6
28-18
130 lbs.
Peluce (SP) win by fall over M. Shlomof (BH) - 0:23
0
6
28-24
135 lbs.
Abraham (BH) win by fall over Starling (SP) - 3:46
6
0
34-24
140 lbs.
Brezhnev (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
40-24
145 lbs.
Kim (BH) win by decision over Koperd (SP) - 6-5
3
0
43-24
152 lbs.
Marchiafava (BH) win by decision over Krezel (SP) - 4-2
3
0
46-24
160 lbs.
B. England (SP) win by fall over Molayem (BH) - 1:50
0
6
46-30
WEIGHT
VARSITY OUTCOMES AGAINST WEST TORRANCE
BH
WT
TEAM SCORE
152 lbs.
Marchiafava (BH) win by fall over Payne (WT) - 1:09
6
0
6-0
160 lbs.
Pivovaroffo (WT) win by fall over Montgomery (BH) - 1:52
0
6
6-6
171 lbs.
Chun (WT) win by major decision 18-7 over Flagel (BH)
0
4
6-10
189 lbs.
Asaro (WT) win by fall over Abbas (BH) - 1:20
0
6
6-16
215 lbs.
Lee (WT) win by major decision 12-2 over Kuo (BH)
0
4
6-20
285 lbs.
Mcalister (WT) win by fall over Soofiani (BH) - 3:04
0
6
6-26
103 lbs.
Fazel (WT) win by fall over J. Shlomof (BH) - 1:27
0
6
6-32
112 lbs.
Nazari (WT) win by fall over B. Dahan (BH) - 1:14
0
6
6-38
119 lbs.
Harrison (WT) win by fall over C. Berman (BH) - 1:37
0
6
6-44
125 lbs.
Taketa (WT) win by fall over Rahadian (BH) - 1:43
0
6
6-50
130 lbs.
Fukuhara (WT) win by decision 10-8 over Shlomof (BH)
0
3
6-53
135 lbs.
Dahan (BH) win by fall over Barri (WT) - 1:26
6
0
12-53
140 lbs.
Chun (WT) win by decision over Abraham (BH)
0
3
12-56
145 lbs.
Stoner (WT) win by technical fall over Kim (BH) - 4:20
0
5
12-61
WEIGHT
VARSITY OUTCOMES AGAINST REDONDO UNION
BH
RU
TEAM SCORE
112 lbs.
NO MATCH - DOUBLE FORFEIT
6
6
6-6
119 lbs.
Youssian (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
12-6
125 lbs.
Herrera (RU) win by fall over Berman, C. (BH) - 1:36 (1 pt. BH - USC)
1
6
13-12
130 lbs.
Shlomof (BH) win by decision over Delos Santos (RU) - 8-7
3
0
16-12
135 lbs.
Abraham (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
22-12
140 lbs.
Suh (RU) win by fall over Brezhnev (BH) - 3:58 (1 pt. BH - USC)
1
6
23-18
145 lbs.
Berman, D. (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
29-18
152 lbs.
Ouagos (RU) win by fall over Molayem (BH) - 1:26
0
6
29-24
160 lbs.
Borstel (RU) win by fall over Yashar (BH) - 0:52
0
6
29-30
171 lbs.
Flagel (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
35-30
189 lbs.
Higgins (RU) win by fall over Abbas (BH) - 3:36
0
6
35-36
215 lbs.
Kuo (BH) win by fall over Rupert (RU) - 4:33
6
0
41-36
285 lbs.
Cage (BH) win by fall over Bojorquez (RU) - 0:44
6
0
47-36
103 lbs.
Shlomof, J. (BH) win by technical fall over Obear (RU) - 22-6, 5:32
5
0
52-36
WEIGHT
VARSITY OUTCOMES AGAINST CERRITOS
BH
CER
TEAM SCORE
145 lbs.
Kim (BH) win by decision over Holkey (CER) - 6-2
3
0
3-0
152 lbs.
Molayem (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
9-0
160 lbs.
Bautista (CER) win by fall over Yashar (BH) - 5:56
0
6
9-6
171 lbs.
Mansour (CER) win by fall over Flagel (BH) - 5:31
0
6
9-12
189 lbs.
Mercado (CER) win by fall over Abbas (BH) - 0:13
0
6
9-18
215 lbs.
Kuo (BH) win by fall over Choi (CER) - 5:56
6
0
15-18
285 lbs.
Cage (BH) win by fall over Gardner (CER) - 0:33
6
0
21-18
103 lbs.
Choi, A. (CER) win by major decision over Shlomof, J. BH) - 18-7
0
4
21-22
112 lbs.
NO MATCH - DOUBLE FORFEIT
6
6
27-28
119 lbs.
Yoo (CER) win by technical fall over Youssian (BH) - 20-5, 4:00
0
5
27-33
125 lbs.
Cramer (CER) win by fall over Berman, C. (BH) - 1:38
0
6
27-39
130 lbs.
Kim (CER) win by fall over Shlomof, M. (BH) - 1:27
0
6
27-45
135 lbs.
Abraham (BH) win by FORFEIT
6
0
33-45
140 lbs.
Leon (CER) win by fall over Brezhnev (BH) - 3:39
0
6
33-51