Warrior wrestlers win season opener

When Fallbrook High School’s wrestling team opened its season Dec. 4 with a 68-18 home win over Guajome Park Academy the highlight for the Warriors wasn’t the margin of victory but the lack of forfeit losses.

“We actually had a full varsity lineup,” said Fallbrook varsity coach Cristian Vera. “This is the first year in quite some time that we have every single weight class covered.”

High school wrestling has 14 weight classes. If one school has a wrestler in a specific class and the other school doesn’t, the match is a weight class forfeit with the school fielding the grappler receiving six po...