Sports Recaps: Winter 2022-23, Part 2

The Winter 2022-23 season has come to a close. Wrestling saw success in the Mission Valley League finals last week, with seniors Jocelyn Camarena and Amber Phan winning league championships. Boys basketball, meanwhile, finished 2nd in the league and reached the CIF playoffs. Read on for more details.

Girls Basketball

Overall: 2-17

League: 1-11, 7th place

Jan. 4 at Rosemead, L, 61-21

Jan. 6 at South El Monte, L, 45-23

Jan. 11 vs Arroyo, L, 42-16

Jan. 13 vs Gabrielino, L, 53-17

Jan. 18 at Marshall, L, 48-19

Jan. 20 vs El Monte, L, 48-27

Jan .23 vs Rosemead, L, 38-17

Jan.25 vs South El Monte, W, 38-24

Feb.1 at Arroyo, L, 47-10

Feb.3 at Gabrielino, L, 37-7

Interesting Fact: Junior Darlene Murillo said of the January 25th game against South El Monte, “It was a hard game but they were able to focus and work as a team to get the win, in which the energy needed was there.”

Boys Basketball

Overall: 11-12

League: 9-3, 2nd place

Dec. 26 vs Adelanto, L, 105-48

Dec. 27 vs Walnut, L, 81-34

Dec. 28 vs Covina, L, 51-42

Jan. 4 at Rosemead, W, 72-45

Jan. 6 at South El Monte, W, 68-61

Jan. 11 vs Arroyo, W, 57-56

Jan. 13 vs Gabrielino, L, 69-51

Jan. 18 at Marshall, W, 59-57

Jan. 20 vs El Monte, W, 65-20

Jan. 23 vs Rosemead, W, 71-32

Jan. 25 vs South El Monte, T, 1-1

Feb. 1 at Arroyo L 60-59

Feb. 3 at Gabrielino, L, 62-46

CIF First Round: Feb. 8 at United Christian Academy, L, 69-63

Interesting Fact: The team had a winning streak of five games from December 12th- January 11th.

Girls Soccer

Overall: 4-12-5

League: 0-9-3, 7th place

Dec.17 vs Cabrillo, W, 3-2 (tournament)

Dec. 17 vs Villanova Prep, W, 9-0 (tournament)

Jan. 4 at Rosemead, L, 3-0

Jan. 5 at South El Monte, T, 1-1

Jan. 11 vs Arroyo, T, 1-1

Jan. 13 at Gabrielino, L, 4-0

Jan. 17 at Marshall, L, 4-0

Jan. 19 vs El Monte, L, 5-0

Jan. 23 vs Rosemead, L, 4-0

Jan. 25 vs South El Monte, T, 1-1

Jan.31 at Arroyo, L, 2-0

Feb.2 vs Gabrielino, L, 3-0

Interesting Fact: Melanie Moreno (’23) said, “We were able to create a very committed team with the help of dedicated and experienced coaches this year.”

Boys Soccer

Overall: 8-12-3

League: 4-8, 6th place

Jan. 4 vs Rosmead, W, 4-3

Jan. 6 vs South El Monte, L, 1-0

Jan. 11 at Arroyo, W, 2-0

Jan. 13 at Gabrielino, W, 1-0

Jan. 17 vs Marshall, W, 3-0

Jan. 19 at El Monte, L, 2-1

Jan. 23 at Rosemead, L, 1-0

Jan. 25 at South El Monte, L, 2-0

Interesting Fact: Rafael Puente (’23) was the leading goal scorer of this season with 6 goals.

Wrestling

Girls: Jan. 5, at South El Monte, L, 48-34

Boys: Jan. 5, at South El Monte, L, 51-27

Girls: Jan. 19, at Arroyo, L, 72-12

Boys: Jan. 19, at Arroyo, L, 72-12

Girls: Jan. 28, Varsity Wrestling CIF Team Duals

  • Jocelyn Camarena placed 3rd place
  • Rocio Hernandez placed 4th place
  • Mollie Jimenez placed 5th place
  • Vivian McMahon placed 5th place
  • Ruby Saldivar placed 6th place

Girls: Feb. 4, at Gabrielino, League Finals

  • Jocelyn Camarena placed 1st place, League Champ and Lower Weight MVP
  • Amber Phan placed 1st place, League Champ
  • Carolina Bobadilla placed 2nd place
  • Rocio Hernandez placed 2nd place
  • Mollie Jimenez placed 2nd place
  • Vivian McMahon placed 2nd place
  • Emma Michel placed 2nd place
  • Ruby Saldivar placed 4th place

Boys: Feb. 4, at Gabrielino, League Finals

  • Raymond Flores placed 2nd place 
  • Ricky Guerrero placed 4th place 
  • Alex Kuang placed 4th place
  • Leonel Nava placed 4th place
  • Albert Galarza placed 5th place

Interesting Fact: Jocelyn Camarena is the second wrestler in MVHS history to win lower weight MVP in history. This year also marks the highest number of girls who qualified for CIF finals.

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