Photo by Joseph Garcia

Royal's Brandon Sotomayor wrestles Los Osos' Adrian Flores in the 145-pound class at the CIF Division II dual meet championships.

Photo by Joseph Garcia

Royal's Sergio Cortez is taken for a ride by Los Osos' Adrian Dominguez during their 152-pound match.

Royal and Thousand Oaks High made their points at the Division II Dual Meet Wrestling Championships.

Now it's time to turn attention to this week's CIF Inland Division Individual Finals at Los Osos High in Rancho Cucamonga.

The two Marmonte League schools reached the Division II Dual Meet semifinals Saturday night at Royal High.

Reaching the semifinals for the fourth consecutive year, Marmonte champion Royal (9-1) lost to No. 2 seed North Torrance, 38-18, in the semifinals. After achieving its 30th win in the quarterfinals, Thousand Oaks was beaten by defending champion Laguna Hills, 7.

"It would have been nice to have one more win and be in the finals in our own house," said Royal coach Richard Carrillo.

"There is still a season to finish. Now it's all about them. They are healthy and happy."

Royal had no problems winning its first two matches.

With five pins and four technical falls, Royal defeated Los Osos, 64-10, in the first round. In its 44-22 victory over Irvine in the quarterfinals, the Highlanders won six straight matches, including pins by Aaron Van Driessche and Logan Sandoval, to charge out to a 17-point lead. Irvine, the No. 6-ranked school in the division, closed to within 10 points with two matches left, but Royal won both by pins.

Against North Torrance, Royal won four times in a six-match stretch to take a 19-14 lead. Sergio Cortez and Matt Rulon helped fuel the surge with come-from-behind wins by decision. Mike Dumelle saved a team point in his 7-3 loss in a 142-pound match.

"Those type of things are huge," said Carrillo. "Our kids know how to keep the opponent's team score to a minimum and how to maximize our own."

North Torrance stormed back to win the last five matches.

Defending champion Laguna Hills won 13 consecutive matches en route to beating Thousand Oaks.

Thousand Oaks finished its dual meet season with a 30-4 record.

"Laguna Hills is too good," said Thousand Oaks coach Kerry Lyne. "They could win in Division I."

Reaching the semifinals was a notable accomplishment for the Lancers.

"We beat two league championships to get to the semifinals," said Lyne. "This was the first time that I have had a team finish with 30 wins.

"This can only help us for next week (at the CIF Individual Finals). Colin Sasaki lost twice to unbelievable opponents. This was better than any practice that I could have come up with this week."

Thousand Oaks trailed, 20-22, midway into its first-round match against Mission Valley League champion Arroyo. The Lancers won four of its next five and closed out with a 42 victory. Colin Sasaki clinched the win by pinning his opponent in 2:42.

"We didn't know anything about Arroyo," said Lyne. "They proved to be a very good team."

Winning eight of its first 10 matches in the quarterfinals, Thousand Oaks appeared to be on cruise control. Norwalk, the Suburban League champion, was within 10 points with two matches remaining. Behdod Katebian won his 123-pound match, 12-5, to help Thousand Oaks hold on for a 31-24 win.