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California Blue overpowers field to win women’s Greco-Roman title at AFSW Junior National Duals
Air Force Special Warfare Junior National Duals | June 19-22, Tulsa, Okla.
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Women’s Greco-Roman Gold/Silver Results
1st Place – California Blue
2nd Place – Missouri
3rd Place – Texas Blue
4th Place – Oklahoma Blue
5th Place – Colorado
6th Place – Ohio Red
7th Place – Kansas
8th Place – Michigan
1st Place Match – California Blue defeated Missouri, 47-19
120 – Sydney Stifter (Missouri) fall Mikayla Garcia (California Blue), 1:29
125 – Angelina Vargas (Missouri) fall Devin Silva (California Blue), 3:55
130 – Samantha Sachs (California Blue) tech. fall EmmaLyn Burnett (Missouri), 10-1
135 – Janie Houser (California Blue) dec. Jasmine Wolfe (Missouri), 6-0
140 – Maci Stemmons (California Blue) forfeit
145 – Delarie Juarez (California Blue) dec. Payton Weese (Missouri), 5-0
155 – Eduarda Rodrigues (California Blue) fall Jayci Shelton (Missouri), 2:42
170 – Alana Thelin (Missouri) tech. fall Chrystina Ballejos (California Blue), 10-0
190 – Katianna Martinez (California Blue) fall Isabella Renfro (Missouri), 2:53
235 – Lorelei Hartman (California Blue) fall Alexis Stinson (Missouri), 0:41
95 – Mya Hairston (Missouri) tech. fall Eliana Caro (California Blue), 9-0
100 – Mia Navarro (California Blue) fall Kinley Harker (Missouri), 0:45
105 – Kailey Salazar (California Blue) tech. fall Baillee Cash (Missouri), 8-0
110 – Abbi Cooper (California Blue) tech. fall Jayden Keller (Missouri), 11-0
115 – Eden Hernandez (California Blue) tech. fall Jessa Joiner (Missouri), 10-0
3rd Place Match – Texas Blue defeated Oklahoma Blue, 38-36
120 – Kristen De La Rosa (Oklahoma Blue) fall Mariah Dillard (Texas Blue), 1:33
125 – Emily Beckley (Oklahoma Blue) fall Madison Pena (Texas Blue), 1:45
130 – Anna Vogt (Texas Blue) fall Trinity Rakestraw (Oklahoma Blue), 0:59
135 – Lynn Horn (Oklahoma Blue) fall Gwen Musser (Texas Blue), 4:08
140 – Alicen Dillard (Texas Blue) fall Jayla Ford (Oklahoma Blue), 1:03
145 – Brijatte Garcia (Texas Blue) forfeit
155 – Jacey Kuntz (Texas Blue) fall Makenna Howell (Oklahoma Blue), 0:28
170 – Kali Hayden (Oklahoma Blue) fall Samaria Barnett (Texas Blue), 0:36
190 – Tracy linklater (Texas Blue) forfeit
235 – Ariana Chavez (Texas Blue) dec. Kinslee Collier (Oklahoma Blue), 7-2
95 – Rilee Harrison (Texas Blue) forfeit
100 – Alexa Rodriguez Lopez (Texas Blue) tech. fall Destiny Jones (Oklahoma Blue), 11-2
105 – Addie Morse (Oklahoma Blue) fall Cate Norden (Texas Blue), 3:31
110 – Hannah Lopez (Oklahoma Blue) tech. fall Grace Romans (Texas Blue), 12-1
115 – Coty Sessions (Oklahoma Blue) fall Arianna Beltran (Texas Blue), 2:02
5th Place Match – Colorado defeated Ohio Red, 45-24
120 – Jaydin Cuevas (Colorado) fall Emma Rinehart (Ohio Red), 0:42
125 – Lexie Lopez (Colorado) fall Gabrielle Gartin (Ohio Red), 2:02
130 – Abigail Mozden (Ohio Red) fall Faith Vondy (Colorado), 0:20
135 – Timberly Martinez (Colorado) tech. fall Emma Hanrahan (Ohio Red), 8-0
140 – Rejan Alhashash (Ohio Red) fall Vivienne Gitke (Colorado), 5:26
145 – Mollie Dare (Colorado) dec. Addison Lyon (Ohio Red), 10-6
155 – Desza Munson (Colorado) tech. fall Lauren Carver (Ohio Red), 8-0
170 – Alexandria Alli (Ohio Red) tech. fall Alison Evans (Colorado), 8-0
190 – Laney Oliver (Ohio Red) fall Claris McCoy (Colorado), 0:12
235 – Ciara Monger (Colorado) fall Gabriella Oregon (Ohio Red), 0:52
95 – Justice Gutierrez (Colorado) dec. Vita Rose Savage (Ohio Red), 9-3
100 – Katey Valdez (Colorado) fall Mia Skinner (Ohio Red), 0:38
105 – Brianne Graves (Ohio Red) dec. Eyvori Jacquez (Colorado), 8-7
110 – Rylee Balcazar (Colorado) fall Caroline Kearns (Ohio Red), 2:16
115 – Lindsey Lopez (Colorado) fall Leah Willen (Ohio Red), 2:28
7th Place Match – Kansas defeated Michigan, 46-26
120 – Cheyenne Frank (Michigan) fall Kylee Hodges (Kansas), 0:41
125 – Jill High (Kansas) fall Jamie Cook (Michigan), 1:49
130 – Tyler Swanigan (Michigan) inj. def. Amanda Jaeger (Kansas), 4:04
135 – Margaret Buurma (Michigan) tech. fall Alexis Means (Kansas), 8-0
140 – Sydney Thompson (Michigan) fall Kaylan Hitchcock (Kansas), 4:05
145 – Avari Johnson (Kansas) fall Emily Medford (Michigan), 1:54
155 – Olivia Randle (Kansas) tech. fall Emma Pendell (Michigan), 8-0
170 – Kiley Dillow (Kansas) forfeit
190 – Gabriella Allen (Michigan) dec. Hayleen Martinez (Kansas), 9-2
235 – Hailey Conley (Kansas) fall Payton Burmeister (Michigan), 1:25
95 – Phoenix West (Kansas) forfeit
100 – Jaidyn Alvarado (Kansas) forfeit
105 – Anna Buurma (Michigan) tech. fall Molly Spader (Kansas), 11-3
110 – Avery Hinojos (Kansas) fall Kennedy Perez (Michigan), 2:40
115 – Leiannah Landreth (Kansas) fall Gigi Bragg (Michigan), 1:43
Women’s Greco-Roman Bronze/Copper Results
1st Place – Utah
2nd Place – California Red
3rd Place – Idaho
4th Place – Florida
5th Place – Virginia
6th Place – Pennsylvania
7th Place – Indiana
8th Place – Texas Red
1st Place Match – Utah defeated California Red, 41-27
3rd Place Match – Idaho defeated Florida, 38-24
5th Place Match – Virginia defeated Pennsylvania, 39-33
7th Place Match – Indiana defeated Texas Red, 39-34
Women’s Greco-Roman Red Results
1st Place – Georgia
2nd Place – Minnesota
3rd Place – South Carolina
4th Place – North Carolina
From one crackdown on hospice fraud to another.
A few weeks ago, the FBI arrested multiple people in Southern California that were accused of defrauding the government for millions of dollars.
In a more recent announcement last Thursday, California’s State Attorney General Rob Bonta held a press conference to announce a fraud bust of their own.
“Operation Skip Trace uncovered and ended a hospice fraud scheme that defrauded Medi-Cal of $267 million,” Bonta said. “So just to be clear, a quarter billion dollars over funds that are paid for by California taxpayers, funds that are meant to provide care to Californians in need. It is unacceptable. It is illegal and we will not stand for it.”
The operation saw a total of 21 suspects charged as a result and dismantled a major hospice fraud scheme, with two handguns and over $750 thousand in cash seized as well.
According to the state’s attorney general, this is just one of the many cases over the years the state has cracked down on.
“This is just the latest example of the California DOJ’s longstanding ongoing and successful efforts to combat hospice and medical fraud,” Bonta said. “We have been doing this work for years. We’ve been doing it successfully before certain people in this country decided to think about it for the first time. We will continue to do this work. Heads down, sleeves rolled up, important investigative work, prosecutorial work.”
He added to that by taking a shot at the Trump Administration’s latest fraud operations.
“While healthcare fraud might be President Trump’s shiny new political talking point, the California DOJ has been going after healthcare fraud since 1979,” Bonta said. “For decades, Trump is late to the party. Protecting taxpayer dollars and protecting programs sick and vulnerable Californians rely on have been our priority for nearly five decades.”
Governor Gavin Newsom also spoke out about this latest crackdown while taking a shot of his own at President Trump.
In a post to “X” the Governor’s Press Office wrote in part quote…
“California has been cracking down on hospice fraud long before Trump gutted oversight and pardoned the architect of the biggest health care fraud scheme in U.S. history.”
State Republicans have responded to this latest announcement from Attorney General Bonta, calling for a special session to demand accountability from the Governor on widespread fraud.
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Xavier Becerra surges in poll after Eric Swalwell drops out of California governor’s race
A new poll shows a major shift in the California governor’s race after former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who was once a frontrunner, dropped out of the election following several allegations of sexual misconduct.
“This definitely throws this race into even more volatility, creates a huge vacuum,” Pomona College politics professor Sara Sadhwani said.
According to the new numbers, Xavier Becerra, the former state attorney general and Health and Human Services Secretary under President Biden, is surging in popularity.
In Emerson College’s Inside California Politics poll, Becerra is now polling at 10%, a seven-point jump since March.
Republican Steve Hilton remains in the lead with 17%, followed by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco at 14%.
Among Democrats, billionaire Tom Steyer leads the pack with 14%, followed by Becerra and former Rep. Katie Porter at 10% each. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan sits at 5%.
The poll showed that 23% of voters remain undecided.
“Xavier Becerra should be the happiest of them all because he’s the biggest move in this survey,” said Zev Yaroslavsky, director at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.
Emerson College conducted the poll right after Swalwell dropped out of the race and President Trump endorsed Hilton.
“I believe over time, because Trump has endorsed Hilton for the governorship, that Hilton will continue to edge up and Bianco by definition will have to go down,” Yaroslavsky said.
Last weekend, the California GOP held its convention, and, similar to the Democrats, the party did not make an endorsement. However, Bianco received the most votes from the GOP delegates.
“We’re extremely happy with how it came out,” Bianco said. “There was a lot of effort put in by my opponent. Hundreds of thousands of dollars to try and win this election.
With the large number of undecided voters, Yaroslavky believes that the race is still in the air.
“It’s still early,” Yaroslavsky said. “It’s a little less than seven weeks before the election. The ballots go out at the beginning of next month. People, at least 30%, still haven’t made up their mind.”
In the state’s primary system, only the top two vote-getters in the June primary will advance to the November general election.
The race to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who terms out after this year, is ramping up with voters able to cast ballots soon.
The stunning collapse of Eric Swalwell’s campaign has upended the wide-open contest where no Democratic candidate has emerged as a clear frontrunner and mail-in voting is scheduled to start in May
California has an unpredictable top-two primary system that puts all candidates on one ballot, with only the top two vote-getters advancing to November, regardless of party. Despite their party’s dominance in the state, Democrats fear their crowded pool of candidates will divide the party’s vote and allow two Republicans to advance.
Here’s a look at the prominent candidates:
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