West Orange's Betancor Makes His Way to Quarters

West Orange’s heavyweight Emiliano Betancor had a great night at the Atlantic City state championship wrestling tournament on Friday night. Betancor, who had a bye in the preliminary round, defeated Cody Melton of North Burlington 3-1 in the pre-quarterfinals. He will wrestle next on Saturday in the quarterfinal round.

Seton Hall Prep had three wrestlers in action on Friday. Brendan Calas (103) helped lead the way with a victory in the pre-quarterfinals over Michael Russo of St. Peter’s, 3-1. Calas had a bye in the preliminaries. He advances to Saturday’s quarterfinals.

Lou Mascola (135) also advanced to the quarters, defeating Garrett Scrivani of Kitttatinny after a bye.

Also with a bye in the prelims was Eamonn Gaffney (125), who lost to Nick Liguori of Raritan, 5-2. He will advance to Saturday’s wrestlebacks.

Come back to Patch to see how each wrestler does on Saturday.