Pearl River to Send Six Wrestlers to Section Championships

Pearl River's Kyle Hartigan earned a 16-6 major decision over Clarkstown South's Paul Okeke to win the 189-pound title in Sunday's Division 1, Section 4 Championship Sunday at South.

Hartigan isn't the only Pearl River who earned a ticket to the Section Championships Feb. 12 and 13 at Lincoln High School in Yonkers. Five of his teammates also qualified with their performances at South.

Kenta Umezaki also reached the finals in his weight class, but lost, 3-2, in the 160-pound final to Christian Bouquet of Clarkstown North, who he had defeated in the Rockland County Championships a week earlier. Pearl River's Cameron Bruzzi also finished second in his weight class, losing a 4-2 decision to Pragdat of Clarkstown South in the 145-pound title match.

John Muldoon (third at 96 pounds), Rob Gullo (third at 130) and Steve Moreno (fourth at 135) also advanced.

The following are more detailed results from the meet.

Section 1, Division 4

96 pounds

Semifinals - D. Guevera (CLN) pinned John Muldoon (PR) 1:49

Consolation finals -  John Muldoon (PR) dec Alex Notaro (CLS)  2-1

13o pounds

Semifinals - J. Gedeiko (CLS) pinned Rob Gullo (PR)  1:45

Consolation finals - Rob Gullo (PR) dec E. Shepherd (CLS)  2-1

135 pounds

Semifinals - S. Murphy (CLN) pinned Steve Moreno (PR)  3:22

Consolation finals - L. Gallagher (CLS) dec Steve Moreno (PR)  9-3

145 pounds

Semifinals - Cameron Bruzzi (PR) dec M. DeRosa (NR)  8-5

Finals - D. Pragdat (CLS) dec Cameron Bruzzi (PR)  4-2

160 pounds

Semifinals - Kenta Umezaki (PR) won by Tech Fall over C. Breyfogle (CLS) 15-0

Finals - C. Bouquet (CLN) dec Kenta Umezaki (PR)  3-2

189 pounds

Semifinals - Kyle Hartigan (PR) pinned M. Sanin (WP)  1:32

Finals - Kyle Hartigan (PR) won by major decision over P. Okeke (CLS)   16-6