Piscataway has six placewinners at Hopatcong Wrestling Tournament
The Piscataway High School wrestling team, competing without standouts Joseph Hatcher and Michael Petite, had six placewinners including individual champion Nick Recine (170) at Saturday’s Hopatcong Invitational.
Elijah Pitt-Goodson (182) and Paris Foster (195) each placed second for the Chiefs, while teammate Jake Sisk (138) took home a third-place medal. Piscataway’s Marcus Petite (145) and Eric Valentin (132) finished fourth.
Following is a look at the tournament run for each of Piscataway’s placewinners.
Paris Foster
Semifinals - Paris Foster (Piscataway) over Gabriel Ortiz (Wayne Valley) (Dec 5-0)
1st Place Match - Robert Gennat (Sparta) over Paris Foster (Piscataway) (Fall 0:20)
Marcus Petite
Quarterfinals - Marcus Petite (Piscataway) over Justin Kane (Belvidere) (MD 10-0)
Semifinals - Dominick DeIntinis (Parsippany) over Marcus Petite (Piscataway) (Dec 12-7)
3rd Place Match - Carter Sheridan (Sparta) over Marcus Petite (Piscataway) (Dec 9-7)
Elijah Pitt-Goodson
Quarterfinals - Elijah Pitt-Goodson (Piscataway) over Ryan Valese (Livingston) (Dec 5-1)
Semifinals - Elijah Pitt-Goodson (Piscataway) over Shane Exley (Belvidere) (Dec 8-5)
1st Place Match - Dan Murphy (Wayne Valley) over Elijah Pitt-Goodson (Piscataway) (Dec 9-4)
Nick Recine
Semifinals - Nick Recine (Piscataway) over Dominic Zecchino (Woodbridge) (Fall 2:34)
1st Place Match - Nick Recine (Piscataway) over Mohannad Baghal (Wayne Valley) (Fall 3:33)
Jake Sisk
Quarterfinals - Jake Sisk (Piscataway) over Hailey Budney (Parsippany) (Fall 5:36)
Semifinals - Anthony Mastroeni (Hopatcong H.S.) over Jake Sisk (Piscataway) (Dec 7-2)
3rd Place Match - Jake Sisk (Piscataway) over Troy Schmitzer (Sparta) (Dec 5-1)
Erick Valentin
Quarterfinals - Erick Valentin (Piscataway) over Mathew Nichter (Livingston) (Dec 5-4)
Semifinals - Sean Gentile (Parsippany) over Erick Valentin (Piscataway) (Fall 0:35)
3rd Place Match - Jason Moreno (Elizabeth) over Erick Valentin (Piscataway) (Dec 7-3)