Nick Bertram (right) grapples with Antonio Hernandez of Canoga Park in the semifinals of the 175-pound division at the City Wrestling Championships on Feb. 5 at Roybal Learning Center. Photo: Steve Galluzzo
By STEVE GALLUZZO | Sports Editor
It was a long, grueling day February 5 at Roybal Learning Center for the City Section Wrestling Championships and after many close matches and high drama, Palisades High finished in eighth overall with 164.5 points and seventh in the boys’ standings with 133.5. Birmingham won both the boys and girls titles with 536.5 combined points.
Nick Bertram was third in the 175-pound boys division and Matthew Hsu was third at 190 pounds. Bertram won his first two matches on pins before losing by one point to Canoga Park’s Antonio Hernandez in the semifinals.
Bertram, who was the No. 1 seed, rebounded to pin Angel Calderon of of Birmingham in the first period of the third-place match.
Hsu won in sudden victory versus San Fernando’s Brandon Arana in the third-place match.
Jude Perez was fourth in the 113-pound division, Caleb Kim was fourth at 126 and Vincent Meiseles was fourth at 165. Coming in fifth in their divisions were Soushyant Saberi at 138 and Demid Salnikov at 150.
For the girls, Alicia Chow was fourth in the 105- pound weight class, Mikaela Mobasserywas fifth at 110 and Emma Bolch was fifth at 145 pounds.
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