Menlo-Atherton junior Eva Bhattacharya is the queen San Mateo County wrestlers.
Eva Bhattacharya
Bhattacharya climbed the podium at the CIF State Wrestling Championships, held Thursday through Saturday at Dignity Health Arena in Bakersfield, to claim a fourth-place medal in the girls’ 100-pound division.
After opening with three straight wins last Thursday — reaching the semifinals with an 11-4 decision over Mira Mesa junior Mahea’ani Manibusan — Bhattacharya fell Friday via major decision to Buchanan freshman Alexandria Marin to move to the consolation bracket. Her win Saturday via 9-3 decision over Chaminade sophomore Olivia Munson moved her to the third-place match, where she lost via second-round fall to Mountain View junior Kiana Lien.
Bhattacharya is in her first year at M-A as a transfer from St. Francis-Mountain View. Her former Lancers teammate Katherine Love, a San Mateo native, medaled at 130s with an eighth-place finish.
Serra junior Sebastian Garcia advanced to the blood round at 157s, and was seconds away from qualifying for a medal when he was taken down with two seconds remaining for a 10-9 loss to Millikan junior Chris Anguiano.
Garcia went into the third round leading 6-3, and scored another quick point with an escape. Anguiano then recorded a takedown, but was trailing 9-6 after Garcia scored a reversal. Anguiano rallied for a one-point escape and a three-point takedown to win it.
Serra tied for 24th in the team standings out of 178 schools. It marks the best finish in program history for the Padres in the state tournament.
Solomon Zumbado was 2-2 at heavyweights to place top-16; Ryan Doleschal went 3-2 record at 113s; and Leon Bleess posted a 1-2 record at 175s.
Garcia allowed just one point through his three opening-day matches last Thursday, a second-round pin of Clovis North sophomore Junior Cruz; a first-round pin of Washington-SF senior Nabil Elmarsafawi; and a 3-1 decision over Central Catholic senior Victor-Alexander Gutierrez. On Friday, Garcia fell in the quarterfinals via 7-0 decision to Del Norte junior Wyatt Lewis.
St. Francis-Mountain View junior Katherine Love rebounded from a loss in her opening match, winning four straight to earn an eighth-place podium finish at 130s.
The San Mateo native fell to the consolation round with a loss right out of the gate, getting pinned in the third round by Dublin senior Lana Nguyen. Love then recorded a pin 17 seconds into her first consolation match, and followed with a third-round pin of Fullerton senior Izabella Luna, a major decision over Golden West junior Rebekah Miller, and a 4-0 decision over Poway junior Sophia Fodera. Love fell in the seventh-place consolation qualifier via major decision to Lincoln-Stockton senior Emily Marlowe.
South City senior Khloe Meisenbach posted a 3-2 record, falling one win shy of a medal at 140s with a loss via 9-2 decision to Golden Valley senior Sarah Harthorn in the blood round.
San Mateo’s Hannah Villareale went 2-2 at the tournament, advancing to the round of 16 in the consolation bracket. She earned wins, both via second-round pin, in her tournament opener and her consolation opener. She was eliminated via major decision loss to Esperanza senior Jaedis Brady.
Mills junior Kelailah Johnson and Half Moon Bay junior Pluto Halterman wrestled at 190s. Johnson posted a 1-2 record with a win via first-round fall in her tournament opener. Halterman posted an 0-2 record.
Carlmont junior U’iwailani Lobato posted an 0-2 record at 105s.
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