Bridgewater-Raritan Grade School Wrestlers Compete In Dual Meet Championship

BRIDGEWATER, NJ — The Bridgewater-Raritan New Jersey Grade School wrestling team completed its dual meet season on Sunday by finishing third in the New Jersey Grade School League Dual Meet Championship.

The Panthers scored a first-round victory over Morris Hills (54-35) before falling to Phillipsburg (36-60) in the semi-finals.

This set up a rematch against state powerhouse North Hunterdon who defeated Bridgewater (36-52) earlier in the season. This time would be different as the team was able to reverse the decision to take third place by a score of 49-39.

Bridgewater-Raritan’s Grade School Recreation team finished the season in the highly competitive league 15-5. The team is back in action in the League's Final Exam tournament Sunday, Feb. 5 at Hunterdon Central High School.

The Bridgewater-Raritan Grade School Panthers roster consists of fifth graders Reid Chartowich, Brayden Hoppe, Ryan Mayo, and Lucas Toro, sixth graders Lucas Churpakovich, Hunter Karp, and Will Suozzo, seventh graders Douglas Hesse, Dante Markovitch, Marcus Puorro, and Marcus VanNess, eighth graders Eli Barnwell, Chris Brown, Tony DelMonte, Michael Garcia, Ryhan Kozubal, Ryhs Kozubal, Jayden Lee, Trent Levash, Jake Markovitch, Matthew McCann and statistician Adriana Hoppe.

The coaches are Brian Chartowich, Danny Hoppe, Kevin McCann and Mike Puorro.

— Submitted by Kevin McCann