FHHS Wrestling Defeats South Bronx, 52-30

The Forest Hills High School boys varsity wrestling team put forth another solid performance, out-wrestling South Bronx High School, 52-30, Wednesday night, running its record to 6-1 on the season and maintaining its hold on second place in the Large School B North division.

Hero: The majority of Forest Hills' roster wrestled well, with seven of their nine wins coming via pins. Gali Khikmatulin, Faiz Saripudin, Julio Soriano, Joseph Bonilla, Mirshod Khaydarov, Rafael Badalov, Hussam Abosrie and Elan Muladzhanov all nailed down victories in their matches. 

Turning Point: With the Rangers up 12-6, South Bronx had a chance to tie the match, but was denied. Forest Hills proceeded to pick up the pin, increasing its lead to 18-6. From there, the Rangers lassoed three consecutive matches, good for another 18 points, before South Bronx answered with a pin of its own.

Forest Hills, a talented, dedicated group of grapplers, didn't have much to worry about during the course of the match, as the win was locked up early.

 Quotable: "I thought they wrestled well," Forest Hills Head Coach Stephen Serio said. "It wasn't our greatest performance, but I was satisfied with the outcome today. They had some kids who, I think, were little stronger than my guys, that we were able to take advantage of the mats, use some techniques, some reversals. Overall, I was very pleased with how they wrestled today."

Bottom Line: The Rangers prevented the Phoenix from building any type of momentum off of its victories, as nearly every time they suffered a defeat, they bounced back to pull off another victory.

Who's Next? The Rangers travel to Information Technology High School in Long Island City on Friday, Jan. 7 at 4:30 p.m.

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