The Section 9 girls wrestling tournament will be held Monday, February 16, at Mount Saint Mary College in Town of Newburgh. Competition will begin at 9:30 a.m., with semifinals expected at 11:30 a.m. and finals at 4:45 p.m.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSection 9 provided top-four seeds for each weight class.
Returning champions include: Middletown's Shane Dharlaeen (94 pounds); F.D. Roosevelt's Natalia Quinteros Tejada (100); Port Jervis' Charlie Wylie (107); Minisink Valley's Keira Filip (114), Sara Pauls (126), Caitlin McIlroy (165) and Jaida Macaluso (champ at 145, now at 185); Monroe-Woodbury's Jada Lee (145); and, Valley Central's Arica Pearson-Leary (152).
Minisink Valley beat Middletown and Port Jervis for the 2025 team title.
The state tournament will be held at Albany's MVP Arena on Thursday, February 26.
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AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSection 9 girls wrestling tourney seeds
Teams: Chester (Ches); F.D. Roosevelt (FDR); Kingston (King); Liberty (Lib); Middletown (Mid); Minisink Valley (MV); Monroe-Woodbury (MW); Monticello (Mont); Onteora (Ont); Port Jervis (PtJ); Valley Central (VC); Warwick (War)
94 pounds: 1. Shane Dharlaeen (Mid); 2. Zoe Ford (MV); 3. Miley Gaddis (Ont); 4. Julianna Ferrara (MW)
2025 finishers - Dharaleen champion at 94 pounds
100 pounds: 1. Natalia Quinteros Tejada (FDR); 2. Kolbie Furman (MV); 3. Bella Caputo (PtJ); 4. Alexa Ocasio (Mid)
2025 finishers - Quinteros Tejada champion at 100 pounds; Furman second at 94 pounds
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement107 pounds: 1. Charlie Wylie (PtJ); 2. Olivia Schmidt (VC); 3. Makenna Matone (MV); 4. Lizbeth Saravia (Mid)
2025 finishes - Wylie champion at 107 pounds; Schmidt second at 107 pounds; Matone third at 100 pounds
114 pounds: 1. Keira Filip (MV); 2. Isla Smith (Mid); 3. Peyton Matone (MV); 4. Jaz'Miah King-Nelson (King)
2025 finishes - Filip champion at 114 pounds
120 pounds: 1. Gail Sullivan (MW); 2. Amelia Patzelt (MV); 3. Juliza Nieves (VC); 4. Camryn Chaluisan (Ches)
2025 finishes - Patzelt third at 107 pounds; Nieves fourth at 114 pounds
126 pounds: 1. Sara Pauls (MV); 2. Allison Carman (PtJ); 3. McKenzie English (VC); 4. Paris Deslandes (MV)
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement2025 finishes - Pauls champion at 126 pounds; Carman third at 126 pounds
132 pounds: 1. Avery Wingen (MV); 2. Kenzie Welch (MV); 3. Nevaeh Beach-Houck (PtJ); 4. Ashley Griffin (Ches)
2025 finishes - Wingen second at 126 pounds; Griffin fourth at 126 pounds; Beach-Houck fourth at 132 pounds
138 pounds: 1. Jada Lee (MW); 2. Hailey Lichtenstein (Mid); 3. Kalyani Ramkissoon (Mid); 4. Alexis Boone (Mont)
2025 finishes - Lee champion at 132 pounds; Ramkisoon second at 138 pounds; Lichtenstein third at 145 pounds; Boone fourth at 138 pounds
145 pounds: 1. Victoria Alvarado (War); 2. Rilee Kinsley (VC); 3. Aaliyah Fitzgerald (King); 4. Brooke Besson (MV)
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement2025 finishes - Kinsley second at 132 pounds
152 pounds: 1. Arica Pearson-Leary (VC); 2. Asanya Barham (MW); 3. Isabella DiPaola (King); 4. Elaina Guzman (PtJ)
2025 finishes - Pearson-Leary champion at 165 pounds; DiPaola third at 138 pounds; Guzman fourth at 165 pounds
165 pounds: 1. Caitlin McIlroy (MV); 2. Aleeyah Soto (Mid); 3. Natalie Perez (Ches); 4. Amelia Sagazie (King)
2025 finishes - McIlroy champion at 185 pounds; Soto third at 152 pounds
185 pounds: 1. Jaida Macaluso (MV); 2. Olivia Carroll (MV); 3. Giuliana Wagner (Lib); 4. Baileigh Steinberg (Lib)
2025 finishes - Macaluso champion at 145 pounds
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement235 pounds: 1. Madeira Monchery (Miid); 2. Eliannah Johnson (Mid); 3. Lily Spada (Ont)
2025 finishes - Monchery third at 235 pounds
This article originally appeared on Times Herald-Record: Girls wrestling: Check out the 2026 Section 9 tourney
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