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Pleasantville’s Adriana Palumbo is first female New York wrestler to win Super 32 title

It’s nice to surprise others, and sometimes, it feels even better to surprise yourself. Wrap both feelings inside a highly-esteemed championship belt, and you might come close to how Pleasantville junior Adriana Palumbo felt after capturing the Super 32 title at Greensboro, North Carolina this past weekend.
“My anniversary for when I started wrestling is on Thanksgiving, actually, so it’ll be the two-year mark then,” Palumbo said. “If you’d ask me two years ago, what I would be doing in two years, I definitely would not say winning a national title. I’d probably tell you playing volleyball or something like that. I’ve definitely grown a lot in that aspect as a wrestler, but I’ve also grown as a person and learning how to take losses and use them to my advantage and motivate me to work harder. I’m just excited for what comes next.”
Palumbo became the first female wrestler from New York to ever capture a Super 32 championship, as she emerged on top in the 160-pound division.
She defeated Colorado native Matilda Hruby by tech fall midway through the second period in the championship match.
“She’s just been working really hard and improving every week,” Pleasantville wrestling coach Bob Bernarducci said. “Last year, she went to that tournament and she didn’t place, so I think she was very disappointed last year and she went down there with a certain goal in mind to win a tournament.”
The Super 32 is one of the biggest wrestling tournaments in the country. Each weight class is stacked with some of the best wrestlers in the nation. The Super 32 girls tournament was first added in 2017 to complement the boys.
Palumbo is an acclaimed grappler, entering the tournament as the No. 8 nationally-ranked 155-pound wrestler according to FloWrestling. There were eight other wrestlers nationally-ranked in the top 30 also competing in her weight class. The Pleasantville native was not going to be denied. She made her run to the title as the No. 4 seed and only gave up one point throughout the entire tournament.

Palumbo pinned Alabama’s Teegan Robinson to start her journey, and followed up with a tech fall of Missouri native Jayci Shelton in the quarterfinals.
Her semifinal bout with Ohio’s Erie Prep Academy top-seeded Alexandria Alli, a former Wyoming Seminary standout and No. 4 nationally-ranked wrestler at 170, was her biggest of the tournament. … rest of story at … Lohud.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/10/25/pleasantville-adriana-palumbo-new-york-wins-super-32-national-wrestling-title

October 28, 2023 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized