Portella brothers are absent from SCT, but not injured; a lucky No. 13 moves on

Boys Wrestling: Lacey and Donovan Catholic on December 21, 2022.

Matt Gauthier (top) of Lacey scored a pin in sudden victory to advance in the Shore Conference Tournament on Friday.Richard O'Donnell | For NJ Advan

There were some good wrestlers who took the mat in the Shore Conference Tournament prequarterfinals on Friday night. There were two even better ones who did not.

While returning state champions Anthony Knox of St. John Vianney and Harvey Ludington of Brick Memorial headed the tournament field at Middletown South, there were two Red Bank Catholic wrestling noticeably missing from the brackets.


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