District 20 Wrestling - Vercammen repeats as 171 pound champ,

District 20 Wrestling - Vercammen repeats as 171 pound champ,
Zebras' McMillan wears
heavyweight crown

By DAN STRAFFORD • CORRESPONDENT •
February 20, 2010

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It's tough to call any athlete
as strong and quick as New Brunswick High
School's heavyweight Nadrell McMillan an
underdog, but he was just that coming into the
District 20 tournament at South Brunswick High
School.

McMillan was slotted in the fifth seed in a bracket
that featured favorites Justin Harrison of Old Bridge
and Tyler Carlock of Sayreville. He never batted an
eye at the competition, he just went right through
them.

McMillan beat South Brunswick's Keith Lewis in the
quarterfinals, Harrison in the semifinals, and took
down Carlock, 6-3, to win the title Saturday.

"My coaches have been telling me about all them,"
McMillan said. "How big the one seed is, the four
seed, how strong he is, so they prepared me for all
of them."

A district champ for a school that didn't have a
program five years ago is a big step forward. Jason
McLean has not only been the head coach, but the
team's fundraiser, administrative assistant, and
lobbyist, but most of all he's been a leader.

"Last year was our first time having a kid here on the
second day," he said. "Now, to be here and not be in
last place and be in front of a bunch of teams, it
makes all that stuff that we went through as a team
well worth while."

Two years of practice and hard work paid off for
McMillan.

"It was a lot of Saturdays, a lot of running from one
end of New Brunswick to the other end," McMillan
said.

"I think Nadrell will be an example to kids in New
Brunswick that you can be a champ, or at least a
better person," McLean said.

A region championship would go along way to do
that as well and McLean said he thinks anything is
possible.

"That's what I'm hoping for, I have to look at that,"
McLean said. "A regional champ would be beautiful, t
op three would be beautiful, and I think he can do
it."

The team title once again came down to Old Bridge
and Sayreville, with the Knights leading, 172-166,
heading into the finals. And once again, the title was
in doubt until the final bout of the day.


The Bombers trailed Old Bridge by six points
heading into the 135 pound championship, but
Monroe's Sam Emburgia pinned Sayreville's Kyle
Anderson to secure the win for Old Bridge.
Emburgia was named the tournament's Outstanding
Wrestler. The Knights finished with 184 points, six
ahead of Sayreville's 178. Monroe (149.5), South
Brunswick (148), and East Brunswick (123.5)
rounded out the top five.

The Falcons picked up the most individual titles on
the day. Along with Embrugia, they also had Hunter
Pipala (160), Marc Tyson (215), Kyle Jensen (125)
and David Saley (152) picked up titles.

Old Bridge had three district champs with Nick
Orack (189), Conor Hayes (140), and Jamie Bond
(145).



Sayreville and South Brunswick had two champs
apiece. The Bombers picked up wins with Gary
Siriday (103) and Anthony Geiger (119). The Vikings
won with James Pagano (130) and Brandan
Vercammen (171).

Michael Palomba (112) was the lone wrestler from
South River to one a championship.

The Region V tournament kicks off 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday at Hunderdon Central High School.

TEAM SCORES

1. Old Bridge 184; 2. Sayreville 178; 3. Monroe
149.5; 4. South Brunswick 148; 5. East Brunswick 1
23.5; 6. Spotswood 42; 7. North Brunswick 41; 8.
New Brunswick 39; 9. South River 31; 10. West
Windsor-Plainsboro South 30; 11. West Windsor-
Plainsboro North 10.

FINALS

140: Conor Hayes (Old Bridge) d. Noel Santiago
(Sayreville) 5-1; 145: Jaime Bond (Old Bridge) d.
Mike Billitz (Monroe) 6-1; 152: David Saley (Monroe)
d. Sebastian Bea (Old Bridge) 20-13; 160: Hunter
Pipala (Monroe) d. Gino Schifano (Sayreville) 9-4;
171: Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) d.
Steven Zafrani (Old Bridge) 4-3; 189: Nick Orak (Old
Bridge) d. Julian Quintin (East Brunswick) 4-0; 215:
Marc Tyson (Monroe) d. Christopher Raub
(Sayreville) 11-4; 285: Nadrell McMillan (New
Brunswick) d. Tyler Carlock (Sayreville) 6-3; 103:
Gary Siriday (Sayreville) p. Mike Nadera (Old Bridge)
2:43; 112: Michael Palomba (South River) tf. Justin
Lopez (South Brunswick) 17-1 (5:01); 119: Anthony
Geiger (Sayreville) p. Joe Suozzo (Old Bridge) 1:55;
125: Kyle Jensen (Monroe) d. Matthew Paribello (East
Brunswick) 10-6; 130: James Pagano (South
Brunswick) d. Ryan Levinsky (East Brunswick) 7-2;
135: Sam Emburgia (Monroe) p. Kyle Anderson
(Sayreville) 1:17.


THIRD PLACE

103: Chad Capraro (South Brunswick) d. Mike
Duhigg (East Brunswick) 14-7;112: Michael Bohling
(Sayreville) p. Ovalid Majdoubi (New Brunswick) 2:
58;119: Mike Fahy (Spotswood) d. Mike Nicolaro
(East Brunswick) 10-5;125: Frank Capraro (South
Brunswick) p. Brian Oglesby (West Windsor-
Plainsboro South) 5:50;130: Phil Sandford (Old
Bridge) p. James Wittkop (Spotswood) 1:10;135:
Michael O'Kane (East Brunswick) p. Robert Ahad
(North Brunswick) 5:31;140: Ryan Marosy (East
Brunswick) d. Tyler Jarmillo (South Brunswick) 2-1;
145: Alfonso Gonzalez (West Windsor-Plainsboro
South) d. Luke Rimmer (South Brunswick) 12-8;152:
Garrett Cuddey (Spotswood) p. Jake Pietrefesa (South
Brunswick) 2:34;160: Justin DeAndrea (South
Brunswick) vs. Eli Zafrani (Old Bridge) 4-2;171: Alex
Yanuzzelli (Sayreville) vs. John Segreto (East
Brunswick) 4-2 (OT);189: Jeff Goldhagan (South
Brunswick) p. Ben Caturano (North Brunswick) 3:14;
215: Alex Baranov (North Brunswick) p. Eric Brown
(East Brunswick) 3:18;285: Justin Harrison (Old
Bridge) p. David Calves (West Windsor-Plainsboro
South) 3:21.

SEMIFINALS

103: Gary Siriday (Sayreville) p. Mike Duhigg (East
Brunswick) 0:49; Mike Nadera (Old Bridge) d. Chad
Capraro (South Brunswick) 8-6.

112: Michael Palomba (South River) d. Michael
Bohling (Sayreville) 8-1; Justin Lopez (South
Brunswick) d. Ovalid Majdoubi (New Brunswick) 17-
13.

119: Anthony Geiger (Sayreville) p. Mike Fahy
(Spotswood) 0:43; Joe Suozzo (Old Bridge) p. Mike
Nicolaro (East Brunswick) 5:24.

125: Kyle Jensen (Monroe) d. Frank Capraro (South
Brunswick) 7-5; Matthew Paribello (East Brunswick)

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d. Brian Oglesby (West Windsor-Plainsboro South)
4-2.

130: Ryan Levinsky (East Brunswick) tf. James
Wittkop (Spotswood) 18-2 (6:00); James Pagano (
South Brunswick) p. Phil Sandford (Old Bridge) 2:
56.

135: Sam Emburgia (Monroe) p. Michael O'Kane (East
Brunswick), 3:25; Kyle Anderson (Sayreville) p.
Robert Ahad (North Brunswick) 2:32.

140: Conor Hayes (Old Bridge) p. Ryan Marosy (East
Brunswick) 2:43; Noel Santiago (Sayreville) d. Tyler
Jaramillo (South Brunswick) 3-2.


145: Jaime Bond (Old Bridge) d. Alfonso Gonzalez
(West Windsor-Plainsboro South) 11-5; Mike Billitz
(Monroe) m.d. Luke Rimmer (South Brunswick) 14-5.

152: David Saley (Monroe) tf. Jake Pietrefesa (South
Brunswick) 22-7 (4:24); Sebastian Bea (Old Bridge)
p. Garrett Cuddey (Spotswood) 3:50.

160: Hunter Pipala (Monroe) p. Eli Zafrani (Old
Bridge) 5:56; Gino Schifano (Sayreville) d. Justin
DeAndrea (South Brunswick) 7-3.

171: Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) tf. John
Segreto (East Brunswick) 16-0 (5:53); Steven Zafrani
(Old Bridge) d. Alex Yanuzzelli (Sayreville) 11-5.

189: Nick Orak (Old Bridge) md. Ben Caturano (North
Brunswick) 17-4; Julian Quintin (East Brunswick) d.
Jeff Goldhagen (South Brunswick) 10-7.

215: Marc Tyson (Monroe) p. Eric Brown (East
Brunswick) 1:34; Christopher Raub (Sayreville) p.
Alex Baranov (North Brunswick) 3:04.

285: Nadrell MacMillan (New Brunswick) d. Justin
Harrison (Old Bridge) 8-3; Tyler Carlock (Sayreville)
p. David Calves (West Windsor-Plainsboro South) 3:
02.

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