Vercammen Sports Team

Join us at Stay Strong Brandon 5K Fun Run Saturday, January 21st, 2012

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Join us at Stay Strong Brandon 5K Fun Run

Saturday, January 21st, 2012 – Rain, Shine, or Snow
Through Beautiful and Scenic South Brunswick
REGISTRATION:
Pre-Registration: Due by January 18th if you have not registered you can register the day of the race.
Race Day – 8:30 – 9:45 AM at Beach Woods Park 37 Beekman Road, Monmouth Junction - Day of Race (Parking available)

SCHEDULE: Registration 8:30-9:45 5k Run - 10:00 AM Walkers are welcome
Donations: 5K – Recommended $20 donation all proceeds go to the Dominguez family

COURSE: Flat & Fast through the tree lined streets of South Brunswick
Race Starts & Finishes at Beach wood park
AMENITIES: Post-Race Refreshments, Raffles, Prizes.
Uniquely designed T-shirts to support Brandon
AWARDS: Top male & female runners 5K
All age group categories – three deep (10 & under, 11-19, 20-29, 30-39,
40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70 & over)

FOR MORE INFORMATION - Please email Chris Paskovich at Paskoc@comcast.net

Fun Upcoming Running Races Winter 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

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Fun Upcoming Running Races Winter 2012 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

If you are attending any of these charity races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events.

Jan 22/ 12 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 29/12 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

2/4 Long Branch Hot Chocolate 5k 10am

2/ 4 RVRR Annual dinner Piscataway

Feb 5 12 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

2/5, 12, 26, Ocean Running Club 4-mile 11:00am Lakewood

Saturday, Feb 11, 10 AM, 5K, Sandy Hookers Winter Series, Long Branch, NJ

2/11/12 Cupids Run New Brunswick & Princeton for Community Options, Inc. (COI)

2/26/12 Four Mile Beach Run  Two Mile Beach Walk 2 PM Pier Village in Long Branch, NJ Sandy Hookers party afterward

March 4 join JSRC at Belmar St Patrick’s Day Parade and inexpensive beer

March 10/12 Sat Keith McHeffey 3 Mile Fun Run 11am Sea Bright, plus a party at a pub afterward

March 11, 2012 - Miles for Music 20K Race Johnson Park, Piscataway 9am

March 18, Paulette Steps Toward Cancer Wellness 5K, 11:00am Freehold, NJ

3/25/12 St. Paddy’s 10 miler & 5k 9:30 Freehold Keg of beer and some food great FARC event keg is outside. Dress warm

3/31/12 Rat Race 10:00 AM - 10K and 11:00 AM - 20K Wells Mills Park on Barnegat Bay, Waretown, plenty of free beer, fun Bill Scholl party Rumson Hash event exit 69 on parkway

March __ Halfway to Brielle Day 5k Brielle 11am starts at a bar

3/__ 5K Run at 10 AM Captain Ron Zinn 5k WALL TOWNSHIP RECREATION COMPLEX, OFF ALLAIRE ROAD, WALL TWP, NEW JERSEY.

April 1, 2012 Indian Trails 15k, 5k 9am Middletown [Ken V is past winner]

FREEZING COLD HASH RUN 3 & 5 MILE GROUP RUN & Party

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Press Release: FREEZING COLD HASH RUN

3 & 5 MILE GROUP RUN & Party

Sat. Jan. 7, 2012 10am Edison, NJ

Registration: Kenneth Vercammen Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ 08817 7am-9:30am

Start: Thomas Edison Park, Mill Rd., Edison

For details call 732-572-0500

See info at www.njlaws.com/FREEZING_COLD_HASH_RUN.htm

Cost pre-registered $15.00 TO RUN. FREE T-SHIRT AND OPEN BAR FROM 7:30AM – 11:30AM for Pre-registered. Register online at http://www.active.com/running/edison-nj/freezing-cold-hash-run-2012?int=29-6

$20.00 DAY OF EVENT. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE A SHIRT AND FUN! PLEASE BRING A CAN FOOD DONATION FOR THE ST. JAMES FOOD BANK. POST RUN SOCIAL HELD AT THE GREEN DERBY BAR . You must be over 21 years old to participate. Prizes and giveaways at the post race social!

Details: Tired of the same old neighborhood roads, traffic, bad drivers? Join the off-road runners for a great and unusual training run. See the swamps and wooded areas saved from development. The Rumson Hash House Harriers again return to the woods and marsh of Edison. Hashing is not a race but a non-competitive group run which follows an off-road course laid out with baking flour. If you like trail running without the competition of a formal race, this will be a fun switch for you. This is a complex and different course through woods, grass, swamp and marsh. Wear old running shoes.

If you go the wrong way, these are POTENTIAL EXCITING DANGERS / CHALLENGES

- Get bitten by starving animals

- Slip on ice & break bones

- Buried bombs with mustard gas

- Cut your leg on sharp branches

- Slip on snow and break arm

- Touch 29,000 Volts of Electricity

- Run into tree branches, poke eye out

- Angry deer with huge antlers

- Fall into Raritan River and get swept out to ocean

- Frozen Rats & other dead animals

- Exploding gas pipelines

- Bad drivers from New York who don’t speak English

- Sticker bushes

- Crawl under barbed wire

- Get hit in head with cement falling

- Slide off mud cliffs off bridges

Featured on TV News12 NJ and Cablevision.

Prior links

(News 12 TV Show) Freezing Cold Hash

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredsoo/sets/72157623195354544/

2010 photos

http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=freezing+cold+hash

http://www.dotphoto.com/GuestViewImage.asp?AID=1280654&IID=38995334

(Cablevision - TV Show) Dismal Swamp - Edison

Video (Cablevision - TV Show) Thomas Edison Park

Sentinel Article: http://ems.gmnews.com/news/2006/0111/Front_Page/022.html

Registration & T- shirt pick up at:

KENNETH VERCAMMEN & ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICE

2053 Woodbridge Ave.

Edison, NJ 08817

(Phone) 732-572-0500

(Fax) 732-572-0030

Fun Running Races April-August 2011

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Fun Running Races April-August 2011 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

If you are attending any of these races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events.

4/9/11 Brick Beach to Bay 5k

4/ 9/11 Run w Eagles 5k Allentown 10am

4/ 9/11 HIPHOP Piscataway

April 10, 2011 Blue Claws 5k 10:00 Lakewood

4/16/11 Cocoa Beach 5k

4/16, 2011 Runapoloza Jersey Shore Relay For Special Olympics 5,4,3,2,1 teams 26 miles, 9am From Seaside Hts To Asbury Park 732-681-9464 free beer! If you cant run, you can volunteer or pay to go to party

4/17/11 Lincoln Tunnel Challenge

4/23/11 Celtic Tribute 5K with the JSRC Kid’s Races and Nephcure Foundation 2-Mile Family Walk 11:00 start, Long Branch, NJ www.celtictribute5k.com

April 30, 2011 Colonia 5k 9am

April 30, 2011 Lake Como 5k 10:00 Lake Como

4/30/11 Cream Ridge Winery 5k 9am

May 1 Franklin Food Bank 62 mile & 40-mile bike 62 Mile Metric Century - NEW TIME - 7:30 AM, $45.00

40 Mile 6 Towns of Franklin - NEW TIME - 8:00 AM, $40.00http://www.franklinfoodbank.org/events/registra_tour.htm

5/1/11 NJ Marathon and Relay- Long Branch Relay- 9:00am Start/Finish Long Branch ocean Promenade near the Hotel, the Ocean Place Resort & Spa.

5/7/11 Newport 10k Jersey City 8:30 free beer afterwards

May 7 Farmlands 62 mile bike- Central Jersey Bike Club Middletown

5/ 7 Lighthouse 5k Sandy Hook 9:30

5/ 7/ 2011 Monmouth Beach 5k 9am

5/8/ 2011 Rumson 5 mile 9:30

5/8/11 Lawrenceville Big Red 5k 10:15

5/14/11 Kick Off tri Bayville

5/15/2011 Thorne 4m W. Long Branch 9am free beer afterwards

5/15/11 Red Bank Tri

5/14/11 Jersey Shore Kick Off Sprint Triathlon Berkeley Island County Park, Bayville (Exit 77 GSP) 6:50am

5/ 21/11 Commotion By The Ocean Rumson Hash- Seaside Park Free beer includes great hash, multiple beer checks, lunch music. dinner foods and more beer at night beer. https://sites.google.com/site/comotionbytheocean2011/ and

https://store.hashspace.com/product.php?productid=16600

5/ 21/11 CASA Kids 5K Run 9am Princeton Pike Corporate Center

1009 Lenox Drive Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 When you register, write down under the team category- "RVRR."

5/21/11 Spring into Summer Middletown 8:30

5/22/11 Highland Park 5k 9am

5/ 22/11 Robbinsville Hair of Dog 5k 10am

5/26/11 Legal Run Around Somerville 7pm

May 27, 2011 - Legends of Belmar Night- . Join Ken V and friends the Friday night before Spring Lake 5 race for "Legends Night" in Belmar at D’Jays, Bar A & Columns not a race, just social event

5/28/2011 Spring Lake 5 mile

5/29/11 Navesink 1.2 mile swim 8:30

5/29/2011 North Brunswick 5k 8:45

6/__ Sea Isle City Heart Walk/5K Run

6/4/11 Elk’s Flag Day Parade, Wildwood

June 10, 2011 Friday Bicycle to Scranton, PA approx 140 miles

6/11/11 JSRC Pre Father's Day 5K, 9:00 Allenhurst/Ocean Mike W race director 9am

6/11/11 LavaMan Triathlon, Lavallette Jersey Shore Tri Club

6/14/11 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park 7pm [suds in cooler]

6/17/11 Friday June Moon 5k 7:15pm Somerset NJ Quality CJRR event. Post race food

6/18/11 Long Branch Sprint Triathlon Series-1 .5k swim, 9.5 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am Long Branch NJ 732-614-6028 Sandyhookers.org

6/18 George Sheehan Classic 5 mile 5M, 8:30 Red Bank jsrc.org

6/18 Metuchen Fuce 5k 8:30

6/19/11 ACS Run For Dad West Windsor 9am

6/20/11 PRESIDENT'S CUP NIGHT RACE, 5K, 8pm, Charlie Browns, Millburn, 973-376-6094, (USATF-700pts) Free beer, big post race party

6/21/11 ETS 5k 7:30 Race Information Race Director Gerard Fennelly  (609) 631-9211

6/__ Rumson 10 mile, 10 bar Long Branch to Belmar This is not a race. You run, bike or walk 10 miles to between 10-13 bars. Cheap beer Finish at Bar A,

6/_ Frog Hollow 5k South Amboy- Free food, use swim club for entire day

6/26/11 Pine Beach 5K 9am Vista Park, [near Toms River] Sunday Very well run shore area event.

6/28/11 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park 7pm [suds in cooler]

6/ 30/11 SUNSET CLASSIC, 5 Miles, cancelled in 2010 7:30pm, Foley Field, Bloomfield, 732-381-0318

7/ East Stroudsburg 5k American Freedom Festival

7/4/ Wilkes Barre, PA 5k

7/6/11 Woodbridge 4-mile 7pm free pizza

7/7/11 Lawyers for Kids 5k Morris 7pm

7/9 Belmar Five Mile Run 5 mile, 8:30am Belmar NJ 732-571-2162 free food at Bar a after race and reduced price beer Contact Ken to join our teams. We need 20 runners who can break 40 minutes for 5 mile. jsrc.org

7/12/11 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park 7pm [suds in cooler]

7/17/11 Long Branch Sprint Triathlon Series-2 .5k swim, 9.5 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am Long Branch NJ 732-614-6028

7/17/11 Eden Family 5k, 8:30am, Princeton NJ

7/20/11 Downtown Westfield 5K Westfield Pizza Extravaganza 7pm

7/23/11 Ocean Grove Biathlon 2M run, 300 yd swim Ocean Grove fast short event. 9am

7/__ Sea Bright 1-mile swim

7/23/11 New Jersey State Triathlon (Sprint) Mercer County Park

7/24/11 NJ Triathlon- Olympic

7/26/11 Tuesday night Raritan Valley Road Runners RVRR 5k summer series New Brunswick Buccleuch Park

7/30/11 Parker House Fun Run & Beer Party Sea Girt, NJ July 24, 2010 2 mile 9:47 free beer

7/30 Belmar tri

7/31/11 JFK Hospital Roosevelt Park 5k Edison 9am

7/31/11 Belmar Tri

8/6/11 Born to Tri Asbury Park Swim 1/3 mile, Bike 13.5 miles, Run 3.5 miles Jersey Shore Tri

8/6/11 Lavallette 1 mile swim 8am

8/7/11 Jersey Girl Tri- Long Branch women only

8/7/11 Seaside Boyd One-mile open ocean swim. There will be a beach barbecue with the awards ceremony after the swim featuring. Includes, beer, soda, water, hot dogs, hamburgers, and salads

8/7/11 Sea Girt 5k

8/13/11 Long Branch Sprint Triathlon Series-Aug 16 400 mtr swim, 9.5 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am or 800 mtr swim, 18 mile bike, 5 mile run, 6:30am SandyHooker.org

8/13 Asbury Park 5k 8:30 jsrc.org [You can do both the Triathlon and 5k in same morning]

8/14/11 Ray Licata Long Branch Ocean Mile Swim 1 mile, & 100 yards for kids, 8am Long Branch NJ 8am

best races April & May in NJ

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best races April & May in NJ

4/2/2011 Manasquan Fool’s Run 5k 11am Manasquan

April 3, 2011 Indian Trails 15k, 5k 9am Middletown

4/ 9 Run w Eagles 5k Allentown 10am

4/ 9 HIPHOP Piscataway

5/ 21 CASA Kids 5K Run 9am Princeton Pike Corporate Center

1009 Lenox Drive Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 When you register, write down under the team category- "RVRR."

5/ 15/2011 Thorne 4m W. Long Branch 9am

April 23. Celtic Tribute 5K, on (Easter Saturday)
Jersey Shore Running Club 21st annual Spring run, remembers all of Long Branch’s Fallen Police Officers
Same great JSRC / PBA Race, with a name change to honor all officers.

April 30, 2011 Lake Como 5k 10:00 Lake Como

5/15/2011 Thorne 4m W. Long Branch 9am free beer afterwards

5/ 21/11 Commotion By The Ocean Rumson Hash- Seaside Free beer includes great hash, multiple beer checks, lunch music. foods and lots of beer. https://sites.google.com/site/comotionbytheocean2011/ and

https://store.hashspace.com/product.php?productid=16600

May 27, 2011 - Legends of Belmar Night- . Join Ken V and friends the Friday night before Spring Lake 5 race for "Legends Night" in Belmar at D’Jays, Bar A & Columns

5/28/2011 Spring Lake 5 mile

5/ 21 Commotion By The Ocean Rumson Hash- Seaside & Toms River, NJ Free beer includes great hash, multiple beer checks, lunch music. foods and lots of beer. Prepare a skit of your own or be amazed by the talents of fellow hashers

May 27, 2011 - Legends of Belmar Night- . Join Ken V and friends the Friday night before Spring Lake 5 race for "Legends Night" in Belmar at D’Jays, Bar A & Columns

Fun Upcoming Running Races 2011 Selected by Kenneth Ver

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Fun Upcoming Running Races 2011 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

If you are attending any of these races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or meet at these events. I cannot run due to knee injury, but plan on being a volunteer, or walk the course.

1/1/2011 New Years Day Hangover Run 5k 12-noon CJRR Westfield 1/1/2011 732-236-7651

Jan 2, 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am FARC

Jan. 8, 2011 Freezing Cold Hash run, Edison, NJ -Start Ken Vercammen Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave, Edison 732-572-0500 Adventure trail run, not a formal race. Featured on TV News12 NJ and Cablevision. Open bar 7:30-11:30

Jan 9, 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 16 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 23 2011 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 23 NJAHPERD Winter run 2 Miles, 3pm Long Branch

Jan 30 Freehold Winter 5k 10:00am

Jan 30-2/21/2011 Ocean Running Club 4 mile 11:00am Lakewood

2/5 RVRR Annual dinner

2/___ Four mile run Sandy hookers

March 6, 11 E. Murray Todd ½ marathon 13.1 miles 9AM Lincroft then join JSRC for Belmar St Patrick’s Day Parade and inexpensive beer

March 12/ 11 Halfway to Brielle Day 5k Brielle

March 13, 2011 Keith McHeffey 3 Mile Fun Run 11am Sea Bright

3/ BORDENTOWN St. PADDY’S DAY 5K, 10AM Clara Barton School

Bordentown City 609-834-9311x1680

3/20/2011 St. Paddy’s 10 miler & 5k 9:30 Freehold Keg of beer and some food great FARC event

3/27/2011 Rat Race 5-mile 11:00 Boston's Bar & Rest. at the corner of Hooper Ave and Fisher Blvd. in Toms River plenty of free beer Fine Bill Scholl party

4/2/2011 Manasquan Fool’s Run 5k 11am Manasquan

April 3, 2011 Indian Trails 15k, 5k 9am Middletown

Polar Bear races, plunge goes on in Asbury Park despite snow

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Bob Tona, Lauren Rhatigan and Ken V at Polar Bear race & plunge in a snow storm 12/26/2010 Asbury Park Convention Hall

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Polar Bear races, plunge goes on in Asbury Park despite snow

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Polar Bear races, plunge goes
on in Asbury Park despite
snow

KIM PREDHAM LUEDDEKE • December 26, 2010

ASBURY PARK — In 47 years, the Shore Athletic
Club of New Jersey has never canceled its Polar Bear
Races.

So for a little thing like snow … even a predicted 16
or more inches … organizers weren't about to call
off Sunday's post-Christmas race along the Asbury
Park boardwalk.

"This was not the worst year,'' Harry Nolan, who has
competed in every Polar Bear race since it began,
told a hardy crowd of runners and fans who stuck
around for a post-race awards ceremony in the
Grand Arcade.

Believed to be the oldest 5-mile run in the nation,
the Shore Athletic Club's annual Polar Bear Race is a
tradition for many area runners. The race was
preceded Sunday by a 10-mile walk won by 24-
year-old Andres Chocho of Ecuador, who completed
the walk in 1 hour, 35 minutes and 1 second.

Nolan, 63, of Middletown, has run in the Polar Bear
Race when the temperature was five below zero, and
when the race course was "pure ice.'' Even so, even
he considered skipping this year's race when he saw
the snow start to fall.

"Any other race, I'd probably go back to bed,'' he
said.

But Nolan did show up, one of 117 runners who
finished the Polar Bear Race, which was cut to three
miles this year because of the weather. Many of the
competitors were bundled up in sweatpants and
jackets to ward off the sleeting snow and chilly
temperatures.

"It was intense,'' said Howell native Joe Rooney, the
first to cross the finish line at 18 minutes 33
seconds.

Rooney, a triathlete, guessed he has run in the
Polar Bear Race four times. This year, he said, "It was
kind of rough. But there was a lot of energy out
there.''

The first female to complete the race was Allison
Linnell of Colts Neck, who runs for University of
Washington's cross-country team.

Linnell, 20, clocked in at 18 minutes 54 seconds.

Ice formed on her eyelashes as she ran and she
could barely see, Linnell said after the race. But, she
said, "It was fun ... Definitely makes you tougher.''

Runners probably got a boost from the sight and
sounds of Dave DeMonico, a fixture at the Polar Bear
Races for years now.

The Ocean Township resident was out there on the
boards once again this year, wearing his trademark
Santa suit and playing tunes on his trumpet for the
competitors.

"It's fun. People seem to like it,'' DeMonico, 43, said
Sunday.

DeMonico was also the one to start another
enduring tradition, the annual plunge into the
Atlantic Ocean after the race.

Immediately following the race Sunday, runners
stripped down to shorts, sports bras and even
bikinis for a quick dip in the rough surf.

Greg Capriotti of Middletown celebrated his 25
birthday by taking the plunge for the first time ever.

"It was actually so cold that you stop feeling,'' said
Capriotti.

Kim Predham Lueddeke: 732-308-7752;

GMC Red Division Wrestling Caps

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GMC Red Division Wrestling Caps

SOUTH BRUNSWICK

Coach: Joe Dougherty, 23rd season

Last year: 18-6 overall, 6-2 GMC Red

Key losses: Frank Capraro (17-14 at 125), Justin DeAndrea (21-12 at 160), Brendan Vercammen (37-4 at 171), Fabian Jackson (14-4 at 171), Jeff Goldhagen (26-8 at 189); Keith Lewis (12-13 at HWT).

Probable lineup: Parth Patel (So., 103); Jordan Pagano (Fr., 112 or 119); Justin Lopez (Jr., 112 or 119, 22-5 at 112); Chad Capraro (Jr., 119, 17-19 at 103); Tommy Dorsay (Fr., 125 or 130); Fran White (Jr., 125 or 130, 13-18 at 119); David Dominguez (Sr., 135); Matt Baratta (Jr., 135); Ryan Dorsay (Jr., 140); James Pagano (Jr., 145, 18-12 at 130); Luke Rimmer (Jr., 145, 17-13 at 145); Constantine Rissiotis (So., 145); Tyler Jaramillo (Jr., 152, 17-18 at 140); Jake Pietrefessa (Jr., 160, 15-12 at 152); Andre Bankhole-Jones (Sr., 160); Ali Yildiz (So., 171); Lucas DelPiano (Sr., 189, 8-5 at 215); Dallas Siegel (Jr., 215); Kevin Moses (So., HWT). Outlook: The Vikings lost 127 wins to graduation or transfer. Lewis (Franklin) and Jackson (Brick Memorial) are at new schools. Vercammen was South Brunswick's third state medal winner in as many years, placing fifth at 171. He ranks third all-time in victories at the school with 97. DelPiano, who wrestled up at 215 last year, gets to compete at his natural weight. South Brunswick has incredible depth in the lower weights. Tommy Dorsay could be one of the GMC's top newcomers. Yildiz used to lose wrestle-offs by one point to the graduated DeAndrea, so he promises to be solid. Siegel placed second in the 2010 GMC jayvee tourney. The nine returning letterwinners have combined for 214 career wins. Chad Capraro, Lopez and Pagano are incumbent region qualifiers. They all medaled in the 2010 GMCT, along with Jaramillo (5th at 140), Rimmer (6th at 145) and Pietrefesa (7th at 152). http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=201012170350

Road runners wanted for unusual run Freezing Cold Hash

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Road runners wanted for
unusual run

December 10, 2010

EDISON — The Freezing Cold Hash Run, a 3- to 5-
mile group run, will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday,
Jan. 8. The run will start from Kenneth Vercammen
Law Office, 2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison.

If you like trail running without the competition of a
formal race, this is the race for you. It is a complex
and different course through woods, grass, swamp
and marsh.

The cost to run is $12.69. A free t-shirt and open
bar will be available from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. for
those who register in advance. Registration is $17
the day of the race.

Volunteers will receive a t-shirt and have access to
the open bar. Participants are asked to bring a
nonperishable food donation for the St. James Food
Band.

A post-run social will take place at the Green Derby
Bar. The cost to attend is $5.

To register, visit http://www.active.
com/running/edison-nj/freezing-cold-hash-run-
2011. Additional information is available at www.
njlaws.com/FREEZING_COLD_HASH_RUN.htm.

FREEZING COLD HASH RUN

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FREEZING COLD HASH RUN

Sat. Jan. 8, 2011 10am

3 & 5 MILE GROUP RUN

START: Kenneth Vercammen Law Office

2053 Woodbridge Ave., Edison, NJ 08817.

For benefit of St. James Food Bank.

Tired of the same old neighborhood roads, traffic, and bad drivers? Join the off-road runners for a great and unusual training run. See the swamps and wooded areas saved from development. The Rumson Hash House Harriers again return to the woods and marsh of Edison. Hashing is not a race but a non-competitive group run which follows an off-road course laid out with baking flour. This trail running through woods, grass, swamp and marsh. Wear old running shoes.

$12.69 TO RUN. FREE T-SHIRT AND OPEN BAR FROM 7:30AM – 11:30AM for Pre-registered. $17.00 DAY OF EVENT. PLEASE BRING A CAN FOOD DONATION FOR THE ST. JAMES FOOD BANK. VOLUNTEERS RECEIVE A SHIRT AND OPEN BAR! $5.00 FOR THE POST RUN SOCIAL HELD AT THE GREEN DERBY BAR, SITE OF THE "ON-ON" BREWS. FREE BEER FOR WOMEN 21-69. A fun time is guaranteed! You must be over 21 years old to participate. No times are recorded. A sense a humor is a must. Prizes and giveaways at the post race social.

See info at www.njlaws.com/FREEZING_COLD_HASH_RUN.htm

For details call run “hare” Ken Vercammen (The runner in the red, white & blue flag shorts) at 732-572-0500 or email: VercammenLaw@Njlaws.com

Fun Upcoming Running Races 2010 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

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Fun Upcoming Running Races 2010 Selected by Kenneth Vercammen

If you are attending any of these races, please call or email Ken V. Often we car pool or met at these events. If you can run, you can volunteer, or walk the course.

9/5/2010 Jimmy D 5k New Brunswick 9am free beer

9/5 Woodbridge 5k 9am

9/6/2010 So Plainfield 3m

9/6/10 Monday Pier House 5k 8:30

9/11 Cranbury Day 5k 9am

9/11 Brielle 10k 9am & beer garden

9/11 911 Memorial run Belmar

9/12/2010 Great Atlantic Seaside Triathlon 7am [paid]

9/12 Monmouth County Sprint Triathlon 1/4mi Sw, 13mi Bi, 4mi Run, 8am Seven Presidents Park Long Branch NJ

9/18/2010 Vice Versa Sprint Tri Run 3.5 miles, Bike 12 miles, Swim ¼ mile Allenhurst

9/18 Fallen Heroes Memorial Run Now at Bar Anticipation, Lake Como 5k 9:30 no more ultimate beer truck

9/18 Ocean Grove 5k 9am

9/19/2010 "War at the Shore" Triathlon Short course .4k swim, 8.5 mile bike, 3 mile run 6:45am long course .8k swim, 17 mile bike, 5 mile run 6:30am Long Branch NJ Sandy Hookers Tri Club

9/19 JSRC Picnic at Monmouth Park Racetrack

9/25 Metuchen YMCA 5k 8:30 Garbolino 5k run at Roosevelt Park

9/25 KeyportFest 5K and One Mile Fitness Walk 5k, 8:30am Keyport NJ

9/25 Boardwalk Relay- Asbury Park JSRC

9/26 Lavallette Sprint triathlon Swim ¼ mile, Bike 12 miles, Run 3.1 miles Boy Scout Troop #22 Jesse W. Anderson Sprint 7:30 $30.00 +

9/26/2010 Newport Liberty Half Marathon, 8:30am Newport Towne Square, Jersey City 908-902-8587

9/26 Treasure Island Sprint Triathlon 600 meter swim, 10.5-mile bike, 3 mile run, Pt Pleasant NJ 8:45 $45.00

9/26 Manasquan Reservoir 5 mile 9:00am Howell

9/26 Long Branch Bosco 5k, 5 mile, 10 mile

9/_ Bayshore Classic 5K Road Race 5k Run 9am Holmdel NJ

9/_ Bridgewater Perkins 5k 9:30

9/_ USATF-NJ Open and Masters Men's & Women's 5k XC Championships, Holmdel Park, Holmdel, usatfnj@usatfnj.org, 973-334-8900

9/_ McGuire Air Force Mud fest 10k 9am

9/_ Carnegie 5k 9:30 Princeton for team when you register, write RVRR

9/_ High Speed Chase 5k Piscataway 9am

9/_ Carpenter Classic 8am Seaside

10/2 Monroe 5k 9am

10/3 Jersey Shore Half Marathon & 5k 13.1 and 5k Sandy Hook 9am

10/3/2010 Clamman Triathlon Berkeley Twp Triathlon Jersey Shore Multisport 7am

10/3 Race for Cure Jackson

10/9 The Rat Race-Fall 4 mile fun run Boston's in Toms River Hashing & free beer

10/10 Deal 5 miler 5k Deal hot dogs & free beer

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Home News Tribune All-Area (updated) track

2010-06-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

Home News Tribune All-Area (updated)

JUNE 19, 2010 • 10:52 AM

By Jerry Carino

BOYS FIRST-TEAM CHART
100 Leonard Robbins-Lockhart East Brunswick Junior
200 Rontik Sadler Dunellen Junior
400 Clayton Gravesande Franklin Senior
800 Derrick Hargwood Metuchen Senior
1600 Tim Ball Bishop Ahr Sophomore
3200 Jeremy Antivo Rahway Junior
110 Hurdles Alan Broussard J.P. Stevens Senior
400 Hurdles Christian Boeteng Old Bridge Junior
Long Jump Jonard Hall Dunellen Senior
Triple Jump Derek Forthun South Brunswick Junior
High Jump Jason Donahue John F. Kennedy Senior
Pole Vault Luiz Maurina John F. Kennedy Junior
Shot Put Dan D’Amato Old Bridge Senior
Discus Sam Mattis East Brunswick Sophomore
Javelin Andre Davis Old Bridge Junior
4×400 Kevin Mulcahey East Brunswick Senior
4×400 Evan Walton East Brunswick Junior
4×400 Donald Urschel East Brunswick Sophomore
4×400 Leonard Robbins-Lockhart East Brunswick Junior
BOYS SECOND-TEAM CHART
100 Brian Oni South Brunswick Senior
200 Joel Shumate J.P. Stevens Senior
400 Evan Walton East Brunswick Junior
800 Shawn Burke Old Bridge Junior
1600 Cullen Davis Old Bridge Junior
3200 Khari Bowen Monroe Junior
110 Hurdles Charles Napolitano Monroe Junior
400 Hurdles Jarrett Phelps North Brunswick Senior
Long Jump Dante LaVecchia John F. Kennedy Senior
Triple Jump Emeke Eze Sayreville Sophomore
High Jump Mo Isaac Cardinal McCarrick Senior
Pole Vault Tyler Flood East Brunswick Junior
Shot Put Shareem Jenkins Linden Senior
Discus Dominic Padovano South Brunswick Junior
Javelin Mark Bauer St. Joseph Senior
4×400 Freeman McGaw Franklin Senior
4×400 Angelo Gardner Franklin Freshman
4×400 Kwesi Rutledge Franklin Junior
4×400 Clayton Gravesande Franklin Senior
BOYS THIRD-TEAM CHART
100 Taylor Clark Cardinal McCarrick Senior
200 Shoni Downes Old Bridge Junior
400 Shaquille Jackson Carteret Senior
800 Curtis Johnson Rahway Senior
1600 Moheb Thomas Old Bridge Senior
3200 Kyle Davis North Brunswick Junior
110 Hurdles Justin Kirkland Piscataway Senior
400 Hurdles Tom Perry Old Bridge Senior
Long Jump Earle James Piscataway Senior
Triple Jump Julian Quintin East Brunswick Junior
High Jump Daniel Cole Piscataway Junior
Pole Vault Quinn Meng Metuchen Senior
Shot Put Chris Staton Franklin Sophomore
Discus Carey Jones Rahway Junior
Javelin Tim Lorah Middlesex Senior
4×400 Shoni Downes Old Bridge Junior
4×400 Tom Perry Old Bridge Senior
4×400 Evan Petrovich Old Bridge Senior
4×400 Christian Boateng Old Bridge Junior
BOYS HONORABLE MENTION
Cardinal McCarrick: John Appiah;
Carteret: Kenney Salters;
Colonia: Mike Allen, Rich Ciuba;
Dunellen: Luke Francisco, Kerry Hansen, Andy Taylor;
East Brunswick: Justin Molarz, Tim O’Sullivan;
Edison: Andrew Edwards, Steve Flynn, Frank Pulgiano;
Franklin: Franklin Anya, Brian Danner, Darrel Gooding, Lionel Macauley Kye Morgan, Jarred Nelson, Eddie Lee, Josh Ugwuneri;
John F. Kennedy: Isiah Claiborne, Andre Sylvester, Daren Tang;
Linden: Luke Jarmolowski;
Metuchen: Stefan Antosiewicz, Henry Clements, Eric Ford, Will Lawson, Prince Richardson;
Middlesex: Dan Palmer;
North Brunswick: Nicholas DeNuzzo, Al Kamara, Bryan Martinez;
Old Bridge: Ramy Kased, Corey O’Neill, Chris Thornton;
Piscataway: Marcus Bailey, Quincy Foster, Jared Lane;
Rahway: William Harris, James Haynes, Leo Marcelin;
St. Joseph: Zachary Sikanowicz, Chris Troche;
Sayreville: Joe Janela, Daniel Saxon, Alex Yanuzzelli;
South Brunswick: Tyler Blackburn, Fabian Jackson, Jamaal James, Jon Pitt, Kapil Sathyakumar, Jevon Tyree, Brendan Vercammen;
South Plainfield: Freddie Reichert, Andrew Ritchie;
South River: Paul Flint, Michael Henry, Jose Lopez;
Spotswood: Tyler Pritchard;
Woodbridge: Oluwaseun Ibironke;
source http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/track/2010/06/19/home-news-tribune-all-area/

HNT BOYS FINAL TOP 10
1. East Brunswick
2. Old Bridge
3. Franklin
4. South Brunswick
5. Rahway
6. John F. Kennedy
7. Dunellen
8. Metuchen
9. J.P. Stevens
10. North Brunswick

TOP HONORS
HNT Boys Athlete of the Year: Sam Mattis, East Brunswick
HNT Girls Athlete of the Year: Mariah Browne South Brunswick
HNT Boys Coach of the Year: Don Mandy, East Brunswick
HNT Girls Coach of the Year: Stefan Moorhead, South Brunswick
CO-ED YEAR IN REVIEW
Any way you measure, this was a track and field season to remember in the Home News Tribune area.
Six county records were broken or equaled, two state sophomore records fell, four sectional team champions were crowned, three athletes struck gold at the Meet of Champions and four others placed third or better.
We had a wide-open scramble on the boys scene, with a county title decided by half a point and a sectional a title decided on the final race. There was a co-state champion boys team (East Brunswick) and a series of utterly dominant displays by a girls team for the ages (South Brunswick).
Here are some additional postseason honors:
Most improved teams
The East Brunswick boys redecorated the trophy case with their breakthrough campaign. More quietly, John F. Kennedy put together an outstanding campaign that included a third-place finish in North 2 Group III and a fourth-place showing at the GMC Championships.
On the girls’ side, North Brunswick proved to be well-rounded in the sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws while placing second at the GMC Championships and Edison’s distance team achieved a breakthrough campaign.
Most improved athletes
In May of 2009 Corinne Kominkiewicz was throwing 32 feet in the shot put and 106 feet in the discus. One year later the East Brunswick senior was winning Group IV in both events, with personal bests of 41-7 in the shot and 139-2, the latter a Middlesex County record.
In May of 2009 Tim Ball was a promising freshman but a virtual unknown outside of the GMC. One year later the Bishop Ahr sophomore is the proud owner of a 4:10 1600, which broke the 31-year-old Middlesex County record and the state sophomore record.
Most versatile athletes
Not many throwers excel at all three disciplines. Andre Davis does, and he’s an outstanding hurdler to boot. The Old Bridge junior placed in all three throws and the 110 hurdles at the Central Group IV meet and would have done the same in the GMC meet had he not tripped over one of the final barriers.
Spotswood senior Brooke Astor probably was the only girl in the state who excelled in the high jump (5-2), 400 hurdles (1:03) and javelin—she placed in all three at the GMC meet—and as a cross country standout ran the occasional distance race on the track.
Honorable mention to Dunellen junior Rontik Sadler and North Brunswick senior Laura Williams. Sadler broke 11 seconds in the 100, 22 in the 200, split 48 in the 4×400, high jumped 6-6 and triple jumped 44 feet. Williams threatened the Middlesex County records in the open 400, 400 hurdles and 200 (she tied the old mark) and also triple jumped 34 feet.
Rookies of the year
It was a sterling debut for Edison freshman Kayla Lubonski, who won the 800 at the GMC meet in 2:21 and also ran a leg on the Eagles’ 4:02 4×400.
Cardinal McCarrick senior Taylor Clark wasn’t your typical rookie, but as a newcomer to the oval he made a name for himself by winning the 100 (11.18) and 200 (22.93) in the Non-Public B meet.
Clutch efforts of the year
With everything riding on them, the East Brunswick boys 4×400 showed nerves of steel and delivered the program’s first sectional title since 1974 by breaking the tape in Central Group IV.
South Brunswick senior Sophia Ginez capped a remarkable career by sweeping the 1600 and 3200 at the GMC meet for the fourth straight year, then placed in all three distance races against a loaded sectional field.
Events of the year
With four runners under 1:03.5 at the GMC meet, the 400 hurdles was as good as it gets on the girls’ side.
For the boys, five runners broke 22.50 in the 200 at the GMC meet and two of them, plus Franklin’s Clayton Gravesande, eventually went 21.70 or faster.
Upsets of the year
East Brunswick had the star power, Old Bridge had the tradition, yet South Brunswick walked away from the GMC Relays with the boys team trophy. It was a true testament to balance and depth.
Individually from that same meet, Dunellen out-dueling Old Bridge and East Brunswick on the final lap of the boys 4×400 was a classic win for the little guy. Edison’s girls raised a few eyebrows by outrunning South Brunswick and everyone else in the 4×800.
Relay of the year
With Curtis Johnson and Jeremy Antivo leading the way, the Rahway boys distance medley posted the third-fastest time in area history with a 10:15.14, good for second at the East Coast Relays and the No. 2 time in New Jersey this spring.
Tough guy & gal awards
Few people know that East Brunswick speedster Leonard Robbins-Lockhart injured his groin while winning four events in Central Group IV, yet he pushed on and placed in four events at the Group IV meet to lead the Bears to a share of their first state title.
After an outstanding winter track campaign, Old Bridge senior Chelsea Lodato missed much of the spring due to mono, yet battled back to place eighth in the Central Group IV girls 800 in 2:22.02—one of the area’s top times.

GMC Championships from the Home News Tribune

2010-05-09T10:48:00.000-07:00

GMC Championships from the Home News Tribune
MAY 08, 2010 • 5:46 PM
By Jerry Carino

Boys shot put and discus: Between East Brunswick’s Sam Mattis, Old Bridge’s Dan D’Amato and South Brunswick’s Dominic Padovano, the throws were the place to be.

BOYS RESULTS

TEAM SCORES: 1. Old Bridge 89; 2. East Brunswick 88.5; 3. South Brunswick 61; 4. John F. Kennedy 42; 5. J.P Stevens 31; 6. North Brunswick 28; 7. Dunellen 24; 8. Metuchen 23.5; 9. Bishop Ahr 20; 10. Piscataway 13.5; 11. Monroe 12; 12. St. Joseph 11; 13. Sayreville 10; 14. Carteret 8; 15. Edison 7; 16. Spotswood 7; 17. (tie) Middlesex, South Plainfeld 6; 19. (tie) Cardinal McCarrick, Woodbridge 4; 21. Colonia 1.

100: 1. Leonard Robbins-Lockhart (East Brunswick) 10.72 (county record; old record 10.73 by John F. Kennedy’s Courtney Burton, 1990); 2. Brian Oni (South Brunswick) 10.91; 3. Joel Shumate (J.P. Stevens) 11.01; 4. Taylor Clark (Cardinal McCarrick) 11.11; 5. Julian Quinton (East Brunswick) 11.19; 6. Chris Troche (St. Joseph) 11.21.

200: 1. Leonard Robbins-Lockhart (East Brunswick) 21.64; 2. Rontik Sadler (Dunellen) 21.81; 3. Brian Oni (South Brunswick) 22.29; 4. Joel Shumate (J.P. Stevens) 22.40; 5. Shoni Downes (Old Bridge) 22.57; 6. Emeke Eze (Sayreville) 22.96.

400: 1. Evan Walton (East Brunswick) 50.70; 2. Shaquille Jackson (Carteret) 50.82; 3. Kerry Hansen (Dunellen) 50.97; 4. Oluwaseun Ibironke (Woodbridge) 51.19; 5. Kevin Mulcahey (East Brunswick) 51.29; 6. Andrew Edwards (Edison) 51.69.

800: 1. Derrick Hargwood (Metuchen) 2:01.15; 2. Shawn Burke (Old Bridge) 2:01.28; 3. Anthony Branco (Old Bridge) 2:01.35; 4. Frank Pulgiano (Edison) 2:01.60; 5. Kapil Sathyakumar (South Brunswick) 2:01.69; 6. Stefan Antosiewicz (Metuchen) 2:02.37.

1600: 1. Tim Ball (Bishop Ahr) 4:25.19; 2. Moheb Thomas (Old Bridge) 4:25.65; 3. Cullen Davis (North Brunswick) 4:33.32; 4. Kyle Davis (North Brunswick) 4:35.21; 5. Corey O’Neill (Old Bridge) 4:35.49; 6. Steve Flynn (Edison) 4:35.93.

3200: 1. Tim Ball (Bishop Ahr) 9:36.04; 2. Corey O’Neill (Old Bridge) 9:43.84; 3. Khari Bowen (Monroe) 9:44.28; 5. Kyle Davis (North Brunswick) 10:00.74; 6. Tyler Blackburn (South Brunswick) 10:01.51; 6. Nicholas DeNuzzo (South Brunswick) 10:03.66.

110 HURDLES: 1. Alan Broussard (J.P. Stevens) 14.23; 2. Christian Boeteng (Old Bridge) 14.74; 3. Charles Napolitano (Monroe) 15.13; 4. Justin Kirkland (Piscataway) 15.54; 5. Jarrett Phelps (North Brunswick) 15.66; 6. Zachary Sikanowicz (St. Joseph) 15.75.

400 HURDLES: 1. Alan Broussard (J.P. Stevens) 54.72; 2. Jarrett Phelps (North Brunswick) 55.93; 3. Christian Boeteng (Old Bridge) 55.96; 4. Daren Tang (John F. Kennedy) 57.87; 5. Chris Thornton (Old Bridge) 58.13; 5. Zachary Sikanowicz (St. Joseph) 58.44.

LONG JUMP: 1. Leonard Robbins-Lockhart (East Brunswick) 21-10.5; 2. Dante LaVecchia (John F. Kennedy) 21-3.5; 3. Jason Donahue (John F. Kennedy) 20-7.25; 4. James Earle (Piscataway) 20-4.25; 5. Jarrett Phelps (North Brunswick) 20-3.5; 6. Joel Shumate (J.P. Stevens) 20-0.5.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Derek Forthun (South Brunswick) 44-3.5; 2. Julian Quintin (East Brunswick) 43-0.5; 3. Jon Pitt (South Brunswick) 42-5.5; 4. Emeke Eze (Sayreville) 42-3.25; 5. Jason Donahue (John F. Kennedy) 42-0; 6. Daniel Saxon (Sayreville) 40-4.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Rontik Sadler (Dunellen) 6-4; 2. Jason Donahue (John F. Kennedy) 6-2; 3. Derek Forthun (South Brunswick) 6-0; 4. Joe Janela (Sayreville) 6-0; 5. Dan Cole (Piscataway) 5-10; 6. (tie) Tim O’Sullivan (East Brunswick), Will Lawson (Metuchen) 5-8.

POLE VAULT: 1. Luiz Maurina (John F. Kennedy) 12-6; 2. Tyler Flood (East Brunswick) 12-0; 3. Quinn Meng (Metuchen) 11-6; 4. Derek Forthun (South Brunswick) 11-6; 5. Dante LaVecchia (John F. Kennedy) 11-0; 6. Tyler Pritchard (Spotswood) 11-0.

SHOT PUT: 1. Dan D’Amato (Old Bridge) 54-5; 2. Sam Mattis (East Brunswick) 53-7.75; 3. Dominick Padovano (South Brunswick) 49-7; 4. Ramy Kased (Old Bridge) 47-11; 5. Quincy Foster (Piscataway) 47-5.25; 6. Andre Davis (Old Bridge) 47-1.

DISCUS: 1. Sam Mattis (East Brunswick) 184-9; 2. Dominick Padovano (South Brunswick) 167-11; 3. Andre Davis (Old Bridge) 145-10; 4. Fabian Jackson (South Brunswick) 133-5; 5. Andrew Ritchie (South Plainfield) 129-9; 6. Marcus Bailey (Piscataway) 126-1.

JAVELIN: 1. Andre Davis (Old Bridge) 178-6; 2. Mark Bauer (St. Joseph) 170-5; 3. Tim Lorah (Middlesex) 169-7; 4. Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) 168-11; 5. Bryan Martinez (North Brunswick) 160-7; 6. Mike Allen (Colonia) 156-10.

4×400: 1. East Brunswick (Kevin Mulcahey, Evan Walton, Don Urschel, Leonard Robbins) 3:24.27; 2. Old Bridge 3:26.34; 3. Metuchen 3:30.03; 4. South Brunswick 3:35.60; 5. John F. Kennedy 3:37.57; 6. Edison 3:38.12.

GMC Boys Track & Field
Championships - Balanced
Old Bridge edges East
Brunswick's stars

By JERRY CARINO • STAFF WRITER • May 8,
2010

SOUTH PLAINFIELD — Leonard Robbins-Lockhart
did everything in his power to lift the East Brunswick
High School boys to the title at Saturday's Greater
Middlesex Conference Track & Field Championships.

Despite his Herculean effort — which included a
county record in the 100-meter dash and three
other victories — perennial power Old Bridge
prevailed by one-half point at Frank Jost Field.

"I wanted to do well for myself and my team so we
could score some points," the junior said. "I think I
made a big statement, basically putting East
Brunswick's name out there."

Robbins-Lockhart's legs did most of the talking. It
started with a superlative performance in the 100
dash. His time of 10.72 routed the field — South
Brunswick speedster Brian Oni took second in 10.91
— and eclipsed the Middlesex County record of
10.73 set by John F. Kennedy great Courtney Burton
in 1990, two years before Robbins-Lockhart was
born.

"My start was good and I ran hard all the way," he
said. "I was surprised with the time. Once my
teammate told me my time I was like, "Oh my gosh.' "

He kept rolling through wins the 200 (21.64) and
long jump (21-10.5) and capped off the brilliant day
with a 49.6 anchor on the 4x400, teaming with
Kevin Mulcahey (52.1), Evan Walton (50.4) and Don
Urschel (51.6) for a 3:24.27 triumph.

Then the wait began. Problems with the statistician,
Tumey Timing & Data of Delaware, caused a 75-
minute delay before the final team scores were
announced. When the smoke cleared, East
Brunswick's star power, which included a win in the
400 by Walton (50.70) and the discus by
sophomore Sam Mattis (184-9) was not enough to
take down balanced Old Bridge.

The Knights struck gold in just two events — senior
Dan D'Amato took the shot put (54-5) and junior
Andre Davis the javelin (178-6) — but stockpiled 89
points to East Brunswick's 88.5.

Davis was the glue guy. He placed third in the
discus (145-10) and sixth in the shot put (47-1),
and he was third in the 110 hurdles final until he
clipped the ninth hurdle and fell.

"It was tiring now that it actually hit me, but when
I'm moving I don't stop until I'm finished," Davis
said of his busy day.

Old Bridge last won this meet in 2008.

"There are certain things we could have done a little
bit better, but overall for the most part it was what I
expected," Knights coach Jack Campbell said. "
Obviously Andre falling took a few points away but
other than that I think we got the most out of what
we had."

Individually, two athletes won two events Saturday.
The first was J.P. Stevens senior Alan Broussard,
who routed the fields in both hurdle races. In the
morning rain, Broussard broke the tape in the 400
hurdles gold with a brisk time of 54.72. Then he
came back for a 14.23 triumph in the 110 hurdles —
half a second ahead of runner-up Christian Boeteng
of Old Bridge.

"It's a great feeling, it feels like I'm on top of the
world, but I know I still have to keep working and

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still improve," Broussard said. "I want to set a great
example for future runners at J.P. Stevens."

The second double-winner was Bishop Ahr
sophomore Tim Ball. After a runner-up showing in
the GMC cross country meet, Ball earned his first
conference title with a 9:36.04 effort in the 3200.
Then he doubled back for a wild win in the 1600,
trading the lead with Old Bridge's Moheb Thomas
three times in the final 500 meters before finishing
ahead, 4:25.19 to 4:25.65.

"The goal today was to double up and win the mile
and two mile," Ball said. "I never ran the two-mile c
ompetitively, but I think I did pretty good in it. It
was long, but my coaches and teammates pulled me
through by cheering me on. In the 1600, I thought I
was going to lose after (Thomas) passed me but I
had something left. It was a great race."

One prime athlete was noticeably absent in Dunellen
senior Jonard Hall, who was the premeet favorite in
the 400 and long jump but had bronchitis. The
Destroyers still came away with some hardware as
fellow senior standout Rontik Sadler won the high
jump (6-4) and took second in the 200 (21.81), but
they were not able to load up a 4x400 in defense of
their surprising GMC Relays win.

GMC Championships

TEAM SCORES: 1. Old Bridge 89; 2. East Brunswick
88.5; 3. South Brunswick 61; 4. John F. Kennedy 42;
5. J.P Stevens 31; 6. North Brunswick 28; 7.
Dunellen 24; 8. Metuchen 23.5; 9. Bishop Ahr 20;
10. Piscataway 13.5; 11. Monroe 12; 12. St. Joseph
11; 13. Sayreville 10; 14. Carteret 8; 15. Edison 7;
16. Spotswood 7; 17. (tie) Middlesex, South
Plainfeld 6; 19. (tie) Cardinal McCarrick, Woodbridge
4; 21. Colonia 1.

100: 1. Leonard Robbins-Lockhart (East Brunswick)
10.72 (county record; old record 10.73 by John F.
Kennedy's Courtney Burton, 1990); 2. Brian Oni
(South Brunswick) 10.91; 3. Joel Shumate (J.P.
Stevens) 11.01; 4. Taylor Clark (Cardinal McCarrick)
11.11; 5. Julian Quinton (East Brunswick) 11.19; 6.
Chris Troche (St. Joseph) 11.21.

200: 1. Leonard Robbins-Lockhart (East Brunswick)
21.64; 2. Rontik Sadler (Dunellen) 21.81; 3. Brian
Oni (South Brunswick) 22.29; 4. Joel Shumate (J.P.
Stevens) 22.40; 5. Shoni Downes (Old Bridge) 22.57;
6. Emeke Eze (Sayreville) 22.96.

400: 1. Evan Walton (East Brunswick) 50.70; 2.
Shaquille Jackson (Carteret) 50.82; 3. Kerry Hansen
(Dunellen) 50.97; 4. Oluwaseun Ibironke
(Woodbridge) 51.19; 5. Kevin Mulcahey (East
Brunswick) 51.29; 6. Andrew Edwards (Edison)
51.69.

800: 1. Derrick Hargwood (Metuchen) 2:01.15; 2.
Shawn Burke (Old Bridge) 2:01.28; 3. Anthony
Branco (Old Bridge) 2:01.35; 4. Frank Pulgiano
(Edison) 2:01.60; 5. Kapil Sathyakumar (South
Brunswick) 2:01.69; 6. Stefan Antosiewicz
(Metuchen) 2:02.37.

1600: 1. Tim Ball (Bishop Ahr) 4:25.19; 2. Moheb
Thomas (Old Bridge) 4:25.65; 3. Cullen Davis (North
Brunswick) 4:33.32; 4. Kyle Davis (North Brunswick)
4:35.21; 5. Corey O'Neill (Old Bridge) 4:35.49; 6.
Steve Flynn (Edison) 4:35.93.

3200: 1. Tim Ball (Bishop Ahr) 9:36.04; 2. Corey
O'Neill (Old Bridge) 9:43.84; 3. Khari Bowen
(Monroe) 9:44.28; 5. Kyle Davis (North Brunswick)
10:00.74; 6. Tyler Blackburn (South Brunswick) 10:
01.51; 6. Nicholas DeNuzzo (South Brunswick) 10:
03.66.

110 HURDLES: 1. Alan Broussard (J.P. Stevens)
14.23; 2. Christian Boeteng (Old Bridge) 14.74; 3.
Charles Napolitano (Monroe) 15.13; 4. Justin K
irkland (Piscataway) 15.54; 5. Jarrett Phelps (North
Brunswick) 15.66; 6. Zachary Sikanowicz (St. Joseph)
15.75.

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400 HURDLES: 1. Alan Broussard (J.P. Stevens)
54.72; 2. Jarrett Phelps (North Brunswick) 55.93; 3.
Christian Boeteng (Old Bridge) 55.96; 4. Daren Tang
(John F. Kennedy) 57.87; 5. Chris Thornton (Old
Bridge) 58.13; 5. Zachary Sikanowicz (St. Joseph)
58.44.

LONG JUMP: 1. Leonard Robbins-Lockhart (East
Brunswick) 21-10.5; 2. Dante LaVecchia (John F.
Kennedy) 21-3.5; 3. Jason Donahue (John F.
Kennedy) 20-7.25; 4. James Earle (Piscataway) 20-
4.25; 5. Jarrett Phelps (North Brunswick) 20-3.5; 6.
Joel Shumate (J.P. Stevens) 20-0.5.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Derek Forthun (South Brunswick)
44-3.5; 2. Julian Quintin (East Brunswick) 43-0.5; 3.
Jon Pitt (South Brunswick) 42-5.5; 4. Emeke Eze
(Sayreville) 42-3.25; 5. Jason Donahue (John F.
Kennedy) 42-0; 6. Daniel Saxon (Sayreville) 40-4.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Rontik Sadler (Dunellen) 6-4; 2. Jason
Donahue (John F. Kennedy) 6-2; 3. Derek Forthun (
South Brunswick) 6-0; 4. Joe Janela (Sayreville) 6-0;
5. Dan Cole (Piscataway) 5-10; 6. (tie) Tim O'Sullivan
(East Brunswick), Will Lawson (Metuchen) 5-8.

POLE VAULT: 1. Luiz Maurina (John F. Kennedy) 12-
6; 2. Tyler Flood (East Brunswick) 12-0; 3. Quinn
Meng (Metuchen) 11-6; 4. Derek Forthun (South
Brunswick) 11-6; 5. Dante LaVecchia (John F.
Kennedy) 11-0; 6. Tyler Pritchard (Spotswood) 11-
0.

SHOT PUT: 1. Dan D'Amato (Old Bridge) 54-5; 2. Sam
Mattis (East Brunswick) 53-7.75; 3. Dominick
Padovano (South Brunswick) 49-7; 4. Ramy Kased
(Old Bridge) 47-11; 5. Quincy Foster (Piscataway)
47-5.25; 6. Andre Davis (Old Bridge) 47-1.

DISCUS: 1. Sam Mattis (East Brunswick) 184-9; 2.
Dominick Padovano (South Brunswick) 167-11; 3.
Andre Davis (Old Bridge) 145-10; 4. Fabian Jackson
(South Brunswick) 133-5; 5. Andrew Ritchie (South
Plainfield) 129-9; 6. Marcus Bailey (Piscataway) 126-
1.

JAVELIN: 1. Andre Davis (Old Bridge) 178-6; 2. Mark
Bauer (St. Joseph) 170-5; 3. Tim Lorah (Middlesex) 1
69-7; 4. Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick)
168-11; 5. Bryan Martinez (North Brunswick) 160-7;
6. Mike Allen (Colonia) 156-10.

4x400: 1. East Brunswick (Kevin Mulcahey, Evan
Walton, Don Urschel, Leonard Robbins) 3:24.27; 2.
Old Bridge 3:26.34; 3. Metuchen 3:30.03; 4. South
Brunswick 3:35.60; 5. John F. Kennedy 3:37.57; 6.
Edison 3:38.12.

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The way this meet was run, and in particular the work of the automatic timer, was a disgrace. Results were being announced two hours after the event ended. The 4×400 ended shortly after 3 p.m., and it was 4:20 when the scores were tallied and Old Bridge was finally awarded its team title.

Jim Lambert and I nearly had to fight the timer from Tumey Timing & Data as he packed up to leave for Delaware without divulging the results from nine field events or the team scores. Note to everybody: Do yourself and your athletes a favor and avoid hiring this timer in the future.

Worst of all, meet director Bob Zifchak was standing right there when our argument began and he just took off in the middle of it, never to return. Way to abdicate responsibility.

I cover meets in Somerset County, Hunterdon County, Union County, state meets, invitational meets, and they all run like Swiss clocks compared to the perennial debacles in Middlesex County.

Despite the failings of the people in charge, this meet featured very good performances from the athletes. Two things I’ve never seen before happened – a championship meet decided by half a point (East Brunswick tied for sixth in the high jump) and a team score 149 points in a competition with this many schools (South Brunswick’s girls, take a bow).

STORY LINKS

Home News Tribune boys story: Robbins-Lockhart stars, but Old Bridge prevails

Home News Tribune girls story: Laura Williams stars, but South Brunswick wins big

Courier News story: No Hall for Dunellen, but Sadler and Hansen excel

STARS OF THE MEET

Leonard Robbins-Lockhart, East Brunswick: The junior broke Courtney Burton’s 20-year-old county record in the 100 with a 10.72 and also won the 200 (21.64) long jump (21-10) and anchored the winning 4×400 (49.7 split).

Laura Williams, North Brunswick: The senior broke a six-year-old meet record in the 400 hurdles (1:01.51), won the 400 (56.68), took third in the triple jump (34-8) and anchored the 4×400 to second place with a 55.3 split.

Honorable mention: South Brunswick’s Sophia Ginez and Mariah Browne, Bishop Ahr’s Tim Ball, J.P. Stevens’ Alan Broussard, Bishop Ahr’s Jordan Simmons and East Brunswick’s Corinne Kominkiewicz were all double-winners.

SURPRISES OF THE MEET

Evan Walton, East Brunswick: Won a very strange boys 400 in which three of the county’s four sub-49 runners passed the race up and the fourth, Dunellen’s Jonard Hall, was out with bronchitis.

Kayla Lubonski, Edison: The feshman won the girls 800 in 2:21. The county’s top girls half-miler, Old Bridge’s Chelsea Lodato, missed the meet due to illness.

MOST UNDERRATED ATHLETES

Brooke Astor, Spotswood: Astor won the high jump (5-2), took fourth in the 400 hurdles (1:03.33) and fifth in the javelin (96-8). How’s that for versatility?

Derek Forthun, South Brunswick: Forthun won the triple jump (44-3.5), took third in the high jump (6-0) and fourth in the pole vault (11-6).

EVENTS OF THE MEET

Girls 100 hurdles: Great showdown between New Brunswick’s Briana Barlow (14.40) and South Brunwick’s Jamie Thompson (14.47). They’ll probably meet again in the MOC final.

Girls 400 hurdles: Four athletes under 1:03.5 — that’s quality.
GIRLS RESULTS

TEAM SCORES: 1. South Brunswick 149; 2. North Brunswick 68; 3. East Brunswick 55; 4. Bishop Ahr 43.5; 5. Old Bridge 34; 6. Piscataway 29; 7. New Brunswick 25.5; 8. Edison 25; 9. Sayreville 19; 10. Spotswood 18; 11. Woodbridge 15; 12. (tie) John F. Kennedy, Middlesex, Monroe 4; 15. Metuchen 2; 16. J.P. Stevens 1.

100: 1. Jordan Simmons (Bishop Ahr) 11.93 ; 2. Briana Barlow (New Brunswick) 12.25; 3. Rachel Johnson (South Brunswick) 12.38; 4. Kaitlyn Davis (North Brunswick) 12.53; 5. Shantel Beckford (Piscataway) 12.79; 6. Amari Hartsfield (Sayreville) 12.82.

200: 1. Jordan Simmons (Bishop Ahr) 24.95; 2. Jillian Grant (Old Bridge) 25.43; 3. Victoria Tudor (Woodbridge) 25.70; 4. Kaitlyn Davis (North Brunswick) 26.14; 5. Aderinsola Ajala (Piscataway) 26.21; 6. Bria Bell (East Brunswick) 26.51.

400: 1. Laura Williams (North Brunswick) 56.68; 2. Jillian Grant (Old Bridge) 57.91; 3. Bria Bell (East Brunswick) 58.60; 4. Aderinsola Ajala (Piscataway) 58.66; 5. Alicia Osley (South Brunswick) 58.68; 6. Janae Baker (South Brunswick) 59.96.

800: 1. Kayla Lubonski (Edison) 2:21.21; 2. Bianca Nfonoyim (East Brunswick) 2:24.67; 3. Imani Rosario (Sayreville) 2:25.02; 4. Anginelle Alabanza (East Brunswick) 2:27.05; 5. Nina Firgau (Metuchen) 2:28.90; 6. Joy Spriggs (South Brunswick) 2:29.27.

1600: 1. Sophia Ginez (South Brunswick) 5:22.07; 2. Cayla Del Piano (South Brunswick) 5:24.21; 3. Bianca Nfonoyim (East Brunswick) 5:30.75; 4. Anginelle Alabanza (East Brunswick) 5:36.15; 5. Kelly Fitzgibbons (Sayreville) 5:36.60; 6. Allison McQuillen (North Brunswick) 5:39.88.

3200: 1. Sophia Ginez (South Brunswick) 11:40.69; 2. Ginna Arora (Edison) 11:48.69; 3. Breanne Hollenbach (Piscataway) 11:49.60; 4. Lyndsey Sample (South Brunswick) 11:52.79; 5. Megha Patel (Piscataway) 11:54.49; 6. Casey Bauman (J.P. Stevens) 12:06.53.

100 HURDLES: 1. Briana Barlow (New Brunswick) 14.40; 2. Jamie Thompson (South Brunswick) 14.47; 3. Ashley Allen (Piscataway) 15.95; 4. Vanessa Ragucci (Monroe) 16.36; 5. Chelsea Glincman (North Brunswick) 16.49; 6. Brandis Fennel (Sayreville) 16.80.

400 HURDLES: 1. Laura Williams (North Brunswick) 1:01.51 (meet record; old record 1:02.35 by Tramaine Shaw, Piscataway, 2004); 2. Jillian Grant (Old Bridge) 1:02.50; 3. Jamie Thompson (South Brunswick) 1:03.23; 4. Brooke Astor (Spotswood) 1:03.33; 5. Jamielyn Samper (South Brunswick) 1:05.80; 6. Melirah Searcy (Edison) 1:06.05.

LONG JUMP: 1. Mariah Browne (South Brunswick) 17-11; 2. Jamie Thompson (South Brunswick) 17-1.25; 3. Briana Barlow (New Brunswick) 16-3.25; 4. Melissa Prisco (Old Bridge) 15-10.5; 5. Nicole Zangoglia (Old Bridge) 15-10.5; 6. Amanda Pina (Spotswood) 15-8.5.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1. Mariah Browne (South Brunswick) 37-5.5; 2. Lauryn Strebeck (South Brunswick) 35-9; 3. Laura Williams (North Brunswick) 34-8.5; 4. Jennifer O’Laughlin (South Brunswick) 34-3; 5. Chelsea Glincman (North Brunswick) 34-2; 6. Victoria Steele (Woodbridge) 33-8.5.

HIGH JUMP: 1. Brooke Astor (Spotswood) 5-2; 2. Brandis Fennel (Sayreville) 4-10; 3. Breanna Nicholson (North Brunswick) 4-10 4. Jenna Colacci (Middlesex) 4-10; 5. Danielle Peterson (Woodbridge) 4-10; 6. Jasmine Phelps (North Brunswick) 4-10.

POLE VAULT: 1. Sarah McGowan (Bishop Ahr) 9-6; 2. Amanda Smilgis (South Brunswick) 9-0; 3. Danielle Peterson (Woodbridge) 8-6; 4. Emily Guimes (JF Kennedy) 8-6; 5 (tie) Meghan Ruland (Bishop Ahr), Chelsea Glincman (North Brunswick) 7-6.

SHOT PUT: 1. Corinne Kominkiewicz (East Brunswick) 41-4.5; 2. Yamika Carpenter (North Brunswick) 37-3; 3. Quaneeka Davila (North Brunswick) 36-8.75; 4. Rachel Barnes (East Brunswick) 36-4; 5. Amber White (Piscataway) 35-1.75; 6. Ginelle Walker (South Brunswick) 33-11.25.

DISCUS: 1. Corinne Kominkiewicz (East Brunswick) 127-5; 2. Amber Brown (South Brunswick) 121-0; 3. Chloe Hall (South Brunswick) 111-3; 4. Danielle Padovano (South Brunswick) 100-10; 5 (tie) Chloe Tormey (Bishop Ahr), Dina Kendle (Woodbridge) 98-11.

JAVELIN: 1. Chloe Tormey (Bishop Ahr) 104-10; 2. Kiya Strickland (South Brunswick) 104-5; 3. Patricia Langone (South Brunswick) 101-4; 4. Precious Chavies (Woodbridge) 96-11; 5. Brooke Astor (96-8); 6. Lajasmin Youngblood (Piscataway) 91-5.

4X400: 1. South Brunswick (Jamielyn Samper, Joy Spriggs, Cayla Del Piano, Alicia Osley) 4:02.80; 2. North Brunswick 4:03.28; 3. Edison 4:05.31; 4. Piscataway 4:08.13; 5. East Brunswick 4:12.71; 6. Sayreville 4:16.17.
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GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS BOYS track 2010

2010-05-09T10:44:00.001-07:00

GREATER MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
BOYS

TEAMS: 1-Old Bridge 89. 2-East Brunswick 88½. 3-South Brunswick 61. 4-Iselin Kennedy 42. 5-J.P. Stevens 31. 6-North Brunswick 28. 7-Dunellen 24. 8-Metuchen 23 1/2. 9-Bishop Ahr 20. 10-Piscataway 13½. 11-Monroe 12. 12-St. Joseph’s 11. 13-Sayreville 10. 14-Carteret 8. 15-Edison and Spotswood 7. 17-Middlesex and South Plainfield 6. 19-Cardinal McCarrick and Woodbridge 4. 21-Colonia 1.

100-METER DASH: 1-Leonard Robbins-Lockhart, East Brunswick, 10.72, Middlesex County and meet record, former county record, 10.73, Courtney Burton, Iselin Kennedy, 1990. 2-Brian Oni, South Brunswick, 10.91. 3-Joel Shumate, J.P. Stevens, 11.01. 4-Taylor Clark, Cardinal McCarrick, 11.11. 5-Julian Quintin, East Brunswick, 11.19. 6-Chris Troche, St. Joseph's, 11.21.

200-METER DASH: 1-Leonard Robbins-Lockhart, East Brunswick, 21.64. 2-Rontik Sadler, Dunellen, 21.81. 3-Brian Oni, South Brunswick, 22.29. 4-Joel Shumate, J.P. Stevens, 22.40. 5-Shoni Downes, Old Bridge, 22.57. 6-Emeka Eze, Sayreville, 22.96.

400-METER RUN: 1-Evan Walton, East Brunswick, 50.70. 2-Shaquille Jackson, Carteret, 50.82. 3-Kerry Hansen, Dunellen, 50.97. 4-Oluwaseun Ibironke, Woodbridge, 51.19. 5-Kevin Mulcahey, East Brunswick, 51.29. 6-Andrew Edwards, Edison, 51.69.

800-METER RUN: 1-Derrick Hargwood, Metuchen, 2:01.15. 2-Shawn Burke, Old Bridge, 2:01.28. 3-Anthony Branco, Old Bridge, 2:01.35. 4-Frank Pulgiano, Edison, 2:01.60. 5-Kapil Sathyakumar, South Brunswick, 2:01.69. 6-Stefan Antosiewicz, Metuchen, 2:02.37.

1,600-METER RUN: 1-Tim Ball, Bishop Ahr, 4:25.19. 2-Mo Thomas, Old Bridge, 4:25.65. 3-Cullen Davis, North Brunswick, 4:33.32. 4-Kyle Davis, North Brunswick, 4:35.21. 5-Corey O'Neill, Old Bridge, 4:35.49. 6-Steven Flynn, Edison, 4:35.93.

3,200-METER RUN: 1-Tim Ball, Bishop Ahr, 9:36.04. 2-Corey O'Neill, Old Bridge, 9:43.84. 3-Khari Bowen, Monroe, 9:44.48. 4-Kyle Davis, North Brunswick, 10:00.74. 5-Tyler Blackburn, South Brunswick, 10:03.51. 6-Nicholas DeNuzzo, South Brunswick, 10:03.66.

110-METER HURDLES: 1-Alan Broussard, J.P. Stevens, 14.23. 2-Christian Boateng, Old Bridge, 14.74. 3-Charles Napolitano, Monroe, 15.13. 4-Justin Kirkland, Piscataway, 15.54. 5-Jarrett Phelps, North Brunswick, 15.66. 6-Zach Sikanowicz, St. Joseph's, 15.75.

400-METER INTERMEDIATE HURDLES: 1-Alan Broussard, J.P. Stevens, 54.72. 2-Jarrett Phelps, North Brunswick, 55.93. 3-Chris Boateng, Old Bridge, 55.96. 4-Daren Tang, Iselin Kennedy, 57.87. 5-Chris Thornton, Old Bridge, 58.13. 6-Zach Sikanowicz, St. Joseph's, 58.44.

HIGH JUMP: 1-Rontik Sadler, Dunellen, 6-4. 2-Jason Donahue, Iselin Kenendy, 6-2. 3-Derek Forthun, South Brunswick, 6-0. 4-Joe Janela, Sayreville, 6-0. 5-Dan Cole, Piscataway, 5-10. 6-Will Lawson, Metuchen and Tim O’Sullivan, East Brunswick, 5-8.

LONG JUMP: 1-Leonard Robbins-Lockhart, East Brunswick, 20-10 1/2. 2-Dante LaVecchia, Iselin Kennedy, 21-3 1/2. 3-Jason Donahue, Iselin Kennedy, 20-7 1/4. 4-Earle James, Piscataway, 20-4 1/4. 5-Jarrett Phelps, North Brunswick, 20-3 1/2. 6-Joel Shumate, J.P. Stevens, 19-3 1/2.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1-Derek Forthun, South Brunswick, 44-3½. 2-Julian Quintin, East Brunswick, 43-0½. 3-Jon Pitt, South Brunswick, 42-5½. 4-Emeka Eze, Sayreville, 42-3¼. 5-Jason Donahue, Iselin Kennedy, 42-0. 6-Daniel Saxon, Sayreville, 40-4.

SHOT PUT: 1-Dan D’Amato, Old Bridge, 54-5. 2-Sam Mattis, East Brunswick, 53-7¾. 3-Dominick Padovano, South Brunswick, 49-7. 4-Ramy Kased, Old Bridge, 47-11. 5-Quincy Foster, Piscataway, 47-5¼. 6-Andre Davis, Old Bridge, 47-1.

DISCUS: 1-Sam Mattis, East Brunswick, 184-9. 2-Dominick Padovano, South Brunswick, 167-11. 3-Andre Davis, Old Bridge, 145-10. 4-Fabian Jackson, South Brunswick, 133-5. 5-Andrew Ritchie, South Plainfield, 129-9. 6-Marcus Bailey, Piscataway, 126-1.

JAVELIN: 1-Andre Davis, Old Bridge, 178-6. 2-Mark Bauer, St. Joseph’s, 170-5. 3-Tim Lorah, Middlesex, 169-7. 4-Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick, 168-11. 5-Bryan Martinez, North Brunswick, 160-7. 6-Mike Allen, Colonia, 156-10.

POLE VAULT: 1-Luiz Maurina, Iselin Kennedy, 12-6. 2-Tyler Flood, East Brunswick, 12-0. 3-Quinn Meng, Metuchen, 11-6. 4-Derek Forthun, South Brunswick, 11-6. 5-Dante LaVecchia, Iselin Kennedy, 11-0. 6-Tyler Pritchard, Spotswood, 11-0.

1,600-METER RELAY: 1-East Brunswick (Kevin Mulcahey, Evan Walton, Don Urschel and Leonard Robbins-Lockhart) 3:24.27. 2-Old Bridge 3:26.34. 3-Metuchen 3:30.03. 4-South Brunswick, 3:35.60. 5-Iselin Kennedy 3:37.57. 6-Edison 3:38.12.

GIRLS

TEAMS: 1-South Brunswick 142. 2-North Brunswick 68. 3-East Brusnwick 55. 4-Bishop Ahr 43½. 5-Old Bridge 34. 6-Piscataway 29. 7-New Brunswick 25½. 8-Edison 25½. 9-Sayreville 19. 10-Spotswood 18. 11-Woodbridge 15. 12-Iselin Kennedy, Middlesex and Monroe 4. 15-Metuchen 2. 16-J.P. Stevens 1.

100-METER DASH: 1-Jordan Simmons, Bishop Ahr, 11.93. 2-Briana Barlow, New Brunswick, 12.25. 3-Rachel Johnson, South Brunswick, 12.38. 4-Kaitlyn Davis, North Brunswick, 12.53. 5-Shantel Beckford, Piscataway, 12.79. 6-Amari Hartsfield, Sayreville,12.82.

200-METER DASH: 1-Jordan Simmons, Bishop Ahr, 24.95. 2-Jillian Grant, Old Bridge, 25.43. 3-Victoria Tudor, Woodbridge, 25.70. 4-Kaitlyn Davis, North Brunswick, 26.14. 5-Aderinsola Ajala, Piscataway, 26.21. 6-Bria Bell, East Brunswick, 26.51.

400-METER RUN: 1-Laura Williams, North Brunswick, 56.68. 2-Jillian Grant, Old Bridge, 57.91. 3-Bria Bell, East Brunswick, 58.60. 4-Aderinsola Ajala, Piscataway, 58.66. 5-Alicia Osley, South Brunswick, 58.68. 6-Janae Baker, South Brunswick, 58.68.

800-METER RUN: 1-Kayla Lubonski, Edison, 2:21.21. 2-Bianca Nfonoyim, East Brunswick, 2:24.67. 3-Imani Rosario, Sayreville, 2:25.02. 4-Anginelle Albanza, East Brunswick, 2:27.05. 5-Nina Firgau, Metuchen, 2:28.90. 6-Joy Briggs, South Brunswick, 2:29.27.

1,600-METER RUN: 1-Sophia Ginez, South Brunswick, 5:22.07. 2-Cayla DelPiano, South Brunswick, 5:24.21. 3-Bianca Nfonoyim, East Brunswick, 5:30.75. 4-Anginelle Albanza, East Brunswick, 5:36.15. 5-Kelly Fitzgibbons, Sayreville, 5:36.90. 6-Allison McQuillen, North Brunswick, 5:39.88.

3,200-METER RUN: 1-Sophia Ginez, 11:40.69. 2-Ginna Arora, Edison, 11:48.69. 3-Breanne Hollenbach, Piscataway, 11:49.60. 4-Lyndsey Sample, South Brunswick, 11:52.79. 5-Meghan Patel, Piscataway, 11:54.49. 6-Casey Bauman, J.P. Stevens, 12:06.53.

100-METER HURDLES: 1-Briana Barlow, New Brunswick, 14.40. 2-Jamie Thompson, South Brunswick, 14.47. 3-Ashley Allen, Piscataway, 15.95. 4-Vanessa Ragucci, Monroe, 16.36. 5-Chelsea Glincman, North Brunswick, 16.49. 6-Brandis Fennel, Sayreville, 16.80.

400-METER HURDLES: 1-Laura Williams, North Brunswick, 1:01.51 meet record; former record, 1:02.35, Tremaine Shaw, Piscataway, 2004. 2-Jillian Grant, Old Bridge, 1:02.50. 3-Jamie Thompson, South Brunswick, 1:03.23. 4-Brooke Astor, Spotswood, 1:03.33. 5-Jamielyn Samper, South Brunswick, 1:05.80. 6-Melirah Searcy, Edison, 1:06.05.

HIGH JUMP: 1-Brooke Astor, Spotswood, 5-2. 2-Brandis Fennel, Sayreville, 4-10. 3-Breanna Nicholson, North Brunswick, 4-10. 4-Jenna Colacci, Middlesex, 4-10. 5-Danielle Peterson, Woodbridge, 4-10. 6-Jasmine Phelps, North Brunswick, 4-10.

LONG JUMP: 1-Mariah Browne, South Brunswick, 17-11. 2-Jamie Thompson, South Brunswick, 17-1 1/4. 3-Briana Barlow, New Brunswick, 16-3 1/4. 4-Melissa Prisco, Old Bridge, 15-10 1/2. 5-Nicole Zangoglia, Old Bridge, 15-10 1/2. 6-Amanda Pinto, Spotswood, 15-8 1/2.

TRIPLE JUMP: 1-Mariah Browne, South Brunswick, 37-5 1/2; 2-Lauryn Strebeck, South Brunswick, 35-9. 3-Laura Williams, North Brunswick, 34-8½. 4-Jennifer O’Laughlin, South Brunswick, 34-3. 5-Chelsea Glincman, North Brunswick, 34-2. 6- Victoria Steele, Woodbridge, 33-8½.

SHOT PUT: 1-Corinne Kominkiewicz, East Brunswick, 41-4½. 2-Yamika Carpenter, North Brunswick, 37-3. 3-Quaneeka Davila, North Brunswick, 36-8¾. 4-Rachel Barnes, East Brunswick, 36-4. 5-Amber White, Piscataway, 35-1¾. 6-Ginelle Walker, South Brunswick, 33-11¼.

DISCUS: 1-Corinne Kominkiewicz, East Brunswick, 127-5. 2-Amber Brown, South Brunswick, 121-0. 3-Chloe Hall, South Brunswick, 111-3. 4-Daniellee Padovano, South Brunswick, 110-10. 5-Chloe Tormey, Bishop Ahr, 98-11. 6-Dina Kendle, Woodbridge, 98-11.

JAVELIN: 1-Chloe Tormey, Bishop Ahr, 104-10. 2-Kiya Strickland, South Brunswick, 104-5. 3-Patricia Langone, South Brunswick, 101-4. 4-Precious Chavies, Woodbridge, 96-11. 5-Brooke Astor, Spotswood, 96-8. 6-Lajasmine Youngblood, Piscataway, 91-5.

POLE VAULT: 1-Sarah McGowan, Bishop Ahr, 9-6. 2-Amanda Smilgis, South Brunswick, 9-0. 3-Danielle Peterson, Woodbridge, 9-0. 4-Emily Guimes, Iselin Kennedy, 7-6. 5-Meghan Ruland, Bishop Ahr and Chelsea Glincman, North Brunswick, 7-6.

1,600-METER RELAY: 1-South Brunswick (Jamielyn Samper, Joy Spriggs, Cayla DelPiano and Alicia Osley) 4:02.80. 2-North Brunswick 4:03.28. 3-Edison 4:05.31. 4-Piscataway 4:08.13. 5-East Brunswick 4:12.71. 6-Sayreville 4:16.17.
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NJ Track & Field: Greater Middlesex Conference Championships
JIM LAMBERT, May 08, 2010 8:09 p.m.

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Andre Davis helped Old Bridge edge East Brunswick at GMC Championships - (Jerry McCrea/The Star-Ledger)
This time last year, nobody in New Jersey knew anything about Leonard Robbins-Lockhart, now at junior at East Brunswick. Laura Williams of North Brunswick wasn’t exactly a household name, either.

But after what they did yesterday, everyone will certainly know their names now as Robbins-Lockhart and Williams lit up the track with sensational record-setting performances at the Greater Middlesex Conference Championships held at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield.

Robbins-Lockhart, who lived in Georgia last year, blazed a 10.72 100-meter dash, good for a meet and Middlesex County record; won the 200 in 21.64, captured the long jump with a 20-10½ and split 49.5 on the winning 4x400 relay.

Led by Robbins-Lockhart’s four gold medals, East Brunswick nearly won its first GMC boys title since 1987, falling a half-point short to Old Bridge, 89-88½. Old Bridge, led by winners Andre Davis (javelin) and Dan D’Amato (shot put), has now won eight of the last nine titles and 11 overall.

Robbins-Lockhart broke the county 100 record of 10.73 set in 1990 by Courtney Burton of Iselin Kennedy. Burton won the 100 and 200 at the M of C in 1989 and ‘90.

``It’s nice to come out here and make a statement,’’ Robbins-Lockhart said. ``I got a great start in the 100 and that was the key in that race. When I saw the time, I was like `Oh wow.' And to get the county record is great. I had no idea what it was, but I think I can keep getting faster.''

Robbins-Lockhart was just as proud of what his team accomplished.

``There are a lot of people that don’t really mention us, so it’s nice to put our names out there like this,’’ he said.

Meanwhile, Williams, a senior at North Brunswick, smashed the meet record in the 400 hurdles in 1:01.51, the eighth-fastest time in the nation this season, took first in the 400 in a personal best 56.68, placed third in the triple jump with a 34-8½, and ran a sizzling 55.3 on the runner-up 4x400 team. Last year, Williams was second in the 100 and third in the 200.

``Nobody really knew me last year because I ran the 100 and 200 and wasn’t this fast,’’ said the Monmouth-bound Williams, who broke the meet record in the 400 hurdles of 1:02.35 set in 2004 by Tremaine Shaw of Piscataway. ``But now people know my name. It feels good.’’

Williams didn’t start running the 400 until this year.

``It wasn’t my choice,’’ she said. ``My coaches felt I could be good at it. It’s worked out way better than I ever thought.’’

Behind Williams, North Brunswick finished second to South Brunswick, 142-68. South Brunswick, led by double winners Sophia Ginez and Mariah Browne, has won five GMC titles in a row and seven overall. Ginez won the 1,600 in 5:22.07 and the 3,200 in 11:40.69. Browne took first in the long jump (17-11) and triple jump (37-5½).

``We try not to think about what the newspaper predicts about who is going to win because we know that teams are gunning for us and we still have to come out and perform well,’’ Ginez said. ``We wanted to run well and get ourselves ready for the sectionals and groups in a couple weeks.

``We try not to think about what the newspaper predict about who is going to win because we know that teams are gunning for us and we still have to come out and perform well.’’

Ginez has now won both the 1,600 and 3,200 four straight years.

``It’s nice to be consistent in those events and prove that I can win them year after year,’’ Ginez said.

There were several double winners on the day. In the boys competition, Alan Broussard of J.P. Stevens swept the hurdles, winning the 400 hurdles in 54.72 and the 110 hurdles in 14.23, both personal bests.

Tim Ball of Bishop Ahr continued his breakout sophomore year by doubling in the distances, capturing the 3,200 in 9:36.04. Ball came back later and mounted a big comeback over the last 50 meters to win the 1,600 in 4:25.19.

On the girls' side, Corinne Kominkiewicz of East Brunswick won the shot (41-4½) and discus (127-5). Senior Jordan Simmons of Bishop Ahr, who missed most of last spring with a partially torn hamstring, won the 100 (11.93) and 200 (24.95). Simmons won the 100 and 200 as a sophomore.

Senior Briana Barlow of New Brunswick won the 100 hurdles in 14.40 to capture the 10th county title of her career.

South Brunswick, led by senior Brendan Vercammen, picked up a gold in the javelin with a total of 433-6.

2010-05-09T10:41:00.000-07:00

East Brunswick win 4x200, South Brunswick grabs first day lead South Brunswick javelin wins
By Jim Lambert for the Star-Ledger
April 27, 2010,

The East Brunswick boys felt it had a little something to prove when it took the track during yesterday’s first day of action at the Greater Middlesex Conference Relays in brisk and windy conditions at South Brunswick in Monmouth Junction.

And they did exactly what it wanted to do as junior Julian Quintin (23.7), junior Evan Walton (22.2), sophomore Donald Urschel (22.2) and junior Leonard Robbins (21.1) won the 4x200-meter relay in 1:30.2, tying a school record set in 1986.
``There are people in the state that are underestimating us,’’ said Walton. ``We want to show that East Brunswick is one of the best teams in the state in the sprints.’’
East Brunswick will be trying to take down a couple more school records today in the 4x100 (43.12) and the 4x400 (3:21.6).

The South Brunswick boys, bidding to end Old Bridge’s streak of four straight titles, grabbed the first day lead with 38 points behind a balanced attack. South Brunswick, seeking its first title since 2005, is four points ahead of East Brunswick. Old Bridge is third with 32.

Freshman Jalel Alston scored on three teams for South Brunswick. He went a personal best 20-3 on the third-place long jump team, cleared ?? on the pole vault that tied for second, and ran a leg on the sixth-place 4x200.

South Brunswick, led by senior Brendan Vercammen, picked up a gold in the javelin with a total of 433-6.
Vercammen, fifth at the state wrestling championships at 171 last month, unloaded a 153-6. South Brunswick other throwers were David Krier (138-0) and Cody Stephens (142-0).

Old Bridge’s charge was led by Christian Boateng. Boateng ran the fastest time of the day and a personal best of 56.5 to lead his team to victory in the 400 hurdles, and split 22.4 on the runner-up 4x200.

Old Bridge also won the 4x1,600 in 18:46.5 as Mo Thomas (4:33), Shawn Burke (4:41), Corey O’Neill (4:42) and Anthony Branco (4:48) teamed up for the win.

Jonard Hall and Rontik Sadler had big days for Dunellen.
Hall, a senior, leaped a personal best and meet best 22-03 ¾ to help his team with that event, and split 22.0 on the fifth-place 4x200. Sadler, a junior, split a sizzling 21.5 as the anchor on the 4x200 and was also on the long jump.

All-State football player Nate Smith of Highland Park, who rushed for with 2,445 yards last fall, had the top javelin throw of the meet of 161-8. Smith is headed to Temple to play football.

The two-day meet will resume today at 4 p.m.
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South Brunswick boys claim GMC Relays championship

2010-04-29T19:29:00.000-07:00

South Brunswick boys claim
GMC Relays championship

By JERRY CARINO • STAFF WRITER • April 28,
2010

SOUTH BRUNSWICK — It's easy to forget that there's
a "field" in track and field, but the South Brunswick
High School boys reminded the rest of the Greater
Middlesex Conference on Wednesday.

The Vikings dominated the throws and jumps to
upset perennial favorite Old Bridge in the GMC
Relays. Victories in the triple jump, high jump,
discus and javelin buoyed the Vikings to 102 points
and their first county relays crown since 2005. Old
Bridge, which had won this meet four years running,
finished with 97 1/2 points after a strong showing
on the track.

"I know we're a deep team, and obviously beating
Old Bridge is the benchmark," South Brunswick
coach Wilfredo Rivera said. "It's nice, especially
because I always look at relay meets like it's the
complete team."

Brendan Vercammen, David Krier and Cody Stephans
going the ball rolling on Tuesday, winning the
javelin with a combined distance of 433 feet, 6 i
nches during Day 1 of the competition.South
Brunswick's discus and shot put trios followed suit,
placing first in the former (401-5) and second in the
latter (135-7) on Wednesday.

"The javelin was huge," said junior Dominic
Padovano, who posted marks of 152 feet in the
discus and 48 feet in the shot. "The three guys who
throw discus and shot, we watched the javelin and
that kind of pushed us. We knew we had to perform
well."

All told, South Brunswick scored 28 of a possible 30
points in the throws.

"I think we stepped up to the challenge," Padovano
said. "We didn't let the team down."

Neither did the jumpers. Junior Derek Forthun led
the Vikings to victories in the high jump and triple
jump on Wednesday. They also took third in the
long jump and tied for second in the pole vault on
Tuesday. More points.

"Coming into it people didn't think we were going to
win. I thought we were going to win," Forthun said.
"It's great. I just really wanted to beat Old Bridge
because they're always beating us."

Over the past four years, South Brunswick had taken
second three times and third once in this meet.

"We're a consistent program. We just hadn't gotten
over that hump," said Rivera, a former Old Bridge
standout who remains friendly with his old coaches.
"It's nice to get over it and let these kids know that
four years of hard work, you get something for it."

Old Bridge didn't exactly leave empty-handed. The
Knights swept the hurdles, including a brisk 1
minute, 1.3 seconds in the shuttles, and the
distance events. A 4:31 anchor mile by Corey O'Neil
secured a distance medley win in 10:42. Anthony
Branco's 1:59 anchor 800 brought home the
Knights' winning sprint medley in 3:39.

East Brunswick flexed its muscles in the sprints,
taking the 4x100 (43.7) and 4x200 (1:30).

Perhaps the most stirring event of the day was the

4x400. Dunellen broke the tape with a blazing time
of 3:23.3, holding off Old Bridge and East Brunswick
down the homestretch. Senior Jonard Hall (49.0
split), senior Luke Francisco (52.9), junior Kerry
Hansen (52.3) and junior Rontik Sadler (48.9) led
wire to wire, earning Dunellen's second gold medal
of the meet.

On Tuesday, thanks largely to Hall's 22-foot leap,
the Destroyers also won the long jump.

"We wanted to be in the fast heat because we knew
our guys hadn't been able to put it all together yet,"
head coach J.R. Lubisco said. "They've been training
their butts off waiting for the chance to run this
4x400. They went for it and it was unbelievable."

They obliterated the old school record of 3:30. The
anchor leg was particularly exciting as Sadler bolted
from East Brunswick's Leonard Robbins (48.9) and
Old Bridge's Christian Boeteng (49.8) after all three
rounded the final turn together.

"My whole idea was to cruise until the last 150,"
Sadler said. "Jonard started us off with a great lead,
Luke kept it up, Kerry finally got his time down,
which I'm loving right now, and they got me the lead
and left the race in my hands, so all I could do was
finish it off."

If folks didn't know it before, the message was loud
and clear: Dunellen is legit.

"We surprised a lot of guys because Dunellen,
nobody really knew about us," Sadler said. "We're a
square-mile town, we've got 78 in our graduating
class. A lot of people don't pay attention to us
because we're so small. Little do they know, for a
small team we've got a pretty dynamite squad."

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Brendan Vercammen- County champ in 3 sports

2010-04-27T19:43:00.000-07:00

Brendan Vercammen- County champ in 3 sports
soccer
wrestling
track -javelin relay
not sure if any other athlete in recent years was county champ in three different sports
Middlesex County Relay championship BOYS RESULTS
Javelin: 1. South Brunswick (Brendan Vercammen, David Krier, Cody Stephans) 433-6; 2. Dunellen 412-10; 3. St. Joseph 405-0; 4. Colonia 384-6; 5. Old Bridge 380-5; 6. South Plainfield 375-1.

3×400 Intermediate Hurdles: 1. Old Bridge (Christian Boateng, Tom Perry, Chris Thornton) 2:51.6; 2. South Brunswick 2:55.7; 3. St. Joseph 3:00.6; 4. East Brunswick 3:04.8; 5. J.F. Kennedy 3:05.9; 6. J.P. Stevens 3:06.3.

4×1600: 1. Old Bridge (Mo Thomas, Anthony Branco, Corey O’Neill, Shawn Burke) 18:46.5; 2. North Brunswick 19:03.4; 3. South Brunswick 19:08.9; 4. Metuchen 19:14.8; 5. East Brunswick 19:31.6; 6. Bishop Ahr 19:35.0.

4×200: 1. East Brunswick (Julian Quintin, Evan Walton, Danow Urschel, Leonard Robbins) 1:30.2; 2. Old Bridge 1:30.8; 3. Sayreville 1:32.8; 4. Woodbridge 1:32.9; 5. Dunellen 1:33.0; 6. South Brunswick 1:33.6.

Long Jump: 1. Dunellen (Jonard Hall, Rontik Sadler, Vinnie Grausso) 61-4.25; 2. East Brunswick 60-1.25; 3. South Brunswick 59-2.25; 4. J.F. Kennedy 58-10.5; 5. New Brunswick 58-9.5; 6. Sayreville 54-9.75.

Pole Vault: 1. East Brunswick (Tyler Flood, Tim O’Sullivan, Greg Dakiewicz) 31-0; 2. (tie) J.F. Kennedy, South Brunswick 30-0; 4. South Plainfield 28-6; 5. St. Joseph 27-0.

South Brunswick High School’s Brendan Vercammen wins javelin South Brunswick 91, St. Joseph 49

2010-04-25T18:20:00.000-07:00

South Brunswick 91, St. Joseph 49

100: Chris Troche (SJ) 11.2; 200: Brian Oni (SB) 22.2; 400: Juwan Tisdale (SB) 52.2; 800: Tom Hogarty (SJ) 2:04.2; 1600: Kapil Sathyakumar (SB) 4:42; 3200: Mike Fernandes (SJ) 10:04.9; 4x400: South Brunswick (Kotey Ashie, Tre Tisdale, Kapil Sathyakumar, Juwan Tisdale) 3:31.2; 110 hurdles: Chris Troche (SJ) 15.2; 400 hurdles: Tyrin Fairman (SB) 57.7; High jump: Tim Moczula (SJ) 5-10; Pole vault: Derek Forthun (SB) 10-0; Long jump: Jaleel Alston (SB) 20-3; Triple jump: Nikhil Yerramilli (SB) 42-5; Shot put: Dominick Padovano (SB) 46-11; Discus: Dominick Padovano (SB) 142-9; Javelin: Brendan Vercammen (SB) 158-9. Records: South Brunswick 5-1, St. Joseph 1-3.
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East Brunswick 82, South Brunswick 58

100: Leonard Robbins (EB) 10.8; 200: Leonard Robbins (EB) 21.8; 400: Evan Walton (EB) 50.3; 800: Kapil Sathykumar (SB) 2:00.8; 1600: Brian Smith (EB) 4:35.4; 3200: Nick DeNuzzo (SB) 10:04.5; 110 High Hurdles: Jevon Tyree (SB) 15.5; 400 Hurdles: Kevin Mulcahey (EB) 58.9; 4x400: East Brunswick(Mulcahey, Donald Urschel, Thomas Marciante, Robbins) 3:28.6; Long Jump: Leonard Robbins (EB) 21-10; Triple Jump: Julian Quintin (EB) 41-11; Pole Vault: Tyler Flood (EB) 11-6; High Jump: Derek Forthun (SB) 6-2; Discus: Sam Mattis (EB) 184-8; Shot put: Sam (SB) 48-3; Javelin: Brendan Vercammen (SB) 159-7. Records: East Brunswick 4-0, South Brunswick 4-1.
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South Brunswick 87.5, Woodbridge 52.5

100: Isnard Mir-Merced (SB) 11.7; 200: William Orbach (W) 23.0; 400: William Orbach (W) 50.7; 800: Wismith Francois (W) 2:04.8; 1600: Nick DeNuzzo (SB) 4:43; 3200: Stephen Ragany (SB) 10:18; 4x400: South Brunswick (Cody Stephan, Juwan Tisdale, Kotey Ashie, Tre Tisdale) 3:32.2; 110 hurdles: Julian Bonado (W) 15.9; 400 hurdles: Jevon Tyree (SB) 59.8; High jump: Derek Forthun (SB) 6-0; Pole vault: Derek Forthun (SB) 10-0; Long jump: William Orbach (W) 19-2.5; Triple jump: Robby Robinson (SB) 40-0; Shot put: Max Issaka (SB) 43-8; Discus: Dominick Padovano (SB) 148-8; Javelin: Brendan Vercammen (SB) 152-0. Records: South Brunswick 4-0, Woodbridge 1-3.
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HNT All-Area First Team Wrestling

2010-03-31T18:23:00.001-07:00

HNT All-Area First Team
Wrestling

By GREG TUFARO • STAFF WRITER • March 27,
2010

ANTHONY ASHNAULT

SOUTH PLAINFIELD

Year: Freshman

Highlights: The rookie sensation became the Greater
Middlesex Conference's first state champion since
2005 when former South Plainfield star Jimmy
Conroy won the 103-pound title. Ashnault rolled to
the 103 state title with a 44-0 record. He defeated
Colts Neck junior Tyler Fraley 6-5 in the state final,
erasing a 4-2 deficit with a pair of takedowns. The
second takedown came late in the third period,
shortly after Ashnault cut Fraley, giving his
opponent a 5-4 lead. Ashnault is the reigning
Greater Middlesex Conference, District 12 and
Region 3 champion. He also won an individual title
at the Morris Knolls Invitational. Ashnault is the
Home News Tribune's Wrestler of the Year.

TROY HEILMANN

SOUTH PLAINFIELD

Year: Freshman

Highlights: The younger brother of senior Nick
Heilmann, who holds the school's record for career
victories, Troy placed sixth in the state tournament.
One of five outstanding freshmen on the state Group
III championship team, Heilmann also won the
Greater Middlesex Conference and District 12
tournament titles. He placed third at 112 in a loaded
weight class at the Region III Tournament.
Heilmann, who posted a 39-9 record, said he plans
to return next year to 112 pounds, where he hopes
to win a state title. Heilmann won 13 of his matches
by pin. He also won an individual crown at the
season-opening Morris Knolls Invitational.

HERIBERTO QUINTANA

PERTH AMBOY

Year: Senior

Highlights: The all-time winningest wrestler in
school history with a career record of 133-20,
Quintana is a four-time state qualifier, a four-time
district champion, a four-time region finalist and a
four-time Greater Middlesex Conference
Tournament placewinner. He ended the year with a
27-4 record following a 15-5 loss to Hunterdon
Central's Alex Shaffer in the 119-pound state final.
Quintana placed third in the state tournament a year
ago. He is the reigning GMC and District 19
champion. Quintana placed second in the GMC
Tournament as a junior and sophomore and third in
the GMCT as a freshman. Quintana excited crowds
throughout the state this season.

RAY DELANUEZ

EDISON

Year: Senior

Highlights: One of the most consistent performers
in the area over the past two years, DeLaNuez
steadily improved and his strides resulted in a Top
16 finish at the state tournament. The 125-pound
senior posted a 34-3 record on the year. He won a

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second straight District 19 and a second
consecutive Region V title. The reigning Greater
Middlesex Conference Tournament champion,
DeLaNuez owns a 91-17 career record. He won a
second straight Elizabeth Minuteman Invitational
Tournament title. DeLaNuez defeated nemesis Mike
Pysniak of Bishop Ahr to win the district and GMC
titles.

SCOTT DELVECCHIO

SOUTH PLAINFIELD

Year: Freshman

Highlights: The Tigers rolled to a 29-2 record with
a mix of veterans and newcomers. The contributions
of DelVecchio, who solidified the team's middle
weights with a 36-6 record at 130 pounds, enabled
South Plainfield to earn the No. 1 state ranking in
the New Jersey State Wrestling Coaches Association's
final poll. DelVecchio won the Greater Middlesex
Conference and District 12 tournaments. He was one
of nine Tigers to qualify for the state tournament,
matching a school record. DelVecchio placed third
in the Region III Tournament. He won 12 matches by
pin.

SAM EMBURGIA

MONROE

Year: Senior

Highlights: A four-time state tournament qualifier,
Emburgia, who previously won just one bout in
Atlantic City, made the most out of his final trip to
Boardwalk Hall, pinning nemesis Nick Heilmann of
South Plainfield in the third-place final. The 135-
pounder had lost all three previous meetings to
Heilmann including two setbacks in the Greater
Middlesex Conference Tournament finals. Emburgia
won his second straight Region V title (he was
named Outstanding Wrestler in 2009) and repeated
as a District 20 champion. Emburgia posted a 36-5
record on the year. He led Monroe with a team-best
23 pins.

CONOR HAYES

OLD BRIDGE

Year: Senior

Highlights: A four-year varsity letterwinner, Hayes
holds the school's career record with 120 victories.
He broke the previous mark of 114 wins, which
Kevin Jacoutot set 29 years ago, during the Region
V Tournament. Hayes went 40-4 on the year. He
won a District 20 title and a Region V championship
at 140 pounds. Hayes placed sixth in the state
tournament. Hayes is a three-time district champ
and two-time region champ. In 2009-10, he won
titles at the Matawan Invitational and in the
Hunterdon Central Tournament. Hayes placed third
in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament,
rebounding from a 2-1 semifinal loss to South
Plainfield's Corey Stasenko with an 8-2 victory over
Edison's Devon Coates in the consolation finals.

RYAN SACCO

SOUTH PLAINFIELD

Year: Senior

Highlights: Sacco clinched South Plainfield's 26-24
victory over High Point in the state Group III final
with a memorable 6-5 win over Joey Gaccione in
four overtimes. The victory was the most important
of the four-year starter's career. He went on to place
seventh in the state tournament with a 7-2 decision
over Rahway's Diego Chavez. The reigning Greater
Middlesex Conference, District 12 and Region III
champion at 145 pounds finished with a 40-5
record. He owns a 107-30 career mark. A three-time
district champion, Sacco led South Plainfield to a

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second-place finish at the Virginia Duals.

COLIN HEWITT

FRANKLIN

Year: Junior

Highlights: A nagging right quadriceps muscle
strain forced Hewitt to miss two brief stretches of
the season. The strain caused Hewitt, who posted a
27-3 record, to lose a bout by injury default in late
December. The 152-pounder placed in the state
tournament for the third straight year. Hewitt lost a
tough 2-1 decision to Delsea senior Eric Reger for
third. Many anticipated that matchup to actually be
the state final. Hewitt's only other setback was a
stunning loss — by pin — to Kingsway's Joseph
Renard in the state tournament prequarterfinals.
Owner of a 93-15 career record, Hewitt is a two-
time district and two-time region champion. Hewitt
led a remarkable turnaround at Franklin, which
reached the North 2 Group IV final during the
school's first NJSIAA Team Tournament appearance.

FRANK BOZZOMO

MIDDLESEX

Year: Junior

Highlights: An injury from football season —
Bozzomo started at linebacker and fullback — forced
the Middlesex standout to ease into the wrestling
season. He was held out of a late December
tournament at Hunterdon Central but soon picked
right up where he left off a year ago, finishing 31-3
on the year to improve his career mark to 87-23.
Unlike previous seasons, when Bozzomo was forced t
o wrestle up in class because the Blue Jays were
loaded at his more natural weight, the junior was
able to compete at 160 pounds. There, he won the
District 12 and Region III tournaments and finished
Top 12 in the state tournament. A three-time district
placewinner, Bozzomo finished runner-up in the
Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament,
dropping a 3-2 decision to Piscataway's Tevin Shaw.

BRENDAN VERCAMMEN

SOUTH BRUNSWICK

Year: Senior

Highlights: The senior became South Brunswick's
third state medal winner in as many years with a 3-2
victory over Plainfield's Dawud Hicks in the 171-
pound fifth-place final. Vercammen ranks third all-
time in victories at South Brunswick with a 97-21
career record. He posted a 37-4 mark this season.
Vercammen won titles at the District 20, Greater
Middlesex Conference and Mustang Classic
tournaments. He finished second at the Region V
Tournament. Last year, Vercammen won a region
title, a district title and placed second in the GMCT.
Vercammen wrestled with an intellect that matched
his physical strength, according to his coaches.

MIKE WAGNER

SOUTH PLAINFIELD

Year: Senior

Highlights: Wagner, who will continue his career at
Rutgers University, finished second in the state
tournament at 189 pounds, falling to three-time
state champion Andrew Campolattano of Bound
Brook. Wagner ended the year with a 40-2 record.
Both losses came to Campolattano. Wagner ends his
stellar career with a 90-14 career mark. He won
titles in the Greater Middlesex Conference, District
12, Region III and Morris Knolls Invitational
tournaments. He placed fourth in the state
tournament a year ago. One of South Plainfield's
team captains, Wagner set an example in the
wrestling room with his work ethic and strong

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leadership, according to his coaches.

MARC TYSON

MONROE

Year: Senior

Highlights: Known more as one of the state's best
football players, Tyson, who starred at linebacker
and defensive end for the Central Group III c
hampion Falcons, began wrestling just four years
ago. Despite being a relative newcomer to the sport,
Tyson capped his career with a fifth-place finish at
215 pounds in the state tournament. Tyson wrestled
with more brute strength than technique, but the
results were a 37-4 record, including 16 pins. His
pin of eight seconds was the fastest on the team and
one of the fastest in the area. He also led Monroe in
victories. Tyson defeated Perth Amboy's Joel Perez to
win the Region V title. He also won a Greater
Middlesex Conference and District 20
championship.

RYAN MOSKWA

PERTH AMBOY

Year: Junior

Highlights: One of the area's most improved
grapplers, Moskwa raised his career record to 52-
28 after finishing with a 34-6 mark this season. The
gifted heavyweight was one of the constants on a
Perth Amboy team that was in a perpetual state of f
lux. He was a steadying influence on a young team
that lost several competitors to injury, defection and
discipline. Moskwa won the Greater Middlesex
Conference and District 19 tournament titles. He
placed third in Region V and was a Top 12 finisher
at the state tournament. Last year, Moskwa was
second in the district and sixth in the GMC.

NJ WRESTLING: Middlesex County season in review

2010-03-31T18:19:00.000-07:00

NJ WRESTLING: Middlesex County season in review
Mike Berg, March 20, 2010 10:53 p.m.

Anthony Ashnault (103 pounds) of South Plainfield is The Star-Ledger's Middlesex County Wrestler of the Year. - (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger)
Wrestler of the year: Anthony Ashnault accomplished just about everything a wrestler could achieve in one season -- and he's only a freshman.

"The goal was to win a state championship for South Plainfield and, after that, win another state championship," said Ashnault, who upended top-seeded Tyler Fraley of Colts Neck, 6-5, to collect the 103-pound state title at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 7. "This season was everything I'd hoped for, and I got a little extra by going undefeated."

Ashnault cruised to a 44-0 record and led his South Plainfield squad, the final No. 1-ranked team in The Star-Ledger Top 20, to its first state title since 2007. In the process, he earned the first Greater Middlesex Conference, District 12 and Region 3 titles of his young career.

In addition, Ashnault won six matches at the 30th Annual Virginia Duals, a high-powered tournament that hosted some of the country's top teams in January.

"I prepared for every match the same way, but Virginia was my first challenge where I knew there were going to be national quality kids and I had to perform my best," he said. "Once I beat some big names there, I knew I could do a lot in the state."

Ashnault performed just as well on the state tournament stage, knocking off Toms River North's Kyle McNulty in the quarterfinals and Jackson's Brian Hamann in the semifinals, the eventual third and fourth-place finishers, respectively.

"I think he outworks every three-pounder in the state," said South Plainfield coach Kevin McCann, a state champion for South Plainfield at 135 pounds in 1991. "He's never missed a practice, never sat out for an injury. He's a workhorse, and he's a great kid."

Ashnault joins a star-studded history of 103-pound state champions from South Plainfield, including Jimmy Conroy, who won the Greater Middlesex Conference's last state title in 2004, and Matt Anderson, a third-year volunteer on the South Plainfield coaching staff who won a title in 2000.

"I remember going to the Meadowlands and watching Matt Anderson," said Ashnault. "When you're sitting in the bleachers, it looks so much bigger than when you're on the floor wrestling. I wanted to be there and I wanted to wrestle on the big stage."

Team of the year: South Plainfield (29-2) knocked off top-ranked High Point, 26-24, in the NJSIAA Group 3 state championship on Feb. 14 to earn its fourth state crown in the past six seasons and solidify itself as The Star-Ledger's No. 1 team in New Jersey. The Top 20 Trophy for finishing No. 1 in the state rankings is South Plainfield's first.

The school fell in two matches this season - a 30-29 loss to St. Mark's of Delaware and a 34-20 setback to No. 4 Jackson in January - before rebounding to collect its sixth Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament title in the last seven years and its state-record 26th consecutive district title when it captured District 12.

The school qualified nine wrestlers for the state tournament to tie a school record while crowning a school-record five Region 3 champions. It then eclipsed another school record by collecting five individual state tournament medals from Ashnault (first at 103), Troy Heilmann (sixth at 112), Nick Heilmann (fourth at 135), Ryan Sacco (seventh at 145) and Mike Wagner (second at 189).

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Coach of the year: The odds are stacked against Craig Girvan of Highland Park, where he assembles a team from a pool of approximately 400 students, is overshadowed by a successful football program and is just 10 years removed from one of the lowest points a team could reach.

"In 2001, we finished the year with just four kids and we didn't win a match," said Girvan, who joined Highland Park as an assistant in 2001. "But we've been working ever since to establish the program and we now have the type of athletes that can really take the program to the next level."

Girvan, who took over as head coach in 2007, led his team to an 11-11 mark this season and sent Tyler Rios and D'Andre Bell to the state tournament, the first time in the school's history that it sent competitors to wrestle on the state level. Bell, a senior 130-pounder, was a Region 5 runner-up while Rios, a 189-pound sophomore, earned District 19 gold before placing third in the region.

"I now have a lot of freshman and sophomore kids that are relatively new to the sport, and I think they will progress," Girvan said. "I think Tyler will be our leader, and he will inspire our younger kids to reach that higher level."

Broken records: Conor Hayes, a 140-pound senior who placed sixth in the state this season, set Old Bridge's career victory record by compiling a 120-31 mark.

He went 40-4 this season and lost just one match prior to the state tournament, a 2-1 loss to South Plainfield's Corey Stasenko in the GMC Tournament semifinals, to break two-time state champion Kevin Jacoutot's school record of 114 victories that has stood since 1982.

"Conor's been a very solid part of the program for four years," said coach Bryan Garnett. "He made good strides in strength this year, coming in at 140 after he wrestled at 103 as a freshman and sophomore and 125 as a junior. He's a leader on the team and he's worked extremely hard."

South Brunswick eclipsed a team record by piling up 18 victories this season, snapping the previous mark of 17 victories, and could have had more if it were not for five weather-related match cancellations.

Brendan Vercammen, a 171-pound senior who collected a fifth-place finish in the state tournament, captained the team with seniors Frank Capraro (125 pounds) and Jeff Goldhagen (189), who each placed third at District 20. Vercammen was second in Region 5 and won the District 20 title.

"As you coach, you tell the kids that chemistry is a very important thing, and these guys let the team know what the expectations were," said South Brunswick coach Joe Dougherty. "We had a lot of sophomores in the lineup, and our seniors were outstanding with them."

Second best: Senior Heriberto Quintana of Perth Amboy fell to Hunterdon Central's Alex Shaffer, 15-5, in the 119-pound state final to improve on his third-place finish at 112 pounds in 2009. South Plainfield's Mike Wagner, a senior, dropped a 9-4 decision to Bound Brook's Andrew Campolattano in the 189-pound title bout to improve on his fourth-place finish at 171 pounds last winter. Campolattano has won three state championships.

Anthony Ashnault of South Plainfield defeats Tyler Fraley of Colts Neck in 103-pound finals bout

Heriberto Quintana of Perth Amboy wins against Joe Orecchio of Don Bosco in the semis

NJ wrestling: All-area and all-prep individual honors THE STAR-LEDGER,

2010-03-31T18:15:00.000-07:00

NJ wrestling: All-area and all-prep individual honors
THE STAR-LEDGER, March 22, 2010

ALL-MIDDLESEX
FIRST TEAM
103–Anthony Ashnault, South Plainfield
112–Troy Heilmann, South Plainfield
119–Heriberto Quintana, Perth Amboy
125–Ray DeLaNuez, Edison
130–Scott DelVecchio, South Plainfield
135–Sam Emburgia, Monroe
140–Conor Hayes, Old Bridge
145–Ryan Sacco, South Plainfield
152–David Saley, Monroe
160–Frank Bozzomo, Middlesex
171–Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick
189–Mike Wagner, South Plainfield
215–Marc Tyson, Monroe
HWT–Ryan Moskwa, Perth Amboy

SECOND TEAM
103–Gary Siriday, Sayreville
112–Zach Matthijs, Colonia
119–Anthony Peterson, Edison
125–Rich Szeliga, South Plainfield
130–D'Andre Bell, Highland Park
135–Nick Heilmann, South Plainfield
140–Corey Stasenko, South Plainfield
145–Taylor Black, Bishop Ahr
152–Carlos Rosario, Perth Amboy
160–Hunter Pipala, Monroe
171–Steven Zafrani, Old Bridge
189–Nicholas Orak, Old Bridge
215–Joel Perez, Perth Amboy
HWT–Bobby Sacks, South Plainfield

THIRD TEAM
103–Luis Nunez, Perth Amboy
112–Mike Palomba, South River
119–Tyler Hunt, South Plainfield
125–Mike Pysniak, Bishop Ahr
130–John Gozzolino, Carteret
135–Derek Delacruz, Bishop Ahr
140–David Powell, Piscataway
145–Jaime Bond, Old Bridge
152–Garrett Cuddey, Spotswood
160–Gino Schifano, Sayreville
171–Brandon Stout, Piscataway
189–Tyler Rios, Highland Park
215–Seth Yocum, South Plainfield
HWT–Christian Bollin, Middlesex

NJ wrestling: All-area and all-prep individual honors
THE STAR-LEDGER, March 22, 2010 3:03 p.m.

James Lawson of Manchester Township was the 2010 state champion at heavyweight and a First Team All-Shore selection. - (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger)

ALL-AREA WRESTLING TEAMS

ALL-PREP

FIRST TEAM
103-Max Hvolbek, Blair
112-Evan Silver, Blair
119-Mark Grey, Blair
125-Russell Parsons, Blair
130-Todd Preston, Blair
135-Austin Ormsbee, Blair
140-Bobby Ranalli, St. Benedict's
145-Chris Villalonga, Blair
152-Jesse Shanaman, Blair
160-Brad Bishop, Blair
171-Cody Epps, Rutgers Prep
189-Mike Evans, Blair
215-Sule Marquez-Monsanto, Lawrenceville
HWT-Brooks Black, Blair

SECOND TEAM
103-Rickey Perrine, Peddie
112-Sahil Trikha, Rutgers Prep
119-Zach Jacobs, St. Benedict's
125-Whitey Forte, St. Benedict's
130-Matt Aaron, St. Benedict's
135-Mike Tully, Peddie
140-Jack Wedholm, Blair
145-Orchirbat Bayanjaral, St. Benedict's
152-Bobby Bah, St. Benedict's
160-Peter Griffith, Lawrenceville
171-Marino Orlandi, Blair
189-Isaiah Cromwell, St. Benedict's
215-Riad Abu-Smail, St. Benedict's
HWT-Christian Lippay, Lawrenceville

THIRD TEAM
103-Mike Prihoda, Lawrenceville
112-Anthony Johns, St. Benedict's
119-Peter Coutros, Rutgers Prep
125-Scott Stevens, Peddie
130-Mike Clark, Peddie
135-Chris Dowdy, St. Benedict's
140-Eli Walters, Rutgers Prep
145-Mathew Kostman, Peddie
152-Jae Yun Jung, Peddie
160-Dylan Baxter, Rutgers Prep
171-Greg Casimir, St. Benedict's
189-Haik Sahakian, Peddie
215-Dillon Hoffman, Blair
HWT-Agbonlahor Edomwonyi, St. Benedict's

ALL-BERGEN
FIRST TEAM
103–Nick Gravina, Northern Highlands
112–Jeff Rottingen, Ramsey
119–Joe Orecchio, Don Bosco Prep
125–Connor Melde, Bergen Catholic
130–Frank Cagnina, Queen of Peace
135–Vinny Fava, Elmwood Park
140–Sal Mastriani, Don Bosco Prep
145–Johansi Rivera, Fort Lee
152–Keith Switzer, Bergen Catholic
160–Frank Mattiace, Don Bosco Prep
171–Jamie Westwood, Queen of Peace
189–Razohan Gross, Don Bosco Prep
215–Jonathan Price, Hackensack
HWT–Mike Shannon, Old Tappan

SECOND TEAM
103–Brian Schneider, Hackensack
112–Anthony Miuccio, Old Tappan
119–Sergio Grigorian, Fair Lawn
125–Andrew Polidore, Queen of Peace
130–James Dawson, Don Bosco Prep
135–Zach Zotollo, Paramus
140–Nick Alpher, Paramus
145–Matt Dickman, Glen Rock/Saddle Brook
152–Jason Dack, Don Bosco Prep
160–Mike Mordaga, Paramus
171–Mike Khoury, St. Joseph (Mont.)
189–Brendan Wengerter, Cresskill
215–Luke Pragdat, Mahwah
HWT–Joe Ortiz, Ridgefield Park/Ridgefield

THIRD TEAM
103–Trevor Albrecht, Bergen Catholic
112–Thomas Casper, Bergen Catholic
119–Steven Schneider, Emerson/Park Ridge
125–Nick Maselli, Emerson/Park Ridge
130–Nick Guarriello, Emerson/Park Ridge
135–Joe DeQuinzio, Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge
140–Sam Pietrantuono, Ridgewood
145–Darius Charles, Old Tappan
152–James Dugan, Becton/Wallington
160–Dane McDermott, St. Joseph (Mont.)
171–Damian Murberg, Pascack Valley
189–Mike Scrozzo, Queen of Peace
215–Phil McCue, St. Joseph (Mont.)
HWT–Kurt Schmitz, Don Bosco Prep

ALL-ESSEX
FIRST TEAM
103-Brenden Calas, Seton Hall Prep
112-Chris Lantz, Bloomfield
119-Anthony Perrotti, West Essex
125-Lou Mascola, Seton Hall Prep
130-Vin Scuttaro, Nutley
135-Dante Montes, Nutley
140-Fabian Rosario, Bloomfield
145-Brandon Bright, Livingston
152-Evan O’Keefe, Glen Ridge
160-Ottis Wright, Montclair
171-Joe Lombardo, Seton Hall Prep
189-Colin Farawell, Verona
215-Michael Silverberg, Livingston
HWT-Emiliano Betancor, West Orange

SECOND TEAM
103-Chris Rosetti, Bloomfield
112-Jason Estevez, Livingston
119-P.J. Farinella, Livingston
125-Michael Ferinde, Nutley
130-Evan Miles, Montclair
135-Justin Estevez, Livingston
140-Frank Marotti, West Essex
145-Karim Singleton, West Orange
152-Hakim Williams, West Orange
160-Paul Caffone, West Essex
171-Sean Shabazian, Verona
189-Tyler Selby, Seton Hall Prep
215-Aleks Berman, West Orange
HWT-Dan Pierce, Caldwell

THIRD TEAM
103-Bobby Trombetta, Nutley
112-Justin Colon, Belleville
119-Katon Washington, Montclair
125-Jimmy Ciampi, West Essex
130-Nick DeFranza, Cedar Grove
135-Connor Chauncey, Bloomfield
140-Andrew Kratsch, Caldwell
145-Jason Kratsch, Caldwell
152-Joe Anello, Belleville
160-Vin Angelone, West Orange
171-Anthony Angelone, West Orange
189-Anthony Paris, Livingston
215-Mike Schaafsma, Seton Hall Prep
HWT-Christian Delgado, Newark East Side
HWT-James Goode, Columbia

ALL-HUDSON
103-Frank Biafore, St. Peter’s Prep
112-Vin DeMartino, North Bergen
119-Jorge Reyes, North Bergen
125-Alex Richardson, St. Peter’s Prep
130-Julian Quintero, North Bergen
135-Miguel Matos, Kearny
140-Francisco Colom, St. Peters’s Prep
145-Dave Bush, Kearny
152-Chris Duran, North Bergen
160-Anthony Pafumi, St. Peter’s Prep
171-James Fox, St. Peter’s Prep
189-Francisco Yanis, North Bergen
215-Kevin Innis, St. Peter’s Prep
HWT-Hector Garcia, Hudson Catholic

ALL-MIDDLESEX
FIRST TEAM
103–Anthony Ashnault, South Plainfield
112–Troy Heilmann, South Plainfield
119–Heriberto Quintana, Perth Amboy
125–Ray DeLaNuez, Edison
130–Scott DelVecchio, South Plainfield
135–Sam Emburgia, Monroe
140–Conor Hayes, Old Bridge
145–Ryan Sacco, South Plainfield
152–David Saley, Monroe
160–Frank Bozzomo, Middlesex
171–Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick
189–Mike Wagner, South Plainfield
215–Marc Tyson, Monroe
HWT–Ryan Moskwa, Perth Amboy

SECOND TEAM
103–Gary Siriday, Sayreville
112–Zach Matthijs, Colonia
119–Anthony Peterson, Edison
125–Rich Szeliga, South Plainfield
130–D'Andre Bell, Highland Park
135–Nick Heilmann, South Plainfield
140–Corey Stasenko, South Plainfield
145–Taylor Black, Bishop Ahr
152–Carlos Rosario, Perth Amboy
160–Hunter Pipala, Monroe
171–Steven Zafrani, Old Bridge
189–Nicholas Orak, Old Bridge
215–Joel Perez, Perth Amboy
HWT–Bobby Sacks, South Plainfield

THIRD TEAM
103–Luis Nunez, Perth Amboy
112–Mike Palomba, South River
119–Tyler Hunt, South Plainfield
125–Mike Pysniak, Bishop Ahr
130–John Gozzolino, Carteret
135–Derek Delacruz, Bishop Ahr
140–David Powell, Piscataway
145–Jaime Bond, Old Bridge
152–Garrett Cuddey, Spotswood
160–Gino Schifano, Sayreville
171–Brandon Stout, Piscataway
189–Tyler Rios, Highland Park
215–Seth Yocum, South Plainfield
HWT–Christian Bollin, Middlesex

ALL-MORRIS
FIRST TEAM
103-Patsy Davis, Madison
112-Jorge Lopez, Delbarton
119-Matt Albano, Delbarton
125-Mike Polizzi, Montville
130-Jeff Canfora, Delbarton
135-Devon Gobbo, Delbarton
140-C.J. Caserta, Roxbury
145-Ryan Colwell, Madison
152-Mike Intile, Montville
160-Jeff Fricke, Chatham
171-Mike Lomio, Hanover Park
189-Austin DiMarco, Mountain Lakes
215-Darren Dungee, Morristown
HWT-Peter Wolmart, Randolph

SECOND TEAM
103-Jan Rosenberg, Morris Knolls
112-Chad Coppa, Pequannock
119-Adam Ramadan, Morris Knolls
125-R.J. DeGeorge, Pequannock
130-Eric Fajardo, Boonton
135-David Standridge, Parsippany
140-Anthony Mariano, Parsippany
145-Rob Smith, Randolph
152-Christian Mazzocchi, Madison
160-Richard Barnish, Boonton
171-Mike Amada, Mount Olive
189-Greg Barnish, Montville
215-Chris Florek, Mendham
HWT-Mike Spencer, Pequannock

THIRD TEAM
103-Max Rogers, Delbarton
112-Adam Sabo, Hanover Park
119-Ben Conover, Mendham
125-Anthony Sorisi, Hanover Park
130-Luke Maroldi, Kinnelon
135-Kevin Collins, Randolph
140-Mike Monarque, Jefferson
145-Erik Gobbo, Delbarton
152-Ryan Harrington, Mendham
160-Mike Kromka, Parsippany
171-Marlon Duque, Boonton
189-Kevin Hantke, Randolph
215-Derrick Flitcroft, Delbarton
HWT-Joseph Carey, Boonton

ALL-PASSAIC
FIRST TEAM
103- Kevin Manthi, Passaic Tech
112- Dante Porrazzo, DePaul
119- Jeff Nicholls, Wayne Valley
125- Bryant Lighty, Passaic Tech
130- Nick Pezzano, Passaic Valley
135- Pelal Deeb, Passaic Tech
140- Ryan Dunphy, Passaic Valley
145- Frank Crocco, Passaic Valley
152- Jack Mulroony, Passaic Valley
160- John Secor, Pompton Lakes
171- Lucas Broughton, Passaic Tech
189- Zach Conklin, Lakeland
215- A.J. Mott, DePaul
HWT- Jorge Vicioso, Passaic

SECOND TEAM
103- Mike Spadola, Wayne Valley
112- Ryan Murphy, West Milford
119- Devrin Egipciaco, Passaic Tech
125- Scott Nichols, Lakeland
130- Mike Miller, Wayne Valley
135- Evan Poole, West Milford
140- Badran Sulieman, Clifton
145- Ranonie Hammond, DePaul
152- Steve Secor, Lakeland
160- Rob Sotelo, Passaic Valley
171- Kevin Bracken, Lakeland
189- Albert Cintron, Paterson Eastside
215- Adam Rehim, Manchester Regional
HWT- Roberto Ramos, Manchester Regional

ALL-SHORE
FIRST TEAM
103-Tyler Fraley, Colts Neck
112-Kyle Casaletto, Southern Reg.
119-Sean Brand, Point Pleasant Boro
125-Johnny Short, Matawan
130-B.J. Young, Jackson
135-Scott Festejo, Long Branch
140-Jordan Beverly, Point Pleasant Boro
145-Devin Biscaha, Jackson
152-Doug Cornell, Long Branch
160-Nick Visicaro, Long Branch
171-Bryan Sternlieb, Toms River East
189-Billy George, Long Branch
215-Andrew Marr, Wall
HWT-Jimmy Lawson, Manchester Twp.

SECOND TEAM
103-Kyle McNulty, Toms River North
112-Mike Shupin, Jackson
119-Chris Albanese, Howell
125-B.J. Clagon, Toms River South
130-Mike Shaughessy, Howell
135-Mike Morales, Brick Memorial
140-Conor Brennan, Brick
145-Jordan Long, Matawan
152-Doug Hamann, Jackson
160-Anthony Sherman, Toms River East
171-Omar Akel, Long Branch
189-Brandon Vorrius, Middletown North
215-Billy Miller, Brick Memorial
HWT-John Clark, Toms River East

THIRD TEAM
103-Brian Hamann, Jackson
112-Zachary Torchia, Middletown North
119-Ricky Bandejas, Brick
125-Bob Lanno, Southern Reg.
130-Nick Herring, Middletown South
135-Ken Brophy, Freehold Township
140-Brian Wilson, Howell
145-Paul Saraiva, Marlboro
152-Vincent Favia, Christian Brothers
160-Dallas Winston, Jackson
171-Brad Wosczcak, Wall
189-Mike Case, Southern Reg.
215-Josh Davis, Freehold Borough
HWT-Greg Velasco, Keyport

ALL-SOMERSET

FIRST TEAM
103-Nick Wahba, Somerville
112-Mackey Price, Hillsborough
119-Joey DiCarlo, Hillsborough
125-Paul Kirchner, Somerville
130-Mario Herrera, North Plainfield
135-T.J. Guidice, Hillsborough
140-Arlen Mase, Bernards
145-Micah Blair, Somerville
152-Colin Hewitt, Franklin
160-Jared Leon, Hillsborough
171-Brian Stapleton, Franklin
189-Andrew Campolattano, Bound Brook
215-Dom Urso, Watchung Hills
HWT-Pete Machala, Bridgewater-Raritan

SECOND TEAM
103-Valerio LaMorte, Bridgewater-Raritan
112-Erik Biago, Montgomery
119-Frank Lasauskas, Somerville
125-Cory Goshkagarian, Franklin
130-Mike Caver, Hillsborough
135-Ryan Kaplan, Franklin
140-Chris Gardner, Watchung Hills
145-Jesse DiBlasio, Hillsborough
152-Kyle Doerr, Bound Brook
160-John McArdle, Franklin
171-Jon Friedman, Bridgewater-Raritan
189-Chike Okolo, Franklin
215-Josh Silenceux, Franklin
HWT-Kenny Taffur, Bound Brook

THIRD TEAM
103-Robert Murray, Bound Brook
112-Jimmy Sutphen, Somerville
119-Zach Vatalare, Bound Brook
125-Mike Carroccia, Watchung Hills
130-David Bergida, Montgomery
135-Merrick Ash, Bound Brook
140-Alex Holderbaum, Somerville
145-Anthony Messner, Franklin
152-Nick Detsis, Hillsborough
160-Nicholas Schuler, Bernards
171-Alex Braunstein, Ridge
189-Cameron Radinovic, Ridge
215-David Castro, Manville
HWT-Chris Rossi, Hillsborough

ALL-SOUTH JERSEY
FIRST TEAM
103-Ricky Carter, Washington Twp.
112-Kevin Devoy, Burlington Twp.
119-Rob Deutsch, Eastern
125-Joe Duca, Paulsboro
130-Tyler Scotton, Willingboro
135-John Harvey, Absegami
140-Hank Stinson, Eastern
145-Taylor Walsh, Camden Catholic
152-Eric Reger, Delsea
160-Preston Keiffer, Eastern
171-Canaan Bethea, Trenton
189-Jared Holliday, Burlington Twp.
215-Zach Greenwald, Paulsboro
HWT-Chaz Lear, Lower Cape May

SECOND TEAM
103-John Hennelly, Delsea
112-Brandon Keller, Timber Creek
119-Chuck Zeisloft, Gateway
125-T.J. Miller, Absegami
130-Charlie Huff, Washington Twp.
135-Wayne Stinson, Northern Burlington
140-James Green, Willingboro
145-Anthony Baldosaro, Eastern
152-Joe Renard, Kingsway
160-Ross Scheuerman, Allentwon
171-Zach Agostino, Egg Harbor Twp.
189-Cliff Farrell, Mainland
215-Kevin Trant, Timber Creek
HWT-Brandon DiDonato, Robbinsville

THIRD TEAM
103-Chad Walsh, Camden Catholic
112-Curt Delia, Delsea
119-Matt Sausman, Camden Catholic
125-Rob Jillard, Delsea
130-Dymere Rappa, Paulsboro
135-Felton Goodwin, Williamstown
140-Mike Bakuckas, Hammonton
145-C.J. Cobb, Williamstown
152-Codie Spatz, Burlington Twp.
160-Jeff White, Middle Twp.
171-T.J. Shea, Bishop Eustace
189-Kevin Stadtmueller, Absegami
215-Mike Haines, Cinnaminson
HWT-Greg Webb, Paul VI

ALL-UNION
FIRST TEAM
103-Mike Kalimtzis, Westfield
112-Joe Giaccio, Cranford
119-Dan Pisauro, Roselle Park
125-Tristan Bundy, Scotch Plains-Fanwood
130-Kyle Markovitch, Cranford
135-Matt DiGiovanni, Cranford
140-Danny Ries, Brearley
145-Devin Geoghegan, Brearley
152-Russell Benner, Roselle Park
160-Dennis Carroll, Roselle Park
171-Dawud Hicks, Plainfield
189-Khusen Taramov, Brearley
215-Julian Campo, Cranford
HWT-Zach Troutman, New Providence

SECOND TEAM
103-John Devito, Roselle Park
112-Anthony Madonia, Brearley
119-Anthony Rice, Brearley
125-Troy Skibitsky, Westfield
130-Mike Stepien, Gov. Livingston
135-Nick Lospinoso, Brearley
140-Christian Barber, Westfield
145-Diego Chavez, Rahway
152-John Balboni, Brearley
160-Dillon Geoghegan, Brearley
171-Maurice McCullers, Elizabeth
189-Frank Colder, Gov. Livingston
215-Urayoan Garcia, Rahway
HWT-Joe Brady, Cranford

THIRD TEAM
103-Jon Mele, Gov. Livingston
112-Tim Terrezza, New Providence
119-Jabari Shults, Rahway
125-Brian Buontempo, Cranford
130-Allen Phillips, Brearley
135-Joseph Hoy, Gov. Livingston
140-Matt Krynicki, Roselle Park
145-Brian Henry, Westfield
152-J.P. Christiano, Cranford
160-Travis Foster, Linden
171-Victor Pozsonyi, Roselle Park
189-Errol Petgrave, Cranford
215-Andrew Tullo, New Providence
HWT-Austin Frank, Linden

ALL-WEST JERSEY
FIRST TEAM
103–Cody Barbiche, Delaware Valley
112-Nick Francavilla, High Point
119–Alex Shaffer, Hunterdon Central
125–Bobby Stevely, Delaware Valley
130–Brian Bistis, Hunterdon Central
135–Drew Wagenhoffer, High Point
140–Tom DiVitantonio, High Point
145–Joe Gaccione, High Point
152–Ethan Orr, High Point
160–John Guzzo, High Point
171–Ryan Callahan, Wallkill Valley
189–Eric Bach, Kittatinny
215–Billy Smith, High Point
HWT–Jack Delia, North Hunterdon

SECOND TEAM
103–Justin Bellis, High Point
112–Kevin Churchill, Newton
119–Dan Haines, Hopatcong
125–Zach Dipini, Wallkill Valley
130–Matt Schuebel, Warren Hills
135–John Horak, Phillipsburg
140–Anthony Gaito, Warren Hills
145–Chris Burdge, Kittatinny
152–Kevin Brown, North Warren
160–Evan Bowlby, Wallkill Valley
171–Mike Hafke, Voorhees
189–Andrew Scudder, Hackettstown
215–Khalid Zubaydi, Hackettstown
HWT–Jon Slack, Warren Hills

THIRD TEAM
103–Tyler Kozimor, Hackettstown
112–Billy Hagany, Lenape Valley
119–Dylan Thorsen, Belvidere
125–Corey Kozimor, Hackettstown
130–Clarke Moynihan, Kittatinny
135–Vinny Peoni, Voorhees
140–Erik Mitchell, Hackettstown
145–Oliver Brukardt, Phillipsburg
152–Chris Cancelliere, North Hunterdon
160–Jerry Somma, Hunterdon Central
171–Mike LaBell, Lenape Valley
189–Gavin Donahue, High Point
215–Kyle O’Donnell, Warren Hills
HWT–Brad Bormann, Hunterdon Central

From Philly Inquirer NJSIAA State Wrestling

2010-03-11T19:34:00.000-08:00

From Philly Inquirer NJSIAA State Wrestling

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS

103 pounds: Anthony Ashnault, South Plainfield, dec. Tyler Fraley, Colts Neck, 6-5. 112: Nicholas Francavilla, High Point, dec. Kyle Casaletto, Southern Regional, 3-2. 119: Alex Shaffer, Hunterdon Central, dec. Heriberto Quintana, Perth Amboy, 15-5. 125: Joe Duca, Paulsboro, dec. Bobby Stevely, Delaware Valley, 10-3. 130: Frank Cagnina, Queen of Peace, dec. Tyler Scotton, Willingboro, 7-0. 135: Scott Festejo, Long Branch, dec. Michael Morales, Brick Memorial, 7-6. 140: Hank Stinson, Eastern, dec. James Green, Willingboro, 7-5. 145: Taylor Walsh, Camden Catholic, dec. Frank Crocco, Passaic Valley, 8-2. 152: Ethan Orr, High Point, dec. Doug Cornell, Long Branch, 3-1. 160: Nicholas Visicaro, Long Branch, dec. Preston Keiffer, Eastern, 5-3. 171: Ryan Callahan, Wallkill Valley, dec. Canaan Bethea, Trenton Central, 8-3. 189: Andrew Campolattano, Bound Brook, dec. Mike Wagner, South Plainfield, 9-4. 215: Zach Greenwald, Paulsboro, dec. Kevin Innis, St. Peter's Prep, 3-1 (OT). Heavyweight: James Lawson, Manchester, pinned Jack Delia, North Hunterdon, 0:43.

THIRD PLACE

103 pounds: Kyle McNulty, Toms River North, dec. Brian Hamann, Jackson Memorial, 3-1. 112: Kevin Churchill, Newton dec. Kevin Devoy, Burlington Twp., 4-2. 119: Robert Deutsch, Eastern, dec. Joe Orecchio, Don Bosco, 3-1. 125: T.J. Miller, Camden Catholic, dec. Connor Melde, Bergen Catholic, 8-2. 130: Jeff Canfora, Delbarton, dec. Eric Fajardo, Boonton, 3-2. 135: Sam Emburgia, Monroe, pinned Nick Heilmann, South Plainfield, 3:59. 140: Jordan Beverly, Point Pleasant Boro, pinned Mike Bakuckas, Hammonton, 1:31. 145: C.J. Cobb, Williamstown, def. Micah Blair, Somerville, default. 152: Eric Reger, Delsea, dec. Colin Hewitt, Franklin, 2-1. 160: John Guzzo, High Point, dec. Ottis Wright, Montclair, 1-0. 171: Jamie Westwood, Queen of Peace, dec. Mike Khoury, St. Joseph, 3-2. 189: William George, Long Branch, dec. Jared Holliday, Burlington Township, 3-2. 215: William Smith, High Point, dec. Darren Dungee, Morristown, 5-0. Hwt.: Jonathan Slack, Warren Hills, pinned Emiliano Betancor, West Orange, 4:56.

FIFTH PLACE

103 pounds: Nick Gravina, Northern Highlands, dec. Ricky Carter, Washington Township, 13-6. 112: Chris Lantz, Bloomfield, dec. Troy Heilmann, South Plainfield, 4-3. 119: Chuck Zeisloft, Gateway, dec. Frank Perotti, West Essex, 6-5. 125: Andrew Polidore, Queen of Peace, dec. Zach Dipini, Wallkill Valley, 6-2. 130: Charlie Huff, Washington Township, dec. Brian Bistis, Hunterdon Central, 8-6 (OT). 135: Devon Gobbo, Delbarton, dec. John Harvey, Absegami, 7-3. 140: Kurtis Becker, Kingsway, dec. Conor Hayes, Old Bridge, 3-2. 145: Shane Robinson, Absegami, dec. Chris Burdge, Kittatinny, 6-4. 152: Russell Benner, Roselle Park, dec. Joseph Renard, Kingsway, 5-3. 160: Evan Bowlby, Wallkill Valley, dec. Frank Mattiace, Don Bosco, 5-4. 171: Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick, dec. Dawud Hicks, Plainfield, 2-1. 189: Khusen Taramov, Brearley, dec. Nicholas Orak, Old Bridge, 4-3. 215: Marc Tyson, Monroe, dec. A.J. Mott, DePaul Catholic, 5-1. Hwt.: Brad Bormann, Hunterdon Central, dec. Zach Troutman, New Providence, 1-0.

SEVENTH PLACE

103 pounds: John Hennelly, Delsea, pinned Chad Walsh, Camden Catholic. 112: Brandon Keller, Timber Creek, dec. Jeff Rottingen, Ramsey, 10-5. 119: Sean Brand, Point Pleasant Boro, def. Matt Sausman, Camden Catholic, forfeit. 125: B.J. Clagon, Toms River South, dec. Rob Jillard, Delsea, 8-1. 130: Julian Quintero, North Bergen, def. Dymere Rappa, Paulsboro, forfeit. 135: Vin Fava, Elmwood Park, dec. Ken Brophy, Freehold Twp., 7-3. 140: Fabian Rosario, Bloomfield, dec. Danny Ries, Brearley, 5-4. 145: Ryan Sacco, South Plainfield, dec. Diego Chavez, Rahway, 7-2. 152: Kevin Brown, North Warren, dec. Keith Switzer, Bergen Catholic, 7-0. 160: Alex Scheuerman, Allentown, dec. Ervin Goree, Burlington Township, 3-2. 171: Zach Agostino, Egg Harbor Township, dec. Mike Hafke, Voorhees, 4-2 (OT). 189: Brandon Vorrius, Middletown North, pinned Colin Farawell, Verona, 3:16. 215: Andrew Marr, Wall, def. Joel Perez, Perth Amboy, medical forfeit. Hwt.: Chaz Lear, Lower Cape May, dec. John Clark, Toms River East, 2-1.
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Victorious Vercammen - HNT Wrestling Notebook: Monroe's Emburgia finally gets nemesis

2010-03-09T17:33:00.000-08:00

Victorious Vercammen - HNT Wrestling Notebook: Monroe's Emburgia finally gets nemesis

Brendan Vercammen became South Brunswick's third medalist in as many years with a 3-2 victory over Plainfield junior Dawud Hicks, the reigning Union County Tournament champion, in the 171 fifth-place final.

"I wanted to place Top 8 and I got fifth," Vercammen said. "In all the state rankings I wasn't ranked. I wasn't predicted to place, so it feels good."

In their only previous meeting, Hicks pinned Vercammen during a summer tournament. The duo train together at the same club, The Edge.

Vercammen familiarized himself with Hicks' style even further by watching Hicks closely in a 6-4 wrestleback round win over Voorhees' Mike Hafke.

"I watched him wrestle Hafke and Hafke would take shots and Dawud countered him and got the takedowns, so I was kind of anxious to shoot," Vercammen said.

"I'm smart in the way I wrestle. I'll be aggressive, but I know (when) a guy is good at countering shots, I'll try to take it on the mat and go upper body."

March 7, 2010

HNT Wrestling Notebook: Monroe's Emburgia finally gets nemesis

By GREG TUFARO
STAFF WRITER

A three-time region champion and four-time state qualifier, Sam Emburgia had little to show for his repeated trips to Atlantic City until Sunday.

The Monroe High School senior pinned nemesis Nick Heilmann of South Plainfield to place third in the 135-pound weight class at Boardwalk Hall.

Emburgia, who lost to Heilmann in three previous meetings, two of which came in the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament finals, finally exorcised more than one demon.

In three prior trips to Boardwalk Hall, Emburgia won just one state tournament bout.

"I didn't understand what was going on," Emburgia said of his prior track record. "I didn't know why I kept not doing as good as I should. It's just a matter of peaking at the right time.

"That kid (Heilmann) has beaten me every time — over and over and over again. Wrestlebacks are tough. I just got on a roll and I was just beating everybody. It feels so good."

Heilmann actually appeared to be in control of the match with a near-side cradle when Emburgia quickly turned the tide.

"He went to finish a cradle and as he hit (it), I got his leg up in a Fireman's," Emburgia explained. "I backhooked his arm and caught his wrist and just stacked him up on his shoulders."

Oh Brother!

The consolation finals proved bittersweet for the Heilmann brothers as senior Nick and freshman Troy, wrestling for the last time together as members of the South Plainfield program, each lost their respective bouts.

Monroe's Sam Emburgia pinned Nick in the 135 third-place final, while Troy dropped a 4-3 decision in the 112 fifth-place final to Bloomfield's Chris Lantz.

Teammate Ryan Sacco, one of five Tigers to medal, placed seventh at 145 with a 7-2 decision of Rahway's Diego Chavez.

The older Heilmann, who had defeated Emburgia in three prior meetings, earned his third medal. Nick warmed up with Troy prior to the younger's Heilmann's bout.

"It was real special warming up with him," Troy said. "It was a real nice experience, especially throughout the year, winning a state championship on arguably the best team in South Plainfield history. "I thought I had a good tournament, but I wanted to finish on a good note. I came close, but I couldn't finish a couple of those shots at the end (of the match with Lantz).

"My coaches told me I should be proud because I got to accomplish this my freshman year. A lot of kids don't get to accomplish it until they are seniors or maybe ever."

Unlike his older brother, a team captain who holds South Plainfield's prestigious school record for career victories, Troy will return next season.

"I'll use this as motivation," Troy said of the loss. "I'm probably going to come back next year at the same weight and shoot for a state championship."

Troy said he will work out with Nick during the summer before the older Heilmann heads off to college.

"We'll probably be training during the offseason and I'm sure we will be able to look back on this one day and it will be real nice."

Victorious Vercammen

Brendan Vercammen became South Brunswick's third medalist in as many years with a 3-2 victory over Plainfield junior Dawud Hicks, the reigning Union County Tournament champion, in the 171 fifth-place final.

"I wanted to place Top 8 and I got fifth," Vercammen said. "In all the state rankings I wasn't ranked. I wasn't predicted to place, so it feels good."

In their only previous meeting, Hicks pinned Vercammen during a summer tournament. The duo train together at the same club, The Edge.

Vercammen familiarized himself with Hicks' style even further by watching Hicks closely in a 6-4 wrestleback round win over Voorhees' Mike Hafke.

"I watched him wrestle Hafke and Hafke would take shots and Dawud countered him and got the takedowns, so I was kind of anxious to shoot," Vercammen said.

"I'm smart in the way I wrestle. I'll be aggressive, but I know (when) a guy is good at countering shots, I'll try to take it on the mat and go upper body."

Unfitting End

A third trip to the state tournament ended in injury for Perth Amboy senior Joel Perez, whose ailing knees prevented him from competing in the consolation finals.

Perez forfeited his seventh-place bout at 215 to Wall's Andrew Marr. Perez, who missed two weeks of the season with ailing knees, ends his career with 95 wins.

He suffered a 3-2 loss to Paulsboro's Zach Greenwald, who advanced to the state finals, in the quarterfinal round.

"I just wish that Joel was healthy," Perth Amboy coach Mike Giordano said. "This is as far as his knees could take him. I think a healthy Joel could be in the finals."

Tyson Places 5th

Monroe's Marc Tyson, a senior who only started wrestling four years ago, placed fifth at 215 with a 5-1 win over DePaul Catholic's A.J. Mott

"This was awesome. I had to go out there with the most energy," Tyson said. "I left it all out there on the mat and it came out in my favor.

"I'm very satisfied. Last year I was upset. I lost in the first round. I've been working hard all year and training for this. I wanted to end my season with a win."

Rough Round

Three area wrestlers came up just short in the consolation finals with each enduring one-point losses.

Old Bridge teammates Conor Hayes (140) and Nick Orak (189) each placed sixth, while Franklin's Colin Hewitt (152) medaled for the third straight year, placing fourth.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20100307/SPORTS14/3070335/HNT-Wrestling-Notebook-Monroe-s-Emburgia-finally-gets-nemesis

Vercammen hopes to clean up in AC South Brunswick Post/ Princeton Packet

2010-03-09T05:43:00.000-08:00

Vercammen hopes to clean up in AC South Brunswick Post/ Princeton Packet March 4, 2010
By Ken Weingarnter, Special Writer

Brendan Vercammen heads to this weekend’s NJSIAA Wrestling Tournament in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall hoping to accomplish what few visitors to the gambling mecca can do – leave a winner.

Of course, it will not be easy, but Vercammen has some idea what to expect. Last year, the South Brunswick High senior won a match in the tourney and finished among the top 12 and his two losses there came against place-winning wrestlers.

Securing a place on the podium this year is Vercammen’s goal. Vikings coach Joe Dougherty believes it can happen if Vercammen goes into his matches aggressively.

”A lot of what he can do there will be premised on where he is seeded in the bracket,” Dougherty said. “His weight class is tough. He has to win his first round (tomorrow) to get to the double elimination scenario. That’s the most important part.

”There are too many times when he’s wrestling against quality competition and the first period goes by without there being any score,” he added. “It means he’s not doing enough. The more he opens up, the more scoring opportunities he creates for himself. He’s pretty athletic, so I don’t mind us getting in scrambles. If there’s no action, we’re kind of negating his athleticism.”
Vercammen’s first-round foe is Hightstown’s Greg Ratner, who is 27-7 with three losses to state qualifiers — two to Trenton’s Canaan Bethea and one to Washington Township’s Daymien Scott. He also lost to two wrestlers who finished fourth in the regions – Steinert’s Jason Miller and Toms River North’s Michael Barone.

Vercammen (33-2) finished second in last weekend’s Region 5 Tournament at Hunterdon Central High. A returning champion, Vercammen dropped an 8-0 decision to Voorhees’ Mike Hafke in the championship match. For Hafke, who missed last year’s tourney with an injury, it was career win No. 101.

”He’s got a lot of credentials,” Dougherty said about Hafke. “He was a region champ as a sophomore. He was everything that we thought he was going to be, and more. He was tough; real highly skilled. I was impressed.”

Dougherty was pleased with Vercammen’s effort.

”Brendan wrestled a good match,” he said. “He had a couple situations where he was close to scoring points. I don’t think the loss is going to affect him at all. It shouldn’t. (The loss) has to go to the backburner. You don’t want one loss to turn into two. You have to get over it. I think Brendan is mentally strong enough to not only know that, but adhere to it.

”Winning a region title might have been a goal, but ultimately we want to place at states. That dream is still alive.”

Vercammen was one of two South Brunswick wrestlers to win a District 20 title two weeks ago. Junior James Pagano, at 130, also captured a crown.

”He wrestled the best he’s wrestled all year,” Dougherty said about Pagano. “He was a man on a mission. When James wants to, he’s a pretty good wrestler. It’s a matter of James wanting to be a good wrestler. It happened that weekend and wrestled great. He wrestled without any fear whatsoever. It was nice to see.”

Pagano, who was seeded third, won his first two district bouts with pins before beating East Brunswick’s Ryan Levinsky, 7-2, for the title.

South Brunswick finished fourth in the district’s team standings. Justin Lopez finished second at 112 while Chad Capraro (103), Frank Capraro (125), Justin DeAndrea (160) and Jeff Goldhagen (189) each finished third. All advanced to the regional tourney, but only Vercammen was able to move on to the state tourney from there.

”Our goal and focus was to win the district tournament,” Dougherty said. “We told the kids if the seeds hold true, there’s no way we’re going to win the districts. Kids had to beat kids they weren’t supposed to beat, according to the seeds; which we had the ability to do. (Pagano) took that to heart. James is the one that proved it can be done, if you set your mind to it.”

http://www.centraljersey.com/articles/2010/03/07/south_brunswick_post/sports/doc4b8eca5856505552273148.txt

High school wrestling championships results

2010-03-07T19:28:00.001-08:00

High school wrestling championships results
Published: Sunday, March 7, 2010

By The Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Results of Sunday's New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association wrestling championships:

OUTSTANDING WRESTLER: James Lawson, Manchester

CHAMPIONSHIPS:

103: Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield) d. Tyler Fraley (Colts Neck), 6-5.

112: Nicholas Francavilla (High Point) d. Kyle Casaletto (Southern Regional), 3-2.

119: Alex Shaffer (Hunterdon Central) md. Heriberto Quintana (Perth Amboy), 15-5.

125: Joe Duca (Paulsboro) d. Bobby Stevely (Delaware Valley), 10-3.

130: Frank Cagnina (Queen of Peace) d. Tyler Scotton (Willingboro), 7-0.

135: Scott Festejo (Long Branch) d. Michael Morales (Brick Memorial), 7-6.

140: Hank Stinson (Eastern) d. James Green (Willingboro), 7-5.

145: Taylor Walsh (Camden Catholic) d. Frank Crocco (Passaic Valley), 8-2.

152: Ethan Orr (High Point) d. Doug Cornell (Long Branch), 3-1.

160: Nicholas Visicaro (Long Branch) d. Preston Keiffer (Eastern), 5-3.

171: Ryan Callahan (Wallkill Valley) d. Canaan Bethea (Trenton Central), 8-3.

189: Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook) d. Mike Wagner (South Plainfield), 9-4.

215: Zach Greenwald (Paulsboro) d. Kevin Innis (St. Peter's Prep), 3-1, OT.

285: James Lawson (Manchester) p. Jack Delia (North Hunterdon), 0:43

THIRD PLACE:

103: Kyle McNulty (Toms River North) d. Brian Hamann (Jackson Memorial), 3-1.

112: Kevin Churchill (Newton) d. Kevin Devoy (Burlington Twp.), 4-2.

119: Robert Deutsch (Eastern) d. Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco), 3-1.

125: TJ Miller (Camden Catholic) d. Connor Melde (Bergen Catholic), 8-2.

130: Jeff Canfora (Delbarton) d. Eric Fajardo (Boonton), 3-2.

135: Sam Emburgia (Monroe) p. Nick Heilmann (South Plainfield), 3:59.

140: Jordan Beverly (Point Pleasant Boro) p. Mike Bakuckas (Hammonton), 1:31.

145: CJ Cobb (Williamstown) by medical forfeit over Micah Blair (Somerville).

152: Eric Reger (Delsea) d. Colin Hewitt (Franklin), 2-1.

160: John Guzzo (High Point) d. Ottis Wright (Montclair), 1-0.

171: Jamie Westwood (Queen of Peace) d. Mike Khoury (St. Joseph), 3-2, utb, rideout.

189: William George (Long Branch) d. Jared Holliday (Burlington Twp.), 3-2.

215: William Smith (High Point) d. Darren Dungee (Morristown), 5-0.

285: Jonathan Slack (Warren Hills) p. Emiliano Betancor (West Orange), 4:56.

FIFTH PLACE:

103: Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands) d. Ricky Carter (Washington Twp.), 13-6.

112: Chris Lantz (Bloomfield) d. Troy Heilmann (South Plainfield), 4-3.

119: Chuck Zeisloft (Gateway) d. Frank Perotti (West Essex), 6-5, tb.

125: Andrew Polidore (Queen of Peace) d. Zach Dipini (Wallkill Valley), 6-2.

130: Charlie Huff (Washington Twp.) d. Brian Bistis (Hunterdon Central), 8-6, OT

135: Devon Gobbo (Delbarton) d. John Harvey (Absegami), 7-3.

140: Kurtis Becker (Kingsway) d. Conor Hayes (Old Bridge), 3-2.

145: Shane Robinson (Absegami) d. Chris Burdge (Kittatinny), 6-4.

152: Russell Benner (Roselle Park) d. Joseph Renard (Kingsway), 5-3.

160: Evan Bowlby (Wallkill Valley) d. Frank Mattiace (Don Bosco), 5-4, tb.

171: Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) d. Dawud Hicks (Plainfield), 2-1.

189: Khusen Taramov (Brearley) d. Nicholas Orak (Old Bridge), 4-3.

215: Marc Tyson (Monroe) d. AJ Mott (DePaul Catholic), 5-1.

285: Brad Bormann (Hunterdon Central) d. Zach Troutman (New Providence), 1-0.

SEVENTH PLACE:

103: John Hennelly (Delsea) p. Chad Walsh (Camden Catholic).

112: Brandon Keller (Timber Creek) d. Jeff Rottingen (Ramsey), 10-5.

119: Sean Brand (Point Pleasant Boro) by forfeit over Matt Sausman (Camden Catholic).

125: BJ Clagon (Toms River South) d. Rob Jillard (Delsea), 8-1.

130: Julian Quintero (North Bergen) by forfeit over Dymere Rappa (Paulsboro).

135: Vin Fava (Elmwood Park) d. Ken Brophy (Freehold Twp.), 7-3.

140: Fabian Rosario (Bloomfield) d. Danny Ries (Brearley), 5-4.

145: Ryan Sacco (South Plainfield) d. Diego Chavez (Rahway), 7-2.

152: Kevin Brown (North Warren) d. Keith Switzer (Bergen Catholic), 7-0.

160: Alex Scheuerman (Allentown) d. Ervin Goree (Burlington Twp.), 3-2.

171: Zach Agostino (Egg Harbor) d. Mike Hafke (Voorhees), 4-2, OT.

189: Brandon Vorrius (Middletown North) p. Colin Farawell (Verona), 3:16.

215: Andrew Marr (Wall) by medical forfeit over Joel Perez (Perth Amboy).

285: Chad Lear (Lower Cape May) d. John Clark (Toms River East), 2-1, utb, rideout.

Source: http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/03/07/sports/doc4b942f0d33c97157353842.txt

Consolation finals results

2010-03-07T19:26:00.000-08:00

Consolation finals results
MARCH 07, 2010 • 1:16 PM
By Greg Tufaro
2010 NJSIAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City

Sunday, March 7, 2010

THIRD-PLACE FINALS

103: Kyle McNulty (Toms River North) d. Brian Hamann (Jackson Memorial), 3-1.

112: Kevin Churchill (Newton) d. Kevin Devoy (Burlington Twp.), 4-2.

119: Robert Deutsch (Eastern) d. Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco), 3-1.

125: TJ Miller (Camden Catholic) d. Connor Melde (Bergen Catholic), 8-2.

130: Jeff Canfora (Delbarton) d. Eric Fajardo (Boonton), 3-2.

135: Sam Emburgia (Monroe) p. Nick Heilmann (South Plainfield), 3:59.

140: Jordan Beverly (Point Pleasant Boro) p. Mike Bakuckas (Hammonton), 1:31.

145: CJ Cobb (Williamstown) by medical forfeit over Micah Blair (Somerville).

152: Eric Reger (Delsea) d. Colin Hewitt (Franklin), 2-1.

160: John Guzzo (High Point) d. Ottis Wright (Montclair), 1-0.

171: Jamie Westwood (Queen of Peace) d. Mike Khoury (St. Joseph), 3-2, utb, rideout.

189: William George (Long Branch) d. Jared Holliday (Burlington Twp.), 3-2.

215: William Smith (High Point) d. Darren Dungee (Morristown), 5-0.

285: Jonathan Slack (Warren Hills) p. Emiliano Betancor (West Orange), 4:56.

FIFTH-PLACE FINALS

103: Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands) d. Ricky Carter (Washington Twp.), 13-6.

112: Chris Lantz (Bloomfield) d. Troy Heilmann (South Plainfield), 4-3.

119: Chuck Zeisloft (Gateway) d. Frank Perotti (West Essex), 6-5, tb.

125: Andrew Polidore (Queen of Peace) d. Zach Dipini (Wallkill Valley), 6-2.

130: Charlie Huff (Washington Twp.) d. Brian Bistis (Hunterdon Central), 8-6, OT.

135: Devon Gobbo (Delbarton) d. John Harvey (Absegami), 7-3.

140: Kurtis Becker (Kingsway) d. Conor Hayes (Old Bridge), 3-2.

145: Shane Robinson (Absegami) d. Chris Burdge (Kittatinny), 6-4.

152: Russell Benner (Roselle Park) d. Joseph Renard (Kingsway), 5-3.

160: Evan Bowlby (Wallkill Valley) d. Frank Mattiace (Don Bosco), 5-4, tb.

171: Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) d. Dawud Hicks (Plainfield), 2-1.

189: Khusen Taramov (Brearley) d. Nicholas Orak (Old Bridge), 4-3.

215: Marc Tyson (Monroe) d. AJ Mott (DePaul Catholic), 5-1.

285: Brad Bormann (Hunterdon Central) d. Zach Troutman (New Providence), 1-0.

SEVENTH-PLACE FINALS

103: John Hennelly (Delsea) p. Chad Walsh (Camden Catholic),

112: Brandon Keller (Timber Creek) d. Jeff Rottingen (Ramsey), 10-5.

119: Sean Brand (Point Pleasant Boro) by forfeit over Matt Sausman (Camden Catholic).

125: BJ Clagon (Toms River South) d. Rob Jillard (Delsea), 8-1.

130: Julian Quintero (North Bergen) by forfeit over Dymere Rappa (Paulsboro).

135: Vin Fava (Elmwood Park) d. Ken Brophy (Freehold Twp.), 7-3.

140: Fabian Rosario (Bloomfield) d. Danny Ries (Brearley), 5-4.

145: Ryan Sacco (South Plainfield) d. Diego Chavez (Rahway), 7-2.

152: Kevin Brown (North Warren) d. Keith Switzer (Bergen Catholic), 7-0.

160: Alex Scheuerman (Allentown) d. Ervin Goree (Burlington Twp.), 3-2.

171: Zach Agostino (Egg Harbor) d. Mike Hafke (Voorhees), 4-2, OT.

189: Brandon Vorrius (Middletown North) p. Colin Farawell (Verona), 3:16.

215: Andrew Marr (Wall) by medical forfeit over Joel Perez (Perth Amboy).

285: Chad Lear (Lower Cape May) d. John Clark (Toms River East), 2-1, utb, rideout.

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NJSIAA Wrestling Notebook - Warriors' Hewitt rebounds from early-round upset

2010-03-07T18:52:00.000-08:00

NJSIAA Wrestling Notebook -
Warriors' Hewitt rebounds
from early-round upset

By GREG TUFARO • STAFF WRITER • March 6,
2010

ATLANTIC CITY — Franklin High School junior
Colin Hewitt, a two-time state placewinner, endured
the biggest upset of the early rounds of the NJSIAA
Wrestling Tournament when Kingway's Joseph
Renard pinned him in 1:08 during Friday night's
152-pound prequarterfinals.

Hewitt rebounded to win his next two matches,
pinning Burlington Township's Cody Spatz in the
first round of wrestlebacks and defeating Madison's
Christian Mazzocchi 7-2 in the ensuing round.

"I still believe that I'm the best kid in the bracket,"
Hewitt said. "I just want to show everyone here what
I can really do. I want to show everyone here that I'm
the best at 152, and I'm going to take third (place)."

With his wrestleback semifinal victory over Roselle
Park's Russell Benner, Hewitt will get a shot at third
place.

He will face Eric Reger of Delsea, a 9-2 overtime
winner in the wrestleback semifinals over Renard.

Falcons Fly High

Monroe teammates Sam Emburgia (135) and Marc
Tyson (215) impressed in the wrestleback rounds.

Emburgia, a four-time state qualifier, will wrestle
South Plainfield's Nick Heilmann for third place.

The senior won just one match in three previous
trips to Atlantic City.

"He definitely got the monkey off his back," Monroe
coach Bill Jacoutot said. "He was able to exorcise
some demons. He did a nice job in the wrestlebacks.
He looked like he had that look on his face, like I've
been here before and I know what to expect. He got
the job done, and now he has an opportunity to
finish third, which is of course what he's looking for
at this point."

Tyson, known more for his prowess on the football
field, where he led Monroe to the Central Group III
championship, was a late-comer to the sport of
wrestling. Jacoutot said he wishes he had one more
year to work with the senior.

"He's starting to really learn how to wrestle,"
Jacoutot said. "We all know he's a tremendous
athlete, but he's learning how to win scrambles and
he's learning how to manage a match. I wish I had
more time with him. I think he's really ending the
year here on a heck of a run and with a lot of
momentum."

Tyson, who will wrestle for fifth place today, said
he, too, wishes he had one more year to work with
Jacoutot.

"I picked up a whole bunch of technique (from
Jacoutot)," Tyson said. "He brought a new element to
the table and (the Falcons) are building on that."

Heart Stopping

South Brunswick coach Joe Dougherty walked off the
mat following Brendan Vercammen's 1-0 quarterfinal
victory over St. Peter's Prep's T.J. Shea patting his
heart.

Dougherty said he didn't know how many more
close matches he could take from Vercammen, who
advanced to the quarterfinals with a 3-2 win on an

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ultimate tiebreaker over Ramapo's James Fox.

The coach got a bit of a breather in the semifinals,
but not in the fashion he wanted.

Vercammen lost by technical fall to Wallkill Valley's
Ryan Callahan, who improved to 42-0 this season.
Vercammen is wrestling for fifth place today.

Sing a Song

Al Kiley, the former coach at Madison Township and
Madison Central High School, returned to the
wrestling arena on Saturday, not as a coach, but as
a singer.

Kiley, who sings baritone, and his barber shop
quartet, Evolution, performed several songs before
the start of the semifinal round.

Other Placers

South Plainfield's Troy Heilmann (112), Old Bridge's
Conor Hayes (140) and Old Bridge's Nick Orak (189)
will all wrestle for fifth today.

Rahway's Diego Chavez (145), South Plainfield's
Ryan Sacco (145) and Perth Amboy's Joel Perez (215)
will all wrestle for seventh.

Source: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20103060334

Friday night's results from the 2010 NJSIAA wrestling championships

2010-03-07T18:50:00.000-08:00

Friday night's results from
the 2010 NJSIAA wrestling
championships
from the Daily Record
March 5, 2010

PRELIMINARY ROUND

103: Calas (Seton Hall Prep) d. Chris Rosetti
(Bloomfield), 1-0; Hennelly (Delsea) p. Brian
Schneider (Hackensack), 3:05; Albrecht (Bergen C
atholic) d. Bobby Trombetta (Nutley), 5-2; Carter
(Washington Twp.) d. Patsy Davis (Madison), 6-2;
Hamann (Jackson Memorial) p. Tyler Kozimor
(Hackettstown), 2:32; Rosenberg (Morris Knolls) d.
Jared Staub (Hamilton West), 6-3; McNulty (Toms
River North) d. Cody Barbiche (Delaware Valley), 7-
2.

112: Shupin (Jackson Memorial) d. Brian O’Toole
(Robbinsville), 10-6; Lopez (Delbarton) d. Thomas
Casper (Bergen Catholic), 3-2, utb; Heilmann (South
Plainfield) d. Anthony Miuccio (Old Tappan), 9-3;
Pongracz (Delaware Valley) d. Jason Estevez
(Livingston), 10-5; Porrazzo (DePaul Catholic) d.
Curt Delia (Delsea), 4-2; Colon (Belleville) p. Erik
Biago (Montgomery), 4:20; Churchill (Newton) md.
Matt Salera (Washington Twp.), 13-0.

119: Pisauro (Roselle Park) d. Grant Kircher
(Pennsville), 6-4; Reyes (North Bergen) d. Steven
Schneider (Emerson Park Ridge), 4-3; Albano
(Delbarton) p. Joe Esposito (St. Augustine), 3:11;
Grigorian (Fair Lawn) d. PJ Farinella (Livingston), 6-
3; Peterson (Edison) md. Chris Albanese (Howell),
14-3; Sausman (Camden Catholic) md. Adam
Ramadan (Morris Knolls), 10-1; Quintana (Perth
Amboy) p. Ricky Bandejas (Brick Twp.), 4:56.

125: Polidore (Queen of Peace) md. Nick Maselli
(Emerson Park Ridge), 14-2; Lanno (Southern
Regional) d. Rich Szeliga (South Plainfield), 4-0;
Clagon (Toms River South) p. Bryant Lighty (Passaic
Tech), 2:21; Preefer (Cresskill) d. Tristan Bundy
(Scotch Plains), 7-6; Pak (Delran) d. Spencer Parcel
(Hunterdon Central), 5-3; Stevely (Delaware Valley)
d. Patrick Schmidt (Moorestown), 5-2; Dipini
(Wallkill Valley) md. Christian Salera (Washington
Twp.), 9-1; Jillard (Delsea) p. Garrett Scrivani
(Kittatinny), 3:03.

130: Maroldi (Kinnelon) d. D’Andre Bell (Highland
Park), 9-4; Rappa (Paulsboro) d. Chuck Glatz
(Shawnee), 9-6; Birmingham (Timber Creek) d. Clarke
Moynihan (Kittatinny), 6-5; Garzio (Ewing) p. Travis
McDowell (Delran), 5:53; Shaughnessy (Howell) d. J
osh Alorro (Cresskill), 9-3; Quintero (North Bergen)
d. Scott DelVecchio (South Plainfield), 8-5; Fajardo
(Boonton) d. Nick Herring (Middletown South), 11-5;
Scuttaro (Nutley) p. Matt Jacobson (Saddle Brook-
Glen Rock), 5:49.

135: Estevez (Livingston) d. David Standridge
(Parsippany), 7-5; Gobbo (Delbarton) d. Joseph D
eQuinzio (Hasbrouck Heights- Wood-Ridge), 9-4;
Goodwin (Williamstown) d. Dan Rehain (Northern
Highlands), 6-4, OT; Zotollo (Paramus) d. James
Higgins (Washington Twp.), 4-2, OT; Brophy
(Freehold Twp.) d. Kevin Collins (Randolph), 3-2;
Hamrick (Collingswood) d. Derek Delacruz (Bishop
Ahr), 6-3; Stack (Eastern) p. TJ Giudice
(Hillsborough), 5:28; Festejo (Long Branch) d. John
Horak (Phillipsburg), 4-1.

140: Brennan (Brick Twp.) md. Frank Marotti (West
Essex), 14-6; Alpher (Paramus) d. Thomas
DiVitantonio (High Point), 4-0; Rosario (Bloomfield)
d. Brian Wilson (Howell), 13-9; Monarque (Jefferson)
d. Sam Pietrantuono (Ridgewood), 8-2; Nelson
(Haddon Twp.) d. Zachary Inman, (Pennsville), 8-3;
Mariano (Parsippany) d. Devon Coates (Edison), 11-
7; Green (Willingboro) d. Christian Barber
(Westfield), 8-6; Becker (Kingsway) md. David Powell
(Piscataway), 11-0.

145: Iraldi (West Deptford) d. Taylor Black (Bishop
Ahr), 5-3; Geoghegan (Brearley) p. Paul Saravia
(Marlboro), 4:28; Chavez (Rahway) md. Jordan Long
(Matawan), 13-3; Cobb (Williamstown) tf. Beau

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Vrancken (North Hunterdon), 20-2, 4:36; Walsh
(Camden Catholic) p. Jason Kratsch (Caldwell), 5:00;
Brukardt (Phillipsburg) md. Darius Charles (Old
Tappan), 12-0; Burdge (Kittatinny) p. Ray Bethea
(Trenton Central), 5:45; Bright (Livingston) d.
Anthony Melon (Paramus), 7-3.

152: Balboni (Brearley) p. Jason Dack (Don Bosco),
4:19; Mazzocchi (Madison) p. Jeff Farina (St. Joseph),
1:20; Hairston (Collingswood) p. Chris Cancelliere
(North Hunterdon), 5:06; Saley (Monroe) p. Ben
Fanjoy (Cherokee), 6:28, OT; Cornell (Long Branch)
d. Jake Siegfried (Highland), 8-3; Intile (Montville) d.
James Dugan (Becton-Wallington), 5-1; Brown
(North Warren) p. Devin Ruiz (St. Peter’s Prep), 2:50;
Renard (Kingsway) d. Vincent Favia (Christian
Brothers Academy), 9-6.

160: Bowlby (Wallkill Valley) d. Mike Mordaga
(Paramus), 9-7, OT; Artigliere (Warren Hills) d. John M
cArdle (Franklin), 4-2; Scheuerman (Allentown) p.
Dane McDermott (St. Joseph), 3:23; Goree
(Burlington Twp.) d. Jared Leon (Hillsborough), 3-1,
OT; Cosgrove (Paulsboro) md. Rob Sotelo (Passaic
Valley), 17-3; Pafumi (St. Peter’s Prep) d. Dallas
Winston (Jackson Memorial), 5-2; Emmons
(Pennsville) d. Jeff Fricke (Chatham), 8-1.

171: Stapleton (Franklin) d. Damian Murberg
(Pascack Valley), 4-0; Vercammen (South Brunswick)
d. Gregg Ratner (Hightstown), 8-0; Fox (St. Peter’s P
rep) md. Victor Kipiani (Ramapo), 10-2; Shea
(Bishop Eustace) d. Anthony Angelone (West
Orange), 10-6; Akel (Long Branch) d. Victor
Pozsonyi (Roselle Park), 4-1; Amada (Mount Olive) d.
Jake Poeppel (Woodstown), 7-3; Wosczcak (Wall) d.
Daymien Scott (Washington Twp.), 7-2; Hicks
(Plainfield) d. John Secor (Pompton Lakes), 10-3.

189: Vorrius (Middletown North) p. Mike Scrozzo
(Queen of Peace), 1:55; Stadtmueller (Absegami) d.
Frank Colder (Governor Livingston), 5-3; Yanis
(North Bergen) d. Mike Case (Southern Regional), 6-4
; Taramov (Brearley) d. Jimmy Owens (West
Deptford), 7-2; Lussier (Cherry Hill East) d. Kevin
Yali (Waldwick-Midland Park), 9-2; Orak (Old Bridge)
md. Kevin Hantke (Randolph), 11-2; Rios (Highland
Park) d. Greg Barnish (Montville), 8-5; Zeuli
(Cherokee) d. Brendan Wengerter (Cresskill), 5-1.

215: Zubaydi (Hackettstown) d. Urayoan Garcia
(Rahway), 13-8; Pacitti (West Deptford) d. Phil McCue
(St. Joseph), 3-1; Trant (Timber Creek) d. Luke
Pragdat (Mahwah), 12-9; Mott (DePaul Catholic) d. D
errick Flitcroft (Delbarton), 5-2; Davis (Freehold) d.
Rashid Moore (Hudson Catholic), 10-5; Perez (Perth
Amboy) p. Willie Wilson (Pemberton), 3:13; Miller
(Brick Memorial) md. Shane Fenton (Hunterdon
Central), 8-0.

285: Moskwa (Perth Amboy) p. Nick Conquest
(Haddonfield), 3:11; Vicioso (Passaic) p. Dan G
arwood (Clearview), 3:55; Webb (Paul VI) d. Nick
Curl (Paulsboro), 3-2; Bormann (Hunterdon Central)
d. Dan Pierce (Caldwell), 5-1; Troutman (New
Providence) d. Ryan Fazzi (Phillipsburg), 1-0; Clark
(Toms River East) p. Cody Mann (Mahwah), 1:27;
Wolmart (Randolph) p. Kurt Schmitz (Don Bosco), 3:
16; Velasco (Keyport) d. Bobby Sacks (South
Plainfield), 7-2.

PREQUARTERFINALS

103: Tyler Fraley (Colts Neck) p. Justin Bellis (High
Point), 1:23; John Hennelly (Delsea) by inj default
over Brenden Calas (Seton Hall Prep), 1:06; Trevor
Albrecht (Bergen Catholic) d. Chad Walsh (Camden
Catholic), 9-7; Ricky Carter (Washington Twp.) p.
Gary Siriday (Sayreville), 2:45; Brian Hamann
(Jackson Memorial) d. Kevin Manthi (Passaic Tech),
8-4; Billy Ward (Buena) p. Nick Gravina (Northern
Highlands), 0:47; Anthony Ashnault (South
Plainfield) md. Nick Wahba (Somerville), 10-2; Kyle
McNulty (Toms River North) p. Jan Rosenberg
(Morris Knolls), 1:23.

112: Nicholas Francavilla (High Point) p. Michael
Shupin (Jackson Memorial), 0:22; Mackey Price
(Hillsborough) d. Jorge Lopez (Delbarton), 7-3; Troy

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Heilmann (South Plainfield) d. Kyle Klaus
(Haddonfield), 2-0; Chris Lantz (Bloomfield) d.
Brandon Keller (Timber Creek), 1-0; Kevin Devoy (
Burlington Twp.) d. Mike Pongracz (Delaware
Valley), 9-2; Dante Porrazzo (DePaul Catholic) d.
Justin Colon (Belleville), 12-7; Kyle Casaletto
(Southern Regional) d. Jeff Rottingen (Ramsey), 5-3;
Kevin Churchill (Newton) d. Joe Giaccio (Cranford),
7-0.
119: Robert Deutsch (Eastern) p. Dan Pisauro
(Roselle Park), 2:25; Sean Brand (Point Pleasant Boro)
d. Jorge Reyes (North Bergen), 7-3; Dan Haines
(Hopatcong) d. Joe Esposito (St. Augustine), 4-2;
Alex Shaffer (Hunterdon Central) d. Sergio Grigorian
(Fair Lawn), 13-10; Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco) d.
Anthony Peterson (Edison), 9-2; Anthony Perrotti
(West Essex) d. Chuck Zeisloft (Gateway), 5-4; Matt
Sausman (Camden Catholic) d. Tyler Hunt (South
Plainfield), 10-6; Heriberto Quintana (Perth Amboy)
d. Dylan Thorsen (Belvidere), 3-0.

125: Joe Duca (Paulsboro) tf. Andrew Polidore
(Queen of Peace), 16-1, 5:25; Bob Lanno (Southern
Regional) d. Ray Delanuez (Edison), 2-0; TJ Miller
(Camden Catholic) d. BJ Clagon (Toms River South),
4-3; Corey Kozimor (Hackettstown) d. Alex Preefer
(Cresskill), 6-1; Lou Mascola (Seton Hall) d. Dan Pak
(Delran), 6-1; Bobby Stevely (Delaware Valley) d.
Zach Dipini (Wallkill Valley), 9-5; Connor Melde
(Bergen Catholic) d. Rob Jillard (Delsea), 4-0; Johnny
Short (Matawan) d. Alexander Richardson (St. Peter’s
Prep), 6-4.

130: Frank Cagnina (Queen of Peace) tf. Luke
Maroldi (Kinnelon), 20-4, 4:58; Dymere Rappa
(Paulsboro) d. Nick Guarriello (Emerson Park Ridge),
9-4; BJ Young (Jackson Memorial) p. Kevin B
irmingham (Timber Creek), 5:25; Jeff Canfora
(Delbarton) d. Josh Garzio (Ewing), 11-8; Tyler
Scotton (Willingboro) d. Mike Shaughnessy (Howell),
9-4; Julian Quintero (North Bergen) d. Charlie Huff
(Washington Twp.), 5-4; Eric Fajardo (Boonton) d.
Matt Schuebel (Warren Hills), 9-3; Brian Bistis
(Hunterdon Central) d. Vin Scuttaro (Nutley), 4-3.

135: Michael Morales (Brick Memorial) md. Wayne
Stinson (Northern Burlington), 13-3; Sam Emburgia
(Monroe) p. Justin Estevez (Livingston), 2:30; Devon
Gobbo (Delbarton) p. Felton Goodwin
(Williamstown), 3:58; Zach Zotollo (Paramus) d. Drew
Wagenhoffer (High Point), 5-4; Vin Fava (Elmwood
Park) d. Pelal Deeb (Passaic Tech), 3-2; John Harvey
(Absegami) d. Ken Brophy (Freehold Twp.), 5-3; Nick
Heilmann (South Plainfield) d. Eric Hamrick
(Collingswood), 3-2; Scott Festejo (Long Branch)
md. Cal Stack (Eastern), 9-1.

140: Hank Stinson (Eastern) md. Connor Brennan
(Brick Twp.), 13-3; Conor Hayes (Old Bridge) d. Nick A
lpher (Paramus), 6-3; Mike Bakuckas (Hammonton)
d. Fabian Rosario (Bloomfield), 9-5; Danny Ries
(Brearley) p. Mike Monarque (Jefferson), 1:55; Jordan
Beverly (Point Pleasant Boro) p. Steve Nelson
(Haddon Twp.), 0:57; CJ Caserta (Roxbury) d.
Anthony Mariano (Parsippany), 1-0; James Green
(Willingboro) md. Sal Mastriani (Don Bosco), 14-6;
Kurtis Becker (Kingsway) d. Ryan Dunphy (Passaic
Valley), 3-1, OT.

145: Anthony Baldosaro (Eastern) p. Nick Iraldi
(West Deptford), 2:36; Frank Crocco (Passaic Valley) m
d. Matt Dickman (Saddle Brook- Glen Rock), 10-1;
Joseph Gaccione (High Point) by disqualification
over Devin Geoghegan (Brearley); Taylor Walsh
(Camden Catholic) d. Oliver Brukardt (Phillipsburg),
3-0; Devin Biscaha (Jackson Memorial) d. Ryan
Sacco (South Plainfield), 3-1; Shane Robinson
(Absegami) d. Micah Blair (Somerville), 4-2; Chris
Burdge (Kittatinny) d. Brandon Bright (Livingston),
1-0.

152: Eric Reger (Delsea) md. John Balboni (Brearley),
18-5; Christian Mazzocchi (Madison) p. Brian
Hairston (Collingswood), 0:39; Ethan Orr (High
Point) md. Chris Duran (North Bergen), 14-3;
Douglas Hamann (Jackson Memorial) md. David
Saley (Monroe), 12-2; Doug Cornell (Long Branch)
d. Mike Intile (Montville), 5-2; Kevin Brown (North
Warren) p. Keith Switzer (Bergen Catholic), 1:43;
Russell Benner (Roselle Park) d. Codie Spatz
(Burlington Twp.), 5-1; Joseph Renard (Kingsway) p.
Colin Hewitt (Franklin), 1:08.

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160: Nicholas Visicaro (Long Branch) md. Evan
Bowlby (Wallkill Valley), 13-4; Frank Bozzomo
(Middlesex) d. Jeff White (Middle Twp.), 9-4; Ross
Scheuerman (Allentown) d. Matt Artigliere (Warren H
ills), 2-1, tb; Ottis Wright (Montclair) p. Ervin
Goree (Burlington Twp.), 4:47; Preston Keiffer
(Eastern) tf. Matt Cosgrove (Paulsboro), 15-0, 3:51;
Tony Pafumi (St. Peter’s Prep) d. Kenny Emmons
(Pennsville), 8-4; John Guzzo (High Point) d.
Anthony Sherman (Toms River East), 3-2; Jerry
Somma (Hunterdon Central) d. Frank Mattiace (Don
Bosco), 5-2.

171: Ryan Callahan (Wallkill Valley) md. Brian
Stapleton (Franklin), 13-1; Bryan Sternlieb (Toms
River East) d. Mike Lomio (Hanover Park), 3-1, OT;
Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) d. James Fox
(St. Peter’s Prep), 3-2, tb; TJ Shea (Bishop Eustace) d.
Zach Agostino (Egg Harbor), 5-3; Omar Akel (Long
Branch) p. Mike Hafke (Voorhees), 4-2; Jamie
Westwood (Queen of Peace)d. Brad Wosczcak (Wall),
9-2; Khoury (St. Joseph) d. Dawud Hicks (Plainfield),
5-4.

189: Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook) d.
Brandon Vorrius (Middletown North), 5-4; Kevin
Stadtmueller (Absegami) d. Razohnn Gross (Don
Bosco), 5-2; Francisco Yanis (North Bergen) d. Eric
Bach (Kittatinny), 3-2; Jared Holliday (Burlington
Twp.) d. Khusen Taramov (Brearley), 9-3; William
George (Long Branch) d. Brian Lussier (Cherry Hill
East), 3-2; Tyler Rios (Highland Park) d. Colin
Farawell (Verona), 5-3; Mike Wagner (South
Plainfield) d. Michael Zeuli (Cherokee), 5-2.

215: Kevin Innis (St. Peter’s Prep) p. Khalid Zubaydi
(Hackettstown), 5:28; Andrew Marr (Wall) d. Michael
Haines (Cinnaminson), 3-1; Marc Tyson (Monroe) d.
Mike Pacitti (West Deptford), 9-7, OT; AJ Mott
(DePaul Catholic) d. Kevin Trant (Timber Creek), 7-2;
Zach Greenwald (Paulsboro) d. Josh Davis
(Freehold), 4-1; Joel Perez (Perth Amboy) d. Jonathan
Price (Hackensack), 8-7, utb; Darren Dungee
(Morristown) d. William Miller (Brick Memorial), 3-2;
William Smith (High Point) md. Kris Rahn
(Haddonfield), 14-2.

285: James Lawson (Manchester) p. Ryan Moskwa
(Perth Amboy), 0:44; Jonathan Slack (Warren Hills) p.
Joe Brady (Cranford), 4:48; Jorge Vicioso (Passaic) d.
Mike Shannon (Old Tappan), 3-2; Zach Troutman
(New Providence) d. Brandon DiDonato
(Robbinsville), 1-0; Chaz Lear (Lower Cape May) md.
John Clark (Toms River East), 10-1; Jack Delia (North
Hunterdon) md. Peter Wolmart (Randolph), 14-6;
Emiliano Betancor (West Orange) p. Greg Velasco

Source: http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100305104

NJSIAA Wrestling Notebook: Highland Park's Rios powers into quarterfinal

2010-03-07T18:48:00.000-08:00

NJSIAA Wrestling Notebook:
Highland Park's Rios powers
into quarterfinals

By GREG TUFARO • STAFF WRITER • March 5,
2010

ATLANTIC CITY — Teammates Tyler Rios and
D'Andre Bell became the first grapplers in Highland
Park High School's storied athletic history to qualify
for the NJSIAA Wrestling Championships.

While Bell made an early exit with a preliminary-
round loss, Rios advanced to the quarterfinals by
winning two bouts at Boardwalk Hall on Friday
night.

"I had to wrestle hard and give it all I got if I wanted
to make it to the finals," said Rios, a 189-pound
sophomore. "I had to do this for my school. Nobody
really knows about Highland Park."

Rios is one of 12 Greater Middlesex Conference
wrestlers who reached the quarterfinals. The others
are South Plainfield's Anthony Ashnault, Troy
Heilmann, Nick Heilmann and Mike Wagner, Perth
Amboy's Heriberto Quintana and Joel Perez,
Monroe's Sam Emburgia and Mike Tyson, Old
Bridge's Conor Hayes, Middlesex's Frank Bozzomo
and South Brunswick's Brendan Vercammen.

Nine other GMC grapplers are still alive in the
wrestleback rounds.

The Owls, who had just four wrestlers in their
program when head coach Craig Girvan took over
the program several years ago, are on the verge of
turning the corner. Former coach Scott Gerba
helped Highland Park gain some traction, leading
the Owls to a GMC Blue Division title, but Girvan
hopes to take the team to a new level.

In that regard, Rios is leading the way.

"This is fantastic for Highland Park and our
program," Girvan said. "We've been working a long
time to really try to get to this level. Tyler is the type
of athlete that can take you to these places.

"I think he'll be an inspiration to a lot of the young
kids. There's a lot of buzz around school. It's great
to have."

Rios improved to 32-7 with his two wins.

"It's amazing the progress he's made," Girvan said.
"He's still a young kid and coming in this year I
didn't know how he'd progress. But he's worked
really hard and he's stepping it up and obviously
he's peaking at the right time.

"He's really got his technique down. His shots are
something and he's wrestling smart. He's just got
the whole package and now it seems like it's all
coming together. I'm excited."

Ticket prices

Hours before the start of the 2010 NJSIAA Wrestling
Championships, acting state Commissioner of
Education Bret Schundler ruled that the statewide
athletics association could charge $9 for adult
admission to each round of state tournament
competition at Boardwalk Hall.

Schundler met with NJSIAA Attorney Michael Herbert
and NJSIAA Executive Director Steve Timko for about
90 minutes on Friday afternoon. He told Herbert and
Timko that the NJSIAA could raise ticket prices 200
percent above the cost of regular-season admission
fees, as permitted by a new state law which took
effect Jan. 29.

The NJSIAA initially set ticket prices at $10 and $8

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for adults and students and senior citizens,
respectively. Tickets have been on sale since Dec.
15. The NJSIAA sold approximately 3,500 tickets in
advance.

Herbert said he did not yet know if or how the
NJSIAA would refund patrons who purchased tickets
prior to Schundler's ruling. Schundler ruled on
Thursday that tickets for seniors and students must
be $2.

"The commissioner was extraordinarily considerate,"
Herbert said. "He listened to our point of view. He
felt the language of the statute did not allow us to
charge more than $2 for students and did allow us
to go 200 percent (above regular-season
admission) for adults, which means $9.

"We went in there thinking disaster and came out
with some degree of hope," Herbert said. "We still
believe the statute should not be interpreted to
disallow us from charging seniors and children an
appropriate amount of money."

Herbert said the NJSIAA is still working with the
commissioner to determine ticket prices for other
winter sports tournaments.

Herbert said Schundler will allow the NJSIAA to
charge an admission fee of $10 for adults to the
state swimming Meet of Champions. Senior citizens
and students, however, must be admitted to the
event free of charge.

Herbert said he is hopeful that Schundler will allow
the NJSIAA to charge $10 and $5 for adults and
students and seniors, respectively, for admission to
state ice hockey championship games at the Izod
Center and the Prudential Center.

"Working under the severe constraints of a statute
that doesn't make any sense, (Schundler) did the
best he could," Herbert said.

Tigers tale

South Plainfield advanced a school-record nine
wrestlers to the NJSIAA Tournament, making for a
ridiculously busy night for head coach Kevin
McCann and his four assistants.

"It's been OK so far," said South Plainfield assistant
coach Billy Hamilton. "(Saturday) if we get caught up
in wrestlebacks it might be a different story.

"It's been hectic but it's a good hectic. You don't
mind being busy down here. It's kind of tough b
ecause you don't get to talk to them (the wrestlers)
before they come out."

Anthony Ashnault, Troy Heilmann, Tyler Hunt, Nick
Heilmann, Ryan Sacco and Mike Wagner all
advanced for the Tigers.

Upset

Franklin junior 152-pounder Colin Hewitt was an
upset victim Friday night. Hewitt, a two-time state
placewinner and top seed in the lower bracket, was
pinned by Kingsway senior Joseph Renard in 1:08.

Today's times

The quarterfinals begin Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
with semifinals to start at 5 p.m.
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HS WRESTLING: State pairings a mixed bag for locals

2010-03-03T19:40:00.002-08:00

HS WRESTLING: State pairings a mixed bag for locals

By RICK FORTENBAUGH
Staff Writer

The pairings were released yesterday for this weekend’s New Jersey State Wrestling Championships in Atlantic City. As always, it was good news for some locals and not so good for others.

Coming off his second straight region title, Robbinsville heayweight Brandon DiDonato is in the other half of the bracket from Manchester’s two-time state champion Jimmy Lawson. Should he win his opener, DiDonato will probably face Lower Cape May’s undefeated Chaz Lear, who isn’t tall, but is tough on top with legs and a power half.

Mercer’s other region champion, Trenton 171-pounder Canaan Bethea will open against Voorhees’ Mike Hafke. This is a rematch from earlier in the year when Bethea stormed back to defeat Hafke by the score of 8-7.

Eight other Mercer wrestlers will also be in Atlantic City.

Hamilton’s first wrestler to advance to states since Eric Ammirata in 2003, freshman Jared Staub will open against Jan Rosenberg of Morris Knolls at 103 pounds. Also in this weight is Robbinsville’s David Bossie, who will face Nick Wabba of Somerville.

Other Robbinsville wrestlers at states are 112-pounder Brian O’Toole and 119-pounder Jared Icenhower.

The lone Mercer representative out of Region V, Ewing 130-pounder Josh Garzio, has drawn Dymere Rappa of Paulsboro.

Trenton sophomore Ray Bethea (29-1), meanwhile, will open against a tough customer in Kittattiny’s Chris Burdge at 145 pounds.

Gregg “The Hebrew Hammer’’ Ratner of Hightstown is also in the 171-pound weight class along with Canaan Bethea. Ratner will take on South Brunswick’s Region V runner-up Brandon Vercammen of South Brunswick.

Also representing Mercer County is Allentown’s Ross Scheuerman at 160 pounds. He will face Dane McDermott of St. Joe’s Montvale.

In addition to DiDonato, other area wrestlers who received the top seeds in their half of the brackets are Burlington Township’s Kevin Devoy (112) and Willingboro’s Tyler Scotton (130).

103 POUNDS

Top Bracket

1. Tyler Fraley (Colts Neck, 33-1) vs. 8. Justin Bellis (High Point, 27-9); 5. Brendan Callas (Seton Hall Prep, 31-3) vs. Chris Rosetti (Bloomfield, 26-1); John Hennelly (Delseam 26-5) vs. 4., Brian Schneider (Hackensack, 26-3); Trevor Albrecht (Bergen Catholic) vs. 6. Bobby Trombetta (Nutley, 33-6), winner vs. 3. Chad Walsh (Camden Catholic, 27-5); 7. Ricky Carter (Washington Township, 30-4) vs. Patsy Davis (Madison, 32-5), winner vs. 2. Gary Siriday (Sayreville, 31-4).

Bottom Bracket

Brian Hamann (Jackson Memorial, 26-4) vs. 8. Tyler Kozimor (Hackettstown, 26-11), winner vs. 1. Kevin Manthi (Passaic Tech, 27-0); 5. Nick Wabba (Somerville, 32-3) vs. David Bossie (Robbinsville, 28-2), winner vs. 4. Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands, 34-2); 3. Anthony Ashnault (South Plainfield) vs. 6. Billy Ward (Buena, 29-4); 7. Jared Staub (Hamilton West, 25-5) vs. Jan Rosenberg (Morris Knolls, 33-4); Cody Barbiche (Delaware Valley) vs. 2. Kyle McNulty (Toms River North, 27-3).

112 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Brian O’Toole (Robbinsville, 26-4) vs. 8. Mike Shupin (Jackson Memorial, 21-9), winner vs. 1. Nick Francavilla (High Point, 34-3); Thomas Casper (Bergen Catholic, 30-9) vs. 4. Jorge Lopez (Delbarton, 29-5, winner vs. 5. Mackey Price (Hillsborough, 29-1); 3. Kyle Klaus (Haddonfield, 31-4) vs. Zach Torchia (Middletown North); Troy Heilmann (South Plainfield, 35-6) vs. 6. Anthony Miuccio (Old Tappan, 26-11); 7. Brandon Keller (Timber Creek, 32-1) vs. 2. Chris Lantz (Bloomfield, 28-3).

Bottom Bracket

1. Kevin Devoy (Burlington Township) vs. 8. Joe Giaccio (Cranford, 32-2); 5. Curt Delia (Delsea, 31-4) vs. Dante Porrzzo (DePaul, 33-6); Justin Colon (Belleville, 35-7) vs. 4. Erik Biago (Montgomery, 28-7); 3. Kyle Casaletto (Southern, 25-2) vs. 6. Jeff Rottingen (Ramsey, 37-3); 7. Jason Estevez (Livingston, 29-3) vs. Mike Pongracz (Delaware Valley); Matt Salera (Washingtn Township, 30-7) vs. 2. Kevin Churchill (Newton, 35-3).

119 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Grant Kircher (Pennsville, 33-5) vs. 8. Dan Pisauro (Roselle Park, 29-8), winner vs. 1. Rob Deutsch (Eastern, 33-2); 5. Jorge Reyes (North Bergen, 28-4) vs. Steven Schneider (Emerson, 33-4), winner vs. 4. Sean Brand (Point Boro); 6. Joe Esposito (St. Augustine, 25-9) vs. Matt Albano (Delbarton, 31-7), winner vs. 3. Dan Haines (Hopatcong, 35-1); 7. Sergio Grigorian (Fair Lawn, 29-5) vs. P.J Farinella (Livingston, 31-6), winner vs. 2. Alex Shaffer (Hunterdon Central, 30-0).

Bottom Bracket

Anthony Peterson (Edison, 26-2) vs. 8. Chris Albanese (Howell, 28-7), winner vs. 1. Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco Prep, 22-3); 5. Anthony Perrotti (West Essex) vs. 4. Chuck Zeisloft (Gateway, 32-0); 3. Matt Sausman (Camden Catholic, 18-1) vs. Adam Ramadan (Morris Knolls, 32-7) , winner vs. 6. Tyler Hunt (South Plainfield); 7. Dylan Thorsen (Belvidere) vs. Jared Icenhower (Robbinsville, 26-3); Ricky Bandejas (Brick) vs. 2. Heriberto Quintana (Perth Amboy, 23-3).

125 POUNDS

Top Bracket

8. Nick Maselli (Emerson, 31-5) vs Andrew Polidore (Queen of Peace, 33-8), winner vs. 1. Joe Duca (Paulsboro, 38-0); 5. Bubba Lanno (Southern, 25-5) vs. Rich Szeliga (South Plainfield, 22-13) vs. 4. Ray Delanuez (Edison, 26-1); 3. Bryant Lighty (Passaic Tech, 29-2)) vs. B.J. Clagon (Toms River South, 30â“3), winner vs. 6. T.J. Miller (Camden Catholic, 32-3); 7. Tristan Bundy (Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 35-2) vs. Alex Preefer (Cresskill, 30-1), winner vs. 2. Corey Kozimor (Hackettstown, 28-2).

Bottom Bracket

8. Spencer Parce (Hunterdon Central, 27-7) vs. Dan Pak (Delran, 31-3), winner vs. 1. Lou Masicola (Seton Hall Prep, 31-0); 5. Patrick Schmidt (Moorestown, 27-5) vs. Bobby Stevely (Delaware Valley, 36-3); Christian Salera (Washington Township, 29-7) vs. 4. Zach DiPini (Wallkill Valley, 36-4); 3. Rob Jillard (Delsea, 31-5) vs. Garrett Scrivani (Kittatinny, 26-6), winner vs. 6. Connor Melde (Bergen Catholic, 33-1); 7. Anthony Richardson (St. Peter’s Prep) vs. 2. Johnny Short (Matawan, 32-1).

130 POUNDS

Top Bracket

8. D’Andre Bell (Highland Park, 31-6) vs. Luke Maroldi (Kinnelon, 27-5), winner vs. 1. Frank Cagnina (Queen of Peace); 5. Clarke Moynihan (Kittatinny, 24-10) vs. Chuck Glatz (Shawnee, 28-5); Jose Garzio (Ewing, 34-3) vs. 4. Dymere Rappa (Paulsboro, 31-6); 3. B.J. Young (Jackson Memorial, 30-4) vs. 6 James Dawson (Don Bosco Prep, 29-5); 7. Travis McDowell (Delran, 29-2) vs. Kevin Birmingham (Timber Creek, 34-4), winner vs. 2. Jeff Canfora (Delbarton, 36-2).

Bottom Bracket

Matt Jacobsen (Saddle Brook, 34-3) vs. 8. Mike Shaughnessy (Howell, 28-6), winner vs. 1. Tyler Scotton (Willingboro, 36-0); 5. Julien Quintero (North Bergen, 29-3) vs. Scott DelVecchio (South Plainfield, 36-5), winner vs. 4. Charlie Huff (Washington Township, 32-3); 3. Eric Fajardo (Boonton, 28-3) vs. Nick Herring (Middletown South), winner vs. 6. Matt Schuebel (Warren Hills, 27-4); 7. Nick Guarriello (Emerson, 32-3) vs. Vin Scuttaro (Nutley, 31-2), winner vs. 2. Brian Bistis (Hunterdon Central, 35-0).

135 POUNDS

Top Bracket

1. Mike Morales (Brick Memorial, 28-0) vs. 8. Wayne Stinson (Northern Burlington) Justin Estevez (Livingston, 33-6) vs. 4. David Standridge, Parsippany, 27-6) vs. 5. Sam Emburgia (Monroe, 31-4); 3. Joseph DeQuinzio (Hasbrouck Heights) vs. Devon Gobbo (Delbarton, 15-5); Dan Rehain (Northern Highlands, 31-6) vs. 6. Felton Goodwin (Williamstown, 27-7); 7. Zach Zottolo (Paramus, 30-5) vs. James Higgins (Washington Township, 31-4), winner vs. 2. Drew Wagenhoffer (High Point, 26-5).

Bottom Bracket

1. Vin Fava (Elmwood Park, 25-3) vs. 8. Pelal Deeb (Passaic Tech, 31-3); Ken Brophy (Freehold Township, 35-6) vs. 4. Kevin Collins (Randolph, 27-5), winner vs. 5. John Harvey (Absegami, 30-6); Eric Harrick (Collingswood, 36-4) vs. 6. Derek Delacruz (Bishop Ahr, 33-5), winner vs. 3. Nick Heilmann (South Plainfield, 40-0); 7. Cal Stack (Eastern, 23-5) vs. T.J. Guidice (Hillsborough, 28-6); John Horak (Phillipsburg, 25-12) vs. 2. Scott Festejo (Long Branch, 36-4).

140 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Frank Marotti (West Essex, 29-8) vs. 8. Connor Brennan (Brick), winner vs. 1. Hank Stinson (Eastern, 31-3); 5. Nick Alpher (Paramus, 32-3) vs. Thomas DiVitantonio (High Point, 23-8), winner vs. 4. Conor Hayes (Old Bridge, 37-1); 3. Fabian Rosario (Bloomfield, 24-3) vs. Brian Wilson (Howell, 31-5), winner vs. 6. Mike Bakuckas (Hammonton, 33-0); Mike Monarque (Jefferson, 34-3) vs. Sam Pietrantuono, Ridgewood, 25-6), winner vs. 2. Danny Ries (Brearley, 33-3).

Bottom Bracket

Steve Nelson (Haddon Township, 28-3) vs. 8. Zachary Inman (Pennsville, 30-6), winner vs. 1. Jordan Beverly (Point Boro, 37-0); Devon Coates (Edison) vs. 4. Anthony Mariano (Parsippany, 31-2), winner vs. 5. C.J. Caserta (Roxbury); James Green (Willingboro) vs. Christian Barber (Westfield, 24-7), winner vs. Sal Mastriani (Don Bosco Prep, 33-5); 7. David Powell (Piscataway, 31-5) vs. Kurtis Becker (Kingsway, 28-5), winner vs. 2. Ryan Dunphy (Passaic Valley, 36-0).

145 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Nick Iraldi (West Deptford, 29-2) vs. 8. Taylor Black (Bishop Ahr, 28-10), winner vs. 1. Anthony Baldasaro (Eastern, 29-2); 5. Matt Dickman (Saddle Brook) vs. 4. Frank Crocco (Passaic Valley, 36-0); Paul Saraiva (Marlboro, 29-7) vs. 6. Devin Geoghegan (Brearley, 35-3), winner vs. 3. Joseph Gaccione (High Point, 31-6); 7. Jordan Long (Matawan, 31-4) vs. Diego Chavez (Rahway, 23-5); Beau Vrancken (North Hunterdon, 29-8) vs. 2. C.J. Cobb (Williamstown, 21-5).

Bottom Bracket

Jason Kratsch (Caldwell, 33-9) vs. 1. Taylor Walsh (Camden Catholic, 32-4); Oliver Brukhardt (Phillipsburg, 36-3) vs. 8. Darius Charles (Old Tappan, 32-4); 5. Ryan Sacco (South Plainfield, 37-3) vs. 4. Devin Biscaha (Jackson Memorial, 25-2); 3. Shane Robinson (Absegami, 32-4) vs. 6. Micah Blair (Somerville, 36-0); 7. Chris Burdge (Kittatinny, 31-4) vs. Ray Bethea (Trenton); Anthony Melon (Paramus, 18-13) vs. 2. Brandon Bright (Livingston, 27-6).

152 POUNDS

Top Bracket

John Balboni (Brearley, 30-6) vs. 8. Jason Dack (Don Bosco Prep, 29-7), winner vs. 1. Eric Reger (Delsea, 30-3); 5. Christian Mazzochi (Madison) vs. Jeff Farina (St. Joseph (Montvale); Chris Cancillere (North Hunterdon, 32-3) vs. 4. Brian Hairston (Collingswood); 3. Ethan Orr (High Point, 32-2) vs. 6. Chris Duran (North Bergen); 7. David Saley (Monroe, 33-2) vs. Ben Fanjoy (Cherokee, 33-2), winner vs. 2. Doug Hamann (Jackson Memorial, 19-4).

Bottom Bracket

1. Doug Cornell (Long Branch, 35-4) vs. Jake Siegfried (Highland, 17-4); James Dugan (Becton, 32-4) vs. 8. Mike Intile (Monville, 37-2); Kevin Brown (North Warren, 34-1) vs. 4. Devin Ruiz (St. Peterâ™s Prep, 33-5) vs. 5. Keith Switzer (Bergen Catholic, 23-4); 3. Codie Spatz (Burlington Township) vs. 6. Russell Benner (Roselle Park, 36-1); 7. Joseph Renard (Kingsway) vs. Vin Favia (CBA) winner vs. 2. Colin Hewitt (Franklin Township, 23-1).

160 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Evan Bowlby (Wallkill Valley, 35-6) vs. 8. Mike Mordaga (Paramus, 25-7), winner vs. 1. Nick Visicaro (Long Branch, 37-3); 5. Jeff White (Middle Township, 29-1) 4. Frank Bozzomo (Middlesex, 30-1); 3. Mike Artigliere (Warren Hills, 25-4) vs. John McArdle (Franklin Township, 32-8); Dane McDermott (St. Jospeh (Montvale, 31-3) vs. 6. Ross Schuerman (Allentown, 31-2); 7. John Leon (Hillsborough. 30-4) vs. Evan Goree (Burlington Township, 26-3), winner vs. 2. Ottis Wright (Montclair, 37-2).

Bottom Bracket

Rob Sotelo (Passaic Valley, 33-5) vs. 8. Matt Cosgrove (Paulsboro, 32-6), winner vs. 1. Preston Keiffer (Eastern, 34-1); 5. Tony Pafumi (St. Peter’s Prep, 27-5) vs. Dallas Winston (Jackson Memorial, 26-3); Kenny Emmons (Pennsville, 31-5) vs. 4. Dennis Carroll (Roselle Park, 32-4); 3. Anthony Sherman (Toms River East) vs. Jeff Fricke (Chatham, 30-3), winner vs. 6. John Guzzo (High Point, 24-2); 7. Frank Mattice (Don Bosco Prep, 29-9) vs. 2. Jerry Somma (Hunterdon Central, 34-0).

171 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Brian Stapleton (Franklin Township, 31-9) vs. 8. Damian Murberg (Pascack Valley, 22-3), winner vs. 1. Ryan Callahan (Wallkill Valley, 39-0); 5. Bryan Sternlieb (Toms River East, 33-1) vs. 4. Mike Lomio (Hanover Park, 33-2); 3. Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick, 33-2) vs. Gregg Ratner (Hightstown, 27-7); Victor Kipani (Ramapo, 32-8) vs. 6. James Fox (St. Peter’s Prep, 32-6); 7. T.J. Shea (Bishop Eustace, 31-3) vs. Anthony Angelone (West Orange, 28-6), winner vs. 2. Zach Agostino (Egg Harbor Township).

Bottom Bracket

1. Omar Akel (Long Branch) vs. Victor Pozsonyi (Roselle Park, 32-7); Jake Poeppel (Woodstown, 36-1) vs. 8. Michael Armada (Mount Olive, 23-2); 5. Mike Hafke (Voorhees, 33-2) vs. 4. Canaan Bethea (Trenton, 29-0); 6. Daymien Scott (Washington Township, 23-5) vs. Brad Woszczak (Wall), winner vs. 3. Jamie Westwood (Queen of Peace); 7. Dawud Hicks (Plainfield) vs. John Secor (Pompton Lakes, 35-3), winner vs. 2. Mike Khoury (St. Joseph (Montvale), 35-0).

189 POUNDS

Top Bracket

Brandon Vorrius (Middletown North) vs. 8. Mike Scrozzo (Queen of Peace, 20-11) vs. 1. Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook); 5. Frank Colder (Governor Livingston, 31-4) vs. Kevin Stadtmueller (Absegami), winner vs. Razohnn Gross (Don Bosco Prep, 26-6); Francisco Yanis (North Bergen, 30-4) vs. 6. Mike Case (Southern, 27-3), winnervs. 3. Eric Bach (Kittatinny, 30-3); 7. Jimmy Owens (West Deptford, 17-1) vs. Khusen Taramov (Brearley, 33-4), winner vs. 2. Jared Holliday (Burlington Township).

Bottom Bracket

Michael Zeuli (Cherokee) vs. 8. Brendan Wengerter (Cresskill, 30-3), winner vs. 1. Billy George (Long Branch); Kevin Hantke (Randolph, 22-13) vs. 4. Nick Orak (Old Bridge, 32-3), winner vs. 5. Clifford Farrell (Mainland, 32-2); 3. Greg Barnish (Montville, 19-6) vs. Kevin Yali (Wadwick, 28-7), winner vs. 6. Colin Farawell (Verona, 30-2); Brian Lussler (Cherry Hill East, 26-3) vs. Tyler Rios (Highland Park, 30-7), winner vs. 2. Mike Wagner (South Plainfield, 37-1).

215 POUNDS

Top Bracket

8. Urayoan Garcia (Rahway, 24-5) vs. Khalid Zubaydi (Hackettstown, 25-9), winner vs. 1. Kevin Innis (St. Peter’s Prep, 35-1); 5. Michael Haines (Cinnaminson, 30-3) vs. 4. Andrew Marr (Wall); Phil McCue (St. Joseph (Joseph-Montvale, 30-4); vs. 6. Mike Pacitti (West Deptford, 25-6), winner vs. 3. Marc Tyson (Monroe, 33-2); 7. Luke Pragdat (Mahwah, 19-3) vs. Kevin Trant (Timber Creek, 32-4); Derrek Flitcroft (Delbarton, 27-12) vs. 2. A.J. Mott (DePaul, 36-2).

Bottom Bracket

Josh Davis (Freehold) vs. 8. Michael Silverberg, Livingston, 28-6), winner vs. 1. Zach Greenwald (Paulsboro, 37-1); Willie Wilson (Pemberton, 29-4) vs. 4. Joel Perez (Perth Amboy, 27-4), winner vs. 5. Jonathan Price (Hackensack, 23-2); 3. Billy Miller (Brick Memorial) vs. Shane Fenton (Hunterdon Central), winner vs., 6. Darren Dungee (Morristown, 31-4); 7. Kris Rahn (Haddonfield, 27-8) vs. Rashid Moore (Hudson Catholic, 37-5), winner vs. 2. Billy Smith (High Point, 36-2).

HEAVYWEIGHT

Top Bracket

Ryan Moskwa (Perth Amboy, 32-4) vs. 8. Nick Conquest (Haddonfield, 27-6), winner vs. 1. Jimmy Lawson (Manchester, 35-0); 5. Joe Brady (Cranford, 33-1) vs. 4. Jonathan Slack (Warren Hills, 29-4); 3. Jorge Vicioso (Passaic, 33-2) vs. Dan Garwood (Clearview, 24-7), winner vs. 6. Mike Shannon (Old Tappan, 35-0); 7. Nick Curl (Paulsboro, 33-5) vs. Gregg Walsh (Paul VI, 22-6); Dan Pierce (Caldwell, 29-11) vs. 2. Brad Bormann (Hunterdon Central, 28-5).

Bottom Bracket

Zach Troutman (New Providence, 29-5) vs. 8. Ryan Fazzi (Phillipsburg, 24-14), winner vs. 1. Brandon DiDonato (Robbinsville, 29-1); 5. John Clark (Toms River East, 27-5) vs. Cody Mann (Mahwah, 21-6), winner vs. Chaz Lear (Lower Cape May, 28-0); Peter Wolmart (Randolph, 28-7) vs. 6. Karl Schmitz (Don Bosco Prep, 27-7) winner vs. 3. Jack Delia (North Hunterdon, 34-0); Bobby Sacks (South Plainfield, 29-12) vs. Greg Velasco (Keyport, 28-1), winner vs. 2. Emiliano Betancor (West Orange, 33-0).

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WRESTLING: Region V resumes tomorrow

2010-03-03T19:40:00.001-08:00

WRESTLING: Region V resumes tomorrow
Published: Friday, February 26, 2010

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By RICK FORTENBAUGH
Staff Writer

FLEMINGTON — Although it will be difficult for a Mercer County wrestler to win a title at Region V, the same will definitely not be the case for the overall area when the tournament resumes tomorrow morning.

Originally scheduled to get going again tonight, Region V will now start again tomorrow at 10 o’clock because of the snow storm. The finals at the Hunterdon Central Fieldhouse should take place tomorrow evening around 6 o’clock.

Ranked fifth in the state, Hunterdon Central has three top seeds in Spencer Parcel (125), Brian Bistis (130) and Jerry Somma (160). Both Bistis and Somma are undefeated and will be difficult to stop on their home mat.

Although he’s only seeded second, Hunterdon Central’s Alex Shaffer is definitely the man to beat at 119 pounds as well. Shaffer is 27-0 and has looked tremendous to date.

Getting back to Mercer County, still alive following Tuesday’s pre-quarterfinals are Princeton’s Ian Snyder (103) and Damien Freeman (130), Ewing’s Josh Garzio (130), Hopewell Valley’s Travis Gerstacker (160), and Notre Dame’s Chris Silakoski (189) and MIke Silakoski (215).

The Silakoski twins had Tuesday night off after winning District 17 championships last week. Both have legitimate shots of advancing to Atlantic City.

Chris Silakoski is seeded third and will open against Bobby Burd of Voorhees, who he pinned last week. Winning this weight will be very difficult because of the presence of two-time state champion Andrew Compolattano of Bound Brook and Old Bridge’s tough Nick Orak.

Mike Silakoski, meanwhile, will open against Chris Raub of Sayreville. Raub does not have a winning record. Even better for the fourth-seeded Mike Silakoski, his weight does not have a huge hammer wrestler like his brother’s weight at 189 pounds.

As luck would have it, Freeman and Garzio will wrestle each other in tomorrow’s quarterfinal round. Garzio defeated Freeman in the Mercer County Tourney final and finished ahead of the Princeton wrestler last week, although they did not wrestle each other at districts.

Snyder had drawn the top seed at 103 pounds and Gerstacker will take on Hunter Pipala of Monroe.

In addition to Hunterdon Central, the rest of the Hunterdon County schools have wrestlers in gold-medal contention as well.

Delaware Valley has Cody Barbiche (31-4) at 103), Mike Pongracz (33-3 at 112) and Bobby Stevely (33-2 at 125). Stevely is looking to rebound following a narrow loss to Parcel last week. Pongracz is considered the favorite by many at his weight.

Also keep an eye on North Hunterdon’s undefeated heavyweight Jack Delia and Voorhees’ Mike Hafke (171). Hafke is in a weight with another top-seeded area wrestler in South Brunswick’s Brendon Vercammen.

Quarterfinal Round Pairings

103 pounds: Luis Nunez, Perth Amboy (11) 20-8 vs. Ian Snyder, Princeton (10) 28-6; Valerio LaMorte, Bridgewater-Raritan (9) 24-6 vs. Nick Wahba, Somerville (9) 30-2; Cody Barbiche, Delaware Valley (11) 31-4 vs. Robert Murray, Bound Brook (9) 28-9; Collin Farley, JF Kennedy (9) 28-5 vs. Gary Siriday, Sayreville (10) 28-4

112 pounds: Mackey Price, Hillsborough (10) 26-1 vs. Patrick Boyle, North Hunterdon (11) 15-14; Mike Buttitta, JF Kennedy (12) 29-4 vs. Michael Palomba, South River (9) 31-4; Erik Biago, Montgomery (12) 26-6 vs. Justin Lopez, South Brunswick (10) 22-13; Michael Bohling, Sayreville (11) 19-14 vs. Mike Pongracz, Delaware Valley (9) 33-3.

119 pounds: Heriberto Quintana, Perth Amboy (12) 21-2 vs. Joe Colon, Franklin (12) 15-10; Anthony Geiger, Sayreville (11) 31-4 vs. Anthony Peterson, Edison (12) 23-1; Joey DiCarlo, Hillsborough (11) 26-3 vs. Mike Busch, Voorhees (11) 17-9; Frank Lazauskas, Somerville (10) 32-5 vs. Alex Shaffer, Hunterdon Central (10) 27-0.

125 pounds: Spencer Parcel, Hunterdon Central (12) 25-6 vs. Mike Mora, Piscataway (12) 28-8; Paul Kirchner, Somerville (10) 31-3 vs. Mike Pysniak, Bishop Ahr (12) 29-5; Ray Delanuez, Edison (12) 23-1 vs. Tyler Bobal, Montgomery (11) 17-11; Kyle Jensen, Monroe Twp. (11) 22-4 vs. Bobby Stevely, Delaware Valley (12) 33-2.

130 pounds: Brian Bistis, Hunterdon Central (12) 32-0 vs. James Pagano, South Brunswick (11) 18-10; Damian Freeman, Princeton (10) 25-3 vs. Josh Garzio, Ewing (11) 31-2; D™Andre Bell, Highland Park (12) 29-5 vs. Cory Goshkagarian, Franklin (10) 24-12; David Bergida, Montgomery (10) 17-12 vs. John Gozzolino, Carteret (12) 16-3.

135 pounds: Sam Emburgia, Monroe Twp. (12) 28-4 vs. Ryan Kaplan, Franklin (9) 22-13; David Volyn, Hunterdon Central (11) 24-6 vs. TJ Guidice, Hillsborough (11) 25-5; Vinny Peoni, Voorhees (12) 27-6 vs. Michael Oâ€™Kane, East Brunswick (9) 13-12; Sebastian Ocampo, Edison (12) 16-5 vs. Derek Delacruz, Bishop Ahr (12) 31-4.

140 pounds: Conor Hayes, Old Bridge (12) 34-1 vs. Arlen Mase, Bernards (12) 22-3; Ryan Larkin, Hunterdon Central (10) 8-7 vs. Devon Coates, Edison (11) 14-5; Noel Santiago, Sayreville (11) 27-7 vs. Matt Knowles, Delaware Valley (12) 24-12; Alex Holderbaum, Somerville (11) 22-13 vs. David Powell, Piscataway (12) 29-5

145 pounds: Micah Blair, Somerville (12) 33-0 vs. Mark Torres, Perth Amboy (12) 23-9; Chris Carey, Hunterdon Central (11) 23-8 vs. Brandon Simon, JF Kennedy (9) 20-9; Jesse DiBlasio, Hillsborough (12) 16-8 vs. Jaime Bond, Old Bridge (12) 23-7.

Taylor Black, Bishop Ahr (10) 26-9 vs. Kyle Mesce, Delaware Valley (12) 31-4.

152 pounds: Colin Hewitt, Franklin (11) 20-1 vs. Todd Johnson, Hunterdon Central (12) 21-10; Garrett Cuddey, Spotswood (11) 31-4 vs. Kyle Doerr, Bound Brook (12) 20-4; David Saley, Monroe Twp. (12) 31-1 vs. Carlos Rosario, Perth Amboy (12) 20-9; Dante LaVeechia, JF Kennedy (12) 28-4 vs. Chris Cancelliere, North Hunterdon (11) 29-2.

160 pounds: Jerry Somma, Hunterdon Central (12) 31-0 vs. Christopher Miehe, JP Stevens (10) 21-9; Hunter Pipala, Monroe Twp. (12) 29-3 vs. Travis Gerstacker, Hopewell Valley (12) 26-6; Jared Leon, Hillsborough (12) 28-3 vs. Gino Schifano, Sayreville (11) 23-11; Bryan Duran, Edison (12) 13-3 John McArdle, Franklin (12) 29-7.

171 pounds: Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick (12) 31-1 vs. Jon Friedman, Bridgewater-Raritan (12) 22-9; Cody Lewis, Hunterdon Central (12) 14-4 vs. Brian Stapleton, Franklin (12) 28-8; Steven Zafrani, Old Bridge (12) 28-6 CJ Hart, Bishop Ahr (11) 26-8; Brandon Stout, Piscataway (11) 26-11 vs. Mike Hafke, Voorhees (12) 30-2.

189 pounds: Andrew Campolattano, Bound Brook (11) 35-1 vs. Tyler Rios, Highland Park (10) 27-6; Cameron Radinovic, Ridge (11) 29-4 vs. Jake Maffucci, Hunterdon Central (11) 26-8

Christopher Silakoski, Notre Dame (12) 23-2 vs. Bobby Burd, Voorhees (12) 13-8; Chike Okolo, Franklin (11) 25-11 vs. Nicholas Orak, Old Bridge (12) 30-2.

215 pounds: Marc Tyson, Monroe Twp. (12) 30-2 vs. Josh Silencieux, Franklin (12) 24-12; Maxmillian Issaka, Woodbridge (11) 9-7 vs. David Castro, Manville (11) 17-4l; Michael Silakoski, Notre Dame (12) 20-3 vs. Christopher Raub, Sayreville (10) 11-14; Shane Fenton, Hunterdon Central (12) 20-6 vs. Joel Perez, Perth Amboy (12) 25-3.

Heavyweight: Jack Delia, North Hunterdon (11) 31-0 vs. Chris Rossi, Hillsborough (12) 15-14; Nadrell McMillan, New Brunswick (12) 12-2 vs. Pete Machala, Bridgewater-Raritan (11) 23-6; Ryan Moskwa, Perth Amboy (11) 29-3 vs. Tyler Carlock, Sayreville (11) 18-9; Kenny Taffur, Bound Brook (11) 23-12 vs. Brad Bormann, Hunterdon Central (12) 27-3.

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NJ wrestling state tournament: Weighing in on 171lbs wrestlers

2010-03-03T19:27:00.000-08:00

NJ wrestling state tournament: Weighing in on 171lbs wrestlers
By Star-Ledger Staff

Winning a state championship would be a great cap to the career of Ryan Callahan of Wallkill Valley. In the Region 1 final on Monday in his home gym, Callahan not only won his third region championship but he became the all-time winning-est wrestler in the proud history of Sussex County.
He enters Atlantic City with 150 career victories and as a heavy favorite to win the state title. He fell in the 2009 state final at this 171-pound class to two-time champion Brandan Ard of Watchung Hills by a 4-3 score. Ard is off to college and wresting at Wisconsin and Callahan is ready to take over this weight class.Callahan, the No. 1 seed up top, could tangle with a tough semifinal opponent in Zach Agostino of Egg Harbor, the No. 2 seed in this half.
Omar Akel of Long Branch, the No. 1 seed in the bottom who placed sixth in the state at 171 a year ago, second-seeded Mike Khoury of St.Joseph in Montvale, third-seeded Jamie Westwood of Queen of Peace, fourth-seeded Canaan Bethea of Ttrenton and Mike Hafke of Voorhees, the No. 5 seed, all have potential to reach the final opposite Callahan.
The matchups:
T1-Ryan Callahan, Wallkill Valley vs. T8-Damian Murberg, Pascack Valley vs. Brian Stapleton, Franklin winner.
T5-Bryan Sternlieb, Toms River East vs. T4-Mike Lomio, Hanover Park.
T6-James Fox, St. Peter's Prep vs. Victor Kipiani, Ramapo, winner vs. T3-Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick vs. Gregg Ratner, Hightstown winner.
T7-T.J. Shea, Bishop Eustace vs. Anthony Angelone, West Orange, winner vs. T2-Zach Agostino, Egg Harbor Twp.
B1-Omar Akel, Long Branch vs. Victor Pozsonyi, Roselle Park, winner vs. B8-Mike Amada, Mount Olive vs. Jake Poeppel, Woodstown winner.
B5-Mike Hafke, Voorhees vs. B4-Canaan Bethea, Trenton, winner vs. B6-Daymien Scott, Washington Twp. vs. Brad Wosczak, Wall, winner vs. B3-Jamie Westwood, Queen of Peace.
B7-Dawud Hicks, Plainfield vs. John Secor, Pompton Lakes, winner vs. B2-Mike Khoury, St. Joseph (Mont.).

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Region 5 Live Blogging & Championship Play-By-Play

2010-03-03T19:23:00.000-08:00

Region 5 Live Blogging & Championship Play-By-Play
FEBRUARY 27, 2010 • 11:02 AM
By Luca Rispoli
Thoughout the day, I’ll be sharing with you the action on the mat. Mat 1 is closest to the press table so a majority of the matches will be from this mat, but I’ll try my best to give you updates from all the mats. I will also be blogging live play-by-play action of the finals matside. Please REFRESH OFTEN!
Semi-Finals
Marc Tyson (Monroe) just exchanged throws with Maxmillian Issaka (Woodbridge) and was able to score a takedown on the third throw, 2-0. Issaka just got poked in the eye and got a point for the technical violation, Tyson then choose neutral making the score 2-2. Tyson took down Issaka to his back to end the period, 6-2. Issaka chooses neutral. These two are big strong guys looking to out-throw each other and it’s fun to watch. Tyson just speared Issaka straight to his back for the pin! Tyson will wrestle Joel Perez (Perth Amboy) in the finals.

Nick Orak (Old Bridge) just pinned Bobby Burd (Voorhees) in 38 seconds! Defending state champion Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook) is winning 2-0 over Cameron Radinovic (Ridge). Campolattano picked up a couple of back points to end the first period, 4-0 Campolattano chooses defense to start the second. Campolattano just reversed Radinovic with a cradle and the pin!

Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick) is now wrestling Brian Stapleton (Franklin) while Steve Zafrani (Old Bridge) just gave up a takedown before the buzzer to Mike Hafke (Voorhees). Hafke just scored another takedown, 4-0, as Vercammen broke a scoreless tie with an escape, 1-0. Hafke is now winning 6-0 as Vercammen just pinned Stapleton with an armbar! He will wrestle Hafke who just won 6-0.

Jerrry Somma (Hunterdon Central) is up 1-0 against Travis Gerslacker (Hopewell Valley). Jared Leon (Hillsborough) is winning 4-3 against John McArdle (Franklin). Leon escapes, 5-3. McArdle is fighting like mad to get that final takedown. McArdle picks up a stalling point, but it’s not enough as Leon wins 5-4 and will face Somma in the finals who won by pin.
171: Mike Hafke (Voorhees) m.d. Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick), 8-0.

Finals

189: Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook) p. Nick Orak (Old Bridge), 1:16.

Campolattano scores a quick takedown, two different set of backs, and pins Orak in 1:16.

171: Mike Hafke (Voorhees) m.d. Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick), 10-0.

Hafke has a deep single and scores a takedown with 30 seconds left, 2-0. Hafke rides out Vercammen for the rest of the period. Second period. Vercammen defers, Hafke chooses defense. Hafke hits a reversal off a cradle counter, 4-0. Vercammen attempts a series of granby rolls but is unable to reverse Hafke before the end of the period. Vercammen chooses defense to start the third. Hafke picks up a couple of backs from a spladle style tilt, 8-0. Hafke scores a couple of more backs before the buzzer with a jacobson, 10-0.

160: Jerry Somma (Hunterdon Central) d. Jared Leon (Hillsborough), 3-1.

Somma scores from a front headlock and spinning behind, 2-0. Second period. Somma chooses defense. Somma escapes, 3-0. Third period. Leon chooses defense and escapes quickly, 3-1. There is a lot of dancing and the match ends, 3-1.

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HS WRESTLING: Hunterdon Central wins five, but rest of Mercer flounders

2010-03-03T19:21:00.000-08:00

HS WRESTLING: Hunterdon Central wins five, but rest of Mercer flounders

FLEMINGTON — Although Hunterdon County wrestlers managed to win five individual titles at the Region V Tournament last night, it was not a good day for the Mercer County half rest of District 17.

In fact, it was one of the worst showings ever as only Ewing’s Josh Gazio (125) was able to advance to Atlantic City.

Champions from Hunterdon County were Hunterdon Central's Alex Shaffer (119), Brian Bistis (130), and Jerry Somma (160), Voorhees’ Mike Hakfe (171) and North Hunterdon heavyweight Jack Delia.

Shaffer was named the Outstanding Wrestler after pinning in the first first minute of his final.

After beating Princeton’s Damian Freeman, 5-2, in the quarterfinals, Garzio once again lost to Hunterdon Central’s district champion Brian Bistis, this time by a score of 12-4.
Both Garzio and Freeman then wrestled back to the consolation final, where Garzio beat Freehman for the third time this year. It was the closest bout to date, but the Garzio prevailed, 5-4, to run his record 35-3. Garzio is only a junior and on course to smash Ewing’s school record for wins next year.

In addition to Freeman, coming up one win short were Hopewell Valley’s Travis Gerstacker (160) and Notre Dame’s Mike Silakowski (215).

Silakoski came about as close as you can, but with the score tied at 6-all late in the third period, he was taken down with a single leg by Hunterdon Central’s Shane Fenton and pinned with :09 to go.

After losing to Hunterdon Central’s Jerry Somma for the third time this year in the semifinals, Gerstacker bounced back with two straight wins before seeing his season end in an 8-2 loss to John McArdle of Franklin.

Finals

103: Gary Siraday Sayreville d. Nick Whaba Somerville, 4-2.

112: Mackay Price d. Erik Biagaio Montgomery, 6-2

119: Ales Shaffer Hunterdon Central p. Heribito Quintanan Perth Amboy, :38

125: RAy De La Nuez Edison d. Spencer Parcel Hunterodn Central, 15-13.

130: Brian Bistis hunterdon Central d. Andrea Bell Highland Park, 15-2.

135: Sam Embugira Monroe p. Derek DeLa Cruz Bisho Ahr, 1:18.

140: Conor Hayes Old Bridge d. David Powell Piscataway, 11-1.

145: Michah Blair Somerville d. Taylor Black Bishop Ahr 13-4.

152: Colin Hewitt Franklin d. David Saley Monroe, 8-0.

160: Jerry Somma Hunterdon Central d. Jared Leonl Hillsborough, 3-1.

171_ Mike Hafke Voorhees d. Brendan Vercammen South Bruniswck, 8-0.

189: Andrew Campollatano Bound Brook p. Nik Orak Old Bridge, 1:16.

215: Mark Tyson Monroe d. Joel Perez Perth Amboy, 5-4.

Hvy: Jack DeLia North Hunterdon d. Brad Bormann Hunterdon Central 3-2 four OTS.

Consolation Finals

103: Cody Barbiche, Del.Valley 4, Luis Nunez, Perth Amboy 2.

112: Mike Pongracz, Del. Valley pinned Mike Palomba, South River, 1:40.

119: Anthony Peterson, Edison 16, Anthony Geiger, Sayreville 6.

125: Bobby Stevely, Del. Valley 8, Paul Kirchner, Somerville 5.

130: Josh Garzio, 5, Dmian Freeman, Princeton 4.

135: T.J. Guidice, Hillsborough pinned Vinny Peoni, Voorhees 5:29.

140: Devon Coates, Edison pinned Noel Santiago, Sayreville, 5:25.

145: Beau Vrancken, North Hunterdon pinned Chris Carey, Hunterdon Central 4:09.

152: Chris Cancelliere, North Hunterdon d. 10, Carlos Rosario, Perth Amboy 10-8 OT

160: John McArdle, Franklin d Travis Gerstacker, Hopewell, 8-2.

171: Brian Stapleton, Franklin d. Steven Zafrani, Old Bridge 6-2; .

189: Tyler Rios, Highland Park d Chike Okolo, Franklin 10-4.

215: Shane Fenton, Hunterdon Central pinned Mike Silakoski, Notre Dame 5:51.

Hvy: Ryan Moskwa, Perth Amboy 5, Kenny Taffur, Bound Brook 2.

Semifinal Wrestlebacks

103-Cody Barbiche, Delaware Valley, p. Valerio LaMorte, Bridgewater-Raritan, :50; 103-Luis Nunez, Perth Amboy, d. Robert Murray, Bound Brook, 7-2.

112-Mike Pongracz, Delaware Valley, tf. Patrick Boyle, North Hunterdon, 15-0, 5:20; -Michael Palomba, South River, d. Bohling, Sayrviillee, 8-1.

119-Anthony Geiger, Sayreville, p. Joey DiCarlo, Hillsborough, :52; Anthony Peterson, Edison, d. Frank Lazauskas, Somerville, 6-4.

125-Bobby Stevely, Delaware Valley, d. Mike Pysniak, Bishop Ahr, 5-2; Paul Kirchner, Somerville, d. Tyler Bobal, Montgomery, 5-3.

130-Damian Freeman, Princeton, d. David Bergida, Montgomery, 16-6; Josh Garzio, Ewing, d. John Gozzolino, Carteret, 9-2.

135-Vinny Peoni, Voorhees, d. David Volyn, Hunterdon Central, 6-4; 135-T.J. Guidice, Hillsborough, p. Michael O’Kane, East Brunswick, 3:25.

140-Devon Coates, Edison, p. Matt Knowles, Delaware Valley, 1:53; Noel Santiago, Sayreville, d. Arlen Mase, Bernards, 7-5.

145-Chris Carey, Hunterdon Central, d. Jesse DiBlasio, Hillsborough, 8-4; Beau Vrancken, North Hunterdon, d. Kyle Mesce, Delaware Val., 4-2 OT.

152-Chris Cancelliere, North Hunterdon, d. Garrett Cuddey, Spotswood, 5-2; Carlos Rosario, Perth Amboy, p. Dante LaVeechia, Iselin Kennedy, :12.

160-John McArdle, Franklin, d. Hunter Pipala, Monroe, 19-5; Travis Gerstacker, Hopewell Valley, d. Gino Schifano, Sayreville, 7-4.

171-Steven Zafrani, Old Bridge, p. Cody Lewis, Hunterdon Central, 3:55; Brian Stapleton, Franklin, d. Brandon Stout, Piscataway, 3-1.

189-Tyler Rios, Highland Park, d. Bobby Burd, Voorhees, 9-4; Chike Okolo, Franklin, d. Cameron Radinovic, Ridge, 6-0.

215-Michael Silakoski, Notre Dame, d. Josh Silencieux, Franklin, 8-7;-Shane Fenton, Hunterdon Central, d. Maxmillian Issaka, Woodbridge, 11-10.

Hvy-Ryan Moskwa, Perth Amboy, d. Pete Machala, Bridgewater-Raritan, 1-0; Kenny Taffur, Bound Brook, d. Nadrell McMillan, 2-1 3OT.

Semifinals

103: Nick Wabha (Somerville), d. Luis Nunez (Perth Amboy), 5-3 3OT; Gary Siriday (Sayreville), d. Cody Barbiche (Delaware Valley), 10-3.

112: Mackey Price (Hillsborough), p. Mike Palomba (New Brunswick), :19; Erik Biago (Montgomery), d. Mike Poncracz (Delaware Valley), 6-4

119: Heriberto Quintana (Perth Amboy), d. Anthony Peterson (Edison), 9-7; Alex Shaffer (Hunterdon Central),tf . Joey DiCarlo (Hillsborough).

125: Spencer Parcel (Hunterdon Central), d. Paul Kirchner (Somerville), 5-4; Ray DeLaNuez (Edison), d. Bobby Stevely (Delaware Valley), 12-4.

130: Brian Bistis (Hunterdon Central), d. Josh Garzio (Ewing), 12-4; D’Andre Bell (Highland Park), d. David Bergida (Montgomery), 9-5.

135: Sam Emburgia (Monroe), d. T.J. Guidice (Hillsborough), 9-4; Derek Delacruz (Bishop Ahr), d. Vinny Peoni (Voorhees), 8-2.

140: Conor Hayes (Old Bridge), d. Devon Coates (Edison), 5-1; David Powell (Piscataway), d. Noel Santiago (Sayreville), 4-2 3OT.

145: Micah Blair (Somerville), p. Beau Vrancken (North Hunterdon), 5:09; 145: Taylor Black (Bishop Ahr), d. Jesse DiBlasio (Hillsborough), 6-4.

152: Colin Hewitt (Franklin), d. Kyle Doerr (Bound Brook), 12-0; David Saley (Monroe), d. Chris Cancelliere (North Hunterdon), 10-8.

160: Jerry Somma (Hunterdon Central), p. Travis Gerstacker (Hopewell Valley), 5:01; Jared Leon (Hillsborough), d. John McArdle (Franklin), 5-4.

171: Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick), p. Brian Stapleton (Franklin), 4:35; : Mike Hafke (Voorhees), d. Steven Zafrani (Old Bridge), 6-0.

189: Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook), p. Cameron Radinovic (Ridge), 2:27; : Nick Orak (Old Bridge), p. Bobby Burd (Voorhees), :38.

215: Mark Tyson (Monroe), p. Maxmillian Issaka (Woodbridge), 3:34; Joel Perez (Perth Amboy), tfall Mike Silakowski (Notre Dame), 17-1 (TF 5:20).

HWT: Jack Delia (North Hunterdon), p. Nadrell MacMillan (New Brunswick), 1:54; : Brad Bormann (Hunt.n Cent), d. Moskwa (Perth Amboy), 3-0.

Quarterfinal Wrestlebacks

103: Valerio LaMorte (Bridgewater-Raritan), d. Ian Snyder (Princeton), 5-2; Robert Murray (Bound Brook), d. Colin Farley (Iselin Kennedy), 3-2,

112: Patrick Boyle (North Hunterdon), d. Mike Buttita (Iselin Kennedy), 5-0; Michael Bohling (Sayreville), p. Justin Lopez (South Brunswick), 1:07.

119: Anthony Geiger (Sayreville), p. Joe Colon (Franklin), 1:49; Frank Lazauskas (Somerville), d. Mike Busch (Voorhees), 14-4.

125: Mike Pysniak (Bishop Ahr), p. Brandon Mora (Piscataway), 1:29; Tyler Bobal (Montgomery), d. Kyle Johnson (Monroe), 8-3.

130: Damian Freeman (Princeton), d. James Pagano (South Brunswick), 3-1; John Gozzolino (Carteret), d. Cory Goshkagarina (Franklin), 8-4.

135: David Volyn (Hunterdon Central), d. Jon Zehnbauer (Voorhees), 7-2; Mike O’Kane (East Brunswick), d. Sebastian Ocampo (Edison), 9-5.

140: Arlen Mase (Bernards), d. Ryan Larkin (Hunterdon Central), 4-2; Matt Knowles (Delaware Valley), d. Alex Holderbaum (Somerville), 5-3.

145: Chris Carey (Hunterdon Central), d. Mark Torres (Perth Amboy), 9-3; Kyle Mesce (Delaware Valley), p. Jaime Bond (Old Bridge), 2:15.

152: Garrett Cuddey (Spotswood), p. Todd Johnson (Hunterdon Central), 1:52; Carlos Rosario (Carteret), d. LaVeechia (JFK), 7-2.

160: Hunter Pipalla (Monroe), p. Chris Miehe (J.P. Stevens), 3:26; Gino Schifano (Sayreville), p. Brian Duran (Edison), 3:56.

171: Cody Lewis (Hunterdon Central), d. Jon Friedman (Bridgewater-Raritan), 6-1; Brandon Stout (Piscataway), d. C.J. Hart (Bishop Ahr), 3-1.

189: Tyler Rios (Highland Park), d. Jake Maffucci (Hunterdon Central), 3-2; Chike Okolo (Franklin), d. Chris Silakowski (Notre Dame), 6-4.

215: Josh Silencieux (Franklin), wbf;t; Shane Fenton (Hunt.n Cent.), d. Raub (Sayreville), 3-2.

HWT: Pete Machala (Bridgewater-Raritan), d. Chris Rossi (Hillsborough), 3-0; Kenny Taffur (Bound Brook), d. Tyler Carlock (Sayreville), 9-3.

Quarterfinals

103: Luis Nunez (Perth Amboy), d. Ian Snyder (Princeton), 3-1; Nick Wabha (Somerville), d. Valerio LaMorte (Bridgewater-Raritan), 5-1; Cody Barbiche (Delaware Valley), d. Robert Murray (Bound Brook), 10-4; Gary Siriday (Sayreville), p. Colin Farley (Iselin Kennedy), 1:44.

112: Mackey Price (Hillsborough), d. Patrick Boyle (North Hunterdon), 14-3; Mike Palomba (New Brunswick), p. Mike Buttita (Iselin Kennedy), 4:38; Erik Biago (Montgomery), d. Justin Lopez (South Brunswick), 5-1; Mike Pongracz (Delaware Valley), d. Bohling (Sayreville), 15-0 (TF 5:58).

119: Heriberto Quintana (Perth Amboy), p. Joe Colon (Franklin), 4:49; Anthony Peterson (Edison), d. Anthony Geiger (Sayreville), 9-1; Joey DiCarlo (Hillsborough), d. Mike Busch (Voorhees), 6-5; : Alex Shaffer (Hunterdon Central), d. Frank Lazauskas (Somerville), 15-0 (TF 5:11).

125: Spencer Parcel (Hunterdon Central), d. Mike Mora (Piscataway), 10-5; Paul Kirchner (Somerville), d. Mike Pysniak (Bishop Ahr), 7-4; : Ray DeLaNuez (Edison), d. Tyler Bobal (Montgomery), 20-8; Bobby Stevely (Delaware Valley), d. Kyle Jensen (Monroe), 15-2.

130: Brian Bistis (Hunterdon Central), d. James Pagano (South Brunswick), 16-1 (TF 5:06); Josh Garzio (Ewing), d. Damian Freeman (Princeton), 5-2; D’Andre Bell (Highland Park), d. Cory Goshkagarina (Franklin), 12-6; David Bergida (Montgomery), d. John Gozzolino (Carteret), 5-4.

135: Sam Emburgia (Monroe), p. Derek Zehnbaur (Delaware Valley), 1:43; T.J. Guidice (Hillsborough), d. David Volyn (Hunterdon Central), 3-1; Vinny Peoni (Voorhees), d. Mike O’Kane (East Brunswick), 12-5; Derek Delacruz (Bishop Ahr), d. Sebastian Ocampo (Edison), 7-2.

140: Conor Hayes (Old Bridge), p. Arlen Mase (Bernards), 2:48; Devon Coates (Edison), d. Ryan Larkin (Hunterdon Central), 17-4; Noel Santiago (Sayreville), d. Matt Knowles (Delaware Valley), 17-12; David Powell (Piscataway), d. Alex Holderbaum (Somerville), 10-0

145: Micah Blair (Somerville), d. Mark Torres (Perth Amboy), 12-1; Beau Vrancken (North Hunterdon), d. Chris Carey (Hunterdon Central), 3-2; Jesse DiBlasio (Hillsborough), p. Jaime Bond (Old Bridge), 3:42; Taylor Black (Bishop Ahr), d. Kyle Mesce (Delaware Valley), 10-5.

152: Colin Hewitt (Franklin), p. Todd Johnson (Hunterdon Central), 2:46; Kyle Doerr (Bound Brook), d. Garrett Cuddey (Spotswood), 7-5; David Saley (Monroe), d. Carlos Rosario (Perth Amboy), 12-2; Chris Cancelliere (North Hunterdon), d. LaVeechia (JFK), 16-1 (TF 4:21).

160: Jerry Somma (Hunterdon Central), p. Chris Miehe (J.P. Stevens), :46; Travis Gerstacker (Hopewell Valley), d. Hunter Pipalla (Monroe), 3-1; : Jared Leon (Hillsborough), d. Gino Schifano (Sayreville), 5-1; John McArdle (Franklin), p. Brian Duran (Edison), 1:35.

171: Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick), p. Jon Friedman (Bridgewater-Raritan), 2:14; Brian Stapleton (Franklin), d. Cody Lewis (Hunterdon Central), 7-3; Steven Zafrani (Old Bridge), d. C.J. Hart (Bishop Ahr), 7-2; Mike Hafke (Voorhees), d. Brandon Stout (Piscataway), 10-4.

189: Andrew Campolattano (Bound Brook), p. Tyler Rios (Highland Park), 1:23; Cameron Radinovic (Ridge), d. Jake Maffucci (Hunterdon Central), 10-8; Bobby Burd (Voorhees), d. Chris Silakowski (Notre Dame), 4-3; Nick Orak (Old Bridge), p. Chike Okolo (Franklin), 5:44.

215: Mark Tyson (Monroe), p. Josh Silencieux (Franklin), :46; Maxmillian Issaka (Woodbridge), p. David Castro (Manville), 5:37; Mike Silakowski (Notre Dame), d. Christopher Raub (Sayreville), 4-3; Joel Perez (Perth Amboy), d. Shane Fenton (Hunterdon Central), 5-2.

HWT: Jack Delia (North Hunterdon), p. Chris Rossi (Hillsborough), 1:25; Nadrell MacMillan (New Brunswick), d. Pete Machala (Bridgewater-Raritan), 6-3; Ryan Moskwa (Perth Amboy), d. Tyler Carlock (Sayreville), 3-1; Brad Bormann (Hunterdon Central), d. Kenny Taffur (Bound Brook), 1-0.
http://www.trentonian.com/articles/2010/02/28/sports/doc4b89ed7f8dcfd398827487.txt

Live wrestling updates: Region 5 semifinals

2010-03-03T19:18:00.000-08:00

Live wrestling updates: Region 5 semifinals
By Bob Behre/For The Star-Ledger
February 27, 2010, 12:58PM

171 POUNDS
Brendan Vercammen, South Brunswick pinned Brian Stapleton, Franklin 4:35. Vercammen was leading a low-scoring battle in the third when he ended it by stacking Stapleton for the fall.
Mike Hafke, Voorhees 6, Steven Zafrani, Old Bridge 0. Hafke, smooth as ever, cruised to the final in a bout that gave him career victory No. 100.
http://www.nj.com/hssports/blog/wrestling/index.ssf/2010/02/live_wrestling_updates_region_5_semifinals.html

189 POUNDS
Andrew Campolattano, Bound Brook pinned Cameron Radinovic, Ridge 2:27. Campolattano was on defense, sat out and eventually got Radinovic in a bad position and sank in a cradle so fast we all went to sleep.
Nick Orak, Old Bridge pinned Bobby Burd, Voorhees :38. Orak looks like he means business. He better. Look who is next.

160 POUNDS
Jerry Somma, Hunterdon Central pinned Travis Gerstacker. Hopewell Valley 5:01. Somma beat Gerstacker, 5-1, in the District 17 final. Somma was leading 1-0 midway through the third period and riding before turning him for the fall.
Jared Leon, Hillsborough 5, John McArdle, Franklin 4. This turned out to be a real good one. Leon took a 4-0 lead in the first on a TD and two near fall points before McArdle battled back. He closed it to 5-3 and picked up a point on a stall but with only a second remaining.

South Brunswick High School’s Brendan Vercammen is headed to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City

2010-03-03T19:17:00.000-08:00

South Brunswick High School’s Brendan Vercammen is headed to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City for the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling State Championships. The Viking finished second at 171 pounds at the Region V Tournament held on Feb. 27 at Hunterdon Central High School.

The top three finishers in each weight class qualified for the individual state tournament that begins Friday and runs through Sunday.

http://nbs.gmnews.com/news/2010-03-04/Sports/Sports_Shorts.html

Community service part of District 20 wrestling tourney

2010-03-03T19:15:00.000-08:00

Community service part of District 20 wrestling tourney

BY JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent
The mind-set on the mat is altogether different now that the concept of team wrestling has ended with the conclusion of the district wrestling championships this past weekend.
Beginning this past Tuesday, when the Region V Tournament kicked off with its preliminary round at Hunterdon Central High School in Flemington, and continuing with the semifinals and finals tomorrow night and Saturday, also at Hunterdon Central, and then at the state finals in Atlantic City on March 5-7, a wrestler wins only for himself.

However, the emphasis was not only on team, but the entire district as a host of community service projects was evident at the District 20 Tournament in South Brunswick last weekend.

Members of the host team, for instance, dyed their hair pink to further enhance breast cancer awareness. Then wrestlers and fans were encouraged to bring two non-perishable food items, which were collected and donated to the South Brunswick Food Pantry.

“Community service has always been a theme with the districts and wrestling,” said South Brunswick’s veteran coach, Joe Dougherty. “The breast cancer awareness came together fast, but once we decided where our efforts would be directed, everything was well organized.”

Cans were placed in strategic areas of the high school gym, and team managers donned pink shirts and circulated the building.

“If somebody asked, ‘What’s with the pink?,’ team managers or wrestlers were ready with an answer and a suggestion as to how individuals could donate. That effort and the donations to the food pantry turned out to be quite successful.”

So, too, were the wrestling results at District 20, especially for Monroe Township, which crowned a tournament-high five individual champions. Despite a third-place team finish (149.5 points) behind titlist Old Bridge (184 points) and second-place Sayreville (178 points), the Falcon five earned a bye from competing in Tuesday’s regional preliminaries, which pits the second- and third-place wrestlers in area districts in a “survival of the fittest.” Those and other district champions see their first action tomorrow night. The remaining order of finish for area teams is: South Brunswick, fourth place (148 points); East Brunswick, fifth place (123.5 points); Spotswood, sixth place (42.7 points); North Brunswick, seventh place (41 points), and South River, ninth place (31 points).

Monroe’s five titlists are Kyle Jensen (125 pounds), Sam Emburgia (135 pounds), David Saley (152 pounds), Hunter Pipala (160 pounds), and Marc Tyson (215 pounds). Saley became a rare four-time champion, and Emburgia won his third district title.

The other area district champions are: Mike Palumbo (112 pounds), South River; and James Pagano (130 pounds) and Brendan Vercammen (171 pounds), both South Brunswick.

As a result of their runner-up or thirdplace consolations at the districts, the following area wrestlers competed at the Region V preliminaries Tuesday night. Winners were to be re-seeded and move on to the semifinals tomorrow night. They are: at 103, Chad Capraro, South Brunswick; 112, Justin Lopez, South Brunswick; 119, Mike Fahy, Spotswood; 125, Mike Parabello, East Brunswick, and Frank Capraro, South Brunswick; 130, Ryan Levinsky, East Brunswick; 135, Michael O’Kane, East Brunswick; 140, Ryan Marosey, East Brunswick; 152, Garrett Cuddy, Spotswood; 160, Justin DeAndrea, South Brunswick; 189, Jeff Goldhagen, South Brunswick, and Julian Quintin, East Brunswick; and 215, Alex Baranov, North Brunswick.
http://ebs.gmnews.com/news/2010-02-25/Sports/Community_service_part_of_District_20_wrestling_to.html

GMC Shines at Region 5

2010-02-28T13:43:00.000-08:00

GMC Shines at Region 5
FEBRUARY 27, 2010

By GREG TUFARO
STAFF WRITER

RARITAN TOWNSHIP — Just a few years ago, the Highland Park High School wrestling team was on life support, barely breathing with only four grapplers in the program.

The Owls, who never before qualified a single wrestler for the state tournament, advanced two to Atlantic City as senior D’Andre Bell and sophomore Tyler Rios stood out among Greater Middlesex Conference competitors in Saturday’s Region 5 Tournament at the Hunterdon Central Field House.

Eighteen GMC wrestlers advanced to the state tournament, which will be contested March 5-7 at Boardwalk Hall. The tournament will be seeded on Tuesday morning at NJSIAA headquarters in Robbinsville.

The top three finishers from each of the state’s eight regions move on to Atlantic City.

The GMC crowned five region champions and boasted 14 finalists. Three weight classes (135,140 and 215) featured all-GMC finals.

Monroe, Edison and Perth Amboy advanced a GMC-best three wrestlers apiece to the states, while Old Bridge and Bishop Ahr each advanced two.

“”You could see all the individual talent we have throughout the GMC and we showcased it here at Region 5,’’ Old Bridge coach Bryan Garnett said. “We are going to be well-represented in Atlantic City and that’s what it’s all about.’’

Conor Hayes became the winningest wrestler in Old Bridge history, earning career victory 117 with an 11-1 major decision over Piscataway’s David Powell in the 140-pound final.

He broke a 28-year-old record previously held by Kevin Jacoutot, a four-time state finalist who compiled a 114-4 mark, with wins in the region quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.

“”It’s nice,’’ Hayes said of the school record, “”but I wasn’t really looking for it. It was like a milestone. I always looked at (the 100-win banner in the wrestling room) every day. I wanted to be up there.’’

The region title was the second for Hayes, who won the 103-pound title as a sophomore.

Edison’s Ray DeLaNuez (125) and Monroe’s Sam Emburgia (135) each won a second straight region title.

Sayreville’s Gary Siriday (103) and Monroe’s Marc Tyson (215) each won their first region titles.

Monroe was the only GMC school to crown two region champions. Tyson earned a hard-fought 5-4 decision over two-time state qualifier Joel Perez of Perth Amboy’s, while Emburgia pinned Bishop Ahr’s Derek Delacruz in 1:18.

“”I felt like overall we wrestled well toward the end of the year,’’ Monroe coach Bill Jacoutot said. “”To have two individual champions was a nice way to wrap (the regions) up. Now we turn our focus to Atlantic City.’’

Piscataway’s David Powell (140), Bishop Ahr’s Taylor Black (145), Monroe’s David Saley, South Brunswick’s Brendan Vercammen (171) and Old Bridge’s Nick Orak (189) were region runners-up.

In the region’s marquee final, Hunterdon Central’s Alex Shaffer posted a 2:38 pin at 119 pounds of Perth Amboy’s Heriberto Quintana, a third-place finisher in Atlantic City last year. The bout was a rematch of last year’s 112-pound region final, which Shaffer won 8-6 before failing to medal in the state tournament.

Shaffer was named the region’s Outstanding Wrestler, while his mentor, Steve Gibble, was named Region 5 Coach of the Year.

Bell advanced as the top seed to the 130-pound final, where he lost to undefeated Brian Bistis (35-0) of Hunterdon Central, who placed eighth in the state last year.

Rios opened the day with a quarterfinal loss to Bound Brook juggernaut Andrew Campolattano, a two-time state champion with a 126-1 career record. Rios won three wrestleback matches to finish third.

“”It hasn’t sunk in yet,’’ Highland Park head coach Craig Girvan said of qualifying two Owls for the state tournament.

“”Highland Park is such a fine academic institution and we’ve been known a long time for football. When I got there in 2000 with (former assistant Scott) Gerba, our first year wrestling we finished 0-18 and we only had four kids in the program.

“”We’ve been fighting since then and we put in a lot of time. It’s just phenomenal.’’

Black, the Cinderella of Region 5, advanced as the No. 7 seed to the 140-pound final, where he lost to unbeaten Micah Blair (35-0) of Somerville, a three-time district champion.

“”Taylor has worked hard all year so I’m not surprised,’’ Bishop Ahr coach Nick Tonzola said of Black reaching the final.

“Every one of his losses is to a quality opponent. He’s wrestled a tough schedule and tough competition all year, battling with (teammates) Derek (Delacruz) and Mike (Pysniak) on a daily basis.’’

Vercammen fell short in his bid for a second straight region crown, dropping a 10-0 major decision to Mike Havke of Voorhees.

“”With his experience from last year Brendan found out he can compete at this level and belong,’’ South Brunswick coach Joe Dougherty said. “”Mentally he’s stronger and physically he’s grown into the 171-pound class.’’

“”I think the state tournament last year (where Vercammen failed to medal) left a sour taste in his mouth because he felt he could have placed higher and he didn’t.

“”So he spent a lot of time in the offseason working for this moment. This is the second season. He’s ready for it. He wrestled real smart and we’re going back to Atlantic City with the hope of bringing home some hardware.’’

The GMC went 4-4 in third-place bouts with victories from Edison’s Anthony Peterson (119), Edison’s Devon Coates (140), Perth Amboy’s Ryan Moskwa (285) and Rios (189).

Peterson defeated Sayreville’s Anthony Geiger and Coates beat Sayreville’s Noel Santiago to advance.

http://blogs.mycentraljersey.com/onthemat/2010/02/27/gmc-shines-at-region-5/

Welcome to the Scorebook for Brendan Vercammen

2010-02-22T19:43:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Scorebook for Brendan Vercammen

South Brunswick Hs NJ Vercammen Brendan 12 M 171 31 - 1
2010 Season Stats 2010 Season Results
Category Value Scored Value Allowed
Wins 31
Losses 1
Pins 15 0
Forfeits 6
Disqualifications 0 0
Defaults 0 0
Tech Falls 2 0
Major Decisions 1 0
Decisions 7 1
Takedowns 0 0
Escapes 0 0
Reversals 0 0
2 pt Nearfalls 0 0
3 pt Nearfalls 0 0
4 pt Nearfalls 0 0
1 pt Penalty 0 0
2 pt Penalty 0 0
Stall Warning 0 0
1 pt Stalling 0 0
2 pt Stalling 0 0
Cautions 0 0
Total Match Pts 0 0
Total Team Pts 161 3
Date Opponent Name Opponent School Wt Class Result WinType Score Tourney Place
12/22/2009 John P. Stevens High School 189 W For
12/27/2009 Sottile, Sam Ocean Township High School 171 W FALL 3:07 1st
12/27/2009 Yanuzzelli, Alex Sayreville War Memorial High S 171 W FALL 2:31 1st
12/27/2009 Fox, James St Peters Preparatory School 171 W DEC 3 - 1 1st
1/2/2010 Stapleton, Brian Franklin High School 171 W DEC 3 - 1
1/2/2010 Piscataway High School 171 W For
1/2/2010 Aston, Ryan JFK-Iselin 189 W FALL 0:53
1/6/2010 Cumber, Matt Perth Amboy High School 171 W DEC 3 - 1
1/7/2010 Woodbridge High School 189 W For
1/9/2010 Zafrani, Steven Old Bridge High School 171 L DEC 1 - 3
1/9/2010 Montgomery High School 171 W For
1/13/2010 Sahakian, Haik Peddie 189 W FALL 1:44
1/16/2010 Yanuzzelli, Alex Sayreville War Memorial High S 171 W FALL 3:41
1/16/2010 Geraghty, John Edison High School 189 W FALL 3:58
1/16/2010 Bach, Eric Kittatinny Regional Jr/Sr High 189 W DEC 4 - 2
1/19/2010 Whitefleet, William South Plainfield 171 W FALL 2:40
1/21/2010 Yurcisin, Kyle Hillsborough High School 171 W FALL 5:09
1/23/2010 Martin, Patrick Ewing High School 171 W FALL 1:59
1/23/2010 Princeton High School 171 W For
1/26/2010 Brown, Eric East Brunswick H.S. 189 W FALL 2:33
1/29/2010 Mendez, Jeramey Perth Amboy High School 171 W MD 12 - 1 1st
1/29/2010 Gonzalez, Joseph South Plainfield 171 W TF 20 - 5 () 1st
1/29/2010 Stout, Brandon Piscataway High School 171 W DEC 5 - 3 1st
1/29/2010 Zafrani, Steven Old Bridge High School 171 W DEC 3 - 2 1st
2/2/2010 Imbriano, Phil Manalapan High School 171 W FALL 2:21
2/3/2010 South River High School 171 W For
2/13/2010 Phillips, Adam Highland Park 171 W FALL 0:35
2/13/2010 Nunez, Jancel Hamilton North- Nottingham 171 W FALL 1:21
2/13/2010 Bauman, Chad Rancocas Valley Regional High 189 W FALL 2;40
2/19/2010 Sandy, Cornelius New Brunswick High School 171 W FALL 0:41 1st
2/19/2010 Segreto, John East Brunswick H.S. 171 W TF 16 - 0 () 1st
2/19/2010 Zafrani, Steven Old Bridge High School 171 W DEC 4 - 3 1st

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Marc Tyson (215) of Monroe and Brendan Vercammen of South Brunswick (171) will also look to repeat as champions.

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This Week in Middlesex County Wrestling (High school Wrestling news)

By THE STAR-LEDGER / Wrestling News
February 16, 2010, 2:35PM
WRESTLER TO WATCH Senior Ryan Sacco made his stamp on South Plainfield wrestling history on Sunday when he secured a state title for his squad, ranked No. 4 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, against No. 1 High Point at the NJSIAA/Star-Ledger Group 3 final in Toms River. Sacco outlasted a Region 1 champion, Joey Gaccione, 6-5, in four overtimes to seal South Plainfield's first state title since 2007. The victory sent his team and the fans into a frenzy and reopened the debate over the state's top team. The 145-pound senior will have plenty momentum as he looks to earn his third-straight District 12 crown and extend South Plainfield's state-record streak of 25 consecutive district titles in South Plainfield this weekend. TEAM TO WATCH Edison, last season's District 19 runner-up, will need to sneak by the 2009 champions, Piscataway, and this year's Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament silver medalist, Perth Amboy, to earn a district crown in Woodbridge. Edison returns just one of its three district gold medalists, Ray De La Nuez (125 pounds), and will need to improve on its eighth-place finish in the GMCT on Jan. 30. The squad will get help from Anthony Peterson (119), a GMCT runner-up this season, as well as Devon Coates (140) and Sean Lightner (215), who placed fourth in the GMCT. MATCH TO WATCH Old Bridge will fight for its third District 20 title in four years when competition begins in South Brunswick. Old Bridge returns two defending champions in Steve Zafrani (171) and heavyweight Justin Harrison, and will try to hold off Sayreville, which finished second to Old Bridge in 2009, and Monroe. Sayreville is led by returning gold medalists Gary Siriday (103), Anthony Geiger (119) and Noel Santiago (140). Sam Emburgia (135), David Saley (152) and Marc Tyson (215) of Monroe and Brendan Vercammen of South Brunswick (171) will also look to repeat as champions. -Mike Berg http://www.nj.com/hssports/news/wrestling/index.ssf/2010/02/this_week_in_middlesex_county_5.html

District 20 Wrestling HNT Predictions

2010-02-22T19:15:00.000-08:00

District 20 Wrestling HNT Predictions - Seeking 4th district title, Monroe's Saley also has eye on future HNT Predictions

103: 1. Gary Siriday (Sayreville, 25-4); 2. Chad Capraro (South Brunswick, 16-17); 3. Mike Nadera (Old Bridge, 15-14).

112: 1. Mike Palomba (South River, 28-4); 2. Justin Lopez (South Brunswick, 19-12); 3. Chris Conway (Old Bridge, 7-11).

119: 1. Anthony Geiger (Sayreville, 28-4); 2. Joe Suozzo (Old Bridge, 19-11); 3. Kory Beach (West Windsor-Plainsboro South, 13-11).

125: 1. Kyle Jensen (Monroe, 19-4); 2. Frank Capraro (South Brunswick, 14-12); 3. Matt Paribello (East Brunswick, 12-7).

130: 1. Ryan Levinsky (East Brunswick, 19-5); 2. Phil Sandford (Old Bridge, 22-7); 3. James Pagano (South Brunswick, 15-10).

135: 1. Sam Emburgia (Monroe, 25-4); 2. Kyle Anderson (Sayreville, 22-9); 3. Steve Vander Valk (Old Bridge, 11-13).

140: 1. Conor Hayes (Old Bridge, 31-1); 2. Noel Santiago (Sayreville, 24-6); 3. Tyler Jaramillo (South Brunswick, 16-16).

145: 1. Jaime Bond (Old Bridge, 20-7); 2. Mike Billitz (Monroe, 19-9); 3. Luke Rimmer (South Brunswick, 16-11).

152: 1. David Saley (Monroe, 28-1); 2. Garrett Cuddey (Spotswood, 28-3); 3. Jake Pietrefesa (South Brunswick, 14-10).

160: 1. Hunter Pipala (Monroe, 26-3); 2. Gino Schifano (Sayreville, 20-10); 3. Justin DeAndrea (South Brunswick, 19-10).

171: 1. Brendan Vercammen (South Brunswick, 28-1); 2. Steve Zafrani (Old Bridge, 25-5); 3. Alex Yanuzzelli (Sayreville, 18-13).

189: 1. Nick Orak (Old Bridge, 27-2); 2. Julian Quintin (East Brunswick, 21-4); 3. Ben Caturano (North Brunswick, 23-6).

215: 1. Marc Tyson (Monroe, 27-2); 2. Zach Larson (West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 17-12); 3. Eric Brown (East Brunswick, 9-7).

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District 20 Wrestling - Vercammen repeats as 171 pound champ,

2010-02-22T19:11:00.000-08:00

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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