Wednesday, February 24, 2010

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING IN NEW JERSEY

The pairings for the NJSIAA Region 1 wrestling championships were reshuffled after Tuesday evening's preliminaries at Wallkill Valley High School.

Weather permitting, the quarterfinal round will begin at 5 p.m. Friday at the same location. The semifinals, wrestlebacks, consolations and finals are slated to start at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The finals will be at 6 p.m.

Warren Hills Regional High School has five wrestlers alive, Phillipsburg has four, Hackettstown leads with eight returners, Belvidere has three and North Warren has a single participant remaining.

Here are the quarterfinal matchups for said wrestlers:

103 pounds -- No. 4 Fr. Matt Benvenuto (19-13), Lenape Valley, vs. No. 5 Fr. Tyler Kozimor (24-10), Hackettstown.

112 -- No. 3 Sr. Kevin Churchill (33-2), Newton, vs. No. 6 Jr. Ryan Nicotra (25-8), Hackettstown.

119 -- No. 4 So. Ben Conover (17-8), Mendham, vs. No. 5 So. Dylan Thorsen (21-1), Belvidere.

125 -- No. 1 Sr. Corey Kozimor (25-2), Hackettstown, vs. No. 8 Fr. Nick Matthews (24-11), West Morris Central; No. 3 Jr. Zach Dipini (33-3), Wallkill Valley, vs. No. 6 Jr. Rylan Watson (23-8), Phillipsburg.

130 -- No. 2 Jr. Matt Schuebel (24-4), Warren Hills, vs. No. 7 Jr. Mike Sickles (26-9), West Morris Central; No. 3 Sr. David Restivo (26-5), Roxbury, vs. No. 6 Sr. Doug Cowley (20-12), Belvidere.

135 -- No. 3 Sr. John Horak (22-11), Phillipsburg, vs. No. 6 So. Tim Garripoli (26-7), Roxbury.

140 -- No. 4 Sr. Anthony Gaito (27-4), Warren Hills, vs. No. 5 Sr. Erik Mitchell (26-7), Hackettstown.

145 -- No. 1 Sr. Oliver Brukardt (33-2), Phillipsburg, vs. No. 8 Sr. Demetrious Rotsides (16-13), Roxbury.

152 -- No. 1 Sr. Kevin Brown (31-0), North Warren, vs. No. 8 Sr. Alim Reci (26-9), Pompton Lakes.

160 -- No. 1 Sr. Matt Artigliere (23-3), Warren Hills, vs. No. 8 Sr. Joey Casale (24-9), Morris Hills; No. 2 Jr. John Guzzo (21-2), High Point, vs. No. 7 Fr. Evan Brey (18-12), Belvidere.

171 -- No. 1 Sr. Ryan Callahan (36-0), Wallkill Valley, vs. No. 8 Sr. Tyler Gudmundsson (17-14), Hackettstown.

189 -- No. 4 Sr. Herbie Skinner (27-6), West Morris Central, vs. No. 5 Sr. Andrew Scudder (26-9), Hackettstown.

215 -- No. 4 Sr. Kyle O'Donnell (26-1), Warren Hills, vs. No. 5 Sr. Khalid Zubaydi (22-8), Hackettstown.

285 -- No. 1 Jr. Steve Giraldo (29-4), Hackettstown, vs. No. 8 Sr. Ryan Fazzi (22-13), Phillipsburg; No. 2 Jonathan Slack (26-4), Warren Hills, vs. No. 7 Jr. Evan Chrustic (21-11), Newton.

Source: Express Times

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