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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Long Branch High School will be having a Long Branch Wrestling Family Reunion on Saturday, March 14th - 6:00pm, at Charley's Ocean Grill to honor past head coaches and Mr. Art Skove. This reunion is open to all alumni, spouses, and fans from the early 60's to today. More info is available on the event's FACEBOOK PAGE. For tickets, please contact Rich Johnson at rfjohnson1234@gmail.com or (848) 456-9102.
Wednesday, March 4th
State Tournament brackets have been posted on Track Wrestling. CLICK HERE and then you can view the brackets under the 'Results' section.
A rough glance at the brackets...
On the surface, it appears to be a MUCH more favorable draw overall for the Shore compared to last year's brutal draws. And even with last year's draws, Region 6 managed to earn the most medals of any Region despite not having any finalists. So, just with a brief look, it appears that it could be another big year for the Shore down in AC in which there looks to be a great shot at topping last year's 18 medals, advancing several to the Finals, and a legit chance at a few champs.
I'll have much more up in my preview and predictions on Thursday.
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We are now in the home stretch of the 2015 season as head into what is, hands down, the best State Championship Tournament in the country. We wrestle down to ONE CHAMP here in New Jersey!
The seeding meeting is scheduled for today, I'll post the link to the brackets once they are published, and I'll have my preview and predictions posted on Thursday.
Here is the schedule for this year's tournament
2015 NJSIAA Championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City
Friday: 5:00pm (Preliminaries & Pre-Quarterfinals)
Saturday: 10:00am (Wrestleback 1 / Quarterfinals / Wrestleback 2)
Saturday: 5:00pm (Semifinals / Wrestleback 3 / Wrestleback 4)
Sunday: 10:00am (Wrestleback 5 / 3rd-8th Place Matches)
Sunday: 3:00pm (State Finals)
Will spend the day updating the remaining pages that need to be updated. We'll also have the MATGUARD Wrestler of the Week nominees for Regions posted a little later. As usual, we stick with the one nominee per team policy, which this week gets us right down to the ten nominees. So check back.
2015 Region 6 Finals
Hwt: #2 So - Nick Rivera (Brick Memorial / 29-1) p. #1 Sr - Brody Graham (Jackson Memorial / 34-2) 5:14
1st Title for Rivera. Now 2-1 on the season vs Graham. 54th Region Title for Brick Memorial
106: #5 Fr - Richie Koehler (CBA / 31-3) d. #2 Fr - Joey King (Colts Neck / 33-2) 9-2
12th Region Title for CBA
113: #1 Jr - Sebastian Rivera (CBA / 34-0) d. #2 So - Gianni Ghione (Brick Memorial / 31-2) 3-1 SV
Rivera avenges 2014 Region final loss to Ghione. 13th Region Title for CBA; 2nd medal for Rivera.
120: #1 Jr - Owen McClave (TR South / 32-0) d. #2 Sr - Denzel Tovar (Wall / 34-1) 2-1 TB2
2nd Title for McClave and his 3rd medal. 38th Region Title for TR South.
126: #1 Sr - Mike Russo (Jackson Liberty / 38-2) d. #7 Fr - Cole Corrigan (TR South / 30-4)
3rd Title for Russo and his 4th medal. 5th Region Title for Liberty
132: #2 Sr - Marcus Iwama (Rumson / 33-2) d. #4 Jr - Anthony Gagliano (Howell / 30-6) 9-7
2nd Title for Iwama. His 2nd Title and his 3rd medal. 5th Region Title for Rumson.
138: #1 Sr - Matt Russo (Jackson Liberty / 40-0) d. #3 Sr - Connor Garrity (Lacey / 32-6) 4-1
1st Title for Russo and his 3rd medal. 6th Region Title for Liberty.
145: #1 Sr - Alec Donovan (Brick Memorial / 32-1) d. #2 Sr - Thomas Poklikuha (Pinelands / 34-2) 3-2
1st Title for Donovan and his 3rd medal. 55th Region Title for Brick Memorial
152: #1 Sr - Matt Wilhelm (Southern / 30-2) d. #2 Sr - Jake Kaminsky (Manalapan / 29-1) 5-2
2nd Title for Wilhelm. 40th Title for Southern.
160: #2 Sr - Cliff Ruggiero (Brick Memorial / 33-4) p. #1 Sr - Will Scott (Brick Twp / 32-3) 3:28
1st Title for Ruggiero. 56th Title for Brick Memorial
170: #2 Jr - Brett Donner (Wall / 13-0) d. 1 Sr - Zack Hertling (Ocean Township / 29-2) 6-4
2nd Title for Donner and his 3rd medal. 18th Region Title for Wall.
182: #1 Sr - Dean Sherry (Brick Twp / 35-0) p. #3 Sr - Joe Salvato (TR South / 31-1) 5:50
2nd Title for Sherry. 13th Region Title for Brick Twp.
195: #1 Sr - Tyree Sutton (Keansburg / 37-0) d. #2 So - Matt McKenzie (Wall / 33-1) 1-0
1st Title for Sutton and his 2nd medal. 1st Region Champion in Keansburg history.
220: #1 Jr - Chad Freshnock (Middletown North / 22-1) d. #3 Jr - Will Oxley (CBA / 27-6)
1st Title for Freshnock and his 2nd medal. 13th Region title for North and their 1st since Molinaro in 2004.
Region 6 Coach of the Year: Mike Denver (Brick Memorial)
Region 6 Outstanding Wrestler: Cliff Ruggiero (Brick Memorial)
Region Champs By District
21: 2 / 22: 5 / 23: 5 / 24: 2
AC Qualifiers By District
21: 11 / 22: 10 / 23: 10 / 24: 11
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Region 6 3rd Place Matches
106: #1 Kyle Slendorn (Howell) md. #4 Jeff DeLuise (Barnegat) 11-2
113: #6 Jason Hernandez (Long Branch) d. #4 Mikey Sisolak (Howell) 7-3
120: #6 Chris Crane (Southern) d. #5 Yoseph Borai (TR East) 3-1
126: #4 Dylan VanSickell (CBA) d. #5 Nick Wagner (Wall) 7-6
132: #3 James Knoeller (Southern) d. #1 Dylan Seidenberg (Raritan) 6-3
138: #5 Kris Lindemann (Howell) d. #4 Tim Hamann (Jackson Memorial) 3-2
145: #3 Paul Capaldo (Middletown North) p. #7 Alex Johnson (Shore) 0:45
152: #7 AJ Meyers (TR East) d. #6 Josh Glantzman (Wall) 9-4
160: #3 Antrez Clagon (TR South) tf. #10 Jarret DiGiantomasso (Jackson Memorial) 17-2 6:00
170: #3 Kyle Wojtaszek (Brick Twp) d. #5 Dylan DaSilva (TR North) 8-4
182: #2 Connor Bohringer (Jackson Memorial) d. #4 Anthony Vetrano (Middletown North) 4-3
195: #6 Eric Keosseian (Howell) d. #5 Quentin DeCarlo (TR South) 9-6
220: #2 Mike Siwiec (TR North) p. #6 Fred Womack (Colts Neck) 3:24
Hwt: #6 Micah Clark (St John Vianney) d. #5 Malcolm Daniels (Raritan) 12-9
REGION 6 SEMIFINALS
Wrestleback results are being posted HERE. We'll continue with the wrestleback updates on that page, and then have the 3rd Place matches on this page.
We will have period by period updates of the Finals here beginning at 4:00pm.
106
#5 Richie Koehler (CBA) md. #1 Kyle Slendorn (Howell) 12-0
#2 Joey King (Colts Neck\) d. #6 Luke Ecklof (St John Vianney) 3-2
FINALS: #5 Fr - Richie Koehler (CBA / 30-3) vs. #2 Fr - Joey King (Colts Neck / 33-1)
113
#1 Sebastian Rivera (CBA) md. #5 Mike Spino (Jackson Memorial) 15-2
#2 Gianni Ghione (Brick Memorial) p. #3 Sr - Colin Monahan (Freehold Boro) 1:16
FINALS: #1 Jr - Sebastian Rivera (CBA / 33-0) vs. #2 So - Gianni Ghione (Brick Memorial / 31-1)
120
#1 Owen McClave (TR South) d. #5 Yoseph Borai (TR East) 3-2
#2 Denzel Tovar (Wall) d. #6 Chris Crane (Southern) 8-6
FINALS: #1 Jr - Owen McClave (TR South / 31-0) vs. #2 Sr - Denzel Tovar (Wall / 33-0)
126
#1 Mike Russo (Jackson Liberty) md. #4 Dylan VanSickell (CBA) 12-4
#7 Cole Corrigan (TR South) d. #3 Andy Hernandez (Long Branch) 5-4
FINALS: #1 Sr - Mike Russo (Jackson Liberty / 37-2) vs. #7 Fr - Cole Corrigan (TR South / 30-3)
132
##4 Anthony Gagliano (Howell) d. #1 Dylan Seidenberg (Raritan) 5-4
#2 Marcus Iwama (Rumson) md. #3 James Knoeller (Southern) 14-3
FINALS: #4 Jr - Anthony Gagliano (Howell / 30-5) vs. #2 Sr - Marcus Iwama (Rumson / 32-2)
138
#1 Matt Russo (Jackson Liberty) d. #5 Kris Lindemann (Howell) 4-2
#3 Connor Garrity (Lacey) d. #2 Pat Mooney (Southern) 6-4
FINALS: #1 Sr - Matt Russo (Jackson Liberty / 39-0) vs. #3 Sr - Connor Garrity (Lacey / 32-5)
145
#1 Alec Donovan (Brick Memorial) d. #4 Joe Santamarco (Manalapan) 2-0
#2 Thomas Poklikuha (Pinelands) d. #3 Paul Capaldo (Middletown North) 6-2
FINALS: #1 Sr - Alec Donovan (Brick Memorial / 31-1) vs. #2 Sr - Thomas Poklikuha (Pinelands / 34-1)
152
#1 Matt Wilhelm (Southern) md. #5 Nick Pollara (Brick Twp) 12-3
#2 Sr - Jake Kaminsky (Manalapan) vs. #6 Josh Glantzman (Wall) 4-3
FINALS: #1 Sr - Matt Wilhelm (Southern / 29-2) vs. #2 Sr - Jake Kaminsky (Manalapan)
160
#1 Will Scott (Brick Twp) d. #4 Nino Gagliano (Freehold Twp) 9-2
#2 Cliff Ruggiero (Brick Memorial) p. #3 Antrez Clagon (TR South) 1:55
FINALS: #1 Sr - Will Scott (Brick Twp / 32-2) vs. #2 Sr - Cliff Ruggiero (Brick Memorial / 32-4)
170
#1 Zack Hertling (Ocean Township) md. #5 Dylan DaSilva (TR North) 12-1
#2 Brett Donner (Wall) d. #3 Kyle Wojtaszek (Brick Twp) 5-3
FINALS: #1 Sr - Zack Hertling (Ocean Township / 29-1) vs. #2 Jr - Brett Donner (Wall / 12-0)
182
#1 Dean Sherry (Brick Twp) md. #4 Anthony Vetrano (Middletown North) 15-5
#3 Joe Salvato (TR South) p. #2 Connor Bohringer (Jackson Memorial) 2:25
FINALS: #1 Sr - Dean Sherry (Brick Twp / 34-0) vs. #3 Sr - Joe Salvato (TR South / 31-0)
195
#1 Tyree Sutton (Keansburg) d. #5 Quentin DeCarlo (TR South) 6-1
#2 Matt McKenzie (Wall) d. #6 Eric Keosseian (Howell) 6-5
FINALS: #1 Sr - Tyree Sutton (Keansburg / 36-0) vs. #2 So - Matt McKenzie (Wall / 33-0)
220
#1 Chad Freshnock (Middletown North) d. #5 Dominic Infante (Pt Boro) 7-6
#3 Will Oxley (CBA) d. #2 Mike Siwiec (TR North) 4-3
FINALS: #1 Jr - Chad Freshnock (Middletown North / 21-1) vs. #3 Jr - Will Oxley (CBA / 27-5)
Hwt
#1 Brody Graham (Jackson Memorial) p. #5 Malcolm Daniels (Raritan) 2:28
#2 Nick Rivera (Brick Memorial) md. #6 Micah Clark (St John Vianney) 8-0
FINALS: #1 Sr - Brody Graham (Jackson Memorial / 34-1) vs. #2 So - Nick Rivera (Brick Memorial / 28-1)
Region Brackets are now online. CLICK HERE and then click under Results on the top left to find the brackets.
District Info
District 21 @ Manalapan
CLICK HERE FOR BRACKETS
District 22 @ Red Bank Regional
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District 23 @ Brick Memorial
CLICK HERE FOR BRACKETS
District 24 @ Pine Belt Arena
CLICK HERE FOR BRACKETS
Congratulations Brick Memorial Mustangs!
2015 Dates of Importance
2/20-2/21: Districts
2/25, 2/27-2/28: Regions
3/6-3/8: State Championships
