11/6/23, 11:49 AM
Paramus High School Boys Varsity Wrestling Winter 2023-2024 Schedule
https://paramusathletics.com/main/teamschedule/id/3662595/seasonid/4811405

(H)
12/14/23 7:00 PM
vs
St. Joseph Regional HS
Big Gym
(A)
12/16/23 TBA
vs OPEN
Caldwell Tournament
James Caldwell HS
(A)
12/16/23 TBA
vs OPEN
Beast of the East To…
(A)
12/17/23 TBA
vs OPEN
Beast of the East To…
(H)
12/20/23 6:00 PM
vs
Northern Highlands
V & JV
Big Gym
(A)
12/27/23 TBA
vs OPEN
Sam Cali Tournament
(A)
12/28/23 TBA
vs OPEN
Sam Cali Tournament
(A)
01/03/24 5:00 PM
vs
Lakeland Regional HS
JV & V
(H)
01/05/24 5:00 PM
vs
Ridgewood H.S.
JV & V
(H)
01/06/24 9:00 AM
vs Multiple Opponents
Quad Match
Big Gym
(A)
01/10/24 TBA
vs
Hackensack HS
(A)
01/12/24 TBA
vs OPEN
Big North Duals
(A)
01/13/24 TBA
vs OPEN
Big North Duals
(H)
01/17/24 6:00 PM
vs Pascack Hills HS
JV & V
Big Gym
(A)
01/19/24 6:00 PM
vs
Ramapo HS
JV & V
(A)
01/20/24 TBA
vs OPEN
Boys County Tourn…
(H)
01/21/24 TBA
vs OPEN
Boys County Tourn…
(A)
01/24/24 5:00 PM
vs
West Milford HS
JV & Varsity

2/2
Date & Time
Opponent(s)
Facility
Score
(H)
01/26/24 TBA
vs Watchung Hills R…
(A)
01/27/24 TBA
vs Multiple Opponents
Quad
(H)
02/03/24 9:00 AM
vs Hanover Park HS
Big Gym
(A)
02/10/24 TBA
vs OPEN
Quad Sectionals

Paramus High School Wrestling Schedule 2019-2020
December 21/22 Beast of The East
December 27/28 BCCA Holiday Tournament
January 4 Mt. Olive Quad Away
January 8 Ramapo Away
January 10 Old Tappan Home
January 11 Quad Garfield, Cedar Grove, Fair lawn, Home
January 13 Bergen Catholic Away
January 15 Hackensack Home
January 17-18 - The Big North Duals Tournament
Jan. 17 - at Passaic County Tech / 5:00pm vs. Pascack Hills / 7:00pm vs. Passaic County Tech or Teaneck
Jan. 18 - TBA
January 22 Northern Highland Home
January 24 Teaneck Away
January 25 Quad at Home Glenrock, Leonia, Becton
January 29 Ridgewood Away
January 31 Clifton Home
February 1 Tri-Meet at North Warren vs. North Warren & West Milford
February 7 Paramus Catholic Home
February 8 Hanover Park Home
February 10 Quarter Finals State Sectional Tournament, Location TBA
February 12 Semi Finals State Sectional Tournament, Location TBA
February 14 Finals State Sectional Tournament, Location TBA - OR - Hasbrouck Heights Home
February 15 River Dell Quad Away

PARAMUS WRESTLING
15-15 Overall
DATE  OPPONENT  RESULT 1/17  Teaneck (Big North Duals)  Won 54-24
2/15 Wayne Valley (RD Quad) Won 33-24

SENIOR NIGHT - 2/7/2020:

Final State Tourney Update:  Congrats to Daniel Elyash on winning his last match and his 5th Place finish!  Daniel went 4-2 for the torunament.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/03/03/nj-state-wrestling-tournament-complete-list-2023-medalists/69969651007/
285 pounds
First place: Jim Mullen (St. Joseph-Montvale)
Second place: Max Acciardi (Paramus Catholic)
Third place: Scott Lynch (Audubon)
Fourth place: Benji Shue (Bergen Catholic)
Fifth place: Daniel Elyash (Paramus)
Sixth place: Ryan Fischer (Jackson Memorial)
Seventh place: John Wargo (Phillipsburg)
Eight place: Rocco Bennett (Delsea)
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/03/02/nj-state-wrestling-tournament-live-results-brackets/69951028007/https://twitter.com/ParamusHSWrest1
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/03/02/nj-state-wrestling-tournament-live-results-brackets/69951028007/
Paramus HS WrestlingPhotos from Danielle Parhizkaran (NorthJersey.com):

8:57 PM · Feb 26, 2023
Congrats to PHS Girls State Place Winners!
3rd, Emma Mees (152)
4th, Kayla Franson (138)
8th, Olivia Klein (100)

Paramus HS WrestlingRegion 2 Results: Congrats to Daniel Elyash (285) on taking 2nd, and Chris Hong (126) 4th. Both qualified for the Individual State Tournament in AC next weekend!
4:38 PM · Feb 25, 2023·459 Views

Complete results from the Region 2 wrestling tournament in Mount Olive
Nick Gantaifis NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/24/nj-wrestling-live-results-region-2-tournament-in-mount-olive/69926881007/
285 pounds
Max Acciardi (Paramus Catholic) dec Daniel Elyash (Paramus), 5-2

How one Bergen County town became a cradle for New Jersey wrestling coaches
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/23/paramus-nj-cradle-for-hs-wrestling-coaches/69926802007/
Sean Farrell / NorthJersey.com
Joe Down's first move as Vernon wrestling coach was not a popular one. At least, not at first.Down turned back the clock when it came time to choose an entrance song, opting for Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath". It didn't catch on until Down explained the significance behind the 1971 hit – it's welcomed Paramus wrestlers onto the mat for over four decades, including Down himself.
"I told them the story behind it and now they love it," Down said. "They play it in the mat room. I didn't want to give it up because it reminds me of my high school career."
The song choice is one of countless examples of how the Paramus wrestling program has affected teams all across the region. A town that's better known for retail and Route 17 traffic has developed another top export of late: high school coaches.Four head coaches at this year's Region 1 tournament are former Spartans: Down (Class of 2010), Lakeland's Joe Cervino (1996), Old Tappan's Rob Ortiz (1996) and Pascack Hills' Dave Bucco (2001).Another Paramus alum will be by the mat at the Region 2 tournament: Bogota/Ridgefield Park co-coach Jimmy Suess (2011).
The branches on this long and winding coaching fraternity are still proud of their roots.
"I'm not going to lie," said Cervino, now in his 15th year at Lakeland. "I may have worn one of my Paramus shirts to practice the week leading up to our Paramus match to give us a little extra motivation."
"I have one with a picture of us celebrating after winning the state sectional championship," Ortiz said. "I wore it to practice the next day after we won (this year) just to show the kids that back in the old days it happened to me too."
'Dedication produces champions'
So why have so many people from the same program wound up in the same profession? Well, it starts with a town that loves wrestling so much that street signs are named after its biggest stars.
Your subscription, your wayManaging your subscription has never been easier. Pause delivery, update your credit card and more online.Manage SubscriptionSuccess is the expectation at a program with nine sectional titles and two Bergen County titles. No other public school in North Jersey can say it's had a state medalist now for 12 straight seasons.
"In our era, the Paramus rec had 100-plus kids," Bucco said. "Everybody's parents were super involved in the process back then. We got to high school and, in terms of male sports, it was like wrestling was the premier sport."
The other ingredient is simple genetics.Cervino and Ortiz went back-to-back in the lineup as seniors while wrestling for their fathers: Joe Cervino Sr. (311 wins in 22 years) and his methodical sidekick Jose Ortiz."Wrestling is wrestling, but Coach Cervino taught us really to hold ourselves to high standards," Rob Ortiz said. "He was somebody who expected a lot from us and in turn, made us expect a lot of from ourselves and each other. I think that's the kind of message that we try to impart in our wrestlers here."
Like father, like son
One of Bergen County's winningest golf coaches came all the way from Cuba.
Jose Ortiz traveled from the island nation to Teaneck, moving with his brother to stay with their aunt and uncle. His parents escaped two years later on a fishing boat and settled in nearby Bogota. Jose Ortiz became the co-captain on the Bucs' first wrestling team and still coaches at River Dell in the spring.
Now, he spend his winters in the crowd at Old Tappan and Westwood, where younger son Joe is an assistant."He was a great complement to me," Cervino Sr. said from a condo in sunny Florida. "I was a little bit like my son: pretty boisterous and vocal. Jose was more of a calming figure for the coaching staff.""I remember it clear as day," Bucco said. "Mr. Ortiz had a huge binder of every single newspaper clipping box score that one could possibly gather. We always felt like we were so many steps ahead of most programs when it came to bumping and coin flips and match strategy."
The Spartan way
All four head coaches interviewed for this story have brought a piece of Paramus with them.
Bucco still hangs a leaderboard in his room at Pascack Hills that tracks the number of team points scored and allowed by each wrestler. He waxes poetic about a Granby roll from 25 years ago and notes that Broncos assistant Kevin Moran was one of his high school teammates.
Down said his practices are "basically identical" to the ones former coach Steve Klass ran at Paramus about 10 years ago. The Vernon coach often scans the box score for Pascack Hills and Old Tappan and finds himself rooting for teams with Spartan ties.
"There's a vivid memory when we wrestled Bergen Catholic my senior year," Down said. "We beat them in 2010 and that gym was just packed. It was absolute chaos. That's what I want Vernon to be. I want the town to love wrestling."
The younger Cervino laughs at how often his team will walk out to an empty parking lot at 7 p.m. after most other winter teams are long gone. The longtime Paramus motto "Dedication produces champions" is still ingrained in the back of his head.
"A line that I use a lot here at Lakeland is we're not going to be out-worked," Cervino said. "We might a lose a match because a kid is better than you. But you're never going to lose a match because you're out-worked.
"I can't tell you how many times I've talked to Rob Ortiz when I'm driving home and we're talking wrestling. He's still at his school because one or two of his kids are on a treadmill or a bike trying to run off a couple extra pounds to make weight for the next day. It's nice. You always have somebody to to talk to who knows what we went through when we were at Paramus."
As time goes by, the Joe Cervino Sr. wrestling tree keeps adding new branches.
Two of his grandsons wrestle in the Paramus rec program and his granddaughter is the scorekeeper for the Spartans' varsity team. Matches between Paramus and Lakeland can turn into a family reunion.
"It brought back a ton of memories," the Lancers coach said. "It was a little weird being on the flip side of it. We're out there and Locomotive Breath came on.
"That was the song we came out to every single match when I was in high school and when I was a little kid at 10 years old, watching us in the stands. I hear it and I got flashbacks to being in the tunnel and getting ready to take the mat. In reality, I'm on the opposite side of the mat and I'm getting ready to face them."
Head coaches from Paramus High SchoolLakeland's Joe Cervino (1996)Old Tappan's Rob Ortiz (1996)
Pascack Hills' Dave Bucco (2001)
Vernon's Joe Down (2010)
Bogota/Ridgefield Park co-coach Jimmy Suess (2011)
Assistant coaches from Paramus High School
Paramus' Chris Falato (2001) and Nick Alpher (2011)
Mahwah's Rob Romeo (2004)
Pascack Hills' Kevin Moran (2004)
Westwood's Joe Ortiz (2009)
Congrats to our North Region 1 medalists! They will all be wrestling in the Girls State Tourney. 2nd: Kayla Franson 3rd: Olivia Klein, Emma Mees, and Sonia Balwas.



Live results: North 1 Region girls wrestling tournament at Vernon High School
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com 2/19/2023
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/19/nj-girls-wrestling-north-1-region-live-results-from-vernon-hs/69910448007/

Wrestling: Results from districts 1 through 12 in New Jersey
Joe Ragozzino Ryan Rivero NorthJersey.com 2/18/2023
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/18/nj-wrestling-results-from-districts-1-through-12/69908295007/
District 8 at Fair Lawn
Team scores: Mount Olive 220; Hasbrouck Heights 140; Paramus 127; DePaul 119.5; Lenape Valley 97; Fair Lawn 94; Lodi 89.5; Dover 51; Saddle Brook 19; Hopatcong 0.
Finals
106: Omar Asfour (Lodi) d. Jayden Mendez (Dover) 10-5.
113: Tyeler Hagensen (Mount Olive) injury time over Malik Asfour (Lodi) 4:00.
120: Adrian DeJesus (DePaul) p. Anthony Piemonte (Mount Olive) 1:38.
126: Chris Hong (Paramus) d. Anthony Cummings (Hasbrouck Heights) 9-3.
132: Jack Bastarrika (Mount Olive) p. Natan Tsyrilin (Fair Lawn) 0:41.
138: Gage Graziano (Lenape Valley) p. Austin Werner (DePaul) 1:13.
144: Nicholas Castaneda (Lodi) m.d. Jakob Bell (Lenape Valley) 14-5.
150: Tanner Perez (Mount Olive) p. Daniel LaGrone (Paramus) 1:38.
157: Sam Cilento (DePaul) d. Oliver Fermin (Hasbrouck Heights) 8-2.
165: Connor Scuilla (Hasbrouck Heights) d. Matthew Murri (Fair Lawn) 6-5.
175: Tyler Bienus (Mount Olive) p. William Banach (Paramus) 0:54.
190: Nicolas Gonzalez (Mount Olive) p. Eric Perez (Lenape Valley) 2:42.
215: Anthony Moscatello (Mount Olive) p. Michael Orlando (DePaul) 0:48.
285: Daniel Elyash (Paramus) p. Jackson Youtz (Mount Olive) 0:57.
Third-place consolations
106: Nico Nipitella (Hasbrouck Heights) p. Mark Calderio (Fair Lawn) 1:10.
113: Matthew Elyash (Paramus) p. Lucino Gonzalez (Dover) 3:20.
120: Brody Bogues (Fair Lawn) p. Kyle Von Seidel (Hasbrouck Heights) 1:23.
126: Stephen Toth (Fair Lawn) p. Franklin Rodriguez (Saddle Brook) 3:29.
132: Marc Pavese (Lenape Valley) p. Momen Jbara (Saddle Brook) 0:31.
138: Ryan Mastrofilipo (Lodi) d. Andrew Parente (Hasbrouck Heights) 5-0.
144: Osiris Harris (Dover) d. Harris Krommenhoe (Hasbrouck Heights) 3-2.
150: Alexander Frangione (Fair Lawn) m.d. Ergyn Doko (Lodi) 15-7.
157: Lincoln Youtz (Mount Olive) m.d. Anthony Moreno (Dover) 13-2.
165: Tyler Cumming (Mount Olive) injury time over Tyler Falen (Paramus) 4:21.
175: David Drezek (Hasbrouck Heights) m.d. Jack Phelps (Lenape Valley) 9-0.
190: Anthony Jacobsen (DePaul) p. Max Castro (Hasbrouck Heights) 4:46.
215: Christopher Aykurt (Paramus) p. Juan Mendoza (Hasbrouck Heights) 2:27.
285: Kevin Barahona (DePaul) p. Andrew Bicher (Lenape Valley) 3:59.

Girls region preview: A look at all four region tournaments

• Updated: Feb. 17, 2023, 7:12 p.m. | Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 4:30 p.m.  https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/girls-region-preview-a-look-at-all-four-region-tournaments.html

Region: North 1
Location: Vernon
Weight class previews
100 pounds
Seeds: 1-Theresa Zeppetelli, Bogota, 11-4; 2-Olivia Klein, Paramus, 11-1; 3-Sophia Lentine, DePaul Catholic, 5-7; 4-Paige Weiss, Sparta, 12-2; 5-Aitana Lozano, Lyndhurst, 15-9; 6-Izzabella Timonera, Nutley, 19-8; 7-Kaelen Hague, Vernon, 19-10; 8-Gretchen Quast, Ramsey, 7-6; 9-Sophia Salazar, Morris Hills, 8-6; 10-Isabella Power, High Point, 8-6; 11-Nyronda Crandol, Manchester, 5-9; 12-Maria Jose Martinez, Clifton, 5-4; 13-Quetzalee Grande, Passaic, 4-6; 14-Gianna Hernandez, Lakeland, 3-4; 15-Ava Novello, Mahwah, 2-2; 16-Naomi Nachmias, Fair Lawn, 1-3.

Outlook: A Zeppetelli-Klein final could be a barn burner that might even be replayed in Atlantic City. Zeppetelli is seeded first based on her 4-1 decision over Klein at the BCWCA. But there is no guarantee that Zeppetelli will get to the final as she will need to get past Sparta’s Paige Weiss in the semis. Weiss is a talented freshman who has lost only to Klein and up a weight at 107 to Leeana Mercado of Lodi. She has also previously beaten the 3-seed, Lentine.

Girls wrestling Top 10 and individual rankings for Feb. 15: Gudewitz to No. 2 at 107

• Updated: Feb. 15, 2023, 5:31 p.m. | Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/girls-wrestling-top-10-and-individual-rankings-for-feb-15-gudewitz-to-no-2-at-107.html
Girls Individual Wrestling Rankings
100
1. Theresa Zeppetelli (Bogota) 11-4
2. Olivia Klein (Paramus) 14-1
3. Paige Weiss (Sparta) 12-2
4. Princessstorm Woody (Trenton) 9-0
5. Isabella Santos (Elizabeth) 13-4
152
1. Makayla Decker (St. Thomas Aquinas) 16-1
2. Ailani Ubarry (Cherry Hill West) 13-2
3. Jenna Filieri (Immaculate Conception-Lodi) 11-5
4. Kamila Castro (Ridgewood) 9-2
5. Emma Mees (Paramus) 18-4

Individual wrestler rankings for Feb. 14: Sectionals & groups wreak havoc on rankings

• Updated: Feb. 14, 2023, 2:30 p.m. | Published: Feb. 14, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/individual-wrestler-rankings-for-feb-14-sectionals-groups-wreak-havoc-on-rankings.html
285 pounds
Weight, Rank, Name, School, Class, Previous Rank
Wrestling: These are North Jersey's best upper-weights who never won a state title
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/17/nj-wrestling-best-upper-weights-who-never-won-state-title/69908855007/
Nick Gantaifis / NorthJersey.com / 2/17/2023
Winning a New Jersey individual wrestling title is one of the hardest feats to accomplish in all of high school sports. Just reaching a state final is an accomplishment in its own right.
Every February, only 14 wrestlers are left standing by the time the crowd disperses at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. (There were only 12 weight classes prior to 1987 and there were 13 from 1988-1995.)
We've compiled an extensive list of the best wrestlers in North Jersey history to never win a state title, dating back to 1980. In our final installment of this series, we look at the best at the upper weights (161 pounds-heavyweight).
Eric Freeman
Paramus – third place (2021), third place (2022)
A two-time state bronze medalist, Freeman finished his senior season with 44 wins, a Bergen County title and a district title. He helped Paramus to a state sectional crown in 2022. He's currently in his first year at Rutgers.

Kyle Jacob
Paramus – second place (2019), second place (2020)
One of Paramus’ great all-around athletes, Jacob was a two-time state finalist. In his first title match, Jacob dropped a 6-3 decision to two-time state champion Jacob Cardenas of Bergen Catholic. Jacob won a region title as a senior and finished his career with 125 wins. He currently plays football at the U.S. Naval Academy.


Wrestling: These are North Jersey's best middle-weights who never won a state title
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/16/nj-wrestling-best-middle-weights-who-never-won-state-title/69904172007/
Nick Gantaifis / NorthJersey.com / 2/16/2023
Winning a New Jersey individual wrestling title is one of the hardest feats to accomplish in all of high school sports. Just reaching a state final is an accomplishment in its own right.
Every February, only 14 wrestlers are left standing by the time the crowd disperses at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. (There were only 12 weight classes prior to 1987 and there were 13 from 1988-1995.)
We've compiled an extensive list of the best wrestlers in North Jersey history to never win a state title, dating back to 1980. In our second installment of this series, we look at the best at the middle weights (133-160 pounds).
Joe Trovato
Paramus – fifth place (2012), fifth place (2013), seventh place (2014), fourth place (2015)
Trovato, fourth all-time in Bergen County history with 158 career wins, went 42-5 and placed fourth in the state as a senior. He claimed four district and three Bergen County titles and clinched a sectional title for the Spartans with a last-bout victory as a senior. Trovato reached the state podium four times during the start of Paramus' current streak of 12 straight years with a state medalist.

Rob Young
Paramus – third place (1979), third place (1980)
Young turned in back-to-back runner-up finishes at a time when only the top four wrestlers in each weight class received medals.

Wrestling: Everything you need to know about the district championships in North Jersey
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/16/nj-wrestling-everything-to-know-for-district-championships/69900519007/
Sean Farrell  NorthJersey.com
District 8, at Fair Lawn
Schedule: 10 a.m. start, 12:30 p.m. semifinals with finals to follow.
Teams: DePaul, Dover, Fair Lawn, Hasbrouck Heights, Hopatcong, Lenape Valley, Lodi, Mount Olive, Paramus, Saddle Brook.
What to watch: Mount Olive is the team to beat after outscoring Paramus, 277-192.5, in the team race a year ago. Seniors Jack Bastarrika (132) and Anthony Moscatello (215) are both state medal contenders for a Marauders team that reached the Group 4 semifinals.
Lodi's Malik Asfour and Paramus' Chris Hong and Daniel Elyash will also look to kickstart long tournament runs after wrestling in Boardwalk Hall last season.

Wrestling: Final North Jersey team rankings, banner winners for the 2022-23 season
Sean Farrell  NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/15/nj-wrestling-final-team-rankings-banner-winners-2022-23-season/69888031007/
Final team rankings

1. St. Joseph 17-2
2. Bergen Catholic 13-4
3. Paramus Catholic 14-4
4. Don Bosco 10-5
5. Passaic Tech 17-7
6. Old Tappan 16-5
7. Clifton 21-4
8. Emerson/Park Ridge 14-8
9. Ridgewood 15-5
10. Pascack Hills 20-8
11. West Milford 18-5
12. Westwood 15-8
13. Passaic Valley 20-5
14. Paramus 12-10
15. Pascack Valley 13-10
16. River Dell 12-13
17. Northern Highlands 14-8
18. Hasbrouck Heights 20-5
19. Rutherford 15-7
20. Cliffside Park/Ridgefield 16-6
21. New Milford 10-8
22. Butler 17-11
23. Ramapo 13-10
24. Wayne Hills 14-12
25. Pompton Lakes 19-8

▶ Ramapo won a state tournament match for the first time in program history and finished with one loss in the Big North Freedom play along with co-champions Paramus and Ridgewood.

Here are the brackets for the 2023 NJ wrestling team tournament
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/31/nj-wrestling-brackets-for-the-2023-state-team-tournament/69856086007/
Schedule
Monday, Feb. 6: Public rounds 1 and 2
North 1, Group 3
At Old Tappan
(1) Old Tappan vs. (8) Pascack Valley
(4) Montville vs. (5) River Dell
At Ramapo
(3) Sparta vs. (6) Paramus
(2) Ramapo vs. (7) Wayne Hills

Power Points as of 1/30/2023:
2022-2023 Paramus Wrestling Power Points
Limit best 10 meets between 12/15/2022 and 1/28/2023, as of 1/29/2023

Power Points as of 1/26/2023:
2022-2023 Paramus Wrestling Power Points
Limit best 10 meets between 12/15/2022 and 1/25/2023, as of 1/26/2023


2023 BCCA and BCWCA County Place Winners:
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/21/nj-wrestling-live-results-bergen-county-bcca-george-jockish-tournament/69817789007/

Congratulations to Our 2023 Bergen County Medalists:
BCCA - Chris Hong 2nd, Daniel Elyash 3rd, Chris Aykurt 6th.
BCWCA - Olivia Klein 2nd, Emma Mees 2nd, Kayla Franson 3rd, Sonia Bawlas 3rd.

Paramus 40, Ramapo 28
1/18/2023
113: Matthew Elyash (P) d. Jacob Guzman SV-1 9-7. 120: Joey Fulco (R) p. Mark Gass 5:01. 126: Chris Hong (P) m.d. CJ Anzaldo 19-6. 132: Gino Gorga (R) p. Joseph Candela 3:44. 138: Joeb Rahman (P) d. Dean Donellan 6-1. 144: Casey Grusser (R) d. Alexander Guerriero 10-4. 150: Branden Causillas (R) d. Daniel LaGrone 2-0. 157: David Rozenblum (R) m.d Joseph Aiello 16-5. 165: Tyler Falen (P) p. Gabriel Thomas 1:11. 175: William Banach (P) p. Gabriel Thomas 3:21. 190: Tom Shokoff (R) p. Malke Akdemir 1:21. 215: Christopher Aykurt (P) p. Jonah Smith 1:39. 285: Daniel Elyash (P) p. Nathan Mangino 0:50.

Sat, January 14, 2023
 Final
Sat, January 14, 2023
 Final
Fri, January 13, 2023
 Final
Fri, January 13, 2023
 Final
Fri, January 13, 2023
 Final
Wed, January 11, 2023, 7:00pm
 Final
These wrestlers have the most wins in North Jersey history
Sean Farrell / NorthJersey.com / 1/9/2023
5. Joe Trovato, 158
Paramus (2015)
Trovato won four district and three Bergen County titles and clinched a sectional title for Paramus with a last-bout victory as a senior. He made four trips to the state podium during the start of the Spartans' current streak of 12 straight years with a medalist.

Sat, January 07, 2023
 Final
Sat, January 07, 2023
Final
Paramus 40, Bogota/Ridgefield Park 30
138: Joseph Candela (P) over Dean Sinisgalli (BHS) (SV-1 10-8) 144: Adrian Laino (B/RP) p. Joeb Rahman 3:21. 150: Alexander Guerriero (P) p. Daniel Tobin. 157: Daniel LaGrone (P) p. Nicholas Buda. 165: Tyler Falen (P) m.d. Josh Gesmundo 12-1. 175: William Banach (P) p. Jaden Lemire. 190: Jaden Everett (B/RP) p. Malke Akdemir. 215: Christopher Aykurt (P) d. Derek Martinez 7-5. 285: Daniel Elyash (P) by forfeit. 106: Theresa Zeppetelli (B/RP) d. Olivia Klein SV-1 2-0. 113: Derek Bauernschmidt (B/RP) d. Matthew Elyash 13-7. 120: Daniel Vila (B/RP) p. Mark Gass. 126: Chris Hong (P) p. Jaden Rodriguez. 132: Derek Rodriguez (B/RP) by forfeit.

Wrestling: First North Jersey individual rankings of the season, plus latest Top 25
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/04/nj-wrestling-first-north-jersey-individual-rankings-of-2023/69772763007/
North Jersey individual rankings
126 pounds

1. Brian Melamud, Bergen Catholic 4-0
2. James Sloan, St. Joseph 5-6
3. Jerzey Ryan, New Milford 9-3
4. Marco Alarcon, Don Bosco 5-4  
5. Chris Hong, Paramus 6-4

285 pounds

1. Jim Mullen, St. Joseph 11-0
2. Max Acciardi, Paramus Catholic 8-1
3. Benjamin Shue, Bergen Catholic 7-0
4. Daniel Elyash, Paramus 7-2
5. Matthew Lehman, Wayne Hills 8-0

(Records through Monday.)
North Jersey team rankings

1. Bergen Catholic 4-0
2. St. Joseph 4-2
3. Paramus Catholic 1-0
4. Don Bosco 1-0
5. Passaic Tech 2-0
6. Clifton 2-0
7. Pascack Hills 4-1
8. Old Tappan 2-0
9. Emerson/Park Ridge 3-0
10. Pascack Valley 3-2
11. River Dell 2-2
12. Westwood 3-0
13. Paramus 1-1
14. Wayne Hills 3-0
15. Butler 2-0
16. Northern Highlands 3-2
17. Ramapo 3-0
18. Ridgewood 1-2
19. Rutherford 7-2
20. New Milford 1-0
21. Hasbrouck Heights 2-0
22. Pompton Lakes 1-0
23. Fair Lawn 2-3
24. Lakeland 0-2
25. Ramsey 2-4

Individual girls wrestling rankings for Jan. 4

• Published: Jan. 04, 2023, 7:00 a.m.
• Michael Holcombe | For NJ Advance Media

Girls Individual Wrestling Rankings
100
1. Olivia Klein (Paramus) 12-0
2. Isabella Santos (Elizabeth) 0-0
3. Jaclyn McDowell (Gloucester City) 0-0
4. Madison Rucci (Jackson Memorial) 8-0
5. Litzy Argueta (Lakewood) 9-4

Wrestling: 5 wrestlers who stood out on the first day of the Sam Cali tournament
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2022/12/28/wrestling-5-wrestlers-who-stood-out-at-the-sam-cali-tournament/69748225007/
Daniel Elyash
Paramus, 285 pounds
The Spartans junior claimed his spot in the semifinal by getting past St. Peter's Prep heavyweight Connor Reynolds, 6-1.
Making it even more impressive is the fact that the third-seeded Elyash is on the small side of his weight class at a trim 216 pounds.
Elyash tries to make up for it with his agility, as well as his background as a right guard and defensive tackle in football.
"It helps the IQ and helps with being explosive," Elyash said.
"I love the grind. It makes me a better wrestler. It makes me a better person."
Elyash, who is trying to break out after being limited by a torn hamstring last season, will take on Delsea's Rocco Bennett with a spot in the championship on the line.

Wed, December 21, 2022, 6:00pm
 FinalResults


Wrestling: North Jersey team-by-team previews for 2022-23 season
Sean FarrellNorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2022/12/14/nj-wrestling-north-jersey-team-by-team-previews-2022-23/69678878007/
Big North Freedom
Paramus
Wrestlers to watch: seniors Chris Hong, Tyler Falen and Olivia Klein, junior Daniel Elyash.
Outlook: The Spartans (15-4) need to replace six Bergen County medalists and eight total seniors from a team that won the North 1, Group 3 crown. Girls wrestling state champion Olivia Klein is the headliner for new coach Mark Fontana's young group.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/05/19/nj-wrestling-boys-and-girls-all-county-and-all-league-honors/7398511002/
Freedom Division
FIRST TEAM
106: Nico Nucifora, Indian Hills, freshman
106: Chris Hong, Paramus, sophomore
113: Daniel Hong, Paramus, junior
120: Brian Vargas, Hackensack, junior
126: Demitri Rainey, Indian Hills
132: Brendan Connolly, Northern Highlands, junior
132: Steven Ciambrone, Paramus, senior
138: Logan Hurwitt, Northern Highlands, junior
145: Vincent DeMaria, Northern Highlands, senior
145: Jordan Diab, Hackensack, senior
152: Nicollino Berlingeri, Northern Highlands, senior
160: Eric Freeman, Paramus, junior
170: Aaron Ayzerov, Paramus, senior
182: Jake Leonard, Ramapo, senior
195: Bobby Turso, Ridgewood, junior
220: Brian McKinnon, Ridgewood, senior
285: Justin Gradzki, Northern Highlands, junior
285: Anthony Vacarella, Ridgewood, senior
Coach of the Year: Dan Rehain, Northern Highlands
SECOND TEAM
106: Erick Naravaez, Northern Highlands, senior
113: Collin Lake, Ridgewood, freshman
120: Nick Patel, Northern Highlands, senior
126: Jacob McCoy, Northern Highlands
132: Stefano Bruni, Ramapo, junior
138: Danny Gaffney, Indian Hills, senior
138: Tyler Falon, Paramus, sophomore
152: Shane Trattner, Ridgewood, senior
160: Jack Brantley, Ramapo, senior
182: Dylan Hauver, Ridgewood, senior
195: Daniel Ellash, Paramus, freshman
220: Michael Grant, Hackensack, junior
HONORABLE MENTION
120: Matthew Lichult, Indian Hills, senior. 132: Konnor Kovalchik, Indian Hills, junior. 126: David Rosenblum, Ramapo, sophomore. 145: Stefano Galasso, Ramapo, senior. 120: Anthony Egbert, Paramus, senior. 152: Matthew Field, Paramus, junior. 220: Michael Greenbaum, Northern Highlands, junior. 160: Ethan Mendel, Northern Highlands, freshman. 195: Ian Gross, Ridgewood, senior. 138: Yunte Trattner, Ridgewood, freshman. 106: Evan McGinnity, Hackensack, freshman.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/05/12/nj-wrestling-final-team-rankings-5-takeaways-2021-season/5017296001/
Wrestling: Final team rankings, 5 takeaways from the 2021 season in North Jersey
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
Here's what stood out from the 2021 high school wrestling season.
Winner, winner
The best news to come out of the 2021 season was the survival of the state individual tournament.
There were fewer fans and less pageantry at the new finals venue at Phillipsburg, but the chance to compete was embraced by coaches and wrestlers alike, especially North Jersey's two champions: Becton's Izabella Frezzo and Paramus' Aaron Ayzerov.
No other winter sport crowned state champions this season, an illustration of just how much the tournament means on the high school calendar.
North Jersey took advantage by producing four female finalists in its best season to date. This was also the first year the girls had a stage to themselves, rather than sharing a championship week with their male counterparts.
On the boys side, the region was limited to a single champion for only the second time in 10 years.
Picture perfect


Final Top 25 rankings

1. Bergen Catholic 3-0
2. St. Joseph 5-0
3. Paramus Catholic 5-0
4. Northern Highlands 11-0
5. River Dell 14-0
6. Emerson/Park Ridge 8-0
7. Passaic Tech 4-2
8. Paramus 5-4
9. Clifton 5-4
10. Pascack Valley 7-2
11. Pascack Hills 11-2
12. Ridgewood 9-2
13. Passaic Valley 7-1
14. Hawthorne 12-1
15. Lakeland 7-2
16. Ramsey 8-4
17. West Milford 7-6
18. Butler 9-4
19. Westwood 6-5
20. Don Bosco 2-5
21. Pompton Lakes 10-5
22. NV/Demarest 8-2
23. Hasbrouck Heights 9-3
24. Cresskill 9-5
25. Rutherford 8-3

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/05/12/nj-wrestling-2021-all-north-jersey-teams/4976598001/
Wrestling: 2021 All-North Jersey teams
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
After an exciting season, the following wrestlers have been selected to the 2021 All-North Jersey wrestling teams.
Later this month, we will unveil the nominees for Boys Wrestler of the Year, which will be announced at the 2021 North Jersey High School Sports Awards.
Eric Freeman
Paramus junior, 160 pounds
In one season, Freeman (15-1) went from off the state podium to third. He gave Paramus a medalist for the 11th straight year by winning his last four matches in consolations.
Aaron Ayzerov
Paramus senior, 170 pounds
The Columbia-bound Ayzerov captured his first state title by defeating Red Bank Catholic's Sabino Portella, 8-2, in the final. Not even a completely torn meniscus could stop Ayzerov from getting his 106th career win and redemption from last year's championship loss.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/05/19/nj-wrestling-boys-and-girls-all-county-and-all-league-honors/7398511002/
1st TEAM ALL-BERGEN COUNTY:
Eric Freeman, Paramus, junior, 160 pounds
Aaron Ayzerov, Paramus, senior, 170 pounds
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-COUNTY:
Paramus: Chris Hong, 106, sophomore. Daniel Hong, 113, junior. Steven Ciambrone, 132, senior.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/25/nj-wrestling-all-as-aaron-ayzerov-paramus-wins-170-pound-state-title/7317934002/
One good knee, one state title for Paramus wrestler Aaron Ayzerov
Darren Cooper NorthJersey.com
PHILLIPSBURG – North Jersey only had one state wrestling champion in 2021. That’s OK. He only had one fully operational meniscus.Competing with a “completely torn” meniscus that will require surgery in the coming days, Paramus senior Aaron Ayzerov rose through the adversity to win the state title at 170 pounds on the final day of the two-day state championships at Phillipsburg High School.“Completely torn,” said Ayzerov minutes after his 8-2 win over Sabino Portella of Red Bank Catholic. “The cat is out of the bag now. I was cleared to wrestle, but they couldn’t do anything else. I couldn’t walk after Regions. I was in bad shape. I gave up, but I told myself that’s not how I was raised. That’s not how I am.”
What Ayzerov was this season was North Jersey’s most complete wrestler. If an opponent wanted to go quick, he could scramble with you. Want to try strength? Bring it on. Smarts? That too.

Ayzerov, the top seed at his weight class, said he was dealing with pain throughout the day. It may have explained his slow start. His closest match was in the quarterfinals, where he survived a hard challenge from Norman Cella (North Hunterdon) before winning, 2-0.“I was protecting it,” Ayzerov said. “I knew though that I worked the hardest in the state. I knew it would be four tough matches here. There are no easy matches at States.”The injury happened a few days before Regions when Ayzerov was working late at practice with teammate Eric Freeman, who finished third Sunday in a breakthrough performance. Ayzerov said it wasn’t a weird move or anything, it just popped.

Ayzerov went to club practice later that night and made it through that, but had a bad feeling something was wrong. The next morning, he said he couldn’t walk. He seriously thought about giving up.“I was like, ‘I’m done, whatever, great season, I had a great career, but whatever,’” he said.He gritted through Regions, but then was in a lot of pain again, and was on crutches and couldn’t move well. He wore a big brace on the knee Sunday.
Against Portella, Ayzerov made it look easy, getting takedowns in the first two periods and some back points to build an 8-0 lead. Portella did put a bit of a scare in to Ayzerov in the final seconds with a quick throw – “He had a nasty throw on me,” said Ayzerov – but by then it was too late.
“I wanted to dominate,” Ayzerov said. “I wanted that major so bad, but my plan was to dominate. I wanted those bonus points.”
Ayzerov is the school's first state champion since Kyle Cochran, who won at 160 pounds in 2016. He is the school's third state champion overall.
The smiling Columbia-bound Ayzerov joked about how he’d never won a state title, saying he’d finished second multiple times in grade school, and last year as a junior. He was looking forward to seeing his family and thanking everyone who had supported him in his career.
“I finally got one,” Ayzerov said.
He meant a state title, but remember, he only had one good knee too.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/04/aaron-ayzerov-of-paramus-captures-long-awaited-state-wrestling-title.html
Aaron Ayzerov of Paramus captures long-awaited state wrestling title
Updated 9:23 PM; Today 9:21 PM
By Patrick Lanni | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Aaron Ayzerov waited his whole life to finally get his championship moment. So as the blood trickled down the Paramus senior’s lips and his nose continued to bleed, the waiting game continued.
And for Ayzerov, blood time was lost time.
With a comfortable lead, the only thing standing between Ayzerov and his long-awaited state title was time on Sunday at the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedic State Championships.
Ayzerov dominated his way to the 170-pound title and defeated Red Bank Catholic sophomore Sabino Portellain the final-round, 8-2, on Sunday at Phillipsburg High.
This was his seventh try at winning a state title. He’s lost in freestyle and folkstyle. In middle school and high school wrestling, and his championship loss last season in Atlantic City set the stage for a senior year he’ll never forget.
“I was just never the guy, but I told myself after losing last year that I’m going to be the guy, and I’m going to do it with authority,” Ayzerov said. “There was no way I was losing.”
And he did it with a serious knee injury that got so bad he couldn’t walk leading up to last weekend’s regional tournament.
Ayzerov dropped a 7-3 decision to Nick Boggiano in the state finals last season at 152 pounds. It pushed him to the top Sunday after Ayzerov got a takedown and two-point nearfall in the first period and never looked back.
Portella got a reversal with eight seconds left. It was the first time Ayzerov gave up points from the neutral or offensive position in his four matches.
He came in as the No. 1 seed and proved he was the top wrestler in the bracket winning two bouts by fall and surviving a tough quarterfinal match against Hunterdon Central’s Norman Cella when Ayzerov got a takedown in the first period for the only points scored in a 2-0 victory.
“This is his place,” Paramus coach Chris Falato said. “You can see him smiling. He had an hour long conversation with every kid he wrestled. He loves to be here. He loves wrestling and loves this environment. He got exactly what he deserves.”
Aaron Ayzerov of Paramus takes a selfie with coach Chris Falato (right) after he beat Sabino Portella of Red Bank Catholic in the 170-pound final at the 2021 NJSIAA Wrestling State Championships at Phillipsburg High School on Sunday April 25, 2021. Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media
Before getting his arm raised, Ayzerov showcased that smile, snapping a selfie with a Falato in the corner as the public-address announcer this year’s state champion at 160 pounds ... Aaron Ayzerov.“I just love to wrestle,” Ayzerov said. “There’s no certain thing I’m great at. I think I’m great in every position. I came here, had fun and I know I’m having the most fun out of everyone here.”

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/25/weight-weight-analysis-day-2-nj-wrestling-championships/7377047002/
Weight-by-weight analysis of Day 2 of the NJ Wrestling Championships
Darren Cooper NorthJersey.com
At Phillipsburg High School
160 pounds
Paramus junior Eric Freeman finished third, setting himself up for a big 2022. Freeman took care of Nicholas Franco (Paramus Catholic) 1-0 in the first round. He had top seed Blake Bahna (Watchung Hills) in trouble in the quarterfinals, but Bahna came back for a 3-2 win. Freeman came back to win four matches in the wrestlebacks. Lyndhurst star Dylan Weaver was bested by Hunter Mays (Howell) in the quarterfinals and fought back to place seventh. Weaver was fourth in 2020 and 2019. Mays would win the state title with a rough 6-5 win over Dakota Morris (Kingsway).
170 pounds
Who needs a meniscus? Paramus senior Aaron Ayzerov won the state title at 170 pounds competing just weeks after tearing the meniscus in his left knee. He dominated Sabino Portella (Red Bank Catholic), 8-2, in the final. Elsewhere in the bracket, it was a story of two matches between North Jersey rivals Justin Onello (Bergen Catholic) and Michael Dellagatta (St. Joe’s). The two met in the quarterfinal round, with Onello taking an early lead and holding off Dellagatta, 7-6, to advance. Onello would lose a heartbreaker to Portella in the semifinals. Meanwhile, Dellagatta was ripping through wrestlebacks, and about six hours after their first meeting of the day, the duo met again. This time, Dellagatta recorded a pin in 2:18 to finish third.



https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/22/nj-wrestling-weight-weight-look-2021-state-wrestling-brackets/7290874002/
Weight-by-weight analysis of the 2021 NJ state wrestling brackets
Sean Farrell  NorthJersey.com
160 pounds

North Jersey qualifiers: Eric Freeman of Paramus, Nick Franco of Paramus Catholic, Roberto Padilla of St. Joseph and Dylan Weaver of Lyndhurst/North Arlington.2019 medalists: Dylan Weaver of Lyndhurst/North Arlington (fourth), Colton Washleski of Hunterdon Central (sixth), Blake Bahna of Watchung Hills (sixth) and Dakota Morris of Kingsway (seventh).Outlook: Three of the top four seeds competed last week in Union: No. 1 Blake Bahna of Watchung Hills finished ahead of No. 3 Louis Cerchio of Delbarton and No. 4 Dylan Weaver of Lyndhurst.
Cerchio, a freshman, put the state on notice when he stunned a two-time NJSIAA medalist in Weaver during Sunday's semifinals.
170 pounds

North Jersey qualifiers: Michael Dellagatta of St. Joseph, Aaron Ayzerov of Paramus and Justin Onello of Bergen Catholic.2019 medalists: Aaron Ayzerov of Paramus (second), Michael Dellagatta of St. Joseph (fourth), Colin Calvetti of Delbarton (fifth), Shay Addison of Rumson-Fair Haven (fifth), Jared Schoppe of Delsea (eighth) and Norman Cella of Hunterdon Central (eighth).Outlook: Get ready for a possible Bergen County special on Sunday night between No. 1 seed Aaron Ayzerov and No. 2 Michael Dellagatta. The friendly rivals met back on Opening Day with Ayzerov winning the first round. The rematch was called off last weekend when Ayzerov backed out of the Region final for precautionary reasons.
Both wrestlers must bring their best since this weight (along with 120) has the most returning medalists with six.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/20/njsiaa-wrestling-individual-championship-pairings/7291367002/
Pairings for NJSIAA Wrestling Individual Championships
Steven Falk Asbury Park Press
160 weight class
1. Blake Bahna (Watchung Hills, 9-1)) vs. 16. Luke Ciampa (Jefferson, 14-2).
9. Nicholas Franco (Paramus Catholic, 7-1) vs. 8. Eric Freeman (Paramus, 10-0). 
5. Hunter Mays (Howell) vs. 12. Shawn Williams (Paulsboro, 13-2)
13. Adam Coleman (Matawan) vs. 4. Dylan Weaver (Lyndhurst, 13-1).
3. Louic Cerchio (Delbarton, 9-2)) vs. 14. Zander Silva (Christian Brothers Academy, 3-2).
11. Joshua Palacio (North Bergen, 8-2) vs. 6. Colton Washleski (Hunterdon Central).
7. Jurius Clark (Camden Catholic, 10-1) vs. 10. Brock Zurawski (St. Augustine, 10-2).
15. Roberto Padilla (St. Joseph (Montvale), 7-3) vs. 2. Dakota Morris (Kingsway, 12-0).
170 weight class
1. Aaron Ayzerov (Paramus, 8-2) vs. 16. D.J. Henry (Howel).
9. James Holder (North Hunterdon, 7-1) vs. 8. Norman Cella (Hunterdon Central).
5. David DiPietro (Kingsway, 12-1) vs. 12. Alex Marshall (St. Augustine, 9-3).
13. Raymond Weed (Absegami) vs. 4. Jared Schoppe (Delsea, 16-0).
3. Sabino Portella (Red Bank Catholic) vs. 14. Brett Miller (Bound Brook, 9-2).
11. Hunter Perez (Mount Olive, 11-3) vs. 6. Shay Addison (Rumson-Fair Haven).
7. Colin Calvetti (Delbarton, 9-1) vs. 10. Justin Onello (Bergen Catholic, 7-1).
15. Stratos Kantanas (Livingston, 10-3) vs. 2. Michael Dellagatta (St. Joseph (Montvale), 8-1).

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https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/04/who-is-going-to-the-state-tournament-meet-the-qualifiers-from-every-regional.html
State Wrestling Qualifiers: Meet the 224 wrestlers advancing from the regions, 2021
Updated Apr 19, 10:11 AM; Posted Apr 17, 1:39 PM
By Joe Zedalis | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com and Chris Faytok | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
160 Pounds: Region Champions

• Eric Freeman, Paramus, Region: North 1 - (Reg. 2)
• Blake Bahna, Watchung Hills, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 4)
• Hunter Mays, Howell, Region: Central - (Reg. 6)
• Dakota Morris, Kingsway, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

160 Pounds: Region Runners-up

• Nicholas Franco, Paramus Catholic, Region: North 1 - (Reg. 2)
• Louis Cerchio, Delbarton, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 3)
• Colton Washleski, Hunterdon Central, Region: Central - (Reg. 5)
• Jurius Clark, Camden Catholic, Region: South - (Reg. 7)

160 Pounds: Region Third Place

• Roberto Padilla, St. Joseph (Mont.), Region: North 1 - (Reg. 1)
• Dylan Weaver, Lyndhurst, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 3)
• Adam Coleman, Matawan, Region: Central - (Reg. 5)
• Brock Zurawski, St. Augustine, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

160 Pounds: Region Fourth Place

• Roberto Padilla, St. Joseph (Mont.), Region: North 1 - (Reg. 1)
• Dylan Weaver, Lyndhurst, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 3)
• Adam Coleman, Matawan, Region: Central - (Reg. 5)
• Brock Zurawski, St. Augustine, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

170 Pounds: Region Champions

• Michael Dellagatta, St. Joseph (Mont.), Region: North 1 - (Reg. 1)
• Colin Calvetti, Delbarton, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 3)
• Sabino Portella, Red Bank Catholic, Region: Central - (Reg. 5)
• Jared Schoppe, Delsea, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

170 Pounds: Region Runners-up

• Aaron Ayzerov, Paramus, Region: North 1 - (Reg. 2)
• James Holder, North Hunterdon, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 4)
• Shay Addison, Rumson-Fair Haven, Region: Central - (Reg. 5)
• David DiPietro, Kingsway, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

170 Pounds: Region Third Place

• Justin Onello, Bergen Catholic, Region: North 1 - (Reg. 2)
• Brett Miller, Bound Brook, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 4)
• DJ Henry, Howell, Region: Central - (Reg. 6)
• Alex Marshall, St. Augustine, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

170 Pounds: Region Fourth Place

• Justin Onello, Bergen Catholic, Region: North 1 - (Reg. 2)
• Brett Miller, Bound Brook, Region: North 2 - (Reg. 4)
• DJ Henry, Howell, Region: Central - (Reg. 6)
• Alex Marshall, St. Augustine, Region: South - (Reg. 8)

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/17/nj-wrestling-live-results-north-1-region-meet-mount-olive-hs/7207863002/
Complete results: North 1 Region wrestling meet at Mount Olive High School
Andrew Tredinnick, Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
Finals
160 pounds
(2) Eric Freeman (Paramus) d. (1) Nicholas Franco (Paramus Catholic), 5-1
170 pounds
(2) Michael Dellagatta (St. Joseph) won by medical forfeit over (1) Aaron Ayzerov (Paramus)
Semifinals
160 pounds
(1) Nicholas Franco (Paramus Catholic) Dec (4) Roberto Padilla (St. Joseph), 3-1.
(2) Eric Freeman (Paramus) Fall (3) Luke Petaccia (Pascack Valley), 1:48.
170 pounds
(1) Aaron Ayzerov (Paramus) Dec (4) Justin Onello (Bergen Catholic), 3-1.
(2) Michael Dellagatta (St. Joseph) Dec (3) Hunter Perez (Mount Olive), 6-1.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/04/wrestling-complete-notebook-best-storylines-from-saturday-at-north-1.html
Wrestling: Complete notebook, best storylines from North 1 Regional Tourney
Updated Apr 19, 2:11 AM; Posted Apr 17, 3:59 PM
By Ryan Patti | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The Paladins will be represented by senior 160-pounder Nick Franco, who lost in the championship bout to Paramus’ second-seeded junior Eric Freeman by 5-1 decision. Despite not being a parochial, the Spartans will put Freeman and senior 170-pound top seed Aaron Ayzerov into states. Ayzerov forfeited his title bout for precautionary reasons against St. Joseph second-seeded sophomore Michael Dellagatta.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/15/nj-wrestling-5-things-watch-state-region-tournaments/7196992002/
Wrestling: 5 things to watch at this weekend's Region tournaments
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
Best matchup

In North 1, it's all about the 170-pounders. That's where you can find Paramus' Aaron Ayzerov, a returning state finalist, and St. Joseph's Michael Dellagatta, a state fourth from last season.The Bergen County stars will likely face off for the Region title and perhaps, again for state gold.Ayzerov enters the tournament as the No. 1 seed, having beaten Dellagatta 5-2 on Opening Day. The Paramus senior will go for his 100th career win in the first round against Dylan Connors of West Milford.

High school box scores for April 14
Joe RagozzinoNorthJersey.com
River Dell 42, Paramus 22
106: Chris Hong (P) m.d. Evan Krakower 9-0. 113: Nicolas Peralta (RD) by forfeit. 120: Noah Krawkower (RD) d. Anthony Egbert 5-3. 126: Jonathan Cherba (P) p. Gavin Lehmann 1:19. 132: Kanbar Tutal (RD) by forfeit. 138: Dylan Mullen (RD) p. Tyler Falen 2:53. 145: Aidan Amaro (P) by forfeit. 152: Charlie Racine (RD) p. Matthew Field 4:58. 160: Ibraheem Habehh (P) d. Colin Chambers 15-12. 170: Matt Basil (RD) by forfeit. 182: Kyle Link (RD) d. Brandon Myack 6-2. 195: Daniel Elyash (P) d. Ren Yoshikubo 4-0. 220: Brendan Solinas (RD) p. Daniel Casey 1:10. 285: double forfeit.


https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/13/nj-wrestling-north-jersey-individual-and-team-rankings-after-week-4/7149870002/
Wrestling: North Jersey individual and team rankings heading into the postseason
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
Published Apr 13, 2021

160

1. Dylan Weaver, Lyndhurst/North Arlington 9-0
2. Nick Franco, Paramus Catholic 4-0
3. Eric Freeman, Paramus 6-0
4. Luke Petaccia, Pascack Valley 7-0
5. Roberto Padilla, St. Joseph 3-2

170

1. Aaron Ayzerov, Paramus 5-1
2. Michael Dellagatta, St. Joseph, 4-1
3. Damian Weaver, Lyndhurst/North Arlington 9-0
4. Justin Onello, Bergen Catholic 3-0
5. Billy Barna, Lakeland 7-0

North Jersey team rankings

1. Bergen Catholic 3-0
2. St. Joseph 5-0
3. Paramus Catholic 5-0
4. Northern Highlands 8-0
5. Passaic Tech 3-2
6. River Dell 11-0
7. Emerson/Park Ridge 6-0
8. Clifton 3-3
9. Paramus 4-2
10. Pascack Valley 5-2
11. Pascack Hills 4-2
12. Ridgewood 9-2
13. Passaic Valley 5-1
14. Hawthorne 10-1
15. Ramsey 6-1
16. Lakeland 6-1
17. West Milford 7-5
18. Butler 9-2
19. Westwood 5-4
20. Don Bosco 2-5
21. Pompton Lakes 8-5
22. Cresskill 6-3
23. NV/Demarest 6-0
24. Hasbrouck Heights 8-1
25. Rutherford 6-2

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/04/12/njsiaa-north-1-region-wrestling-pairings/7191461002/
NJSIAA North 1 Region wrestling pairings
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
Updated Apr 13, 2021; Posted Apr 13, 2021
113
1. Luke Stanich (Roxbury) vs. 16. Malik Asfow (Lodi)
8. Tyler Hagensen (Mount Olive) vs. 9. Benjamin Bautista (Paramus Catholic)
5. Ryan Hartung (New Milford) vs. 12. Benjamin Garcia (Mahwah)
4. Tanner Thatcher (North Warren) vs. 13. Joseph Ribitzki (Lakeland)
3. Adam Albino (Bogota/Ridgefield Park) vs. 14.Daniel Hong (Paramus)
6. Ryan Ford (Bergen Catholic) vs. 11. Joey Macrino (West Essex)
7. Jack Nauta (Sparta) vs. 10. Omar Vasquez (Morris Hills)
2. Clayton Utter (High Point) vs. 15. van Schoening (Ramsey)
126
1. Joseph Cangro (Bergen Catholic) vs. 16. Shady Ibrahim (Wayne Hills)
8. Alex Vertedor (Passaic Tech) vs. 9. Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah)
5. Nick Bottazzi (DePaul) vs. 12. Anthony Monetti (Montville)
4. Nathan Fitt (Newton) vs. 13. Randall Gonzalez-Manzan (Paramus)
3. Mike Tandurella (Don Bosco) vs. 14. Austin McBride (Mountain Lakes)
6. William Matistic (Paramus Catholic) vs. 11. Gregory Hadoulis (Fort Lee/Palisades Park)
7. Mike Pescatore (West Essex) vs. 10. Zachary Hentschel (Pope John)
2. Ethan Fernandez (Westwood) vs. 15. Thomas Conselyea (Roxbury)
132
1. Kelly Dunnigan (Don Bosco) vs. 16. Jake Sheiner (Fair Lawn)
8. Dante Imperiose (Parsippany) vs. 9. Peret Shed (Manchester)
5. Karl Monaco (Montville) vs. (12) Daniel Rella (Paramus Catholic)
4. Louden Mazzeo (Emerson/Park Ridge) vs. 13. Attila Valy (Wayne Valley)
3. David Ryerson (Mount Olive) vs. 14. Mateo Sgambellone (St. Joseph)
6. Karl Monaco (Montville) vs. 11. Julian Garcia (Pequannock)
7. JoJo Lotruglio (Newton) vs. 10. Julian Garcia (Pequannock)
2. Joe Fongaro (Boonton) vs. 15. Steven Ciambrone (Paramus)
160
1. Nicholas Franco (Paramus Catholic) vs. 16. Nick Stathopoulos (Clifton)
8. Troy Schmitzer (Sparta) vs. 9. Jacob Gerish (DePaul)
5. Luke Ciampa (Jefferson) vs. 12. Thomas LaScala (Montville)
4. Roberto Padilla (St. Joseph) vs. 13. Daniel Govin (Fort Lee/Palisades Park)
3. Luke Petaccia (Pascack Valley) vs. 14. Joey DelleMonache (Morris Knolls)
6. Nick Costa (Newton) vs. 11. Andrew Costa (Hopatcong)
7. Matt Leslie (Morris Hills) vs. 10 Thomas Lee (Demarest)
2. Eric Freeman (Paramus) vs. 15. Michael Ritacco (Pope John)
170
1. Aaron Ayzerov (Paramus) vs. 16. Dylan Connors (West Milford)
8. Jimmy Dolan (Pequannock) vs. (9) Lawrence DiBiase (Jefferson)
5. William Barna (Lakeland) vs. 12. Hunter Freschi (Hasbrouck Heights)
4. Justin Onello (Bergen Catholic) vs. 13. Romel Vazquez (New Milford)
3. Hunter Perez (Mount Olive) vs. 14. Zachary Maksimiak (Pompton Lakes)
6. Joseph Sogable (Mahwah) vs. 11. William Hales (Morris Catholic/Newark Academy)
7. Michael Mastroeni (Hopatcong) vs. 10. Alfred Faison (Teaneck)
2. Michael Dellagatta (St. Joseph) vs. 15. Luke Tully (Passaic Tech)


https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/04/updated-seed-projections-for-all-4-regions-which-wrestlers-will-have-the-chance-to-compete.html
Updated seed projections for all 4 Regions: Which wrestlers have chance to compete?


https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/04/nj-girls-wrestling-state-championships-final-round-results.html
N.J. Girls Wrestling State Championships: Final round results
Updated Apr 10, 7:59 PM; Posted Apr 10, 2:39 PM
By Tim McClain | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
It all comes down to this.
State titles are on the line Saturday at Phillipsburg High School, where the state’s top girls wresters will conclude their season at the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics State Championships.
Eleven wrestlers will be crowned champions by the end of the day and NJ.com will bring you all the results.
The breakdown of the final round:
100
Isabella Santos, Elizabeth p. Olivia Klein, Paramus, 2:27.
107
Izabella Frezzo, Becton d. Alisa Safforld, Belleville, 6-2.
114
Chloe Ayres, Princeton p. Riley Lerner, Cedar Creek, 4:40.
121
Kira Pipkins, Bloomfield d. Katrina Kling, Warren Hills, 2-0.
128
Gabriella Miller, Old Bridge d. Emily Klein, Paramus, 6-2.
135
Emma Matera, Delran p. Carley Anderson, Mount Olive, 1:23.
143
Jayla Hahn, Lakewood d. Jodi Holder, North Hunterdon, 10-8.
151
Katherine Bott, Kingsway p. Abigail Stanberry, Jackson Memorial, 3:58.
161
Jess Johnson, Manalapan p. Kierra Hubmaster, Kittatinny, 1:42.
180
Amanda Pace, North Bergen p. Maria Taseva, Elmwood Park, 5:25.
215
Mia Lazaurs, Raritan p. Gianna Faura, Bloomfield, 1:59.

Semifinal Round Results
100
Olivia Klein, Paramus p. Aaliyah Payne-Parris, Newton, 2:46.
Isabella Santos, Elizabeth won by inj. def. Julia Manolas, Manalapan, 0:47.
107
Alisa Safforld, Belleville d. Lililiana Zaku-Ramos, Kittatinny, 8-4.
Izabella Frezzo, Becton d. Valerie Maldonado, Somerville, 4-0.
114
Riley Lerner, Cedar Creek d. Lennix Horsburgh, Bound Brook, 15-0 (TF 4:55).
Chloe Ayres, Princeton p. Gianna DeDreux, Brick Township, 2:00.
121
Katrina Kling, Warren Hills d. Kalli Roskos, Delran, 9-5.
Kira Pipkins, Bloomfield p. Kayla Vazquez, Kinnelon, 3:17.
128
Emily Klein, Paramus d. Karielys Reyes, Trenton, 6-0.
Gabriella Miller, Old Bridge d. Chloe Lawler, Jackson Memorial, 7-0.

Quarterfinal Round Results
100
Olivia Klein, Paramus p. Rosemary Santiago, Paulsboro, 3:09.
Aaliyah Payne-Parris, Newton md. Jaclyn McDowell, Gloucester, 11-1.
Isabella Santos, Elizabeth p. Sheila Cortez, Lakewood, 0:24.
Julia Manolas, Manalapan p. Julianna Van Ness, St. Thomas Aquinas, 3:47.
107
Liliana Zaku-Ramos, Kittatinny p. Ava Rose, Princeton, 1:48.
Alisa Safforld, Belleville p. Marissa Plumeri, Steinert, 3:09.
Valerie Maldonado, Somerville d. Jennifer Estrada, Trenton, 8-4.
Izabella Frezzo, Becton p. Chloe Wong, Raritan, 0:27.
114
Lennix Horsburgh, Bound Brook p. Sophia Hibbs, Kingsway, 1:36.
Riley Lerner, Cedar Creek d. Ahlexa Montalvo, Bloomfield, 5-1.
Gianna DeDreux, Brick Township p. Soraya Safforld, Belleville, 0:52.
Chloe Ayres, Princeton p. Emily Popek, Kittatinny, 3:13.
121
Kalli Roskos, Delran p. Ariana Prado, West Orange, 1:37.
Katrina Kling, Warren Hills md. Maya Hemo, Cherry Hill East, 8-0.
Kayla Vazquez, Kinnelon md. Madison Trotman, Rancocas Valley, 10-1.
Kira Pipkins, Bloomfield p. Angelina Leone, Egg Harbor, 3:59.
128
Emily Klein, Paramus d. Skyy Hills, Cherry Hill West, 5-3.
Karielys Reyes, Trenton p. Amanda Connors, Northern Highlands, 6:00.
Chloe Lawler, Jackson Memorial d. Kyara Montoya, Morris Hills, 15-14.
Gabriella Miller, Old Bridge md. Jillian Dugenio, Somerville, 12-4.


https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/04/girls-wrestling-north-region-notebook-storylines-from-both-sessions.html
Girls wrestling: North Region notebook, storylines from both sessions
Updated Apr 03, 2021; Posted Apr 03, 2021
Regional champions earned their crowns at the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics North Region Girls Wrestling Tournament in Union.
Families came away with several medals while athletes etched their name in school lore with marquee performances en route to gold medals.
What else happened during a full day of wrestling at Union High School? Scroll below to find out.
MORNING SESSION
Klein sisters take gold
Sophomore 100-pound third seed Olivia Klein pinned (2:56) top-seeded Elizabeth sophomore Isabella Santos in her title bout and then watched her top-seeded older sister, Emily, put a bow on her regional championship at 128 with a 13-0 major decision over second-seeded Morris Hills sophomore Kyara Montoya. Both are first-time winners.
“I’ve been working really hard and this shows that my hard work has really paid off,” Emily said. “Even though I was the top seed, I knew I had to work for it. I’ve wrestled a bunch of the girls and I knew it could be a struggle.”
“I came in and I didn’t know anyone besides a few girls that I had wrestled before,” Olivia said. “I didn’t know the No. 1 seed and I didn’t know the No. 2 seed. It was nerve-wracking for me as a sophomore. I listened to my coach and believed in myself and it paid off.”

3/30/2021 North Jersey Individual Rankings (The Record):

3/28/2021 Full Circle NJ Rankings:


https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/03/29/nj-wrestling-top-north-jersey-performers-week-march-21-27/6980611002/
Wrestling: Top North Jersey performers for the week of March 21-27
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
With an eventful second week of the high school wrestling season behind us, it's time to look back on the best 6 performances.
Emily Klein
Paramus senior
The top-seeded Klein won her second BCWCA title last weekend when she defeated Jefferson's Maura White, 8-3, at 130 pounds. Klein advanced past the first two rounds by pin.
Olivia Klein
Paramus sophomore
Klein was the only champion at the BCWCA tournament who pinned three opponents in the first period. She collected victories in 0:17, 1:55 and 1:20 on the way to the title.
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https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/03/wrestling-no-19-high-point-soldano-top-paramus.html
Wrestling: No. 19 High Point, Soldano top Paramus
Updated Mar 27, 2021; Posted Mar 27, 2021
By Chris Nalwasky | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
High Point, No. 19 in the NJ.com Top 20, won its first dual of the season, 43-25, over Paramus in Paramus.

• 3/27 - 12:00 AM WrestlingFinal

  High Point	43
  Paramus	25

The highlight of the match was at 182 pounds, as Brian Soldano, a state individual champion at 160 last season, faced Aaron Ayzerov. Ayzerov, a second-place finisher at 152 a year ago, bumped up from his normal 170 weight this season to wrestle Soldano.
Soldano, who is headed to Rutgers, made quick work against his close friend by pinning him in just 38 seconds.
Nationally, Soldano is ranked No. 3 in the country at 182 by both Flowrestling and Trackwrestling, while Ayzerov is ranked No. 12 by Flo and No. 10 by Track at 170.
High Point (1-1) won six of the first seven bouts and seven of nine. The match started at 195 pounds.
Alex Buchwald got things going with a 12-0 major decision, and Sean Van Wingerden at 220 and Justin Klass at 285 followed with two pins in 38 seconds and in 2:13, respectively.
Roman Citro also recorded a pin at 120 in 5:03. Clayton Utter (113), Nick Douma (126), and Josh Gervey (138) each won by decision.
For Paramus (4-2), Chris Hong (106), Matthew Field (152), and Eric Freeman (160) all recorded falls, while Aidan Amaro won 13-1 for a major decision at 145, and Steven Ciambrone won by decision at 132.
Hong notched his pin in just 51 seconds and Freeman produced his in just 48 seconds. Field won in 2:35.
High Point was originally scheduled to face Hunterdon Central.
Results

Thu, March 25, 2021
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Tue, March 23, 2021, 6:00pm
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Girls wrestling: Paramus sisters double up, Becton star named OW at BCWCA Invitational
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/03/21/nj-girls-wrestling-paramus-sisters-double-izabella-frezzo-outstanding-wrestler/4733558001/

MONTVALE — The Kleins counted on a sister for motivation. Izabella Frezzo just used her lucky socks. Good luck charms came in all shapes and sizes on Sunday at the Bergen County Women Coaches Association Girls Wrestling Invitational. The Klein sisters, Olivia and Emily, got an extra push from having a familiar voice in each other's corner. Olivia Klein started the championship round with a pin at 102 pounds and stayed near the mat to watch her older sister wrestle. Emily Klein gave Paramus its second champion when she captured the gold at 130.
"I think I get more scared watching her," Emily Klein said. "I just love pushing her and I love hearing her say, 'Go Emily, you got this.' It's definitely motivation."
Wrestlers from 30 schools competed at the championship event at Pascack Hills – and many were from outside the county borders. In fact, only four of the 10 weight classes were won by North Jersey wrestlers. But perhaps the most special moments of the day belonged to a pair of seniors from southern Bergen County. The most riveting final came at 153 pounds when Bogota/Ridgefield Park's Kayla Zeppetelli outlasted Taylor Peterson of Garfield, 12-10.Becton's Frezzo took home Most Outstanding Wrestlers honors for the second straight year after triumphing at 109. In the process, she became the first two-time champion in BCWCA history.
The Kleins were happy to join the Wildcat star in the winners' circle.
Olivia Klein bulled her way through the bracket after placing third last year as a freshman. She pinned all three opponents in the first period and showed composure after giving up a takedown early in the final.
"Last year I felt like I went in there blind," Olivia Klein said. "This year, I feel like I've learned so much."
Part of that learning experience came from facing a fellow champion in Emily Klein, who won 8-3 in her final.
"She's my No. 1 partner for sure," Emily Klein said. "Sometimes in practice, we'll go after each other. Just a little bit."
Sean Farrell is a high school sports reporter for NorthJersey.com. For full access to live scores, breaking news and analysis from our Varsity Aces team, subscribe today. To get breaking news directly to your inbox, sign up for our newsletter and download our app.
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Sat, March 20, 2021, 12:00pm

Paramus over Ramapo - Wrestling recap

https://highschoolsports.nj.com/game/641048
Mike Byrne | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com | a day ago
Results

Paramus wrestling records six pins en route to victory over Fair Lawn
Updated Mar 19, 10:06 PM; Posted Mar 19, 8:22 PM
https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/03/paramus-wrestling-records-six-pins-en-route-to-victory-over-fair-lawn.html
PHOTOS:  https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2021/03/paramus-wrestling-records-six-pins-en-route-to-victory-over-fair-lawn.html
By Connor Mount | For NJ Advance Media
The Paramus wrestling team (1-1) won its first match of the year with an emphatic 65-7 victory over Fair Lawn (0-2) on Friday in Fair Lawn.
Daniel Hong (113 pounds), Anthony Egbert (120), Tyler Falen (138), Matthew Field (152), Aaron Ayzerov (170) and Brandon Myack (182) all collected pins for Paramus. The Spartans claimed three upper-weight forfeits to end the dual.

• 3/19 - 5:30 PM WrestlingFinal

  Paramus	65
  Fair Lawn	7

Complete Box Score »
Paramus consistently collected back points throughout the match, with Steven Ciambrone (132) and Eric Freeman (160) picking up five back points each in their respective bouts. Ciambrone needed each back point he earned in a 9-5 decision over Jake Sheiner, while Freeman coasted to a technical fall.
“We always work a lot of top and bottom, a big part of our philosophy is that you (have to) escape and you (have to) ride guys out,” Paramus coach Chris Falato said. “And through that, we were able to get a lot of back points tonight and a lot of pinning combinations. It’s just part of our philosophy and part of our culture, what we do, and it paid dividends tonight.”
The Spartans rebounded from a difficult season-opening matchup with St. Joseph (Mont.), No. 2 in the NJ.com Top 20. Paramus lost that match 45-24, with 18 of those points coming via forfeit. Only Freeman (9-2 decision) and Ayzerov (5-2 decision) won their bouts. Falato said he thought it would be important for his wrestlers to compete with opponents at the Green Knights’ skill level, so he fought to bring a meeting with St. Joe’s back onto the calendar after it was temporarily scrapped.
“We had them scheduled and we lost the match, and I sought them out because I told the kids, ‘Usually we go to the Beast of the East (tournament) and we have the counties, and we go against the top-caliber kids,’” Falato said. “And we sought St. Joe’s out to get that match. We knew we weren’t (going to) win, we knew they had a better team, but I think that match and our guys wrestling the best of the best in St. Joe’s will prepare us for the rest of our schedule throughout the rest of the year.”
Freeman and Ayzerov both picked up their second wins of the young season on Friday.
“Freeman’s an absolute animal. Him and Aaron have (had) great battles in practice, and they feed off each other and make each other better,” Falato said. “So between the two of them, we’re very blessed to have them back-to-back in the lineup.”
Picking up Fair Lawn’s lone victories, Matthew Murri (145) took an 11-5 decision over Aidan Amaro and Guy Ben-Sadigh (126) won a 12-1 major decision over Emily Klein.
In the absence of two Paramus wrestlers in the 126-pound weight class, Klein joined the lineup and wrestled two days before she’s scheduled to compete in the Bergen County girls wrestling invitational tournament. Klein finished third in the state at 121 pounds last year.
“I was excited to see her wrestle. I thought she did an amazing job, showed her skillset,” Falato said. “Obviously tough against a big, strong opponent like she had today, but yeah, we needed her. She’ll be a big part of our team moving forward, I have no hesitation wrestling her on varsity. She’s good enough.”
In a problem that continued from Fair Lawn’s season-opening 42-41 loss to Hackensack on Wednesday, the Cutters had holes in their lineup in the higher weight classes. Fair Lawn forfeited the final two bouts of Wednesday’s match and the last three on Friday as a result of a mix of injuries and COVID-related complications.
“We’re kind of coming back and had some injuries, didn’t have our full starting lineup in there,” Fair Lawn coach Richard Eichenlaub said. “We knew it was going to be a tough test. We lost a lot last year, especially at upper weights. So we had a lot of new guys in there right now. It’s a learning year.”
Fair Lawn will wrestle against Wayne Hills Saturday morning. Paramus will face Ramapo Saturday at noon.


Wrestling countdown: No. 9 team bolstered by depth and experience
Nick GantaifisNorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2021/03/02/paramus-nj-wrestling-bolstered-depth-and-experience/6869637002/

Team: ParamusCoach: Chris FalatoLast year’s record: 15-17
2019-20 final ranking: No. 18
Rearview mirror
Paramus was plagued by injuries throughout the season, forcing several underclassmen into the lineup.
Despite those setbacks and a manic regular season, the Spartans reached the semifinal round of the North 1, Group 3 team tournament, falling to eventual champion Montville.
On an individual level, three Spartans qualified for the NJSIAA Tournament in Atlantic City and two – region runner-up Aaron Ayzerov (152) and region champion Kyle Jacob (220) – reached the title bouts in their respective weight classes.
Best assets

The Spartans’ strength lies in the middle wights with returning state runner-up Ayzerov leading the charge. Despite missing most of the 2019-20 season with a torn meniscus, the Columbia commit finished with a 31-4 record and is 94-25 in his career. He is a three-time district champion.“Aaron is like another coach. He’s a tremendous asset to this team and contributes in so many way,” Falato said. “He makes everyone around him better.”Expected to join Ayzerov in the middle are juniors Matt Field (152) and Eric Freeman (160), who both have something to prove in 2021. Field returns after missing the entire 2020 campaign with an injury, while Freeman, a region-runner-up, looks to feed off of last year’s state tournament appearance.
Expectations

The Spartans possess balance and chemistry heading into this season, two traits that were missing the last few years.Expect Paramus to be much improved with the return of several starters and the addition of freshman Daniel Elyash (195) and Bound Brook transfer Randall Manzanero (126). “We had a strong sophomore class last season that earned valuable mat time due to injuries. That year of experience will go a long way this year,” Falato said. “Add in a quality group of upperclassmen and I expect we’ll be much better this year.”
Down low, sophomore Chris Hong (106) and junior Daniel Hong (113) bring experience along with Steven Ciambrone (132), a fourth-place finisher in District 5.
Look for Paramus to continue to extend its 10-year streak of having an individual place at the state tournament. No other public school in North Jersey has a streak of more than three years.
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HS WRESTLING: Mobbin Classic
Aaron Ayzerov of Paramus (top) battles Jack Kelly of Rumson-Fair Haven during the 170 pound wrestling final of the Mobbin Classic at St. Joseph High School in Metuchen on Monday, February 15, 202

Survival of the fittest: Rating N.J.'s 10 toughest wrestling districts
https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/02/survival-of-the-fittest-rating-njs-10-toughest-wrestling-districts.html

By Joe Zedalis | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
It is the first step on the road to Atlantic City.
The top three finishers in all 32 of the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics District Wrestling Tournament will advance to next week’s eight regional tournament.
While the NJSIAA has gone to great efforts to balance the power in each district, some are still better than others.
The NJ.com wrestling staff ranked the 10 toughest districts in New Jersey.
Share the list with your wrestling-loving friends.

4-District 5 at West Essex
Teams: Bogota/Ridgefield Park, Dover, Emerson/Park Ridge, Morris Knolls, Mount Olive, Paramus, Paterson Kennedy, Teaneck, West Essex
He enters as an undefeated senior and returning state finalist, but Bardhyl Gashi of West Essex wasn’t even the best heavyweight in his own district a season ago. Gashi’s emergence in the postseason in 2019 sums up what makes District 5 one of the toughest. While there may not be any juggernaut programs, West Essex, Mount Olive, Paramus and Emerson/Park Ridge all bring some highly ranked individual talent and perennially turn in some sleepers - like Gashi -- capable of putting together spectacular postseason runs. This year alone, District 5 will feature three returning state finalists: Gashi, Emerson/Park Ridge’s Nick Babin and Kyle Jacob of Paramus.
Returning champions: 113: Nick Babin, Emerson, Sr.; 120: Logan Mazzeo, Emerson, Sr.; 138: Aaron Ayzerov, Paramus, Jr.; 145: Hunter Perez, Mount Olive, So.; 195: Kyle Jacob, Paramus, Sr.

Wrestling individual rankings for Feb. 18: Changes coming with districts looming
Updated Feb 18, 2020; Posted Feb 18, 2020
https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/02/wrestling-individual-rankings-for-feb-18-changes-coming-with-districts-looming.html

By Patrick Lanni | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
All last week, we saw some exciting action during the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics team tournament, but now our rankings really get put to the test.
The three-week march to Atlantic City starts right now.
District, regions, states ... the individual postseason has arrived.
Check out all of the rankings below and get ready for plenty of changes in the final three weeks of the season.

152 POUNDS
Ranking, wrestler, school, yearLast weekKey winsKey lossesTHIS WEEK: No changes

220 POUNDS

Ranking, wrestler, school, yearLast weekKey winsKey lossesTHIS WEEK: Toms River North’s Michael Nakano joined the rankings after a win over Southern’s J.T. Cornelius, who dropped out.

Wrestling community honors 2-time state medalist one year after his tragic death

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/02/he-was-paramusstrong-and-gone-too-soon-but-legacy-lives-on-night-of-remembrance.html

Updated Feb 08, 2020; Posted Feb 08, 2020
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By JJ Conrad | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
For much of Friday night, Issa Sebahie sat in the same spot – front row of the bleachers, just to the right of the scorer’s table – watching the same Paramus wrestling team compete on the same mat that his son, Alex, once dominated on.
Except on this night, the affable and elder Sebahie was not there cheering on his gone far-too-soon son, but rather for a night of honor and remembrance celebrating the life of one of the most decorated wrestlers in Paramus history – and that’s saying something in a program as storied as Paramus’ has been.
The Class of 2016 Spartans graduate died tragically in an auto accident early on New Year’s Day 2019 at the age of 21. He would have celebrated his 23rd birthday last Monday.
Instead, on Friday, Sebahie’s legacy and memory were honored by friends, family and former teammates, coaches and classmates – a tight-knit Bergen County community still in mourning after the fatal Paramus bus crash in May 2018.
But few in town personified #ParamusStrong more than Alex Sebahie.
To honor him Friday, a 52-second moment of silence was taken with his parents and three brothers in the center of the mat just prior to the 152-pound bout – a tribute to the weight class Alex wrestled at his senior year – and the Never Back Down Foundation took centerstage.
Both teams sported new Never Back Down memorial T-shirts and all proceeds from the night will be split evenly to create two scholarships for one Paramus and Paramus Catholic wrestler and awarded later this year.
The foundation itself was created in Alex’s name last year – in short time after his passing, too, thanks to the tireless work and effort put in by his mother, Rosie – to help turn tragedy into opportunity for local wrestlers and teams in need of financial assistance.
It’s exactly the kind of foundation Alex would have wanted.
He was a young man described by many as kind-hearted, caring and selfless – the type of person who, his father said, once had his car towed after leaving it unattended, only briefly, to walk around the corner to buy a homeless man in Paterson a sandwich.
That’s who Alex Sebahie was and this is a foundation those closest to him know he would be proud of.
“If there’s a kid out there in need, a family out there in need, really anyone in the wrestling community in need, send us an e-mail and we’re going to do what we can,” his mother said. “That’s what we want to do with this.”
In the last year alone, thanks to the work of Never Back Down, nine scholarships were awarded in Sebahie’s name and, additionally, singlets were donated to the Bogota/Ridgefield Park wrestling program.
It is all being done to keep the the proud memory of Sebahie alive.
“Alex had this never back down attitude about everything,” his mother said, holding back tears, just outside the Paramus gymnasium prior to the ceremony.
"He didn’t care if you were a state champ or if you were a senior and he was a freshman. He didn’t care how strong you were or what your record was. He just kept going. And that’s what we’re trying to keep going. We want kids to follow that mentality, for all kids to be strong, no matter what.
"We want Alex's memory to live on in this kind of positive light. That's what gives me, and our family, strength at the end of the day. Having people remember him for everything he's done."
Sebahie, who went on the wrestle at Rider University briefly his freshman year, was among the state's best during his high school days. His father is the first to admit Sebahie was never the most gifted wrestler technique-wise.
But what he lacked in technical skill, he more than made up for with his strength, his heart, his will and his undeniable refusal to quit. He truly was the ultimate competitor.
“He was the toughest kid I ever met in my life,” Paramus coach Chris Falato said. “And I’ve been around a lot of tough ones. Just the toughest, fiercest wrestler I’ve been around, but such a team-oriented kid, too.”
It all led to four state qualifying seasons, two Paramus sectional titles and a 121-14 career record as he became a member of the prestigious Paramus 100-win club, joining fellow former Spartan greats like Joe Trovato (158), Nick Alpher (139) and former state champion, good friend and former workout partner Kyle Cochran (143), currently a sophomore wrestler at Maryland.
“And he should’ve had even more, too,” his father said with a smile, looking up at the banner in the gymnasium honoring the program’s all-time wins leaders. “If he wasn’t getting hurt all the time.”

Alex Sebahie's name stands hung up on the banner that represents all former Paramus wrestlers with 100 wins or more on Alex Sebahie Night at Paramus High School on 2/7/20.Tom Horak | For NJ Advance MediaDespite battling multiple injuries, Sebahie still made four trips to Boardwalk Hall and twice reached the podium, taking eighth at 132 pounds in 2014 and sixth at 138 pounds in 2015. A late-season shoulder injury during a Region semifinal win his senior year almost certainly cost him a potential third podium visit.At far less than 100 percent, Sebahie – the No. 1 seed at 152 that year – withdrew after a second-round loss in Atlantic City, a 1-0 decision against an opponent he had beaten, 11-0, earlier that season.
"He just wanted to try," his mother said of her son, who very well may have attended Navy had it not been for that shoulder injury. "He had to try, in his mind."
Ironically, two of the four bouts Paramus won Friday against Paramus Catholic came at the only two weights Sebahie placed in Atlantic City at – 132 and 138 pounds, courtesy of Ardan Amora and Eric Freeman, respectively.
Another came courtesy of current state No. 1 220-pounder Kyle Jacob, who was never teammates with Sebahie, but the two knew each other well and, in fact, wrestled against each other during a Paramus practice shortly before Sebahie’s passing just over a year ago.
Keep in mind, Jacob had roughly 60 pounds on Sebahie at the time.
“[Alex’s] dad was telling this story of how Alex came home after they wrestled that day and just started eating and working out,” Falato said. “His dad was like, ‘What’s going on?’ And Alex just goes, ‘I just wrestled Jacob and he’s the strongest kid I ever wrestled. But I’m going to go back and beat him tomorrow.’ He was all motivated to get him the next day.”
True to his foundation’s motto, Sebahie never backed down – not well after his graduation and not to an eventual state runner-up opponent who had 60 pounds on him.
That was Alex Sebahie.
Now, it’s memories like those that the Sebahie family cherishes.
Even Friday, his mother walked the Paramus halls intermittently throughout the night looking back at commemorative plaques honoring her son’s past accomplishments, such as his individual state finishes and All-American honors.
“That’s all we’ve got now,” she said. “The photos and the memories.”
Gone but never forgotten, the memory of Sebahie will undoubtedly live on.
“I believe everything happens for a reason,” Issa Sebahie said. "And wherever he is now, I know he’s helping someone somewhere. People over the past year keep asking how I stay so strong through all this. I say it’s because I want to be as strong as he was. We all grow up trying to teach our kids something; he’s the one teaching me something.
“I want to live through him. Treat everyone with respect. Stay positive. Pay it back – like he would want. That’s what we’re all doing. That’s what this is all about.”
How can you get involved? For more information on the Never Back Down Foundation, please visit www.AlexSebahie.org to inquire further regarding scholarship applications, possible donations and contact info.
JJ Conrad focuses on the Super Football Conference and North Jersey Interscholastic Conference. He may be reached at jconrad@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter, @JJ_Conrad.

Paramus over Pascack Valley - Wrestling - NJSIAA N1G3 1st round 

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/02/paramus-over-pascack-valley-wrestling-njsiaa-n1g3-quarterfinals.html

Updated Feb 10, 11:50 PM; Posted Feb 10, 10:24 PM

By Ryan Patti | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

Fifth-seeded Paramus defeated fourth-seeded Pascack Valley 43-27 in Hillsdale in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 Wrestling Tournament.
Paramus (12-13) will visit top-seeded Montville, No. 18 in the NJ.com Top 20, in the semifinal round on Wednesday in Montville.
Pascack Valley is now 13-15.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2020/02/10/wrestling-athletes-committed-college-other-sports-keep-going/4677910002/
'I love the sport.' Why athletes committed to college in other sports keep wrestling
Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.comPublished 5:01 a.m. ET Feb. 10, 2020 | Updated 9:22 a.m. ET Feb. 10, 2020

One of the most well-known crossovers is Paramus senior Kyle Jacob. The 220-pounder received interest from Big Ten wrestling schools including Rutgers and Maryland, but chose to sign with Fordham for football. He's one of eight nationally-ranked wrestlers committed to college for another sport.

Kyle Jacob of Paramus wrestled in the 195-pound final at the 2019 NJSIAA wrestling tournament. (Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com)
"I think he could be an amazing heavyweight wrestler," Paramus wrestling coach Chris Falato said. "I can't imagine there are many other kids who focus on another sport and still succeed in this sport to the level that Kyle has."
Jacob is ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 11 in the country, despite wrestling a total of three times this past summer. He never allowed a point in the Bergen County tournament and accepted his gold medal while wearing a white football sweatshirt. The senior expects his work on the mat will come in handy next year, as a safety or lineman.
"Wrestling, honestly, throughout my whole life has helped me with football with tackling," Jacob said. "It made me more aggressive and made me a better player. I just love the sport."
The college perspective

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/01/individual-wrestler-rankings-for-jan-28-welcome-back-champ-and-others.html
Individual wrestler rankings for Jan. 28: Welcome back, champ ... and others
By Patrick Lanni | NJ Advance Media, for NJ.com
There are only a few weeks left in the dual-meet season and then it will be time for wrestlers to compete for district, region and state titles.
Each week we have ranked the top wrestlers in the 14 weight classes one through eight. This week there are significant changes, including a state champion returning from injury and others changing weights.
Check below as we rank the weight classes from 106 to 285.
220 POUNDS
Ranking, wrestler, school, gradeKey winsKey lossesNotes: No Changes.

Male Athlete of the Week: Kyle Jacob, Paramus
NorthJersey.com  Published 7:07 p.m. ET Jan. 21, 2020 
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/athlete-of-the-week/2020/01/21/record-male-athlete-week-kyle-jacob-paramus/4514553002/
Accomplishment: Jacob, who competes in the 220-pound weight class, went 3-0 during the week, all first-period pins, including earning his 100th career victory. He raised his season record to 20-1 with 13 pins and has not allowed a point since the semifinals of the prestigious Beast of the East tournament last month.

Kyle Jacob, Paramus wrestling (Photo: Charlie McGill/NorthJersey.com)"He's been an an amazing athlete for us for four years. He's arguably the best athlete in Paramus High School history, with his wrestling and football accomplishments. With his blend of power and speed, he is such an amazing athlete. He is so quick and nimble on his feet and so powerful and explosive on his attacks."
— Coach Chris Falato

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2020/01/15/nj-wrestling-north-jersey-individual-rankings-jan-15/4460543002/
Wrestling: North Jersey individual rankings for Jan. 15
Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.comPublished 5:02 a.m. ET Jan. 15, 2020
Here are the latest individual wrestling rankings for North Jersey, with records updated through Jan. 13.
138

1. Mike Cetta, St. Joseph 12-4
2. Eric Freeman, Paramus 12-3
3. Damian Weaver, Lyndhurst 12-1
4. Paul DiMarco, New Milford 9-3
5. Nick Motta, Fair Lawn 12-3

152

1. Dylan Weaver, Lyndhurst 12-1
2. Alex Strashinsky, Bergen Catholic 7-0
3. Stefano Sgambellone, St. Joseph 10-0
4. Aaron Ayzerov, Paramus 4-2
5. Elijah Lugo, Wayne Valley 13-1

220

1. Kyle Jacob, Paramus 17-1
2. Mike Toranzo, St. Joseph 12-3
3. Yosue Gomez, Passaic Tech 17-0
4. Max Acciardi, Paramus Catholic 13-3
5. Jonas Hyman, Ramsey 13-2

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/01/individual-wrestler-rankings-as-wrestlers-change-weight-classes-large-shifts-occur.html
Individual wrestler rankings: Major shifts as wrestlers change weight classes
Updated Jan 14, 2020;Posted Jan 14, 2020 
By Bill Evans | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
The 2019-2020 wrestling season is several weeks old and wrestlers are starting to drop down to their postseason weights.
Wrestlers dropping down a class caused some significant shifts in the rankings this week, including new No. 1s and key wins and upsets led to further changes.
Check out NJ.com’s top eight rankings at all 14 weight classes with explanations of all the changes.

220 POUNDS
Ranking, wrestler, school / Key wins / Key lossesChanges: Toranzo, who has a win over Acciardi, enters the rankings, replacing Gateway’s Tom Goetz, who lost to Pitman’s Zane Coles.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/01/wrestling-nj-wrestlers-in-the-national-rankings.html
Wrestling: 34 N.J. wrestlers - 10 from Blair - in the national rankings
Updated Jan 09, 2020;Posted Jan 09, 2020
By Bill Evans | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Following are the national sites which have New Jersey wrestlers in their national rankings. Listed are the most recent updates and dates of those updates.
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Kyle Jacob, Paramus, Sr.

• Flowrestling: No. 12
• Intermat: No. 11
• Trackwrestling: No. 11

https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2019/12/18/nj-wrestling-big-north-team-team-previews/4359721002/
Paramus
Top returners: senior Kyle Jacob, junior Aaron Ayzerov, sophomores Eric Freeman and Matthew Field.
Outlook: State finalist Kyle Jacob leads the Spartans at 220 and state qualifier Aaron Ayzerov gives them another dose of star power. A division title is in reach if Paramus builds depth behind the middle weights.

152 pounds:Semifinal recap-Boggiano shocks with “Spider” pin; Ayzerov earns upset UTB win

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/03/152-pounds-semifinal-recap-boggiano-shocks-with-spider-pin-ayzerov-earns-upset-utb-win.html

By Mak Ojutiku | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Beating a top-seed in the state tournament with a defensive pin is pretty rare, to say the least.
Thanks to a move Toms River North fourth-seed Nick Boggiano calls “The Spider”, the rare became reality in the semifinals of the 152-pound bracket of the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics State Wrestling Tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Boggiano, a senior, used the move in bottom position to earn a fall over Lyndhurst top-seed Dylan Weaver, and to book his way to Saturday’s championship match.
“It’s just about staying confident and staying calm,” the Toms River North grappler said after the match. “There’s no point in getting all juiced up before your matches. You just gotta know your stuff and then go out and do it.”
With Weaver throwing legs in top position in the second period, Boggiano got himself into a back bridge, reached back with his arms and turned his own body around, to put the top-seeded Lyndhurst standout on his shoulders to secure the pin.
“I’m very flexible and I don’t really feel uncomfortable when kids throw legs,” Boggiano said.
Boggiano, an eighth-place finisher in last year’s 145-pound bracket, said he brought a different kind of focus into the semifinal than he had earlier in the season. The Toms River North standout credited his sole loss of the season, which happened to come at the hands of the loser of the other semifinal match, Camden Catholic’s Brandon Mooney, as a positive difference maker to his mentality.
“It helped me focus.," the 39-1 wrestler said. "The loss brought me back down, and I knew it wasn’t gonna happen again.”
While Boggiano’s win was impressive for its sudden, shocking conclusion, Aaron Ayzerov’s victory was amazing for how long and hard fought it was.
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To call the Paramus sixth-seed’s 1-1 ultimate tie breaker win a marathon would be an understatement.
Ayzerov and Mooney, the second-seed, traded escapes in the first two periods, and a third-period rideout by Mooney sent the match to overtime.
After a scoreless sudden victory period, and two rideouts, Ayzerov was given top position in the deciding ultimate tie-breaker. Ayzerov said just four words flashed in his mind as he took position: “Hold this man down.”
And hold him down, he did. In the very end, Ayzerov 's top game came through for him and gave him the victory and the finals berth.
“(Mooney’s) shifty and I know he’s good, but I’m best on top,” Ayzerov said after the match. “I’m not letting the match come down to my best position to just let it slip away. That was just mental toughness right there.”
The mental aspect of the sport is something that’s certainly not lost on Ayzerov. The 30-3 Paramus junior wrote the words “2020 152-pound state title” in a notebook every day since the end of last year’s season.
That mentality has brought Ayzerov a long way from his finish in last year’s state tournament, where he went 0-2.
“I came in here saying I was gonna win a state title, and I’m one step closer,"Ayzerov said. “I love these kind of matches, it’s what I train for. My partner and I go a half an hour extra every day to win matches like that. I believe (the win) is what I deserve. I work too hard to go and lose in overtime.”
Ayzerov and Boggiano will square off on Saturday at 3 p.m.

220 NJSIAA quarterfinal recap: Jacob, Casale continue on collision course
https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/03/220-njsiaa-quarterfinal-recap-jacob-casale-continue-on-collision-course.html

Updated Mar 06, 2020; Posted Mar 06, 2020
By Bill Evans | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Delbarton sophomore P.J. Casale continued to tech his way through the 220-pound bracket at the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics State Wrestling Championships and top seed Kyle Jacob of Paramus ended the impressive postseason run of Moorestown’s Robert Damerjian.
Casale won all three matches by technical fall, including a 15-0 win over Kittatinny’s Jackson Crawn in the quarterfinals. Casale will face St. Joseph (Mont.'s) Michael Toranzo, an 8-5 winner over Gage Armijo of West Morris Mendham in the semifinal on Friday night.
On the other side of the bracket, Jacob – a state finalist a year ago – defeated Damerjian, who had taken the state by storm after returning from a broken thumb just a week-and-a-half before districts.Damerjian roared to district and region titles and reached the state quarterfinal before running into Jacob.
Jacob will face another South Jersey standout, Pitman’s Zane Coles, in the semifinal. Coles was impressive in defeating Rahway’s Joshua Darisme, 11-1.
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