Wrestling: North Jersey Individual & Team Rankings

by | Jan 20, 2022

 Sean Farrell, NorthJersey.com

INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM / NORTH JERSEY RANKINGS

106 pounds

  1. Brian Melamud, Bergen Catholic 12-2
  2. Benjamin Marchetto, West Milford 15-2
  3. Jason Chrostowski, Butler 16-0
  4. Vincent Paino, St. Joseph 10-4
  5. Jack Bergmann, Lakeland 11-0

113 pounds

  1. Dylan Ross, Paramus Catholic 12-3
  2. Chris Nucifora, Bergen Catholic 6-4
  3. James Sloan, St. Joseph 8-5
  4. Chris Hong, Paramus 14-3
  5. Dan Olivo, Old Tappan 11-0

    120 pounds

    1. Taisei Kurachi, River Dell 15-2
    2. Brett Redner, Butler 15-0
    3. Connor Kerwin, Passaic Valley 12-1
    4. Donny Almeyda, St. Joseph 8-2
    5. Mason Ketcham, Don Bosco 7-6

    126 pounds

    1. Joe Manno, St. Joseph 8-3
    2. Aidan Wallace, Bergen Catholic 6-3
    3. Brian Vargas, Hackensack 8-2
    4. Ryan Hartung, New Milford 7-1
    5. Daniel Hong, Paramus 10-4

    132 pounds

    1. Ryan Ford, Bergen Catholic 9-3
    2. Ryan Kozdra, Mahwah 11-0
    3. Mateo Sgambellone, St. Joseph 8-2
    4. George Hufnagel, Paramus Catholic 8-6
    5. George Binikos, Tenafly 9-1

      138 pounds

      1. Joe Cangro, Bergen Catholic 12-3
      2. Alex Almeyda, St. Joseph 10-4
      3. Louden Mazzeo, Emerson/Park Ridge 11-0
      4. Attila Valy, Wayne Valley 12-2
      5. Christian Fojon, Ramsey 13-1

      144 pounds

      1. Chris Bacchioni, Bergen Catholic 4-3
      2. Zach Ballante, Paramus Catholic 12-4
      3. Austin Yalowitz, Fort Lee 11-0
      4. Brendan Connolly, Northern Highlands 12-1
      5. JJ Herninko, Rutherford 11-2

      150 pounds

      1. Myles Leonard, Waldwick/Midland Park 14-0
      2. Daniel Rella, Paramus Catholic 11-2
      3. Damian Weaver, Lyndhurst/North Arlington 13-0
      4. Eric Broadie, Bergen Catholic 7-3
      5. Jack Oseback, Wayne Hills 4-1

      157 pounds

      1. Nick Fea, Bergen Catholic 10-0
      2. Laith Hamdeh, Passaic Tech 12-0
      3. Shawn Mastropierro, New Milford 10-0
      4. Jordan Stallone, Becton/Wood-Ridge 11-0
      5. Gabe Case, River Dell 16-1

165 pounds

  1. Eric Freeman, Paramus 16-0
  2. Roberto Padilla, St. Joseph 11-5
  3. Kosta Mavrikidis, Paramus Catholic 10-3
  4. Hunter Freschi, Hasbrouck Heights 14-1
  5. Zach Maksimiak, Pompton Lakes 9-1

175 pounds

  1. Michael Dellagatta, St. Joseph 14-3
  2. Justin Onello, Bergen Catholic 9-3
  3. Drew Petaccia, Pascack Valley 13-0
  4. Eddie Terrieri, Paramus Catholic 6-6
  5. Matt Olivo, Old Tappan 10-1

190 pounds

  1. AJ Fricchione, Bergen Catholic 10-4
  2. Jacob Gerish, DePaul 7-3
  3. Xavier Williams, Paramus Catholic 11-5
  4. Cole Hughes, Emerson/Park Ridge 9-1
  5. Sebastian Jusma, Teaneck 10-0

215 pounds

  1. P.J. Casale, Passaic Valley 3-0
  2. Remy Brancato, Bergen Catholic 10-5
  3. Jaydon Brown, Don Bosco 4-0
  4. Andrew Morzetta, Hawthorne 9-0
  5. Daniel Elyash, Paramus 8-0

285 pounds

  1. Jim Mullen, St. Joseph 13-2
  2. Max Acciardi, Paramus Catholic 12-0
  3. Joseph Abill, Clifton 14-2
  4. Justin Gradzki, Northern Highlands 13-0
  5. Dominick Brogna, Bergen Catholic 9-5

North Jersey team rankings

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

(Records through Monday)

Bonus points

►Bogota/Ridgefield Park earned a spot in the rankings at No. 18 after becoming the last undefeated team in the NJIC. Fueling the breakout start is a talented crop of Scarlet Buc seniors, including Andrew Vargas, Mathew Carvajal and Adam Albino►Rutherford senior Vincent Keeler extended his win streak to nine matches by adding three pins and five bonus-point victories last week. Keeler now stands at 11-2 while wrestling at 126 and 132.

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