Wrestling: North Jersey individual and team rankings

by | Feb 2, 2022

 SEAN FARRELL / NORTHJERSEY.COM

The waters have settled with a week to go in the regular season.The No. 1 ranked wrestlers all held their spot in the latest individual rankings, as did the top 10 in the North Jersey team rankings.

Hasbrouck Heights and Wayne Valley both moved into the poll, along with 150-pounder Frank DiBella (St. Joseph) following a win over Bergen Catholic’s Eric Broadie.

106 pounds

  1. Brian Melamud, Bergen Catholic 17-3
  2. Benjamin Marchetto, West Milford 25-2
  3. Vincent Paino, St. Joseph 17-5
  4. Jason Chrostowski, Butler 26-1
  5. Jack Bergmann, Lakeland 15-2

113 pounds

  1. Dylan Ross, Paramus Catholic 19-3
  2. Malik Asfour, Lodi 18-1
  3. James Sloan, St. Joseph 11-6
  4. Chris Nucifora, Bergen Catholic 10-8
  5. Kieran McNeil, Lyndhurst/North Arlington 17-3 

120 pounds

  1. Taisei Kurachi, River Dell 18-2
  2. Brett Redner, Butler 25-1
  3. Donny Almeyda, St. Joseph 15-2
  4. Connor Kerwin, Passaic Valley 19-1

    126 pounds

    1. Aidan Wallace, Bergen Catholic 12-3
    2. Joe Manno, St. Joseph 14-5
    3. Ryan Langenmayr, Lakeland 18-0
    4. Daniel Hong, Paramus 17-5
    5. Brian Vargas, Hackensack 16-3

    132 pounds

    1. Ryan Ford, Bergen Catholic 16-3
    2. Ryan Kozdra, Mahwah 20-1
    3. Attila Valy, Wayne Valley 18-2
    4. Mateo Sgambellone, St. Joseph 15-4
    5. George Hufnagel, Paramus Catholic 12-9

    138 pounds

    1. Joe Cangro, Bergen Catholic 15-3
    2. Alex Almeyda, St. Joseph 17-5
    3. Louden Mazzeo, Emerson/Park Ridge 18-0
    4. Jake Wacha, Demarest 20-2
    5. Christian Fojon, Ramsey 20-2

      144 pounds

      1. Chris Bacchioni, Bergen Catholic 11-3
      2. Zach Ballante, Paramus Catholic 19-5
      3. Brendan Connolly, Northern Highlands 18-3
      4. Austin Yalowitz, Fort Lee 17-3
      5. Benjamin Garcia, Don Bosco 6-4

      150 pounds

      1. Laith Hamdeh, Passaic Tech 22-0
      2. Damian Weaver, Lyndhurst/North Arlington 21-0 
      3. Daniel Rella, Paramus Catholic 17-4
      4. Myles Leonard, Waldwick/Midland Park 26-1
      5. Frank DiBella, St. Joseph 16-6

      157 pounds

      1. Nick Fea, Bergen Catholic 18-0
      2. Ryan Burton, DePaul 19-5
      3. Gabe Case, River Dell 23-1
      4. Shawn Mastropierro, New Milford 13-0
      5. Kyle Reiter, Paramus Catholic 13-6

        165 pounds

        1. Eric Freeman, Paramus 25-0
        2. Roberto Padilla, St. Joseph 17-7
        3. Justin Onello, Bergen Catholic 17-4
        4. Kosta Mavrikidis, Paramus Catholic 15-6
        5. Hunter Freschi, Hasbrouck Heights 21-2

        175 pounds

        1. Michael Dellagatta, St. Joseph 23-3
        2. Leo Varga, Bergen Catholic 12-5
        3. Drew Petaccia, Pascack Valley 21-1
        4. Luke Tully, Passaic Tech 9-0
        5. Eddie Terrieri, Paramus Catholic 11-9

        190 pounds

        1. Remy Brancato, Bergen Catholic 17-5
        2. Xavier Williams, Paramus Catholic 17-6
        3. Jacob Gerish, DePaul 17-5
        4. Kai Argyros, Don Bosco 9-5
        5. Cole Hughes, Emerson/Park Ridge 15-3 

        215 pounds

        1. P.J. Casale, Passaic Valley 10-0
        2. AJ Fricchione, Bergen Catholic 16-5
        3. Aidan Schlett, St. Joseph 17-7
        4. Zach Dolack, Paramus 21-5
        5. Jaydon Brown, Don Bosco 5-1

        285 pounds

        1. Jim Mullen, St. Joseph 20-2
        2. Max Acciardi, Paramus Catholic 18-1
        3. Joseph Abill, Clifton 24-2
        4. Justin Gradzki, Northern Highlands 18-2
        5. Dominick Brogna, Bergen Catholic 14-8

        North Jersey team rankings

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

        (Records through Monday)

        Bonus points

        ►The North Jersey Century Club welcomed another member last Wednesday with New Milford coach Ray Cottiers collecting his 100th win. The Knights got him that milestone by scoring a season-high 73 points in a road win over Weehawken. It’s a full-circle moment for Cottiers, who was a state qualifier for New Milford before graduating in 2004. He’s now in his 13th season with the Knights (7-9), including three as the assistant coach.