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CRUSADERS WIN DISTRICT 18
Eleven wrestlers headed to Regions
The Crusader wrestling team added one final honor to their season on Saturday when they won their first District title since 1999. Eleven Crusaders are still alive in the post season but only three won titles.
Craig Delacruz repeated a County peformance when he defeated Gianni Calo of Bridgewater for his title. Another winner was Isiaih Soto also scored his first District title when he defeated Franklin's Kurtis Hewitt for his title. The final winner was Mike Johnson who defeated Andrew Roessner of Hillsborough for his title.
Other placewinners were Rob Murray, Zach Vatalare, Emmanuel Soto, Josh Ugalde and Ronald Picado who placed second. Tyler Awtry, Jeison Arias and Aaron Saavedra placed third and Andrew Gombas and Nick Accetta placed fourth. These wrestlers will try to continue their seasons on WEDNESDAY at Region 5 at Hunterdon Central High School. Wrestling will start promptly at 5:30 p.m. and I do mean promptly! The winners are off until Friday, it's good to be the King!
Here are Saturday's results:
FINALS
152 - 1. David Bergida (Sr., Montgomery, 30-3, 106-36) d. 2. Joshua Ugalde (Fr., Bound Brook, 29-8) 8-6
160 - Isaiah Soto (So., Bound Brook, 26-7 57-17) d. Kurtis Hewitt (Jr., Franklin, 26-9, 71-31) 3-1
170 – 1. Anthony Paun (Sr., Somerville, 27-3, 47-12) d. Kevin Kolb (Jr., 27-7, 54-15) 5-2
182 - Keith Lewis (Sr., Franklin, 31-3, 66-24) d. Ronald Picado (So., Bound Brook, 31-6, 57-17) 6-4
195 - Anthony Messner (Jr., Franklin, 34-1, 74-20) p. Matt Bruskin (Sr., Somerville, 24-8, 71-43) 1:12
220 – Mike Johnson (So., Bound Brook, 12-4, 27-10) p. Andrew Roessner (Sr., Hillsborough 22-6, Hillsborough) 4:42
285 – Dan Naples (Sr., Somerville, 25-4, 61-22) md. Jeremy Rokosky (Sr., Bernards, 20-8, 51-26) 12-0
106 – Craig De La Cruz (Fr., Bound Brook, 33-4) d. Gianni Calo (So., 28-5, 44-11) 9-4
113 – Matt Noble (Fr., Bridgewater-Raritan, 33-2) p. Robert Murray (Jr., Bound Brook, 29-8, 93-26) 1:59
120 - Rafi Ilario-Garcia (Jr., Franklin, 18-16) d. Jack Donnadio (Fr., Hillsborough, 20-16) 2-1
126 - Jake Balestrieri (Sr., Franlin, 29-6, 100-33) d. Zachary Vatalare (Jr., Bound Brook, 27-10, 61-44) 7-0
132 – Frankie Lazauskas (Sr., Somerville, 22-7, 85-20) d. Mackey Price (Sr., Hillsborough, 28-5, 127-18) 6-2
138 -Paul Kirchner (Sr., Somerville, 107-10) d. Rhys Weinberger (Jr., Hillsborough, 26-7, 68-30) 3-0
145 – Cory Goshkagarian (Sr., Franklin, 23-8) d. Emmanuel Soto (Jr., Bound Brook, 21-9, 57-27) 6-2
CONSOLATION FINALS
106 – Adam La Bracio (Hillsborough) p. Jake Yu (Montgomery) 4:17
113 – Deric Winston (Hillsborough) md. Brett Smith (Franklin) 12-1
120 – Tyler Awtry (Bound Brook) p. Austin Oliver (Ridge) 3:02
126 – Jeison Arias (Bound Brook) p. Valerio LaMorte (Bridgewater-Raritan) 4:32
132 – Lenny Bird (Montgomery) d. Brandon Sheh (Somerville) 4-3
138 – Tyler Workman (Hillsborough) d. Nick Wahba (Somerville) 9-4
145 – Mike Fagg-Daves (Franklin) p. Nicholas Accetta (Bound Brook) 5:09
152 -Matt McLaughlin (Hillsborough) md. Brandon Barton (Bernards) 11-2
160 – Anthony Cassar (Montgomery) p. Tom Cinque (Somerville) 3:40
170 – Ralph Normandia (Franklin) d. Andrew Gombas (Bound Brook) 3-0
182 – Travis Hartrum (Somerville) p. John Pflieger (Pingry) 1:18
195 – Aaron Saavedra (Bound Brook) p. Brian Faure (Bridgewater-Raritan) 3:32
220 – Mike Boyer (Montgomery) p. Mike Fassano (Manville) :38
285 – Ellis Flannery (Pingry) p. Jamel Jones (Franklin) 1:33
SEMIFINALS
106
Craig De La Cruz (Bound Brook) p. Jake Yu (Montgomery) :34
Gianni Calo (Bridgewater-Raritan) p. Adam La Bracio (Hillsborough) 3-1
113
Matt Noble (Bridgewater-Raritan) p. Brett Smith (Franklin) :50
Robert Murray (Bound Brook) d. Deric Winston (Hillsborough) 6-3
120
Rafi Ilarhio-Garcia (Franklin) p. Austin Oliver (Ridge) 5:48
Jack Donnadio (Hillsborough) d. Tyler Awtry (Bound Brook) 3-2
126
Zach Vatalare (Bound Brook) d. Lenny Bird (Montgomery) 5-0
Jake Balestrieri (Franklin) tf. Brandon Sheh (Somerville) 15-0 (Balestrieri 99 career wins)
132
Frank Lazauskas (Somerville) d. Jeison Arias (Bound Brook) 12-9
Mackey Price (Hillsborough) d. Valerio LaMorte (Bridgewater-Raritan) 5-1
138
Paul Kirchner (Somerville) p. Mike Fagg -Daves (Franklin) 1:03
Rhys Weinberger (Hillsborough) d. Nicholas Accetta (Bound Brook) 5-1
145
Cory Goshkagarian (Franklin) d. nick Wahba (Somerville) 6-5
Emmanuel Soto (Bound Brook) d. Tyler Workman (Hillsborough): 3-2 (Rideout)
152
David Bergida (Montgomery) p. Brandon Barton (Bernards) :34
Josh Ugalde (Bound Brook) d. Matt McLaughlin (Hillsborough) 10-6
160
Kurtis Hewitt (Franklin) p. Anthony Cassar (Montgomery) 2:13
Isaiah Soto (Bound Brook) p. Tom Cinque (Somerville) 3:38
170
Kevin Kolb (Montgomery) d. Ralph Normandia (Franklin) 6-4
Anthony Paun (Somerville) md. Andrew Gombas (Bound Brook) 19-11
182
Ronald Picado (Bound Brook) p. John Pflieger (Pingry) 2:40
Keith Lewis (Franklin) p. Travis Hartrum (Somerville) :51
195
Anthony Messner (Franklin) p. Brian Faure (Bridgewater-Raritan) 1:56
Matt Bruskin (Somerville) d. Aaron Saavedra (Bound Brook) 14-9
220
Mike Johnson (Bound Brook) p. Mike Fassano (Manville) :28
Andrew Roessner (Hillsborough) p. Mike Boyer (Montgomery) 5:59
285
Dan Naples (Somerville) p. Ellis Flannery (Pingry) 1:04
Jeremy Rokosky (Bernards) p. Jamel Jones (Franklin) 4:55
HERE ARE OUR UPDATED RECORDS:
106 Craig Delacruz-9 33-4 Pity Limenza-10 13-0 (Season Complete) 113 Rob Murray-11 29-8 120 Tyler Awtry-11 24-11 Jesse Morales-9 1-2 (Season Complete) Brandon Slover-10 1-0 (Season Complete) Ryan Persuad-10 1-2 (Season Complete) 126 Zach Vatalare-11 27-10 Shayne Desantis-10 2-3 (Season Complete) 132 Jeison Arias-10 27-7 Mike Desantis-12 8-2 (Career Complete) 138 Nick Accetta-9 25-10 (Season Complete) Ryan Doerr-10 12-10 (Season Complete) 145 Emmanuel Soto-11 21-9 Randy Myers 2-0 (Season Complete) 152 Josh Ugalde-9 30-8 Davide Fitzpatrick-11 6-4 (Season Complete) 160 Isiah Soto-10 26-7 Dominick Vatalare-3-5 (Career Complete) 170 Andrew Gombas-9 18-13 (Season Complete) 182 Ronald Picado-10 31-6 195 Aaron Saavedra-9 25-9 Brandon Neyra-10 4-7 (Season Complete) 220 Mike Johnson-10 12-4 Ryan Galdamez-9 4-15 (Season Complete) 285 Aldo Robles-9 6-16 (Season Complete)GROUP I STATE CHAMPS!
Well for the last ten years or so I've come on to this site to tell you of this or that Bound Brook kid who placed or won a individual State Championship. Well I'm not doing that Today, instead I'm telling you that the Bound Brook wrestling team is the 2011 Group I State Champions and your just going to have to deal with that fact.
On Sunday in Toms River the Crusaders defeated Hanover Park by a 40-24 score to win the first wrestling state title in the history of the school. They earned their finals appearance by defeating Kittatinny earlier in the day by a razor close 32-30 score. It was the fifth title the team won this year and they have done so without wrestling their complete starting line-up once this season and without any seniors starting full time. Furthermore, only five Crusaders won both their matches on Sunday as Rob Murray (a pin and tech), Zach Vatalare, Jeison Arias (a pin and a major) and F. Scott "Mike" Johnson (two pins!) were the only undefeated Crusaders. Which shows what a total team effort this season has been.
There were many big moments over the course of two matches so hitting any individual ones is a little tough, but lets say Ronald Picado earning a bonus point and Ryan Doerr coming back to hold his opponent to no bonus points were key in the Kittatinny match. As well as Craig and Mike being able to finish the match with pins to cinch the dual.
Against Hanover Park having three freshman win in Josh Ugalde, Andrew Gombas and Aaron Saavedra (two by pin!) was awesome and the whole team's ability to make Hanover Park refuse to wrestle the down position against us really encapsulated what this team has tried to accomplish the last eight months. TOUGH ON TOP!
Congrats, Crusaders but now we have so much more to do, so celebrate a litte and then back to work! Here are the box scores:
Group I State Championship
Bound Brook 40, Hanover Park 24
120 – Joe Zecca (HP) p. Tyler Awtry (BB)5:59
126 – Zack Vatalare (BB) d. Christian Bassolino (HP) 3-0
132 – Jeison Arias (BB) md. Gennaro Cuccolo (HP) 11-3
138 – Kyle Robertson (HP) p. Ryan Doerr (BB) :46
145 – Anthony Bassolino (HP) d. Emmanuel Soto (BB) 5-3
152 – Joshua Ugalde (BB) p. Jon Radomski (HP) :56
160 – Isaiah Soto (BB) md. Anthony Lee (HP)13-4
170 – Andrew Gombas (BB) d. Nick Sisto (HP) 7-1
182 – Ronald Picado (BB) d. Dan Glinko (HP)10-6
195 – Andrew Saavedra (BB) p. Will Julich (HP)1:41
220 – Nick LaShell (HP) p. Ryan Galdamez (BB) 2:52
285 – Mike Johnson (BB) p. Vin Galasso (HP) 3:05
106: Anthony Cefalo (HP) d. Craig De La Cruz (BB) 6-3 (OT)
113 – Robbie Murray (BB) tf. Gene Angelo (HP) 15-0
Record: Bound Brook 20-4
Group I Semi Final
Bound Brook 34, Kittatinny 32
113 – Robbie Murray (BB) p. Nick West (K) 3:29
120 – James Elpchik (K) md. Tyler Awtry (BB) 12- 3
126 – Zack Vatalare (BB) d. David Popek (K)8-1
132 – Jeison Arias (BB) p. Jerry Hendershot (K)2:33
138 – Thomas Murphy (K) d. Ryan Doerr (BB) 10-8
145 – Emmanuel Soto (BB) d. Nick Romyns (K) 6-1
152 – Clarke Moynihan (K) md. Josh Ugalde (BB) 12-0
160 – Kieran Gerritty (K) p. Andrew Gombas (BB) 1:10
170 – Jake Brook (K) d. Isaiah Soto (BB) 3-2
182 – Ronald Picado (BB) md. Dylan Wunder (K) 12-4
220 – Jacob Drelich (K) p. Ryan Galdemez (BB) 1:16
285 – Mike Johnson (BB) p. Tom Smith (K) 1:22
106 – Craig De La Cruz (BB) p. Christian Silva (K) :25
Record: 19-4
CRUSADERS WIN SECTIONAL TITLE 84-0
Well I could try to explain what the heck was going on Friday night when Bound Brook defeated New Egypt 84-0 in their Sectional final, but I can't. Needless to say New Egypt decided to forfeit every weight to the Crusaders. I don't have much good to say, so I'll say nothing at all.
Bound Brook now needs to win two more matches to win their first Group I State Championship as they head to Toms River North for the State Group I finals on Sunday. They the will wrestle Kittatinny at 10 a.m in the semi-finals. If they win that match Bound Brook will wrestle the winner of Paulsboro and Hanover Park at 3:30. Tickets will be available at the door and there are plenty of seats so come on down.
BOUND BROOK-84 NEW EGYPT 106: Craig De La Cruz (BB) wb. Fofeit (NE) 113: Rob Murray (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 120: Tyler Awtry (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 126: Zach Vatalare (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 132: Jeison Arias (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 138: Nick Accetta (BB) wb. Forfiet (NE) 145: Emmanuel Soto (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 152: Josh Ugalde (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 160: Isiaih Soto (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 170: Andrew Gombas (BB) wb. Forfeit 182: Ronald Picado (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 195: Aaron Saavedra (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 220: Mike Johnson (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) 285: Aldo Robles (BB) wb. Forfeit (NE) Bound Brook 18-4 New Egypt 15-5STEP ONE TO GROUP I
The Crusaders took their first step towards a group one State Championship on Wednesday night as they defeated Bordentown by a 49-15 score. The victory avenged a 37-24 defeat at the hands of the Scotties last year. The win sets up a Central Jersey Group I Final match with New Egypt who defeated Bordentown by one earlier this season and Roselle Park by a 31-29 score tonight. The match will be contested at Bound Brook on Friday night at 7 p.m. If the Brook is fortunate enough to win that match they will move on to the Group I Finals at Toms River North on Sunday.
As for Wednesday night's match pinners were Craig Delacruz, Rob Murray, Emmanuel Soto and Josh Ugalde. Tech fallers were Ronald Picado and Jeison Arias... learn how to pin already, crikey!
Here is the box score:
Bound Brook-49 Bordentown-15 106: Craig De La Cruz (BB) p Ted Rigas (B) 5:12 113: Rob Murray (BB) p. Justin Kerr (B) 2:56 120: Tyler Awtry (BB) p. Robert DiPierro (B) 3-0 126: Justin McTamney (B) d. Zach Vatalare (BB) 3-2 o.t. 132: Jeison Arias(BB) tf. Chris Nitschmann (B) 18-3 138: Nick Accetta (BB) wb Forfeit 145: Emmanuel Soto (BB) p. Drew Pedersen (B) 3:35 152: Josh Ugalde (BB) p. Kevin Lindner (B) 2:16 160: Omar Kaya, (B) d. Dom Vatalare (BB) 6-2 170: Andrew Gombas (BB) wb Forfeit 182: Ronald Picado (BB) tf. Cody Levasseur (B) 5:23 195: Julius Neal (B) d. Aaron Saavedra (BB) 6-4 220: Grant Corretjer (B) d. Mike Johnson (BB) 3-2 285: Joe Sansone (B) d. Aldo Robles (BB) 1-0 Bound Brook 17-4 Bordentown 18-7 HERE ARE OUR UPDATED RECORDS: 106 Craig Delacruz-9 28-3 Pity Limenza-10 13-0 113 Rob Murray-11 24-7 120 Tyler Awtry-11 21-8 Jesse Morales-9 1-2 Brandon Slover-10 1-0 Ryan Persuad-10 1-2 126 Zach Vatalare-11 22-9 Shayne Desantis-10 2-3 132 Jeison Arias-10 22-6 Mike Desantis-12 8-2 138 Nick Accetta-9 23-8 Ryan Doerr-10 12-8 145 Josh Ugalde-9 25-6 Randy Myers 2-0 152 Emmanuel Soto-11 17-8 Davide Fitzpatrick-11 6-4 160 Isiah Soto-10 21-6 Dominick Vatalare-3-5 170 Andrew Gombas-9 15-10 Aaron Saavedra-9 21-7 182 Ronald Picado-10 26-5 194 Brandon Neyra-10 4-7 220 Mike Johnson-10 6-4 Ryan Galdamez-9 4-13 285 Aldo Robles-9 5-15BETTER, BUT A WAYS TO GO
The Crusaders went 2-1 on Saturday in their quad at Bound Brook as they defeated Ridge and Montgomery with little trouble but lost to Timber Creek. Although the Crusaders had the edge in conditioning (or at least not getting hurt in the third period), they failed to hand fight beyond the elbow and chain wrestle on their feet which meant they fell short a few times in the third period of their matches. Oh well, I guess that's what practice is for.
Three and Zero wrestlers on the day were Craig Delacruz and Aaron Saavedra and, and, and okay never mind there were only two 3-0 wrestlers on the day as the Crusaders had to sit some wrestlers to stay under the 30 match limit.
The Crusaders next match will be the semi-finals of the Group I Central Jersey Sectional tournament on Wednesday at Bound Brook. They will wrestle the winner of the Bordentown-Point Pleasant Beach match at 7 p.m. One if they are astute and have a excellent memory might recall that Bordentown defeated Bound Brook in the Semi Finals of the Sectionals last season. But have the tables turned Mr. Powers? If they win that match they will wrestle in the Group I Central Jersey Final on Friday at Bound Brook. If they win that they are the Sectional Champions and wrestle for the Group I State Championship on Sunday at Toms River North at the Rittacio, no wait we got to chang that name, Poland Spring Arena.
Here are the box scores:
Bound Brook High School: 74 Ridge High School: 6 106: Pity Limenza (BB) p. Vincent Bommier (R) :57 113: Craig Delacruz (BB) p. Ted Caruso (R) 4:43 120: Rob Murray (BB) tf.. Austin Oliver, Austin(R) 15-0 126: Russ Sullivan (R) p. Ryan Persaud (BB) 3:11 132: Mike DeSantis (BB) d. Brian Woolford (R) 5-2 138: Jesion Arias (BB) p. Danny Phillips (R) 3:03 145: Ryan Doerr (BB) For (Ridge High School) - 152: Davide Fitzpatrick (BB) p. Kevin Jang (R)