Welcome to the website for the 2008 - 2009 Matawan High School Wrestling team.

JOHNNY SHORT - 2009 125LB REGION CHAMP, 5TH IN THE STATE

CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH LASKO - 100 CAREER COACHING VICTORIES  and CES ANTISTA 100 CAREER WINS

FINAL 08-09 DUAL MEET RECORD  18-7.   

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All Monmouth County

Johnny Short - 1st team

Ces Antista - 2nd team

Jordan Long, Chris Howley - 3rd team

Congratulations to the Huskies for Making the Shore Conference Tournament for the 2nd time in three years.  We were the 14th seed wrestling at Southern Regional. 

Matawan Junior Johnny Short won his first region championship last week and now has finished his season with a 5th place finish in the state wrestling tournament. 

Johnny went 3-2 in the tournament and all the matches were close. 

In the first round, the pre-quarterfinals, Johnny faced Frank Acosta of Don Bosco Prep.  Acosta beat Johnny 5-3 one month ago.  This time Johnny defeated him 4-0.  A scoreless first period in which Acosta almost got a takedown with a firemans carry.  After Johnny escaped quick in the second peiod, he fought off a near takedown as the second period ended.  In the 3rd, Acosta took bottom and Johnny turned him for 3 back points and the victory. 

In the quarterfinals, Johnny faced AJ Fisher of St. Augustine Prep.  Fisher earned two takedowns in the first period to go up 4-2. 

In the second period, Johnny escaped and then threw Fisher to his back to go up 7-4.  Johnny rode him out in the 3rd period to win 7-4 and earn a spot in the semi-finals.  He was now guaranteed a spot on the Podium.

In the Semi-finals, Johnny faced Eastern's Eric Dunnett.  The score was tied 2-2  but Dunnett earned 2 takedowns to win 6-3.  Johnny now was in the wrestlebacks.

In the consolation semi-finals, Johnny faced Tyler Scotton of Willingboro.  Scotton earned two takedowns on the line in the first period to go up 4-1.  Johnny escaped to cut the score to 4-2 in the second.  Scotton took bottom in the 3rd period and stalled his way to a 4-2 win.  Johnny turned Scotton with 1 second left with an arm bar and figure four of the head.  5 more seconds in the match and Johnny would have won his match. 

Johnny was now wrestling on Sunday morning for 5th place.  He had to face AJ Fisher again.  This time, Fisher earned no takedowns and there was a scoreless first period.  Johnny escaped in the second and earned a takedown.  In the third period, Fisher escaped to cut the score to 3-1 but Johnny hit a Lateral Drop to secure the takedown, the win and 5th in the state. 

Johnny had a great season.  He tied his record for wins in a season.  He placed in the district for the third year in a row.  He won the Icebreaker, East Brunswick and Region Tournaments.  He finished the season with a 36-5  record and has 98 career wins. 

Senior Ces Antista finished his remarkable record breaking career with a school record 122 wins.  He capped off his senior year with a top 12 finish in the state tournament. 

In the first night of the state tournament, Ces had to win his first match in order to advance to Saturday.  His first Match was against Parsippany's Anthony Mariano.  Ces earned a quick takedown to a turk for a quick 5-0 lead.  Ces never looked back from there and won 16-5 to advance to the pre-quarterfinals. 

In the Pre-quarters, against region 5 champion Adam Mongelli of South River, Ces used a near side cradle to go up 5-0 and an eventual 9-3 victory.  He now advanced to the quarterfinals and had to face eventual runner-up Kodie Silvestri.  Ces fell in that bout but had to win one more to earn a spot on the podium. 

In the wrestlebacks, Ces faced JFK's Tom Hogan.  Ces took a quick 2-0 lead at the end of the first period by getting a takedown and then riding him out.  In the second period, a wild scramble ended with Hogan earning 3 back points. 

With the score now 3-2, Hogan takes bottom in the third period.  Ces lets him up halfway through the period to make the score 4-2.  Ces gets a takedown with 20 seconds left to tie the score.  He rides out Hogan to force overtime. 

In overtime, Ces was the aggressor and almost had a takedown on the line.  With about 10 seconds left, Ces tried a dump, lost his grip and Hogan spun behind for the winning takedown. 

Ces finished great senior year with an undeeated regular season, Icebreaker, East Brunswick and District Championships.  A Third place finish in the regions in which he won 3 matches on Saturday to earn his place in the State Tournament. 

Johnny Short became the first Matawan High School  Regional Champion in 12 years by defeating Long Branch's Scott Festejo 6-3 in the finals. 

Johnny had a remarkable run to the championship that included a pin in the preliminaries, a first period pin in the quarterfinals and a first period defensive pin in the semi-finals. 

In the quarterfinals, Johnny barred up Raritan's Chris VanFechtman and pinned him at 1:55.  In the semi-finals, against Jackson's BJ Young, Short won by pin.  Young got an early takedown and Short was hitting a switch.  He lifted the leg with both hands and sent Young to his back.  A defensive pin was called and Short punched his ticket to Atlantic City. 

In the finals, against Long Branch's Scott Festejo, the match was high energy.  A Scoreless first period saw many wild scrambles and at least 3 almost takedowns at the line by Johnny. 

In the second period, Johnny took bottom and escaped in two seconds.  Festejo then his a headlock, gets the takedown but no backpoints.  Short then escapes again to make it 2-2 at the end of the second period. 

The third period started strangely.  Festejo takes neutral against the advice of his coaches in a tie match.   He feared being on bottom against such a strong top wrestler.  After many scrambles and almost takedowns, including another headlock attempt, Johnny hit a lateral drop to get a takedown and a 4-2 lead.  Festejo escapes with about 10 seconds left and Johnny gets another takedown at the buzzer to win 6-3 and bring home the region championship.    

Ces Antista's undefeated season came to an end in the quarterfinals and it looked like his season would end too if he did not come back and win three matches on Saturday. Well, that is exactly what he did. 

In the quarterfinals, Ces faced Wall's Frank Labruschiano.  He lost a controversial 1-0 decision.  In the second period, Ces was down and stodd up several times and was pushed to the line.  No stalling call was made and then time ran out in the period.  An escape in the 3rd for the Wall wrestler proved to be the difference. 

Ces now had to win three matches in a row angainst tough opponents to extend his season and make it to Atlantic City. 

The first match was against Middletown South's Alex Schulman.  Schulman was a district 22 champion but Ces dominated the action to win 15-5. 

In the Wrestleback Semi-finals, Ces was wrestling Brick's Connor Brennan.  A close match became even closer when a third caution gave Brennan a point.  Eventually the match was tied after regulation, 7-7.  After a minute overtime period, Ces took bottom.  He escaped and then took Brennan down.  Brennan hurt his hip on the takedown attempt and did not continue.  Antista advances to face Justin Clarke of long Branch.

In the 3rd place match, Clarke got 2 quick takedowns for a 4-1 lead.  Clarke got in on a single and as on the verge of going up 6-2 when Ces reached down grabbed an ankle and funked his way into a single of his own and the takedown.  4-4 score.  An escape by Clarke made it 5-4 going into the third period.  Ces cut him to make it 6-4 with a minute left. 

The move of the day then happened for Antista.  He hit a pancake off of a front headlock for two takedown and then two backpoints.  8-6 Antista.  A point for Clarke's third caution made it 9-6 and that was the final and Antista fight was complete.  He won three bouts, earned third place and a trip to Atlantic City. 

Jordan Long finished off a great season by finishing 5/6 in Region 6.  Jordan started the tourney by pinning Chris Lobello of Raritan.  That put him as the 7th seed against 2nd seed Tyler Wilton of Jackson.  Jordan gave up a late takedown to fall 5-2. 

In the Wrestlebacks, Jordan beat District 24 champion Kyle Kenny of Toms River South 15-5.  He then lost a close match to Bricks Kevin Johnson 3-1. 

He finished the season 31-5.  An excellent season.

Matawan had 4 participants in the preliminary round of the region tournament.  That is the most in that round in 10 years.  Three Matawan wrestlers advanced to the quarterfinals making it a total of four wrestlers in the quarters of the regions.  Winning for the Huskies were Johnny Short, Jordan Long and Chris Howley.  All won by pin, making Matawan the only District 21 team to have a winning record in the preliminary round. 

Johnny Short started the night off wrestling Jake Vescovi of Brick Memorial.  After a 2-0 first period and a reversal in the second for a 4-0 lead, Johnny turned his opponent with a power half to pin and advance.  Johnny received the 4th seed and is wrestling Raritan's Chris VanFechtman. 

Jordan Long wrestled Chris Lobello of Raritan.  After gettign 2 takedowns in the first period and building up a 4-2 lead.  Lobello took bottom in the second and escaped to make it 4-3.  Jordan earned a takedown to make it 6-3.  After taking neutral i the Third, Jordan took Lobello down twice and then turned him for the pin.  Jordan is the 7th seed in the quarters and wrestles Jackson's Tyler Wilton.  Jordan lost to Wilton 2-1 in 4 overtimes in the districts. 

Chris Howley advanced by pinning Raritan's Matt Walsh in 41 seconds. That time was the fastest pin of the tournament. The last time these two wrestled, Howley was losing 7-2 when he hit a lateral drop to pin Walsh.  This time, Howley used an over/under tie and toe stepped his way to a pin.  Howley is the 8th seed in the quarterfinals and wrestle defending State Champion Jimmy Lawson of Manchester. 

Senior Rob Rivera lost to Southern's Mike Case 5-0.  Rob had a great varsity career that saw him place twice in the districts. 

Ces Antista became Matawan's first district champion in 7 years when he pinned Howell's Mike Shaunessey in the first period in the District 21 wrestling tournament at Manalapan High School.  It was the first time in 25 years that the Huskies finished in the top three teams in the districts.  The Match started with Ces getting a takedown off of a high crotch to a lift.  He went straight to a turk and got 3 backpoints in the first 30 seconds.  He transitioned right from a turk to the dreaded low leg cradle.  There is no escape from a good low leg cradle besides time running out.  This time was no different, with Ces registering the pin at 1:12. 

In the Semi-finals, Ces used a takedown right to the turk again and secured the pin of Jackson's Josh Baker. Ces won by tech fall in his quarterfinal match to advance on friday.   

At 145 pounds, Jordan long pinned his opponent in the quarterfinals.  In the semi-finals, wrestling top seed and returning champ Tyler Wilton of Jackson, Jordan lost in quadruple overtime 2-1.   For third place, Jordan pinned Freehold Boro's Tom Post.  Jordan Dominated that match with 2 takedowns in the 1st period and then a pancake in the second to end Post's season. 

At 125 pounds, Johnny Short pinned his Howell opponent in the quarterfinals.  In the Semi-finals, Johnny fell to Jackson's BJ Young 6-2.  In the third place match, Johnny pinned SJV's Ryan Skinner to end his season. 

At 189 pounds, Rob Rivera avenged a loss from a few weeks ago against Jackson Liberty's Jason Nowakowski in the quarterfinals.  In the semi-finals, agianst the top seed, Rob was winning with less than a minute left than relaxed and was put to his back.  For third place, Rob was beating Jackson's Tyler Murphy 5-1 when Murphy could not continue due to a neck injury. 

At Heavyweight, Chris Howley beat Freehold's David James by pin in the quarterfinals.  James was 4th in the district last season.  The score was 2-2 when Howley hit a lat drop to pin his opponent.  In the Semi-finals, Chrisl was in a 1-0 match when his opponent turned and pinned him.  For third place, Chris avenged a loss from earlier this year by beating Holmdel's Dylan Moschella 15-5. 

At 215 pounds, Andre Hodge avenged 2 losses to SJV's Chris Spagnola with an overtime victory.  After losing to the top seed in the semifinals, Andre was wrestling Jackson's Juistin Gerogiano.  Georgiano was a district runner up last year and Andre fell in overtime. 

The key to the teams Third place finish was many wins in the preliminary round.  Timmy Birch, Pat O'Donnell, Tommy Dillon and Billy Gregory all won to give us valuable team points.  They were the reason we finished in third place. 

District 21 Placewinners

Champion  - Ces Antista 135lbs

3rd place - Johnny Short 125lbs, Jordan Long 145lbs, Rob Rivera 189lbs, Chris Howley HWT.

4th place - Andre Hodge 215lbs. 

Team Score

1. Howell - 205.5
2. Jackson Mem - 188
3. Matawan - 104.5
4. Jackson Liberty - 84.5
5. Marlboro - 77
6. Colts Neck - 75
7. Freehold Twp - 64.5
8. Freehold Boro - 57
9. St. John Vianney - 53.5
10. Manalapan - 53
11. Holmdel - 14

The Matawan Huskies wrestling team finished the dual meet season on a high note by beating JP Stevens 46-23.  Ces Antista, Johnny Short, Jordan Long Charlie Cook and Andre Hodge all had pins to lead the Huskies.  The highlight of the day was Chris Howley's 8 second pin.  McArthur Underwood, Zeke Vega and Rob Rivera all won by decision.

Matwan finished with an 18-7 dual meet record.  The second most wins in team history. 

The return of Ces Antista to the lineup against Barnegat and Manchester proved to be the spark that was needed to get the Huskies back on the winning track.  Matawan had dropped five of the six matches with him out of the lineup. 

Against Barnegat,  Ces's first match back, he bumped up to wrestle 24-1 Shane Herring.  Herring was a District 24 place last year.  After building up a 9-2 lead, Ces pinned him.

That paced the Huskies to a 50-15 win.  Wins by Johnny Short, Pat O'Donnell, McArthur Underwood, Zeke Vega, Charlie Cook, Billy Gregory, Rob Rivera and Jordan Long helped the Huskies to Victory.  The Match Marked the first Dual Meet Victory for Hakan Yuksel and Rob Rivera's 50th Career victory. 

 Against Manchester, our usual close Dual was not different this season.  A 41-34 victory came down to the last match where Rob Rivera pulled out a 10-1 major decision.  Matawan was paced by pins from Johnny Short, Jordan Long, Billy Gregory and Ces Antista.  Zeke Vega, and Pat O'Donnell also won their matches to Help Matawan get their Saturday Sweep. 

Johnny Short pinned his opponent in 2:07.  The second period started on their feet and in 7 seconds, Johnny took his opponent down and pinned him.

Congrats to all champions from the holiday tournaments.

Ces Antista - East Brunswick

Johnny Short - East Brunswick

 Zeke Vega - Brick Memorial Zoo

Runner Ups

Jordan Long - East Brunswick

Chris Howley - East Brunswick

Francis Palumbo - Brick Memorial Zoo

Tibor Ross - Brick Memorial Zoo

Steve Varsanyi - Brick Memorial Zoo

Jimmy Alvarez - Brick Memorial Zoo, Raritan JV tourney

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Matawan Icebreaker Placewinners

Champions

Johnny Short, Ces Antista, Jordan Long

2nd place

Rob Rivera

3rd Place

Tommy Dillon, Andre Hodge

4th place

Ed McCarthy

5th place

Chris Carillo, Chris Howley

6th place

McArthur Underwood

Matawan's most heated rivalry, St. John Vianney, has been a bit one sided of late with Matawan wrestlers winning 4 of the last 5 years.  This year was not much different and Matawan wrested an inspired match. 

It was not that way in the beginning.  Tommy Dillon lost an 8-4 decison and Zeke Vega was down 4-0 going into the second period.  But then the Huskies Awoke!  Vega shoots a double and takes Ryan Skinner fight to his back.  He would not let him off and got the pin.  Johnny Short followed with a pin to up his record to 20-1.  Ces Antista, wrestling on one leg because he sprained his ankle in the first minute of the match, earned a major.  At 140 pounds, both coaches figured it was a toss up bout.  McArthur Underwood took a quick 2-0 lead but two escapes by Jordan Gilpin tied the score when Mac tossed his opponent to his back and pinned him.  Jordan Long had a tech pin to improve to 20-1.  Chris Carrillo used an escape and a takedown in the last 15 seconds to win over strong Freshman Dan Falco.  Charlie Cook, who did such a great job getting down to 160lbs for the match, won by decision and the Huskies were leading 34-3.  The last decison for Matawan was Chris Howley's demanding 7-1 win over Greg Arrington. 

The Huskies beat Rumson-Fair Haven 69-9 to win their class A-Central match.  Winning by pin was Timmy Birch, Tommy Dillon, Johnny Short, Jordan Long, McArthur Underwood, Billy Gregory, Charlie Cook, Rob Rivera and Francis Palumbo. 

Zeke Vega, lost his lead in the match and then the match against Jake Scire by getting caught in a headlock. 

For the 5th time in the last 6 years, Matawan has beaten Freehold Boro.  This time it was a 45-25 win that included impressive wins by Zeke Vega and Chris Howley. 

The Match started at Heavyweight and Chris Howley defeated disctict placer David James 5-3.  After losing by pin in the next two bouts, we were down 12-3.  Tommy Dillon responded with a major decision to cut the lead to 12-7.  Hakan Yuksel, did an excellent job of avoiding bonus and lost a 5-0 decision to make it 15-7.  A pin by Johnny Short cut the lead to 15-13.  Zeke Vega, giving up over 10 pounds pulled out a 6-4 decision, to give the Huskies the lead that they would not relinquish.   Ces Antista followed with a pin.  McArthur Underwood lost by a major decision and then 4 consecutive pins by Chris Carillo, Jordan Long, Charlie Cook and Rob Rivera closed out the scoring. 

Against Marlboro, the focus of the match was Ces Antista's 100th career win.  The anticipated close match between the Huskies and the Mustangs did not dissappoint.  Matawan did come away with a 45-31 win but it was in question till the end. 

With Matawan missing two starters in John Kozman and Ed McCarthy, some shuffling was needed to be done.  The match started at 140 and Ces Antista started the night off with a bang.  A first period pin made the packed house crowd erupt.  100 win signs were being held up all throughout the stands and a trophy presentation ensued that entered Ces Antista into the Matawan 100 club.  He is the only member. 

At 145, Marlboro sent out their best wrestler, Paul Saravia.  McArthur Underwood went the full six minutes and kept going after him for the full time.  That was a great match by limiting bonus points. 

At 152 Chris Carillo won by major decision.  We tried to get Jordan Long on one of their tough wrestlers at 160lbs but they bumped him up.  Jordan responded with a pin and earned his 50th career win!

After a loss at 171, Rob Rivera earned a first period pin at 189. 

Another great match was at 215.  Andre Hodge wrestled a great match but lost 6-3 to District placer Mitch Seigle.  Chris Howley followed with a second period pin at Heavyweight to make it 28-13 Matawan lead. 

Following back to back pins for Marlboro at 103 and 119, the score was 28-25.  Tommy Dillon is wrestling 11-2 Adam Ramadan.  With the score 6-4 with less than a minute left, Tommy got caught and pinned to give Marlboro a 31-28 lead. 

Going in we knew it would come down to 125.  Zeke Vega came out like a ball of fire and dominated his opponent for a 19-1 technical fall.  That gave Matawan a 2 point lead with 2 bouts left.

Johnny Short, with a chance to win the match with a pin, did not dissappoint.  The match ended with a Devon Rust pin to make it 45-31.  The 8 wins included 6 pins, 1 major and one tech fall. 

The first quad of the year gave the Huskies a good start to the season and a 3-0 record.  Matawan defeated Monmouth Regional 59-19, Red Bank Catholic 62-16 and Red Bank Regional 48-21.  Wrestlers going 3-0 for the day were Patrick O'Donnell, Tommy Dillon, Johnny Short, Jordan Long and Chris Carillo.  Going 2-0 on the day were Ces Antista and Zeke Vega.  Tibor Ross, Chris Howley, Timmy Birch, Rob Rivera and Andre Hodge all went 2-1 on the day. 

In a revenge Match from the semifinals of the East Brunswick Tournament, Andre Hodge beat Connor Lawlor of RBR 5-2 after losing 5-0 to him 4 days ago. 

With his win in the finals of the EWast Brunswick Tournament over State Qualifier Adam Mongelli, Ces Antista broke the school win record with his 97th win. 

 Congratulations!!

There was one opponent that kept the Matawan Wrestling team from winning its second Bears Invitational team championship in 3 years, the scale.   Wrestling with only 12 wrestlers because two did not make weight, the Huskies finished in second place out of 18 teams by 3 points. 

Seven wrestlers made it to the semi-finals, Four Wrestlers made it to the finals and two won championships.  

The Huskies were led by Senior Captain Ces Antista.  He won his second Bears invitational championship.  Seeded second he beat top seeded, 2 time state qualifier and region 5 runner up Adam Mongelli of South River 4-0.  Ces won the tournaments most outstanding wrestler and broke the school win record with the win.  

The other champion was Johnny Short.  Johnny was his usual dominant self winning 17-4 in the finals.  He looks extremely tought through his first two tournaments.  

Both Johnny and Ces are Undefeated.  

Jordan Long and Chris Howley were the other two Matawan Finalists.   Jordan was seeded second and won his way easily into the finals where he fell to State qualifier Joe McCauley of Bishop Ahr.   Chris was seeded 10th and beat the 2nd and 3rd seed en route to the finals.  

Chris Carillo went 3-1 on the day to finish 3rd.  Andre Hodge and Rob Rivera both finished 4th.  Pat O'Donnell finished 6th going 2-2 on the day.  

John Kozman  and Charlie Cook each went 1-1 on the day.  

The Matawan Huskies made a strong showing at the 14 team Matawan Icebreaker Wrestling tourney.  Matawan had 10 total placewinners including three champions. 

Senior Captain Ces Antista led the way, taking home his first Icebreaker championship.  He places 5th, 3rd and 2nd in his first three years.  A 17-4 thrashing of his Shore opponent in the finals proves Ces is on his way to a great season. 

Junior Captain Johnny Short was dominating.  He dismatled every one of his opponents with ease.  Winning by pin, Tech fall and major secision.  His finals match was so impressive that he wowed the crowd with several moves in route to his Outstanding Wrestler award for the lower weights. 

Junior Jordan Long had perhaps the best day of any Shore Conference wrestler.  Seeded 4th, he grinded through his first round match and won 1-0 in the quarterfinals.  That was against Garrett Bajada of Lacey  and avenged a loss from 2 years ago.  In the Semi-finals was Colin Hewett of Frankin.  A district and Region champion as well as a state placewinner.  Jordan was up 2-0 in the thrid period but was called for 2 stall points and the match went into overtime.  Jordan escaped then held his opponent scoreless and advanced to the finals where he pinned his Old Bridge opponent in the first period.  Jordan won the Outstanding wrestler award for the upper weights. 

Senior Rob Rivera also had a nice tourney with a second place finish.  He went 3-1 on the day that included a win over district rival and placewinner Jason Nowakowski of Jackson Liberty. 

The Huskies also had a pair of Sophomore third place winners in Tommy Dillon and Andre Hodge.  Tommy was impressive in that he gave away at least 10 pounds to all of his opponents and still came away with Bronze.  Andre beat a District foe from Jackson Liberty and pinned in the 3rd place match.  We expect great things from these two in the coming years. 

Senior Ed McCarthy won his first two matches by close margins over two SJV opponents on his way to a 4th place finish. 

Chris Howley and Chris Carillo both lost in the quarterfinals but fought their way back to 5th place by winning 4 matches on the day.  Howley, a senior captain lost to a district placer 3-0 but pinned everyone else and is poised for a great season. 

Sophmore McArthur Underwood had the pleasure of a state placewinner in his first round match but won three matches in the wrestlebacks to finish 6th.  It was a godd start to his High School Career. 

Freshmen Timmy Birch and Hakan Yuksel each won thier first Varsity Matches.  Zeke Vega and Billy Crombie also won their first Varsity Matches. 

First

Tommy Dillon (103) Johnny Short (130) Ces Antista (135)

Second

Chris Carillo (152) Ed McCarthy (160) Rob Rivera (189)

Third

Andre Hodge (215)

Fifth

Jordan Long (145)

The season opening Icebreaker will not have the Full Matawan Wrestling Varsity lineup.  Due to descention plans, John Kozman, MacArthur Underwood, Zeke Vega and Devon Rust will not be at their prime weights.  Charlie Cook is recovering from injury and will miss the tourney. 

However, Johnny Short, Ces Antista, Rob Rivera should all be seeded first or second.  Tommy Dillon, Jordan Long, Chris Carillo, and Ed McCarthy should all be seeded in the top 4.  We are also very excited to get Chris Howley back on the mat. 

Two Wrestlers can earn 100 wins -- Ces Antista and Johnny Short

We can and will qualify the most wrestlers for the Regions in school history.

New Uniforms

New Matlight

New Mat

We have the largest Senior Class in recent memory.  Howley, Antista, King, Rivera, Santiago, Gregory, McCarthy, Avila, and Jones.

The weekend rounds at the region six wrestling tournament saw 2 Matawan wrestlers alove on the final day but both fell short of making it to Atlantic City. 

Johnny Short placed 4th in region six losing to Walters of Southern for 3rd place 5-3.  Johnny beat Walters Friday night 3-2 to advance to the semi-finals.  In the Semi-sinals, Zac Coulas of Ocean defeated Short to put him in the wrestlebacks.  In the consolation semi-finals he battered Chris Fraley pinning him in the last second.  Up 6-2 with 15 seconds left a cement job ended the career for Fraley.  Johnny finished with a school record 36 wins. 

Ces Antista had a heartbreaking loss in the quarterfinals.  Up 6-2 with 3 more backpoints waiting to be awarded, Ces got called for a defensive pin.  In the wrestlebacks he won 9-8 against pinelands but fell to Wall's Frank Labruschiano 5-0.   That gave Ces a 5/6 place finish and a final record of 33-8. 

Ces Antista won his 75th career match against Rumson on fan appreciation night to move into second place on the all time school wins list. 

Matawan Defeated Rumson 63-10 in a match that saw astrong win from Rob Rivera.  Johnny Short, Jordan Long, Ed McCarthy, Tommy Dillon, and Jimmy Alvarez all won by pin to pace the Huskies. 

Two consecutive overtime wins by Sophomore John Kozman and Freshman Dan Salib paces the Huskies through the middle.