Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Wrestling: Final New Jersey Writers Top 20

The South Plainfield High School wrestling team, whose five core seniors led the Tigers to three state championships in four state finals appearances, was unanimously named the Garden State’s No. 1 team in the New Jersey Wrestling Writers Association’s final 2012-13 poll.

The Tigers, who finished with a 30-0 record including their first title in the prestigious Virginia National Duals, led the weekly rankings from wire to wire, receiving a No. 1 vote from all of the association’s 17 members on every weekly ballot.

South Plainfield averaged an astounding 52.2 points per dual meet and defeated opponents by an average margin of 37.9 points. St. Peter’s Prep and Bergen Catholic, who lost by 11 and 14 points, respectively, gave the Tigers their toughest matches among New Jersey foes, while McDonogh of Maryland dropped a two-point decision to South Plainfield in the Virginia National Duals final.

The Tigers own a 43-match winning streak and have defeated 50 consecutive in-state opponents, falling last to a New Jersey school with a 29-28 loss to St. Peter’s Prep on Jan. 6, 2012. South Plainfield has recorded 192 pins and its wrestlers boast a combined 387-128 record.
 

Here is the final Top 20 (Open Mike area teams are bolded):

Rank
School
Record
Votes
Prev
1
South Plainfield
30-0
340
1
2
Bergen Catholic
19-1
323
2
3
Brick Memorial
24-2
306
3
4
Don Bosco Prep
13-5
278
4
5
Bound Brook
23-3
272
4
6
Toms River South
24-4
266
7
7
St. Peter's Prep
18-5
228
9
8
Southern
13-6
218
12
9
Hunterdon Central
18-2
203
6
10
Phillipsburg
13-4
183
8
11
High Point
20-4
182
14
12
Delbarton
14-3
146
10
13
Howell
26-4
122
16
14
Jackson Memorial
15-7
94
13
15
Hanover Park
13-6
93
   NR
16
Kittatinny
21-3
88
11
17
Delsea
24-3
77
15
18
Long Branch
19-6
66
   NR
19
Voorhees
23-5
28
17
20
St. Joe-Montvale
13-4
27
   NR

Others receiving votes: Brick Township 16, Shawnee 10, Camden Catholic 6, Warren Hills 2, North Hunterdon 1.

Open Mike's ballot
1. South Plainfield
2. Bergen Catholic
3. Brick Memorial
4. Toms River South
5. Don Bosco Prep
6. Bound Brook
7. St. Peter’s Prep
8. Southern
9. Hunterdon Central
10. Phillipsburg
11. High Point
12. Howell
13. Jackson Memorial
14. Delsea
15. Long Branch
16. Delbarton
17. Hanover Park
18. Kittatinny
19. Voorhees
20. Brick Township


NJWWA voting members (in alphabetical order): Bob Behre (Trenton Times); Donald J. Brower (MorrisCountyHSWrestling.com); Patrick Buganski (The Mat Pack); Frank D’Esposito (TheShoreConference.com); Steve Falk (Asbury Park Press of Neptune and Hitting the Mats); Brian Fortner (Express-Times); Harry Frezza (Courier News of Bridgewater); Joe Hofmann (Daily Record of Parsippany); Screwy Louie Lazzari (New Jersey Wrestling Historian); John Lewis (Burlington County Times); Ron Mazzola (On the Mat); Tom McGuirk (Daily Journal of Vineland); John O’Kane (Atlantic City Press); Anthony Spaulding (New Jersey Herald); Greg Tufaro (Home News Tribune of East Brunswick); Mike Weilamann (Open Mike/Mugs Media); Joe Zedalis (Trenton Times).


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