Bergen Catholic High
School’s wrestling team, coming off a second-place finish at the 38th annual
Doc Buchanan Tournament in Clovis, Calif., over the weekend, is ranked No. 1 in
the first New Jersey Wrestling Writers Association’s Top 20 poll of the season.
Bound Brook, which
tied a tournament record with eight individual champions for the second
consecutive year en route to capturing its fourth consecutive Somerset County
title last weekend, is ranked No. 2.
St. Peter’s Prep and
Howell are ranked Nos. 3 and No. 4, respectively, while Phillipsburg, which
claimed its fifth consecutive Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament title over the
weekend, is ranked fifth.
The NJWWA consists of
16 voting members. Results of its poll will appear weekly during the season in
newspapers and on websites of participating media outlets. Region V ranking
chairman Ron Mazzola is the association’s president.
Bergen Catholic was
the unanimous No. 1 choice of the NJWWA, receiving a total of 320 points, or 20
points for each first-place vote.
Teams accrue points
based on the position in which they are voted. For example, a No. 2 ranking
receives 19 points, a No. 3 ranking receives 18 points and so forth in
descending order with a No. 20 ranking receiving one point.
Each school’s point
totals for the 16 votes cast are accumulated to determine its ranking.
Rank
|
School
|
Record
|
Votes
|
Previous
|
1
|
Bergen Catholic
|
(2-0)
|
320
|
1
|
2
|
Bound Brook
|
(6-1)
|
296
|
2
|
3
|
St. Peter's Prep
|
(10-3)
|
282
|
5
|
4
|
Howell
|
(10-0)
|
274
|
10
|
5
|
Phillipsburg
|
(4-1)
|
256
|
3
|
6
|
Brick Memorial
|
(5-1)
|
226
|
12
|
7
|
Delbarton
|
(5-0)
|
194
|
6
|
8
|
DePaul
|
(9-0)
|
210
|
18
|
9
|
Paulsboro
|
(10-0)
|
190
|
11
|
10
|
Jackson Memorial
|
(7-2)
|
163
|
13
|
11
|
Don Bosco Prep
|
(2-2)
|
158
|
4
|
12
|
Southern
|
(5-2)
|
139
|
7
|
13
|
North Hunterdon
|
(5-1)
|
110
|
NR
|
14
|
St. Augustine Prep
|
(6-3)
|
100
|
15
|
15
|
Clearview
|
(6-0)
|
96
|
16
|
16
|
Christian Brothers
|
(9-2)
|
72
|
NR
|
17
|
Brick Township
|
(9-1)
|
69
|
17
|
18
|
Hanover Park
|
(2-4)
|
54
|
9
|
19
|
South Plainfield
|
(12-3)
|
53
|
NR
|
20
|
Roxbury
|
(6-1)
|
34
|
NR
|
Others receiving votes: Haddonfield 16; Delaware Valley 11;
Lenape Valley 10; Long Branch 10; Morris Knolls 5; Wall Township 3; West Deptford 3; Monroe Township 2.
NJWWA voting members (in
alphabetical order): Donald J. Brower (MorrisCountyHSWrestling.com); 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); Screwy Louie Lazzari (New Jersey Wrestling Historian); Ron Mazzola (On the Mat); Tom McGurk
(Courier Post of Cherry Hill); John Lewis (Burlington County Times); John O'Kane (The Press of Atlantic City);
Anthony Spaulding (New Jersey Herald); Greg Tufaro (Home News Tribune of East
Brunswick); Mike Weilamann (Open Mike/Mugs Media); Sean Miller (Trenton
Times); Brad Wilson (Express-Times); Josh Friedman (The Mat Pack and Daily Journal of Vineland).
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