Phillipsburg (10-1) leads the way in the No. 5 spot, while Pope John (12-1) is right behind at No. 6. The Stateliners will be the top seed in North 2, Group 4 as they seek a 36th championship in the tournament's 38-year history, while the Lions compete in the rugged Non-Public North A section.Hunterdon Central (16-2) checks in at the No. 7 spot with a huge showdown at home against No. 10 Delaware Valley (16-2) slated for Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m. The winner will likely lock up second place in the Skyland Conference Raritan Division as P'burg can clinch the title with a road win against Voorhees that night.
High Point (12-4), which was ranked No. 17 last week, fell out of the Top 20 after a 34-21 loss to unranked Warren Hills on Saturday. The Blue Streaks (10-8) received three votes this week, while North Hunterdon (13-5) got one vote.
Bergen Catholic (9-4) remains the unanimous No. 1 team for the fourth straight week.
The Crusaders, who collected all 13 first-place votes and have been ranked No. 1 in the poll every week since the 2013-14 season, are the odds-on favorites to win the Non-Public North A title. They could square off against No. 2 Delbarton (14-1), which rolled to the team championship in the 32nd annual Morris County Tournament on Saturday, at some point.
(Records through Saturday)
Rank
|
School
|
Record
|
Votes
|
Previous
|
1
|
Bergen Catholic (13)
|
(9-4)
|
260
|
1
|
2
|
Delbarton
|
(14-1)
|
247
|
2
|
3
|
South Plainfield
|
(22-1)
|
233
|
4
|
4
|
Cranford
|
(15-0)
|
222
|
3
|
5
|
Phillipsburg
|
(10-1)
|
207
|
5
|
6
|
Pope John
|
(12-1)
|
196
|
6
|
7
|
Hunterdon Central
|
(16-2)
|
181
|
7
|
8
|
Howell
|
(21-1)
|
168
|
8
|
9
|
Hanover Park
|
(12-3)
|
158
|
9
|
10
|
Delaware Valley
|
(16-2)
|
142
|
10
|
11
|
Paulsboro
|
(16-0)
|
129
|
11
|
12
|
Don Bosco Prep
|
(7-5)
|
115
|
12
|
13
|
Delsea
|
(16-4)
|
101
|
13
|
14
|
Bound Brook
|
(9-5)
|
88
|
14
|
15
|
Raritan
|
(21-2)
|
75
|
16
|
16
|
Seton Hall Prep
|
(24-1)
|
61
|
18
|
17
|
Monroe Township
|
(14-1)
|
37
|
20
|
18
|
Middletown North
|
(19-1)
|
33
|
NR
|
19
|
Queen of Peace
|
(7-3)
|
29
|
15
|
20
|
Mendham
|
(14-3)
|
26
|
NR
|
Others receving votes: St. Augustine Prep (16-6) 16; Warren Hills (10-8) 3; Southern (9-3) 2; North Hunterdon (13-5) 1.
NJWWA voting members (in alphabetical order): Donald J. Brower (MorrisCountyHSWrestling.com); Frank D'Esposito (TheShoreConference.com); Steve Falk (Asbury Park Press and app.com); Josh Friedman (Courier Post of Cherry Hill, Daily Journal of Vineland); Screwy Louie Lazzari (New Jersey historian); John Lewis (Burlington County Times); Ron Mazzola (NJWWA president, Region 5 ranking chairman); Tom McGurk (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); Anthony Spaulding (New Jersey Herald); Mark Trible (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); Greg Tufaro (Home News Tribune of East Brunswick); Mike Weilamann (Open Mike); Brad Wilson (Express-Times).
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