Friday, January 12, 2018

Wrestling: Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex preview, info

What: Ninth annual Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament.

Where: Phillipsburg High School, Lopatcong Township.

Saturday's schedule: Preliminaries and pre-quarterfinals (six mats), 10 a.m.; quarterfinals and pre-quarterfinal losers (six mats), noon; semifinals and consolations (4 mats), 2:30 p.m.; championships, third-place and fifth-place bouts (3 mats), 5 p.m.

Live feed (semis and finals): Stateliner Sports Network (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/stateliner-sports)

Teams: Belvidere, Delaware Valley, Hackettstown, High Point, Hopatcong, Hunterdon Central, Kittatinny, Lenape Valley, Newton, North Hunterdon, North Warren, Phillipsburg, Pope John, Sparta, Vernon, Voorhees, Wallkill Valley, Warren Hills.

Returning champions (7, this season's weights): Cullen Day, Phillipsburg (113); Eddie Ventresca, Pope John (113); Jake Rotunda, Pope John (132); Joe Aragona, Pope John (138); Andrew Gapas, North Hunterdon (138); Alex Carida, Hackettstown (145); Zach Mafaro, Kittatinny (182, 2016).

Returning placewinners (this season's weights): Quinn Melofchik, Belvidere (second, 106); Connor Robinson, North Hunterdon (fourth, 106); Brandon LaRue, High Point (third, 113); Travis Jones, Phillipsburg (second, 120); Zachary Creeden, Wallkill Valley (fifth, 120); Anthony Mastroeni, Hopatcong (third, 126); A.J. DeRosa, Delaware Valley (fifth, 126); Evan Klimas, North Hunterdon (sixth, 126); Hunter Graf, Hunterdon Central (second, 132); Gage Crater, Delaware Valley (second, 132); Billy Talmadge, High Point (third, 132); Kyle Wulff, Warren Hills (fourth, 132); Eric Falleni, Lenape Valley (sixth, 132); Shane Kobis, High Point (fifth, 138); Robbie Garcia, Pope John (second, 145); Vincent Romaniello, Hunterdon Central (fifth, 145); Michael Wilson, North Hunterdon (fifth, 145); Brian Meyer, Phillipsburg (second, 152); Wyatt McCarthy, Newton (second, 152); Trey Osborn, High Point (fifth, 152); Tucker Kirchberger, North Hunterdon (sixth, 152); Jonathon Borgognoni, Newton (third, 160); Kevin Ciresa, Hunterdon Central (third, 160); Josh Hiler, Kittatinny (third, 170); Dan Furmato, Hunterdon Central (sixth, 170); James Swentzel, Pope John (sixth, 170); Jarod Ostir, Warren Hills (second, 182); Reece Muldoon, Pope John (second, 182); Joseph DeLuca, Newton (fourth, 182); Austin Roth, Phillipsburg (sixth, 182); Scott Fernandes, Voorhees (third, 195); Robert Gennat, Sparta (fourth, 195); Nick Galka, Warren Hills (sixth, 195); Luke Fischer, Newton (sixth, 195); Lewis Fernandes, Voorhees (third, 220); Jake Brown, Pope John (third, 220); Angelo Crespo, Hunterdon Central (fifth, 220); Joe Andes, Hackettstown (fourth, 285).

Other placewinners in 2016Colby Koshinski, Voorhees (fourth, 113); Perry Maio, Kittatinny (fourth, 145).

Notable scratchesDevin Flannery, High Point (fifth, 120); Jack Bauer, Hunterdon Central (third, 120); Hunter Rinehart, Voorhees (sixth, 126); Cody Harrison, Phillipsburg (second, 138); Shane Smith, Kittatinny (first, 160).

Open Mike championship picks

106 -- Quinn Melofchik, Belvidere
113 -- Eddie Ventresca, Pope John
120 -- Travis Jones, Phillipsburg
126 -- A.J. DeRosa, Delaware Valley
132 -- Jake Rotunda, Pope John
138 -- Andrew Gapas, North Hunterdon
145 -- Robbie Garcia, Pope John
152 -- Brian Meyer, Phillipsburg
160 -- Jonathon Borgognoni, Newton
170 -- Josh Hiler, Kittatinny
182 -- Jarod Ostir, Warren Hills
195 -- Scott Fernandes, Voorhees
220 -- Lewis Fernandes, Voorhees
285 -- Joe Andes, Hackettstown

Team champion: Pope John.

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