Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Wrestling: HWS earns 4 top seeds for sectionals

High Point, North Hunterdon, Delaware Valley and Pope John all secured No. 1 seeds for the upcoming sectional tournaments that begin on Monday.

The semifinals will be contested on Wednesday, Feb. 12, and the sectional finals on Friday, Feb. 14. The public winners in each section and the four Non-Public school champions advance to the Group championships on Sunday, Feb. 16 at Toms River North High School.

The initial set of power point totals, which were adjusted to reflect head-to-head wins and other tiebreakers on Tuesday morning, will become official at noon on Wednesday. It's also come to light that totals released late Sunday evening contained many errors due to missing results, according to ranking chairman Larry McMillan. The new totals, in many cases, were much higher.

North Hunterdon seeks its 15th sectional title.
In what has been an anticipated postseason rematch, North Hunterdon (16-0), ranked No. 4 in the New Jersey Coaches Association Top 20, is the top seed, while Phillipsburg (11-2) is the No. 2 seed in North 2, Group 4 as the Stateliners seek the program's 39th sectional title. The Lions, who scored a 30-24 win at P'burg on Jan. 15 for their first victory in the series since 2007, are eyeing their 15th sectional championship and first since 2015. North captured the last of its four state titles in 2002.

High Point (9-4), the Group 2 runner-up last season which is looking to add to its Sussex County-best 27 sectional titles, is the favorite in North 1, Group 2, while Newton (10-8), which won its only two championships in North 1, Group 1 in 2009-10, is the No. 3 seed. The Braves, who fell behind Westwood in the rankings due to the average weekly total tiebreaker (28.80 to 28.00), own a 33-31 win over No. 4 Jefferson on Jan. 15.

Hunterdon Central (9-8), which has won 22 sectional titles, is the No. 2 seed in Central Jersey, Group 5, while Pope John (9-6), the top seed in Non-Public North B, seeks a third straight championship.

In North 2, Group 3, West Essex and Warren Hills are the top two seeds. The Blue Streaks (17-5), who are seeking the program's sixth sectional title and first since 2007, are coming off a 49-16 win against Delaware Valley on Saturday. West Essex, the defending Group 3 champion, finished third at the Patriot Duals on Jan. 25 and did not face Warren Hills, which has a new-look lineup.

Delaware Valley (15-6) is the top seed in North 2, Group 1, as the Terriers dropped to Group 1 for the first time last season and won this section. Kittatinny, which has captured 22 sectional titles, is a No. 2 seed and is seeking back-to-back titles in North 1, Group 1. The Cougars were dealt a blow with a possible season-ending injury to sophomore Shane Nelson (19-1), a Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament runner-up at 106 pounds. Nelson, who was 22-11 last season, did not wrestle in the postseason due to an injury.

In all, 13 of the 18 teams from the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex area are among the top eight in their respective sections.

HWS schools in bold (Records through Sunday with final power point totals):

NORTH 1

Group 5

8-Passaic (9-11, 26.10) at 1-Passaic Tech (15-2, 31.60)
5-North Bergen (6-10, 26.40) at 4-Bloomfield (17-4, 28.40)
6-West Orange (9-4, 26.30) at 3-Livingston (11-5, 29.40)
7-Hackensack (8-8, 26.20) at 2-Clifton (17-4, 31.10)

Group 4

8-Morris Hills (12-3, 28.10) at 1-Mount Olive (12-2, 34.60)
5-Northern Highlands (15-3, 29.20) at 4-Morris Knolls (10-4, 29.60)
6-Wayne Valley (10-6, 28.50) at 3-Kearny (9-8, 29.80)
7-Ridgewood (12-4, 28.20) at 2-Fair Lawn (16-6, 31.70)

Group 3

8-Teaneck (7-13, 25.40) at 1-Montville (10-2, 32.90)
5-Paramus (11-12, 27.30) at 4-Pascack Valley (12-12, 27.30)
6-Old Tappan (7-12, 26.70) at 3-Sparta (12-7, 29.00)
7-Tenafly (8-11, 25.90) at 2-River Dell (16-6, 29.70)

Group 2

8-Glen Rock (10-5, 27.00) at 1-High Point (9-4, 36.40)
5-Pascack Hills (19-1, 29.10) at 4-Jefferson (14-5, 30.70)
6-Lakeland (16-4, 28.80) at 3-Newton (10-8, 30.80)
7-Pequannock (12-6, 28.10) at 2-Westwood (15-5, 30.80)

Group 1

8-Mountain Lakes (13-3, 26.20) at 1-Emerson (12-9, 30.80)
5-Pompton Lakes (8-8, 27.20) at 4-Butler (13-1, 27.60)
6-Hawthorne (11-6, 27.40) at 3-North Warren (11-8, 28.10)
7-Cresskill (11-7, 26.60) at 2-Kittatnny (12-4, 30.60)

NORTH 2

Group 5

8-Perth Amboy (7-9, 25.90) at 1-Westfield (13-2, 33.60)
5-Elizabeth (16-6, 28.10) at 4-Piscataway (9-6, 31.50)
6-Bridgewater-Raritan (9-11, 27.50) at 3-Ridge (11-5, 28.90)
7-Union (8-8, 26.50) at 2-Watchung Hills (12-4, 33.30)

Group 4

8-Irvington (9-6, 26.40) at 1-North Hunterdon (16-0, 39.10)
5-Middletown South (12-6, 32.20) at 4-Cranford (11-4, 31.00)
6-Scotch Plains-Fanwood (13-10, 28.10) at 3-Middletown North (13-1, 32.90)
7-Millburn (14-4, 26.70) at 2-Phillipsburg (10-2, 36.80)

Group 3

8-Leonia-Palisades Park (7-13, 26.70) at 1-West Essex (14-3, 35.00)
5-Nutley (9-8, 28.70) at 4-West Morris (6-9, 30.10)
6-Passaic Valley (11-4, 28.30) at 3-Mendham (11-3, 30.20)
7-Garfield (10-8, 27.30) at 2-Warren Hills (17-5, 34.80)

Group 2

8-Rutherford (5-14, 24.40) at 1-Caldwell (11-4, 28.20)
5-Hanover Park (6-6, 26.40) at 4-Lenape Valley (7-9, 26.90)
6-Governor Livingston (8-8, 26.30) at 3-Hackettstown (11-6, 27.00)
7-Verona (6-11, 24.90) at 2-Elmwood Park (18-4, 27.80)

Group 1

8-New Providence (9-11, 25.20) at 1-Delaware Valley (15-6, 33.20)
5-Secaucus (13-7, 26.30) at 4-Hasbrouck Heights (12-10, 26.30)
6-Cedar Grove (8-11, 26.10) at 3-Whippany Park (14-2, 27.90)
7-Roselle Park (7-8, 25.90) at 2-Bound Brook (7-10, 30.60)

CENTRAL

Group 5

8-New Brunswick (15-10, 28.80) at 1-Manalapan (18-3, 35.90)
5-Sayreville (17-4, 31.10) at 4-Franklin (16-3, 31.40)
6-Marlboro (12-11, 29.40) at 3-Monroe Township (15-3, 33.40)
7-South Brunswick (11-7, 28.60) at 2-Hunterdon Central (9-8, 34.00)

Group 4

8-Brick Township (10-7, 28.20) at 1-Brick Memorial (14-3, 36.40)
5-Colts Neck (10-6, 32.20) at 4-Northern Burlington (15-4, 33.20)
6-Hightstown (18-2, 30.90) at 3-Long Branch (17-3, 34.50)
7-Freehold Boro (6-7, 28.60) at 2-Jackson Memorial (7-8, 34.50)

Group 3

8-Somerville (6-10, 26.70) at 1-Wall Township (11-3, 30.70)
5-Matawan (8-9, 28.20) at 4-Rahway (10-4, 28.50)
6-Lawrence (16-5, 27.70) at 3-Hopewell Valley (15-4, 30.10)
7-Allentown (12-10, 27.80) at 2-Ocean Township (12-5, 32.90)

Group 2

8-North Plainfield (11-5, 27.20) at 1-South Plainfield (13-7, 33.00)
5-Raritan (8-9, 30.50) at 4-Holmdel (15-9, 31.40)
6-Delran (19-4, 30.30) at 3-Rumson-Fair Haven (12-3, 31.80)
7-Cinnaminson (14-12, 27.40) at 2-Point Pleasant Boro (13-3, 32.20)

Group 1

8-Highland Park (6-12. 22.80) at 1-Point Pleasant Beach (16-3, 31.10)
5-Spotswood (7-9, 25.70) at 4-Palmyra (10-6, 26.00)
6-New Egypt (8-7, 24.70) at 3-Manville (16-4, 27.90)
7-Burlington City (5-16, 22.90) at 2-Shore Regional (10-7, 28.00)

SOUTH

Group 5


8-Lenape (12-9, 28.30) at 1-Howell (20-1, 39.40)
5-Cherokee (13-6, 34.70) at 4-Williamstown (15-3, 34.80)
6-Washington Township (15-4, 31.80) at 3-Southern (14-1, 38.90)
7-Eastern (8-8, 28.60) at 2-Toms River North (14-4, 40.10)

Group 4

8-Cherry Hill West (20-8, 30.40) at 1-Kingsway (13-3, 39.30)
5-Toms River East (8-5, 31.30) at 4-Clearview (10-12, 31.40)
6-Moorestown (11-4, 30.50) at 3-Central Regional (15-6, 32.10)
7-Hammonton (17-5, 29.70) at 2-Highland (14-6, 34.60)

Group 3

8-Lakewood (12-17, 27.20) at 1-Lacey Township (14-6, 33.20)
5-Ocean City (12-7, 28.20) at 4-Seneca (15-5, 30.30)
6-Jackson Liberty (8-10, 28.10) at 3-Absegami (15-4, 31.40)
7-Gateway-Woodbury (12-10, 27.60) at 2-Delsea (10-9, 32.20)

Group 2

8-Clayton-Glassboro (5-13, 26.00) at 1-West Deptford (14-7, 33.80)
5-Sterling (13-6, 27.40) at 4-Collingswood (15-4, 29.00)
6-Oakcrest (12-9, 27.00) at 3-Lower Cape May (17-3, 29.60)
7-Barnegat (12-8, 26.30) at 2-Haddonfield (15-7, 32.20)

Group 1

8-Gloucester City (8-12, 25.50) at 1-Woodstown (12-5, 34.70)
5-Pennsville (7-12, 26.90) at 4-Pitman (19-3, 27.50)
6-Schalick (8-10, 26.10) at 3-Buena (14-6, 31.10)
7-Audubon (10-8, 26.70) at 2-Paulsboro (14-2, 33.90)

NON-PUBLIC

North A

5-St. Joseph-Montvale (10-4, 32.40) at 4-St. Peter's Prep (6-7, 31.50), winner at 1-Seton Hall Prep (15-1, 35.90)
6-Paramus Catholic (11-4, 26.90) at 3-Bergen Catholic (16-2, 34.30)
7-Don Bosco Prep (1-9, 19.60) at 2-Delbarton (14-2, 35.70)

North B

4-DePaul (2-16, 20.90) at 1-Pope John (9-6, 33.60)
3-Pingry (4-9, 22.00) at 2-St. Thomas Aquinas (19-7, 27.80)

South A

5-St. John Vianney (5-6, 26.40) at 4-Paul VI-Haddonfield (9-11, 26.60), winner at 1-St. Augustine (16-3, 35.50)
6-St. Joseph-Metuchen (11-5, 26.40) at 3-Red Bank Catholic (9-5, 26.90)
7-Notre Dame (6-13, 22.90) at 2-Christian Brothers Academy (8-9, 31.30)

South B

5-St. Rose (2-13, 15.80) at 4-St. Joseph-Hammonton (2-23, 20.80) winner at 1-Camden Catholic (16-2, 35.20)
3-Holy Spirit (8-17, 26.00) at 2-Donovan Catholic (9-7, 28.70)

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