Wrestling: State Tournament information, stats

There are 37 state qualifiers from the HWS area.

What: 87th New Jersey State Wrestling Championships.

Where: Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City.

When: Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Thursday's schedule: Preliminaries, noon.; pre-quarterfinals, 4 p.m.; wrestlebacks one, 6:15 p.m.; girls quarterfinals, 6:30 p.m.

Friday's schedule: Wrestlebacks two, 9 a.m.; boys quarterfinals, 11 a.m.; wrestlebacks three, 11 a.m.; wrestlebacks four, 1:30 p.m.; girls semifinals, 2 p.m; awards, 5:45 p.m.; boys semifinals and wrestlebacks five, 6.p.m.; girls consolation semifinals, 7 p.m.; boys consolation semifinals, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday's schedule: Boys consolation finals (third through eighth places) and girls consolation finals, 10 a.m.; girls championships, 1 p.m.; boys championships, 3 p.m.

Returning state champions (5, 2019 weights): Jr. Dean Peterson, St. John Vianney (second-2018, first-2019, 120); Sr. Robert Howard, Bergen Catholic (second-2017, first-2018, second-2019, 126); Sr. Eddie Ventresca, Pope John (sixth-2017, third-2018, first-2019, 126); Jr. Joey Olivieri, Hanover Park (first-2018, fourth-2019, 132); Sr. Anthony Clark, Delbarton (first-2017, first-2018, second-2019, 138).

Returning medal winners (41, previous finishes, 2019 weights): Sr. Tyler Klinsky, Middletown North (second-2019, 113); So. Joseph Cangro, Bergen Catholic (third-2019, 113); Jr. Kelly Dunnigan, Don Bosco Prep (fourth-2019, 113); Sr. Nick Babin, Emerson-Park Ridge (second-2019, 120); Jr. Vincent Santaniello, Brick Memorial (eighth-2018, third-2019, 120); Sr. Nick Kayal, Bergen Catholic (third-2017, fourth-2018, fourth-2019, 120); Jr. Jack Maida, Shore Regional (sixth-2019, 120); Jr. Shane Percelay, Pope John (seventh-2019, 120); Sr. McKenzie Bell, Kingsway (seventh-2018, fourth-2019, 126); Jr. Nicholas Nardone, Delbarton (third-2018, sixth-2019, 126); So. Alex Almeyda, St. Joseph-Montvale (seventh-2019, 126); Sr. Dylan Cedeno, Bergen Catholic (sixth-2019, 132); Sr. Justin Bierdumpfel, St. Joseph-Montvale (seventh-2017, fifth-2019, 132); Jr. Spencer Stewart, Sparta (eighth-2019, 132); Sr. Jacob Perez-Eli, Paulsboro (second-2019, 138); Sr. Billy Talmadge, High Point (fifth-2019, 138); Jr. Cooper Pontelandolfo, Cherokee (sixth-2019, 138); Jr. Eddie Hummel, Southern (sixth-2019, 138); Sr. Will Grater, Bergen Catholic (eighth-2018, eighth-2019, 138); Sr. Andrew Clark, Collingswood (eighth-2018, fourth-2019 145); Sr. Kaya Sement, Pope John (fifth-2019, 145); Sr. Tim Spatola, Delsea (eighth-2019, 145); Jr. Dylan Weaver, Lyndhurst-North Arlington (third-2019, 152); Sr. Brandon Mooney, Camden Catholic (fifth-2019, 152); Sr. Alex Strashinsky, Bergen Catholic (sixth-2019, 152); Sr. Nick Boggiano, Toms River North (eighth-2019, 152); Sr. Dante Stefanelli, Delbarton (fourth-2019, 160); Jr. Matt Benedetti, Manalapan (sixth-2019, 160); Sr. Connor O'Neill, DePaul (second-2019, 170); Sr. Shane Reitsma, Howell (sixth-2018, second-2019, 170); Sr. Kieran Calvetti, Delbarton (sixth-2019, 170); Sr. John Poznanski, Colonia (third-2018, second-2019, 182); So. Martin Cosgrove, Camden Catholic (third-2019, 195); Sr. Luke Chakonis, Delbarton (fourth-2019, 195); Sr. Kyle Epperly, Jackson Memorial (seventh-2019, 195); Jr. Mike Misita, St. Augustine (eighth-2019, 195); Sr. Kyle Jacob, Paramus (second-2019, 220); Sr. Gage Armijo, Mendham (third-2019, 220); So. P.J. Casale, Delbarton (fifth-2019, 220); Sr. Bardhyl Gashi, West Essex (second-2019, 285); Sr. Marcus Estevez, Franklin (sixth-2019, 285).

Previous placewinners (1, 2019 weight): Sr. Alex Poniros, Ocean Township (seventh-2018, 138).

Returning medal winners by region:

Region 1 (8, Dunnigan, Percelay, Ventresca, Almeyda, Bierdumpfel, S. Stewart, Talmadge, Sement)
Region 2 (10, Cangro, Babin, Kayal, Howard, Cedeno, Grater, Strashinsky, O'Neill, Jacob, Gashi)
Region 3 (9, Nardone, Olivieri, Anthony Clark, Weaver, Stefanelli, Calvetti, Chakonis, Armijo, Casale)
Region 4 (1, Poznanski)
Region 5 (4, Peterson, Maida, Benedetti, Estevez)
Region 6 (2, Klinsky, Poniros)
Region 7 (9, Santaniello, Perez-Eli, Pontelandolfo, Andrew Clark, Mooney, Boggiano, Reitsma, Cosgrove, Epperly)
Region 8 (4, Bell, Hummel, Spatola, Misita)