Wrestling: New Jersey Wrestling Writers Top 20

North Hunterdon, which earned a 28-27 win over Hunterdon Central last Tuesday, is the latest team from the Open Mike area to enter the New Jersey Wrestling Writers Association Top 20.

The Lions (4-2), who debut at No. 20, are among five teams from the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex region in this week's rankings. No. 19 DePaul also appears for the first time this season.

Phillipsburg holds steady at No. 4, followed by No. 7 High Point, No. 10 Kittatinny and No. 17 Delaware Valley. Hunterdon Central, which was No. 17 last week, drops out of the rankings for the first time this season.

Bergen Catholic owns the top spot for a third straight week. The Crusaders garnered all 17 first-place votes. There was no movement among the top 10 teams from last week.

Rank	School	Record	Votes	Previous
1	Bergen Catholic	(11-2)	340	1
2	St. Peter's Prep	(8-4)	318	2
3	Don Bosco Pep	(4-0)	307	3
4	Phillipsburg	(3-0)	287	4
5	Bound Brook	(4-4)	278	5
6	Delbarton	(4-1)	249	6
7	High Point	(2-0)	233	7
8	Hanover Park	(6-0)	220	8
9	Brick Memorial	(7-0)	204	9
10	Kittatinny	(4-0)	180	10
11	Southern	(5-0)	165	13
12	Paulsboro	(7-0)	161	12
13	Howell	(12-2)	145	11
14	St. Joseph-Montvale	(2-1)	122	14
15	Raritan	(16-2)	99	15
16	South Plainfield	(11-4)	79	16
17	Delaware Valley	(6-2)	42	19
18	Clearview	(9-0)	31	18
19	DePaul	(4-2)	28	NR
20	North Hunterdon	(4-2)	23	NR

Others receiving votes: Hunterdon Central 16; Roselle Park 16; St. Augustine Prep 8; Monroe Township 1; Voorhees 1.

NJWWA voting memebers (in alphabetical order): Donald J. Brower (MorrisCountyHSWrestling.com); Patrick Buganski (The Mat Pack); Bill Evans (South Jersey Times); 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); Joe Hofmann (Daily Record of Parsippany); Screwy Louie Lazzari (New Jersey Wrestling Historian); John Lewis (Burlington County Times); Ron Mazzola (On the Mat); Tom McGurk (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); 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); Joe Zedalis (Trenton Times).