Wrestling: Pointsgate Part II right (wrong) on time

Seems as if it's just a question of when and not if the NJSIAA power points will be wrong at some point during the wrestling season.

On Friday, a new set of points was released to only a select few it seems, with a very different set of numbers. Most teams dropped anywhere from one to two points on average, with Bound Brook falling nearly four points below its total that was released on Tuesday. The Crusaders went from being the No. 2 seed to the No. 6 in North 2, Group 1.

In the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex area, High Point went from the No. 2 seed to the No. 3 in North 1, Group 2, while Warren Hills (North 1, Group 4) and North Hunterdon (North 2, Group 4) fell out of the top six in those sections.

So what happened? That's the million dollar question. And why was this mysteriously kept from some reporters, who are on an email chain to receive them each week? The Asbury Park Press was somehow able to obtain a copy as it put up a link to the new points on its web site.

NJSIAA executive director Steve Timko did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

You may remember several instances of wrong point totals and pairings over the years, including last year's fiasco when a wrong chart was being used to calculate the totals for several weeks before Open Mike first reported on the mistake.

Anyway, the cutoff date for qualifying matches is Saturday. Final totals and tentative pairings for all sections will be released on Sunday. Seeding meeting will be held on Tuesday in Robbinsville.

The sectional tournaments begin on Monday, Feb. 8, with first-round matches between No. 5 vs. No. 4 and No. 3 vs. No. 6. The top two seeds receive first-round byes.

Sectional semifinals will be held Wednesday, Feb. 10, with the finals slated for Friday, Feb. 12. The Group championships will be contested on Sunday, Feb. 14 at Toms River North High School.

Below are the current (or so we think) totals for sections involving teams in the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex area.

NOTE: Records for all teams are through Jan. 23. There also is a penalty for teams not meeting the 10-match minimum. The quotient average of a team's 10 best power point producing meets against NJSIAA member schools is compared to that of other teams to determine its rank position.

North 1

Group 4

Roxbury (9-0, 33.22); Old Tappan (10-4, 31.00); Wayne Valley (10-4, 28.20); Randolph (10-4, 28.00); Mendham (6-7, 27.20); West Morris (8-3, 27.00); Wayne Hills (7-3, 26.80); Warren Hills (5-3, 26.25); Mount Olive (7-6, 25.20); Morris Knolls (6-7, 25.10); Fair Lawn (8-5, 24.20); Northern Highlands (3-10, 23.10); Teaneck (4-8, 22.40); Belleville (1-10, 17.50).

Group 3

Paramus (10-3, 33.50); Sparta (8-5, 29.20); River Dell (7-1, 29.00); Montville (10-3, 28.80); Garfield (12-3, 27.30); Pascack Valley (6-3, 24.11); West Milford (4-8, 24.00); Ramapo (5-6, 23.70); Vernon (6-8, 23.20); Morris Hills (3-8, 21.90); Bergenfield (2-7, 19.11); Tenafly (1-8, 17.67); Dwight Morrow (1-12, 13.60); Indian Hills (0-13, 14.40).

Group 2

Emerson-Park Ridge (11-1, 31.50); Jefferson (11-5, 29.30); High Point (8-3, 28.90); Pequannock (7-6, 27,40); Ramsey (10-4, 26.70); Westwood (8-4, 26.20); Dumont (9-5, 25.70); Pascack Hills (7-2, 25.67); Mahwah (8-3, 24.10); Newton (3-6, 21.56); Glen Rock (3-12, 21.10); Lakeland (3-6, 19.22); Demarest (1-11, 19.10); Waldwick-Midland Park (0-6, 13.40).

Group 1

Kittatinny (9-0, 29.22); Cresskill (12-1, 26.50); Pompton Lakes (11-7, 26.40); Butler (12-3, 26.30); New Milford (7-7, 25.10); Kinnelon (7-3, 24.30); Hawthorne (8-6, 23.80); Mountain Lakes (5-7, 23.50); Boonton (4-5, 21.50); North Warren (2-9, 16.90); Saddle Brook (1-12, 16.80); Elmwood Park (2-9, 16.40); Hopatcong (0-11, 12.60); Wallkill Valley (0-5, 11.40).

North 2

Group 4

Phillipsburg (8-2, 32.14); Woodbridge (17-2, 29.70); Middletown North (9-3, 29.20); Scotch Plains (8-4, 26.40); Iselin Kennedy (10-2, 26.20); Middletown South (8-4, 26.00); Montgomery (7-2, 26.00); Irvington (7-5, 26.00); North Hunterdon (2-7, 25.78); Sayreville (7-7, 25.40); Colonia (8-5, 25.10); Princeton (5-8, 23.60); Newark Eastside (5-6, 22.20); Millburn (4-5, 21.22).

Group 3

Nutley (10-2, 29.30); Passaic Valley (8-6, 29.30); Voorhees (7-8, 27.20); Governon Livingston (8-1, 26.78); Lyndhurst-North Arlington (6-5, 24.80); Orange (5-8, 24.40); Barringer (5-1, 23.17); West Essex (3-7, 22.80); Leonia-Palisades Park (7-5, 22.70); Chatham (5-11, 20.70); Brearley-Dayton (3-7, 18.60); Cliffside Park (2-10, 17.30); Parsippany Hills (1-8, 16.44); Summit (0-12, 15.70).

Group 2

Hanover Park (11-4, 32.60); Parsippany (7-3, 28.20); Caldwell (9-3, 27.60); Lenape Valley (7-4, 27.20); Becton-Wallington (7-6, 25.70); Whippany Park (8-7, 25.50); Dover (7-4, 24.00); Hackettstown (4-7, 23.50); Ridgefield Park (5-6, 22.90); Lodi (5-5, 22.10); Manchester Regional (5-13, 21.50); Fort Lee (2-10, 19.90); Madison (3-5, 19.63); Rutherford (1-6, 19.43).

Group 1

Roselle Park (9-1, 27.00); Hasbrouck Heights (8-6, 26.80); Verona (8-4, 26.40); Cedar Grove (7-4, 25.20); Bogota-Weehawken (7-6, 25.00); Bound Brook (4-5, 24.89); Metuchen (7-6, 24.00); New Providence (4-3, 22.43); Belvidere (4-5, 21.44); Weequahic (1-2, 20.67); Shabazz (1-2, 19.00); Wood-Ridge (3-11, 18.80); Secaucus (4-8, 18.80); Glen Ridge (3-7, 17.67).

Central Jersey

Group 5

Howell (13-3, 33.20); Old Bridge (13-3, 30.60); Hunterdon Central (9-1, 30.10); Manalapan (9-5, 27.70); Monroe (11-2, 27.60); New Brunswick (13-6, 26.20); South Brunswick (6-7, 25.60); East Brunswick (3-8, 25.00); Edison (5-8, 25.00); Hillsborough (10-4, 24.33); Freehold Township (5-9, 24.20); Trenton Central (6-6, 22.80); Marlboro (2-8, 20.40); North Brunswick (2-14, 19.60).

Group 2

Raritan (10-3, 29.80); Delaware Valley (8-4, 28.80); Point Pleasant Boro (11-3, 28.10); Robbinsville (10-5, 27.20); Middlesex-Dunellen (12-5, 26.10); Bordentown (9-9, 25.80); Holmdel (8-5, 25.50); Johnson (7-8, 25.40); Bernards (3-9, 21.20); Rumson-Fair Haven (2-7, 19.67); Monmouth (4-4, 19.50); North Plainfield (2-11, 18.40); Spotswood (2-12, 17.90); Manasquan (2-11, 16.90).

Non-Public

North A

Don Bosco Prep (9-2, 32.40); Bergen Catholic (11-1, 31.20); Delbarton (10-2, 31.00); Pope John (12-2, 29.00); St. Peter's Prep (4-5, 27.50); Seton Hall Prep (11-5, 27.20); St. Joseph-Montvale (3-5, 22.00); Paramus Catholic (1-12, 18.30).