Phillipsburg (8-1) remains in the No. 5 spot after a 34-33 win over No. 9 Hanover Park on Thursday, while Pope John (11-1) again jumps up three spots to No. 6. The Lions were at No. 12 and No. 9 the previous two weeks.The Stateliners will visit No. 19 Southern on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Hunterdon Central (11-2), which finished three points behind Pope John in the Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament on Jan. 14, sits in the No. 7 spot.
Delaware Valley (12-2) stays at No. 10, and the Terriers will travel to No. 14 Bound Brook for a Skyland Conference Raritan Division matchup on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
High Point (10-2) rounds out the local teams at No. 17 following a 33-31 loss to No. 13 Delsea on Saturday. The Wildcats will face No. 3 Cranford on Saturday as part of a quad, which also includes unranked Paramus, at Warren Hills.
Bergen Catholic (7-3) remains the unanimous No. 1 team for the third straight week.
The Crusaders, who collected all 13 first-place votes and have been ranked No. 1 in the poll every week since the 2013-14 season, went 2-2 at the Who's No. 1 Duals on Saturday in Easton, Pa., beating St. Augustine Prep (51-21) and Mount St. Joseph (Md.) (47-18), while losing to Blair Academy (46-9) and Malvern Prep (Pa.) (38-18).
(Records through Saturday)
Rank
|
School
|
Record
|
Votes
|
Previous
|
1
|
Bergen Catholic (13)
|
(7-3)
|
260
|
1
|
2
|
Delbarton
|
(13-1)
|
247
|
2
|
3
|
Cranford
|
(11-0)
|
228
|
3
|
4
|
South Plainfield
|
(21-1)
|
227
|
4
|
5
|
Phillipsburg
|
(8-1)
|
207
|
5
|
6
|
Pope John
|
(11-1)
|
192
|
9
|
7
|
Hunterdon Central
|
(11-2)
|
175
|
7
|
8
|
Howell
|
(16-1)
|
164
|
8
|
9
|
Hanover Park
|
(11-3)
|
148
|
11
|
10
|
Delaware Valley
|
(12-2)
|
139
|
10
|
11
|
Paulsboro
|
(12-0)
|
129
|
12
|
12
|
Don Bosco Prep
|
(7-4)
|
125
|
18
|
13
|
Delsea
|
(13-4)
|
96
|
13
|
14
|
Bound Brook
|
(9-4)
|
87
|
6
|
15
|
Queen of Peace
|
(5-3)
|
81
|
14
|
16
|
Raritan
|
(18-1)
|
73
|
15
|
17
|
High Point
|
(10-2)
|
48
|
17
|
18
|
Seton Hall Prep
|
(19-1)
|
42
|
16
|
19
|
Southern
|
(9-2)
|
26
|
20
|
20
|
Monroe Township
|
(13-1)
|
21
|
19
|
Others receving votes: Middletown North (17-0) 9; Mendham (14-2) 6.
NJWWA voting members (in alphabetical order): Donald J. Brower (MorrisCountyHSWrestling.com); Frank D'Esposito (TheShoreConference.com); Steve Falk (Asbury Park Press and app.com); Josh Friedman (Courier Post of Cherry Hill, Daily Journal of Vineland); Screwy Louie Lazzari (New Jersey historian); John Lewis (Burlington County Times); Ron Mazzola (NJWWA president, Region 5 ranking chairman); Tom McGurk (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); Anthony Spaulding (New Jersey Herald); Mark Trible (Courier Post of Cherry Hill); Greg Tufaro (Home News Tribune of East Brunswick); Mike Weilamann (Open Mike); Brad Wilson (Express-Times).
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