Newton did just that on Saturday -- going 1-2 and finishing fourth in its own 13th annual Henry Boresch Duals. The tough eight-team field included four squads ranked in the New Jersey Writers Association Top 20, as No. 19 Newton dropped a 39-27 decision to No. 11 South Plainfield in the third-place match.
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No. 4 Paulsboro (6-0) was the class of the field, rolling to a 53-9 win over Newton in the semifinals before an impressive 48-20 victory over No. 7 Hanover Park (5-1) in the championship match.
"We wanted to beat South Plainfield ... we've never beaten them," said Newton coach Eric Bollette, whose team held a 27-24 lead before giving up a decision and two pins in the final three bouts.
"We were right there. They did a great job saving points, and so did we."
Down by 12 through seven bouts, Newton behind its aces as junior Wyatt McCarthy stopped a four-match run by South Plainfield with a pin at 145, while senior Jonathon Borgognoni scored a key 5-0 decision over Marc Giordano at 152. Junior Ryan Brigante (170) and senior Joseph DeLuca (182) followed with decisions to give the Braves a three-point lead.
But South Plainfield had a pair of aces in the hole as Luke Niemeyer posted a 6-2 win over Luke Fischer at 195. Bollette was hoping that Tigers state placewinner Zach DelVecchio would go 220 rather than 285, but freshman Julian Medina ended any shot at the upset by decking Matt Somers. DelVecchio bumped up to heavyweight and sealed the win by pinned Devin Mager, who is just coming back from an injury sustained during the football season.
"I was hoping [South] didn't know how good Devin is," said Bollette, whose team opened the day with a 54-13 thumping of Caldwell. "I thought we wrestled well against South Plainfield and Paulsboro."
Paulsboro was just a complete matchup nightmare for Newton, which won just three bouts against the South Jersey and Group 1 powerhouse. The Red Raiders are one of the most balanced teams around with few if any real weak spots.
"At best, we thought we could win seven bouts," said Bollette, whose program had not faced Paulsboro since a 40-18 loss in the 2010 Group 1 final. "That was very optimistic. We battled."
Junior Jimmy Harding got Newton off to a good start with a hard-fought 5-3 win in sudden-victory overtime in the opening bout at 285. But Paulsboro reeled off eight straight wins to take a 41-3 lead -- capped by George Worthy's 10-6 decision over McCarthy at 152 in a battle of state qualifiers.
McCarthy (10-1) held a 4-3 lead after the two traded takedowns in the second period. Worthy escaped to start the third period and countered an off-balance duck-under attempt by McCarthy for the go-ahead takedown, while adding another with 18 seconds left on the clock to ice it.
"[Wyatt] just got planted there, then all of the sudden, you're playing catch up," Bollette said.
Borgognoni, who earlier took his first loss of the season (3-2 to Caldwell's Gerald Jones), capped a nice afternoon with a 4-1 win over state qualifier Riley Onorato at 160. A turn on top for three back points in the second period proved to be the difference.
"Borg is wrestling well," Bollette said.
Fischer, who went 2-1 overall, was the only winner for Newton in the final four bouts, scoring a 7-3 win over Anthony Morina at 195. Paulsboro, which is a heavy favorite to claim its record 31st Group 1 title next month, finished with a 40-6 advantage in takedowns as Fischer (9-1) registered three for the Braves.
"We are balanced," said veteran Paulsboro coach Paul Morina, whose teams are now 662-42-4 in his 32 seasons. "This is good competition and [Newton] does a nice job [running this event]. We'll be back."
Championship
PAULSBORO 48, HANOVER PARK 20
106 -- So. Jake Bursese (7-2), HP, p. Fr. Jason Lucci (6-3), :36.
113 -- Fr. Joey Olivieri (9-2), HP, d. So. Georgio Mazzeo (8-3), 3-0.
120 -- Jr. Geno Duca (10-2), P, md. Fr. Dom Merola (5-6), 14-5.
126 -- Jr. Domenic DiFrancescantonio (6-2), HP, d. So. Jacob Perez (10-2), 5-4.
132 -- Jr. Nick Raimo (8-0), HP, tf. Jr. Matt Marcucci (5-5), 21-6, 4:42.
138 -- Sr. Rick Eli (10-2), P, p. Sr. Michael Rubin (2-7), 1:20.
145 -- So. Gabe Onorato (5-0), P, d. Sr. Sean Conley (5-4), 5-1.
152 -- Jr. George Worthy (10-1), P, p. Sr. Connor Mildon (2-3), 4:21.
160 -- Sr. Matthew Liberato (8-3), HP, d. Sr. Riley Onorato (9-4), 3-1.
170 -- So. Brandon Green (10-2), P, tf. Jr. Sr. Nick Corrao (3-5), 24-9, 5:47.
182 -- Jr. Santino Morina (13-0), P, p. Sr. Sebastian Bassolino (5-5), :33.
195 -- Jr. Anthony Morina (9-3), P, p. Fr. Daniel Gregory (3-4), 5:32.
220 -- Sr. Dimetrius Day (10-2), P, p. So. Gianluca Birnbaum (1-4), 4:51.
285 -- Jr. Austin Mooney (7-5), P, p. Sr. Daniel Jimenez (6-4), 1:41.
Records -- Paulsboro 6-0; Hanover Park 5-1.
Third-place consolation
SOUTH PLAINFIELD 39, NEWTON 27
106 -- Fr. Anthony White (11-0), SP, tf. Fr. Nathan Fitt (4-7), 19-4, 4:32.
113 -- Fr. Danny Cleary (4-6), N, p. Sr. Frank Mannino (0-8), 2:49.
120 -- Fr. JoJo Lotruglio (6-5), N, forfeit.
126 -- Sr. Joe Heilmann (12-0), forfeit.
132 -- Jr. Thomas Fierro (8-3), SP, d. Jr. Matthew Rosa (8-5), 6-4.
138 -- Jr. Alex Amato (6-4), SP, md. Jr. Michael Freda (7-5), 9-1.
145 -- Jr. Joe Sacco (11-1), SP, p. So. Trevor Aughenbaugh (1-4), :55.
152 -- Jr. Wyatt McCarthy (10-1), N, p. Sr. Xavier Nunez (1-1), :35.
160 -- Sr. Jonathon Borgognoni (10-1), N, d. Jr. Marc Giordano (8-5), 5-0.
170 -- Jr. Ryan Brigante (6-6), N, d. Jr. Divon Pender (5-5), 5-3.
182 -- Sr. Joseph DeLuca (10-3), N, d. Jr. Brenden Hedden (8-3), 3-0.
195 -- Jr. Luke Niemeyer (11-0), SP, d. Jr. Luke Fischer (9-2), 6-2.
220 -- Fr. Julian Medina (5-1), SP, p. Jr. Matt Somers (2-3), 1:13.
285 -- Jr. Zach DelVecchio (11-0), SP, p. Sr. Devin Mager (1-1), 2:18.
Records -- South Plainfield 9-2; Newton 3-3.
Semifinals
PAULSBORO 53, NEWTON 9
285 -- Jr. Jimmy Harding (4-2), N, d. Jr. Austin Mooney (6-5), 5-3 SV.
106 -- Fr. Jason Lucci (5-3), P, p. Fr. Nathan Fitt (4-6), :30.
113 -- So. Georgio Mazzeo (8-2), P, p. Fr. Danny Cleary (3-6), 4:36.
120 -- Jr. Geno Duca (9-2), P, tf. Fr. Nick Costa (0-1), 23-8, 4:57.
126 -- So. Jacob Perez (10-1), P, d. Jr. Matthew Rosa (8-4), 10-6.
132 -- Jr. Matt Marcucci (4-5), P, p. So. Julian Sibblies (2-6), 2:57.
138 -- Sr. Mike Keen (4-3), P, p. So. Ryan Sosa (0-1), 2:13.
145 -- So. Gabe Onorato (4-0), P, p. So. Trevor Aughenbaugh (1-3), 2:38.
152 -- Jr. George Worthy (9-1), P, d. Jr. Wyatt McCarthy (9-1), 10-6.
160 -- Sr. Jonathon Borgognoni (9-1), N, d. Sr. Riley Onorato (9-3), 4-1.
170 -- So. Brandon Green (9-2), P, p. Jr. Ryan Brigante (5-6), 1:03.
182 -- Jr. Santino Morina (12-0), P, d. Sr. Joseph DeLuca (9-3), 6-0.
195 -- Jr. Luke Fischer (9-1), N, d. Jr. Anthony Morina (8-3), 7-3.
220 -- Sr. Dimetrius Day (9-2), P, d. Jr. Matt Somers (2-2), 10-3.
Records -- Paulsboro 5-0; Newton 3-2.
Second round
NEWTON 54, CALDWELL 13
220 -- Sr. Devin Mager (1-0), N, p. Fr. Ben Rivera (4-6), 3:08.
285 -- Sr. Stephen Murphy (8-4), C, d. Jr. Jimmy Harding (3-2), 6-2.
106 -- Fr. Nathan Fitt (4-5), N, p. So. Ricardo Caamano (5-3), 3:05.
113 -- Sr. Mark DeAngelis (7-3), C, d. Fr. Danny Cleary (2-6), 13-7.
120 -- So. Darren Jones (10-2), C, md. Fr. JoJo Lotruglio (5-5), 10-2.
126 -- Jr. Matthew Rosa (8-3), N, d. Fr. Luke Schaffer (10-3), 3-0.
132 -- Jr. Michael Freda (7-4), N, p. So. Dominic Perna (0-4), 1:03.
138 -- So. Julian Sibblies (2-5), N, p. Jr. Matthew Goldbach (0-2), 3:17.
145 -- So. Trevor Aughenbaugh (1-2), N, p. Jr. Saverio D'Angelo (1-6), 3:20.
152 -- Jr. Wyatt McCarthy (9-0), N, p. Jr. Jason Frank (1-4), :47.
160 -- Sr. Gerald Jones (11-1), C, d. Sr. Jonathon Borgognoni (8-1), 3-2.
170 -- Jr. Ryan Brigante (5-5), N, p. Sr. Ryan Naturale (0-5), :52.
182 -- Sr. Joseph DeLuca (9-2), N, p. Jr. Frank Mondsni (6-5), 1:05.
195 -- Jr. Luke Fischer (8-1), N, d. Sr. Kyle Schaffer (9-1), 1-0.
Records -- Newton 3-1; Caldwell 4-1.
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