There will be a junior high match starting at 6 p.m., with the high school match to follow at 7. Gates open at 5. Ticket price is $5. All proceeds go to cancer research and development. Click here for more information about this tremendous organization.Phillipsburg defeated Delaware Valley, 36-16, when the teams met during the 2018-19 high school season. Del Val joined the Pin Cancer fun when Washington (Warren Hills), which competed in the previous seven summer matches, pulled out of the event in March.
"We're happy to have the opportunity to get in a fairly visible event," Terriers coach Andy Fitz said in March. "It fits perfectly into our summer program. It's a local rivalry for a great cause. It was a no-brainer [to enter].
"This event is not all about winning. It's about getting quality matches and doing something good on and off the mat," Fitz added on Friday.
P'burg won the first four Pin Cancer matches before Washington ended that run with a 28-24 in 2016 at Warren Hills' auxiliary gym. The event was moved indoors for the first time due to rain, as was the case again for the 2017 match at Phillipsburg -- a 54-10 win for the Stateliners.
This year's clash features just one New Jersey state qualifier in Frenchtown's Anthony DeRosa, who will compete at 170 pounds. Phillipsburg's Logan Maczko, a district and region champion at 106 pounds as a sophomore this past season and the only returning qualifier for the Warren County program, will miss this year's event due to another wrestling commitment. Maczko (2-0) is one of five P'burg wrestlers to go unbeaten in Pin Cancer matches (minimum of two bouts).
"I like the matchups. I think it's going to be a good dual," said 'Liners coach Dave Post, whose teams are 6-1 in this event.
While one of Frenchtown's wrestlers does have Pin Cancer experience -- senior Shane Reynolds was a fill-in for Washington two years ago -- Fitz is eager to see how his fan base responds to what has become an extremely popular and unique occasion.
"While the Del Val community is excited, I don't think they understand how fun this event is going to be, and what a positive night it's going to be," said Fitz, who attended previous Pin Cancer matches as a spectator. "Our kids are excited. We always like wrestling P'burg."
The event will also feature a potential matchup between two blue-chip freshmen in Hunter Cleaver of P'burg, a New Jersey Grade School Wrestling League champion for the Washington Y program, and Garrett Tettemer of Frenchtown, a NJGSWL runner-up in 2019 and a champ in '18, at 150 pounds.
Tettemer's father, Scott, was a two-time district and a region champ as a senior for the Terriers in 1985. Frenchtown also features senior Gage Crater, a two-time district runner-up and 74-32 for his high school career, while DeRosa (27-11) is coming off a breakout season in which he finished fourth in Region 5. Ryan Sutter, a district runner-up at 285, went 23-12 as a junior.
P'burg, as we've noted in previous stories, will be a very young team this coming high school season, but not short on talent. Maczko, a two-time district champion who went 33-11 last season and 1-2 in his first trip to Atlantic City, leads the team with 51 career wins, while no other 'Liner has more than 29. Sophomore Joey Innamorato (128), senior Jacob Wicks (193) and sophomore Gage Horvath (218) were district champs last season.
Both Fitz and Post expect this year's Pin Cancer match to be highly competitive -- based on the head-to-head results in several matchups involving their teams a few weeks ago at the Lycoming Wrestling Team Camp.
"We had a fair amount of success against them, but it's a little hard to say it was Del Val vs. P'burg since one of our teams was two-thirds Del Val and one-third Benton [Pa.]," Fitz said. "After having some success against them at camp, we're looking forward to this."
"It could be very close," Post said.
Tentative Pin Cancer lineups (Frenchtown listed first)
108 -- Sr. Derek Schepens vs. So. Sean Stasiulaitis
115 -- So. Robert Groogan vs. So. James Day
122 -- Fr. Chris Colasurdo or Jr. Cooper Gill vs. So. Hakeem Ransdell
128 -- So. Noah Sheeley vs. So. Joey Innamorato
133 -- Jr. Ben Brown vs. Jr. Jason Tino
138 -- Sr. Gage Crater vs. So. James Palitto
143 -- Sr. Chase Christie vs. Sr. Jared Kukor
150 -- Jr. Corey Crater or Fr. Garrett Tettemer vs. Fr. Hunter Cleaver
158 -- Sr. Shane Reynolds or Sr. Andrew Larsen vs. So. Nate Zastowny
170 -- Jr. Anthony DeRosa vs. So. Matt D'Onofrio
180 -- Sr. Matt Zdepski vs. So. David Pierson
193 -- Sr. Zach Zuchowski or So. Matt Schneider vs. Sr. Jacob Wicks
218 -- Sr. Nick Moose vs. Jr. Gage Horvath
288 -- Sr. Ryan Sutter vs. Sr. Cody Cruts
(Box from last season's high school dual)
PHILLIPSBURG 36, DELAWARE VALLEY 16
145 -- Tommy Horn, DV, d. Jared Kukor, 6-2.
152 -- TJ Abode, P, p. Corey Crater, :55.
160 -- Cody Harrison, P, d. Anthony DeRosa, 5-3.
170 -- Shawne Ramsby, DV, d. David Pierson, 3-2.
182 -- Jacob Wicks, P, d. Kyle Carney, 11-4.
195 -- Austin Roth, P, d. Anthony DiPaolo, 6-2.
220 -- Gage Horvath, P, d. Nick Moose, 5-2.
285 -- Ryan Sutter, DV, d. Cody Cruts, 5-2.
106 -- Logan Maczko, P, tf. Derek Schepens, 17-2, 5:26.
113 -- James Day, P, md. Cooper Gill, 9-0.
120 -- Joey Innamorato, P, md. Ben Brown, 12-2.
126 -- Travis Jones, P, p. Chase Christie, 1:41.
132 -- A.J. DeRosa, DV, md. Jason Tino, 10-0.
138 -- Gage Crater, DV, d. Luke Hardin, 5-4.
Note: Phillipsburg was deducted one team point after 170.
(2018 Pin Cancer results)
107 -- Fr. James Day, P, d. Fr. Jared Lee, 5-0.
113 -- So. Logan Maczko, P, d. Fr. Noah DiNapoli, 6-0.
120 -- Fr. Joey Innamorato, P, p. Fr. Max Pagano, :40.
125 -- So. Jason Tino, P, d. Jr. Greg Slivka, 8-6.
130 -- Sr. Bryce Parenti, P, p. Fr. Stephen Malia, 1:53.
135 -- Sr. Travis Jones, P, p. Jr. Logan Nauta, 3:47.
140 -- Jr. Nick Gorab, W, d. Sr. Luke Hardin, 2-1 OT (rideout).
145 -- Sr. Kyle Tino, P, md. Jr. Geir Nemeth, 13-1.
155 -- Sr. Thomas Abode, P, d. Sr. Chris Ostir, 4-3.
167 -- Sr. Cody Harrison, P, md. Jr. Nick Hildebrant, 10-0.
180 -- Jr. Jacob Wicks, P, d. Fr. Tyler McCatharn, 7-0.
200 -- Sr. Austin Roth, P, md. So. Logan Polcari, 8-0.
215 -- Sr. Nick Galka, W, d. So. Gage Horvath, 7-1.
285 -- Jr. Cody Cruts, P, d. Sr. Duro Ajayi, 7-5.
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