In all, there are 113 wrestlers from the HWS area still competing -- down 12 from last season and five from the first two seasons of this absurd realignment that was introduced in 2017.
Here's the team-by team breakdown of qualifiers:
North Hunterdon and Phillipsburg (14); Pope John and Warren Hills (11); Kittatinny, Delaware Valley, Hunterdon Central (8); High Point and Sparta (7); North Warren (6); Hackettstown and Voorhees (5); Lenape Valley and Newton (4); Belvidere (2); Hopatcong (1).
Region 1
Area schools: High Point, Kittatinny, Newton, North Warren, Pope John, Sparta.
Rest of the field: Butler, Cresskill, Demarest, Don Bosco Prep, Dumont, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Hawthorne, Indian Hills, Kinnelon, Lakeland, Mahwah, Manchester Regional, New Milford, Northern Highlands, Old Tappan, Pascack Hills, Pascack Valley, Passaic Tech, Pequannock, Pompton Lakes, Ramapo, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Dell, St. Joseph-Montvale, Tenafly, Waldwick-Midland Park, Wayne Hills, West Milford, Westwood.
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| West Milford will host R1 for the third straight year. |
Returning champions (4): Ethan Fernandez, Westwood (120), Alex Almeyda, St. Joseph-Montvale (120, R2 champ in 2019), Eddie Ventresca, Pope John (126), Brian Soldano, High Point (160).
Previous champions (1): Kaya Sement, Pope John (145, 2018).
Wednesday schedule: Preliminaries (three mats), 5:30 p.m.
Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (three mats), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (three mats), 10 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations plus championship finals (three mats), 2:30 p.m.
Ticket prices: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors (Wednesday and Friday). $10 adults, $6 students and seniors for all-day pass only on Saturday.
Region 2
At Mount Olive High School
Area schools: Hopatcong, Lenape Valley.
Rest of the field: Bergen Catholic, Bergenfield, Bogota-Ridgefield Park, Boonton, Cedar Grove, Clifton, DePaul, Dover, Dwight Morrow, Elmwood Park, Emerson-Park Ridge, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Jefferson, Leonia-Palisades Park, Lodi, Montville, Morris Hills, Morris Knolls, Mountain Lakes, Mount Olive, Paramus, Paramus Catholic, Parsippany, Parsippany Hills, Passaic, Passaic Valley, Paterson Eastside, Paterson Kennedy, Roxbury, Saddle Brook, Teaneck, Wayne Valley, Weehawken, West Essex.
Returning champions (7): Joseph Cangro, Bergen Catholic (113), Robert Howard, Bergen Catholic (126), Dylan Cedeno, Bergen Catholic (132), William Grater, Bergen Catholic (138, R1 champ in 2019), Alex Strashinsky, Bergen Catholic (152), Connor O'Neill, DePaul (170), Bardhyl Gashi, West Essex (285).
Previous champions (2): Nick Babin, Emerson-Park Ridge (120, 2018), Nick Kayal, Bergen Catholic (120, 2018).
Wednesday schedule: Preliminaries (four mats), 5:30 p.m.
Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (four mats), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (four mats), 10 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations (two mats), 2:30 p.m.; championship finals (approximately), 4 p.m.
Ticket prices: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors (single session); $10 adults, $6 students and seniors for all-day pass on Saturday.
Region 3
At West Orange High School
Area schools: Belvidere, Hackettstown, Warren Hills.
Rest of the field: Barringer, Becton, Belleville, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Cliffside Park, Columbia, Delbarton, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Hanover Park, Irvington, Kearny, Livingston, Lyndhurst-North Arlington, Madison, Mendham, Montclair, Morris Catholic, Morristown, Newark Academy, Newark East Side, North Bergen, Nutley, Orange, Randolph, Rutherford, Secaucus, Union City, Verona, West Morris, West Orange, Whippany Park, Wood-Ridge.
Returning champions (8): Dean Savercool, Whippany Park (120), Joey Olivieri, Hanover Park (132), Anthony Clark, Delbarton (138), Dylan Weaver, Lyndhurst-North Arlington (152), Dante Stefanelli, Delbarton (160), Kieran Calvetti, Delbarton (170), Luke Chakonis, Delbarton (195), Gage Armijo, Mendham (220).
Wednesday schedule: Preliminaries, 5:30 p.m.
Friday schedule: Quarterfinals, 5:30 p.m.
Saturday schedule: Semifinals, 10 a.m.; wrestlebacks, 11:30 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations, 2 p.m.; championship finals, 4 p.m.
Ticket prices: $6 adults, $3 students and seniors (Wednesday and Friday); $6 adults, $4 students and seniors for single-session on Saturday; $10 adults, $5 students and seniors for all-day pass.
Region 4
At Union High School
Area schools: Phillipsburg, Voorhees.
Rest of the field: Bayonne, Bernards, Bound Brook, Brearley-Dayton, Bridgewater-Raritan, Carteret, Christ the King, Colonia, Cranford, Elizabeth, Governor Livingston, JFK-Iselin, A.L. Johnson, J.P. Stevens, Linden, Metuchen, Middlesex-Dunellen, Millburn, Newark Collegiate Academy, New Providence, North Plainfield, Plainfield, Rahway, Ridge, Roselle Park, St. Joseph-Metuchen, St. Peter's Prep, Scotch Plains, Seton Hall Prep, Somerville, Summit-Chatham, Union, Watchung Hills, Weequahic, Westfield, Woodbridge.
Returning champions (3): Logan Maczko, Phillipsburg (120), Luke Hoerle, Westfield (126), John Poznanski, Colonia (182).
Wednesday schedule: Preliminaries (four mats), 5:30 p.m.
Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (four mats), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (four mats), 10 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations plus championship finals (three mats), 4 p.m.
Ticket prices: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors (single session); $10 adults, $5 students and seniors for all-day pass on Saturday.
Region 5
At Franklin High School
Area schools: Delaware Valley, Hunterdon Central, North Hunterdon.
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| North Hunterdon qualified all 14 for the R5 Tournament. |
Returning champions (5): Dean Peterson, St. John Vianney (120), Anthony White, South Plainfield (132), James Rodriguez, Perth Amboy (138), Nate Fossett, North Hunterdon (182), Marcus Estevez, Franklin (285).
Wednesday schedule: Preliminaries (four mats), 5:30 p.m.
Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (four mats), 5:30 p.m.
Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (four mats), 10 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations, noon; championship finals, 2:30 p.m.
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