Tuesday, February 03,
2009
103 pounds
1. So. Anthony Cabrera
(21-3)
2. So. Jamie Welsh (23-4)
Pen Argyl
3. Fr. Randy Cruz (30-3)
4. So. Josh Fritz (20-5)
Emmaus
5. So. Mike Fake (19-7)
Honorable mention: So. Cody Barbiche (16-8)
Taking
injury time: So.
Dave Volyn (7-2) Hunterdon Central.
Comments: This class gets
stronger every week with wrestlers dropping for postseason. This week it's
Welsh down from 112. Based on his recent outings, it's tempting to put Welsh
No. 1, but for now he's slotted between top-ranked Cabrera and No. 3 Cruz.
Cabrera was 3-0 last week with 3-2 and 7-1 wins over Cruz and Fake,
respectively. Welsh has reeled off 12 straight
victories -- most coming at 112. Cruz was 2-1 last week, Fritz 3-0 and Fake
2-1. Formidable Bilotta drops to honorable mention.
112 pounds
1. So. Zach Horan (23-3)
2. Fr. Alex Shaffer (19-0)
Hunterdon Central
3. Jr. Justin Mazza (18-1) Pius X
4. Jr. Brandon Davis (9-0)
5. Jr. Greg Rinker (9-4)
Honorable mention: So. Mike Fleck (17-8)
Comments: Lots of
re-ordering in this weight class with No. 1 Horan and No. 3 Mazza
staying in their slots. Horan was 1-0; Mazza 2-0.
Unbeaten Shaffer went 5-0 last week and moves from fifth to second.
119 pounds
1. Jr. Anthony Marino
(23-0)
2. Fr. Mitch Minotti (25-6)
3. Jr. Corey Kozimor (14-0) Hackettstown
4. So. Franco Ferraina (18-7)
5. Jr. Adam Phillippi (24-5)
Honorable mention: Jr. Doug
Cowley (11-2)
Taking
injury time: Fr. Rich Cruz (14-1) Bethlehem Catholic.
Comments: Not much movement
here. Marino was 2-0, Minotti 1-1, Kozimor 3-0, Ferraina 0-1 and Phillippi 2-0. Only change is unbeaten Kozimor
jumping over Ferraina from fourth to third spot.
125 pounds
1. Sr. Evan Yenolevich (25-1) Northwestern
2. So.
3. Jr. Jordan Glykas (21-6)
4. So. Joey Rizzolino (20-8)
5. Sr. D.J. Hartrum (21-3)
Honorable mention: Sr.
Derek Beckage (17-11) Pen Argyl;
Jr. Brian Bistis (18-3) Hunterdon Central; Jr. Owen
Boyle (17-7) North Hunterdon; Sr. Bob Detweiler
(18-6) Freedom; Jr. Tyrone Deschler (18-10) Saucon Valley; Jr. Mike Dorn (15-8) North Warren; So. Justin Heller (19-8)
Comments: Status quo with
dominant Yenolevich finishing last week 1-0, Lane
1-1, Glykas 2-1, Rizzolino
2-0 and Hartrum 3-0. Glykas
was caught and pinned by Heller but no need to make any changes right now.
130 pounds
1. Sr. Bryan Smith (30-1)
2. Sr. Josh Yurasits (20-5)
3. Jr. John Horak (21-6)
4. So. Matt Schuebel (21-2)
5. Jr. A.J. Chernaskey (20-8)
Honorable mention: So Luciano Burriesci (18-11) Pen Argyl; So. Bob Clymer (15-7) Northern Lehigh; Jr. Benjamin Diorio (19-5) Pius X; Sr. Richie Drey
(15-13) Easton; Jr. Matt Klacik (15-10) Freedom; Fr.
Aaron Morekin (17-7) Whitehall; Jr. Vinny Peoni (19-6) Voorhees; Sr.
Kevin Ritchie (13-8) North Warren; Jr. Trevor Stiefken
(16-4) Delaware Valley.
Comments: No reshuffling
among top five. Smith was 3-0, Yurasits did not
wrestle, Horak went 1-1, Schuebel 4-0 and Chernaskey 2-0.
135 pounds
1. Sr. Austin Williams
(25-2) Pen Argyl
2. Jr. Austin Sommer (26-4)
3. Sr.
4. So. Mike Ottinger (23-7)
5. Sr. Bob Moyer
(17-9)
Honorable mention: Sr. Evan
Brewer (14-6) Hunterdon Central; Jr. Dan Costenbader
(15-7) Palmerton; Jr. Anthony Gaito (16-5) Warren
Hills; Sr. Joe Grammes (19-6) Northern Lehigh; Jr.
Garret Henning (13-11) Liberty; Jr. Kyle Mecse (17-7)
Delaware Valley; Jr. Erik Mitchell (16-8) Hackettstown; Jr. Andrew Moore (17-7)
Parkland; Fr. Elliot Riddick (29-4) Bethlehem Catholic; Jr. Tanner Simmons
(19-10) Catasauqua; Fr. Mike Staufenberger (13-8)
North Warren; Jr. Ian Titus (16-5) Belvidere.
Honorable mention: Sr.
Ricky Williams (13-3) Northwestern.
Comments: Perfection for
top three ranked wrestlers: Williams was 4-0, Sommer
3-0 and Alpizar 2-0. Ottinger
makes drop and slots at fourth after 1-1 week. Moyer was 1-2 but still
fifth-best in this class.
140 pounds
1. Jr. Mark Hartenstine (29-1)
2. So. Ryan Krecker (23-5)
3. Sr. Phil Marano (8-1)
4. Jr. Oliver Brukardt (21-6)
5. Jr. Phil Racciato (20-5) Pen Argyl
Honorable mention: Sr. Mike
Calantoni (19-5) Wilson; Sr. Andrew Duckworth (13-3)
Bethlehem Catholic; Jr. Jake Giovannini (21-3) Pius
X; Sr. Ricky Graff (19-4) Warren Hills; Sr. Mike LaPorta
(17-8) Saucon Valley; Sr. Billy Loftus (10-1) North
Hunterdon.
Comments: Surging Hartenstine scored second close decision in 11 days over Krecker and was 2-0 last week. Krecker
went 0-1, Marano 3-0. Brukardt
was 3-0 and moves up spot to fourth. Racciato, who
dropped to 140 to defeat -- and nearly pin -- Calantoni,
went 4-0 and slots in at No. 5.
145 pounds
1. Sr. Kris Krawchuk (24-0)
2. Sr. Austin Warman (25-2)
3. Sr. Nick Pare
(19-7)
4. Jr. Ryan Kisslinger (19-6)
5. So. Kyle Dehaut (22-6)
Honorable mention: So. Mason McIntyre (18-7) Freedom.
Taking
injury time: Sr. Shane Fenningham (12-5)
Comments: No. 1 Krawchuk continues perfect season after 1-0 week. Warman wrestling up for benefit of team was 2-1 with two
solid wins. Pare was 2-0, Kisslinger 2-0 and Dehaut 0-2. Kisslinger and
struggling Dehaut switch spots at 4-5.
152 pounds
1. Jr. Kevin Brown (19-2)
2. Jr. Greg Chrin (17-2) Notre Dame
3. Jr. Craemer
Hedash (22-3)
4. Sr. Tyler Cozzubbo (25-1) Pius X
5. Jr. Jerry Somma (16-3) Hunterdon Central
Honorable mention: Jr. Nick
Boyd (18-9) Northwestern; So. Chris Cancelliere
(15-7) North Hunterdon; Sr. Ian Heist (17-3) Parkland; Sr. Matt Hunter (14-6);
Jr. Seth Guth (19-6) Whitehall; So. John Lambert (17-11)
Comments: Status quo in
this class. Brown was 2-0, Chrin 1-0, Hedash 1-0, Cozzubbo 2-0 and Somma 4-1. Hedash avenged
Colonial League loss to Warman with 5-1 win at
District 11 Duals.
160 pounds
1. Sr. Jimmy Sheptock (28-2)
2. Sr. Alex Depew (24-3)
3. Jr. Wade Rivera (27-4)
4. So. Colin Hedash (21-4)
5. Jr. Mike Hafke (15-1) Voorhees
Honorable mention: Jr. Matt
Artigliere (18-4)
Comments: Top-ranked Sheptock shows dominance with 12-4 major over No. 3 Rivera.
Sheptock was 2-0, Depew 3-0, Rivera 1-1 and Hedash 0-1. Hafke went 2-0 in
return from injury and takes over No. 5 position.
171 pounds
1. Sr. Seth Csaszar (21-5)
2. Jr. Tate Klidonas (23-2) Emmaus
3. Sr. Dan Shust (19-3)
4. Jr. Luke DeLuise (21-5) Pius X
5. Sr. Kevin Keim (24-8)
Honorable mention: Sr. Eric Bohem (16-11)
Phillipsburg; Sr. Ryder Clemmo (15-4) North
Warren; Sr. Josh Heft (15-9) Parkland; Jr. Cameron Kroemelbein
(20-6) Belvidere; Jr. Kyle O'Donnell (7-2) Warren Hills; Jr. Chris Pintado (17-6) Liberty.
Comments: No changes
necessary in top three. Csaszar, Klidonas
and Shust all went 2-0. DeLuise
was 2-0, including fall over Keim, to move from
honorable mention to fourth spot. New No. 5 Keim was
2-1, including pin of former No. 5 Pintado.
189 pounds
1. Sr. Joe Piro (25-4)
2. Sr. Jared
Crouse (20-6)
3. Sr. Danny Boyle (23-2)
4. Jr. Taray
Carey (22-4)
5. Sr. Evan Brown (9-2)
Honorable mention: Sr.
Devin Malarchik (8-2) Catasauqua; Jr. Andrew Scudder
(14-10) Hackettstown; Sr. Kyle Steckert (12-6)
Comments: Status quo among
89-pounders with Piro ending week 3-0, Crouse 2-1,
Boyle 1-0, Caray 2-0 while Brown did not wrestle.
215 pounds
1. Sr. Brandon Palik (25-1)
2. Sr. Chris
3. Sr. Matt Santini (20-6)
4. Sr. Tim Murphy (18-8)
5. Sr. Aaron Chamberlain
(23-5)
Honorable mention: Sr.
Kevin Booth (20-4) Palmerton; Sr. Carl Kreidler
(22-4) Whitehall; Sr. Brandon Strohl (24-5)
Catasauqua; Jr. Khalid Zubaydi (18-5) Hackettstown.
Comments: No. 1 Palik's next true challenge likely to come at regionals. Palik was 2-0 last
week,
285 pounds
1. Sr. Will Fletcher (7-0)
2. Sr. Justin Grant (22-5)
3. Sr. Erik Schaffer (27-4)
4. Jr. Brad Bormann (17-5)
Hunterdon Central
5. Jr. Jon Slack (18-5)
Honorable mention: Jr.
Anthony Bourizk (4-1)
Comments: Form holds for
heavies. Fletcher ended week 1-0, Grant 2-0, Schaffer 3-0, Bormann 4-0 and
Slack 3-1. Bormann and Slack, who pinned Ritter, should settle position
head-to-head in Wednesday's Skyland Conference
showdown.