This weekend we will be keeping tabs on both the PA and NJ state championship tournaments!
Pennsylvania:
Delaware Valley HS in Milford, PA has sent 4 wrestlers to Hershey, PA to compete in the toughest state tournament in the US….by a mile! Brackets
Medal Matches:
132: Walker (North Hills) maj dec 10-0 Palmer (Del Val) …Palmer finished 8th
182: Nickelson (Belle Verne Area) maj dec 12-2 Strenk (Del Val) … Strenk finishes 6th
Consolation Semifinals:
Johnson (Gov Mif) wbf 1:20 Strenk (Del Val)…Strenk wrestling for 5th
Consolation Rd #3:
132: Rizzolino (Easton) dec 1-0 Palmer (Del Val) …Jalen wrestles for 7th
182: Strenk (Del Val) dec 3-2 Bolig (Owen Roberts) … Martin guaranteed top 6!
Consolation Rd #2:
132: Palmer (Del Val) dec 8-3 Gibson (McDowell)
182: Strenk (Del Val) dec 8-5 Dellar (Dallastown)
195: Rayhart (Big Spring) maj dec 13-0 Wagner (Del Val) … Wagner eliminated
Consolation Rd #1:
132: Palmer (Del Val) dec 5-3 McStravick (Upper Perkiomen)
160: Lee (Titusville) dec 10-3 Markowitz (Del Val) …. Markowitz is out
182: Strenk (Del Val) dec 7-3 Shorter (Manheim Township)
195: Wagner (Del Val) dec 4-2 tb Barnes (Altoona)
Round of 16:
132: Drew Walker (North Hills) dec 4-1 Jalen Palmer (Del Val)
160: Chance Marsteller (Kennard Dale) wbf :42 Lucas Markowitz (Del Val)
** Marsteller, only a junior, has never lost a hs match…every wrestling publication on the planet considers him the best pound-for-pound high school wrestler in the nation**
182: Brett Harner (Norristown) wbf 1:51 Martin Strenk (Del Val)
195: Jacob Hart (Hampton) wbf 1:26 Matt Wagner (Del Val)
New Jersey:
The NJ championships, one of the few remaining single-division tournaments, takes place in Atlantic City and begins on Friday! High Point Regional High School located in Sussex County NJ has 4 qualifiers for the state tournament. Brackets
Semifinals:
195: Gross (Don Bosco Prep) dec 11-6 Stoll (High Point)
Quarterfinals:
132: Estevez (Livingston) dec 6-0 Derin (High Point)
145: Heilman (So Plain) dec 5-0 Gaccione (High Point)
195: Stoll (High Point) dec 3-2 Smith (Morrestown) … Stoll in semis!!!
132: Michael Derin (High Point) dec 9-2 Wojtaszak (Brick)
145: Jason Gaccione (High Point) dec 3-1 Soto (Bound Brook)
195: Kyle Stoll (High Point) dec 3-2 Haddad (Gov. Livingston)
220: Schinder (Lacey) dec 8-3 Robert McDonnell (High Point)