Morristown High School Wrestling

     2008 District 9 by THE STAR-LEDGER
        Saturday February 23, 2008, 10:09 PM

Champions again: Madison's Kyle Kaufmann won his third title at 171; heavyweight champion Mike Hall won after winning 215 a year ago; Parsippany teammates Kyle Hussey (130) and Nick Bach (140) won back-to-back titles; Dustin Brooks of Boonton defended at 160.

Outstanding Wrestler: Freshman Eric Fajardo of Boonton, the third seed, pinned second-seeded Jeff Canfora of Delbarton in the semifinals. He then pinned top-seeded Dave Standridge of Parsippany, last year’s 103-pound champion and this year’s Morris County champion, in 2:23 of the 112-pound final.

Surprise: Fajardo, who has practiced judo since the age of four, relied on moves he learned in the sport to upset two higher seeds and win the title at 112.

Back points: Told that he wouldn’t recover from a football-related knee injuryin time to wrestle motivated Madison’s Mike Hall, who returned to the mat on Feb. 11. The fourth-seeded Hall won the heavyweight title.

Dustin Brooks defended his title at 160 and became Boonton’s career leader in victories with 114. Whippany Park’s Steve Godine won the title at 103 after placing second last year. Senior Jordan Toma of Hanover Park, who missed the last two District 9 tournaments with injuries, won at 119 for his first title. Anthony Mariano of Parsippany avenged a regular-season loss to Ben McNeil when he defeated the Parsippany Hills senior, 5-4, for the 125-pound crown. McNeil finished second last year at 119 and was the champion at 119 in 2005.

Morristown sophomore Aaron Velasquez rebounded from a third-place finish at 135 last year to win the title at 135.Rob Hernandez of Whippany Park, a second-place finisher at 145 last year, took the weight class this year. Another second-place finisher last year, Morristown's Casey Flynn got the job done when he beat top-seeded Bob Grogan of Parsippany in the 215 final.

TEAMS: 1-Hanover Park (HP) 136.5. 2-Parsippany (PAR) 115.5. 3-Morristown (MOR) 98. 4-Boonton (B) 95. 5-Parsippany Hills (PH) 94.5. 6-Delbarton (D) 92.5. 7-Madison (MAD) 79. 8-Whippany Park (WP) 72. 9-Mountain Lakes (ML) 25.

103: Steve Godine    (Whippany P) d. Nick Giordano    (Hanover P) 4-2
112: Eric Fajardo    (Boonton)     p. Dave Standridge (Parsippany) 2:23
119: Jordan Toma     (Hanover P)   d. Erik Gobbo       (Delbarton) 11-10
125: Anthony Mariano (Parsippany) d. Ben McNeil       (Par Hills) 5-4
130: Kyle Hussey     (Parsippany) p. Andrew Regan     (Boonton),   5:16
135: Aaron Velasquez (Morristown) d. Daniel Reuben    (Mountain L) 3-1
140: Nick Bach       (Parsippany) p. Ryan Colwell     (Madison)    3:42
145: Rob Hernandez   (Whippany P) d. Chris Tracy      (Hanover P) 7-6
152: Jake Gruebert   (Hanover P)   d. Dean Sullivan    (Delbarton) 11-1
160: Dustin Brooks   (Boonton)     p. Mike Lomio       (Hanover P) 5:00
171: Kyle Kaufmann   (Madison)     p. Alex Anest       (Boonton)    2:49
189: Chris Lloyd     (Morristown) p. Yuriy Mayoski    (Par Hills) 2:33
215: Casey Flynn     (Morristown) d. Bob Grogan       (Delbarton) 2-1
HWT: Michael Hall    (Madison)     p. Spencer Williams (Par Hills) 2:39

Third-place qualifiers: 103-Matt Albano, Delbarton. 112-Jeff Canfora, Delbarton. 119-Danny Gallego, Morristown. 125-Christian Mazzocchi, Madison. 130-Charles Savino, Hanover Park. 135-Marc Pompei, Hanover Park. 140-Mike Egan, Parsippany Hills. 145-Raymond Dungee, Morristown. 152-Ray Protasiewicz, Whippany Park. 160-Rob Eckert, Parsippany. 171-Austin Dimarco, Mountain Lakes. 189-John Adkins, Whippany Park. 215-Anthony Corigliano, Parsippany Hills. HWT-Joe Serrao, Parsippany.

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2008 District 9 Seeds & Pairings at Morristown HS

Wgt Sd Wrestler         YR   Rec    School
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103--1-Steve Godine     11 (30-1, Whippany Park)
     9-Daniel Khan       9   (6-21, Boonton)
     8-Sam Bensley      10   (5-22, Morristown)
     5-Zach Adamczyk    11 (14-13, Parsippany Hills)
     4-Phil Tomaro       9 (20-9, Parsippany)
     3-Nick Giordano     9 (21-7, Hanover Park)
     6-Mike Coviello     9 (11-16, Madison)
     7-Jake Rosati      10   (7-6, Mountain Lakes)
     2-Matt Albano       9 (23-9, Delbarton)

112--1-Dave Standridge 10 (30-3, Parsippany)
     9-Adam Sabo         9 (       Hanover Park)
     8-Ted Bogdanski     9   (6-13, Madison)
     5-Jose Sosa        11   (1-5, Parsippany Hills)
     4-Joe Brennan      10 (21-11, Mountain Lakes)
     3-Eric Fajardo      9 (28-2, Boonton)
     6-Mark Prosicki     9 (16-7, Whippany Park)
     7-Gordy Pierce      9   (7-13, Morristown)
     2-Jeff Canfora      9 (27-6, Delbarton)

119--1-Jordan Toma      12 (22-9, Hanover Park)
     8-Ryan Sweeney     11   (6-19, Mountain Lakes)
     5-Andrew Rigas     10 (11-15, Whippany Park)
     4-Jake Smith       11 (17-10, Parsippany Hills)
     3-Danny Gallego    11 (15-14, Morristown)
     6-Sachin Persuad    9 (15-13, Parsippany)
     7-Travcis Herbeck 11   (9-17, Boonton)
     2-Erik Gobbo       10 (22-9, Delbarton)

125--1-Ben McNeil       12 (25-4, Parsippany Hills)
     8-Tim Cook         12   (3-17, Whippany Park)
     5-Andrew Regan      9 (22-9, Boonton)
     4-Bryan Hernandez   9 (18-7, Morristown)
     3-Charles Savino   10 (21-6, Hanover Park)
     6-Francis D'Alia   12   (7-20, Delbarton)
     7-Joe Schappa      11   (5-18, Mountain Lakes)
     2-Anthony Mariano 10 (25-6, Parsippany)

130--1-Kyle Hussey      12 (30-1, Parsippany)
     2-bye
     5-Paul DVitantoni 12 (11-17, Parsippany Hills)
     4-Billy Matarazzo 12 (15-12, Boonton)
     3-Alfonse Scala    10 (16-14, Hanover Park)
     6-Dar Rabinowitz    9 (12-18, Morristown)
     7-Cameron Gillis   10   (7-17, Mountain Lakes)
     2-Chris Mazzocchi 10 (27-4, Madison)

135--1-Aaron Velasquez 10 (23-9, Morristown)
     8-Connor Lynch      9   (3-17, Boonton)
     5-Marc Pompei      12 (11-16, Hanover Park)
     4-Nick Krumka      10 (11-8, Parsippany)
     3-Dan Reuben       12 (21-8, Mountain Lakes)
     6-Ed Carr               (6-10, Madison)
     7-Joe Cecire       12   (5-22, Whippany Park)
     2-Joe Molloy       11 (12-11, Parsippany Hills)

140--1-Nick Bach        11 (32-1, Parsippany)
     8-Andrew Lowell    11 (13-17, Mountain Lakes)
     5-Mike Egan        11 (14-10, Parsippany Hills)
     4-Chris Patten     11 (22-8, Delbarton)
     3-Rich Szymczak    12 (16-8, Hanover Park)
     6-Rich Barnish      9 (12-8, Boonton)
     7-Andrew Azab      11   (8-12, Whippany Park)
     2-Ryan Colwell     10 (30-5, Madison)

145--1-Rob Hernandez    12 (25-6, Whippany Park)
     8-bye
     5-Mauri Barrantes 12 (11-12, Parsippany)
     4-Ray Dungee       11 (22-10, Morristown)
     3-Andy Perkins     12 (17-6, Boonton)
     6-Alex VonDerLinde 11   (5-13, Madison)
     7-Jacob Skrovonek 11   (6-11, Parsippany Hills)
     2-Chris Tracy      12 (20-11, Hanover Park)

152--1-Jake Gruebert    11 (21-6, Hanover Park)
     9-Will Carlson      9   (0-20, Mountain Lakes)
     8-Ryan Ramones      9   (2-6, Parsippany Hills)
     5-Aaron Cronk      11 (18-8, Boonton)
     4-Anthony Pizzuta 11 (22-10, Parsippany)
     3-Ray Protasiewicz 12 (20-7, Whippany Park)
     6-Pat Conway       11   (9-18, Morristown)
     7-Anthony Casta    12   (8-10, Madison)
     2-Dean Sullivan     9 (22-10, Delbarton)

160--1-Dustin Brooks    12 (29-3, Boonton)
     8-Ryan Mason        9   (1-4, Mountain Lakes)
     5-Rob Eckert       11 (11-16, Parsippany)
     4-Nelson Jiminez   12 (15-10, Madison)
     3-Darren Dungee     9 (12-15, Morristown)
     6-Jason Rakoski    10 (11-17, Parsippany Hills)
     7-Rob Cichocki     12 (16-9, Whippany Park)
     2-Mike Lomio       10 (26-5, Hanover Park)

171--1-Kyle Kaufmann    12 (32-3, Madison)
     8-John Chen        11   (4-8, Parsippany)
     5-Eugene Fowler    12   (8-10, Parsippany Hills)
     4-Eric Fraltey     12 (20-9, Hanover Park)
     3-Austin DeMarco   10 (21-11, Mountain Lakes)
     6-Brad Johnson     12 (19-8, Delbarton)
     7-Neil Mastrobuono 12   (6-8, Whippany Park)
     2-Alex Anest       12 (20-5, Boonton)

189--1-Chris Lloyd      12 (23-3, Morristown)
     9-Stuart Behrens   12   (6-12, Madison)
     8-Josh LeClair     11 (12-16, Mountain Lakes)
     5-Art Pogorzelski 12 (14-15, Hanover Park)
     4-Derrik Flitcroft 10 (10-8, Delbarton)
     3-John Adkins       9 (16-4, Whippany Park)
     6-Eddie DiLaura    10 (13-13, Boonton)
     7-Matt Ciesienski 11 (10-14, Pasippany)
     2-Yurly Mayovskly 11 (17-8, Parsippany Hills)

215--1-Bob Grogan       11 (25-8, Delbarton)
     8-Besar Mahmudi    12   (6-19, Parsippany)
     5-Anton Delascovo 12 (20-10, Hanover Park)
     4-Russ Boardman    12 (13-7, Madison)
     3-Anth Corigliano 11 (20-3, Parsippany Hills)
     6-Joe Paino        12 (15-10, Whippany Park)
     7-Blaise Rosati    10 (15-13, Mountain Lakes)
     2-Casey Flynn      12 (24-10, Morristown)

Hwt--1-Joe Serrao       12 (31-2, Parsippany)
     8-bye
     5-Pete Zafonte     12 (13-14, Whippany Park)
     4-Mike Hall        11   (8-0, Madison0
     3-Spencer Williams 12 (22-5, Parsippany Hills)
     6-bye
     7-bye
     2-Doug Meringer    11 (25-6, Hanover Park)