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Overall Record: 15-13 / Shore Conference: 5-9 / A-North: 2-5
2024 Record: 15-13
6th Place District 24
6th Place A-North
27th Place Shore Conference Tournament
5th Place Buc Classic
6th Place Holmdel Holiday Tournament
15 Wins = Most Since 2017
ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Sr) Carter Stokes - Hwt
Record: 29-11
5th Place Region 5 / District 24 Champion
5th Place Shore Conference Tournament
3rd Place Holmdel Holiday Tournament
1st Freehold Heavyweight District Champ Since 1937
2024 Season
REGION 6 TOURNAMENT
Freehold Boro (0 Medal Winners)
5th: Carter Stokes (Hwt)
6th: Josiah Sweeney (106)
PQ: Xander Bartuk (120) / Riley Tate (132)
The season came to an end at Region on Saturday for the Colonials.
Senior Carter Stokes was the highest finisher at the tournament for Freehold, pinning in his final high school match to secure a 5th-place finish.
DISTRICT 24 TOURNAMENT
Freehold Boro (6th Place / 1 Champ / 4 Medal Winners)
1st: Carter Stokes (Hwt)
2nd: Josiah Sweeney (106)
3rd: Xander Bartuk (120) / Riley Tate (132)
Carter Stokes became the first Colonial heavyweight District Champ since Alex Schibanoff in 1937, and continued the Colonials streak of consecutive seasons with a District Champion to 7 seasons, their longest streak in school history.
2/10: FREEHOLD BORO QUAD
Freehold Boro 54 - Spotswood 24 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 51 - Summit 28 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 63 - Linden 18 (BOX SCORE)
2/9: FREEHOLD BORO TRI
Freehold Boro 36 - Monmouth 33 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 18 - College Achieve 3 (BOX SCORE)
2/7: NON-CONFERENCE
Freehold Boro 56 - Perth Amboy 11 (BOX SCORE)
2/3: FREEHOLD BORO TRI
Monroe 54 - Freehold Boro 12 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 37 - TR South 33 (BOX SCORE)
1/31: A-NORTH
Middletown South 53 - Freehold Boro 19 (BOX SCORE)
Midd South: Bernabeo, Holland, Brett, & Goode pin; Willi techs
Freehold Boro: Sweeney (16-8); Stokes (17-8)
1/30: A-NORTH
#1 CBA 73 - Freehold Boro 0 (BOX SCORE)
1/27: AL JOHNSON QUAD
AL Johnson 43 - Freehold Boro 33 (BOX SCORE)
Pt Boro 63 - Freehold Boro 16 (BOX SCORE)
Union 40 - Freehold Boro 36 (BOX SCORE)
1/24: A-NORTH
#6 Howell 57 - Freehold Boro 14 (BOX SCORE)
Howell: 215 - #4 Colfer d. #6 Stokes, 2-1; Johnston, X Ortega, Going, Machnik, & Edmonds win by pin
Freehold Boro: Tate wins by pin; Sheridan techs
1/23: NON-CONFERENCE
Freehold Boro 54 - South River 24 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro: Sweeney, Murphy, Tate, Turner, & Stokes win by pin
1/20: NOTRE DAME TRI
Freehold Boro 42 - Shore 24 (BOX SCORE)
Notre Dame 39 - Freehold Boro 33 (BOX SCORE)
1/17: A-NORTH
Manalapan 57 - Freehold Boro 18 (BOX SCORE)
Manalapan: (Hwt) Bennett p. #8 Nieto; Kain (15-0); Andrew Mucciolo (17-2); Kilaras (15-3)
Freehold Boro: Stokes (13-5); Sheridan (12-6); Sweeney (11-6)
1/13: BUC CLASSIC
Freehold Boro - 5th Place
2nd: (106) Josiah Sweeney
3rd: (138) Riley Tate / (Hwt) Carter Stokes
4th: (120) Sam Sheridan / (215) Onesimo Nieto
5th: (126) Sean Murphy
1/12: NON-DIVISION
Colts Neck 54 - Freehold Boro 10 (BOX SCORE)
Colts Neck: (215) - #5 Shakhnavazov d. #6 Stokes, 2-1; Michaels (16-1); Russ (17-2); Borao (11-6); Kaplan (10-4)
Freehold: Nieto pins; Sheridan majors
1/6: SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Freehold Boro - 27th Place
1 Medal Winner
5th: Carter Stokes (215)
1/3: A-NORTH
Middletown North 69 - Freehold Boro 11 (BOX SCORE)
Midd North: Blewett, Oden, Portman, Fearon, McCarthy, Castelli, Mustillo, Benbrook, & Amaro win by pin
Free Boro: Nieto (9-0) techs; Stokes (8-1) pins
12/28: HOLMDEL HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT
Freehold Boro - 6th Place
1st: Onesimo Nieto (Hwt)
2nd: Josuah Sweeney (106)
3rd: Carter Stokes (215)
12/23: ASBURY PARK TRI
Asbury Park 24 - Freehold Boro 20 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 48 - Trenton Central 24 (BOX SCORE)
12/22: NON-DIVISION
Wall 58 - Freehold Boro 7 (BOX SCORE)
Wall: Mahoney, Quinn, DiStefano, & Wonsala win by pin; Pechillo & Marsella tech
Freehold Boro: Nieto & Sweeney improve to 5-0
12/20: A-NORTH
Freehold Boro 41 - Marlboro 26 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro: Stokes, Sweeney, Lawler, Surgent, & Nieto pin; Sheridan & Tate major
Marlboro: Jang & Leonardo win by pin; Falcone & Silvia with majors
12/16: NEW BRUNSWICK QUAD
Freehold Boro 39 - Metuchen 33 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 44 - Woodbridge 36 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro 63 - New Brunswick 6 (BOX SCORE)
12/14: A-NORTH
Freehold Boro 42 - Freehold Twp 34 (BOX SCORE)
Free Boro: Stokes, Nieto, Sweeney, Torres, & Sheridan pin in final five bouts to secure win
Free Twp: Dubnik, Meehan & Gozsa win by pin; McCormick techs
2024 Freehold Boro Wrestling
Head Coach: Ben Ostner (1st Season)
A-North / CJG4 / District 24 / Region 6
Where They Open: 12/14 vs Freehold Twp
Ben Ostner, a former standout wrestler for the Colonials, takes over the head coaching duties from Matt Shepherd, who stepped down this offseason after leading the Colonials for the last 18 seasons. Ostner was previously the head coach at New Brunswick, where he was a GMC Coach of the Year recipient. He inherits a Colonial team that took a significant hit to graduation, losing their 2023 starters from 138-190.
The majority of the experience returns in the lower half of the lineup. Senior Sam Sheridan, a 21-match winner last season, is a 2-time District medal winner, and finished in 6th place at the Region 6 Tournament. Fellow senior Riley Tate, was a 3rd-place finisher at Districts as a sophomore in 2022. 106-pounder Josiah Sweeney, a junior, won 16 matches last season, and placed 3rd at Districts. Returning starters Sean Murphy and Xander Bartuk, both juniors, round out what should be the strength of the lineup.
The upper half of the lineup will consist almost entirely of newcomers to the starting lineup. Senior heavyweight Carter Stokes is the lone returning starter, and is coming off a season that saw him win 18 bouts and place 4th at Districts at 215. He could be due for a breakout year up top.
The Colonials will have a different look in 2024, from a new coach to having to replace more than half of last year's starting lineup. There are tremendous numbers in the room though, with 65 kids in all. So there will be plenty of battling for the open spots and some good depth. The Colonials will jump right into things on opening night as they take on rival Freehold Twp at home. A win in that one can really get the new lineup to come together a bit quicker, as there's not much better than beating your crosstown rivals, especially on opening night.
Possible Lineup
Wgt | Wrestler | 2023 | Notes |
106 | (Jr) Josiah Sweeney | 16-13 (D-3rd / R-PQ) | |
113 | (So) Jose Torres | 1-0 | |
120 | (Sr) Sam Sheridan | 21-16 (D-2nd / R-6th) | 2x-Dist Medalist |
126 | (So) Danniel Paulino | ||
132 | (Jr) Sean Murphy | 4-10 | |
132 | (Jr) Xander Bartuk | 5-12 | |
138 | (Sr) Riley Tate | 7-8 | D-3rd in 2022 |
144 | (Sr) Nicholas Gural | ||
150 | (Sr) Tim Surgent | ||
157 | (Jr) Josh Toledo | 0-2 | |
165 | (So) Colten Turner | ||
175 | (Jr) Alexander Garyaev | 1-0 | |
190 | (Jr) Josh Gomez | ||
215 | (So) Onesimo Nieto | ||
Hwt | (Sr) Carter Stokes | 18-11 (D-4th) |
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Freehold, NJ 07728
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Program Established
1934
Mascot
Colonials
Colors
Navy & Old Gold
Head Coach
Ben Ostner
(1st Season in 2024)
Assistants
Jeff Hill
Patrick George
Josh Davis
Zach Mostowsky
David Ryan
Section
CJ Group 4
Division
A-North
District
24
Region
6
6 - State Champions
Last: Carlos Fontanez - 1963
19 - State Medalists
Last: Nico Messina - 2020
6 - Region Champions
Last: Nico Messina - 2020
39 - District Champions
Last: Carter Stokes - 2024
1 - SCT Champion
Last: Nico Messina - 2020
6 - SCT Medalists
Last: Carter Stokes - 2024
Career Wins Record - 143
Nico Messina
(2017-2020)
Season Wins Record - 41
Nico Messina
(2020)
100 Career Wins Club
Nico Messina - 143
Thomas Nulty - 110
Josh Davis - 109
Angelo Messina - 108
Nick Triozzi - 106
Tom Post - 101
Colin Monahan - 100