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Overall Record: 18-2 / Shore Conference: 7-1 / A-South: 7-0
2024 Record: 18-2
#5 in NJWWA Top 20
#2 in Shore Conference
Group 5 Champions
SJG5 Sectional Champions
District 25 Champions
A-South Champions
6th Place Escape The Rock
ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Sr) Matt Henrich - 157
Record: 41-3
State Champion / Region 7 Champion / District 25 Champion
Robin Leff Champion / 2nd Place Escape The Rock / 4th Place Powerade Tournament
2nd Wrestler in Program History to Win Multiple State Titles
2024 Season
NJSIAA STATE TOURNAMENT
(1 Champs / 6 Medal Winners)
1st: Matt Henrich (157)
2nd: Anthony Mason (106)
3rd: Hayden Hochstrasser (165) / Collin French (215)
4th: Bryce Manera (132) / Wyatt Stout (144)
WB4: Mitch Bivona (175)
WB3: Scottie Sari (138)
WB2: Cash McVey (113) / Bradford Birch (190)
Matt Henrich won his second State Title, becoming the second wrestler in Southern history to win multiple State Championships.
Wyatt Stout and Hayden Hochstrasser won their second State Medals, while Collin French, Anthony Mason, and Bryce Manera won their firsts, as the Rams matched a Shore Conference record with six State medals, which brings their all-time total to 61, which ties them with Jackson Memorial for second most in the Shore Conference.
REGION 7 TOURNAMENT
Southern (3 Champs / 10 Medal Winners)
1st: Bryce Manera (132) / Matt Henrich (157) / Collin French (215) - 3rd Title for Henrich; 2nd Title for French; 1st Title for Manera; 64th Titles for Rams
2nd: Wyatt Stout (2nd) / Hayden Hochstrasser (165) / Mitch Bivona (175)
3rd: Anthony Mason (106) / Cash McVey (113)
4th: Scottie Sari (138) / Bradford Birch (190)
WB1: Noah Fontana (150)
PQ: Jacob Chambers (120) / Caleb Counts (Hwt)
Matt Henrich became the 6th 3-time Region Champion in Southern history, Collin French won his 2nd title, the 11th Ram with at least two titles, and Bryce Manera won his 1st, as the Rams made it seven seasons in a row with multiple champions.
The three titles on Saturday raise the Rams' all-time total to 64, the 2nd most for any Shore Conference team. In all, the Rams had 10 medal winners at this year' tournament, and will be sending double digits to AC for the 2nd straight year.
DISTRICT 25 TOURNAMENT
Southern (1st Place / 11 Champs / 14 Medal Winners)
1st: Anthony Mason (106) / Cash McVey (113) / Attila Vigilante (126) / Bryce Manera (132) / Scottie Sari (138) / Wyatt Stout (144) / Matt Henrich (157) / Hayden Hochstrasser (165) / Mitch Bivona (175) / Bradford Birch (190) / Collin French (215)
2nd: Noah Fontana (150)
3rd: Jacob Chambers (120) / Caleb Counts (Hwt)
The Rams once again ran wild over District 25, crowning their program best 11 champions for the 2nd straight season, and advancing the entire lineup to the Regions.
Their 11 championships raises their total to 153 and moved them ahead of Long Branch to 5th most titles in the Shore Conference. They also extended their streak of seasons with a District Champ to 27, tied for 2nd with Pt Boro. Their team title was their 25th, 3rd most in the Shore.
GROUP 5 CHAMPIONSHIPS
SF: Southern 40 - Hunterdon Central 21 (BOX SCORE)
F: Southern 45 - Phillipsburg 21 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: Back-To-Back Group Championships; 6th Group Title Overall
SOUTH JERSEY GROUP 5 SECTIONALS
QF: Southern 74 - Eastern 6 (BOX SCORE)
SF: Southern 65 - Highland 12 (BOX SCORE)
F: Southern 50 - Kingsway 12 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: 17th Sectional Title
1/31: A-SOUTH
#2 Southern 80 - Central 0 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: A-South Champions; 14th Divisional Title; Outscored A-South opponents 447-62 this season
1/30: A-SOUTH
#2 Southern 75 - TR North 0 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: 138 - #5 Sari d. #4 Dolci, 3-0; Foote, Birch, French, Vigilante, & Henrich pin; Manera, Stout, & Chase tech
1/27: SOUTHERN QUAD
#2 Southern 63 - Shawnee 10 (BOX SCORE)
#2 Southern 56 - Cranford 10 (BOX SCORE)
#2 Southern 63 - Haddonfield 12 (BOX SCORE)
1/24: NON-CONFERENCE
Delbarton 53 - #2 Southern 9 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: Henrich (21-3); Birch (15-5); McVey (15-7)
1/20: SHORE CONFERENCE SHOWCASE at Southern Regional
#2 Southern 55 - Old Bridge 21 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: Henrich (20-3); Hochstrasser (18-5); Mason (17-5); Foote (10-1); French (18-5); Stout (17-4)
1/14: ESCAPE THE ROCK TOURNAMENT
Southern - 6th Place
2nd: (133) Bryce Manera / (152) Matt Henrich
4th: (107) Anthony Mason
7th: (215) Collin French
8th: (160) Hayden Hochstrasser
1/11: A-SOUTH
Southern 52 - TR East 19 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: (Stout, Fontana, Henrich, Bivona, & French pin; Manera techs; McVey majors
TR East: Lynch (14-0); DeLorenzo (13-2); Thomas (12-4); Wellington (9-5)
1/9: THE REMATCH
#2 CBA 30 - #1 Southern 28 (BOX SCORE)
CBA: Colts hand Southern their 1st Shore Conference loss since 1/14/2020 (TR North); #2 Falcone d. #1 Manera; #6 Sakoutis d. #3 Sari; Kenny, Duffy, & Nini pin
Southern: Hochstrasser d. Campagna; Foote pins; Henrich majors
1/6: MT OLIVE TRI
Southern 42 - Mt Olive 21 (BOX SCORE)
Southern 45 - High Point 12 (BOX SCORE)
1/4: A-SOUTH
Southern 56 - Jackson Memorial 7 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: H5th straight win over Jags; Mason, Sari, Manera, Henrich, Hochstrasser, Birch, French, & Counts with bonus wins.
Jackson Mem: Seda (11-2) & Huxford (12-1) win for Jags
1/3: A-SOUTH
Southern 65 - TR South 12 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: McVey, Sari, Manera, Stout, Foote, Birch, & Counts win by pin; Henrich techs
TRS: Cheong wins by pin; Beneciuk (10-1); Farrant (9-2)
12/30: POWERADE TOURNAMENT at Canon-McMillan HS (Pa)
Southern - 18th Place
4th Place: Matt Henrich (152)
7th Place: Collin French (215)
12/28: JOHN GOLES TOURNAMENT
1st Place: Cash McVey (113) / Levi Foote (175)
2nd Place: Brad Birch (190)
4th Place: Noah Fontana (150)
5th Place: Tyler Chase (157)
12/20: A-SOUTH
Southern 46 - Brick Memorial 18 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: Rams 9th consecutive win over Stangs; Bivona d. Tallmadge; French d. Szuba; Sari & Hochstrasser pin; Vigilante, Stout, & Henrich tech
Brick Mem: Gobraiel wins by fall; Napolitano & Martin win by decision
12/16: ROBIN LEFF TOURNAMENT at Southern
1st: Anthony Mason (106) / Scottie Sari (132) / Bryce Manera (138) / Wyatt Stout (144) / Matt Henrich (157) / Hayden Hochstrasser (165) / Mitch Bivona (175) / Collin French (215)
3rd: Attila Vigilante (126) / Bradford Birch (190)
12/14: A-SOUTH
Southern 73 - Brick Twp 6 (BOX SCORE)
Southern: Pins: Manera, Stout, Henrich, French, Bonacasta, Mason, McVey & Vigilante;
Brick Twp: Marzetti wins by ff
2024 Southern Regional Wrestling
Head Coach: Dan Roy (5th Season / Career: 65-5)
A-South / SJG5 / District 25 / Region 7
Where They Open: 12/14 at Brick Twp
Opening Tournament: 12/16 - Robin Leff Tournament
The defending Group 5 Champion and the state's top-ranked public school once again features a loaded lineup, and as a result, the Rams will be looking to match all of their team accomplishments from their 2023 season. Five starters were lost to graduation, but the Rams will look to their depth chart from last season's team, some very talented freshmen, and a couple of transfers, to reload the chamber.
Starting down low, a pair of State Qualifiers are back in sophomore Anthony Mason and junior Scottie Sari. Mason comes off an outstanding freshman season that saw him rack up 34 wins on his way to a District and Region Championship. Sari, who has 57 wins in his first two season, won his 2nd District medal in 2023, and advanced to Atlantic City after taking 3rd at Regions. Also returning for the Rams are junior Sam Pari, a District medal winner in 2022, and sophomore Attila Vigilante, who also had a solid rookie campaign, recording 23 wins, and placing 2nd at Districts and 6th at Regions. As per the norm, the Rams have incoming freshmen that will come into the lineup and make an impact. One of those freshman down in the lowerweights could be Cash McVey, who was a 3rd place finisher in the Intermediate State Tournament in 2022.
In the middle stretch from 138-157, the Rams can hit you with four wrestlers who have all wrestled in Atlantic City in March. Leading the way is returning State Champion, Matt Henrich. Henrich, a 3-time State Tournament participant who also placed 7th in 2022, enters the season with 83 career wins. He will be continuing his career next season at Virginia Tech. Junior Wyatt Stout also reached the podium at Boardwalk Hall last season, placing 6th at 132. A 2-time District and Region Champion, Stout has registered 66 wins through his first two seasons. Joining Henrich and Stout are a pair of transfers in Bryce Manera and Noah Fontana. Manera, a junior, previous wrestled at Holy Spirit where he was a State Qualifier his freshman season. Fontana arrives from Mainland, where he was a 2-time District medalist and advanced to AC after finishing 4th in the Region 8 Tournament at 126. Also joining this group is senior Tyler Chase, who missed almost all of the 2023 season after going 18-7 in 2022.
There are three more State Tournament participants returning in the upper portion of the lineup. Junior Hayden Hochstrasser, a 2-time District Champ with 56 career wins, made his 2nd trip to States last season, this time bringing home a medal as he finished in 8th place at 144. Seniors Mitch Bivona and also Collin French also made the trip down to AC after each winning a Region 7 Title. Senior Bradford Birch and junior Sean Dupnak provide further veteran depth in this group that should also feature freshman Levi Foote, the Intermediate State Champ at 175 last year.
The Rams are stacked and look primed for another huge season. Among the highlights of this year's schedule include a trip to Lincroft to visit CBA in what will be a highly anticipated rematch of their absolute classic last season in which the Rams won 27-25, a tri featuring Group 2 Champion High Point and NJ1G4 Sectional Champion Mt Olive, a home match against powerful non-public Delbarton, and road trips to CJG3 Champ South Plainfield and Phillipsburg, which is a rematch of last year's Group 5 Final won by the Rams, 41-14. There's the A-South divisional slate, as well, and the Rams get heavy into that pretty early as they host Brick Memorial on December 20th.
Possible Lineup
Wgt | Wrestler | 2023 | Notes |
106 | (So) Anthony Mason | 34-10 (D-1st / R-1st / NJ-WB3) | |
106/113 | (Fr) Cash McVey | ||
120 | (Jr) Sam Pari | 11-10 | District Medalist in 2022 |
120 | (Sr) Jake Chambers | 4-5 | |
126 | (So) Attila Vigilante | 23-8 (D-2nd / R-6th) | |
132 | (Jr) Scottie Sari | 31-11 (D-2nd / R-3rd / NJ-WB2) | 57-19 / 2x-District Medalist |
138 | (Jr) Bryce Manera | 20-5 | 48-15 / State Qualifier in 2022 |
144 | (Jr) Wyatt Stout | 33-9 (D-1st / R-1st / NJ-6th) | 66-12 / 2x-District & Region Champ |
150/157 | (Sr) Tyler Chase | 1-0 | |
150/157 | (Jr) Noah Fontana | 21-9 (D-2nd / R-4th / NJ-WB1) | 43-17 / 2x-District Medalist |
157 | (Sr) Matt Henrich | 40-3 / (D-1st / R-1st / NJ-1st) | 83-14 / 2x-State Placer / 2x-Region Champ |
157 | (Sr) Nick Ciappa | 3-2 | |
165 | (Jr) Hayden Hochstrasser | 33-12 (D-1st / R-2nd / NJ-8th) | 56-19 / 2x-District Champ / 2x-State Qualifier |
165 | (Jr) Sean Dupnak | 5-2 | |
175 | (Sr) Mitch Bivona | 26-11 (D-1st / R-1st / NJ-WB3) | |
175 | (Fr) Levi Foote | ||
190 | (Sr) Brad Birch | 3-4 | |
215 | (Sr) Collin French | 28-9 (D-1st / R-1st / NJ-WB2) | 53-23 / 2-District Medalist |
Hwt | (Sr) Anthony Bonacasta | ||
Hwt | (Jr) Caleb Counts |
Southern Regional High School
90 Cedar Bridge Rd.
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
609-597-9481
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Program Established
1961
Mascot
Rams
Colors
Black & Gold
Head Coach
Dan Roy
(5th Season in 2024)
Assistants
Dan Hall
Nick Herring
Terrance Clendenin
Luke Lanno
Anthony Vincent
Russell Pascale
Mike Conforti
Robert Lanno
Matt Barnett
Section
SJ Group 5
Division
A-South
District
25
Region
7
6 - Group Titles
Last: Group 5 in 2024
17 - Sectional Titles
Last: SJG5 in 2024
25 - District Team Titles
Last: D25 in 2024
3 - SCT Titles
Last: 2011
14 - Division Titles
Last: A-South in 2024
8 - State Champions
Last: Matt Henrich - 2024
61 - State Medalists
Last: Anthony Mason, Bryce Manera, Wyatt Stout, Matt Henrich, Hayden Hochstrasser, & Collin French - 2024
64 - Region Champions
Last: Matt Henrich, Bryce Manera, & Collin French - 2024
153 - District Champions
Last: 11 in 2024
Career Wins Leader - 148
Frank Molinaro
(2004-2007)
Season Wins Record - 42
John Stout
(2019)
100 Career Win Club
Frank Molinaro - 148*
Glenn Carson - 135
Luke Lanno - 134
Conor Collins - 128
Matt Henrich - 124
Kyle Casaletto - 123**
Bryan Stout - 117**
Brian Broderick - 115
Eddie Hummel - 112*****
Zach Wilhelm - 112
Cole Velardi - 112
Keith Dillard - 111***
Sean Quinn - 108
Rob Hickman - 106
Nicholas O'Connell - 104
Frank Miele - 103
Robert Woodcock - 103****
Wyatt Stout - 102 ('25)
* Includes wins at Middletown North
** Includes wins at Lacey
*** Includes wins at TR South
**** Includes wins at St Augustine
***** Includes wins at Roselle Park