2025 Record: 5-14 / H-Division: 2-4
9th Place District 21 (1 Medal Winner)
5th Place H-Division
12th Place Rumble in the Pines
8th Place Golden Eagle Classic
ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Sr) David Dominguez - Hwt
Record: 18-5 (Team Leader in Wins)
2nd Place District 21 (2x-Medal Winner)
Garden State Classic Champion
2025 RECAP
3/1: REGION 6
0 Medal Winners
WB1: David Dominguez (Hwt)
2/22: DISTRICT 21
9th Place - 0 Champs - 1 Region Qualifier
2nd: David Dominguez (Hwt)
Lakewood: Senior heavyweight David Dominguez won his second medal to become the Piners' first 2-time District medalist since Dante Morris won a pair in 2018 & 2019. Dominguez's medal makes it seven years in a row with at least one medal winner for Lakewood.
2/13: NON-DIVISION
Lakewood 30 - Donovan Catholic 10 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood: Mancia & Castillo with decision wins
Donovan: Garcia pins; Bova majors
2/6: NON-DIVISION
Central 65 - Lakewood 14 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Lugo, Darling, Siller, Kiernan, Straniero, Perez, & Santarsiero win by pin
Lakewood: Valencia wins by pin; Melendez techs
2/5: NON-CONFERENCE
Lakewood 48 - South River 33 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood: Melendez & Alejo win by pin
2/4: NON-DIVISION
Barnegat 65 - Lakewood 3 (BOX SCORE)
Barnegat: Baccigalupi, Lynch, Speer, DeMeo, Marrero, & DeNichilo win by pin; Giblock techs
Lakewood: Dominguez (13-2)
2/3: H-DIVISION
Pinelands 71 - Lakewood 10 (BOX SCORE)
Pinelands: H-Division Champions; 10th division title overall, 1st since 2003
2/1: FREEHOLD TWP QUAD
Lakewood 41 - Asbury Park 36 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Twp 60 - Lakewood 23 (BOX SCORE)
Neptune 57 - Lakewood 21 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood: Melendez & Dominguez go 3-0
1/31: NON-DIVISION
Jackson Memorial 70 - Lakewood 11 (BOX SCORE)
Jackson Mem: Reis, Kovacs, Arellano, Lentze, Pacheco, Collins, Wolf, & Piazza pin; Raheel & DeLello tech
Lakewood: Mancia pins; Dominguez techs
1/30: H-DIVISION
Monmouth 45 - Lakewood 35 (BOX SCORE)
Monmouth: Pierce, Neill, Orozco Royce, Romero, & Ramsey win by pin; Fleury, Preziose, & Puleio win by tech
Lakewood: Melendez, Mancia, & Camargo pin; Valencia techs
1/29: NON-DIVISION
Keansburg 51 - Lakewood 23 (BOX SCORE)
Keansburg: Pisano, Clayton, Hallrd, Mosco, & Retta pin; Johnson techs
Lakewood: Slover & Gonzalez win by major
1/22: LAKEWOOD TR
JP Stevens 48 - Lakewood 27 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood: Valencia, Aceves, Castillo, Ortega, & Hernandez with bonus wins
Spotswood 50 - Lakewood 24 (BOX SCCORE)
1/21: NON-CONFERENCE
North Brunswick 61 - Lakewood 16 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood: Dominguez, Castillo, & Melendez win for Piners
1/16: SHORE REGIONAL TRI
Shore 46 - Lakewood 25 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood 63 - Willingboro 15 (BOX SCORE)
Lakewood: Valencia, Castillo, Melendez, Hernandez, & Camargo go 2-0 for the Piners
1/13: H-DIVISION
New Egypt 48 - Lakewood 32 (BOX SCORE)
New Egypt: D Pomykala, Stone, Burgess, Morfin, Arce, Peterson, Quintero, & Reynolds win by pin
Lakewood: Mancia & Vidal pin; Castillo, Melendez, Gonzalez, & Carrena-Camacho by tech
1/8: H-DIVISION
Lakewood 40 - Keyport 39 (BOX SCORE)
12/30: RUMBLE IN THE PINES
Lakewood - 12th Place
3rd: Diego Castillo (113)
12/21: GARDEN STATE CLASSIC
Lakewood - 8th Place
1st: David Dominguez (Hwt)
2nd: Jose Vidal (175)
3rd: Pablo Valencia (106) / Jefferson Mancia (165)
12/19: NON-DIVISION
Pt Beach 63 - Lakewood 9 (BOX SCORE)
Beach: Neal, Boyle, Scannell, Thorn, Valeri, DePaul, Stizza, Niethe, & Salerno pin for the Gulls
Lakewood: Dominguez pins; Melendez wins in sudden victory
12/16: NON-DIVISION
Freehold Boro 68 - Lakewood 12 (BOX SCORE)
FB: Baez, Sweeney, Knowles, Bartuck, Lugo, J Murphy, Jhon, Gomez, Perez-Nava, & Fusco win by pin
Lakewood: Castillo & Dominguez pin for Piners
2025 Lakewood Piners
Head Coach: Jay Graham (1st Season)
Assistant: Clifton Orwick
With just a handful of starters returning, new Lakewood head coach Jay Graham will have a lot of new faces breaking into the varsity lineup this season.
The Piners have had some solid talent in the upperweights over the years, and senior David Dominguez fits the bill this season. The senior has put up at least 16 wins in each of his first three seasons, and was a Region qualifier in 2024 after taking 3rd at Districts. He gives the Piners a legit thumper up top. Also up top for the Piners is junior Jose Vidal, who will be looking to build off last season's starting experience and provide some experienced leadership to the upper part of the lineup along with Dominguez.
It looks to be a very young group down below, but the Piners do have a pair of returning starters in sophomores Diego Castillo and Dylan Melendez, who won 17 and 13 bouts respectively last season, and will be looking to take the next step in 2024, while providing some experience around a group that looks like will consist of a lot of new faces to the varsity lineup.
The Piners will look to compete with the programs of similar size and will look to contend in the H-Division against Asbury Park, Neptune, Keyport, Pinelands, New Egypt, and Monmouth Regional.
| Wgt | Wrestler | 2024 | Post-Season |
| 106 | (Fr) Pablo Valencia | ||
| 113 | (So) Ovaldo Aceves | ||
| 113/120 | (So) Diego Castillo | 17-11 | |
| 120 | (So) Andrei Sunga | ||
| 126/132 | (So) Dylan Melendez | 13-8 | |
| 126/132 | (So) Jason Gonzalez | 1-3 | |
| 138 | (Jr) Andrew Huerta | 0-4 | |
| 144 | (Sr) Ruben Cerda | 0-3 | |
| 150/157 | (So) William Alejo | ||
| 150/157 | (So) Steven Ortega | 0-3 | |
| 165/175 | (Jr) Jose Vidal | 9-18 | |
| 165/175 | (So) Jefferson Mancia | 2-8 | |
| 190 | (Sr) Raul Castillo | ||
| 215 | (So) Jamie Morales | ||
| Hwt | (Sr) David Dominguez | 17-8 | D-3rd / R-WB1 |
Lakewood High School
855 Somerset Ave.
Lakewood, NJ 08701
732-905-3500
Program Established
1963
Mascot
Piners
Colors
Blue & White
Head Coach
Jay Graham
(1st Season in 2025)
Assistants
Clifton Orwick
Section
CJG4
Division
H-Division
District
21
Region
6
2 - District Team Titles
Last: 1968
4 - State Champions
Last: Damion Hahn - 1999
15 - State Medalists
Last: Matt Rizzo & Oscar Orellana - 2005
15 - Region Champions
Last: Matt Rizzo - 2005
49 - District Champions
Last: Dante Morris - 2018
Career Wins Record - 131
Damion Hahn
(1996-1999)
Season Wins Record - 36
Damion Hahn
(1999)
| 100 Career Wins Club |
| Damion Hahn | 131 |
| Oscar Orellana | 100 |
| Muneer James | 100 |