2025 Record: 16-14 | E-Division: 1-3
SJG4 Sectional Qualifiers (Lost in Quarters)
4th Place District 26 (1 Champ / 5 Medal Winners)
17th Place Shore Conference Tournament (1 Medal Winner / Highest Team Finish in Program History)
4th Place E-Division
3rd Place Golden Eagle Classic (3 Champs / 6 Medal Winners)

ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Jr) Joseph Dunne - 165
Record: 25-13
Ranked #8 by ShoreConferenceWrestling.com at 165
4th Place Region 7
District 26 Champion (2x-Medal Winner)
5th Place Shore Conference Tournament
2nd Place Golden Eagle Classic

2025 RECAP


3/8: NJSIAA TOURNAMENT
0 Medal Winners
WB1: Joseph Dunne (165)


3/1: REGION 7
1 Medal Winner
4th: Joseph Dunne (165)
WB1: Christian Ardiles (150)
PQ: Mason Lugo (113) / Luke Condello (120) / Nicolas Straniero (157)
Dunne is Central's first State qualifier since Cosmo Zaccaro in 2023.


2/22: DISTRICT 26
4th Place - 1 Champ / 5 Region Qualifiers
1st: Joseph Dunne (165)
2nd: Christian Ardiles (150) / Nicolas Straniero (157)
3rd: Mason Lugo (113) / Luke Condello (120)
Central: 3rd-seeded Joseph Dunne won the 165-pound weight class, giving Central Regional their first District champion since Cosmo Zaccaro in 2022. The Golden Eagles had five medal winners in all, their most since 2020 when they had seven. Among those medal winners was 113-pounder Mason Lugo, who become Central's first 3-time medal winner since Jalen Ramos in 2011.


SJG4 STATE SECTIONALS
QF: #1 Williamstown 53 - #8 Central 15 (BOX SCORE)


2/8: MARLBORO QUAD
Holmdel 52 - Central 24 (BOX SCORE)
Marlboro 38 - Central 35 (BOX SCORE)
Marlboro: Daniel Lacertosa with the walk-off pin for the Mustangs
Keansburg 38 - Central 36 (BOX SCORE)
Keansburg: Retta with the walk-off tech fall


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


2/3: NON-DIVISION
Central 50 - Monmouth 30 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Ardiles (25-4); Straniero (19-5)
Monmouth: Walsh (28-2); Fleury (13-6)


2/1: CENTRAL REGIONAL QUAD
Clearview 48 - Central 31 (BOX SCORE)
Central 53 - Pennsville 27 (BOX SCORE)
Hammonton 46 - Central 29 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Lugo & Setaro go 3-0 on the day


1/29: NON-DIVISION
Central 47 - Freehold Boro 27 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Lugo, Darling, Ardiles, Straniero, Setaro, & Barrientos pin; Medina by tech
Free Boro: Baez, Bartuck, J Murphy, & Lopez-Roldan win by fall


1/25: SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Central Regional - 17th Place
5th: Joseph Dunne (165)
Junior Joseph Dunne won the third SCT Medal in program history with a 5th-place finish at 165 pounds, to help lead the Golden Eagles to their highest ever finish at the Shore Conference Tournament as a team.


1/22: E-DIVISION
Manasquan 38 - Central 27 (BOX SCORE)
Manasquan: 150 - #4 O'Connor tf #7 Ardiles; Donahue (12-3); Kerstetter (16-4); Tracey (16-5); Sanders (15-5); Hunt (16-5)
Central: Lugo (17-2); Straniero (14-2); Dunne (13-5); Medina (12-6)


1/15: E-DIVISION
Middletown South 59 - Central 16 (BOX SCORE)
Midd South: Willi (14-2); Trezza (13-1); Bernabeo (14-3); Cook (11-2); Romano (11-4)
Central: Medina & Lugo pin; Ardiles majors


1/14: NON-CONFERENCE
Central 54 - Pemberton 20 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Ardiles (19-1); Straniero (13-2); Lugo (15-2); Dunne (12-4)


1/11: AUDOBON QUAD
Audobon 46 - Central 26 (BOX SCORE)
Central 56 - Vineland 23 (BOX SCORE)
Central 53 - Mainland 19 (BOX SCORE)


1/8: E-DIVISION
Central 56 - Red Bank 21 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Lugo (13-1); Ardiles (15-1); Kiernan (7-2)
Red Bank: Ruland (8-2); Huss (8-2)


1/4: MANCHESTER QUAD
Central 45 - Pinelands 21 (BOX SCORE)
Central 53 - Neptune 27 (BOX SCORE)
Central 37 - Manchester 29 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Lugo (12-1); Ardiles (14-1); Straniero (12-2)

12/31: LACEY QUAD
Lacey 63 - Central 12 (BOX SCORE)
TR East 42 - Central 33 (BOX SCORE)
Central 50 - Freehold Twp 15 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Ardiles goes 3-0 on the day


12/28: CUMBERLAND DUALS
Central 44 - Cherry Hill East 29 (BOX SCORE)
Central 46 - Cumberland 24 (BOX SCORE)
Rancocas Valley 57 - Central 24 (BOX SCORE)

12/21: HIGHLAND QUAD
Central 35 - Highland 33 (BOX SCORE)
Absegami 34 - Central 32 (BOX SCORE)
Cherokee 58 - Central 8 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Ardiles goes 3-0 with 2 techs & 1 pin

12/18: NON-DIVISION
Central 56 - TR North 12 (BOX SCORE)
Central: Stierle, Lugo, Condello, Straniero, Setaro, Dunne, & Barrientos win by pin; Ardiles techs

12/14
GOLDEN EAGLE CLASSIC
Central - 3rd Place
1st: Mason Lugo (113) / Christian Ardile (150) / Nicolas Straniero (157)
2nd: Joseph Dunne (165)
3rd: Michael Hawkes (132) / Donovan Stesner (175)

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2025 Central Regional Golden Eagles

Head Coach: Owen Brennan (8th Season)
Assistants: Mike Eddy / Tyler Pepe / Shawn Darling
2024 Record: 11-20

A pretty young room with just a few seniors, but there's some solid talent returning, including four District medalists, and a hard working group of freshmen that are putting in the work to make immediate impacts in the lineup.

The Eagles have their most experience returning in the stretch from 144-165, where they have a trio of returning Region qualifiers. Senior Nicolas Straniero is the "elder statesmen" of the group. The senior put up 42 wins since taking a starting slot in his sophomore season. A 4th-place finisher at the Districts that season, Straniero advanced to the Regions last year after finishing as the runner-up at 144 in District 25. Junior Joseph Dunne had a huge turnaround season in 2024. After a 1-12 freshman season, Dunne put in the work and won 17 bouts last year and finished 3rd at the Districts. Sophomore Christian Ardiles put together a solid debut season, hitting 20 wins and also taking 3rd at Districts. Fellow sophomore Cole Siller also returns, and is looking to take the next step with the year of varsity experience under his belt.

Down low, junior Mason Lugo leads the charge. Lugo has 39 wins through his first two seasons, and has placed 3rd at the Districts in each of those seasons. Expect to see some of the freshmen break into the lineup down here, with Max Stierle and Luke Condello among those looking to step in and step up.

There is enthusiasm throughout the room, from the young group looking to make their marks in the lineup, to the veterans showing leadership and putting the work in to get themselves, and the program, to the next level. The new division format gets the Eagles out of A-South and into the E-Division where they look to compete with Manasquan, Middletown South, Red Bank, and TR East for the top spot in the division.

Central Regional High School
Forest Hills Parkway
Bayville, NJ 08721
732-269-1100
(Ocean County)

Program Established
1964

Mascot
Golden Eagles

Colors
Cardinal & Gold

Head Coach
Owen Brennan
(8th Season in 2025)

Assistants
Mike Eddy
Tyler Pepe
Shawn Darling

Section
SJG4

Division
E-Division

District
26

Region
7



2 - Sectional Titles
Last: SJG3 - 2006

2 - District Team Titles
Last: D24  - 1994

7 - Division Titles
Last: B-South - 2009

6 - State Champions
Last: Mark Worthy - 1999

19 - State Medalists
Last: Jalen Ramos - 2012

23 - Region Champions
Last: Kalyph Hardy - 2011

60 - District Champions
Last: Joseph Dunne - 2025

3 - SCT Medalists
Last: Joseph Dunne - 2025




Career Wins Record - 128
Mark Worthy
(1996-1999)

Season Wins Record - 42
Nick Tenpenny
(2007)

 

 

 

* Wins also earned at Prep School without match limit restrictions of NJSIAA.

** Includes wins earned at St John Vianney