2025 Record: 4-23 / G-Division: 1-5
8th Place District 21 (2 Medal Winners)
21st Place Shore Conference Tournament (1 Medal Winner)
6th Place G-Division
10th Place Walter Woods Tournament (1 Champ)

ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Sr) Jaxon Zalepka - 113
Record: 27-7 (Team Leader in Wins)
Ranked #8 at 113 by ShoreConferenceWrestling.com
4th Place Region 6 (2x-Medal Winner)
2nd Place District 21 (2x-Medal Winner)
4th Place Shore Conference Tournament
Walter Woods Tournament Champion

2025 RECAP

3/8: NJSIAA TOURNAMENT
0 Medal Winners
WB2: Jaxon Zalepka (113)


3/1: REGION 6
1 Medal Winner
4th: Jaxon Zalepka (113)
PQ: Romeo Tendencia (106)
Second Region medal for Zalepka, who will be the first Patriot to make consecutive trips to States since Eric Quartey and Kyle Hillermeier in 2017 and 2018.


2/22: DISTRICT 21
8th Place - 0 Champs - 2 Region Qualifiers
2nd: Jaxon Zalepka (113)
3rd: Romeo Tendencia (106)
4th: Jonathan Boylan (190)
Free Twp: Senior Jaxon Zalepka won his second District medal and Romeo Tendencia became the Patriots' first freshman to medal at the Districts since 2022 as Freehold Twp had multiple medalists for the ninth straight year.



2/15: PINELANDS QUAD
Pinelands 48 - Freehold Twp 36 (BOX SCORE)
Jackson Memorial 59 - Freehold Twp 11 (BOX SCORE)
Red Bank 41 - Freehold Twp 31 (BOX SCORE)


2/7: NON-DIVISION
Brick Twp 70 - Freehold Twp 12 (BOX SCORE)
Brick Twp: L D'Elia, Ippolito, Leskowski, Marzetti, Scott, Olimov, & Leonard win by fall
Free Twp: Tendencia & Baugher win for the Patriots


2/6: NON-DIVISION
Pt Boro 73 - Freehold Twp 6 (BOX SCORE)
Pt Boro: Joey DeAngelo pins in his season debut at 126 for Panthers
Free Twp: Liss wins by fall


2/4: G-DIVISION
Marlboro 45 - Freehold Twp 34 (BOX SCORE)
Marlboro: Onushkanich with the walk-off pin; Silvia, Jang, & Avanesyan also pin for Mustangs
Free Twp: Turowski, Flores, Tendencia, Baugher, & White win by fall


2/1: FREEHOLD TWP QUAD
Freehold Twp 59 - Asbury Park 16 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Twp 60 - Lakewood 23 (BOX SCORE)
Neptune 42 - Freehold Twp 41 (BOX SCORE)
Free Twp: Tendencia, Liss, Aca, Boylan, & Turowski go 3-0


1/27: G-DIVISION
Freehold Twp 44 - Shore 29 (BOX SCORE)
Free Twp: Borromeo & Boylan win by fall; Tendencia techs
Shore: Calabria, Gifford, & Torres pin; Sciarappa techs

1/25: SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Freehold Twp - 21st Place
4th Place: Jaxon Zalepka (113)
The Patriots only entrant in the tournament, senior Jaxon Zalepka placed 4th at 113, putting up enough team points to place the Patriots 21st overall. Zalepka's medal also makes it three years in a row with at least one medal winner at the SCT for the Patriots.


1/15: G-DIVISION
Manchester 56 - Freehold Twp 16 (BOX SCORE)
Manchester: Gold, Cash Wilson, Cole Wilson, Jones, Mortellite, & Espinal win by pin; Minneci & Smith tech
Free Twp: Tendencia & Zalepka win by tech


1/15: NON-DIVISION
Manalapan 58 - Freehold Twp (BOX SCORE)
Manalapan: 11th consecutive win over Patriots; Pasquince & Hill pin; DiGregorio, Giudice, & Vargas tech
Free Twp: Tendencia & White win by pin


1/11: DEMAREST QUAD
Middletown South 71 - Freehold Twp 10 (BOX SCORE)
AL Johnson 47 - Freehold Twp 32 (BOX SCORE)
Demarest 68 - Freehold Twp 10 (BOX SCORE)


1/10: THE BATTLE FOR THE DUKE
Freehold Boro 46 - Freehold Twp 25 (BOX SCORE)
Free Boro: Bonus wins from S Murphy, Bartuck, J Murphy, Toledo, Gomez, Perez-Nava, & Nieto
Free Twp: Bracho & Flores pin; Boylan majors


1/8: G-DIVISION
Barnegat 65 - Freehold Twp 15 (BOX SCORE)
Barnegat: Giblock (9-2); Mamola (11-3); Miller (11-4); Neto (8-4)
Free Twp: Flores pins; Zalepka techs; Tendencia majors


12/31: LACEY QUAD
Lacey 68 - Freehold Twp 8 (BOX SCORE)
TR East 60 - Freehold Twp 15 (BOX SCORE)
Central 50 - Freehold Twp 15 (BOX SCORE)
FT: Zalepka goes 3-0 on the day


12/28: WALTER WOODS TOURNAMENT
Freehold Twp - 10th Place
1st: Jaxon Zalepka (113)


12/21: WALL QUAD
Wall 54 - Freehold Twp 21 (BOX SCORE)
Montgomery 48 - Freehold Twp 30 (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Twp 42 - Metuchen 34 (BOX SCORE)
FT: Zalepka & Borromeo go 3-0 on the day


12/18: NON-DIVISION
Jackson Liberty 66 - Freehold Twp 12 (BOX SCORE)
Liberty: Ciccariello, Garyaev, Valdez-Robles, Huchko, T Pazinko, F, Pazinko, A Nazurdinov win by pin; Ayyash, McCann, & I Nazurdinov tech
FT: Flores wins by fall


12/17: G-DIVISION
Pt Beach 42 - Freehold Twp 32 (BOX SCORE)
Beach: Stizza, Niethe, Neal, & Micheletti pin as Gulls rally from 23-0 deficit. - 250th career win for Beach head coach Jeff Bower
FT: Flores, Tendencia, Borromeo, & Romano win by pin


12/12: NON-DIVISION
Middletown North 71 - Freehold Twp 12 (BOX SCORE)
Midd North: PINS - Benbrook, Hoffman, Schettino, Dwyer, Blewett, Ja. Fearon, Portman,Myiow, Ju. Fearon, Oden, & McCarthy
FT: Zalepka & Alvarado win by pin


12/11: G-DIVISION
TR North 49 - Freehold Twp 26 (BOX SCORE)
TRN: Nash, Cauldwell, Capra, Quinn, Mauti, McClaren, & Ganska win by pin
FT: Tendencia, Borromeo, & Gozsa win by pin

Freehold Twp High School
281 Elton-Adelphia Rd.
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 431-8460

Program Established
1972

Mascot
Patriots

Colors
Columbia Blue, Navy, and White

Head Coach
Mike Gaeta
(1st Season in 2025)

Assistants
-

Section
CJG5

Division
G-Division

District
21

Region
6



4 - Division Titles
Last: B-South (Tri) - 1989

6 - State Medalists
Last: Kyle Hillermeier - 2018 (8th)

4 - Region Champions
Last: Rob Morello - 2001

52 - District Champions
Last: Tyler Muranelli - 2024

5 - SCT Medalist
Last: Jaxon Zalepka - 2025


Career Wins Leader - 127
Nick DePierro
(2011-2014)

Season Wins - 39
Ken Brophy
(2010)
Nick DePierro
(2013 & 2014)