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TEAM CHAMPION: Manalapan
 

2023 Medal Winners

106
1st: Dean Meissner (Hopewell Valley)
2nd: Domick Lezark (East Brunswick)
3rd: Thomas Nielson (South River)
4th: Rowen Blackmore (Holmdel)

113
1st: Andrew Mucciolo (Manalapan)
2nd: Jake Gujski (East Brunswick)
3rd: Dylan Hersh (Hopewell Valley)
4th: Hans Cipriano (New Brunswick)

120
1st: Anthony Vitola (Manalapan)
2nd: Luke Caldwell (Hopewell Valley)
3rd: Garv Sen (South Brunswick)
4th: Dorian Pena (New Brunswick)

126
1st: Aedan Samson-Huggins (East Brunswick)
2nd: Christian Spezio (Manalapan)
3rd: Rex Peters (Hopewell Valley)
4th: Billy Greiner (Holmdel)

132
1st: Vincent DePierro (Manalapan)
2nd: Joseph LePore (South River)
3rd: Brandon Castro (South Brunswick)
4th: Isaac Miller (Hopewell Valley)

138
1st: Omar Elhomossy (North Brunswick)
2nd: Michael Meissner (Hopewell Valley)
3rd: Anthony Mucciolo (Manalapan)
4th: AJ Fernandez (Holmdel)

144
1st: Vincent Kain (Manalapan)
2nd: George Crostewitz (East Brunswick)
3rd: Mustafa Oudeh (South Brunswick)
4th: Adam Beigman (Hopewell Valley)

150
1st: AJ Todisco (Holmdel)
2nd: Michael Kurilla (South Brunswick)
3rd: Jomar Mena (North Brunswick)
4th: Konrad Haugeto (Hopewell Valley)

157
1st: Tim McKeown (Hopewell Valley)
2nd: Shahnawaz Asif (South Brunswick)
3rd: Daniel Orsen (Manalapan)
4th: James Milligan (East Brunswick)

165
1st: William Wilson (North Brunswick)
2nd: Landon Schafer (Hopewell Valley)
3rd: Matt Varga (Spotswood)
4th: Jack Cleary (Holmdel)

175
1st: Alex Reyes (Holmdel)
2nd: Sergey Zavalnik (Manalapan)
3rd: Yisreal Thomas (East Brunswick)
4th: Chase Overman (Hopewell Valley)

190
1st: Kenny Wines (Manalapan)
2nd: John Steele (Holmdel)
3rd: Nate March (Hopewell Valley)
4th: Russell Novak (East Brunswick)

215
1st: Yasir Johnson (New Brunswick)
2nd: Constantine Kilaras (Manalapan)
3rd: Benjamin Erlich (East Brunswick)
4th: Marc Dietz (Holmdel)

Hwt
1st: Artem Jeinikov-Rouk (Manalapan)
2nd: Adam Derbala (South Brunswick)
3rd: Jon Trainor (Hopewell Valley)
4th: Ryan Godinho (South River)

 

 

Projected Start Times
Start: 9:30am
Semis: 11:30am
Finals: 2:00pm

Teams
East Brunswick Bears
Holmdel Hornets
Hopewell Valley Bulldogs
Manalapan Braves
New Brunswick Zebras
North Brunswick Raiders
South Brunswick Vikings
South River Rams
Spotswood Chargers

 

Shore Stuff

 

After an 18-year run without a champ, the Hornets have had at least one District Champ in each of the last 6 tournaments. They have also had multiple medal winners in each of those tournaments. Alex Reyes is coming off the winningest regular season for a freshman at Holmdel since Scott Dupont won 31 bouts in 2015, and earned a #1 seed at 175. He'll be looking to make it 4 consecutive Districts in a row for the Hornets with a freshman medalist, and perhaps become their first freshman District Champ. Junior AJ Todisco, a runner-up last season, also received a #1 seed for the Hornets at 150.
 

 

Manalapan had 10 medal winners, including 4 champions, as they captured the team title last season, 17 points ahead of Hopewell Valley. All 4 champions return in Andrew Mucciolo (113), Anthony Vitola (120), Vincent DePierro (132), and Vincent Kain (144), and received the top seeds at their weight classes, as did Kenny Wines (190), a runner-up last season. Manalapan also received #2 seeds for junior Constantine Kilaras at 215, and heavyweight Artem Reinikov-Jouk, and four 3-seeds.

Weight To Watch

150 has 7 double digit winners, including 3 returning medal winners, a returning 4th place, and a 21-win 6th seed. The deepest weight here in a District that doesn't really have a whole lot of those.

Team Title Prediction

The seeds say Manalapan is the favorite with the five #1's, as well as the two 2nd's, and four #3's. For Hopewell Valley to close the gap from last season, they're going to need a couple of those #1's for the Braves to get knocked off, and the Bulldogs can't slip up themselves. Have to go with the Braves to repeat here though.

Champions Prediction

106: Lezark (East Brunswick)
113: Mucciolo (Manalapan)
120: Vitola (Manalapan)
126: Samson-Huggins (East Brunswick)
132: DePierro (Manalapan)
138: Meissner (Hopewell Valley)
144: Kain (Manalapan)
150: Todisco (Holmdel)
157: McKeown (Hopewell Valley)
165: Wilson (North Brunswick)
175: Reyes (Holmdel)
190: Wines (Manalapan)
215: Johnson (New Brunswick)
Hwt: Reinikov-Jouk (Manalapan)

Advancement History

District 18
East Brunswick Bears	2020 - D20 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
James Milligan - 2023			D-4th (138)
Bailey Cuomo - 2023			D-3rd / R-PQ (150)
Aedan Samson-Huggins - 2024			D-2nd / R-PQ (120)
Yisreal Thomas - 2024			D-4th (165)
Russell Novak - 2024			D-4th / (190)
Holmdel Hornets	2020 - D18 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
John Steele - 2023			D-2nd / R-PQ (175)
AJ Todisco - 2024			D-2nd / R-PQ (150)
Rowen Blackmore - 2025			D-3rd / R-PQ (106)
Jack Cleary - 2025			D-2nd / R-PQ (165)
Hopewell Valley Bulldogs	2020 - D19 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
Michael Meissner - 2023			D-2nd / R-PQ (138)
Tim McKeown - 2023			D-1st / R-5th (150)
Rex Peters - 2024			D-3rd / R-PQ (120)
Luke Caldwell - 2025			D-1st / R-WB1 (106)
Jon Trainor - 2025			D-4th (Hwt)
Manalapan Braves	2020 - D20 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
Anthony Vitola - 2023	D-2nd / R-WB1 (106)	R-PQ (120)	D-1st / R-WB1 (120)
Vincent DePierro - 2023	D-2nd / R-WB1 (132)	R-WB1 (132)	D-1st / R-3rd / NJ-WB3 (132)
Advait Sepuri - 2023			D-2nd / R-PQ (106)
Daniel Orsen - 2023			D-4th (150)
Darius Collenton - 2023			D-3rd / R-PQ (157)
Kenny Wines - 2023			D-2nd / R-WB1 (190)
Andrew Mucciolo - 2024			D-1st / R-WB1 (113)
Anthony Mucciolo - 2024			D-3rd / R-PQ (138)
Vincent Kain - 2024			D-1st / R-WB1 (126)
Rene Manso - 2024			D-4th (144)
New Brunswick Zebras	2020 - D20 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 - R5
North Brunswick Raiders	2020 - D17 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
Omar Elhomossy - 2023			D-3rd / R-PQ (132)
William Wilson - 2023			D-1st / R-4th / NJ-WB1 (165)
Jomar Mena - 2024			D-3rd / R-PQ (144)
South Brunswick Vikings	2020 - D20 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
Israel Eufracio-Sanchez - 2023			D-4th (120)
Brandon Castro - 2023			D-4th (132)
Shahnawaz Asif - 2023			D-2nd / R-PQ (144)
Adam Debarla - 2023			D-2nd / R-PQ (Hwt)
Mohammed Oudeh - 2025			D-4th (106)
Garv Sen - 2025			D-2nd / R-PQ (113)
South River Rams	2020 - D18 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
Dylan Soares - 2024			D-4th (113)
Spotswood Chargers	2020 - D19 / R5	2021 - CR	2022 - D18 / R5
Matt Varga - 2023			D-4th (157)