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TEAM CHAMPION: Southern

 

2023 Medal Winners

106
1st: Anthony Mason (Southern)
2nd: Brendan Schuler (Lacey)
3rd: Mason Lugo (Central)
4th: Shane Sickler (TR East)

113
1st: Kurt Wehner (Donovan Catholic)
2nd: Attila Vigilante (Southern)
3rd: Anthony Cook (Burlington Twp)
4th: Andrew Perez (Manchester)

120
1st: Dezmond Lenaghan (Donovan Catholic)
2nd: Scottie Sari (Southern)
3rd: Aidan Flynn (Lacey)
4th: Carson Cheong (TR South)

126
1st: Conor Collins (Southern)
2nd: Jaton Wellington (TR East)
3rd: Sawyer Ostroff (Donovan Catholic)
4th: Jake Laskowski (Central)

132
1st: Wyatt Stout (Southern)
2nd: Aidan Ott (Lacey)
3rd: Austin Mitrosky (Manchester)
4th: Nicolas Straniero (Central)

138
1st: Richard Davis (Donovan Catholic)
2nd: Ray Gardner (TR South)
3rd: Richie Kulessa (TR East)
4th: Tyler French (Lacey)

144
1st: Hayden Hochstrasser (Southern)
2nd: Matt Gauthier (Lacey)
3rd: Logan Kahrs (Burlington Twp)
4th: Bryson Loving (BCIT)

150
1st: Matt Henrich (Southern)
2nd: Caden Langan (TR South)
3rd: Brody Kountouris (Donovan Catholic)
4th: Jacob Davis (Burlington Twp)

157
1st: Nick Bennet (Southern)
2nd: Nicholas DeLorenzo (TR East)
3rd: Jayden Mora (Burlington Twp)
4th: Philip Bentivegna (TR South)

165
1st: Cole Velardi (Southern)
2nd: Riley Gutierrez (Donovan Catholic)
3rd: Jayden Martins (Lacey)
4th: Frankie Curci (TR South)

175
1st: Mitch Bivona (Southern)
2nd: Hector Milian (TR East)
3rd: Dante Mortellite (Manchester)
4th: Luciano Ferranti (Lacey)

190
1st: Collin French (Southern)
2nd: Matt Coon (Lacey)
3rd: Calvin Spicer (Manchester)
4th: Tysir Davis (BCIT)

215
1st: Riley O'Boyle (Southern)
2nd: James Lynch (TR East)
3rd: Cosmo Zaccaro (Central)
4th: Dylan Trinidad (Lacey)

Hwt
1st: Anthony Evangelista (Southern)
2nd: Sam Rock (Donovan Catholic)
3rd: Michael Justo Bautista (Manchester)
4th: Donovan Wilkinson (TR South)

 

 

Projected Start Times

Start: 9:00am

Teams
BCIT Panthers
Burlington Twp Falcons
Central Regional Golden Eagles
Donovan Catholic Griffins
Lacey Lions
Manchester Hawks
Southern Regional Rams
TR East Raiders
TR South Indians

 

Shore Stuff

 

 

Cosmo Zaccaro became Central's first District Champion since 2018 last season. If he is to repeat, he will have to do so out of the #3 seed at 215. Zaccaro is the Golden Eagles only wrestler seeded inside the Top 4.

 

 

9 of the Griffins 16 District Champions have come in the last 5 tournaments. DC has a pair of #1 seeds this year in Kurt Wehner (113), who was 7th in the State last season, and Richard Davis (138).  
Dezmond Lenaghan (120) and Sawyer Ostroff (126) are returning State qualifiers, and received #2 seeds, as did Riley Gutierrez (165) and heavyweight Sam Rock.

 

Led by top seeds Brendan Schuler (106), Matt Gauthier (144), Luciano Ferranti (175), and Matt Coon (190), Lacey has the 2nd most #1 seeds and Top 3 seeds behind only Southern. Coon is a returning champ and advanced to AC after taking 2nd at Regions. Gauthier, a District runner-up last year, was a win away from AC after placing 5th at Regions. Both Schuler and Ferranti also medaled at Districts last year, with Schuler taking 2nd, and Ferranti finishing 3rd. 

 

The Hawks have had a District medal winner in the last 4 tournaments, and have had multiple medalists in the last 3. They have a trio of #3 seeds this season with Austin Mitrosky (132), Dante Mortellite (175), and Michael Justo Bautisa (Hwt), while Daniel Bryant (106) and Andrew Perez (113) were seeded 4th.

 

The Rams have been shooting up the all-time District Champs in the Shore Conference list over the years, and are likely to surpass Wall this year and move into 6th place. The Rams 26 Team Titles is 3rd all-time in the Shore to only Jackson Memorial and Brick Memorial, and their current streak of 25 seasons with a District Champion is tied with Pt Boro for the 2nd longest active streak in the Shore. With 13 of the Rams' 14 entrants seeded in the top 2, expect the Rams to add to their totals.

 

Returning champion and 6th place Region finisher Nicholas DeLorenzo is the top seed at 157, looking to become the Raiders 5th multi-time District Champ in the last 10 tournaments. Also receiving medal position seeds for East were James Lynch (#2-215) and Jaton Wellington (#3-126), who both placed 2nd last season, and Shane Sickler (#3-106).

 

South's 124 District Champs is 9th on the Shore Conference's all-time list. They have not had a champ since Cole Corrigan's 2018 win during his undefeated State Championship season. Ray Gardner (138), a 2-time District medalist, and Caden Langan (150), a 3rd place finisher last season, received #2 seeds for the Indians, while Carson Cheong was seeded 3rd at 120.

 

Weight To Watch

Lots of interesting weights here, and I was tempted to go with the heavies, or 157 for the potential DeLorenzo vs Bennet final, but I'll go with 215 for the story of whether the returning champ Zaccaro can avenge a pair of regular season losses to the #1 & #2 seed to repeat as champion.

 

Team Title Prediction

Southern. Shocker.

Champions Prediction

106: Mason (Southern)
113: Wehner (Donovan Catholic)
120: Lenaghan (Donovan Catholic)
126: Collins (Southern)
132: Stout (Southern)
138: Gardner (TR South)
144: Gauthier (Lacey)
150: Henrich (Southern)
157: Bennet (Southern)
165: Velardi (Southern)
175: Bivona (Southern)
190: Coon (Lacey)
215: O'Boyle (Southern)
Hwt: Rock (Donovan Catholic)

Advancement History

 

District 25
BCIT Panthers	2020 - D22 / R6	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Jakhai Sims - 2023			D-4th (126)
Burlington Twp Falcons	2020 - D24 / R6	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Anthony Cook - 2024		R-WB1 (106)
Central Regional Golden Eagles	2020 - D25 / R7	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Jake Laskowski - 2023			D-4th (120)
Cosmo Zaccaro - 2023			D-1st / R-3rd / NJ-WB2 (215)
Ethan VanSplinter - 2024			D-4th (138)
Donovan Catholic Griffins	2020 - D28 / R7	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Richard Davis - 2023		R-PQ (145)	D-3rd / R-PQ (138)
Kurt Wehner - 2024		R-4th / NJ-WB1 (106)	D-1st / R-1st / NJ-7th (106)
Sam Rock - 2024			D-4th (Hwt)
Sawyer Ostroff - 2024			D-3rd / R-2nd / NJ-WB1 (126)
Dezmond Lenaghan - 2025			D-2nd / R-2nd / NJ-WB3 (113)
Brody Kountouris - 2025			D-3rd / R-PQ (150)
Riley Guiterrez - 2025			D-3rd / R-PQ (157)
Lacey Lions	2020 - D26 / R7	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Matt Coon - 2023		R-PQ (182)	D-1st / R-2nd / NJ-WB2 (190)
Luciano Ferranti - 2023			D-3rd / R-PQ (175)
Matt Gauthier - 2024			D-2nd / R-5th (132)
Brody Sager - 2024			D-4th (215)
Brendan Schuler - 2025			D-2nd / R-WB1 (106)
Manchester Hawks	2020 - D27 / R7	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Andrew Perez- 2023			D-3rd / R-PQ (120)
Southern Regional Rams	2020 - D29 / R8	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Conor Collins - 2023	D-1st / R-1st / NJ-WB4 (106)	R-1st / NJ-2nd (113)	D-1st / R-1st / NJ-3rd (120)
Cole Velardi - 2023	D-3rd / R-4th / NJ-WB2 (152)	R-5th (160)	D-1st / R-1st / NJ-5th (150)
Riley O'Boyle - 2023		R-PQ (220)	D-2nd / R-4th / NJ-WB4 (215)
Anthony Evangelista - 2023			D-2nd / R-3rd / NJ-WB3 (Hwt)
Kai Wagner - 2023			D-3rd / R-WB1 (165)
Matt Henrich - 2024		R-2nd / NJ-WB2 (126)	D-1st / R-1st / NJ-7th (138)
Collin French - 2024			D-2nd / R-WB1 (175)
Bradford Birch - 2024			D-4th (190)
Sam Pari - 2025			D-3rd / R-PQ (106)
Scottie Sari - 2025			D-3rd / R-PQ (113)
Wyatt Stout - 2025			D-1st / R-1st / NJ-WB1 (126)
Hayden Hochstrasser - 2025			D-1st / R-3rd / NJ-WB2  (132)
TR East Raiders	2020 - D25 / R7	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Nicholas DeLorenzo - 2023			D-1st / R-6th (144)
Logan Bucci - 2024			D-4th (106)
Jaton Wellington - 2024			D-2nd / R-WB1 (120)
James Lynch -2025			D-2nd / R-WB1 (190)
TR South Indians	2020 - D28 / R7	2021 - SR	2022 - D25 / R7
Ray Gardner - 2023	D-3rd / R-PQ (113)	R-WB1 (120)	D-3rd / R-WB1 (126)
Cody Cox - 2023			D-4th (113)
Caden Langen - 2025			D-3rd / R-WB1 (132)
Philip Bentivegna - 2025			D-4th (144)
Donovan Wilkinson - 2025			D-3rd / R-PQ (Hwt)