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Atlantic City Wrestling

Friday, March 2, 2012

Wrestlers Have Tough Brackets Ahead in Atlantic City

A combined eight Golden Hawks and Crusaders are heading to the state individual finals tonight

Starting tonight, eight wrestlers from the River Dell area hit the mat in Atlantic City as they seek an Individual State Title in their weight class. Bergen Catholic is represented by five wrestlers while River Dell is sending three. During last year's finals Bergen Catholic middleweights Connor Melde and Johnny Sebastian placed fourth and fifth respectively. Both are seeking a return to the finals this year. Below are the first round wrestling pairings. 285: B1-Anthony Tufaro, Scotch Plains-Fanwood vs. B8-Carmine Goldstack, Bergen Catholic vs. Brandon Russo, Colts Neck winner.  220: B5-Lenny Smith, River Dell vs. Morris Lawson, Belvidere, winner vs. B4-Andrew Jacobs, Scotch Plains-Fanwood. 182: T7-Lukas Iorio, Bergen Catholic vs. T2-Bryan…

Monday, February 27, 2012

Week Ahead: State Tournaments Hit the Court, Mat and Ice

Patch previews this week's upcoming events

Several teams earned their berths in the state basketball and hockey tournaments while individual wrestlers are heading to Atlantic City all looking for titles. All basketball squads and Bergen hockey will start their postseason run at home before heading out on the road. The Lady Hawks and Golden Hawks will play in a double-header Monday evening with the fifth seeded girls seeking to return to the sectional final with a 5pm face-off with Pascack Hills, 12th seed. Last year, the Cowgirls rode to victory and claimed the N1G2 sectional title from defending champion River Dell. The boys enter the N1G2 race in sixth and are looking to make a deep run, starting with 11th seeded Kinnelon Colts at 7pm. But they will face an uphill battle with a …

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