Jake Benner

Four current Shore Conference high school wrestlers and one eighth grade standout from Ocean County will wrestle for team New Jersey at the Pinning Down Autism All-Star Duals on Saturday at St. Joseph Regional High School in Montvale.
The event will feature all-star teams from New Jersey, New York an…

Shore Sports Network is proud to unveil its 2017 All-Shore teams and season-ending award winners featuring the top performers from the 2017 Shore Conference wrestling season.
The All-Shore teams, along with the wrestler and coach of the year, were selected by Managing Editor Bob Badders...

During December's Mustang Classic when Jake Benner was mowing through the 138-pound bracket like a buzzsaw, Ocean head coach Cippy Apicelli tried to convey how special of a year this could be for his standout junior.
"Tell me why he can't win it all (a state title)...

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ATLANTIC CITY — Through two periods Jake Benner couldn’t get anything going against Bergen Catholic’s Gerard Angelo in the 138-pound NJSIAA state final on Sunday night. Angelo had shut down the Ocean junior’s offe…

ATLANTIC CITY —  In a sport where the knowledge of tendencies is a closely-guarded secret, knowing what an opponent is trying to do can often be the difference between winning and losing.
Bucking the trend, Ocean’s Jake Benner prefers to know as little as possible about his…

ATLANTIC CITY -- Five Shore Conference wrestlers advanced to the semifinals of the NJSIAA Individual Championships on Saturday afternoon at Boardwalk Hall.
Howell junior Kyle Slendorn at 126 pounds, Brick Memorial senior Gianni Ghione at 132, Ocean junior Jake Benner at 138, Wall sophomore Rob Kannia…

BRICK TOWNSHIP — In his final day of wrestling inside his home gym, Gianni Ghione entered the pantheon of Brick Memorial wrestling with a dominant NJSIAA Region 6 Tournament. On paper it was Ghione, then everybody else, and on the mat his opponents barely stood a chance...

BRICK TOWNSHIP -- The greatest season in the history of Howell wrestling isn't slowing down now that the individual portion of the state tournament has arrived. The Rebels are still going full steam ahead.
Howell advanced nine of its 11 wrestlers to Saturday morning's semifinals at the…

BRICK TOWNSHIP — A pair of returning top-five state medalists met Wednesday night in a tournament final fit for Boardwalk Hall and delivered a match that could be a glimpse of things to come.
Brick Memorial senior Gianni Ghione won a thriller over Kingsway junior Quinn Kinner, 6-5, in the 132-p…

LITTLE SILVER -- People probably didn't give Ocean senior Dave Tieto much of a chance in the NJSIAA District 22 finals, but he knew he could win it all as long as he didn't hold back.
"I decided to let it fly," Tieto said. "I knew if I did I could beat him...

OCEAN TOWNSHIP -- Any time a match ends in a tie and goes to the tie-breaking criteria there are multiple factors that could have went either way. In the end, however, it always comes down to the final bout.
Junior Josiah Schucht helped Wall, No...

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BRICK TOWNSHIP — A season ago, the obstacles Ocean's Jake Benner had to navigate on Monday at the Mustang Classic was enough to psych him out before he even stepped on the mat. After a 29-win freshman season and a district champions…