Kyle Slendorn

Dean Peterson, Kyle Slendorn, Jake Benner and Rob Kanniard suffered losses in the NJSIAA Wrestling Championships state finals, but have plenty of reasons to hold their heads high.

St. John Vianney's Dean Peterson, Howell's Kyle Slendorn, Ocean's Jake Benner, Toms River South's Cole Corrigan and Wall's Rob Kanniard advanced to the state finals at the NJSIAA Wrestling Championships in Atlantic City.

Clutch wins down the stretch by Kyle Slendorn and Luke Rada helped Howell defeat Hunterdon Central, 29-20, and capture the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 5 title.

Lacey's Hunter Gutierrez and Luke Gauthier and Howell's Kyle Slendorn and Darby Diedrich were among 14 wrestlers who won titles at the first Shore Conference Individual Wrestling Championships.

Ocean freshman heavyweight Joe Teresi shocked Middletown North's Austine Dewise to advance to the Shore Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

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...

*Photo gallery by Ray Richardson* ATLANTIC CITY — A loss in the NJSIAA state wrestling finals can, and often does, leave a wrestler devastated and inconsolable. But after having his Cinderella run end in the 126-pound state championship bout, a smile remained with Howell junior Kyle Slendorn...

ATLANTIC CITY - For nearly three months, the knowledge gained by Howell junior Kyle Slendorn in his lone loss of the season had been sitting in his memory bank, waiting to be withdrawn for the biggest match of his career. Standing between Slendorn and the first trip to a state final for a Howell wrestler in nine years at the NJSIAA Championships on Saturday was Paulsboro's Anthony Duca, who major-

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 Kanniard at 152 and Howell senior Eric Keosseian at 220 each won their quarterfinal bouts and will wrestl

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...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore. *Click here for video highlights*   FARMINGDALE — Match after match, the elite teams have come for Howell, and every time they’ve been turned away in a fashion that gets more impressive with every victory. The...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore. Click here for video highlights  MIDDLETOWN — Eventually there will come a time when Howell does not rule the Shore Conference’s Class A North division with an iron fist...