Mike Spino

TOMS RIVER -- Winning a region title is the ultimate goal for all the tournament's participants, but there's a reason the contrast between exhilaration and agony is so great in the third-place bouts. It is in those make-or-break matchups that a wrestler's season is either extended or extinguished...

Howell freshman Darby Diedrich won Most Outstanding Wrestler and Marlboro junior Mike DeFaria knocked off a pair of standouts at 145 pounds during the NJSIAA District 21 Tournament on Saturday at Manalapan High School. Diedrich, the top seed at 106 pounds, pinned St...

BRICK TOWNSHIP -  When Jackson Memorial's senior class entered the school four years ago, there were high expectations for a talented group of wrestlers. However, despite lofty state rankings and gaudy win totals over the past three seasons, that group of Jaguars had exactly zero tournament titles to its name as a concrete symbol of its accomplishments...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore. *Click here for video highlights* STAFFORD — Getting senior Chris Crane matched up against Jackson Memorial senior Fred Terranova was the move to make for Southern...