Ocean's Alex Poniros and Freehold Township's Kyle Hillermeier reached the quarterfinals as No. 25 seeds as a total of 19 Shore Conference wrestlers advanced to the state quarterfinals in Atlantic City.
Nico Messina became Freehold's first region champion since 1964, Brick Memorial's Ean Mueller won the 170-pound title in the final seconds and Point Boro's Francis Marshall won a region title in just his second year wrestling to highlight the 2018 Region 6 Tournament.
A pin by junior La'Qym Morris at 220 pounds helped Long Branch beat rival Ocean, 36-23, and tighten its grip on the Class B North division -title race.
True freshman quarterback Kenny Pickett, a former star at Ocean Township High School, led Pittsburgh to a 24-14 upset of No. 2 Miami in his first career start.
Former Shore Conference standouts Dan Loizos and Kenny Bradley will lead Ithaca College against Salisbury in the ECAC Scotty Whitelaw Bowl on Saturday at the University of Delaware.