Freehold Township's Christian Mangini won a District 21 title as the No. 5 seed, while Wall's Rob Kanniard won his fourth title and Freehold's Nico Messina won his third title.
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.
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.
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.
Rob Kanniard is coming back to New Jersey with a stop sign.
The Wall rising junior picked up one of the most prestigious pieces of hardware a high school wrestler can attain when he defeated Georgia's David Key by 17-6 technical fall to win the United States Cadet Freestyle national championship on Monday afternoon inside the Fargo Dome in Fargo, North Dakota...
A fantastic 2017 season by Wall rising junior Rob Kanniard is only getting better as the summer moves along.
Kanniard will wrestle for the 2017 United States cadet freestyle national championship at 160 pounds on Monday afternoon in Fargo, North Dakota...