Wrestling Top 10

To be ranked among the top 10 in the Shore Conference for wrestling is a prestigious honor and a great accomplishment, given the power and pedigree of arguably New Jersey's best collection of grappling schools. The Shore Conference usually has several teams ranked in the state top 20 and wrestling deep into the team state tournament...

Given the talent in the Shore Conference on a yearly basis, the team that finishes No. 1 has unquestionably earned that distinction. Such is the case with Brick Memorial in 2015. The Mustangs ran the gauntlet in the Shore with wins over all six of the teams ranked in the top 10, which they wrestled on their way to one of the best seasons in program history...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   The week between the Shore Conference Tournament and the start of the state team tournament is usually the least dramatic of the season. Division titles are usually all but decided and it’s more of a week used for getting ready for the final push or preparing individuals for their postseason. ...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   With several ranked teams matching up, the Shore Conference Tournament figured to bring changes to this week’s Shore Sports Network Wrestling Top 10. That’s exactly what happened, and for just the second time this season there will be a new No. 1 t...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   Another week filled with big matches has come and gone, and this time the rankings actually held true. Hey, sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. ...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   Another week, another shakeup in the Shore Sports Network Wrestling Top 10. It’s never a surprise when Class A South delivers thrilling matches, and Toms River South won another edge-of-your-seat dual this past Wednesday when it downed then-No. 4 S...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   Heading into mid-January there are clear No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the Shore Conference, and after that it gets a little dicey. The past seven days were the most action-packed of the dual-meet portion of the season with six matches between top-10 teams, and while a couple of those helped sort out the rankings, the others onl

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   Just two weeks into the season we already have our first major top 10 shakeup. It was a wild week in the Shore Conference before and after the New Year, and when the dust settled it was Christian Brothers Academy making the jump five spots up to No. 4 i...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore.   With a little over a week’s worth of wrestling having been completed, the Shore Conference landscape has started to take shape. Make no mistake, however, what is a long and arduous wrestling season around the state is even more so in the rugged Shore Conference. The...

This season marked the first time since 2003 the Shore Conference did not have a state championship team, but the conference was again among the best in the state with six teams finishing the season ranked among the top 20 in the New Jersey Wrestling Writers Association final poll...

With the tournament-heavy part of the season basically over and the dual-meet season in full swing, the Shore Conference landscape is starting to become much clearer. Brick Memorial still commands the top spot in the conference, but No. 2 Southern is hot on its heels after a big 28-19 victory over No...

Follow Bob Badders on Twitter for scores and news from around the Shore. Happy New Year. It's 2014, and boy did last year go by quickly. It seems like yesterday everyone assembled at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to watch the state's best battle for championships...