Wrestling – Monday Scoreboard, 12/29/14
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Holmdel Holiday Tournament
Rumson-Fair Haven senior Marcus Iwama, a returning Region VI champion, defeated Manasquan's Benjamin Meseroll by a 21-4 technical fall in the 138-pound final to capture his fourth Holmdel Holiday Tournament title, and was named the Outstanding Wrestler for the fourth consecutive year. Iwama also recorded his 100th career victory during the tournament to become the third Bulldogs wrestler in program history to reach the century mark, joining Patrick Berger (104 wins, 2003 graduate) and Bryan Heller (2003), the latter of whom is the team's current head coach and all-time wins leader with 118.
Shore Regional won the team title with two champions and four second-place finishers to finish with 147 points, edging Freehold (136.5) and Holmdel (131). Freshman Chris Dean came from the No. 4 seed to win the 106-pound bracket, knocking off the top two seeds on his way to the title. At 145 pounds, junior Alex Johnson continued his torrid start with two pins and a 7-0 decision over Lakewood's Marco Quintero in the final to improve to 8-0 with seven pins on the season.
Seniors Colin Monahan and Nick Kousoulides captured titles for Freehold while Dom Theodostatos (132) and Dominick Matteo (152) finished second. Monahan scored a 1-0 decision over Shore's Tim Klemser to win the 113-pound title while Theodostatos won by fall in all three of his wins to claim the 220-pound crown.
Host Holmdel had four champions, including three straight from 120 through 132 pounds. Senior Pat Ammirati had two pins and won by 16-6 major decision over Shore's Danny Welsh in the 120-pound final, sophomore Troy Gallo defeat Lakewood's Francisco Sastic 6-2 to win at 126 pounds and freshman Scott Dupont beat the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 seeds on his way to winning at 132 pounds. Junior Garret Hilsheimer won the 170-pound title with an 11-4 decision over Pennsville's Joe Raine. Junior Abhay Sampat finished second at 106 pounds.
Also winning titles were Pinelands senior Thomas Poklikuha at 152 pounds, Donovan Catholic's Dom Disalvo at 182 pounds and Lakewood's Anthony Terry at 195. Poklikuha, a state qualifier last season at 138 pounds, cruised to the title as the top seed with three falls in either the first or second periods. Disalvo also won by fall in all three of his bouts with each coming in the first period, including a 15-second pin in the quarterfinals. Terry did the same win pins in 1:30, 1:39 and 0:57.
Bear Invitational
Luke Moynihan (106) and Connor Garrity (138) won individual titles and Kevin Tranz (126) and Matt Garrity (152) finished second as the Lions placed second by one point behind team champion New Brunswick (180-179) in the Bear Invitational at East Brunswick High School. Moynihan defeated East Brunswick's Mitch Polito by 9-2 decision and Garrity won by fall over South River's Brandon Pacheco in 3:07.
Matawan was the only other Shore Conference team in the tournament and finished fifth with two champions. Senior William Rodriguez won the 145-pound title with a 5-2 decision over South River's Jared Smith and senior Jimmy Pierce edged Manville's Jeremy Nurnberger 5-4 to win the 160-pound title.
Governor Mifflin Tournament
No. 3 Southern is wrestling at the Governor Mifflin Tournament in Shillington, Pa.
Nonconference
No. 9 CBA 48, Morristown 6
No. 9 CBA 44, Cedar Grove 21
No. 9 CBA 36, Newark Academy 12
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