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Penn State bound Nico Megaludis (51-0) rolls through the entire season with the No. 1 spot at 125 lbs. The Franklin Regional star captured his 3rd PIAA Class AAA State Championship this year and finishes his career with 170-1 record. He took home the gold at the Powerade Tournament over No. 10 Geoff Alexander, winning...
Nick Francavilla (No. 12 @ 125) came into (No. 19) High Point with a reputation as a freshman phenom who had pummeled the competition on the junior level. “I had high expectations coming in,” said Francavilla. “I won more titles in middle school than high school.” Francavilla would soon find out he was equally capable...
Keeping a wrestling program successful can be a tough task in itself. Establishing it as a national powerhouse is another story, in John Gardner’s case, he accomplished both this season. The 13th-year head coach led High Point (No. 19) to a 23-2 record while guiding it to a State Group 3 championship, a North 1,...
Apple Valley has done it again. The High School Wrestling Season is complete and for the entire 2010-2011 season, Apple Valley held on to the No. 1 National Ranking. Finishing the 2011 season undefeated with dominant performances week after week, Apple Valley can claim the title of a National Championship. 2011 HSWrestling National Champions The...
When High Point’s Nick Francavilla (H.M. @ 125) started his senior season, he had a list with three main goals. He wanted to help High Point capture a team championship, win his third state title and break the record for victories in Sussex County. Francavilla completed the three-goal sweep Sunday when he claimed the 125-pound...
It was evident early on that unbeaten heavyweights Billy Smith (No.8 @ HWT) of High Point and North Hunterdon’s Jack Delia (H.M. @ HWT) weren’t taking any chances with each other on center mat in the opening bout of the state tournament yesterday at Boardwalk Hall. For two periods, the evenly matched heavyweights put on...
NJSIAA Wrestling State Tournament When: Fri-Sun, March 4th-6th Where: Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City The Star-Ledger’s (NJ.com) Video Preview – Each Weight Class All weekend: live coverage from matside, with lots of bouts getting blow-by-blow updates, especially on Saturday and Sunday. Wall-to-wall videos all weekend, starting Friday night. NJ.com will post every semifinal and championship...
Billy Hagany and Nick Francavilla (H.M. @ 125) failed to make their preferred weight Sunday. But when their turns on the mat came around, the two wrestlers for High Point (No. 14 in the Nation) more than made up for it, closing out the Wildcats’ 30-28 victory over South Plainfield for the NJSIAA Group 3...
Morris County, sparked by three falls, including a pin from Boonton’s state-place winner Eric Fajardo, defeated Sussex County, 30-19, at the second Sussex–Morris All Star meet Friday night at Kittatinny in Hampton. The event featured seven current Morris County Tournament champions and five 2011 Hunterdon/Sussex/Warren champions along with four region champions and five state place...
Jackson, No. 3 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, answered its doubters by shocking No. 1 High Point, 31-28, Monday night in Jackson. While the rest of the state was trying to figure out what happened to Jackson last week, coach Doug Withstandley brought his charges together in time to pull off the upset over High...
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