Covering New Jersey High School Sports Since 2006!
Covering New Jersey High School Sports Since 2006!
Joe HofmannFor more than five minutes last February, Morris Knolls’ Luke Shivas was having his way with Hackettstown’s Elioth Guarquila. Shivas was dominant, up big and seemingly headed for the Region 2 consolation semifinals. Atlantic City was coming into focus…
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Joe HofmannThe wait is over for the Montville wrestling team – on a number of levels. The Mustangs hosted their first district since the 1970s and couldn’t wait to go out and win it on their home mat – and…
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Joe HofmannThe state tournament begins March 6 in Atlantic City and runs for three days inside famed Boardwalk Hall, but … the states really begin Saturday with the districts. The weeding out process begins at the 32 districts scattered around…
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Joe HofmannThree points. Three, lousy, stinking points. That is all that kept Morris Knolls’ Ryder Stambach from qualifying for the state wrestling tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City last winter. Beginning with the districts on Feb. 22, the 138-pound…
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Joe HofmannIt isn’t too often that a Morris-Sussex public school walks out of the Groups with a state championship in wrestling. High Point, Kittatinny, Mount Olive, Hanover Park and Montville hope to break that trend. Those five schools have a…
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Joe HofmannNo wrestler from Parsippany Hills has ever won a state championship. A Viking wrestler has never made the finals, either. Logan Forgatch and Mario Fornini are well aware of this – and are determined to change that. Both won…
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Joe HofmannIt was Mount Olive’s tournament – and the rest of Morris County’s teams couldn’t do a single thing about it. Coach Sean Smyth’s Marauders have been building up for years and they were rewarded with a resounding team victory…
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Joe HofmannFor many years, the Morris County Tournament, wrestling teams competed … for second place. Delbarton had won an unprecedented 15 straight team titles, more than doubling the previous two team records (Jefferson 7 in a row from 1990-96, Randolph…
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Joe HofmannMOUNTAIN LAKES – Mountain Lakes High School’s Joey DiPompeo, who has become a crowd favorite at Lakers home wrestling matches, took his act on the road Saturday. This time, he more than lived up to the cheers. The 215-pound sophomore,…
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Joe HofmannWinning Saturday’s Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex Tournament was nothing more than a stepping stone to Atlantic City for wrestlers like Pope John’s Carson Walsh and Kittatinny’s Ethan Dalling. Not so for High Point’s Gavin Mericle and Pope John’s Cole Dunham. Boardwalk Hall…
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