Joe Hofmann’s District Wrestling Preview
The 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...
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Joe Hofmann’s February 14th Wrestling Notes
Three 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....
Joe Hofmann’s Wrestling Notes Feb. 6th: Sectional Predictions
It 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...
Par Hills Crowns Two MCT Champions
No 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...
Mount Olive Wins MCT
It 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...
January 21st Wrestling Notes: MCT Preview
For 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...
DiPompeo Stars for Mountain Lakes Wrestlers
MOUNTAIN 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...
Joe Hofmann’s January 15 Wrestling Notes: Mericle, Dunham Bid for...
Winning 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...
January 9th Wrestling Notes
When young wrestlers face a barrage of great teams, they can sink or swim. Morris Hills has chosen to swim. Coach Brian Bollette lined up one of the Morris-Sussex area’s...
Big State Sports Wrestling Notes: Sectional Check-Ins
When he entered Mountain Lakes High School as a freshman four years ago, Rinaldo DiGiacopo was a basketball player. But his life dramatically changed when he tried out for freshman...