On May 6th at Morristown High School, the yearly tradition returns as GardenStateHSWrestling LLC, Champion Athletes and the Harrington Companies present the 10th Annual GardenStateHSWrestling.com All-Star Charity Classic. This unique event brings together the top wrestlers in Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties to compete with the proceeds going to charity.
This year’s event will be the best in history as four of the top reporters in high school wrestling will have their unique take. Donald J. Brower (GardenStateHSWrestling.com), James Clarke (GardenStateHSWrestling.com), Nick Gantaifis (Daily Record) and Brad Wilson (Lehigh Valley Live) will draft teams similar to fantasy baseball. Once the draft is complete, the wrestlers will be seeded and compete until a winner is crowned at each weight. The team that accumulates the most points gets to donate to the charity of their choice.
Each weight will consist of a Morris, HWS and Passaic representative as well as a Wild Card. Wrestlers confirmed to participate are the following:
106: Augie Szamreta (Warren Hills), James McGinty (Parsippany Hills), Jack Bergmann (Lakeland), Mark Montuore (West Morris)
113: Jake Taylor (Delaware Valley), Anthony Piemonte (Mount Olive), Anthony Nyhuis (Lakeland), Rafe Fonte (Mendham)
120: Jaden Perez (Delaware Valley), Jason Chrostowski (Butler), Najati Salim (Clifton), Tyeler Hagensen (Mount Olive)
126: Roman Citro (High Point), Jaydin Barreto (Morris Hills), Connor Kerwin (Passaic Valley), Ryan Langenmayr (Lakeland)
132: Tyler Redfield (Warren Hills), John Hager (Delbarton), Sowzrawca Tsay (Wayne Hills), Matt Roche (Delaware Valley)
138: Shawn Redfield (Warren Hills), Mario Fornini (Parsippany Hills), Colin Menier (West Milford), Nick Clayton (High Point)
144: Josh Lee (Warren Hills), Jack Myers (Morristown), Arben Silvestro (Manchester Regional), Rafat Al-Kardali (Wayne Valley)
150: Nicolas Balella (Hackettstown), Jason Candelario (Madison), Kaden Matari (Passaic Valley), TBA
157: Bryce Coesfeld (Kittatinny), Billy Templeton (Montville), Joseph Geleta (Clifton), Sean Walker (Lakeland)
165: Ethan Dalling (Kittatinny), Matt Leslie (Morris Hills), Reily Garcia (Clifton), Brandon Dean (West Morris)
175: Hunter Cleaver (Phillipsburg), Chris Piazza (Morris Hills), Ashton Fava (Wayne Hills), Nick Barone (Wayne Valley)
190: Caleb Rivera (Phillipsburg), Nico Gonzalez (Mount Olive), Nick Doktor (Clifton), Frankie Martino (Passaic Valley)
215: Anderson Olcott (Delaware Valley), Tommy Borgia (West Morris), Adam Mashfej (Wayne Hills), William Knapp (Roxbury)
285: Arik Hums (High Point), Charles Young (Morris Knolls), Spencer Ribitzki (West Milford), Dean Mangiocavallo (Randolph)
We also have a few girls matches lined up for the event and will announce those in the coming weeks. Confirmed to appear so far are 132lb State Champion Kayla Vazquez (Kinnelon), 145lb State Champion Olivia Georges (Depaul), 215 runner-up Caroline Biegel (Lakeland) and 138 3rd place finisher Maura White (Jefferson).
If you are a business owner or a fan in general and are interested in participating, reach out to admin@GardenStateHSWrestling.com for more information.
