District 1 Brackets

The following at the brackets for the District 1 tournament at Phillipsburg High School on Saturday. Mendham (Eric Friedman-138, Sam Button-182, Aaron Flitcroft-195), Phillipsburg (Brandon Paetzell-106, Max Elling-152, Jake Kocsis-170) and Warren Hills (Matt Valli-113, Max Nauta-132, Andrew Pacheco-285) each have three top seeds while West Morris (Dylan Luciano-126, Jesse Windt-220) and Mount Olive (Tommy Vazzano-145, Anel Kadiric-160) have two each. (Seven Phillipsburg wrestlers were disqualified for a picture that surfaced recently of them with a wrestling dummy.)

106  1-Brandon Paetzell, Phillipsburg vs 8-Steven Skuropacki, North Warren; 4-Ryan Mosher, Warren Hills vs 5-Thomas Masucci, Mendham; 3-Shane Murphy, Mount Olive vs 6-Steve Nicotra, Hackettstown; 2-Shane Metzler, West Morris vs 7-Gio Campana, Belvidere.

113  1-Matt Valli, Warren Hills bye; 4-James Smith, Belvidere vs 5-Terk Klaysons, Mendham; 3-Kade Loughney, West Morris vs 6-Thomas Harrington, Mount Olive; 2-Tony Figueroy, Hackettstown bye. 

120  1-Joe Renne, Hackettstown bye; 4-Zach Nauta, Warren Hills vs 5-Ryan Hanlon, Mount Olive; 3-John Schade, West Morris vs 6-Dylan Bluestone, Mendham; 2-Gino Fluri, North Warren vs 7-Javan Viola, Belvidere.

126  1-Dylan Luciano, West Morris bye; 4-Chris Schlegel, Mendham vs 5-Brandon Baker, Hackettstown; 3-Austin Pidoto, Warren Hills vs 6-Matthew Orzillo, Mount Olive; 2-Matt Ritchie, North Warren vs 7-Matt Hambacher, Belvidere.

132  1-Max Nauta, Warren Hills vs 8-Harrison Mauer, Mendham; 4-Mike Oros, West Morris vs 5-Matt Nicotra, Hackettstown; 3-Kenny Morgan, Belvidere vs 6-Dan O'Neill, Mount Olive; 2-Steve Friedman, Phillipsburg vs 7-Shannon Grogan, North Warren.

138  1-Eric Friedman, Mendham vs 8-Carsen Johnson, Warren Hills; 4-Brett Hoffmaster, Belvidere vs 5-Dominick Hink, Mount Olive; 3-Corey Zinsmeister, Phillipsburg vs 6-Anthony Duardo, North Warren; 2-David Migliaccio, West Morris vs 7-Anthony Gonzalez, Hackettstown.

145  1-Tommy Vazzano, Mount Olive; 4-Anthony Carida, Hackettstown vs 5-John Norgard, North Warren; 3-Anthony Roessner, Warren Hills vs 6-Troy Navarino, Mendham; 2-Kenny Kane, Belvidere vs 7-Noah Yaskulka, West Morris.

152  1-Max Elling, Phillipsburg vs 8-Matt Epstein, Mendham; 4-Caleb Isemann, West Morris vs 5-Rene Sousa, Belvidere; 3-Johnny Hayes, North Warren vs 6-Shane Deemer, Warren Hills; 2-Ronald Spera, Mount Olive vs 7-Tyler Palomino, Hackettstown.

160  1-Anel Kadiric, Mount Olive bye; 4-Eldin Ribic, Hackettstown vs 5-Raymond Katz, Mendham; 3-Ryan Ostir, Warren Hills vs 6-Bryan Benson, North Warren; 2-David Harris, Belvidere vs 7-Ben Yaskulka, West Morris.

170  1-Jake Kocsis, Phillipsburg bye;  4-Aldo Cammalleri, West Morris vs 5-Kyle Connelly, Hackettstown; 3-Jr. Jack Butrymowicz, North Warren vs 6-Kurt Nemeth, Warren Hills; 2-Kevin Merle, Belvidere vs 7-Dan Maresca, Mendham.

182  1-Sam Button, Mendham bye; 4-Steve Cleaver, Warren Hills vs 5-Scott Anderson, Hackettstown; 3-Anthony Colabella, Mount Olive vs 6-Nate Makarevich, North Warren; 2-Stephen Merle, Belvidere bye.

195  1-Aaron Flitcroft, Mendham bye; 4-Alex Leontaris, North Warren vs 5-Ryan Stephen, Belvidere; 3-Theodore Gurnowski, Hackettstown vs 6-Taylor Parkinson-Gee, West Morris; 2-Joe Maso, Phillipsburg vs 7-Daniel Colabella, Mount Olive.

220  1-Jesse Windt, West Morris bye; 4-Phillip Mathusek, Mount Olive vs 5-Mark Wolfe, Belvidere; 3-Ryan Witner, Warren Hills vs 6-Colin Mayer, North Warren; 2-Tim Byrne, Mendham vs 7-Tahke Martin, Hackettstown.

285  1-Andrew Pacheco, Warren Hills vs 8-John Jensen, Hackettstown; 4-Gregory Clint, Mount Olive vs 5-Robert Melise, Phillipsburg; 3-Alec Skaltsis, Mendham vs 6-Bryan Snyder, Belvidere; 2-Will O'Connell, North Warren vs 7-Alex Kaltenhauser, West Morris.

Donald J. Brower

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