106 Finals Favorite: Ty Agaisse, Delbarton vs Requir van der Merwe, Mountain Lakes
Third Place: Dylan Allison, Morristown
Prediction: I think Agaisse wins He has been a consistent contributor for his team all season and that should continue this weekend.
1-Ty Agaisse, Delbarton vs 8-Nick Wilson, Whippany Park; 4-Dylan Allison, Morristown vs 5-Anthony Fajardo, Boonton. 3-Zac Kovacs, Parsippany vs 6-Jeel Patel, Parsippany Hills; 7-Leo Stefanelli, Hanover Park vs 2-Requir van der Merwe, Mountain Lakes.
113 Finals Favorite: Nick Farro, Delbarton vs Austin Nash, Hanover Park
Third Place: Matt Mastrobuono, Whippany Park
Prediction: This will be a hard fought finale and could easily go into UTB. While I think Farro will be tough, Nash has been a hair better lately. I give the slightest of edges to him here.
1-Nick Farro, Delbarton forfeit; 5-Derek Campbell, Morristown vs 4-Reed Osterman, Parsippany Hills; 3-Matt Mastrobuono, Whippany Park vs 6-Sheldon Ealy, Parsippany; 7-Brian Clarke, Boonton vs 2-Austin Nash, Hanover Park.
120 Finals Favorite: Anthony Cefolo, Hanover Park vs Christian Innarella, Delbarton
Third Place: Robert Fornini, Parsippany Hills
Prediction: This is a no-brainer on who reaches the finals. We should see a Morris County Tournament rematch here between Cefolo, State Champion at 106 last year and Innarella, 6th at 113 a year ago. I think Cefolo squeaks by here but the slimmest of margins. I still think both make the state tournament and are on the medal stand come Sunday.
1-Anthony Cefolo, Hanover Park vs 8-Joseph Sanfillipo, Boonton; 4-Robert Fornini, Parsippany Hills vs 5-Mitchell Graessle, Whippany Park; 6-Christian Danzi, Mountain Lakes vs 3-Stephen Persaud, Parsippany; 7-Declan Patterson, Morristown vs 2- Christian Innarella, Delbarton.
126 Finals Favorite: Gennaro Cuccolo, Hanover Park vs Sam Kovacs, Parsippany
Third Place: Matt Davis, Delbarton
Prediction: Cuccolo should win this match. He has beaten Kovacs twice already this season, a 3-2 decision for his 100th career victory on Jan. 18th and 4-3 in the MCT final.
1-Gennaro Cuccolo, Hanover Park vs 8-George Suppa, Boonton; 5-Joseph Prato, Whippany Park vs 4-Frank Crippen, Morristown; 3-Sam Kovacs, Parsippany vs 6-Aric Imhoff, Parsippany Hills; 7- Carl-Simon Sokollek, Mountain Lakes vs 2-Matt Davis, Delbarton.
132 Finals Favorite: Nick Anderson, Delbarton vs Joe Zecca, Hanover Park
Third Place: Christian Signorelli, Parsippany Hills
Prediction: Anderson gets the win here. He is a reigning state medalist and takedown machine. He is too much for Zecca to handle.
1-Nick Anderson, Delbarton forfeit; 5-Devin Riou, Boonton vs 4-Tommy DiGuglielmo, Parsippany; 3-Joe Zecca, Hanover Park vs 6-Kason Kelly, Weequahic; 2-Christian Signorelli, Parsippany Hills forfeit.
138 Finals Favorite: Travis Vasquez, Delbarton vs Christian Bassolino, Hanover Park
Third Place: Davin Tranfield, Morristown
Prediction: This is a toss-up. I think both wrestlers match up evenly but I will give Vasquez the edge here.
1-Travis Vasquez, Delbarton vs 8-John Becker, Mountain Lakes; 5-Davin Tranfield, Morristown vs 4-Kyle Bota, Parsippany Hills; 3-Marc Muzeni, Whippany Park vs 6-Steve Giambrone, Parsippany; 7-Derek Zacatenco, Boonton vs 2-Christian Bassolino, Hanover Park.
145 Finals Favorite: Dan Reed, Delbarton vs Anthony Oliveri, Hanover Park
Third Place: Michael Persaud, Parsippany
Prediction: Again another open weight class. I am giving Reed the edge as a county champion. One thing I was always told when I got into covering high school sports; Dont pick against a champion.
1-Dan Reed, Delbarton vs 8-Vincent Rigas, Whippany Par; 5-Justin Kim, Parsippany Hills vs 4-Michael Persaud, Parsippany; 3-Chris Forte, Morristown vs 6-Zach Herbek, Boonton; 7-Joey Goodwin, Mountain Lakes vs 2-Anthony Oliveri, Hanover Park.
152 Finals Favorite: Anthony Bassolino, Hanover Park vs Sam Mual, Parsippany Hills
Third Place: Nicholas Serafini, Whippany Park
Prediction: Bassolino has been impressive since the Morris County Tournament and after suffering a 1-0 loss to Bound Brook's Joshua Ugalde in the Group 1 finals, he looks to and should rebound in the Districts.
1-Anthony Bassolino, Hanover Park vs 8-Robert Gossett, Mountain Lakes; 5-Justin Contreras, Morristown vs 4-Nicholas Serafini, Whippany Park; 3-Sam Mual, Parsippany Hills vs 6-Aarin Feliz, Parsippany; 7-Arthur Payne, Weequahic vs 2-Joseph Tavoso, Delbarton.
160 Finals Favorite: Josef Johnson, Delbarton vs Steven Stringas, Parsippany Hills
Third Place: Ryan Paff, Hanover Park
Prediction: Johnson is too strong at this weight. He should win the District Title in relatively quick fashion.
9-Michael Guest, Weequahic vs 8-Michael DeCandia, Whippany Park winner vs 1-Josef Johnson, Delbarton; 5-Myles Mislavsky, Morristown vs 4-Daniel Campbell, Parsippany; 3-Max-Daniel Sokollek, Mountain Lakes vs 6-Ryan Paff, Hanover Park; 7- Eric Fiorino, Boonton vs 2-Steven Stringas, Parsippany Hills.
170 Finals Favorite: Michael Weiss, Parsippany Hills vs Andrew Massefski, Parsippany
Third Place: Oziegbe Uhunmwangho, Weequahic
Prediction: Both have split the two previous matchups this year as 1-1. Weiss took the most recent one 7-2 in the MCT semifinals and I look for him to get the win here as well.
1-Michael Weiss, Parsippany Hills vs 8-Cameron Bonsell, Mountain Lakes; 5-Kico Mataj, Morristown vs 4-Oziegbe Uhunmwangho, Weequahic; 6-Anthony Lee, Hanover Park vs 3-Vincent Mattia, Whippany Park; 7-David Miller, Boonton vs 2-Andrew Massefski, Parsippany
182 Finals Favorite: Nicholas Pizzuta, Parsippany vs Steven Webb, Whippany Park
Third Place: James McGinley, Parsippany Hills
Prediction: This was a one point match, 6-5 the last time the two met on Jan. 31. I think Webb gets his revenge and wins the District championship
8-Harsh Dave, Mountain Lakes vs. 9-Randell Richardson, Weequahic winner vs 1-Nicholas Pizzuta, Parsippany; 5-Austin Gobbo, Delbarton vs 4-James McGinley, Parsippany Hills; 3-Steven Webb, Whippany Park vs 6-Issac Spann, Boonton; 7-Eric Boccard, Hanover Park vs 2-Charles Sanderson, Morristown.
195 Finals Favorite: Nicholas D`Uva, Parsippany Hills vs Matt Valazquez, Parsippany
Third Place: Alexis Villegas, Morristown
Prediction: D'Uva moves on to Region 3 as the champion.
1-Nicholas D`Uva, Parsippany Hills forfeit; 5-Matt Ulinski, Boonton vs 4-Alexis Villegas, Morristown; 6-Leo Boerstoel, Mountain Lakes vs 3-Liam McLaughlin, Whippany Park; 7-Thomas Hunt, Hanover Park vs 2-Matt Valazquez, Parsippany.
220 Finals Favorite: Steven Hill, Parsippany Hills vs James Grogan, Delbarton
Third Place: Freddy Ruiz, Morristown
Prediction: I have Hill as the winner here. He seems to be a step above the rest of the 220 weight class.
1-Steven Hill, Parsippany Hills vs 8-De'Shawn Daniels, Weequahic; 5-Will Julich, Hanover Park vs 4-Freddy Ruiz, Morristown; 3-James Grogan, Delbarton vs 6-Daniel Linfante, Whippany Park; 7-Omr Sheira, Parsippany vs 2-John Dubose, Mountain Lakes.
285 Finals Favorite: Nick LaShell, Hanover Park; Adrian Macko Parsippany Hills,
Third Place: Salaam Jones, Weequahic
Prediction: In a rematch of the Morris County Finals, I think LaShell comes out on top. He has really separated himself lately from the rest of what was a month ago a wide open weight.
1-Nichols LaShell, Hanover Park forfeit; 5-Justin Lam, Whippany Park vs 4-Geoff Lareau, Mountain Lakes; 3-Fardeen Yunus, Parsippany vs 6-Salaam Jones, Weequahic; 7-Brian Fajardo, Morristown vs 2-Adrian Macko, Parsippany Hills.
