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wrestling with for two years soIve been fine with it. I feelhealthy, Ill just get my sleep anddrink plenty of fluids and Ill feelgreat.

Q: What does working in agood room like Delseas dofor a wrestler?

A: It makes the kids so muchbetter, just because its Delsea,all these titles and everything.The coaches, theyre the toplevel, theyve all been to A.C.and stuff, they get us preparedand they have high goals for us.

Q: How does it feel to not becutting weight?

A: Its good. Im going to Wawaafter this and getting a pulledpork. It kind of stinks too, be-cause these kids are coming inmuch heavier, theyre losing alittle bit of weight, and Imstruggling to stay above 215. Butit doesnt really bother mebecause I was wrestling 285 allyear. I know I can handle it. But Ilove it, I love eating in front ofpeople.

Q: You were cutting a littleweight last year. Do you feeldifferent this year?

A: Mentally, Im a lot happier.For the heavier weights, itsmore of a mental thing. But forthe lower weights it takes moreof a physical toll. Its pretty bad

down there.

Delsea Regional High SchoolsBryan Dobzanski is the top seedat 220 pounds. The undefeated

junior is the favorite of many towin a state title this weekend.Hes also a three-sport star atDelsea, excelling in football andas a pitcher in baseball. Herecently spoke with The MatPack about his tournament, histeam and his sports.

QUESTION: What are yourthoughts on being the No. 1overall seed?

ANSWER: Its definitely a lot ofpeople looking down on you,thinking theyre going to takethat first seed, beat you andupset you for the state title. Alot of people, community-wise,their hopes are on me, theyrethinking (Im) the top seed (I)should win this. So its a lot ofpressure, definitely.

Q: What are your thoughts onbeing undefeated?

A: I know I want to keep thestreak going. I want to finish thisseason undefeated. Then thepressure comes in because youdont want to lose it, and theresa target on your back becausepeople know youre undefeat-ed.

Q: Is baseball still your topsport?

A: Im having shoulder problemsand I broke my finger duringregions. Its going to be toughout there on the baseball fieldafter wrestling is done. But inthe moment, Im not thinkingabout baseball at all, Im allwrestling.

Q: How do you feel rightnow?

A: Ive wrestled with the (bro-ken) finger twice, I felt great, itdidnt really bother me, I taped

it up. The shoulder, Ive been

THE INSIDE STUFF

Eight mats line the floor of Atlantic Citys Boardwalk Hall for the individual state championships, high schoolwrestlings biggest stage. GANNETT NEW JERSEY FILE PHOTO

Over the first two

weeks of the individ-ual tournament,

wrestlers have encoun-tered familiar surround-ings. The venues were highschool gymnasiums filledwith a typical-sized crowdand their opponents werewrestlers they most likelyhad seen before.

However, in AtlanticCity, a town of bright lightsand big dreams, every-thing is magnified.

The tournament is larg-er, the building is massiveand the competition is amine field of 20 or morewrestlers who have morethan 30 wins apiece.

The lights, the pres-sure, the eyes and the com-petition can either make orbreak a wrestler once theymake to the state tourna-ment in Boardwalk Hall.

Theres nothing elselike it, Delseas BryanDobzanski said. Just thecrowd gets you so excitedand everything, theresreally nothing like it. Icant wait to come back toit (tonight), just standing infront of the crowd, every-body looking down at meand wrestling, the crowdgetting thrilled, hearing allthe upsets.

More than any othertournament or match oranything else in highschool sports the state

tournament requiresknowledge and experi-ence.

I know this time its alot less nerve wracking,Dobzanski said. Last year,the first match, I was pret-ty nervous about the wholething. But I got warmed upand into it and I just startedsome beating some really

good kids.Hundreds of spotlights

shine down from the 120-foot ceilings and each take-down gets an enthusiasticcall of TWO! from thethousands of spectators.Even with as many as eightmats being used, one canthelp but think that all eyeson you.

Theres so many peo-ple watching you, Del-seas Dylan Dobzanski,Bryans cousin, said. Itsjust a great feeling. Youwant to show all those peo-ple what you can do.

Even if you have team-mates in Boardwalk Hallwarming up with you, thelogo on the uniform mat-ters a little less.

Its all you, Buenas

Billy Ward said. You haveyour team singlet on,youve got your warmupon, but its you. When yourcoaches are in your corner,theyre not worried aboutanything else with yourteam. And thats how youhave to think about it. Imout here, Im going to rep-resent my school, but thisis for me.

And thats kind of whatmakes states unique. Ithink thats why every-body is so into it.

The wrestlers who farewell in Atlantic City are theones that can feed off theenergy.

All the fans, all the peo-ple, all the colleges there, itjust adds to the motiva-tion, Dylan Dobzanskisaid. Last year when Iwent in there, I was justlike, What am I doinghere? Thats what I wasthinking when I was wres-tling (eventual state cham-pion Johnny) Sebastianand he whooped my (butt).This year Im hoping itdoesnt make me more ner-vous, I hope it makes memore motivated.

But as exciting as itmay be to make it there,wrestling in the state tour-nament, especially thefirst time, can be over-whelming.

I think Im used to it,

St. Augustine senior Tom

Gattinella said. The firstcouple of times, it got tome. It made me wrestletentative.

Of the 11 local wrestlerswho are in action thisweekend in the tourna-ment, five have experi-ence at states. Its up towrestlers like Gattinella,who is in his third statetournament, to help out theyounger guys, like sopho-more teammate JarredHodges, who is making hisfirst appearance.

Ill tell him, Just soakit all in, get used to it, be-cause hell be there twomore times, Gattinella

said. I got nervous myfirst time, so hell probablyget the same feeling.

With the level of compe-tition, first trips are oftenshort-lived though.

There are no scrubsdown there, you have tobring your A-game everymatch and you have to beon point with everythingyou do, Dylan Dobzanskisaid.

If youre just a little offyour game, that building,that crowd, those lightsand that opponent can beatyou.

Patrick Buganski covers high school

wrestling for The Daily Journal.He can be reached at (856) 563-5255 or pbuganski@thedailyjournal.com.

Big dreams await in A.C.

PATRICKBUGANSKI

1061. Zach Firestone, Clearview 35-1

2. Patrick DArcy, Holy Spirit 35-4

3. Louis Arensberg, Audubon 34-4

4. Ferdinand Mase, Eastern 35-1

5. Eric Pruszinski, Lower Cape May 29-10

1131. John Amato, Timber Creek 33-2

2. Jake Forsman, Eastern 34-4

3. Kyle Davis, Burlington City 25-3

4. Tyler McBride, Camden Catholic 31-8

5. Jodeci Robinson, Clayton 29-2

1201. Tom Gattinella, St. Augustine 35-3

2. Tyler Kaminski, West Deptford 27-8

3. John Gentile, Paulsboro 33-5

4. Alex Baider, Cherokee 28-7

5. Marcus Miraglia, Delran 30-2

1261. B ill y Wa rd , Bue na 30- 3

2. Sam Morina, Paulsboro 32-7

3. Anthony Racobaldo, Williamstown 36-4

4. Mark McCormick, Camden Catholic33-6

5 . D. J. M el e, C hero kee 2 8-7

1321. Ron Gentile, Paulsboro 35-1

2. Justin McTamney, Bordentown 33-3

3. Connor Mul i, Shawnee 21-2

4. Joe Lemerise, Cherokee 33-3

5. Jarred Hodges, St. Augustine 28-11

1381. Brandon Keller, Timber Creek 26-12. Sean Pryzbylkowski, New Egypt 36-3

3. Brennan Humphrey, Shawnee 34-4

4. Juan Rivera, Paulsboro 31-8

5. Rian Lamanteer, Delsea 34-4

1451. T.J. Miller, Camden Catholic 36-2

2. John VanBrill, Clearview 37-0

3. Maaziah Bethea, Trenton Central 29-2

4. Patrick McCurdy, Woodstown 38-2

5. Adrian Feliciano, Pennsville 29-6

1521. Chad Walsh, Camden Catholic 37-1

2. Wayne Stinson, No. Burlington 36-4

3. Dom Ruggierrio, Timber Creek 31-3

4. Ed Lenkowski, Clearview 36-1

5. John Hennelly, Delsea 34-5

1601. Connor Donahue, Clearview 36-1

2. Bryce Shade, Timber Creek 31-3

3. Cesar Balmaceda, Atlantic City 34-24. Sonnieboy Blanco, Burlington City 35-3

5. Kenny Long, Holy Cross 28-10

1701. Dylan Dobzanski, Delsea 37-0

2. Austin Wetterau, Shawnee 34-3

3. Tyler Sentman, St. Augustine 34-4

4. Nick Elmer, Penns Grove 40-3

5. Rahmil Davis, No. Burlington 31-8

1821. David Williams, Hammonton 38-0

2. Phil Azzari, Haddon Heights 37-3

3. Brad Schwarze, New Egypt 35-1

4. Bil ly Leone, Kingsway 32-7

5. Matt Correnti, Holy Cross 31-7

1951. Rory Bonner, West Deptford 32-0

2. Ed Shockley, Mil lv il le 31-3

3. Brian Keyser, Shawnee 34-3

4. Cory Damiana, Lower Cape May 32-6

5. Frank Juba, Allentown 29-6

2201. Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea 38-0

2. Mauro Correnti, Holy Cross 12-1

3. Nigel Tousssaint, Egg Harbor Twp. 31-3

4. Evan Wayns, Shawnee 31-5

5. Obi Ka li, M illvi lle 31- 6

HWT1. Roy Lucas, St. Joseph 37-0

2. Alex Thompson, Haddon Heights 34-0

3. Jeff Miller, Camden Catholic 30-4

4. Andrew Stevens, Camden 28-2

5 . Ray E ll is, H ol y Spi ri t 3 1-8

106

Josh P ineda, V ineland 23-5

Reid White, St. Augustine 15-7

Collin Donahue, St. Augustine 21-15

Hector Marrero, Cumberland 12-7

Ron Hawk, Buena 9-8

113

Steven Bergamo, Vineland 15-4

Andrew DiJoseph, Cumberland 18-11

L uis R ive ra, B ue na 22- 10

To m C arney, D el sea 2 5-15

Joham Garcia, Mil lv il le 16-10

Leonard Leyva, Vineland 7-6

120

Tom Gattinella, St. Augustine 35-3Sal Marandino, Buena 21-10

Zach Goranson, Millville 16-6

Danny DeTetta, Vineland 20-15

126

Billy Ward, Buena 30-3

Zach Nealis, V ineland 17-3

Newt Richardson, Schalick 25-7

Ed Donahue, St. Augustine 23-13

132

Newt Richardson, Schalick 22-3

J oh n Gal lo, Sch al ick 2 5-8

Jarred Hodges, St. Augustine 28-11

C haz B ramb le, Buena 2 2-9

J oh n P ie rs on , D el sea 2 6-9

138

Rian Lamanteer, Delsea 34-3

Keith Mahoney, Millville 25-4

D eo n H en ry , Sch al ick 2 2-9

Jarett P ierotti, Buena 17-5

Tayron Davis , V ineland 19-15

Nick Clark, St. Augustine 16-15

145

Dil lan Berghof, Buena 19-3

R ico R iv era, M il lv il le 2 6-5Dom DeMarco, Delsea 13-10

D yl an Rec in to, D el sea 8 -7

152

John Hennelly, Delsea 34-5

Dylan Manno, Schal ick 19-12

Jose Tabora, St. Augustine 16-15

160

D av id Gresk , D el sea 3 1-8

J os e Soto, M il lv il le 1 6-11

Carl Hitzelberger, Schalick 13-9

170

Dylan Dobzanski, Delsea 37-0

Tyler Sentman, St. Augustine 34-4

Steffen Rodriguez, Vineland 26-8

J oe Py fe r, S chali ck 18- 11

182

Tiawahn Cosby, Vineland 27-7

Victor DeFrance, Delsea 30-11

C od y Rup pert , D el sea 1 5-7

Javier Colon-Rivera, Millville 20-8

E rik Por ch, De ls ea 20- 7

James Bennett, St. Augustine 13-8

195Ed Shockley, Mil lv il le 31-3

Ben jami n H en ders on 2 3-11

220

Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea 38-0

O bi Ka li, Mi llvi lle 31- 6

Ty Warren, Buena 21-7

Nick Caporale, Buena 15-11

Nick Crisafu ll i, Schal ick 11-8

Justin Welsh, St. Augustine 14-11

HWT

Tom Lynd, St. Augustine 28-7

Ryan Cartwright, Schalick 16-10

MaQuay Richmond, Cumberland 12-8

Fred DeMary, Mil lv il le 16-11

*Wrestlers must have a record of better than.500 and a minimum of 12 bouts.All the records and rankings are based on in-formation through Wednesday.

BRYANDOBZANSKIDELSEA

Junior220 pounds

Buenas Billy Ward, Timber Creeks Brandon Keller and

Camden Catholics T.J. Miller all became four-time regionalchampions last weekend, extending the list of South Jerseywrestlers to accomplish the feat to 20. It is the third time thearea had three four-time champions in the same year. In 2003,Camden Catholics Ed Giosa, Holy Cross Adam Cooney andOakcrests C.J. Mays accomplished the feat. Seven years later,Paulsboros Joey Duca, Easterns Anthony Baldosaro andEasterns Preston Keiffer achieved the milestone.

Timber Creek almost pulled off an incredible trifecta at Re-gion 8. After crowning four regional champions each of theprevious two years, the Chargers captured three regional titleson Saturday and had a fourth in the finals. Eastern (2008-2010)is the only South Jersey team to crown four regional championsin three consecutive seasons. Bryce Shade, who was a two-timeregion champ, was the only Charger to lose in the final.

Atlantic Citys Cesar Balmaceda is the first wrestler to wres-tle in his hometown in the state tournament. The Vikings hadntsent a wrestler to states since the 1970s, long before they start-ed holding the event at Boardwalk Hall. The Vikings last stateplacewinner was Marty Cheatham in 1970.

Camdens Andrew Stevens is also making the trip to Board-walk Hall. The junior heavyweight is 28-2, with both lossescoming to Haddon Heights Alex Thompson by 4-2 and 1-0decisions. The Panthers have had only two state placewinners intheir history with the last one, Kendall Gibson, coming in1989.

Team scores werent officially kept, but trackwrestling.comkept a running total and Camden Catholic (Region 7) andDelsea (Region 8) accumulated the most points in their regionswith 114.5 and 110, respectively. Shawnee and Paulsboro eachfinished second.

South Plainfield crowned five straight champions at Region 3from 126 to 152 pounds. Casey Stasenko started the run at 126,followed by Scott DelVecchio (132), Anthony Ashnault (138),Troy Heilmann (145) and Dylan Painton (152).

Hightstowns Joey DeCristofaro was disqualified from theRegion 7 tournament for flagrant misconduct following an 8-2semifinal loss at Region 7. The senior was 32-2 with 28 pins.

NEWS AND NOTES

TOP TWEETS

LOCAL STATE CHAMPIONS

1. Bobby Hogan, Millville 1957, 1958

2. John Disanti, Vineland 1959

3. Hank Mazzoni, Vineland 1959

4. Dave Homiak, Vineland 1970

5. Chris Ianacone, Delsea 1973

6. Dan DeTullio, Millville 1975

7. Jim TenBrook, Millville 1980

8. Doug Taylor, Millville 1982

9. Bob Malatesta, St. Augustine 1985

10. George Chew, Cumberland 1987

11. Toby Fagan, Millville 1990

12. Mark Saul, Millville 1995, 1996

13. Joe Alexander, Delsea 1997, 1998

14. Larry Smashey, Delsea 1998

15. Don Fisch, Delsea 2001, 2002

16. Anthony Baldosaro, Delsea 2008

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