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that much pressure because Iwanted to do this good mysenior year, and Ive exceeded allmy expectations. Theres not

going to be that much pressurefor me until I get to the statetournament, I think.

Q: Do you think this team hasa better chance at gettingover the hump and winning astate title this year as op-posed to last year?

A: Its tough because last yearwe had a lot of great wrestlers(like Curt Delia). He was agreat leader, he always pushedus. I think we have anothergreat chance this year to make itand win the whole thing. I thinkHigh Point is beatable. We sawthem at Brick, they have holes,we have holes, everybody hasholes. I think we have a goodshot at winning it this year,because we put in so much hardwork and we deserve it.

Q: How do you feel aboutwrestling anywhere from 170to 195?

A: My coaches always make funof me when I wrestle 195. Itstough wrestling bigger kidsbecause theyre stronger, buttheyre a lot slower. Ill wrestle95 and get the job done. Ill dowhatever I need to do for myteam. I definitely enjoy wrestling70 and 82 a lot more, but I dowhat I have to do.

Q: Whats your Super Bowlprediction?

A: I want to say the Ravens,17-13, I hope they win because

of Ray Lewis.

Delsea Regional High SchoolsDylan Dobzanski is currentlyundefeated (24-0) and garneringinterest from college coaches.He played just one season ofhigh school football and helpedthe Crusaders win a state title,and hes getting scholarshipoffers for that sport too. But fornow hes focused on helpingDelsea reach the Group II statefinals and win a title. He recentlyspoke to The Mat Pack aboutwrestling and football.

QUESTION: You played foot-ball for the first time in highschool this past fall, did thathelp you out with wrestlingor set you back at all?

A: A little bit of both in a sense,it got me into some sort ofshape but it was also badbecause I havent had anyathletic breaks since the begin-ning of summer, my body isstarting to wear down a littlebit. (But) Its definitely been agreat ride, Im glad I came outand played this year.

Q: Do you regret not playingfootball sooner?

A: Not really, because I hadnever been that big. Freshmanyear, I wrestled 119, I was 5-foot-2.

Q: Which sport would youlike to pursue in college?

A: I think wrestling. Its close tomy heart. And its 10 times morerewarding because of all thehard work I put in my whole life.Theres nothing like the feelingof winning a match.

Q: Being undefeated this farinto the season, does it addconfidence or pressure?

A: I dont think it adds thatmuch pressure, but it does giveme confidence knowing Ihavent lost yet because I havewrestled some tough kids at theBrick tournament. We wrestledBound Brook and St. Peters(Prep). I dont think its added

THE INSIDE STUFF

Vinelands Zach Nealis bites into an apple before a recent practice. Fruits are a popularchoice for wrestlers watching their weight during the season. STAFF PHOTO/CHARLES J. OLSON

Wrestling isnt justa sport, its a life-style.

For proof, look no fur-ther than the differencebetween what a wrestlereats for lunch during theoffseason and what he con-

sumes if anything at all during the season.Maintaining a certain

weight is a way of life forhigh school wrestlers andmost have become expertsin rationing portions andthe timing of their meals.

Few wrestlers agreecompletely on the properway to diet throughout theseason. Some opt forsmaller portions of whatthey normally eat whileothers go for low-fat foodsthey only consume be-tween December andMarch.

I dont eat lunch, I usu-ally eat a big breakfast and

that fills me up for thewhole day, said St. Augus-tines Tom Gattinella, whowrestles at 120 pounds.Then when I get home, Iusually eat steak, chicken,and a lot of water. Every-thing is portioned. I usual-ly eat the same meals, justportioned out.

Most wrestlers famous-ly twiddle their thumbsduring lunch while the sea-son is in high gear. Typical-ly, eating during the day isa luxury reserved for up-per weights who arentcutting weight or timeswhen a match is still a fewdays away.

If its lunch, I justmake it fruit, itll fill meup, it hydrates me too,Gattinella said.

Gattinella, who stands5-foot, 5-inches, said its agood idea to eat nutritiousfood, rather than eating alot then working extrahard to work it off.

Fast food, itll sit inyour stomach and youregoing to wrestle bad, Gat-tinella said. Thats why Ifeel like if I get a good din-ner, it fuels me for the restof the day and the nextday.

While hes smart aboutwhat he eats to maintain

his weight, Gattinella isntas strict as one of his team-mates.

Since my freshmanyear Ive had a schedule ofwhat I want to eat, when,Prep senior 170-pounderTyler Sentman said. Ihave it portioned out, so Idont even have to worryabout it.

Sentman also stressedthe importance of beingsmart and eating healthyrather than just eatingless.

As long as youre cy-cling it, your body gets

used to it and its not thatbad, Sentman said. Youdont fluctuate a lot ofweight, you only go up ordown a few pounds.

During the season,Sentman said he misses

whats normally a staple inhis diet Chinese food.He replaces it with some-thing significantly moreAmerican.

Every single day forlunch I eat peanut butterand jelly, Sentman said.

Not everyone has adrastically different dietduring the winter monthsthough.

Even when I was cut-ting a lot of weight, I stillate what I wanted, Buenasenior 126-pounder BillyWard said. Maybe a littleless or smaller portions.

Ward said the key tomaintaining weight is

more about shedding thepounds in the wrestlingroom and less about starv-ing in the hours beforeweigh-ins. Since wrestlingafter fasting for 24 hoursjust to make weight isnt

ideal, Ward suggests get-ting down earlier, thenmaintaining.

A lot of it is how muchyoure working out andhow much youre sweat-ing, Ward said. I have aweight I want to be the daybefore a match. If youredown earlier in the week,its nice.

The Mat Pack askedabout wrestlers favoritein-season snack foods andfruits were the popularchoice.

Patrick Buganski covers scholasticwrestling for The Daily Journal. Hecan be reached at pbuganski@the-

dailyjournal.com or (856) 563-5255.

Wrestlers grapple withproper diet in-season

PATRICK

BUGANSKI

1. Camden Cathol ic 16-3

2. Delsea 19-2

3. Clearview 20-4

4. Paulsboro 13-2

5. St. Augustine 13-7

6. Shawnee 15-2

7. Timber Creek 12-8

8. Millville 14-3

9. Clayton 17-1

10. Buena 10-0

11. Cherokee 17-4

12. Washington Twp. 10-8

13. Haddon Twp. 16-5

14. No. Burlington 10-2

15. Cherry Hi ll West 14-7

*Records through Wednesday.

The New Jersey Wrestling WritersAssociation Statewide Top 20. Firstplace votes in parenthesis followby total points.

1. S. Plainfield (23-0) (17) 340 Lastweek: (1)

2. Berg. Catholic (15-1) 323 (3)

3. Bound Brook (17-2) 302 (2)

4. Toms River S. (18-2) 291 (4)

5. Brick Mem. (16-2) 273 (5)

6. Hunterdon Cent. (12-1) 242 (7)

7. Phillipsburg (8-2) 234 (8)

8. St. Peters Prep (10-4) 200 (6)

9. Delbarton (11-2) 193 (9)

10. Kittatinny (16-1) 190 (11)

11. Don Bosco (10-4) 159 (19)

12. Southern (7-5) 158 (10)

13. Jackson Mem. (12-5) 144 (12)

14. High Point (12-4) 127 (13)

15. Camden Cath. (14-3) 116 (14)

16. Howell (19-2) 78 (15)

17. Delsea (18-2) 75 (16)

18. Voorhees (17-3) 57 (17)

19. No. Hunterdon (8-3) 34 (NR)

20. Hopewell Valley (13-1) 12 (NR)

Others receiving votes: LongBranch 5, Warren Hills, Clearview3, Brick Township, DelawareValley 1.

Points are awarded to teams indescending order with 20 pointsgoing to the No. 1team and onepoint to No. 20.

1061. Patrick DArcy, Holy Spirit 24-3

2. Tyler McBride, Camden Catholic 20-6

3. Ferdinand Mase, Eastern 21-04. Louis Arensberg, Audubon 21-3

5. Griffin Bonner, West Deptford 18-1

1131. John Amato, Timber Creek 22-2

2. Jake Forsman, Eastern 21-2

3. Zach Firestone, Clearview 26-1

4. Mike Van Horn, Washington Twp. 22-4

5. Jimmy Goldschmidt, Cherokee 22-4

1201. John Genti le, Paulsboro 23-3

2. Tom Gattinella, St. Augustine 23-3

3. Marcus Miraglia, Del ran 22-1

4. Zach Valcarce, Lower Cape May 20-5

5. Tyler Kaminski, West Deptford 18-4

1261. Billy Ward, Buena 17-3

2. Sam Morina, Paulsboro 22-4

3. Col lin Mitchel l, Eastern 10-1

4. Anthony Racobaldo, Williamstown 22-2

5. Dylan LaPalomento, Washington Twp.22-2

1321. Isiah DeGuzman, Timber Creek 20-42. Juan Rivera, Paulsboro 20-5

3. Joe Lemerise, Cherokee 24-0

4. Steve Passarella, Washington Twp. 9-0

5. Justin McTamney, Bordentown 21-2

1381. Brandon Keller, Timber Creek 15-1

2. Ron Genti le, Paulsboro 21-1

3. John Van Brill, Clearview 27-0

4. Sean Pryzbylkowski, New Egypt 23-2

5. Brennan Humphrey, Shawnee 22-2

1451. T.J. Miller, Camden Catholic 24-2

2. Maaziah Bethea, Trenton Central 16-1

3. Dil lan Berghof, Buena 16-2

4. Branden Virgilio, Timber Creek 14-4

5. Patrick McCurdy, Woodstown 23-1

1521. Chad Walsh, Camden Catholic 25-1

2. Wayne Stinson, No. Burlington 24-3

3. Ed Lenkowski, Clearview 27-0

4. Dom Ruggerio, Timber Creek 15-5

5 . J oh n H en ne ll y, D el sea 2 3-4

1601. Connor Donahue, Cleraview 27-0

2. Bryce Shade, Timber Creek 20-3

3. A.J . Nicholas, Cherokee 20-4

4. Kellen Whitney, Hammonton 19-2

5. Cesar Balmaceda, Atlantic City 21-0

1701. Dylan Dobzanski , Delsea 25-0

2. Austin Wetterau, Shawnee 24-0

3. Nick Elmer, Penns Grove 25-1

4. Tyler Sentman, St. Augustine 22-3

5. Frank Varallo, Camden Catholic 16-6

1821. David Williams, Hammonton 24-0

2. Brad Schwarze, New Egypt 25-0

3 . B il ly Leo ne, K in gs way 1 4-2

4 . A lex Fo ley, Shawn ee 2 1-3

5. Phil Azzari, Haddon Heights 24-2

1951. Rory Bonner, West Deptford 20-0

2. Joey DeChristofaro, Hightstown 22-0

3. Michael Robinson, Clayton 15-0

4 . Ed Sho ck ley, M il lv il le 2 1-2

5. Cory Damiana, Lower Cape May 20-5

2201. Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea 27-0

2. Nigel Toussaint, Egg Harbor Twp. 22-2

3 . Evan W ayns, Shawn ee 2 0-3

4. Josh Johnson, Ocean City 20-3

5. Cylas Dorety, Woodstown 19-4

HWT1 . Roy Lucas, S t. J os ep h 2 4-0

2. Alex Thompson, Haddon Heights 20-0

3. Jeff Miller, Camden Catholic 22-1

4. Tom Lynd, St. Augustine 22-3

5. Robert Frederico, Hammonton 23-1

106

J os h P in ed a, Vi ne land 1 5-2

Hector Marrero, Cumberland 12-7

Tom Car ne y, De lse a 16- 10

Ron Hawk, Buena 9-8

113

Zach Goranson, Mil lv il le 15-5

Andrew DiJoseph, Cumberland 13-6

Collin Donahue, St. Augustine 14-8

Joham Garcia, Mil lv il le 11-7

Luis Rivera, Buena 14-9

Leonard Leyva, V ineland 6-6

120

Tom Gattinella, St. Augustine 239-3

Sal M aran di no, Buena 1 5-6

Danny DeTetta, V ineland 16-9

J ust in I nma n, Bu ena 6- 6126

Billy Ward, Buena 17-3

J oh n Gal lo, Sch al ick 1 7-6

Ed Donahue, St. Augustine 18-8

C had Kah n, M il lv il le 1 1-10

132

J oh n P ie rs on , D el sea 2 1-5

Newt Richardson, Schalick 16-3

Jarred Hodges, St. Augustine 18-7

C haz B ramb le, Buena 1 6-5

138

J aret t P ie ro tt i, Buena 1 1-1

Kei th Mahoney, Mil lv il le 21-2

Rian Lamanteer, Delsea 22-3

Tayron Davis , V ineland 13-12

145

D il lan Bergh of, Buena 1 6-2

D eo n H en ry , Sch al ick 1 8-6

D om D eM arco, D el sea 1 0-5

D yl an Rec in to, D el sea 6 -6

152

J oh n H en ne ll y, D el sea 2 3-4

R ico R iv era, M il lv il le 2 0-3

Jose Tabora, St. Augustine 15-9

D yl an M an no, Sch al ick 1 4-8

160

D avi d G res k, De lse a 21- 6

Carl Hitzelberger, Schalick 12-7

J ose So to, Mi llvi lle 11- 7

Kris Albert, Buena 6-6

170

Dylan Dobzanski, Delsea 24-0

Tyler Sentman, St. Augustine 22-3

Steffen Rodriguez, Vineland 19-5

J oe Py fe r, S chali ck 17- 6

Victor DeFrance, Delsea 19-8

Edward Williams, Cumberland 9-8

Connor Dixon, Mil lv il le 10-10

182

Tiawahn Cosby, Vineland 20-4

Erik Porch, Delsea 18-6

C od y Rup pert , D el sea 1 2-5

Javier Colon-Rivera, Millville 15-8

James Bennett, St. Augustine 13-8

195

Ed Sho ck ley, M il lv il le 2 1-2

J os e M at teo, Vi ne land 8 -7220

Bryan Dobzanski , Delsea 27-0

Obi Kali, Millville 20-4

Ty Warren, Vuena 15-4

Benjamin Henderson, Vineland 17-7

N ick C ap oral e, Buena 1 2-7

Justin Welsh, St. Augustine 12-10

Nick Crisafu ll i, Schal ick 9-4

HWT

Tom Lynd, St. Augustine 19-2

MaQuay Richmond, Cumberland 9-5

Fred D eM ary, M il lv il le 1 2-7

Ryan Cartwright, Schalick 13-8

*Wrestlers must have at least a .500 recordand a minimum of 11bouts.All the records and rankings are based on in-formation through Wednesday.

DYLANDOBZANSKI

DELSEA

170 pounds

Delran coach Dennis Smith notchedcareer win No. 602 on Saturday, becoming theall-time win leader in South Jersey history.Smith surpassed legendary coach Ralph Ross Sr.,who won 601with Highland and Triton-Red.

Clearviews John Van Brill (27-0) owns themost pins (22) in New Jersey this season accord-ing to the National Wrestling Coaches Associa-tions Scorebook. Triton heavyweight BrianMarzi has accepted the most forfeits (nine) inthe state. Marzi is 21-3.

Bergen Catholic freshman Nick Suriano isthe top-ranked 106-pounder in the nation bythe website intermat.wrestling.com. Suriano is26-0, including two tight wins over Don BoscoPreps Kyle Bierdumpfel. One of those decisionscame on Wednesday with a 4-1 score. InterMatalso ranked the top 50 teams in the country,New Jersey had three.

NEWS AND NOTES

ST. AUGUSTINERECORD WALLTop 3 in career wins

Joe Esposito 134-31

Mike DiGalbo 128-26

Justin Rivera 117-30

100-match winners: 10State champions: 1(Bobby Malatesta 1985)

Team district titles: 6(1984, 1985, 2007, 2008,2009, 2012).

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