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C4 Friday, February15, 2013 THE DAI LY JO URN AL

Q: Youre trying to getCumberland wrestlingback up as a program.Where do you think thatstarts?

A: In the practice roomreally. You just have to go atit every day, dont slack off,just keep it going, thats all itis. Just give it all you got inthe room and put your bestfoot forward.

Q: What do you think ofwrestling being eliminat-ed as an Olympic sport?

A: The Olympics taking outwrestling, its just bad. Itsbeen in there since the be-ginning. Its just kind ofmind-boggling to take outwrestling, which is honestly

one of the toughest sportsthere is. For me, to takewrestling out of the Olym-pics is just crazy.

Q: So are you now goingto take up the ModernPentathlon (which com-bines fencing, equestrian,target shooting, runningand swimming), the sportmany consider to havebeen kept in the Olympicsover wrestling?

A: I mean, I dont even knowwhat that is, which is kind ofbad. If theyre going to takeout something, they shouldprobably take out somethingthat nobody knows about.

Cumberland Regional HighSchools Joe Roman has beena senior leader on a young,rebuilding Colts team with anew head coach this year inJustin Martin. The team, at8-14, has had an up-and-down season, and Roman, asenior 132-pounder, is 12-11.He recently spoke with TheMat Pack about the year andsome other wrestling topics.

QUESTION: You have anew head coach in JustinMartin, what does he

bring to the table andhow does he compare toformer coach CarmineDavis?

ANSWER: He brings a lot ofdifferent things to the team.Its just a big switch. Carmineran things a little differently.Carmine was a good coach,but Martin helps us out inareas where we really needit.

Q: What has this seasonbeen like to go through?

A: Were a young team, wegot a lot of guys on the teamthat never even wrestled

before, so were just tryingto get them adjusted to thesystem and get them wherethey need to be. For us olderguys, its just about helpingthem along as much as wecan.

Q: Youre a senior goinginto your last districts,whats it like to thinkabout how the tourna-ment is just a week away?

A: Its a little nerve (wrack-ing) but Im going to go inthere open-minded. I justhave to do the best I can,thats all I can say.

THE INSIDE STUFF

Delseas Luke Fedechko (right) grapples with Deptfords Anthony Rizzolo in the

Tri-County Conference Tournament in 2008. The tournament lasted just four years due tomarquee matchups like this becoming less common. STAFF PHOTO/CODY GLENN

Last season, DelseasCurt Delia becamethe first four-time

Tri-County ConferenceTournament champion.

Hell remain the onlyone despite the protestsof the one wrestler whocould have matched thatfeat.

I was a little upset be-cause I wanted to be thenext four-timer, said Del-sea senior 152-pounderJohn Hennelly, whoearned three TCC titles.Its a big tournament in away, but then its not.

After a solid run of fouryears, the TCC Tourna-ment is no more. It wasscrapped before this sea-son began and teams filledthe last Saturday of Janu-ary with dual meets in itsplace.

The tournament wasthe only semblance ofsuch a showcase in SouthJersey while county andconference championsare routinely crowned inthe northern part of thestate.

I just think its tradi-tion as far as other parts ofthe state, Delsea athleticdirector Steve Iles said.And it seems its not justwrestling, you see it inother sports as well. It justseems like a bigger deal.

With the greater popu-lation density and teamsin close proximity oftensplit from each other in

terms of conference, dis-trict and region align-ment, the tournamentshave been a primarysource of bragging rightsand rivalries in North andCentral Jersey.

You dont have that(down here), Iles said.We tried to start that, andthere are some road-blocks along the way, andone of those is people whodont want to see the sameopponent two or threetimes, especially your bet-ter wrestlers.

Because every team in

the TCC Tournament wasalso in Region 8, most ofthe finals were region fi-nal or semifinal previews,at best. To avoid losingseeding criteria or show-

ing too much to an oppo-nent before the individualstate tournament, teamswere leaving wrestlershome or even bumpingaround weight classes.

Its widely believed if aSouth Jersey conferenceor county was spread overmultiple region bound-aries, a tournament wouldstand a better chance ofsurvival.

I liked it because ofhow well it was run andhow competitive it was,Delsea coach Greg Saw-yer said. But then the flip

side of it is, its nice not tosee the same kids over andover again. A lot of thesekids weve already seen,two or three times. Threeor four times is too many.

Theoretically, Delsea,which shares a district,region and conferencewith Kingsway could havehad individuals wrestle asmany as six times in a sin-gle season.

There are also far moretournaments in the begin-ning of the season and

many teams prefer totravel to increase the di-versity in their schedules.Buena has long competedin the Hunterdon CentralTournament, Delsea andSt. Augustine are regularsat the Brick MemorialMustang Classic and oth-er South Jersey teamsventure to Pennsylvaniaand Virginia seeking dif-ferent competition.

Some coaches havealso chosen to focus on theteam aspect of the wres-tling season and disliketoo many individual, regu-

lar-season tournaments.I want to wrestle the

best teams around, andthats just taking awaymatches, St. Augustinecoach Bill Ward said.

The Shore Conferenceholds a team tournament,but that has fallen out offavor in recent years. TheShore Conference, howev-er, is larger than both theTri-County Conferenceand Cape-AtlanticLeague. Its also brokeninto six divisions as op-

posed to three in the TCCand two in the CAL. Out-side of football, no SouthJersey conference is di-vided into more than fourdivisions for any sport.

So while the sting oflosing South Jerseys onlyconference or countytournament is still fresh,its unlikely a new one willcome along any time soon.

Patrick Buganski covers high schoolwrestling for The Daily Journal. Hecan be reached at (856) 563-5255or pbuganski@thedailyjour-nal.com.

Tournaments remainscarce in South Jersey

PATRICKBUGANSKI

1. Delsea 23-2

2. Shawnee 21-2

3. Camden Cathol ic 19-4

4. Clearview 22-6

5. Paulsboro 18-3

6. Timber Creek 16-8

7. St. Augustine 17-9

8. Millville 18-4

9. Clayton 21-1

10. Washington Twp. 15-8

11. Cherokee 20-7

12. Collingswood 22-9

13. Cinnaminson 18-1

14. Cherry Hill West 19-8

15. Woodstown 17-7

*Records through Wednesday.

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

1. S. Plainfield (26-0) (17) 340 Lastweek: (1)

2. Berg. Catholic (16-1) 323 (2)

3. Brick Mem. (20-2) 306 (3)

4. Don Bosco (12-5) 268 (4)

(tie) Bound Brook (18-3) 268 (5)

6. Hunterdon Cent. (16-1) 236 (6)

7. Toms River S. (21-3) 241 (7)

8. Phillipsburg (12-3) 232 (8)

9. St. Peters Prep (16-4) 204 (9)

10. Delbarton (14-3) 186 (10)

11. Kittatinny (19-2) 174 (11)

12. Southern (10-5) 151 (12)

13. Jackson Mem. (15-6) 134 (13)

14. High Point (16-4) 117 (14)

15. Delsea (22-2) 88 (15)

16. Howell (21-3) 86 (15)

17. Voorhees (21-4) 72 (17)

18. N. Hunterdon (14-3) 55 (18)

19. Hopewell Val. (16-1) 22 (19)

20. Camden Catholic (18-4) 11 (NR)

(tie) Warren Hills (17-7) 11 (NR)

Others receiving votes: Dela-ware Valley 9, Shawnee 2, BrickTownship 1, West Morris 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 28-3

2. Zach Firestone, Clearview 30-13. Tyler McBride, Camden Catholic 23-7

4. Ferdinand Mase, Eastern 25-0

5. Louis Arensberg, Audubon 28-3

1131. John Amato, Timber Creek 27-2

2. Jake Forsman, Eastern 25-3

3. Mike Van Horn, Washington Twp. 26-5

4. Jimmy Goldschmidt, Cherokee 26-5

5. Steven Bergamo, Vineland 11-1

1201. John Gentile, Paulsboro 26-3

2. Tom Gattinella, St. Augustine 28-3

3. Marcus Miraglia, Delran 24-1

4. Zach Valcarce, Lower Cape May 24-5

5. Michael VanBrill, Clearview 27-4

1261 . Bill y Wa rd, Bue na 21- 4

2. Anthony Racobaldo, Wiliamstown 27-3

3. Sam Morina, Paulsboro 26-5

4. D. LaPalomento, Washington Twp. 27-2

5. Mark McCormick, Camden Catholic 25-5

1321. Ron Genti le, Paulsboro 27-1

2. Isiah DeGuzman, Timber Creek 23-4

3. Joe Lemerise, Cherokee 28-1

4. Steve Passarella, Washington Twp. 13-0

5. Connor Mul i, Shawnee 16-0

1381. Brandon Keller, Timber Creek 18-1

2. John VanBrill, Clearview 31-0

3. Sean Pryzbylkowski, New Egypt 26-2

4. Brennan Humphrey, Shawnee 27-3

5. Rian Lamanteer, Delsea 26-3

1451. T.J. Miller, Camden Catholic 28-2

2. Maaziah Bethea, Trenton Central 21-1

3. Dil lan Berghof, Buena 17-2

4. Branden Virgilio, Timber Creek 17-4

5. Patrick McCurdy, Woodstown 29-1

1521. Chad Walsh, Camden Catholic 29-1

2. Wayne Stinson, No. Burlington 29-3

3. Ed Lenkowski, Clearview 31-04. Dom Ruggerio, Timber Creek 23-3

5. John Hennelly, Delsea 27-4

1601. Connor Donahue, Clearview 30-1

2. Bryce Shade, Timber Creek 24-3

3. Kellen Whitney, Hammonton 23-2

4. Cesar Balmaceda, Atlantic City 26-0

5. Sonnieboy Blanco, Burlington City 24-3

1701. Dylan Dobzanski, Delsea 29-0

2. Austin Wetterau, Shawnee 27-3

3. Nick Elmer, Penns Grove 31-1

4. Tyler Sentman, St. Augustine 28-3

5. Christian LaFragola, St. Joseph 14-2

1821. David Williams, Hammonton 28-0

2. Brad Schwarze, New Egypt 27-0

3 . A lex Fo ley, Shawn ee 2 7-3

4. Bil ly Leone, Kingsway 25-5

5. Phil Azzari, Haddon Heights 28-2

1951. Rory Bonner, West Deptford 25-02. Joey DeChristofaro, Hightstown 27-0

3. Michael Robinson, Clayton 20-0

4. Ed Shockley, Mil lv il le 26-2

5. Cory Damiana, Lower Cape May 23-5

2201. Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea 31-0

2. Nigel Toussaint, Egg Harbor Twp. 24-2

3. Evan Wayns, Shawnee 26-3

4. Cylas Dorety, Woodstown 25-4

5. Josh Johnson, Ocean City 23-4

HWT1 . Roy Lucas, S t. J os ep h 2 8-0

2. Alex Thompson, Haddon Heights 24-0

3. Jeff Miller, Camden Catholic 24-2

4. James Dever, Moorestown 24-3

5 . Ray E ll is, H ol y Spi ri t 2 4-6

106

J os h P in ed a, V in el an d 1 8-3

Reid White, St. Augustine 13-5

Hector Marrero, Cumberland 12-7

Ron Hawk, Buena 9-8

113

Steven Bergamo, Vineland 11-1

Andrew DiJoseph, Cumberland 17-7

Zach Goranson, Mil lv il le 16-6

Luis Rivera, Buena 19-10

J oh am Garci a, M il lv il le 1 5-8

Collin Donahue, St. Augustine 19-12

Tom Ca rney , De ls ea 17- 12

Leonard Leyva, V ineland 7-6

120

Tom Gattinella, St. Augustine 28-3

Sal M aran di no, Buena 1 9-8

Zach Goranson, Mil lv il le 16-6Danny DeTetta, V ineland 17-13

126

Zach Nea li s, Vi ne land 1 4-1

Billy Ward, Buena 23-3

Joh n G all o, Sc ha lic k 23- 6

Ed Donahue, St. Augustine 21-10

132

Newt Richardson, Schalick 22-3

Jarred Hodges, St. Augustine 23-8

Chaz Br amble, Bue na 20- 7

Joh n Pi er so n, De lse a 22- 8

Joe Roman, Cumberland 12-11

138

R ian Laman teer, D el sea 2 6-3

Kei th Mahoney, Mil lv il le 25-3

J aret t P ie ro tt i, Buena 1 2-2

Nick C lark, St. Augustine 16-12

Tayron Davis , V ineland 17-13

145

D il lan Bergh of, Buena 1 7-2

R ico R iv era, M il lv il le 2 4-4

De on He nr y, S cha lic k 21- 8

Dom De Ma rc o, D else a 12- 5Dy lan Re cin to, De lse a 8- 6

152

J oh n H en ne ll y, D el sea 2 7-4

D yl an M an no, Sch al ick 1 9-10

Jose Tabora, St. Augustine 17-13

160

Da vid Gr esk , De ls ea 25- 6

Carl Hitzelberger, Schalick 12-7

Jos e S ot o, Mill vill e 14- 9

Juan Chavez, Cumberland 8-7

170

Dylan Dobzanski, Delsea 29-0

Tyler Sentman, St. Augustine 28-3

Steffen Rodriguez, Vineland 23-6

Victor DeFrance, Delsea 23-8

Joe Pyfer, Schalick 17-9

Edward Williams, Cumberland 12-10

182

Tiawahn Cosby, V ineland 24-5

Cody R uppe rt , D el se a 15- 5

Javier Colon-Rivera, Millville 20-8

Erik Porch, Delsea 18-7

James Bennett, St. Augustine 13-8

195

Ed Sho ck ley, M il lv il le 2 6-2

Juan Chavez, Cumberland 8-6

J os e M at teo, Vi ne land 1 0-9

220

Bryan Dobzanski, Delsea 31-0

Obi Kali, Millville 25-4

Ty Warren, Buena 18-5

N ick C ap oral e, Buena 1 5-10

Benjamin Henderson, Vineland 20-9

Nick Crisafu ll i, Schal ick 12-7

Justin Welsh, St. Augustine 14-11

HWT

Tom Lynd, St. Augustine 23-7

Ryan Cartwright, Schal ick 17-9

MaQuay Richmond, Cumberland 12-7

Fred D eM ary, M il lv il le 1 5-9

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

JOEROMANCUMBERLAND

Senior132 pounds

Those who attendedthe Bishop Eustace-Holy Spirit Non-Public B South quarterfinal match on Monday might want toask for a refund. The meet had just three bouts contested, allending in pins. Total meet time 4 minutes and 56 seconds.Holy Spirit won 48-12.

If Delsea knocks off Clayton tonight, the Crusaders will lockup the No. 1 spot in the South Jersey Mean 15. Delsea has neverfinished No. 1 in South Jersey for wrestling. The Mat Pack willaward the first John Vogeding Memorial Cup to South Jerseystop-ranked team at the South Jersey Wrestling Coaches andOfficials Associations Reigon 7/8 Banquet on March 19.

The South sectional playoffs saw the top two seeds in eachgroup advance in five of the six groups. The one exception wasthird-seeded Shawnee in Group IV. The only top-seed in thestate to get knocked out in the sectional semifinal was MorrisKnolls in Group IV North I as fifth-seeded Hackensack eliminat-ed the Golden Eagles.

NEWS AND NOTES

TOP TWEETS

CUMBERLANDRECORD WALLTop 3 in career wins

Will Elliott 100

Robert Elliott 96

Angelo DiJoseph 93

100-match winners: 1State champions: 1(George Chew, 1987)

Team district titles: 0.

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