It might still be early in the season, but both Seton Hall Prep and South Plainfield (the reigning Group 2 champions) were looking for statement wins to start off the year.
The Pirates pulled out a 40-31 victory over the Tigers after a match highlighted by eight total pins between the two squads. Seton Hall Prep lead 31-10 at the turn of the lineup and South Plainfield got within four points before a Connor Decker tech ended the match.
JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from South Plainfield:
Match Results
145: Cole Carroll (SHP) over Issa Jadallah (Fall 0:35)
152: Xavier Santos (SOPL) over Aidan Cunningham (MD 8-0)
160: Jack Wilt (SHP) over Daniel Borsos (Fall 5:53)
170: Zachary Merlino (SHP) over Aidan MacKenzie (MD 14-3)
182: AJ Hinton (SHP) over Kenneth Clevengar (Fall 5:58)
195: Michael Massa (SHP) over Thomas Renna (Dec. 6-5)
220: Andrew Mitzak (SHP) over Austin Scott (Fall 1:03)
285: Julian Medina (SOPL) over Brandon Blanco (Fall 0:28)
106: J.J. Giordano (SOPL) over Joseph Sciarrone (Dec. 2-0)
113: Julian Irizarry (SOPL) over Robert Crofford (Fall 2:38)
120: Jacob DelVecchio (SOPL) over Gabriel Jiminez (Fall 4:40)
126: Lawrence Melchionda (SHP) over Andrew Loniewski (MD 13-2)
132: Anthony White (SOPL) over Dean Musialowicz (Fall 3:51)
138: Connor Decker (SHP) over Tyler Balent (TF 15-0 4:41)
