Jersey Sports Zone takes a trip down to the Jersey Shore for a pair of matches in the Shore Conference. In the highlights: Middletown North has a new career wins record holder and Howell continues to dominate local competition. Enjoy the matches!


Middletown North 36 Ocean 27

Put his name at the top of the list! Middletown North star senior 113-pounder Tyler Klinsky broke the school’s record for career wins Friday night after a 15-second pin. He now has 134 career victories and counting. Outside of Klinsky, the Lions won seven bouts – six with bonus points – to secure a B North divisional win.

JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Middletown:

Match Results

285: Joseph Teresi (OCTO) over Andrew Kanski (Fall 1:08)

106: Blake Tarnowski (OCTO) over Colin Oden (Dec 4-3)

113: Tyler Klinsky (MINO) over Christopher Loyola (Fall 0:15)

120: Fred Luchs (MINO) over Gio Poniros (TF 17-2 5:49)

126: Thomas O’Keefe (MINO) over Alex Taylor (Fall 5:08)

132: Jack Butler (MINO) over AJ Benner (Fall 2:50)

138: Jack Nies (OCTO) over Enrico Astornio (TF 21-5 3:01)

145: Alex Poniros (OCTO) over Rich Wall (MD 11-2)

152: Nicholas Benner (OCTO) over Grant Heller (Dec 10-6)

160: Jared Tracey (OCTO) over Shaun Sullivan (Dec 9-5)

170: Tah-Jay Phillips (OCTO) over Eddie Farrell (Dec 7-6)

182: Gabriel Lubrano Lavandera (MINO) over Christian Petit (MD 12-3)

195: Jack Lopez (MINO) over Mateo Chavarriaga (Dec 5-0)

220: Nico Cerbo (MINO) over Alejandro Villarraga (Fall 2:23)


Howell 43 Jackson 19

The Howell Rebels continued their dominance of the Shore Conference wrestling with a 43-19 win over Jackson Memorial. The Rebels picked up pins by Justin Wright, Colin Bradshaw, James McGee, Nick Acgue and Shane Reistma in the victory. Kyle Epperly won by pin for the Jags.

JSZ’s Kenneth Bradley has the highlights from Howell:

182: Nick Cerulli (H) d. Mike Fiore (JM), 12-5

195: Kyle Epperly (JM) p. Hunter Lino (H), 3:17

220: Brad Galassi (JM) d. George Ibram (H), 7-2

285: Justin Wright (H) p. Antonio Farias (JM), 3:17

106: Brett Blaess (JM) d. Ethan Liptzin (H), 4-3

113: Colin Bradshaw (H) p. Lucas Lipari (JM), 2:23

120: Kyle Nase (H) d. Luke Temple (JM), 4-3

126: Nieko Malone (H) md. Lance Hobbs (JM), 14-0

132: James McGee (H) p. George Ebid (JM), 2:46

138: Nick White (JM) md. Rob Wiessel (H), 11-0

145: Nick Acque (H) p. Luke Hamman (JM), 5:20

152: Mike Rauch (JM) d. J.T. Goodman (H), 8-4

160: Paul Jakub (H) d. Rob Lagravenis (JM), 12-8

170: Shane Rietsma (H) p. Hunter Smith (JM), 1:44