JSZ hits the mats in the Shore Conference for a pair of big-time matchups — Howell vs. Long Branch and Southern vs. Middletown North. Stay tuned throughout the night for our coverage of all the action!


Southern 49 Middletown North 18

Southern did not blink when lining up against a perfect 10-0 Middletown North team. The Rams, who have one of the most complete lineups in the entire state, won 10 out of 14 bouts to score a Shore Conference win over the Lions. Robert Woodcock and Cole Velardi scored two out of the five pins in this match.

JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Middletown:


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Match Results

285: JT Cornelius (SORE) over Nico Cerbo (Dec 5-2)

106: Conor Collins (SORE) over Colin Oden (Fall 1:37)

113: Tyler Klinsky (MINO) over Pat Iacoves (TF 23-8 3:53)

120: Fred Luchs (MINO) over Jayson Scerbo (SV-1 3-1)

126: Thomas O`Keefe (MINO) over Nick Bennet (TF 18-3 4:35)

132: Matt Brielmeier (SORE) over Jack Butler (Dec 4-0)

138: Nate Bischoff (SORE) over Rich Wall (Dec 6-2)

145: Eddie Hummel (SORE) over Grant Heller (TF 20-4 3:52)

152: Chris McCarthy (MINO) over Jason Sari (TF 15-0 3:36)

160: Cole Velardi (SORE) over Shaun Sullivan (Fall 1:03)

170: Robert Woodcock (SORE) over Eddie Farrell (Fall 2:24)

182: Ben LoParo (SORE) over Gabriel Lubrano Lavandera (TF 22-7 5:30)

195: Stephen Jennings (SORE) over Jack Lopez (Fall 5:09)

220: Gabe Murray (SORE) over Andrew Kanski (Fall 3:52)


Howell 47 Long Branch 23

The Howell Rebels clinched at least a share of the A-North Divisional title with their win over the Green Wave. Howell was powered by 5 pins from Justin Wright, Ethan Liptzin, Colin Bradshaw, Nieko Malone, and Paul Jakub. Shane Rietsma won by technical fall for the Rebels while Ryan Zimmerman won by pin for Long Branch. With a win over Middletown South tomorrow, the Rebels will clinch an outright A-North title.

JSZ’s Kenneth Bradley has the highlights from Howell:

170: Shane Rietsma (H) over Deiondre McCulers (LB) (TF 24-9 5:58)

182: Nick Cerulli (H) over Andrew Conklin (LB) (D 7-6)

195: Patrick O’Dwyer (LB) over Hunter Lino (H) (D 8-5)

220: Tracey Taylor (LB) over George Ibram (H) (MD 16-2)

285: Justin Wright (H) over Matthew Giudetti (LB) (F 4:36)

106: Ethan Liptzin (H) over Domenic Demarzo (LB) (F 1:20)

113: Colin Bradshaw (H) over Ignacio Guzman (LB) (F 1:53)

120: Kyle Nase (H) FF

126: Nieko Malone (H) over Logan Smith (LB) (F :27)

132: Joe Conlon (LB) over James McGee (H) (MD 12-2)

138: Isaiah Fenton (H) over Angel Bonnano (LB) (D 5-1)

145: Ryan Zimmerman (LB) over Nick Acque (H) (F 1:03)

152: Ryan Carvey (LB) over Edwin Brew (H) (Injury Def.)

160: Paul Jakub (H) over Jack Friedman (LB) (F 3:53)