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Paul Kenny is the NJWrestle.com August Wrestler of the Month after winning a U17 World Championship in Istanbul, Turkey earlier in August.

Paul is know as the Iceman here at NJWrestle.com Headquarters. In his semifinal match against Sam Sayer of Iran he scored an exposure in the closing seconds of the match to earn the win and then in finals used incredible defense and positioning to fight off a flurry of attempts by Japan’s Yamato Furusawa to secure the gold medal.

Every NJWrestle.com Wrestler of the Month will be given a free t-shirt. Please have your parents/guardians or coach contact us with shirt size and shipping info.

23-24 Howell Preview/Possible Lineup

Howell heads into the 23-24 season as one of the top teams in group 5. They always seems to be in contention for the title when the end of the year rolls around no matter how the season started for them. 

Howell will be led by returning state qualifiers Xavier Ortega (consolation round 4), Sebastian Ortega (consolation round 4), Giovanni Scafidi (consolation round 3) and Kylie Gudewitz (3rd Girls States). Numerous wrestlers with varsity matches under their belt also return to the Howell lineup.

Newcomer to watch is Tanner Hodgins who was a 23 Tulsa National Champion. We expect to see Tanner in the lineup around 165.

You can bet the house that Coach Jon Gagliano will use the season to get the team ready for an end of season run.

106 – Mason Haultman

113 – Kylie Gudewitz

120 – Manuel Laurido

126 – Xavier Ortega

132 – Sebastian Ortega

138 – Giovanni Scafidi

144 – JJ Machnik

150 – Aidan Grant

157 – Dylan Maghan

165 – Tanner Hodgins

175 – Ray Purreli

190 – Jason Willey

215 – Dane Colfer

285 – Jaxson Campese

Phillipsburg heads into the 23-24 school year with no head coach as Brad Gentzle stepped down unexpectedly at the end of the summer. Lots of rumors about who is interested and who wants the job but nothing solid so we will not post names yet.

Even with no head coach Phillipsburg has an experienced lineup returning which is lead by two returning state place winners Luke Geleta (6th), John Wargo (7th) and Gavin Hawk who made it to consolation round 4. Other returning starters include Massimo Gonzalez, Dawson McWilliams, Gavin Geleta, Kyle Beenders, John Roth, Patrick Day, Liam Packer and Caleb Rivera

Newcomer to watch is freshman Owen Garriques who is the son of Centenary University Head Coach John Garriques.

We like Phillipsburg to contend like always for the Group 5 championship.

106 – Anthony Pettinelli
113 – Massimo Gonzalez
120 – Owen Garriques
126 – Dawson McWilliams
132 – Gavin Geleta
138 – Kyle Beenders
144 – Luke Geleta
150 – John Roth
157 – Gavin Hawk
165 – Patrick Day/Liam Packer
175 – Patrick Day/ Liam Packer
190 – Caleb Rivera
215 – Nathan Smith
285 – John Wargo

Southern comes into 23-24 after a season for the ages in 22-23. They had a state champ, a state finalist and four other state place winners. They dominated group 5 which included handing perennial power Phillipsburg one of their worst losses in history.

Southern lost a lot high quality wrestlers to graduation but they still are loaded with returning talent and incoming freshmen. Below is the projected lineup for the start of the season.

106 – Anthony Mason
113 – Sam Pari
120 – Scottie Sari
126 – Attila Vigilante
132 – Jacob Chambers
138 – Wyatt Stout
144 – Owen Parker
150 – Hayden Hochstrasser
157 – Matt Henrich
165 – Tyler Chase
175 – Levi Foote
190 – Mitch Bivona
215 – Collin French
285 – Anthony Bonacasta/Caleb Counts/Anthony Marcano

Boys Wrestler of the Month

Jayden James

Jayden went 7-0 at Fargo outscoring his opponents 79-13 to win his title. He beat current nationally ranked* wrestlers Dean Anderson (20) 8-0 in the semifinals and Manny Saldate (19) 13-7 in the finals.

Girls Wrestler of the Month

Ava Rose

Ava went 5-2 at Fargo and placed 7th. Sadly injury prevented us from seeing Ava wrestle nationally ranked** Emma Albanese (2 @ 112) in the 7th place match.

Congratulations to both wrestlers! Every NJWrestle.com Wrestler of the Month will be given a free t-shirt. Please have your parents/guardians or coach contact us with shirt size and shipping info.

*Matscouts current rankings

**Flowrestling July 7, 2023 rankings

Junior Boys Freestyle

120 – Leo Deluca – 1st place
145 – Cross Wasilewski – 2nd place
160 – William Henckel – 2nd place
170 – Jordan Chapman – 4th place
170 – Ryan Burton – 6th place
220 – Aiden Schlett – 6th place
285 – Rocco Dellagatta – 4th place

16U Boys Freestyle

88 – Edward George – 2nd place
100 – Cameron Sontz – 5th place
100 – Jordan Segal – 8th place
106 – Michael Batista – 7th place
132 – Jayden James – 1st place
145 – Gabe Logan – 3rd place
145 – Luke Geleta – 4th place
152 – Brandon Dean – 7th place

Junior Girls Freestyle

117 – Ava Rose – 7th place
122 – Kira Pipkins – 6th place
132 – Kayla Vazquez – 8th

16U Girls Freestyle

106 – Charlie Wylie – 3rd place

Junior Boys Greco

182 – Aidan Squier – 4th place

16U Boys Greco

145 – Gabe Logan – 1st place
152 – Brandon Dean – 5th place

Junior Boys freestyle
100 – Ryan Haynes, Hunter Mullarkey 
106 – Alex Esposito 
113 – Beniamino DiCocco, Tyler Thomas
120 – Leo DeLuca, Vincent Paino, Anthony Rossi, Devin Ryan 
126 – Jaydin Barreto, Mikey Bautista, Adrian DeJesus, Max Elton, Jacob Taylor 
132 – William Dekraker, Trey Friedman, Matthew Lopes, Patrick O’Keefe, Sebastian Ortega, Chase Quenault, Giovanni Scafidi 
138 – Donny Almeyda, Noah Kochman, Nicholas Villani, Jackson Young, Jake Zaltsman 
145 – Jackson Bush, Robert Connelley, August Hibler, Cross Wasilewski, Mikey Williams 
152 – Matthew Gauthier, Gavin Hawk, Logan Rozynski, Jake Wacha 
160 – Nicholas Campagna, Austin Craft, Frank DiBella, William Henckel, John Saraiva 
170 – Ryan Burton, Jordan Chapman, Ian Flanagan, Max Nevlin, Jasiah Queen, Jacob Zearfoss 
182 – Max Borton, George Rhodes, Alexander Uryniak, Kaleb Wright 
195 – Justin Griffith, JP Hangey, Nazareth Pina 
220 – Aidan Schlett, Hudson Skove, Rocco Dellagatta, John Vinciguerra

Junior Greco-Roman
113 – Tyler Thomas
126 – Jaydin Barreto, Adrian DeJesus, Angelo Di Pol 
132 – William Dekraker, Jimmie Jones III, Giovanni Scafidi, Evan Thompson 
138 – Noah Kochman, Matthew Roche 
145 – Jackson Bush, August Hibler 
152 – Matthew Gauthier
160 – Austin Craft, John Quinonez 
170 – Jasiah Queen, Jacob Zearfoss 
182 – Bailey Cuomo, Aidan Squier 
285 – John Vinciguerra 

Junior Girls freestyle
100 – Mandy Gavares 
106 – Leeana Mercado 
117 – Jackeline Ramos, Ava Rose, Annemarie Thompson, Julianna Van Ness 
122 – Caitlin O’Reilly, Kira Pipkins, Rebecca Royer 
132 – Kayla Vazquez 
138 – Julia Fongaro, Paisley Fox, Alexandria Graffius, Layla Soto, Maura White
152 – Samira Kupa, Atiyana Williams 
164 – Hillary Jones 

16U Boys freestyle
88 – Edward George
94 – Julian Zargo, Chase Dubuque
100 – Cameron Sontz, Jordan Segal, PJ Terranova, David DeFilippis 
106 – Killian Coluccio, Michael Daly, Eddie Hufnagel, Michael Batista 
113 – Lazarus Joyce, Dominic Lucian, Raffaele Fonte 
120 – Brian Little, III, Ryan DeGeorge, Dalton Weber, Myles Burroughs, Gage Summers, Bobby Duffy, Rivers Addison 
126 – Gino Schinina, Jaden Perez, Seach Hibler 
132 – Sammy Spaulding, Jayden James, Eric Swanson, Nate Keller 
138 – Jackson Weller, Luke Scholz, Gabriel Logan, Joseph Schinder, Jimmy Jakub, Abraham Zaretsky 
145 – Trevor Jones, Aidan Cross, Luke Geleta, AJ Falcone 
152 – Michael Craft, Eoghan O’Hara, Joey Canova, Brendan Boyer, Cole Stangle 
160 – Brandon Dean, Tanner Hodgins, Koray Kage Jones, Barry Norman Jr, Carl J Betz III 
170 – Joseph Ruiz, Frank Romeo III 
182 – Salvatore Marchese, Guy Oelsner, Cael Mielnik 
195 – David Thomson 
220 – Nathan Faxon, Mateo Vinciguerra 

16U Greco-Roman
100 – David DeFilippis, Cameron Sontz 
106 – Eddie Hufnagel 
113 – Dominic Lucian 
120 – Myles Burroughs 
126 – Seach Hibler, Jaden Perez 
132 – Jake Gujski 
138 – Gabriel Logan 
152 – Michael Craft, Daniel A Skinner 
160 – Brandon Dean, Koray Kage Jones 
182 – Guy Oelsner 
220 – Mateo Vinciguerra 

16U Girls freestyle
94 – Emma Acampora 
106 – Princessstorm Woody, Charlie Wylie 
112 – Paige Weiss 
117 – Savannah Arroyo 
122 – Reagan Roxas 
127 – Taina McGowan, Jada Pichardo 
132 – Eva Altamirano 
138 – Sonia Balwas, Ella Poalillo 
144 – Thea Rowland 

We are compiling a list of NJ boys and girls that have fundraisers to help them offset the costs of attending Fargo or the World Championships. If you have a fundraiser and would like it listed here email or send us a message on social media so we can post it.

If you can’t donate directly head over to our store and order any t-shirt as we are donating a portion of the proceeds to at least one boy and one girl.

Paul Kenny – 17U World Championships fundraiser

Emma Acampora – Fargo fundraiser

Killian Coluccio – Fargo and 16U National Dual team fundraiser

Junior Girls Freestyle

106 lbs
1st  Leeana Mercado Lodi, NJ (Scorpions) VFA Grace Molloy (Unattached), 4-0 0:41

122 lbs
1st  Caitlin O’reilly Middletown Township, NJ (cordoba trained) VFA Alyssa Patane (Unattached), 4-0 0:33

127 lbs
1st  Emma Coesfeld Franklinville, NJ (Pride Wrestling) VSU Adriana Farese Old Bridge, NJ (Old Bridge Wrestling Club), 10-0 2:29

132 lbs
1st  Kayla Vazquez Kinnelon, NJ (Olympic) VSU Emma Sagi Old Bridge, NJ (Old Bridge Wrestling Club), 12-0 1:57 … Read More