MCT Wrestling Tournament
Mt. Olive, NJ Saturday January 31, 2009: The Annual Morris County Wrestling Tournament was held Friday and Saturday at Mt Olive High School.
Hanover Park Wrestling Tournament
Hanover Park, NJ; Saturday December 20, 2008: Hanover Park High School recently held its annual varsity boys wrestling tournament.
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THE FIRST ROUND
SEMIFINALS, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th PLACES
THE FINALS
Championship Weekend in Morris County
Big Weekend in Morris as County Champions were crowned in Boys & Girls Basketball as well as four Ice Hockey Champions. Saturday saw Delbarton take home the Gordon Cup with a 5-3 win over St. Augustine. Mendham took down Delbarton at CCM with a 62-47 victory.
Many Morris County Wrestlers gained District crowns. It was Hanover Park (District 9) and Roxbury (District 2) taking home team titles.
- 103 – Steve Godine (Whippany Pk) dec Nick Giordano (Hanover Pk) 4-2
- 112 – MOW – Eric Fajardo (Boonton) pinned Dave Standridge (Parsippany) 2:23
- 119 – Jordan Toma (Hanover Pk) dec Erik Gobbo (Delbarton) 11-10
- 125 – Anthony Mariano (Parsippany) dec Ben McNeil (Par Hills) 5-4
- 130 – Kyle Hussey (Parsippany) pinned Andrew Regan (Boonton) 5:16
- 135 – Aaron Velasquez (Morristown) dec Daniel Reuben (Mtn Lk) 3-1
- 140 – Nick Bach (Parsippany) pinned Ryan Colwell (Madison) 3:42
- 145 – Rob Hernandez (Whippany Pk) dec Chris Tracy (Hanover Pk) 7-6
- 152 – Jake Gruebert (Hanover Pk) dec Dean Sullivan (Delbarton) 11-1
- 160 – Dustin Brooks (Boonton) pinned Mike Lomio (Hanover Pk) 5:00
- 171 – Kyle Kaufmann (Madison) pinned Alex Anest (Boonton) 2:49
- 189 – Chris Lloyd (Morristown) pinned Yuriy Mayoski (Par Hills) 2:33
- 215 – Casey Flynn (Morristown) dec Bob Grogan (Delbarton) 2-1
- HWT – Michael Hall (Madison) pinned Spencer Williams (Par Hills) 2:39
Sunday began with Morris Catholic holding off a seasoned Hanover Park squad. The Hornets broke the relentless Morris Catholic press easily for almost all of the first half, but the Crusaders changed things up a bit with 3 minutes and increased a 2 point led to 24-19 half time advantage. Morris Catholic won its second straight MCT with a 52-38 victory. MVP Kathleen Schuckers led all scorers with 18. Let’s move from FDU-Florham to Mennen Arena for two great hockey games. Roxbury won the Haas Cup as the Gael broke a 1-1 tie with Park Regional en route to a 4-1 victory. Chris Sannipoli scored the eventual game winning goal for the Gaels, still undefeated at 21-0-1. Roxbury was led by four different goal scorers, as goal keeper Joe Streko stopped 18 out of 19 shots on net. Pequannock pulled the upset of the year in Morris County Hockey as the Golden Panthes, now 10-12-1, knocked off the, then, 19-1-2 Kinnleon Colts. Kinelon could not mount more than a one goal advantage as Steve Ondrof scored a power play goal to tie the game at 2 in the second period. The Panthers, who did not qualify for the state tournament who jump to a 3-2 lead when Steve Ondrof recorded the natural hat trick with just about 5 minutes left in the second period. Justin Lacorte added then insurance empty netter. Keeper Joe Fede was superman for the Panthers as the star goalie turned away 44 shots, and more importantly, limited the rebounds to near zero. On Monday, Randolph won the coveted Mennen Cup with a 4-1 victory over Moristown-Beard. Randolph, who controlled the pace of the entire game and rarely allowed Beard into the offensive zone, none-the-less, even set up their offense. John Beatrice, Chris Tamminga, Matt Fullam and Chris Maloney all scored for the Rams, now 13-4-5.
Photos by Vinny Carchietta for njsi.net
Wrestling: Whippany Park at Dover
Dover, NJ – The Dover Tigers swept through Saturday’s Quad meet, defeating Boonton, Whippany Park and Bogota. The match of the day turned out to be the Whippany Park and Dover. Dover jumped out to 22-6 lead, only to watch as the Wildcats rallied back to tie the match 33 with only one bout. Dover’s Peter Laverdi and Joe Cecere went into the third period tied at 4 only to see Laverdi bring Cecere to his back and secure the victory for Dover.
Dover 39, Whippany Park 33 — Saturday February 9, 2008
Morris County Wrestling Tournament
Roxbury, NJ – The 22nd Annual Morris County Wrestling Tournament was held this weekend at Roxbury High School. The two-day event culminated with crowning 14 Champions and a Most Outstanding Wrestling. Joe Serrao, Parsippany’s Heavyweight, locked up MOW honors by pinning his final two opponents and stunning the packed gymnasium. Randolph took home the team crown, rolling past all opponents and surpassing second place Roxbury by 50 points. Randolph’s Mike Suk was one of three champions for the Rams. Suk’s father is Randolph’s head coach. Whippany Park was treated to their second ever County Champion as Steve Godine was able to mount a 3rd period comeback in the opening match of the finals. Morris Knoll’s Dan Herr broke the Morris Knolls School Record for wins as he locked up his County Championship and improved to 24-2 on the season.
1. Randolph 195; 2. Roxbury 145; 3. Parsippany 142; 4. Mount Olive 97 1/2 ; 5. Montville 85 1/2; 6. Mendham 77; 8. Madison 72 1/2; 9. Parsippany Hills 67; 10. Kinnelon 66 1/2; 11. Delbarton 63; 12. Pequannock 59; 13. Whippany Park 58 1/2; 14. Hanover Park 57; 15. Jefferson 55; 16. Morristown 54; 17. Morris Knolls 53; 18. West Morris 43; 19. Morris Hills 32; 20. Dover 25 1/2; 21. Mountain Lakes 16; 22. Chatham 12; 23. Morris Catholic 10; 24. Butler 8.
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Morris County Middle School Wrestling
Florham Park, NJ - Seventeen Middle Schools through Morris County competed in a two day wrestling tournament. Frelinghuysen Middle School from Morristown took home the team crown for the second year in a row and dominated the second day, which consisted of weight classes ranging from 105 through Heavyweight. Pequannock took second place overall with East Hanover coming in third. Long Valley, Delbarton, Memorial (Hanover Twp) and West Essex rounded out the top 5.
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Day #2 – Sat. Weights 105 -HWT: Click Here – Round 1 only
Day #2 – Sat. Weights 105 -HWT: Quarter Finals
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Hanover Park 50-21 West Essex – Wrestling
East Hanover, NJ – The home crowd was fired up as Hanover Park improved to 9-5, 5-0 in conference matches. This sets up a great week for the Hornets who travel to Parsippany (1 loss in confernce) and host Mendham (no losses in conference). Rich Szymczak, Jake Gruebert, Mike Lomio and Antonio Delvescovo all won on pins for the Hornets. West Essex received top performances from Sal Tobia, Jimmy Ciampi and Mike Droz.
Photos by L. Castano for njsi.net & mchss.net.
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Caldwell @ Lakeland Wrestling
1/19/2008 Wanaque, NJ. Caldwell @ Lakeland Wrestling.
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Westfield @ Ridge Wrestling
Basking Ridge, NJ – Westfield @ Ridge High School Varsity Wrestling
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Photos by Gene Parciascepe, Jr. for NJSI
Watchung Hills @ Ramsey Wrestling
Ramsey, NJ – Watchung Hills defeated Ramsey 50-14 during boys varsity wrestling.
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Photo by Eugene Parciasepe Jr.
BCCA Wrestling
Suffern, NY – The Bergen County Coaches Association George Jockish Holiday Wrestling Tournament Finals was held at Rockland Community College in Suffern, NY.
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103: Dave Dellatorre (River Dell), d. Anthony Perrotti (Queen of Peace), 5-3.
112: Frank Cagnina (Queen of Peace), d. Anthony Roccioppi (Hackensack), 13-1.
119: Vinny Fava (Don Bosco Prep), d. Chris Rankin (Bergenfield), 12-6.
125: Matt Fusco (Queen of Peace), p. Joe Trause (Bergen Catholic), 5:48.
130: Bob Dabal (North Bergen), d. Joe Kover (Fair Lawn), 5-4.
135: Glen Cannici (Queen of Peace), d. Dan Butcher (Westwood), 4-3.
140: Matt Spataro (Bergen Catholic), d. Tom Murphy (Northern Highlands), 9-1.
145: Dan Clark (Ramsey), d. Jim Lombard (St. Mary (Ruth.)), 19-4 (TF 5:17).
152: Brian Dack (Don Bosco Prep), p. Anthony Pierro (Bergen Catholic), 5:18.
160: Nick Vetterlein (Don Bosco Prep), d. John Rizzitello (Paramus), 3-1, OT.
171: (Lodi), d. Mark Peck (Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge), 12-5.
189: Kadeem Reid (Bergenfield), d. Austin Roberts (Northern Highlands), 13-8.
215: Lukasz Stala (Don Bosco Prep), d. Nick Pallotta (River Dell), 7-4.
HWT: Jon Hernandez (Cliffside Park), p. Mike Kowalczyk (Garfield), 2:33.
Kittatinny Cougar Classic Holiday Wrestling Tournament
Hampton, NJ – The Kittatinny Cougar Classic Holiday Boys Varsity Wrestling Tournament was held on December 27, 2007 featuring the following high schools: Roxbury, Kttatinny, Minisink Valley, Pequannock, Mendham, North Warren, Belvidere, DePaul, Lakeland and Shawnee.
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1. Roxbury 235.50; 2. Kittatinny 176.0; 3. Minisink Valley 148.0; 4. Pequannock 133.50; 5. Mendham 129.0; 6. North Warren 120.0; 7. Belvidere 47.50; 8. DePaul 47.0; 9. Lakeland 46.0; 10. Shawnee 44.0.
103: Dante Porrazzo (DePaul), defeated Joe Mazza (Roxbury), 5-0.
112: Matt Parker (Roxbury), pinned. Jeff Bailey (Mendham), 2:40.
119: Chris Burdge (Kittatinny), defeated. C.J. Caserta (Roxbury), 8-6.
125: Colton Chalkley (Lakeland), defeated James Mansfield (Shawnee), 8-3.
130: Mike Corletta (Minisink Valley), defeated Tom Glancey (Mendham), 6-4.
135: Derek Valenti (Kittatinny), defeated Anthony Dattolo (Roxbury), 4-1.
140: John Madden (Roxbury), defeated Mike Glancey (Mendham), 4-3.
145: Troy Hernandez (Kittatinny), defeated Nick Ponomarev (Pequannock), 8-0.
152: Troy Branham (Kittatinny), defeated Kevin Stasiak (Pequannock), 12-3.
160: Zac Garripoli (Roxbury), defeated Kevin Orchard (Mendham), 9-3.
171: Ross Hansen (Minisink Valley), defeated Will Larusso (Roxbury), 8-2.
189: Tyler Smith (Belvidere), pinned AJ Mott (DePaul), 3:13.
215: Derek Kane (Kittatinny), defeated Vincenzo Mangiro (Roxbury), 4-1.
HWT: Brendan Byrne (Minisink Valley), pinned Shawn Cryan (Roxbury), 3:53.
Shooting Sports Indoors
As the indoor sports season approaches, I thought I would opine on how to simulate arena lighting inside typically dark high school venues. Many people take their fancy DSLR cameras to basketball and ice hockey games thinking they will get great images of their favorite athlete, but all they get are blurry images full of digital noise similar to grain we used to get when we were shooting mostly film. You can spend a lot of money on the fastest lenses and the fanciest camera bodies, but your images still will not come close to rivalling those shot with some artifical light. Save your money. You do not need that 200/2.0 lens. What you need are some strobes.
My suggestions are applicable to basketball, wrestling, track, ice hockey, swimming and other indoor events in dark locations. I will talk about my strategy using Dynalite strobes and packs, but they are certainly applicable if you plan to use monolights from White Lightning, Dynalite, Speedotron, Elinchrom, Profoto and others as well as camera flash units with sync such as the QFlash, SB-800 or 580-EXII. Done right, you can capture images like those below.
If you want to know how it’s done, continue to the rest of the article:
