Hightstown sweeps quad meet

HIGHTSTOWN >> The Hightstown High wrestling team continued the fast start to its season by sweeping a quad meet on its home mats Saturday.

Hightstown defeated Lakewood, 76-6, Marlboro, 39-36, and Steinert, 70-9, to up its record to 4-0. The Rams were also the winner of the season-opening Pine Barrens Tournament at Shawnee.

Once again the Highstown upperweights were in fine form.

The key to the win over Marlboro was a sweep from 160 though heavyweight. In that stretch, Nicodemus Leaver (170), Chris Stavrou (195), Brenden Hansen (220) and heavyweight Brian Bonilla all recorded pins.

Steinert got off to a good start against Hightstown when Nicholas Ricigliano (113) won a decision and Louis Balardo (120) pinned, but Hightstown then swept the next 12 bouts.

In other results from the quad, Steinert lost to Marlboro, 57-6.

Hightstown 76, Lakewood 6

120: Joseph Obst (HIGH) over Yenfry Sanchez (LAKE) (Fall 1:56) 126: Giovanni Morina (HIGH) over Jae‘zon Ellis (LAKE) (Fall 0:35) 132: Kether Thornton (HIGH) over Edgar Silva (LAKE) (Fall 2:39) 138: Isaiah Thornton (HIGH) over Miguel Mendoza (LAKE) (Fall 2:33) 145: Jadyn Childs (HIGH) over Rene Garcia (LAKE) (Fall 3:08) 152: Robert Doss (HIGH) over Alex Vilchis (LAKE) (Fall 2:34) 160: Elijah Rodriguez (HIGH) over Juan Ramirez (LAKE) (TF 15-0 0:00) 170: Alex Stavrou (HIGH) over Kevin Valle (LAKE) (Fall 2:13) 182: Gustavo Limon (LAKE) over Nicodemus Leaver (HIGH) (Fall 1:35) 195: Chris Stavrou (HIGH) over Gustavo Saavedra (LAKE) (Fall 1:13) 220: Bryan Bonilla (HIGH) over Frank Romero (LAKE) (Fall 1:57) 285: Brenden Hansen (HIGH) over Alexis Bautista (LAKE) (Fall 1:36) 106: Robert Fattore (HIGH) over Jose Becerril (LAKE) (TF 16-0 0:00) 113: Sean Baur (HIGH) over (LAKE) (For.)

Hightstown 39, Marlboro 36

126: Michael Bruno (MARL) over Giovanni Morina (HIGH) (Dec 10-5) 132: Kether Thornton (HIGH) over Andrew Di Liberto (MARL) (Fall 1:35) 138: Zach Vasile (MARL) over Jadyn Childs (HIGH) (Fall 1:15) 145: Trevor Perlow (MARL) over Robert Doss (HIGH) (Dec 7-3) 152: Mike Malucelli (MARL) over Elijah Rodriguez (HIGH) (Fall 0:39) 160: Alex Stavrou (HIGH) over Edward Jang (MARL) (Dec 10-8) 170: Nicodemus Leaver (HIGH) over Max Tsvayner (MARL) (Fall 0:30) 182: Juan Cobos (HIGH) over (MARL) (For.) 195: Chris Stavrou (HIGH) over Matthew Connolly (MARL) (Fall 1:47) 220: Brenden Hansen (HIGH) over Isaac Azaraev (MARL) (Fall 1:47) 285: Bryan Bonilla (HIGH) over Adam Mirza (MARL) (Fall 3:30) 106: Harrison Gordon (MARL) over Robert Fattore (HIGH) (Fall 0:40) 113: Brandon Bayer (MARL) over Sean Baur (HIGH) (Fall 1:59) 120: Alexander Palagano (MARL) over Joseph Obst (HIGH) (Fall 2:26)

Hightstown 70, Steinert 9

113: Nicholas Ricigliano (HES) over Sean Baur (HIGH) (Dec 8-2) 120: Louis Balardo (HES) over Joseph Obst (HIGH) (Fall 1:00) 126: Giovanni Morina (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 132: Kether Thornton (HIGH) over Anthony Verdi (HES) (MD 11-3) 138: Jadyn Childs (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 145: Robert Doss (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 152: Elijah Rodriguez (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 160: Alex Stavrou (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 170: Nicodemus Leaver (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 182: Juan Cobos (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 195: Chris Stavrou (HIGH) over Clayton Resch (HES) (Fall 0:45) 220: Bryan Bonilla (HIGH) over Yousef Yaakoub (HES) (Fall 0:40) 285: Brenden Hansen (HIGH) over (HES) (For.) 106: Robert Fattore (HIGH) over (HES) (For.)

Marlboro 57, Steinert 6

106: Harrison Gordon (MARL) over (HES) (For.) 113: Brandon Bayer (MARL) over Nicholas Ricigliano (HES) (Fall 1:39) 120: Alexander Palagano (MARL) over Louis Balardo (HES) (Dec 7-2) 126: Michael Bruno (MARL) over (HES) (For.) 132: Andrew Di Liberto (MARL) over Anthony Verdi (HES) (Dec 8-5) 138: Zach Vasile (MARL) over (HES) (For.) 145: Trevor Perlow (MARL) over (HES) (For.) 152: Mike Malucelli (MARL) over (HES) (For.) 160: Edward Jang (MARL) over (HES) (For.) 170: Double Forfeit 182: Double Forfeit 195: Clayton Resch (HES) over Matthew Connolly (MARL) (Fall 0:56) 220: Isaac Azaraev (MARL) over Yousef Yaakoub (HES) (Dec 4-2) 285: Adam Mirza (MARL) over (HES) (For.)