Princeton High’s Rose gets top seed at state tournament
The seeding has been released for the NJSIAA girls state wrestling tournament, which gets underway this Sunday at Phillipsburg High School.
All the rounds of the girls states will be held Sunday at Phillipsburg, with the exception of the championship matches. Those will be held a week from Saturday in Atlantic City along with the boys state tournament.
One of only two girls to win four region champions, Princeton’s defending state champion Ava Rose has receiving the top seed at 114 pounds.
There will be seven Colonial Valley Conference wrestlers in Phillipsburg, including Mercer’s other region champion. She is Ewing’s Shellitha Collins, who is seeded third at 235 pounds.
The other CVC wrestlers at states are Trenton’s Princesstorm Woody (No. 8 at 1oo), Ewing’s Sam Dupee (No. 13 at 120), West Windsor North’s Trisha Nakka (No. 8 at 145) and Afua Apau (No. 7 at 235), and Hopewell Valley’s Anne Trainor (No. 16 at 152).
The following is the seeding and pairings: 100: 1 Theresa Zeppetelli (Bogota/Ridgefield Park, 15-4) vs. winner of (9) Mackenzie Markham (Kingsway, 21-11) vs. (8) Princessstorm Woody (Trenton Central, 13-1); (5) Madeline Gavares (Old Bridge, 17-4) vs. winner of (13) Jaida Jenkins (Eastern, 13-7) vs. (4) Olivia Klein (Paramus, 14-2); (3) Isabella Santos (Elizabeth) vs. winner of (11) Allie Borzelli (North Hunterdon, 13-11) vs. (6) Litzy Argueta (Lakewood, 21-7); (7) Kloi Tighe (Gloucester, 9-0) vs. winner of (15) Rihanna Allas (Warren Hills, 8-12) vs. (2) Paige Weiss (Sparta, 15-3).
107: (1) Emma Coesfeld (Delsea, 23-2) vs. winner of (9) Leeah Gutierrez (Perth Amboy, 20-6) vs. (8) Gianna Simeone (Newton/ Kittatinny, 15-4); (5) Alexandra Tchekounova (Colts Neck, 16-2) vs. (12) Olivia McCormick (Lakeland, 14-5); (13) Makenna O’Neill (Manchester Township, 19-12) vs. (4) Marlowe Donato (Jackson Memorial, 26-7); (3) Kylie Gudewitz (Howell, 15-0) vs. (6) Leeana Mercado (Lodi, 10-1); (7) Jazzira Lopez (West Orange, 14-7) vs. winner of (15) Blair Rodriguez (Columbia, 14-8) vs. (2) Jaclyn McDowell (Gloucester City, 17-3).
114: 1) Ava Rose (Princeton, 4-0) vs. (8) Jada Pichardo (Pennsauken, 27-5); (5) Ava Krzykalski (Lyndhurst/North Arlington, 24-5) vs. (12) Hailey Beck (Lenape, 5-4), winner vs. (4) Paige Kirk (Ramsey, 19-4); (3) Lennix Horsburgh (Bound Brook, 21-1) vs. winner of (11) Sophie Babineau (Manalapan, 24-7) vs. (6) Ahlexa Montalvo (Bloomfield, 9-3); (7) Emme Hoarle (Somerville, 28-6) vs. (10) Joan Vince (Vernon, 22-7); (15) Olivia Guy (Ocean City, 15-5) vs. (2) Caitlin O’Reilly (Middletown South, 11-3).
120: (1) Riley Lerner (Cedar Creek, 27-5) vs. winner of (9) Cassidy Kole (North Hunterdon, 23-9) vs. (8) Grace Riley (Becton/WoodRidge, 17-4; (5) Reagan Roxas (Kingsway, 28-3) vs. (12) Arabella Sosa (Westampton Tech, 16-6); (13) Samantha Dupee (Ewing, 14-3) vs. (4) Amanda Connors (Northern Highlands, 20-3); (3) Kyara Montoya (Morris Hills, 18-2) vs. (6) Briana Dugo (Jackson Memorial, 28-6); (7) Sophia Santorelli (Freehold Township, 10-5) vs. (10) Dakota Dallison (Columbia, 14-5), winner vs. (2) Valerie Maldonado (Somerville, 31-1).
126: Kira Pipkins (Bloomfield, 10-0) vs. (8) Emma Sagi (Old Bridgeton, 20-34); (5) Shea Aretz (Buena, 16-6) vs. winner of (13) Catherine Weigel (Rutherford, 4-1) vs. (4) Stacy Bloomfield (Glen Ridge, 23-7); (3) Eva Altamirano (South Plainfield, 17-4) vs. (14) Kylie Wright (Egg Harbor Township, 21-9); (11) Olivia Ziobro (Manalapan, 16-5) vs. (6) Jackeline Ramos Oviedo (Mainland, 16-1); (7) Natalie Tucker (Vernon, 23-6) vs. (10) Dominique Lopez (Jackson Memorial, 22-6), winner vs. (2) Liliana Zaku-Ramos (Newton/Kittatinny, 20-2).
132: 1) Maya Hemo (Cherry Hill East, 8-2) vs. winner of (9) Danna Ramirez (Ocean City, 16-6) vs. (8) Alexa Meagan (Jackson Memorial, 23-7); (5) Eva Herrera (Somerville, 24-7) vs. (12) Dalia Tsyrlin (Fair Lawn, 8-3), winner vs. (4) Julia Fongaro (Boonton, 7-2);
(3) Kayla Vazquez (Kinnelon, 15-0) vs. (14) Jenna Magrino (Old
Princeton High’s Ava Rose, top, is the top seed at 114pounds at the girls wrestling state tournament.
Fox (Hunterdon Central, 26-5); (7) Rosabella Kearns (Freehold Township, 17-4) vs. (2) Olivia Palmer (Timber Creek, 14-1).
138: (1) Jayla Hahn (Southern, 23-0) vs. winner of (9) Ziyona Jackson (Schalick/Cumberland, 5-1) vs. (8) Melissa Wehrle (Spotswood, 5-1); (5) Gianna Puzycki (Bayonne, 3-1) vs. (12) E’marie Barge (Pennsauken, 9-4), winner vs. (4) Layla Soto (Linden, 13-3); (3) Maura White (Jefferson Township, 17-7) vs. winner of (11) Madelyn McLaughlin (Bloomfield, 8-2) vs. (6) Kayla Franson (Paramus, 8-4); (7) Carney Wyble (High Point, 18-6) vs. (10) Sofia Klama (Bordentown/Florence, 21-8), winner vs. (2) Kamila Bieszczad (Jackson Memorial, 29-3).
145: (1) Taylor Peterson (Garfield, 21-2) vs. (16) Valeria Ramirez (Elizabeth, 11-9); (9) Samantha Henrich (Southern, 19-11) vs. (8) Trisha Nakka (West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 21-6); (5) Olivia Georges (DePaul, 13-3) vs. winner of (13) Aliya Graca (East Brunswick, 19-7) vs. (4) Jaden Bennett (West Deptford, 5-1); (3) Isabella Prem (Lenape, 12-2) vs. winner of (11) Victoria Gin (Raritan, 12-7) vs. (6) Samira Kupa (Boonton, 5-2); (7) Thea Rowland (Middletown South, 11-4) vs. (2) Saniyah Queen (St. Thomas Aquinas, 20-2).
152: (1) Kamila Castro (Ridgewood, 4-1) vs. (16) Anne Trainor (Hopewell Valley, 19-8), winner vs. (8) Brianna Nguyen (Pennsauken, 16-9); (5) Elizabeth Adebola (Perth Amboy, 20-7), vs. winner of (13) Isabella Scittina (Mainland, 6-5) vs. (4) Emma Mees (Paramus, 10-3); (3) Abbigale Dudley (Rancocas Valley, 216) vs. (14) Vanesa Cuate (Lakewood, 23-7); (11) Makayla Decker (St. Thomas Aquinas, 19-2) vs. (6) Citlaly Condado (Franklin, 5-3); (7) Danielle Forlenza (Freehold Township, 14-3) vs. (2) Jenna Fillen (Immaculate Conception-Lodi, 11-5).
165: (1) Jade Huerta (Brick Township, 20-2) vs. winner of (9) Daniela Palacios (Lakewood, 13-3) vs. (8) Reno Prochilo (Bloomfield, 7-3); (5) Atiyana Williams (Pemberton, 9-2) vs. (12) Kiley Toti (Jackson Memorial, 11-5); (13) Sonia Balwas (Paramus, 12-4) vs. (4) Savanna Marlin (Rancocas Valley, 23-5); (3) Ari Tyson (Cherry Hill West, 19-6) vs. (6) Alex Osborn-Jones (Metuchen, 20-6); (7) Bryanna Triana (Rahway, 22-6) vs. (10) Solaris Paul (John F. Kennedy, 3-1), winner vs. (2) Kailin Lee (Newton/Kittatinny, 19-0). 185: 1) Macenzie Hunter (Pennsauken, 25-9) vs. (8) Nataly TorresMiron (Jackson Memorial, 19-14); Jade Hahn (Donovan Catholic, 11-4) vs. (12) Zeynep Avci (Delran, 11-7); (13) Delia Orozco (John F. Kenney, 4-1) vs. (4) Paris Ford (Rancocas Valley, 23-9); (3) Caitlin Hart (Vernon Township, 23-6) vs. winner of (11) Saharia Quamina (Bloomfield, 7-4) vs. (6) Evette Colon (Morris Hills, 12-11); (7) Olivia Raia (Warren Hills, 12-11) vs. (10) Aurora Gardner (Old Bridge, 13-7) winner vs. (2) Apryl Coffman (St. Thomas Aquinas, 29-2). 235: (1) Samantha Domask (Palmyra, 11-1) vs. winner of (9) Madison Miller (Red Bank Regional, 11-2) vs. (8) Caroline Biegel (Lakeland, 9-5); (12) Autumn Livingston (Eastside-Paterson, 6-3) vs. (5) Talisha Lewis, Bayonne, 6-1), winner vs. (4) Allison Brandt (Vernon Twp., 23-2); (3) Shellitha Collins (Ewing, 8-0) vs. winner of (11) Ziah Loftin (Westampton Tech, 9-4) vs. (6) Alissa Alcindor (Union, 14-1); (10) Ashanti Williams (Newark Charter, 11-2) vs. (7) Afua Apau (West Windsor-Plainsboro North, 16-5); Autumn Livington (Eastside-Paterson, 6-3) vs. (2) Brea Heil (Kingsway, 26-1).