Hopewell cruises past Notre Dame

Returning to the mat after winning its 12th Mercer County Tournament championship in the last 13 years, the Hopewell Valley wrestling team crushed Notre Dame, 756, Wednesday night.

Perhaps the biggest news was Christian Micikas was at 106 for the first time this year. This makes Hopewell Valley even tougher in the lower weights as it prepares for sectional action week.

Bulldog pinners include Tim McKeown, Josh Beigman, Chris Cacciabaudo (220) and heayvweight John Snyder. Brian LaCross beat Jaylen Bynes, 6-1, at 195 pounds.

Other Colonial Valley Conference action found Robbinsville downing Princeton, 50-25. MCT champion Shailen Savur got the first win on the mat when he pinned Chloe Ayres at 106 pounds.

Hopewell Valley 75, Notre Dame 6

106: Christian Micikas (HVH) over (NODA) (For.) 113: Jacob Venezia (HVH) over (NODA) (For.) 120: Allen Lopez (HVH) over Nicholas Franzen (NODA) (Fall 3:09) 126: Joey Vannozzi (HVH) over (NODA) (For.) 132: Tim McKeown (HVH) over Augustine Roselli (NODA) (Fall 1:03) 138: Alejandro Lopez (HVH) over Mason Louderback (NODA) (Dec 8-5) 145: Sam Ronollo (HVH) over (NODA) (For.) 152: Brian Zeglarski (HVH) over (NODA) (For.) 160: Garrett LaRaus (HVH) over (NODA) (For.) 170: Will Sabo (HVH) over Evan Fisher (NODA) (Dec 6-5) 182: Josh Beigman (HVH) over Erich Sands (NODA) (Fall 0:48) 195: Brian LaCross (HVH) over Jaylen Bynes (NODA) (Dec 6-1) 220: Christian Cacciabaudo (HVH) over Chris Corban (NODA) (Fall 0:19) 285: John Snyder (HVH) over Michael McLeod (NODA) (Fall 3:06)

Robbinsville 50, Princeton 25

220: Thomas Jennings (ROBB) over (PRIN) (For.) 285: Mateo Cruz (ROBB) over (PRIN) (For.) 106: Shailen Savur (ROBB) over chloë Ayres (PRIN) 113: Martin Brophy (PRIN) over Aiden Weil (ROBB) (Dec 10-6) 120: Michael Manieri (ROBB) over Stefanos Katsifis (PRIN) (Fall 2:26) 126: Dylan Cifrodelli (ROBB) over Jake Tepper-DiCarlo (PRIN) (Fall 1:16) 132: Drake Torrington (ROBB) over chris Sockler (PRIN) (MD 9-0) 138: Aaron Munford (PRIN) over Isaiah Lederman (ROBB) (MD 18-8) 145: Cole Cifrodelli (ROBB) over Thomas Lambert (PRIN) (Fall 0:10) 152: james romaine (PRIN) over Jeremy Murray (ROBB) (Fall 0:06) 160: matt elsworth (PRIN) over (ROBB) (For.) 170: RJ Stradling (ROBB) over jason ling (PRIN) (Fall 1:50) 182: Nick Migliaccio (ROBB) over will elsworth (PRIN) (MD 12-0) 195: Chris Wang (PRIN) over (ROBB) (For.)