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WARNING: SOME 2006 HEADLINES MAY BE DISABLED OR NOT WORK PROPERLY
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2006 FATHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT INFO
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On Saturday, June 17th, Kenilworth Wrestling will hold its 4th Annual Father's Day Tournament at David Brearley High School. Weigh-ins will be Friday evening from 6:30pm - 8:00pm and Saturday from 6:30am - 7:30am. Wrestling begins at 9:30am. Registration/More info
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BEARS DOMINATE DISTRICT X EN ROUTE TO TITLE
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On a weekend where some wrestlers' seasons gladly come to an end and others
are just beginning, the Bears closed the book on a stellar team season and
started their march through the toughest high tournament in the state as
individuals. The Bears advanced a school record eight wrestlers to the
district finals and once again bested long time rival, Roselle Park, for
the District 10 team title. Freshman Kenny Knapp won the 103lb title with
a pin over Seton Hall Prep's Chris Puorro. Sophomore Jesse Boyden looked
slick in his final, winning the 215lb title by fall over Max Philador of
Irvington. Other District 10 finalists advancing to the Region tournament
were freshmen Joe Lospinoso (119), Sean Kane (125) and Travis Dilts (171),
sophomore Hany Elshiek (160), Junior Anthony Evans (152) and Senior Connor
Shannon (189). Placing third and advancing were Dan Conroy (112), Joe Mraz
(130), and Matt Loffa (135). Also garnering top honors was the Bear's head
coach, named District 10 Coach of the Year. Congratulations to Coach
Luciani and all the Bears on a great season.
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Congratulations Coach Brian Luciani: District X Coach of the Year
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2006 YEAR-END K-8 WRESTLING DINNER APRIL 20TH
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This year's dinner will be held on April 20th at the Galloping Hill Inn in Five points from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Cost is $30 per person and the wrestlers receive free admission. All guests must be paid in full prior to dinner. This year's guest speaker will be 3-time NJSIAA state champ Darrion Caldwell from Rahway. For tickets or any other information, please feel free to call Bob Jeans at (908) 451-6980.
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Darrion Caldwell & Bears
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2006 FATHER'S DAY TOURNAMENT INFO
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On Saturday, June 17th, Kenilworth Wrestling will hold its 4th Annual Father's Day Tournament at David Brearley High School. Weigh-ins will be Friday evening from 6:30pm - 8:00pm and Saturday from 6:30am - 7:30am. Wrestling begins at 9:30am. Registration/More info
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NEW: BEARS TRAVEL TO RITACCO AND GET WAKE UP CALL
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Fresh off the Bears dominating win over Roselle Park in the Group I Central
Jersey Sectional Finals, the Bears traveled down to Toms River to take on
perennial powerhouse Paulsboro High School in the Group I State semifinals.
Coming into this year's contest, the Red Raiders had won 23 of 24 Group I
state titles, most of which by the largest of margins. 2006 would prove to
be no different. The Red Raiders beat the Bears at every turn, knocking
off usual point men Jesse Boyden 11-1, Kenny Knapp 1-0 and Joe Lospinoso
6-2 en route to a 43-13 victory. At times, the match seemed as though the
Bears were dying a slow death, losing 10 of the 14 bouts by regular or
major decision. Hasbrouck Heights/ Woodridge would choose a much different
route in the finals, dropping a 59-10 decision to Paulsboro in which seven
matches ended by pin fall. At the end of the day, it was a good experience
for our young Bears and a great reminder that more work needs to be done.
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Brearley Wins Sectionals!
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Coach Luciani & Wrestlers
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BEARS WIN FIRST EVER SECTIONAL CROWN WITH WIN OVER PARK!
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Brearley defeated Roselle Park 39-20 to capture its first-ever sectional
championship. Brearley entered the finals with a school-record 26-2 mark
that included an 18-match winning streak. "Roselle Park has a great
program that has done things the right way", Brearley head coach Brian
Luciani said. Now, after many years of building a program up from the
recreation level, Brearley can say the same thing about its team. "Our
recreation program is huge", Luciani said. "After the high school
re-opened, we looked at a program like Roselle Park and wanted to emulate
them. We saw all the success they had with their recreation program and
knew that we had to start there ourselves."
Like the Bear's triumph in January, Brearley won nine of the 14 bouts. None
were bigger than the victory recorded by junior Eric DuBeau at heavyweight.
DuBeau was pinned by Roselle Park senior Anthony Weiland in 1:51 in the
January match. On this night though, he held a surprising 2-1 lead heading
into the third period. The Brearley faithful in attendance began chanting
"Eric, Eric" in the third period when DuBeau was holding on to his slim
lead. He increased it to 3-1 and then had the good fortune to be able to
pin Weiland with just 11 seconds remaining. "When he got the pin, it was a
moment that felt like time stopped, the crowd was so loud." Luciani said.
DuBeau's pin was one of four Brearley wins in a row that netted the team 18
points. Roselle Park was able to stop the bleeding momentarily when Craig
Montgomery pinned Dan Conroy but Joe Lospinoso and Sean Kane closed out the
contest with pins of their own.
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Brearley's Conor Shannon
vs. Roselle Park
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Brearley's Hany Elsheikh
vs. Roselle Park
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EIGHT KENILWORTH WRESTLERS QUALIFY FOR KIDS STATE TOURNAMENT
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Congratulations to the following wrestlers for placing 1st, 2nd or 3rd in
one of the eight regional state qualifiers and moving on to the state
tournament:
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| Midget Division |
| 80 - Andrew Scarillo | 100 - Joe Balboni |
| Junior Division |
| 80 - Nick Lospinoso | 95 - Dan Ries |
| 105 - Devon Geoghegan | 112 - Dillon Geoghegan |
| 86 - Austin Knapp - 4th | |
| Intermediate Division | HS Cadet Division |
| 100 - Allen Phillips | 112 - John Calderone |
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KENILWORTH CROWNS THREE AT SOUTH PLAINFIELD TOURNAMENT
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Congrats to Ray Wetzel, Anthony Corbisero and Joe Balboni on winning the
South Plainfield Tournament. Below are all 13 placefinishers.
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| PeeWee Division |
| 48 - Ray Wetzel - 1st | |
| Bantam Division |
| 53 - Christian Burns - 3rd | 62 - Eddie Palmadessa - 2nd |
| 69 - Anthony Corbisiero - 1st | 69 - Sal Gorka - 2nd |
| 69 - Eoghan Savona - 4th | 86 - Austin Knapp - 4th |
| Midget Division |
| 95 - Joe Balboni - 1st | 105 - Jeff Velez - 4th |
| Junior Division |
| 70 - Mike Disko - 1st | 105 - Devon Geoghegan - 2nd |
| 105 - John Balboni - 4th | 112 - Dillon Geoghegan - 2nd |
| 135 - Mike Christian - 4th | |
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BREARLEY BEARS CAPTURE UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT TITLE!!!
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Congratulations to the Brearley Bears for winning the 31st Union County Tournament held this past weekend. Brearley, led by individual champions Kenny Knapp (103), Joe Lospinoso (119), Anthony Evans (152) and Jesse Boyden (215), earned 227 points to outdistance Roselle Park (208.5 pts) and the defending champion Rahway (205 pts). Great job to all of our wrestlers! See the winning team.
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2006 WRESTLING PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE
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Thank you to all of our family, friends, fans and advertisers alike who are helping to make this and every wrestling season a success with their continued support! View 2006 Program. - Please be patient, it may take a while to load.
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THREE KENILWORTH WRESTLES TAKE HOME GOLD AT PEE-WEE BANTAM TOURNEY
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Sunday, Jan. 29th, Kenilworth hosted its 9th Annual Pee-Wee Bantam Tournament. Eight wrestlers from the host town competed for a title with three coming away victorious. First place winners were Sonnie Sheahan, Eddie Palmadessa and Anthony Corbisero. Other finalists included Vinnie Rappa, Ray Wetzel, Sal Gorka, Frank Chessa and Sebastian Montesdeoca. Third place finishers included Pedro Shimazu, Eoghan Savona, and Chris Garcia. Congrats to all the placewinners at this year's tournament. See Top 3 Results...
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REC CJL - B TEAM WRESTLES HARD, FALLS SHORT
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Saturday, Jan 7th, Kenilworth CJL 'B' Team wrestled at home against Bridgewater dropping the match 78-15. Anthony Amedeo, at 73 lbs, opened the scoring for the Bears with a, 15-0, tech fall. Michael Tancs, at 77 lbs, scored a major decision with a 12-2 score. Finally, Micael Bibbo, at 102 lbs, scored a first period pin. Then, on Jan. 12, CJL-B lost to Scotch Plains 0-90.
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BREARLEY BEARS DEFEAT ROSELLE PARK PANTHERS 35-24 AT PARK!!
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The Brearley Bears High School wrestling team defeated Roselle Park last night (Jan. 11) on the Panthers' home turf. It was a well-deserved win for the Bears. Great job Bears!
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| 2005-6 BREARLEY BEARS WRESTLING POSTER NOW AVAILABLE - NEW |
Our 2005-6 David Brearley Wrestling Sponsorship Poster with Full Schedule is now Available. Thank you to all of our Sponsors for making the poster possible. To view poster, click here. TO PRINT poster onto a regular letter-sized paper (landscape oriented) from .pdf, be sure to select Page Scaling: Fit to Paper under Page Handling options from the print option screen (see sample screen for help).
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CENTRAL JERSEY B TEAM ROUND-UP FROM BELOW IN .PDF FORMAT - NEW
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KENILWORTH B TEAM FIGHTS HARD IN QUAD MEET
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KENILWORTH B TEAM COMPETED SUNDAY, DEC. 18TH IN A QUAD MEET ALONGSIDE KENILWORTH A. KENILWORTH B CAME UP SHORT IN TWO HARD-FOUGHT MATCHES.
12/18/05 - RAHWAY: 53 | KENILWORTH B: 21
SAL GORKA, AT 67 LBS, HAD A TAKEDOWN IN OT FOR THE WIN.
PLAINFIELD: 42 | KENILWORTH B: 39
LIAM SAVONA, AT 50 LBS, STARTED OFF THE MATCH WITH A 3RD PERIOD PIN. NEXT, ANTHONY DELGADO, AT 63 LBS, HAD A 1ST PERIOD PIN. ANTHONY CORBISIERO, AT 70 LBS, ALSO HAD A 1ST PERIOD PIN. ANTHONY AMEDEO, AT 73 LBS, WON A DECISION, 7-2.
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KENILWORTH B TEAM SPLITS TRI-MEET 1-1
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12/17/05 - ROSELLE PARK: 81 | KENILWORTH B: 9
ANTHONY DELGADO, AT 63 LBS, WON BY DECISION 7-6.
UNION: 33 | KENILWORTH B: 54
LIAM SAVONA, AT 50 LBS, STARTED OFF THE MATCH WITH A 3RD PERIOD PIN. SAL GORKA, AT 67 LBS, WON A DECISION, 10-6, TO TIE-UP THE MATCH. ANTHONY CORBISIERO, AT 70 LBS, PINNED HIS OPPONENT IN THE 1ST PERIOD. RYAN LUEDDEKE, AT 95 LBS, HAD A 2ND PERIOD FALL. JEFF VELEZ, AT 110 LBS, WON BY DECISION 9-5.
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KENILWORTH B TEAM SEASON OPENER AGAINST VOORHEES
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12/3/05 - VOORHEES: 62 | KENILWORTH B: 20
THE KENILWORTH B TEAM OPENED THEIR WRESTLING SEASON DEC. 3RD, IN A DUAL MEET AGAINST VOORHEES. ANTHONY CORBISIERO HAD A TECHNICAL FALL, 17-0, AT 70LBS. ANTHONY AMEDEO, AT 73 LBS, HAD 3RD PERIOD PIN. MICHAEL TANCS, AT 77 LBS, HAD A MAJOR DECISION 13-0.
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CENTRAL JERSEY A-TEAM SCHEDULE - NEW | CENTRAL JERSEY B-TEAM SCHEDULE
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BREARLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL / NJ GARDEN STATE SCHEDULE - NEW
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BREARLEY VARSITY / JUNIOR VARSITY SCHEDULE
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| FOUR KENILWORTH GRAPPLERS GARNER 1ST PLACE AT BRIDGEWATER INVIT'L |
Congratulations to Mike Ramos, Anthony Corbisero, Frank Chessa and John
Balboni on taking first place at the Bridgewater Tournament. 15 Kenilworth
wrestlers in all took home medals. Congratulations to our four winners and
all other place winners. Full Results...
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| CENTRAL JERSEY A TEAM SWEEPS WEEKEND |
On Sunday, the Central Jersey A team won it first two matches of the year
in impressive fashion. Despite competing without their top two starters,
they opened the day with a 78-6 win over Plainfield and finished with a
64-18 win over Rahway. Standouts on the day were Ray Wetzel (50 lbs) and
Joe Balboni (95lbs) with two pins each. The most exciting match of the day
was turned in by Andrew Scarillo against Rahway when he defeated Tyler
Zihlbauer 9-6. Congratulations to all the boys and keep up the good work.
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| 2006 PEE WEE / BANTAM TOURNAMENT |
Kenilworth's 9th Annual Pee Wee / Bantam Tournament will be held on Sunday, January 29, 2006. The fee is $15 if wrestlers are pre-registered by January 23, 2006 and $20 thereafter. Satellite weigh-in requests must be made by January 7, 2006 to Coach Robert Jeans at 908-241-6202. Click here for more information.
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| BEARS WIN THREE OF FOUR IN TURKEY DAY DUALS |
This past weekend, a team of Kenilworth wrestlers ventured outside
the state for the Quakertown PA Turkey Day Duals. In the absence of coach
Calabria, Coach Jeans stepped in to lead the Bears against some of
Pennsylvania's best. The day started out with a hard fought 60-48 win over
Upper Perkomin. The Bears were down 24-6 early but won 9 of the next 11 to
take the lead for good. Dillion Geoghegan capped off the run with a pin at
115. The Bears followed up their triumph with a blow-out win over Penn
Ridge 72-35. The Bears again found themselves down 25-0 early against Penn
Ridge before winning 13 straight matches. The run was highlighted by a
thrilling 3-1 overtime win by Joe Casamento. Next up for the Bears was a
forfeit laden Notre Dame team. With the win secured early on, the most
meaningful match occurred at 105 with Devon Geoghegan winning by fall over
close competitor Brandon Hull.
However, after the strong 3-0 start, the tide turned in the last match as
host team Quakertown took the Bears behind the proverbial woodshed on its
way to a 74-30 win. Again the Bears limped out of the gate and found
themselves down 38-0. They would rally once again winning the next 5
matches to cut the lead to 38-27 but a less than inspiring effort from the
Bears upper weights doomed their effort as Quakertown ran off victories in
six of the next seven matches. Team standouts Dan Ries 95lbs and Nick
Lospinoso 80lbs were both impressive in victory, finishing the day at a
combined 8-0 including seven pins and a tech fall. Congrats to all Bear
wrestlers and good luck on the season as we ALL have some work to do.
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| BOYDEN CRACKS TOP 30 IN USA AT 215 |
Last week the prestigious amateur wrestling magazine, WrestlingUSA,
finalized its pre-season national wrestling rankings. As of November, David Brearley's
2005 Union County champion at 215lbs, Jesse Boyden debuted at #30.
WrestlingUSA also prepares national rankings by the wrestler's class in
school. Boyden was selected as the #2 ranked Sophomore in the country at
215 behind Oregon's Tyrell Fortune who Boyden lost to 3-1 at this summer's
Cadet National Freestyle Tournament. Congratulations Jesse and Good Luck
this year. View the
most up to date rankings: ALL USA RANKINGS | SOPHOMORE RANKINGS
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| CJL A AND B TEAMS BEGIN PRACTICE SATURDAY |
Practices will begin this Saturday, November 12, 2005 for Both Central Jersey teams at 10:00am.
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| IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN KENILWORTH WRESTLING! |
If you missed sign ups for any reason, please call Coach Jeans at 908-451-6980 for more information.
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| 2006 WRESTLING SIGN-UPS 9/30/2005 & 10/01/2005 AT DBHS |
2006 Kenilworth Recreation Wrestling program for K-8th Graders is holding its sign-ups on Friday, 9/30/2005 from 6:30-7:30pm and on Saturday, 10/01/2005 from 9:00-10:00am at DBHS. Wrestlers do not need to be present at registration. Only one form can be used per wrestler. Reg. form and info.
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| BOYDEN EARNS ALL AMERICAN HONORS |
During the week of July 25, Jesse Boyden
competed at the Asics/Vaughan Cadet Freestyle National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota.
The 215 lb Union County Champion opened the competition with a hard fought 3-1 loss to the
newly crowned Greco Roman National Champion and eventual Freestyle National Champion,
Tyrell Fortune of Oregon. He followed with three consecutive victories, solidifying a
place in the medal round before dropping his final qualifying match. Boyden then closed competition on
Friday with a 7-2 win over Dillion Heesch from Iowa for 7th. Congrats Jesse.
Others Union County representatives competing at the Asics/ Vaughan
National Wrestling Tournament were Darrion Caldwell and Ryan Wilson of
Rahway (Freestyle), Pat Mineo of Scotch Plains HS (Freestyle) and fellow
Brearley Bear, Connor Shannon (Greco-Roman).
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| Midget Division |
| Anthony Rice, 65 lbs, 3rd | Joe Balboni, 90 lbs, 2nd |
| John Balboni, 95 lbs, 2nd |
| Junior Division |
| Nick McElroy, 60 lbs, 1st | Nick Lospinoso, 75 lbs, 3rd |
| Dan Ries, 85 lbs, 1st | Jesse Bell, 85 lbs, 2nd |
| Devin Geoghegan, 90 lbs, 2nd | Dillon Geoghegan, 105 lbs, 1st |
| Intermediate Division |
| Ken Knapp, 95 lbs, 2nd | Sean Kane, 112 lbs, 2nd |
| Joe Lospinoso, 119 lbs, 1st | Tom Mannix, 126 lbs, 3rd |
| Travis Dilts, 150 lbs, 1st |
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