2023 Season

Final State Tourney Update:  Congrats to Daniel Elyash on winning his last match and his 5th Place finish!  Daniel went 4-2 for the torunament.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/03/03/nj-state-wrestling-tournament-complete-list-2023-medalists/69969651007/
285 pounds
First place: Jim Mullen (St. Joseph-Montvale)
Second place: Max Acciardi (Paramus Catholic)
Third place: Scott Lynch (Audubon)
Fourth place: Benji Shue (Bergen Catholic)
Fifth place: Daniel Elyash (Paramus)
Sixth place: Ryan Fischer (Jackson Memorial)
Seventh place: John Wargo (Phillipsburg)
Eight place: Rocco Bennett (Delsea)
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Paramus HS WrestlingPhotos from Danielle Parhizkaran (NorthJersey.com):

8:57 PM · Feb 26, 2023
Congrats to PHS Girls State Place Winners!
3rd, Emma Mees (152)
4th, Kayla Franson (138)
8th, Olivia Klein (100)

Paramus HS WrestlingRegion 2 Results: Congrats to Daniel Elyash (285) on taking 2nd, and Chris Hong (126) 4th. Both qualified for the Individual State Tournament in AC next weekend!
4:38 PM · Feb 25, 2023·459 Views

Complete results from the Region 2 wrestling tournament in Mount Olive
Nick Gantaifis NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/24/nj-wrestling-live-results-region-2-tournament-in-mount-olive/69926881007/
285 pounds
Max Acciardi (Paramus Catholic) dec Daniel Elyash (Paramus), 5-2

How one Bergen County town became a cradle for New Jersey wrestling coaches
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/23/paramus-nj-cradle-for-hs-wrestling-coaches/69926802007/
Sean Farrell / NorthJersey.com
Joe Down's first move as Vernon wrestling coach was not a popular one. At least, not at first.Down turned back the clock when it came time to choose an entrance song, opting for Jethro Tull's "Locomotive Breath". It didn't catch on until Down explained the significance behind the 1971 hit – it's welcomed Paramus wrestlers onto the mat for over four decades, including Down himself.
"I told them the story behind it and now they love it," Down said. "They play it in the mat room. I didn't want to give it up because it reminds me of my high school career."
The song choice is one of countless examples of how the Paramus wrestling program has affected teams all across the region. A town that's better known for retail and Route 17 traffic has developed another top export of late: high school coaches.Four head coaches at this year's Region 1 tournament are former Spartans: Down (Class of 2010), Lakeland's Joe Cervino (1996), Old Tappan's Rob Ortiz (1996) and Pascack Hills' Dave Bucco (2001).Another Paramus alum will be by the mat at the Region 2 tournament: Bogota/Ridgefield Park co-coach Jimmy Suess (2011).
The branches on this long and winding coaching fraternity are still proud of their roots.
"I'm not going to lie," said Cervino, now in his 15th year at Lakeland. "I may have worn one of my Paramus shirts to practice the week leading up to our Paramus match to give us a little extra motivation."
"I have one with a picture of us celebrating after winning the state sectional championship," Ortiz said. "I wore it to practice the next day after we won (this year) just to show the kids that back in the old days it happened to me too."
'Dedication produces champions'
So why have so many people from the same program wound up in the same profession? Well, it starts with a town that loves wrestling so much that street signs are named after its biggest stars.
Your subscription, your wayManaging your subscription has never been easier. Pause delivery, update your credit card and more online.Manage SubscriptionSuccess is the expectation at a program with nine sectional titles and two Bergen County titles. No other public school in North Jersey can say it's had a state medalist now for 12 straight seasons.
"In our era, the Paramus rec had 100-plus kids," Bucco said. "Everybody's parents were super involved in the process back then. We got to high school and, in terms of male sports, it was like wrestling was the premier sport."
The other ingredient is simple genetics.Cervino and Ortiz went back-to-back in the lineup as seniors while wrestling for their fathers: Joe Cervino Sr. (311 wins in 22 years) and his methodical sidekick Jose Ortiz."Wrestling is wrestling, but Coach Cervino taught us really to hold ourselves to high standards," Rob Ortiz said. "He was somebody who expected a lot from us and in turn, made us expect a lot of from ourselves and each other. I think that's the kind of message that we try to impart in our wrestlers here."
Like father, like son
One of Bergen County's winningest golf coaches came all the way from Cuba.
Jose Ortiz traveled from the island nation to Teaneck, moving with his brother to stay with their aunt and uncle. His parents escaped two years later on a fishing boat and settled in nearby Bogota. Jose Ortiz became the co-captain on the Bucs' first wrestling team and still coaches at River Dell in the spring.
Now, he spend his winters in the crowd at Old Tappan and Westwood, where younger son Joe is an assistant."He was a great complement to me," Cervino Sr. said from a condo in sunny Florida. "I was a little bit like my son: pretty boisterous and vocal. Jose was more of a calming figure for the coaching staff.""I remember it clear as day," Bucco said. "Mr. Ortiz had a huge binder of every single newspaper clipping box score that one could possibly gather. We always felt like we were so many steps ahead of most programs when it came to bumping and coin flips and match strategy."
The Spartan way
All four head coaches interviewed for this story have brought a piece of Paramus with them.
Bucco still hangs a leaderboard in his room at Pascack Hills that tracks the number of team points scored and allowed by each wrestler. He waxes poetic about a Granby roll from 25 years ago and notes that Broncos assistant Kevin Moran was one of his high school teammates.
Down said his practices are "basically identical" to the ones former coach Steve Klass ran at Paramus about 10 years ago. The Vernon coach often scans the box score for Pascack Hills and Old Tappan and finds himself rooting for teams with Spartan ties.
"There's a vivid memory when we wrestled Bergen Catholic my senior year," Down said. "We beat them in 2010 and that gym was just packed. It was absolute chaos. That's what I want Vernon to be. I want the town to love wrestling."
The younger Cervino laughs at how often his team will walk out to an empty parking lot at 7 p.m. after most other winter teams are long gone. The longtime Paramus motto "Dedication produces champions" is still ingrained in the back of his head.
"A line that I use a lot here at Lakeland is we're not going to be out-worked," Cervino said. "We might a lose a match because a kid is better than you. But you're never going to lose a match because you're out-worked.
"I can't tell you how many times I've talked to Rob Ortiz when I'm driving home and we're talking wrestling. He's still at his school because one or two of his kids are on a treadmill or a bike trying to run off a couple extra pounds to make weight for the next day. It's nice. You always have somebody to to talk to who knows what we went through when we were at Paramus."
As time goes by, the Joe Cervino Sr. wrestling tree keeps adding new branches.
Two of his grandsons wrestle in the Paramus rec program and his granddaughter is the scorekeeper for the Spartans' varsity team. Matches between Paramus and Lakeland can turn into a family reunion.
"It brought back a ton of memories," the Lancers coach said. "It was a little weird being on the flip side of it. We're out there and Locomotive Breath came on.
"That was the song we came out to every single match when I was in high school and when I was a little kid at 10 years old, watching us in the stands. I hear it and I got flashbacks to being in the tunnel and getting ready to take the mat. In reality, I'm on the opposite side of the mat and I'm getting ready to face them."
Head coaches from Paramus High SchoolLakeland's Joe Cervino (1996)Old Tappan's Rob Ortiz (1996)
Pascack Hills' Dave Bucco (2001)
Vernon's Joe Down (2010)
Bogota/Ridgefield Park co-coach Jimmy Suess (2011)
Assistant coaches from Paramus High School
Paramus' Chris Falato (2001) and Nick Alpher (2011)
Mahwah's Rob Romeo (2004)
Pascack Hills' Kevin Moran (2004)
Westwood's Joe Ortiz (2009)
Congrats to our North Region 1 medalists! They will all be wrestling in the Girls State Tourney. 2nd: Kayla Franson 3rd: Olivia Klein, Emma Mees, and Sonia Balwas.



Live results: North 1 Region girls wrestling tournament at Vernon High School
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com 2/19/2023
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/19/nj-girls-wrestling-north-1-region-live-results-from-vernon-hs/69910448007/

Wrestling: Results from districts 1 through 12 in New Jersey
Joe Ragozzino Ryan Rivero NorthJersey.com 2/18/2023
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/18/nj-wrestling-results-from-districts-1-through-12/69908295007/
District 8 at Fair Lawn
Team scores: Mount Olive 220; Hasbrouck Heights 140; Paramus 127; DePaul 119.5; Lenape Valley 97; Fair Lawn 94; Lodi 89.5; Dover 51; Saddle Brook 19; Hopatcong 0.
Finals
106: Omar Asfour (Lodi) d. Jayden Mendez (Dover) 10-5.
113: Tyeler Hagensen (Mount Olive) injury time over Malik Asfour (Lodi) 4:00.
120: Adrian DeJesus (DePaul) p. Anthony Piemonte (Mount Olive) 1:38.
126: Chris Hong (Paramus) d. Anthony Cummings (Hasbrouck Heights) 9-3.
132: Jack Bastarrika (Mount Olive) p. Natan Tsyrilin (Fair Lawn) 0:41.
138: Gage Graziano (Lenape Valley) p. Austin Werner (DePaul) 1:13.
144: Nicholas Castaneda (Lodi) m.d. Jakob Bell (Lenape Valley) 14-5.
150: Tanner Perez (Mount Olive) p. Daniel LaGrone (Paramus) 1:38.
157: Sam Cilento (DePaul) d. Oliver Fermin (Hasbrouck Heights) 8-2.
165: Connor Scuilla (Hasbrouck Heights) d. Matthew Murri (Fair Lawn) 6-5.
175: Tyler Bienus (Mount Olive) p. William Banach (Paramus) 0:54.
190: Nicolas Gonzalez (Mount Olive) p. Eric Perez (Lenape Valley) 2:42.
215: Anthony Moscatello (Mount Olive) p. Michael Orlando (DePaul) 0:48.
285: Daniel Elyash (Paramus) p. Jackson Youtz (Mount Olive) 0:57.
Third-place consolations
106: Nico Nipitella (Hasbrouck Heights) p. Mark Calderio (Fair Lawn) 1:10.
113: Matthew Elyash (Paramus) p. Lucino Gonzalez (Dover) 3:20.
120: Brody Bogues (Fair Lawn) p. Kyle Von Seidel (Hasbrouck Heights) 1:23.
126: Stephen Toth (Fair Lawn) p. Franklin Rodriguez (Saddle Brook) 3:29.
132: Marc Pavese (Lenape Valley) p. Momen Jbara (Saddle Brook) 0:31.
138: Ryan Mastrofilipo (Lodi) d. Andrew Parente (Hasbrouck Heights) 5-0.
144: Osiris Harris (Dover) d. Harris Krommenhoe (Hasbrouck Heights) 3-2.
150: Alexander Frangione (Fair Lawn) m.d. Ergyn Doko (Lodi) 15-7.
157: Lincoln Youtz (Mount Olive) m.d. Anthony Moreno (Dover) 13-2.
165: Tyler Cumming (Mount Olive) injury time over Tyler Falen (Paramus) 4:21.
175: David Drezek (Hasbrouck Heights) m.d. Jack Phelps (Lenape Valley) 9-0.
190: Anthony Jacobsen (DePaul) p. Max Castro (Hasbrouck Heights) 4:46.
215: Christopher Aykurt (Paramus) p. Juan Mendoza (Hasbrouck Heights) 2:27.
285: Kevin Barahona (DePaul) p. Andrew Bicher (Lenape Valley) 3:59.

Girls region preview: A look at all four region tournaments

• Updated: Feb. 17, 2023, 7:12 p.m. | Published: Feb. 16, 2023, 4:30 p.m.  https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/girls-region-preview-a-look-at-all-four-region-tournaments.html

Region: North 1
Location: Vernon
Weight class previews
100 pounds
Seeds: 1-Theresa Zeppetelli, Bogota, 11-4; 2-Olivia Klein, Paramus, 11-1; 3-Sophia Lentine, DePaul Catholic, 5-7; 4-Paige Weiss, Sparta, 12-2; 5-Aitana Lozano, Lyndhurst, 15-9; 6-Izzabella Timonera, Nutley, 19-8; 7-Kaelen Hague, Vernon, 19-10; 8-Gretchen Quast, Ramsey, 7-6; 9-Sophia Salazar, Morris Hills, 8-6; 10-Isabella Power, High Point, 8-6; 11-Nyronda Crandol, Manchester, 5-9; 12-Maria Jose Martinez, Clifton, 5-4; 13-Quetzalee Grande, Passaic, 4-6; 14-Gianna Hernandez, Lakeland, 3-4; 15-Ava Novello, Mahwah, 2-2; 16-Naomi Nachmias, Fair Lawn, 1-3.

Outlook: A Zeppetelli-Klein final could be a barn burner that might even be replayed in Atlantic City. Zeppetelli is seeded first based on her 4-1 decision over Klein at the BCWCA. But there is no guarantee that Zeppetelli will get to the final as she will need to get past Sparta’s Paige Weiss in the semis. Weiss is a talented freshman who has lost only to Klein and up a weight at 107 to Leeana Mercado of Lodi. She has also previously beaten the 3-seed, Lentine.

Girls wrestling Top 10 and individual rankings for Feb. 15: Gudewitz to No. 2 at 107

• Updated: Feb. 15, 2023, 5:31 p.m. | Published: Feb. 15, 2023, 5:30 p.m.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/girls-wrestling-top-10-and-individual-rankings-for-feb-15-gudewitz-to-no-2-at-107.html
Girls Individual Wrestling Rankings
100
1. Theresa Zeppetelli (Bogota) 11-4
2. Olivia Klein (Paramus) 14-1
3. Paige Weiss (Sparta) 12-2
4. Princessstorm Woody (Trenton) 9-0
5. Isabella Santos (Elizabeth) 13-4
152
1. Makayla Decker (St. Thomas Aquinas) 16-1
2. Ailani Ubarry (Cherry Hill West) 13-2
3. Jenna Filieri (Immaculate Conception-Lodi) 11-5
4. Kamila Castro (Ridgewood) 9-2
5. Emma Mees (Paramus) 18-4

Individual wrestler rankings for Feb. 14: Sectionals & groups wreak havoc on rankings

• Updated: Feb. 14, 2023, 2:30 p.m. | Published: Feb. 14, 2023, 10:30 a.m.

https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2023/02/individual-wrestler-rankings-for-feb-14-sectionals-groups-wreak-havoc-on-rankings.html
285 pounds
Weight, Rank, Name, School, Class, Previous Rank
Wrestling: These are North Jersey's best upper-weights who never won a state title
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/17/nj-wrestling-best-upper-weights-who-never-won-state-title/69908855007/
Nick Gantaifis / NorthJersey.com / 2/17/2023
Winning a New Jersey individual wrestling title is one of the hardest feats to accomplish in all of high school sports. Just reaching a state final is an accomplishment in its own right.
Every February, only 14 wrestlers are left standing by the time the crowd disperses at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. (There were only 12 weight classes prior to 1987 and there were 13 from 1988-1995.)
We've compiled an extensive list of the best wrestlers in North Jersey history to never win a state title, dating back to 1980. In our final installment of this series, we look at the best at the upper weights (161 pounds-heavyweight).
Eric Freeman
Paramus – third place (2021), third place (2022)
A two-time state bronze medalist, Freeman finished his senior season with 44 wins, a Bergen County title and a district title. He helped Paramus to a state sectional crown in 2022. He's currently in his first year at Rutgers.

Kyle Jacob
Paramus – second place (2019), second place (2020)
One of Paramus’ great all-around athletes, Jacob was a two-time state finalist. In his first title match, Jacob dropped a 6-3 decision to two-time state champion Jacob Cardenas of Bergen Catholic. Jacob won a region title as a senior and finished his career with 125 wins. He currently plays football at the U.S. Naval Academy.


Wrestling: These are North Jersey's best middle-weights who never won a state title
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/16/nj-wrestling-best-middle-weights-who-never-won-state-title/69904172007/
Nick Gantaifis / NorthJersey.com / 2/16/2023
Winning a New Jersey individual wrestling title is one of the hardest feats to accomplish in all of high school sports. Just reaching a state final is an accomplishment in its own right.
Every February, only 14 wrestlers are left standing by the time the crowd disperses at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. (There were only 12 weight classes prior to 1987 and there were 13 from 1988-1995.)
We've compiled an extensive list of the best wrestlers in North Jersey history to never win a state title, dating back to 1980. In our second installment of this series, we look at the best at the middle weights (133-160 pounds).
Joe Trovato
Paramus – fifth place (2012), fifth place (2013), seventh place (2014), fourth place (2015)
Trovato, fourth all-time in Bergen County history with 158 career wins, went 42-5 and placed fourth in the state as a senior. He claimed four district and three Bergen County titles and clinched a sectional title for the Spartans with a last-bout victory as a senior. Trovato reached the state podium four times during the start of Paramus' current streak of 12 straight years with a state medalist.

Rob Young
Paramus – third place (1979), third place (1980)
Young turned in back-to-back runner-up finishes at a time when only the top four wrestlers in each weight class received medals.

Wrestling: Everything you need to know about the district championships in North Jersey
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/16/nj-wrestling-everything-to-know-for-district-championships/69900519007/
Sean Farrell  NorthJersey.com
District 8, at Fair Lawn
Schedule: 10 a.m. start, 12:30 p.m. semifinals with finals to follow.
Teams: DePaul, Dover, Fair Lawn, Hasbrouck Heights, Hopatcong, Lenape Valley, Lodi, Mount Olive, Paramus, Saddle Brook.
What to watch: Mount Olive is the team to beat after outscoring Paramus, 277-192.5, in the team race a year ago. Seniors Jack Bastarrika (132) and Anthony Moscatello (215) are both state medal contenders for a Marauders team that reached the Group 4 semifinals.
Lodi's Malik Asfour and Paramus' Chris Hong and Daniel Elyash will also look to kickstart long tournament runs after wrestling in Boardwalk Hall last season.

Wrestling: Final North Jersey team rankings, banner winners for the 2022-23 season
Sean Farrell  NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/02/15/nj-wrestling-final-team-rankings-banner-winners-2022-23-season/69888031007/
Final team rankings

1. St. Joseph 17-2
2. Bergen Catholic 13-4
3. Paramus Catholic 14-4
4. Don Bosco 10-5
5. Passaic Tech 17-7
6. Old Tappan 16-5
7. Clifton 21-4
8. Emerson/Park Ridge 14-8
9. Ridgewood 15-5
10. Pascack Hills 20-8
11. West Milford 18-5
12. Westwood 15-8
13. Passaic Valley 20-5
14. Paramus 12-10
15. Pascack Valley 13-10
16. River Dell 12-13
17. Northern Highlands 14-8
18. Hasbrouck Heights 20-5
19. Rutherford 15-7
20. Cliffside Park/Ridgefield 16-6
21. New Milford 10-8
22. Butler 17-11
23. Ramapo 13-10
24. Wayne Hills 14-12
25. Pompton Lakes 19-8

▶ Ramapo won a state tournament match for the first time in program history and finished with one loss in the Big North Freedom play along with co-champions Paramus and Ridgewood.

Here are the brackets for the 2023 NJ wrestling team tournament
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/31/nj-wrestling-brackets-for-the-2023-state-team-tournament/69856086007/
Schedule
Monday, Feb. 6: Public rounds 1 and 2
North 1, Group 3
At Old Tappan
(1) Old Tappan vs. (8) Pascack Valley
(4) Montville vs. (5) River Dell
At Ramapo
(3) Sparta vs. (6) Paramus
(2) Ramapo vs. (7) Wayne Hills

Power Points as of 1/30/2023:
2022-2023 Paramus Wrestling Power Points
Limit best 10 meets between 12/15/2022 and 1/28/2023, as of 1/29/2023

Power Points as of 1/26/2023:
2022-2023 Paramus Wrestling Power Points
Limit best 10 meets between 12/15/2022 and 1/25/2023, as of 1/26/2023


2023 BCCA and BCWCA County Place Winners:
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/21/nj-wrestling-live-results-bergen-county-bcca-george-jockish-tournament/69817789007/

Congratulations to Our 2023 Bergen County Medalists:
BCCA - Chris Hong 2nd, Daniel Elyash 3rd, Chris Aykurt 6th.
BCWCA - Olivia Klein 2nd, Emma Mees 2nd, Kayla Franson 3rd, Sonia Bawlas 3rd.

Paramus 40, Ramapo 28
1/18/2023
113: Matthew Elyash (P) d. Jacob Guzman SV-1 9-7. 120: Joey Fulco (R) p. Mark Gass 5:01. 126: Chris Hong (P) m.d. CJ Anzaldo 19-6. 132: Gino Gorga (R) p. Joseph Candela 3:44. 138: Joeb Rahman (P) d. Dean Donellan 6-1. 144: Casey Grusser (R) d. Alexander Guerriero 10-4. 150: Branden Causillas (R) d. Daniel LaGrone 2-0. 157: David Rozenblum (R) m.d Joseph Aiello 16-5. 165: Tyler Falen (P) p. Gabriel Thomas 1:11. 175: William Banach (P) p. Gabriel Thomas 3:21. 190: Tom Shokoff (R) p. Malke Akdemir 1:21. 215: Christopher Aykurt (P) p. Jonah Smith 1:39. 285: Daniel Elyash (P) p. Nathan Mangino 0:50.

Sat, January 14, 2023
 Final
Sat, January 14, 2023
 Final
Fri, January 13, 2023
 Final
Fri, January 13, 2023
 Final
Fri, January 13, 2023
 Final
Wed, January 11, 2023, 7:00pm
 Final
These wrestlers have the most wins in North Jersey history
Sean Farrell / NorthJersey.com / 1/9/2023
5. Joe Trovato, 158
Paramus (2015)
Trovato won four district and three Bergen County titles and clinched a sectional title for Paramus with a last-bout victory as a senior. He made four trips to the state podium during the start of the Spartans' current streak of 12 straight years with a medalist.

Sat, January 07, 2023
 Final
Sat, January 07, 2023
Final
Paramus 40, Bogota/Ridgefield Park 30
138: Joseph Candela (P) over Dean Sinisgalli (BHS) (SV-1 10-8) 144: Adrian Laino (B/RP) p. Joeb Rahman 3:21. 150: Alexander Guerriero (P) p. Daniel Tobin. 157: Daniel LaGrone (P) p. Nicholas Buda. 165: Tyler Falen (P) m.d. Josh Gesmundo 12-1. 175: William Banach (P) p. Jaden Lemire. 190: Jaden Everett (B/RP) p. Malke Akdemir. 215: Christopher Aykurt (P) d. Derek Martinez 7-5. 285: Daniel Elyash (P) by forfeit. 106: Theresa Zeppetelli (B/RP) d. Olivia Klein SV-1 2-0. 113: Derek Bauernschmidt (B/RP) d. Matthew Elyash 13-7. 120: Daniel Vila (B/RP) p. Mark Gass. 126: Chris Hong (P) p. Jaden Rodriguez. 132: Derek Rodriguez (B/RP) by forfeit.

Wrestling: First North Jersey individual rankings of the season, plus latest Top 25
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2023/01/04/nj-wrestling-first-north-jersey-individual-rankings-of-2023/69772763007/
North Jersey individual rankings
126 pounds

1. Brian Melamud, Bergen Catholic 4-0
2. James Sloan, St. Joseph 5-6
3. Jerzey Ryan, New Milford 9-3
4. Marco Alarcon, Don Bosco 5-4  
5. Chris Hong, Paramus 6-4

285 pounds

1. Jim Mullen, St. Joseph 11-0
2. Max Acciardi, Paramus Catholic 8-1
3. Benjamin Shue, Bergen Catholic 7-0
4. Daniel Elyash, Paramus 7-2
5. Matthew Lehman, Wayne Hills 8-0

(Records through Monday.)
North Jersey team rankings

1. Bergen Catholic 4-0
2. St. Joseph 4-2
3. Paramus Catholic 1-0
4. Don Bosco 1-0
5. Passaic Tech 2-0
6. Clifton 2-0
7. Pascack Hills 4-1
8. Old Tappan 2-0
9. Emerson/Park Ridge 3-0
10. Pascack Valley 3-2
11. River Dell 2-2
12. Westwood 3-0
13. Paramus 1-1
14. Wayne Hills 3-0
15. Butler 2-0
16. Northern Highlands 3-2
17. Ramapo 3-0
18. Ridgewood 1-2
19. Rutherford 7-2
20. New Milford 1-0
21. Hasbrouck Heights 2-0
22. Pompton Lakes 1-0
23. Fair Lawn 2-3
24. Lakeland 0-2
25. Ramsey 2-4

Individual girls wrestling rankings for Jan. 4

• Published: Jan. 04, 2023, 7:00 a.m.
• Michael Holcombe | For NJ Advance Media

Girls Individual Wrestling Rankings
100
1. Olivia Klein (Paramus) 12-0
2. Isabella Santos (Elizabeth) 0-0
3. Jaclyn McDowell (Gloucester City) 0-0
4. Madison Rucci (Jackson Memorial) 8-0
5. Litzy Argueta (Lakewood) 9-4

Wrestling: 5 wrestlers who stood out on the first day of the Sam Cali tournament
Sean Farrell NorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2022/12/28/wrestling-5-wrestlers-who-stood-out-at-the-sam-cali-tournament/69748225007/
Daniel Elyash
Paramus, 285 pounds
The Spartans junior claimed his spot in the semifinal by getting past St. Peter's Prep heavyweight Connor Reynolds, 6-1.
Making it even more impressive is the fact that the third-seeded Elyash is on the small side of his weight class at a trim 216 pounds.
Elyash tries to make up for it with his agility, as well as his background as a right guard and defensive tackle in football.
"It helps the IQ and helps with being explosive," Elyash said.
"I love the grind. It makes me a better wrestler. It makes me a better person."
Elyash, who is trying to break out after being limited by a torn hamstring last season, will take on Delsea's Rocco Bennett with a spot in the championship on the line.

Wed, December 21, 2022, 6:00pm
 FinalResults


Wrestling: North Jersey team-by-team previews for 2022-23 season
Sean FarrellNorthJersey.com
https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2022/12/14/nj-wrestling-north-jersey-team-by-team-previews-2022-23/69678878007/
Big North Freedom
Paramus
Wrestlers to watch: seniors Chris Hong, Tyler Falen and Olivia Klein, junior Daniel Elyash.
Outlook: The Spartans (15-4) need to replace six Bergen County medalists and eight total seniors from a team that won the North 1, Group 3 crown. Girls wrestling state champion Olivia Klein is the headliner for new coach Mark Fontana's young group.