Hamilton West wrestling edges Neptune on Jacob Jimenez’s decision
Dec 21, 2024
The Hamilton High wrestling team won a thriller on Saturday when it rallied for a 39-36 victory at Neptune.
It all came down to the last bout with the score tied at 36 and Jacob Jimenez delivered for the Hornets at 132 pounds when he posted a 9-8 decision over Nathan Ramos.
Alan Sanchez also came up big near the end for Hamilton when he pinned at 126 pounds to set up the dramatic finish. Earlier, Dominick Johnson delivered an 8-7 win at 144 pound and Christian Eagleton won in overtime at 190.
West Windsor South also won a tight match at the end when it defeated Oakcrest, 41-35. Coming through in the clutch for South in the last bout at 126 pounds was Yousset Shadid. He won by a 16-3 major decision. Oakcrest won the first five bouts, but the Pirates stormed back behind a pin by Humza Khalid at 165.
It was a mixed day for Hopewell Valley. The Bulldogs did beat Monroe, 49-21, but then suffered their first loss of the year in a 39-25 setback to Bridgewater. Winning twice for Hopewell were Dean Meissner (113), Dylan Hersch (126), Konrad Haugeto (157) and Jeff Branagh (165).
Delaware Valley remained undefeated in a 67-6 romp over Lawrence, In a match up of two of the team’s top wrestlers, Delval’s Jaden Perez posted a 16-1 technical fall over Steven Ham at 132 pounds.
Hamilton 39, Neptune 36
138: Thomas Drea (NEPT) over Darius Arientil (HAWE) (Fall 3:11) 144: Dominick Johnson (HAWE) over Dazior Bethea (NEPT) (Dec 8-7) 150: Alex Hernandez (NEPT) over Chris Yauri Cabrera (HAWE) (Fall 5:45) 157: Daniel Figueroa (HAWE) over Jamel Luckey (NEPT) (Fall 0:00) 165: Luke Bruch (HAWE) over Victor Pena (NEPT) (Fall 0:00) 175: Carlos Rueda (HAWE) over Aidan Bishop (NEPT) (Fall 0:00) 190: Cristian Eagleton (HAWE) over Michael Martinez (NEPT) (SV-1 12-9) 215: Oscar Recinos Uriostegui (NEPT) over Christopher Lopez (HAWE) (Fall 3:35) 285: Jarairya Jean (NEPT) over Michael Bruch (HAWE) (Fall 5:27) 106: Emily Lazo-Cruz (NEPT) over Karla Salguero (HAWE) (Fall 5:50) 113: Nathan Barrett (HAWE) over Asa Marvine Jr (NEPT) (Fall 0:00) 120: Kamore Tyler (NEPT) over (HAWE) (For.) 126: Alan Sanchez (HAWE) over Elijah Jean Pierre (NEPT) (Fall 0:00) 132: Jacob Jimenez (HAWE) over Nathan Ramos (NEPT) (Dec 9-8).
Mixed Bag for Hopewell
It was a mixed day for Hopewell Valley. The Bulldogs did beat Monroe, 49-21, but then suffered their first loss of the year in a 39-25 setback to Bridgewater. Winning twice for Hopewell were Dean Meissner (113), Dylan Hersch (126), Konrad Haugeto (157) and Jeff Branagh (165),
Hopewell Valley 49, Monroe 21
106: Kyle Capodanno (MOTO) over Said Jan Rahmani (HVH) (Fall 5:36) 113: Dean Meissner (HVH) over Kasey Gatchalian (MOTO) (Fall 1:34) 120: Thomas Davila (HVH) over Muzamil Kakar (MOTO) (MD 11-3) 126: Dylan Hersh (HVH) over Nick Cavallo (MOTO) (Dec 8-1) 132: Sam Lowe (HVH) over Joel Cholula (MOTO) (Fall 3:17) 138: Anthony Caponegro (MOTO) over (HVH) (For.) 144: Luke Caldwell (HVH) over Luke Pawliczak (MOTO) (Dec 6-2) 150: Joshua Shumsky (MOTO) over Max Pollara (HVH) (Fall 1:53) 157: Konrad Haugeto (HVH) over Matthew Shumsky (MOTO) (Fall 3:08) 165: Jett Branagh (HVH) over Arjun Biju (MOTO) (Fall 0:56) 175: Ethan Barker (HVH) over Yidan Wong (MOTO) (Fall 1:45) 190: Gavin Barker (HVH) over Jayden Badillo (MOTO) (Fall 1:57) 215: Jon Trainor (HVH) over Hayden Cannon (MOTO) (Dec 1-0) 285: Anthony Marcos (MOTO) over Elliott Scherbekow (HVH) (Dec 2-1)
Bridgewater 39, Hopewell Valley 25
106: Akeo Diaz (BRRA) over Said Jan Rahmani (HVH) (Fall 0:49) 113: Dean Meissner (HVH) over Lucas Pelc (BRRA) (Dec 8-5) 120: Andrew Adell (BRRA) over Thomas Davila (HVH) (TF 16-1 4:17) 126: Dylan Hersh (HVH) over Zachary Stouffer (BRRA) (MD 16-4) 132: Mark Marsigliano (BRRA) over Sam Lowe (HVH) (TF 24-8 5:51) 138: Logan Levine (BRRA) over Luke Caldwell (HVH) (Fall 2:18) 144: Isaac Miller (HVH) over Douglas Hesse (BRRA) (Dec 7-3) 150: Matthew McCann (BRRA) over Max Lawruszkiewicz (HVH) (TF 16-0 3:00) 157: Konrad Haugeto (HVH) over Christopher Castro (BRRA) (Fall 2:24) 165: Matthew Di Eduardo (BRRA) over Gavin Seibold (HVH) (Fall 0:53) 175: Jett Branagh (HVH) over Marlowe Brown – Cabarris (BRRA) (Fall 1:02) 190: Lerrod Smalls (BRRA) over Ethan Barker (HVH) (Dec 11-6) 215: Trent Levash (BRRA) over Jon Trainor (HVH) (Dec 5-2) 285: Elliott Scherbekow (HVH) over Gabriel Medina-Coello (BRRA) (Dec 9-8)
West Windsor South 41, Oakcrest 35
132: Myron Marfo (WWPS) over (OAKC) (For.) 138: Braden Monroe (OAKC) over Bilal Afridi (WWPS) (Fall 0:00) 144: George Swoyer (OAKC) over Mohamed Hammad (WWPS) (Fall 0:00) 150: Ryan Monroe (OAKC) over Aaryan Dhruv (WWPS) (Fall 2:00) 157: Aiden Xayaphachan (OAKC) over Brandon Aleman (WWPS) (Fall 0:00) 165: Humza Khalid (WWPS) over Adrienn Aponte (OAKC) (Fall 0:00) 175: Richard Hoang (OAKC) over Noah Covington (WWPS) (Fall 4:00) 190: Gavin Carr (WWPS) over Malik Hughes (OAKC) (Dec 6-3) 215: Alexander Krapivin (WWPS) over (OAKC) (For.) 285: Youssef Abouelela (WWPS) over Youssef Nosair (OAKC) (MD 13-4) 106: Ethan Kavanakudiyil (WWPS) over (OAKC) (For.) 113: Patrick Giles (WWPS) over (OAKC) (For.) 120: Joey Sanchez (OAKC) over Mark Rebelo (WWPS) (Fall 2:00) 126: Youssef Shadid (WWPS) over Bruce Bellace (OAKC) (MD 16-3) (OAKC unsportsmans -1.0)
Delaware Valley 67, Lawrence 6
138: Tye Falkenstein (DVR) over Elliot Faiman (LASE) (Fall 0:30) 144: Jacob Edwards (DVR) over Tyler Cortacans (LASE) (Fall 5:08) 150: Jackson Bush (DVR) over Safal Maharjan (LASE) (Fall 1:00) 157: Luke Sinkewicz (DVR) over Nick Sutter (LASE) (TF 16-1 2:30) 165: Marcus Gary (DVR) over Mckyle Thompson (LASE) (TF 20-4 2:49) 175: Olivier Paul (DVR) over James Lyons (LASE) (Fall 1:17) 190: Jon Nalesnik (DVR) over (LASE) (Fall 0:00) 215: Ivan Yaltukhovskyi (LASE) over Oren Nahum (DVR) (Dec 7-1) 285: Luken Alberdi (DVR) over Zane Spencer (LASE) (Fall 3:12) 106: Saran Siva (LASE) over Vincent Rainey (DVR) (Dec 9-2) 113: Tristan Fawthrop (DVR) over Andrew Farmer (LASE) (TF 15-0 2:47) 120: Luacs Beyers (DVR) over Edwin Urias (LASE) (Fall 3:21) 126: Julian Bednar (DVR) over Mazin Shuja (LASE) (TF 19-4 3:13) 132: Jaden Perez (DVR) over Steven Ham (LASE) (TF 16-1 2:25)
GARDEN STATE CLASSIC
Host Barnegat was the team champ and Cinnaminson was second. Improved New Egypt got gold from Alan Arce (165) and Morgan Peterson (190)
Finals
106: Lucas Loffredo (Immaculata) 6-0 won by tech fall over Michael Baccigalupi (Barnegat) 4-1 (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-0)
113:Jayden Anthony (Holy Cross) 3-0 won by decision over Daniel Cabarcas (Immaculata) 5-2 (Dec 8-3)
120: Cole Denning (Haddon Heights) 3-0 won by decision over Jeremy Moore (Bordentown/Florence) 4-1 (Dec 7-3)
126: John Giblock (Barnegat) 7-1 won by fall over Ryan Marino (Cinnaminson) 5-3 (Fall 1:57)
132: Ryan Walsh (Monmouth Regional) 4-0 won by tech fall over Gregory Mamola (Barnegat) 6-2 (TF-1.5 0:00 (19-4))
138: Ian Neill (Monmouth Regional) 3-1 won by fall over Hunter Novoa (Bordentown/Florence) 5-1 (Fall 3:41)
150: Trey DeMeo (Barnegat) 8-1 won by major decision over Levi jander (Holy Cross) 2-1 (MD 16-8)
165:: Alan Arce (New Egypt) 20-13 won by fall over Davi Guimaraes (Cinnaminson) 5-3 (Fall 1:13)
190: Morgan Peterson (New Egypt) 35-5 won by fall over Rocco Randazzo (Cinnaminson) 2-2 (Fall 1:18)
215: Jake Barbich (Cinnaminson) 4-1 won by fall over Ryan Fleury (Monmouth Regional) 2-2 (Fall 3:49)