Winter sports are flying by… about 7 weekends until States for wrestlers.

College:

Josh Glantzman- USMMA JR (Wall HS) 184LB- Josh is currently having a great season.  He is 6-2 and ranked 11th nationally at 184.  He was recently named Centennial Conference Wrestler of the Week!

Ronny Ghaida- Virginia Tech (Manalapan HS) FR 152-  Ronny is currently recovering from ankle surgery.

Jack Kelly- Roger Williams University (Wall HS) FR 157-  Jack is having a really great freshman season at RWU cracking the lineup… He recently placed 2nd in the Scott Viera Open…

Jarret Weir- Stevens (Shore Regional HS) FR – 149- Jarret is having a solid freshman season at Stevens and is working really hard and getting better every week!  He is currently 5-9 with 2 pins…

Kyle Slendorn – Unattached (Howell) FR  149lbs- Kyle is a two time 2nd place finisher in NJ and is attending Monmouth and they don’t have wrestling… He is training hard and recently wrestled in a D1 tournament unattached going 2-2!

High School

Paul Jakub – Howell Wrestling SO 152 LBs –  Paul is coming off a great freshman year making regional finals and states.  He is currently 9-3 and ranked #1 in the shore at 152.  He has wrestled some very good competition so far and took one of NJs top guys at 152 to the end.

Shane Reitsma- Howell Wrestling JR 170 LBs- Shane is coming off a great sophomore year placing 5th in NJ.  Shane is currently ranked #17 in NJ pound for pound, #1 in NJ at 170, and #1 in the Shore.  He is 11-1 and committed already to Rider.

Eddie Hummel- Roselle Park Wrestling SO 132 LB-  Eddie made huge progress this off-season and has cracked the lineup.  He is currently 12-4 and is on the watch list at 126 in NJ…

Rob Kainniard- Wall Wrestling JR 160 LB-   Rob is Rutgers bound next year and he is coming off a 2nd place finish at states last year.  He is currently 14-0, ranked #5 in the USA, #5 pound for pound in NJ, #1 in NJ at 160, and #1 in the shore.

Shane Golomb- Wall Wrestling SO 138 LB-  Shane so far is 5-2 and ranked #8 in the shore at 152.

Jake Glantzman- Wall Wrestling JR 132 LB-   Jake bumped up a few weight classes and is 7-6 so far.

Mike Bruno- Wall Wrestling SO 120LB – Mike worked his ass off this off-season and has cracked the lineup and currently sitting at 5-7. 

Jake Whitworth- Wall Wrestling FR 152 LB- Jake has built himself into a top flight athlete.  He is having a great sophomore year.  He jumped up from 152 as a freshman to 182 as a soph and is currently 11-2 and ranked #6 in the Shore.

Nic Zamaloff- Wall Wrestling SO 138LB- Nic worked hard this off-season and has cracked the lineup. He is currently 5-8.

Tyler Ferris- Wall Wrestling JR 113LB-  Tyler is currently 10-5 and coming a championship at 113 at the Minuteman Classic.

Mike Farrell- Wall Wrestling SO 126LB- Farrell cracked the lineup after putting some work in this off-season and is 9-6.

Phillip Lyons – Wall Wrestling SO 113 LB- Phil is working hard he had a great soccer season and is making the most of his varsity matches he is 1-1.

Kareem Ghaida- Manalapan Wrestling JR 132 LB – Kareem is currently ranked #2 in the shore at 132 and is 12-3.

Alec Meyers- Old Bridge Wrestling SR 145 LB-  Alec is having a pretty big SR season so far at 6-1 losing to the #4 kid in NJ.

Zimier Tutt – Long Branch SO 126 LB-  Zi had a knee injury in practice and is out currently.

Isiah Leeks- Neptune Wrestling SO 145 LB – Leeks is training hard and is 5-10 on the year.  He is more of a football player but enjoys wrestling.

Nate Levie- Neptune Wrestling FR 126 LB-  Nate is having a great freshman season!  He is 8-7 so far and he placed 2nd at the Rumble in the Pines Tournament!

Jackson Brandt – Lacey Wrestling JR 170 LB- Jack bumped up a weight class this season and is looking great.  He is ranked #4 in the shore at 170 and is 14-1!

Maximus Bean- CBA Wrestling JR 126 LB-  The Bean Machine is coming off a soph season where he made regions and is now 8-4 so far.

Anthony DiMitri- CBA Wrestling FR 106LB- Anthony is wrestling JV and working on getting his weight up to 106!

Dino Poniros- Ocean Twp Wrestling SR 195/220 LB- Dino had a big weekend last week with a few big wins and was voted wrestler of the week in the SSN.  He is currently 7-8.

Gio Poniros- Ocean Twp Wrestling FR 106 LB-  Gio is getting some solid Varsity wrestling in as a freshman.  He is now 5-7.

Jack Kelly- Rumson Wrestling SO 160 LB-  Jack is wrestling great in his soph season he is 11-5 and got 2nd in the Holmdel Holiday Tournament.  Big improvements over last year..

Cassie Betz- Wall Track SO- Cassie is having a nice season for her 1st time running track.  She is running the 200, 400, 800.

Abigail Williams- Freehold Track JR- I call Abbie the PR Queen because she is setting PR’s in the gym every week and then going out and throwing PR’s every weekend.  Her best throw is currently 34’.

Jake Shirley- Shore Regional Track JR-

Middle School

Dante Cain- Long Branch Wrestling 126LB-  Dante is wrestling 126 for the LB Middle School and tearing guys up.