A ton of action right now going on for our winter athletes! A few big Congrats to Paul Jakub, Shane Reitsma, and Rob Kainniard for winning the Shore Conference Tournament at their respective weight classes! Also, I want to give a big shout out to Jack Kelly of Rumson for cracking the top 10 in the shore at 160 and then placing 4th at the SCT! I Love a hardworking underdog!

This week is the team state tournament for wrestling. A bunch of our guys have some big matches coming up team wise. Wall vs Ocean tonight, Howell vs TR North tonight and then if they win Howell vs Southern Friday night. Any sectional winners will wrestle Sunday for an overall Team State Title.

Friday will be group championships in Track in Toms River.

I also want to give a shout out to Kyle Slendorn.  Kyle placed 2nd in NJ the past two years at 132 and this year he is going to a college that doesn’t have wrestling.  However, he has been training really hard here and wrestling on his own with no team at the club.  Kyle has wrestled in a few college tournaments and done extremely well!  This is some serious self motivation and commitment!

College:

Josh Glantzman- USMMA JR (Wall HS) 184LB- Josh is ranked #10 in the nation at 184 in D3.

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 had another couple wins in the past few weeks..

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 6-11 on the season.

Kyle Slendorn – Unattached (Howell) FR149lbs- Kyle wrestled in his second open tournament going 4-1 and losing by 1 in the finals…A great feat as he is only training here and doing some wrestling at the club!

Christian Dailey- Franklin & Marshall (Donovan Catholic) FR 149lbs- Christian is having a solid freshman year in D1 wrestling.He picked up a few wins in the past week and is now 9-8.

High School

Paul Jakub – Howell Wrestling SO 152 LBs –Paul is having a great season.He won the Shore Conference Tournament and currently ranked #2 at 152 LB’s in the Shore.

Shane Reitsma- Howell Wrestling JR 170 LBs- Shane has been ranked #1 in the shore and in NJ all season.He is 29-1 and just won the Shore Conference Tournament las week!

Eddie Hummel- Roselle Park Wrestling SO 132 LB-Eddie is having a big season… His only 3 losses are to top ranked kids in NJ and he recently avenged one loss in the finals of the Union County Tournament!Currently Eddie is 17-2 and gearing up for Districts.

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 30-0, ranked #5 in the USA, #5 pound for pound in NJ, #1 in NJ at 160, and #1 in the shore.He just won the Shore Conference Tournament and he also just became the all time wins leader in Wall history with 146 wins.

Shane Golomb- Wall Wrestling JR 152 LB-Shane so far is 6-2 but is out for the season with an injury.

Jake Glantzman- Wall Wrestling JR 132 LB- Jake is having a much improved season at 16-11.

Mike Bruno- Wall Wrestling SO 120LB – Mike worked his ass off this off-season and has cracked the lineup.Mike is currently 9-15.

Jake Whitworth- Wall Wrestling FR 152 LB- Jake has moved up this year from 152 to 182 and is ranked #10 in the shore and is 22-5.

Nic Zamaloff- Wall Wrestling SO 138LB- Nic was having a tough go in the beginning in his 1st varsity season.He has turned it around lately and is now 12-14.

Tyler Ferris- Wall Wrestling JR 113LB-Tyler is currently 20-9 and coming a championship at 113 at the Minuteman Classic.He has rattled off a bunch of wins in a row.

Mike Farrell- Wall Wrestling SO 126LB- Farrell cracked the lineup after putting some work in this off-season and is 15-13.

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 #3 in the shore at 132 and is 17-4.

Alec Meyers- Old Bridge Wrestling SR 145 LB-Alec is having a pretty big SR season so far at 15-1 losing to the #4 kid in NJ.He is getting ready for Districts where he should be the 3rd seed and ready to make a run to AC!

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 5-13 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 13-11 so far and he placed 2nd at the Rumble in the Pines Tournament!He won his 1st round SCT match then lost to the #1 seed.

Jackson Brandt – Lacey Wrestling JR 170 LB- Jack is having a great season both as an individual and team.Lacey is the #1 seed in their section and is also ranked #7 in the Shore at 170 and is 21-5.

Maximus Bean- CBA Wrestling JR 126 LB-The Bean Machine is battling hard right now and is 9-12.

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 is 11-14 and playing an important role for OT as they go for a sectional title.

Gio Poniros- Ocean Twp Wrestling FR 106 LB-Gio is getting some solid Varsity wrestling in as a freshman.He is now 8-9 after going 3-2 the past few weeks.

Jack Kelly- Rumson Wrestling SO 160 LB-Jack is wrestling great in his soph season he is 21-9.He has cracked the Shore’s top 10 for the first time this in his career and moved up from #10 to #4 after placing 4th in the SCT!

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’.Abbie placed 2nd in the Monmouth County Championships.

Jake Shirley- Shore Regional Track JR- Jake is running the 200, 400, and 800 in his 1st year in track and is running Varsity.Jake is on the 4×400 team that made groups.That meet will be on Friday.

Middle School

Dante Cain- Long Branch Wrestling 126LB-Dante is wrestling 126 for the LB Middle School and placed 4th in the Shore Middle School Tournament.LB won the team title!

Aiden Mumm- Ocean Twp- Ice Hockey- 8th Grade- Aidens team recently won the Can/AM tournament out in Pittsburgh.

Owen Mumm- Ocean Twp – Ice Hockey – 7th Grade-Owen is in his 1st year of contact hockey and his team just won the CAN/AM tournament in Pittsburgh!

Please keep me updated on your athletes!

Matt