{"id":12145,"date":"2017-02-18T22:25:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T02:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/?p=12145"},"modified":"2017-02-24T00:15:50","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T04:15:50","slug":"north-wrestlers-dominate-the-njsiaa-district-15-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/north-wrestlers-dominate-the-njsiaa-district-15-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"North Wrestlers dominate the NJSIAA District 15 Tournament and crowned Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"section_title\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">NJSIAA Districts, District 15 &#8211; Final Round Westfield Wrestling:<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">In their first year under the new NJSIAA district formats, the Lions wrestled in the revamped District 15 at Westfield High School on Saturday and earned a first place finish with 193.5 team points after six of the nine finalists earned a gold medal. Congratulations to the Gold Medalists:\u00a0<strong>132: <span style=\"color: #008000\">Andrew Gapas;\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">138<\/span><span style=\"color: #008000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">:<\/span> William Hughes;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">145:<\/span> Tucker Kirchberger;\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">152:<\/span> Cole Marra (2nd Gold);\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">160<\/span>: Nick Luberto and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">285:<\/span> Charles Tordik (2nd Gold).<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/djhouse1\/videos\/10154088411971599\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Nice job Guys!<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Lions also qualifying for next week\u2019s Region 4 tournament at Union were sophomore <span style=\"color: #008000\">Connor Robinson<\/span> (second at 106), sophomore <span style=\"color: #008000\">Michael Wilson<\/span> (second at 126), and junior <span style=\"color: #008000\">Yousef Abbas<\/span> (second at 195)<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs.jpg\" class=\"local-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12146\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"NHHS-Dist15-Champs\" width=\"821\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 821px) 100vw, 821px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>FINALS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>126: <\/strong>Joshua B Meija (Roselle Park) 6-0 d. over Michael Wilson (North Hunterdon);\u00a0<strong>132: <span style=\"color: #008000\">Andrew Gapas<\/span><\/strong> (North Huntderdon) 7-2 d.\u00a0over Tyler Leeds (Somerville);\u00a0<strong>138: <span style=\"color: #008000\">William Hughes<\/span><\/strong> (North Hunterdon) 8-1 d.\u00a0over Elvin Guerrero (Roselle Park);\u00a0<strong>145: <span style=\"color: #008000\">Tucker Kirchberger<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(North Hunterdon) 1:10 fall over Clerson Xavier (Irvington);\u00a0<strong>152: <span style=\"color: #008000\">Cole Marra<\/span><\/strong> (North Hunterdon) 8-4 d.\u00a0over Alex Mastronard (Bernards);\u00a0<strong>160: <span style=\"color: #008000\">Nick Luberto<\/span><\/strong> (North Hunterdon) 8-4 d.\u00a0over Tim Miller (Westfield);\u00a0<strong>170:<\/strong> Abel Crespo (Roselle Park) 3-1 d.\u00a0over Isaiah Reese (Westfield);\u00a0<strong>182: <\/strong>Nolan Bianchi (Ridge) triple overtime 2-1 d.\u00a0over Tyhmir Lassiter (Irvington);\u00a0<strong>195: <\/strong>Jack Miller (Westfield) 2-0 d.\u00a0over Yousef Abbas (North Hunterdon);\u00a0<strong>220: <\/strong>Farhan Khan (Carteret) 7-2 d.\u00a0over Phil Ricca (Westfield);\u00a0<strong>285: <span style=\"color: #008000\">Charles Tordik<\/span><\/strong> (North Hunterdon) 4-1 d.\u00a0over Jacob Pidgeon (Somerville);\u00a0<strong>106: <\/strong>CJ Composto (Westfield) 2:23 fall over Connor Robinson (North Hunterdon);\u00a0<strong>113: <\/strong>Mark Montgomery (Roselle Park) 10-0 m.d.\u00a0over Brock Laggini (Somerville);\u00a0<strong>120: <\/strong>Jon A. Mejia (Roselle Park) 4-2 d.\u00a0over Zack Rabinowitz (Westfield).<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs.jpg\" class=\"local-link\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">District 15<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u2022\u00a0Recap | <\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/game\/score\/4099714\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Finals<\/a><\/span><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs.jpg\" class=\"local-link\"> | <\/a><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/game\/score\/4099713\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">3rd place<\/a><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nhvweb.net\/nhhs\/athletics\/files\/2017\/02\/NHHS-Dist15-Champs.jpg\" class=\"local-link\"> | <\/a><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.nj.com\/game\/score\/4099712\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">Semis<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mycentraljersey.com\/story\/sports\/high-school\/wrestling\/2017\/02\/18\/wrestling-north-hunterdon-earns-six-gold-medals-wins-district-15-title\/98091630\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to review the article on MyCentralJersey.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"http:\/\/highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com\/news\/article\/-1689425721069826846\/njsiaa-district-wrestling-del-val-north-hunterdon-voorhees-claim-crowns\/\" class=\"ext-link\" onclick=\"this.target=&#039;_blank&#039;;\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to review the article on LehighValleylive.com.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NJSIAA Districts, District 15 &#8211; Final Round Westfield Wrestling: In their first year under the new NJSIAA district formats, the Lions wrestled in the revamped District 15 at Westfield High School on Saturday and earned a first place finish with 193.5 team points after six of the nine finalists earned a gold medal. 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