NJSIAA District XVI (North Bergen)

2001 NJSIAA/Bob's Stores District XVI Tournament

Team Scores 1 North Bergen 230 2 St. Peter's Prep 174 3 Ridgefield 120 4 Kearny 95 5 Bayonne 71 6 Secaucus/Weehawken 65 7 Cliffside Park 58 8 Fort Lee 56 9 St. Mary's/Rutherford 31 10 Palisades Park 4

2001 NJSIAA/Bob's Store District XVI Team Champions - North Bergen North Bergen repeated as District XVI team champion, accumulating the same total of 230 points that earned the 2000 team title. St. Peter's Prep was runnerup again with Ridgefield finishing third as the Royals swapped places with Kearny. Ron Palmieri of North Bergen three-peated as a District XVI champion, winning the 130-pound crown by posting a 17-2 technical fall over Luis Escobar of Fort Lee. Four grapplers repeated as champions. They were the North Bergen duo of Alex Brito (103) and Luis Rabelo (119) along with John Caprio (160) of St. Peter's Prep and John DeGravino (152) of Kearny. Ridgefield's Tom Herman, who won as a sophomore but lost in the 119-pound title round to Palimieri last year, picked up his second gold medal when he edged Frank Panella of St. Peter's Prep 14-12 for the 125-pound title. Elmer Garcia of North Bergen was chosen the Outstanding Wrestler after posting a 7-5 decision over Bayonne's Rashwan Lott in the 112-pound championship bout. There was a new addition to the roster of teams as the Secaucus program which finished ninth last year, was merged with Weehawken and the combined team moved up to sixth place in the team standings. Bayonne garnered its first-ever District XVI gold medal in the final event of the competition when heavyweight Dave Cioffo posted a 7-3 decision over Cliffside Park's Fernando Caral.

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2001 NJSIAA/Bob's Stores District XVI Championship Finals 103 Alex Brito (North Bergen) decision Pablo Zambino (Cliffside Park) 10-9 112 Elmer Garcia (North Bergen) decision Rashawn Lott (Bayonne) 7-5 119 Louis Rabelo (North Bergen) decision Angel LaPorte (Kearny) 10-2 125 Tom Herman (Ridgefield) decision Frank Panella (St. Peter's Prep) 14-12 130 Ronnie Palmieri (North Bergen) technical fall Luis Escobar (Fort Lee) 17-2; 4:26 135 Lawrence Fusco (St. Peter's Prep) decision Louis Maraquin (North Bergen) 9-3 140 Omar Shariff(North Bergen) decision Dave Sawh (St. Peter's Prep) 6-4 145 Mark Macaluso (Fort Lee) decision Mo Elsamara (Ridgefield) 5-3 152 John DeGravino (Kearny) decision Eric Fugnitti (Ridgefield) 4-2 160 John Caprio (St. Peter's Prep) decision Charlie O'Hanlon (Cliffside Park) 3-2 171 Ken Santucci (St. Peter's Prep) decision Ken Veras (North Bergen) 3-0 189 Vin Abbott (Kearny) decision Frank Lanza (Secaucus/Weehawken) 8-4 215 Kevin Tedesco (Ridgefield) major decision Eric Junco (North Bergen) 11-1 275 Dave Cioffo (Bayonne) decision Fernando Caral (Cliffside Park) 6-6 2OT Consolation Third Place Finals 103 Kevin Murray (St. Peter's Prep) pinned Alex Bush (Ridgefield) 2:53 112 Matt Webb (Ridgefield) pinned Brian McDonnell (Kearny) 1:53 119 Tim Ryan (St. Peter's Prep) major deon Obed Bazikian (Secaucus/Weehawken) 16-7 125 Randy Collila (North Bergen) pinned Angel Colon (Kearny) 1:39 130 John Loaf (St. Peter's Prep) decision Jason Olson (Secaucus/Weehawken) 7-4 135 Alec Regensberg (Secaucus/Weehawken) pinned Adam Kleinman (Fort Lee) 1:31 140 Craig Maiden (Fort Lee) pinned Joe Judge (Ridgefield) :52 145 Alex Vasquez (North Bergen) decision Mike Fugnitti (Ridgefield) 3-2 152 Byron Aguayo (North Bergen) decision Mike Gallo (St. Peter's Prep) 7-2 160 Dave Fernandez (North Bergen) pinned Will Jasolosky (Bayonne) 2:44 171 A.J. Dolan (St. Mary/Rutherford) pinned Wilson Alaquin (Kearny) 3:28 189 Phil Saladin (Bayonne) pinned Dennis Verras (North Bergen) 6-2 215 Mike Kuecheler (Secaucus/Weehawken) injury dt Mickeal Zaki (St. Peter's Prep) 3-2 275 Anthony Mercun (St. Peter's Prep) decision Juan Flores (St. Mary/Rutherford) 1-0 2OT

2001 NJSIAA/Bob's Stores District XVI Semifinals

103	Alex Brito (NB) pin Kevin Murray (SP) 1:34	Pablo Zambrano (CP) pin Alex Bush (RI) 4:43
112	Elmer Garcia (NB) dec. Matt Webb (RI) 7-6	Rashwan Lott (BA) pin Brian McDonnell (KE) 5:05
119	Louis Rabelo (NB) maj. dec. Tim Ryan (SP) 17-3	Angel LaPorte (KE) pin Obed Bazakian (SW) 1:45
125	Tom Herman (RI) pin Angel Colon (KE) 5:42	Frank Panella (SP) dec. Randy Collila (NB) 11-6
130	Ronnie Palmieri (NB) dec. John Loaf (SP) 11-4	Louis Escobar (FL) pin Jason Olson (SW) 3:38
135	Lawrence Fusco (SP) pin Alex Regensberg (SW) 4:54	Louis Maraquin (NB) pin Adam Kleinman (FL) 3:02
140	Omar Shariff (NB) maj. dec. Joe Judge (RI) 12-2	Dave Sawh (SP) dec. Craig Maiden (FL) 5-4
145	Mo Elsamara (RI) dec. Mike Fugnitti (RI) 8-4	Mike Macaluso (FL) dec. Alex Vasquez (NB) 1-0
152	John DiGravina (KE) dec. Byron Aguayo (NB) 6-4	Eric Fugnitti (RI) maj. dec. Mike Gallo (SP) 10-1
160	John Caprio (SP) pin Dave Fernandez (NB) 3:39	Charlie O'Hanlon (CP) pin Will Jasolosky (BA) 2:51
171	Ken Santucci (SP) maj. dec. A.J. Dolan (SM) 13-4	Ken Veras (NB) dec. Wilson Alequin (KE) 5-3 OT
189	Vin Abbot (KE) maj. dec. Dennis Verras (NB) 14-4	Frank Lanza (SW) maj. dec. Phil Saladin (BA) 13-5
215	Kevin Tedesco (RI) pin Mickeal Zaki (SP) 1:25	Eric Junco (NB) pin Mike Kuecheler (SW) 3:55
275	Dave Cioffo (BA) pin Anthony Mercun (SP) :47	Fernando Cabral (CP) dec. Juan Flores (SM) 6-6 2OT

2000 NJSIAA/Bob's Stores District XVI Tournament

2000 NJSIAA/Bob's Stores District XVI Tournament Champions 103 Alex Brito (North Bergen) 112 Lou Rabelo (North Bergen) 119 Ron Palmieri (North Bergen) 125 Antonio Viera (North Bergen) 130 George Dabal (North Bergen) 135 Dave Cordoba (Kearny) 140 Jason Monaco (St. Peter's Prep) 145 Eric Fugnitti (Ridgefield) 152 John Digravina (Kearny) 160 John Caprio (St. Peter's Prep) 171 Matt Foster-Moore (St. Peter's Prep) 189 Alan Sista (St. Peter's Prep) 215 Dan Rosenshein (Fort Lee) 275 Brian Grzelka (St. Peter's Prep)

District XVI 2nd Place 103 Matt Webb (Ridgefield) 112 Angel LaPorte (Kearny) 119 Tom Herman (Ridgefield) 125 Luis Escobar (Fort Lee) 130 Lawrence Fusco (St. Peter's Prep) 135 Mark Macaluso (Fort Lee) 140 Anthony Aviles (Kearny) 145 Tom Burns (St. Peter's Prep) 152 Anthony Servis (Ridgefield) 160 Mark Radoian (Fort Lee) 171 Phil Saladin (Bayonne) 189 Kevin Tedesco (Ridgefield) 215 Jason Cruz (North Bergen) 275 Fernando Cabral (Cliffside Park)

District XVI 3rd Place 103 Shawn Mathewson (Kearny) 112 Christian Diaz (Cliffside Park) 119 Jon Porto (Palisades Park) 125 John Louf (St. Peter's Prep) 130 Rob Digravina (Kearny) 135 Steve Olson (Secaucus) 140 Pat O'Hara (Ridgefield) 145 Mike Badea (Kearny) 152 Charlie O'Hanlon (Cliffside Park) 160 Mike Landin (North Bergen) 171 Mike Hendricks (Ridgefield) 189 Ken Veras (North Bergen) 215 Ken Santucci (St. Peter's Prep) 275 Dave Ciofli (Bayonne)

2000 District XIV Team Scores	2000 District XIV Awards	2000 District XIV Notes
1 North Bergen 230 2 Saint Peter's Prep 194.5 3 Kearny 166 4 Ridgefield 123.5 5 Fort Lee 87 6 Cliffside Park 79 7 Bayonne 36 8 Palisades Park 23 9 Secaucus 20 10 St. Mary/Rutherford 9	Coach of the Year Jerry Maietta (North Bergen) Assistant Coach of the Year   Outstanding Wrestler Dave Cordoba (Kearny)	Kearny's Dave Cordoba won his fourth district title while Jason Monaco and Allan Sista of St. Peter's Prep three-repeated as district champions with the teammate John Caprio joined by the North Bergen duo of Ron Palmieri and Antonion Viera as two-time winners. North Bergen, with five individual champions, won the team title.