In what is believed to be the first time in history, two teams were crowned Passaic County wrestling tournament champions on Saturday at West Milford High School.
Paced by two individual champions apiece, Lakeland and Passaic Valley finished with 130.5 points to earn a share of the team title. It is the first-ever team crown for the Lancers and the first for the Hornets since 2007.
The Passaic County Wrestling Championships at West Milford High School on Saturday, January 21, 2023. Colin Menier (West Milford) on his way to defeating Arben Silvestro (Manchester) in their 132 pound match.
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Wayne Valley (121) finished third and Passaic Tech and Wayne Hills finished in a tie for fourth place with 119.5 points.
Seven individuals repeated as champions and Passaic Tech junior James Conklin and Lakeland junior Ryan Ryan Langenmayr claimed their third county titles.
Here are the championship round results, including the finals and third-place bouts:
Finals
106-pounds
Kaleb Ambrose (Hawthorne) decision over Chace Severs (Lakeland), 9-4
113-pounds
Delvan Rotte (Depaul) decision over Jack Lorper (Hawthorne), 4-3
120-pounds
Jack Bergmann (Lakeland) fall over Joseph Rizzuto (Depaul), 2:51
126-pounds
Najati Salim (Clifton) decision over Isaias Hernandez (Depaul), 8-6
132-pounds
Colin Menier (West Milford) fall over Sowzrawca Tsay (Wayne Hills), 4:39
138-pounds
Ryan Langenmayr (Lakeland) fall over Noah Zindaki (Wayne Valley), 2:52
144-pounds
Christian Murcia (Pompton Lakes) fall over Adam Suzay (Wayne Valley), 4:39
150-pounds
James Conklin (Passaic Tech) major decision over Cormac Smith (Hawthorne), 13-5
157-pounds
Omar Tarecky (Passaic Tech) fall over Sean Walker (Lakeland), 3:58
165-pounds
Joseph Geleta (Clifton) decision over Chad McConnell (Pompton Lakes), 5-1
175-pounds
Ashton Fava (Wayne Hills) decision over Dante Benvenuti (Passaic Valley), 4-3
190-pounds
Frankie Martino (Passaic Valley) tech fall over Nick Doktor (Clifton), 16-1
215-pounds
Brandon Veneziano (Passaic Valley) decision over Mason Brancato (Pompton Lakes), 11-6
285-pounds
Spencer Ribitzki (West Milford) fall over Cooper Struble (Lakeland), 3:21
Third place
106-pounds
Muhammad Abuhadba (Passaic Tech) fall over Jamal Kouzer (Wayne Hills), 3:55
113-pounds
Shane Singh (Passaic Valley) fall over Ayden Cruz (Manchester), 1:30
120-pounds
Christopher Morales (Passaic) decision over Christopher Ahlborn (Pompton Lakes), 4-0
126-pounds
Adam Janouk (Wayne Valley) decision over Anthony Nyhuis (Lakeland), 11-7
132-pound
Cole Perry (Wayne Valley) decision over Ayden Mulroony (Passaic Valley), 5-4
138-pounds
Matthew May (Wayne Hills) decision over Jonathan Roy (Passaic Valley), 6-3
144-pounds
Benjamin Marchetto (West Milford) major decision over Kaden Matari (Passaic Valley), 10-0
150-pounds
Rafat Al-Kardali (Wayne Valley) won in overtime over Jarvis Rodriguez (Clifton), 4-2
157-pounds
Nicholas Laccitiello (Pompton Lakes) fall over Peter Rodriguez (Passaic), 0:58
165-pounds
Joseph Lucarello (Wayne Hills) decision over William Capizzi (Passaic Valley), 7-0
175-pounds
Nick Barone (Wayne Valley) major decision over James Kestenholz (Passaic Tech), 13-4
190-pounds
Sean Van Dalinda (Wayne Valley) decision over Laith Ahmad (Wayne Hills), 10-5
215-pounds
Adam Mashfej (Wayne Hills) major decision over Antonio Sangama (Hawthorne), 9-0
285-pounds
Josh Turner (Depaul) won in overtime over Isaac Cazimovski (Clifton), 3-2
Semifinals
106-pounds
Chace Severs (Lakeland) decision over Muhammad Abuhadba (Passaic Tech), 7-5
Kaleb Ambrose (Hawthorne) decision over Jamal Kouzer (Wayne Hills), 6-2
113-pounds
Jack Lorper (Hawthorne) fall over Ayden Cruz (Manchester), 2:47
Delvan Rotte (Depaul) tech fall over Shane Singh (Passaic Valley), 19-2
120-pounds
Jack Bergmann (Lakeland) tech fall over Christopher Morales (Passaic), 17-2
Joseph Rizzuto (Depaul) decision over Justin Burke (West Milford), 8-4
126-pounds
Najati Salim (Clifton) fall over Adam Janouk (Wayne Valley), 3:06
Isaias Hernandez (Depaul) major decision over Anthony Nyhuis (Lakeland), 11-3
132-pounds
Colin Menier (West Milford) major decision over Cole Perry (Wayne Valley), 11-2
Sowzrawca Tsay (Wayne Hills) decision over Joshua Vasquez (Manchester), 5-2
138-pounds
Ryan Langenmayr (Lakeland) fall over Matthew May (Wayne Hills), 0:31
Noah Zindaki (Wayne Valley) fall over Jonathan Roy (Passaic Valley), 0:26
144-pounds
Adam Suzay (Wayne Valley) decision over Kaden Matari (Passaic Valley), 3-1
Christian Murcia (Pompton Lakes) fall over Benjamin Marchetto (West Milford), 2:44
150-pounds
James Conklin (Passaic Tech) tech fall over Christopher Gallagher (Lakeland), 15-0
Cormac Smith (Hawthorne) decision over Jarvis Rodriguez (Clifton), 5-0
157-pounds
Omar Tarecky (Passaic Tech) fall over Jake Pasek (West Milford), 1:38
Sean Walker (Lakeland) decision over Nicholas Laccitiello (Pompton Lakes), 9-6
165-pounds
Chad McConnell (Pompton Lakes) fall over William Capizzi (Passaic Valley), 5:00
Joseph Geleta (Clifton) decision over Joseph Lucarello (Wayne Hills), 3-1
175-pounds
Ashton Fava (Wayne Hills) fall over James Kestenholz (Passaic Tech), 3:14
Dante Benvenuti (Passaic Valley) decision over Nick Barone (Wayne Valley), 5-2
190-pounds
Frankie Martino (Passaic Valley) fall over Sean Van Dalinda (Wayne Valley), 1:32
Nick Doktor (Clifton) fall over Laith Ahmad (Wayne Hills), 5:47
215-pounds
Mason Brancato (Pompton Lakes) fall over Adam Mashfej (Wayne Hills), 2:52
Brandon Veneziano (Passaic Valley) decision over Antonio Sangama (Hawthorne), 7-2
285-pounds
Spencer Ribitzki (West Milford) decision over Josh Turner (Depaul), 6-0
Cooper Struble (Lakeland) decision over Isaac Cazimovski (Clifton), 2-1
Quarterfinals
106-pounds
Muhammad Abuhadba (Passaic Tech) fall over Kamillo Cintron Acosta (Kennedy), 0:51
Chace Severs (Lakeland) fall over Jeremiah Gonzalez (Passaic Valley), 2:32
Jamal Kouzer (Wayne Hills) fall over Hamza Hemaid (Manchester), 1:29
Kaleb Ambrose (Hawthorne) fall over Tyler Martinez (West Milford), 0:54
113-pounds
Jack Lorper (Hawthorne) fall over AJ DeFede (West Milford), 0:30
Ayden Cruz (Manchester) major decision over Marco Barra (Passaic Tech), 9-0
Shane Singh (Passaic Valley) fall over Adam Tamimi (Clifton), 3:39
Delvan Rotte (Depaul) fall over Devin Bolton (Wayne Valley), 0:36
120-pounds
Jack Bergmann (Lakeland) fall over Jarrett Rodriguez (Clifton), 2:39
Christopher Morales (Passaic) decision over Christopher Ahlborn (Pompton Lakes), 5-2
Justin Burke (West Milford) fall over Branden Rosario (Passaic Valley), 5:18
Joseph Rizzuto (Depaul) tech fall over Malik Abuharthieh (Passaic Tech), 19-4
126-pounds
Najati Salim (Clifton) fall over Joseph Afflitto (Pompton Lakes, 1:05
Adam Janouk (Wayne Valley) fall over Jihaad Fulmore (Manchester), 2:49
Anthony Nyhuis (Lakeland) fall over Seth Matacchiera (Wayne Hills), 1:24
Isaias Hernandez (Depaul) fall over Juan Flores (Passaic), 0:56
132-pounds
Sowzrawca Tsay (Wayne Hills) fall over Hugh Shortway (Hawthorne), 1:31
Joshua Vasquez (Manchester) fall over Angelo Fusaro (Pompton Lakes), 1:45
Cole Perry (Wayne Valley) decision over Ayden Mulroony (Passaic Valley), 7-4
Colin Menier (West Milford) fall over Alfonso Bravo (Passaic Tech), 3:08
138-pounds
Ryan Langenmayr (Lakeland) fall over Ian Metzler (Hawthorne), 1:28
Matthew May (Wayne Hills) fall over Joe McManus-Shortt (Depaul), 5:00
Jonathan Roy (Passaic Valley) decision over Adam Khater (Clifton), 10-5
Noah Zindaki (Wayne Valley) fall over Aaron Affilitto (Pompton Lakes), 1:19
144-pounds
Benjamin Marchetto (West Milford) fall over Nwauzo Ezenanii (Depaul), 1:54
Christian Murcia (Pompton Lakes) decision over Tyler Whartnaby (Passaic Tech), 12-6
Adam Suzay (Wayne Valley) decision over Christian Battle (Lakeland), 10-5
Kaden Matari (Passaic Valley) fall over Jancarlos Solorzano (Hawthorne), 3:49
150-pounds
James Conklin (Passaic Tech) fall over Jordan Carrasco (Passaic), 0:18
Christopher Gallagher (Lakeland) fall over Nicholas Carbone (West Milford), 1:53
Cormac Smith (Hawthorne) decision over Joseph Aungst (Pompton Lakes), 9-2
Jarvis Rodriguez (Clifton) decision over Rafat Al-Kardali (Wayne Valley), 6-4
157-pounds
Omar Tarecky (Passaic Tech) fall over Yousef Qteifan (Clifton), 0:34
Jake Pasek (West Milford) tech fall over Jaxon Marrugo (Passaic Valley), 21-5
Nicholas Laccitiello (Pompton Lakes) fall over Peter Rodriguez (Passaic), 3:26
Sean Walker (Lakeland) fall over Talha Akdogan (Wayne Hills), 2:15
165-pounds
Chad McConnell (Pompton Lakes) 17-2 fall over Owen Menier (West Milford), 0:56
William Capizzi (Passaic Valley) decision over Sam Cilento (Depaul), 4-1
Joseph Lucarello (Wayne Hills) tech fall over Alejandro Ramos (Passaic), 15-0
Joseph Geleta (Clifton) fall over Eli Hernandez (Passaic Tech), 1:11
175-pounds
Ashton Fava (Wayne Hills) decision over Joseph Dumeng (Clifton), 7-2
James Kestenholz (Passaic Tech) decision over Bebart Ishak (Manchester), 7-3
Dante Benvenuti (Passaic Valley) fall over Redon Xheladini (Pompton Lakes), 2:37
Nick Barone (Wayne Valley) decision over Jeffrey Papienuk (West Milford), 6-5
190-pounds
Frankie Martino (Passaic Valley) fall over Mohammed Doleh (Passaic Tech), 0:18
Sean Van Dalinda (Wayne Valley) fall over Josue Jurado (Eastside), 1:24
Laith Ahmad (Wayne Hills) decision over Rocco Monica (Hawthorne), 5-1
Nick Doktor (Clifton) fall over Sebastian Lopez (Pompton Lakes), 0:31
215-pounds
Brandon Veneziano (Passaic Valley) fall over Kishon Hamilton (Manchester), 0:55
Antonio Sangama (Hawthorne) decision over Adam Noufal (Wayne Valley), 8-5
Mason Brancato (Pompton Lakes) fall over Ryan Tartarilla (West Milford), 1:05
Adam Mashfej (Wayne Hills) fall over Kosai Daghstani (Passaic Tech), 1:15
285-pounds
Spencer Ribitzki (West Milford) fall over Zawir Said (Hawthorne), 1:22
Josh Turner (Depaul) fall over Jenry Abreu (Passaic Valley), 3:44
Isaac Cazimovski (Clifton) fall over Diego Cruz (Wayne Valley), 4:21
Cooper Struble (Lakeland) fall over Jason Dixon (Passaic Tech), 3:37
First Round
106-pounds
Kamillo Cintron Acosta (Kennedy) fall over Alex Holdfeld (Wayne Valley), 4:11
Tyler Martinez (West Milford) fall over Jamai Howell (Passaic), 3:46
113- pounds
AJ DeFede (West Milford) decision over Anthony Montiel (Passaic), 5-2
Marco Barra (Passaic Tech) fall over Jason Barnable (Wayne Hills), 0:26
Adam Tamimi (Clifton) fall over Fahim Ahmed (Kennedy), 0:47
Devin Bolton (Wayne Valley) decision over Masen Romero (Lakeland), 10-6
120-pounds
Jarrett Rodriguez (Clifton) major decision over Domenick Guerriero (Wayne Valley) 9-0
Justin Burke (West Milford) fall over Kwazier Harley (Eastside), 1:26
Malik Abuharthieh (Passaic Tech) fall over Ryan Corella (Hawthorne), 5:26
126-pounds
Joseph Afflitto (Pompton Lakes) fall over Leandro Solorzano (Hawthorne), 3:11
Jihaad Fulmore (Manchester) fall over Samuel Mendoza (Passaic Valley), 1:45
Adam Janouk (Wayne Valley) fall over Takrim Rahman (Kennedy), 0:47
Anthony Nyhuis (Lakeland) fall over Ashley Coronel (Eastside), 0:17
Seth Matacchiera (Wayne Hills) fall over Sultan Mossaddik (Passaic Tech), 1:15
Juan Flores (Passaic) decision over Andreas LaManna (West Milford), 13-8
132-pounds
Hugh Shortway (Hawthorne) decision over Leonardo Perez (Passaic), 9-2
Joshua Vasquez (Manchester) fall over Jeremiah Boulware (Eastside), 2:26
Angelo Fusaro (Pompton Lakes) fall over Ethan Perez (Lakeland), 5:17
Cole Perry (Wayne Valley) fall over Jayden DeSiano (Depaul), 0:52
Alfonso Bravo (Passaic Tech) fall over Jason Cancel (Clifton), 1:15
138-pounds
Ian Metzler (Hawthorne) fall over Welton Alexander (Manchester), 1:25
Joe McManus-Shortt (Depaul) fall over Amanur Rahman (Kennedy), 0:25
Jonathan Roy (Passaic Valley) fall over Daxton Keller (West Milford), 0:46
Aaron Affilitto (Pompton Lakes) decision over Robin Nolasco (Passaic Tech), 9-5
144-pounds
Nwauzo Ezenanii (Depaul) fall over Xavier DeJesus (Manchester), 5:21
Tyler Whartnaby (Passaic Tech) fall over Yaret Coronel (Eastside), 0:13
Christian Battle (Lakeland decision over Tyler Attenello (Wayne Hills), 19-13
Jancarlos Solorzano (Hawthorne) decision over Jack Seyka (Clifton), 5-2
150-pounds
Jordan Carrasco (Passaic) 10-10 won by decision over Jayden Chin (Passaic Valley) 5-6 (Dec 10-8)
Christopher Gallagher (Lakeland) fall over Isaiah Reams (Kennedy), 0:15
Joseph Aungst (Pompton Lakes) fall over Engel Arias (Manchester), 0:36
Rodriguez (Clifton) decision over Abdul Salim (Wayne Hills), 10-4
157-pounds
Yousef Qteifan (Clifton) fall over Renato Diaz (Manchester), 1:50
Talha Akdogan (Wayne Hills) fall over Mohammod Rahman (Kennedy), 1:04
165-pounds
Owen Menier (West Milford) fall over George Calagua (Wayne Valley), 2:24
Sam Cilento (Depaul) fall over Waseem Khater (Kennedy), 0:42
Alejandro Ramos (Passaic) fall over Sean VanDerWeert (Lakeland), 1:39
Hernandez (Passaic Tech) fall over steven Coronel (Eastside), 0:33
175-pounds
Joseph Dumeng (Clifton) fall over Christopher Medina (Kennedy), 1:13
Jeffrey Papienuk (West Milford) fall over Michael Jakubaszek (Lakeland), 0:29
190-pounds
Mohammed Doleh (Passaic Tech) fall over Terrence Taylor (Depaul), 1:48
Josue Jurado (Eastside) fall over Emir Bueno (Lakeland), 0:32
Rocco Monica (Hawthorne) fall over Diego Abreu (Kennedy), 1:21
Sebastian Lopez (Pompton Lakes) decision over Daniel Duverge (Passaic), 5-2
215-pounds
Kishon Hamilton (Manchester) fall over Christopher Raymond (Kennedy), 1:59
Adam Noufal (Wayne Valley) fall over Matthew Rojas (Depaul), 0:21
Ryan Tartarilla (West Milford) fall over Ahneurys Perez (Passaic), 2:31
Kosai Daghstani (Passaic Tech) fall over Kaiden Coll (Lakeland), 0:37
285-pounds
Zawir Said (Hawthorne)fall over John Sanchez (Pompton Lakes), 0:41
Jason Dixon (Passaic Tech) fall over Jaion Irizarry (Manchester), 1:55
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Wrestling: Final results from the 2024 Passaic County Tournament
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