Highland Regional Tartans  

2018 in Review:  

• 9-2 record
• Lost to Clearview in South Jersey Group 4 semi-finals
• Beat Ocean City in first round
• Scored 251 points – 22.82 average
• Allowed 108 points – 9.82 average, three shutouts
• Wins Included: Clearview,

East Orange Jaguars

2018 in Review:  

• 7-3 record
• Lost to Ridge in first round of North Jersey Section 2 Group 5 playoffs
• Scored 278 points – 27.8 average
• Allowed 154 points – 15.4 average
• Wins Included: Livingston, West Orange, Bloomfield,

Toms River North Mariners

2018 in Review:  

• 6-3 record
• Lost to Vineland in first round of South Jersey Group 5 playoffs
• Scored 253 points – 28.11 average
• Allowed 111 points – 12.33 average, two shutouts
• Wins Included: Manalapan, Southern,

Clifton Mustangs

2018 in Review:  

• 8-3 record
• Lost to Ridgewood in North 1 Section 1 Group 5 semi-finals
• Beat Kennedy in first round
• Scored 320 points – 29.09 average
• Allowed 175 points – 15.91 average, including two shutouts
• Wins Included:

Lincoln Lions

2018 in Review:  

• 7-3
• Lost to Bernards in Central Jersey Group 2 in first round
• Scored 217 points – 21.7 average
• Allowed 141 points – 14.1 average
• Wins Included: Demarest, Hoboken, West Side, Caldwell  
• Losses: West Essex, Shabazz

I am not a horse racing fan, but I love watching the Kentucky Derby. It is special and fun to watch those horses race around the track. That being said, The disqualification of Maximum Security was a farce. The …

The NFL Draft came and went with much of the story around here being whether the Giants should have drafted Daniel Jones.

However, there were nine Jersey guys selected in the draft – one of them Josh Allen, who many …

It is the morning after the first round of the NFL Draft and many Giant fans and press are killing Giant GM Dave Gettleman for picking a quarterback. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t. For weeks, even …

Thursday night is the annual NFL Draft and mock drafts are everywhere. I might as well add my two cents and we can all judge how smart or stupid I am. Please note, I do not have any trade scenarios; …

The NFL conducts its annual draft on Thursday, April 25 through Saturday, April 27. Over 300 players will be chosen and I always look out for how many people from New Jersey get drafted.

These are the players who have …

It irritates me when someone says so-and-so isn’t a great player because he never won any championships.

I will be the first to admit that being a top player on a championship team never hurts when evaluating how great he …

Now that the NCAA men’s basketball is complete, I can at least say the only team I correctly predicted in the Final Four is the champion: Virginia. After two rounds, I had all eight quarter-finalists still alive, but things …

Johnny Unitas is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play the game, right there with Tom Brady, Joe Montana, and others. He set records, led the Baltimore Colts to three championships, and was a big part of the NFL’s …

It was a big night for New Jersey in the NCAA wrestling finals, producing four national champions and one runner-up.  The night began with the 285 lb. weight class.

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#2 Anthony Cassar (Penn State/Montgomery) wins a 10-1 major decision…

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#1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern/Christian Brothers Academy/Jackson, NJ) loses 8-2 decision to Jack Mueller (Virginia).  This match was all Mueller, who ended with 5:26 of riding time for the match, including 2:54 in the first period. Mueller was the aggressor …

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#1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern/Christian Brothers Academy/Jackson, NJ) wins 6-2 decision over Vitali Arujau (Cornell).  

#7 Pat Glory (Princeton/Delbarton/Randolph, NJ) loses 9-5 decision to Nicholas Piccininni (Oklahoma State).  

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#3 Nick Suriano (Rutgers/Bergen Catholic/Paramus, NJ) wins by pin in …

I have Round Two results in the wrestling championships as they happen.  Feel free to come back for quick results as the matches finish.

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#1 Sebastian Rivera (Northwestern/Christian Brothers Academy/Jackson, NJ) wins 4-0 decision over Drew Mattin (Michigan).  

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The first round of the NCAA wrestling championships opened this afternoon in Pittsburgh – or as the NCAA calls it: Session 1.  It is hard to get scores and the only site I could find all the results was nj.com.  …

The NCAA wrestling championships will start a week from tonight on March 21, concluding on Saturday, March 23 in Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena.

26 wrestlers either from New Jersey or went to high school there will be competing over the …

Odell Beckham has been traded and some people are falling apart.

The Giants have no plan. How are the Giants going to win without one of the best players in the game? The Giants are tanking. The Giants got peanuts …

Five wrestlers seeded 17-32 placed in the first eight last weekend at Atlantic City.  Each of these wrestlers lost in either the first round or the pre-quarterfinals and wrestle several matches to get to the first eight places.  It takes …

The state wrestling finals are over and how did each region fare?  

The answers are below, including the total of wrestlers who placed and how many in each place from 1-8.  No matter how any region performed, keep in mind …

It was another big wrestling weekend in Atlantic City, as fourteen boys were crowned state champions.

One thing many look forward to during the week  is the seeding at the individual weight classes.  And while the actual order from first-to-eighth …

The entire NFL is in Indianapolis this week for the annual combine for April’s college draft.

The staffs of all 32 teams, including executives, coaches, scouts, and doctors are there to get a closer look at the players they may …

This is a good time of year for winter sports with basketball playoffs starting, both boys and girls.  But what really gets me excited is state wrestling finals in Atlantic City this coming weekend. It is worth going to nj.com …