I want to thank all the coaches who took the time to send in team previews.  If anyone sends me a preview late, I will post it as soon as possible.

(NOTE: All previews are written by the coaches, except when noted.  Thanks to NJLineup.com and Joe Kopeski (aka Pitboss) for providing possible lineups.

Bergen Catholic, NNJIL

Head Coach: David Bell

Assistant Coaches: Chris Bitetto/Russ Pascale/Mike Galorenzo/Dom Santoli

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: Joe Trause, sr. 125, Matt Spataro, jr. 135. Jonathan Becker, jr. 189, Louis Pietrantuono, jr. 130, Samual Pietrantuono, so. 119, AJ Morgenstern, jr, 112

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Matt Groom, fr. 152, Anthony Iorio

Key losses from last year: Too many to list

Outlook: “This year’s team has a lot to prove. If they work hard, stay hungry and injury free this could be our best season in three years.”

Bergen Tech

Coach: Kevin Harriman

Taken from NJlineup.com

103 - Jr. Boujakli, James () Bergen Tech 3rd D7

119 - Sr. Franks, Jason () Bergen Tech

Bergenfield, NBIAL division 2

2006-07 record: 18-2

Head Coach: Kevin Manning

Record/years as head coach: 2nd Year 18-2

Assistant Coaches: Joe Mastroeni, Darren Massey, Pete Georgoutos

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: Chris Rankin 119, Kyle Hopkins 130, Mike Kimmerle 160 Kadeem Reid 189 Matt Sinclair 215, Rafael Valentin HWT

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Jeffery Cardona 112, Erick Marrero 140,  Rich Torres 160 Shawn Coward 171

Key losses from last year: Mark and York Eggert, Mike Fenner, Aaron Pagan, Travis Hasan

Outlook (how you think your team will be this year):  Our team will be in the upper pack. 

CLIFFSIDE PARK, BCSL AMERICAN

2006-07 record: 8-10

Head Coach: Charlie O’Hanlon

Record/years as head coach: 1st year

Assistant Coaches: Scott Kellen, Nick Riccadella

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: Vinny Egloff-145, Jon Hernandez-285, Mike Johnson-112

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Impact wrestlers Audel Ventura-103, Wedson Paes-130, Laz Hernandez-160

Key losses from last year: Joey Rusin, Mo Nasser, Aruj Dhawan, Ajat Dhawan, Oscar Car, Jorge Rodrigues, Kenny Murray, Rob Bolejso

Outlook: We are going to be rebuilding this year. 

Cresskill, BCSL Olympic

2006-07 record:  17-11

Head Coach:  Don Bergamini

Record/years as head coach:  67-70-1

Assistant Coaches:  Andy Fleming

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:  Alex Preefer-112; Julio Alorro-125; Jaemin Chang-140; Kyle Wengerter-189; Brendan Wengerter-171; Kyle Elliott-215

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08:  Matt Thomas-103; Bryan Ramirez-130

Key losses from last year:  Jon Fishbein, Matt Vaccarino

Outlook: Pretty good.  We have an experienced team and should be very competitive this season.  Hopefully, we will have a successful dual meet season as well as district and regional tournaments.

DEMAREST, NBIL DIV 2

2006-07 record:  10-11 (NBIL Div. 2 Champions)

Head Coach:  Jeff Pandich

Record/years as head coach:  3RD at Demarest, 12th Overall….Overall Record: 117-90-2

Assistant Coaches:  Steve O’Neill, Ron Van Buren

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:  119 Nick Adamo (Sr.-capt), 125 Jon Kanelstein (Sr.-capt), 160 James DiVite (Sr.-capt), 140 Sam Sinensky (Sr.capt), 125 Patrick Wong (Sr), 285 Michael Lemus (Jr), 145 Jack Boyajian (Jr), 135 Jake Braunstein (So), 152 Niko Tsolikidis (So), 171 Derick Layne (So)

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: 112 Edwin Park (So), 145 Terrance Allen (So), 189 San Lee (So), 112 Charlie Woods (Fr), 103 John Herbener (Fr), 145 Dylan Walling (Fr), 145 Will Seagaard (Fr), 112 Ari Chorluyan (Fr)

Key losses from last year:  152 Dan Adamo (106-16 career record, BCCA Champ, 2x District 8 Champ), 125 Sevan Chorluyan (4 year starter, district 4th), 160 Aaron Asch (16 wins), 171 Tom Hensle, 189 Ivan Lugo,

Outlook:  Middle of the pack in a tough NBIL

Don Bosco Prep

Coach: Nunzio Campanile

Possible lineup, taken from NJLineup.com:

103 - So. Dack, Jason () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 2nd D5, 4th R2 112 - So. Fava, Vinnie () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 1st D5, 2nd R2, 6th S 119 - Jr. Acosta, Frank () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 3rd D5, 3rd R2 125 - So. Dombroski, Chris () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 130 - Sr. DiBartolo, Joe () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 140 - Sr. Dack, Brian () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 3rd D5 160 - Jr. Vetterlein, Nick () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 1st D5, 1st R2 171 - Jr. McDerrmott, Trace () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 1st D5, 3rd R2 189 - Sr. Manna, Chris () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 3rd D5, 4th R2 189 - Sr. Thompson, Scott () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 215 - Sr. Stala, Lukasz () Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey) 3rd D5, 3rd R2, 7th S

Dumont, BCSL American

Head Coach: John Monaco

Possible starters from NJLineup.com:

135 - Jr. Machio, Alex () Dumont 3rd D7

152 - Jr. Moat, Bobby () Dumont 2nd D7

Elmwood Park, BPSL

Coach: Jared Luciani, 2nd year

Returning wrestlers:

119 Francesco Caruso who was 21-9,  125 Frank Vitaro who was 17-6, 140 Ed Kuzora 14-6, and 189 Shane Klinger 14-6.

Emerson/Park Ridge, BCSL Olympic

Head Coach:  Stan Woods

Assistant Coaches:  Joe Mazzeo, Don Spataro

Possible starters from NJLineup.com:

103 - Jr. O'Brien, Joey () Emerson - Park Ridge

112 - Jr. Blankenship, Jake () Emerson - Park Ridge

112 - So. Guarriello, Nick () Emerson - Park Ridge 1st D8

119 - So. Buonomo, Kris () Emerson - Park Ridge

125 - Jr. Herget, Kevin () Emerson - Park Ridge 1st D8, 4th R2

130 - Sr. Skrable, Devin () Emerson - Park Ridge

135 - Jr. Keifer, TJ () Emerson - Park Ridge

135 - Sr. Reilly, Dan () Emerson - Park Ridge

140 - Sr. Conklin, Matt () Emerson - Park Ridge

189 - Sr. Geronimo, Joe () Emerson - Park Ridge 3rd D8

189 - Sr. Bednarz, John () Emerson - Park Ridge

215 - Sr. Meehan, Max () Emerson - Park Ridge

Fair Lawn, NBIL DIV 1

2006-07 record: 11-15

Head Coach: Jon Piela

Record/years as head coach: 24-18

Assistant Coaches: Jamie Pisacane, Shane DeLucca, Dan Pires

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: Sr. Joe Kover (130), Sr. Joe Yuskaitis (140), Sr. Kevin Ramishvili (189), Sr. Chris Brown (145) Jr. Yuval Bussi (160)

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Soph. Sergio Grigorian (112) Soph. Kris Ax (119) Soph. Nick Bounapostore (125) Soph. Vince Dimitri (135) Soph. Mike Swzed and frosh Jeff Paer (152)

Key losses from last year: P.J. Flores, Arsen Musalaev, Aslan Musalaev.

Outlook:: This year the Fair Lawn wrestling program is entering the season looking to win its 7th league title in the past 9 years. Due to the injuries last year (4 district place finishers), the year was not off to a good start but the young team won 10 out of there last 14 matches to finish the year strong with an 11-15 record while beating the Passaic county champs along the way. The cutters are expecting big things this year with 9 returning starters and a solid group of 6 other wrestlers returning with varsity experience.  The cutters have the opportunity to achieve the programs 10th district title in the past 20 years.

Fort Lee

Head Coach: Alex Almeida

Possible starters from NJLineup.com:

112 - Sr. Derin, Eric () Fort Lee

Garfield, BPSL

Head Coach, Dan Rigolioso

Preview taken from NJlineups.com

125 - Sr. Ulrich, Glenn () Garfield 1st D6, 3rd R2 135 - Sr. Estrada, Braynt () Garfield 3rd D6 171 - Jr. Avant, Chris () Garfield 2nd D6 285 - Sr. Kowalczyk, Mike () Garfield 1st D6, 4th R2

Glen Rock/Saddle Brook, BPSL

Coaches: Wayne Rogers and Chris Fox

This year we are VERY young, with most of the team freshman and sophomores, last year we had Steven Ha who placed 2nd in the district 4th in the county and 3rd in the cutter so he will definitely be missed as he was a big help to the team. we are returning Jared Schlett who placed 3rd in the district as a freshman at 160 so we are expecting big things out of him this year. Although we are young, our team is filled with enthusiastic, talented, athletic young men who are willing to learn, and also just love the sport. The upcoming freshmen will be Matt Jacobson at 103, Alex Cimiluca, 145, from Saddle Brook. Returning sophomore form Glen Rock, Al Artesona who came up big for us being his first year wrestling finished 10-9 and was able to go six minutes, he will be at 112.

This year we should also have a full line up, we would always struggle in matches because we had to forfeit 4 matches and enter every match down 24 points, hopefully this year we will be able to compete now. In filling this line up we have some big upper weights that Glen Rock is not used to, Steve Perira at 215 and Dan Lewitt will be wrestling heavy weight for us. Being a little shy in the middle weights it will an interesting season for us.

This is the fourth year that Glen Rock\Saddle Brook will be combining and the merger has been helpful so far, without each other we would not have enough kids to fill the weight classes. We are both in the process of rebuilding the programs, its a long process but we have the talent in the room to be a competitive team.

Good Luck to all the teams and we cant wait to get started.

Hackensack, NNJIL

THE TEAM RETURNS 11 WRESTLERS FROM LAST YEAR GROUP 4  SECTION 1 STATE RUNNER UP TEAM.

THE TEAM IS LED BY VETERANS JEREMY PIERCE, ANTHONY RACCIOPPI AND EDDIE SHELMAN. THE COMETS LOOK TO FILL A FEW OPENINGS WITH CAPABLE WRESTLERS . THE COMETS WON THE BERGEN COUNTY FRESHMAN TITLE LAST YEAR AND HAD ABOUT 50 JV WRESTLERS. THE JV TEAM WON 3 TOURMANENTS.

THE COMETS WILL CARRY ABOUT 70 WRESTLERS THIS YEAR.

THEY HAVE THERE SITE SET ON WINNING A LEAGUE TITLE AS WELL AS A GROUP 4 STATE TITLE.

Hasbrouck Heights – Wood Ridge, BCSL National

2006-07 record: 20-4

Head Coach: Michael Scuilla

Record/years as head coach: 13

Assistant Coaches: Matt Marquart, Luke Jackson, Dan Guido, Joe Colangelo

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: 

Jose Vega-112, Joe DeQuinzio-125, Shaun Zahn-135, Jim Ryan-140, Andrew Nass-152, Marc Peck-171, George Buahin-189, Tyler Blake-285

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08:

Rich Cannici-119, Brandon Spangler-145, Jordan Sisco-160, Dave Palmieri-160

Key losses from last year:

Mike Sweeney, Tony Dussault, Steve Awad, Nick Natoli,

Outlook:  We should have a good season; we have a lot of seniors, and a good core of standout wrestlers.  If the holes in the lineup close and newcomers improve we can have a good change to meet the goals of the program. 

INDIAN HILLS, NBIL

Head Coach: Autin Wall

Possible starters taken from NJlineup.com:

125 - Jr. lowe, Kevin () Indian Hills (Oakland)

130 - Jr. Escamilla, Kiley () Indian Hills (Oakland)

135 - Jr. McMahon, Kullen () Indian Hills (Oakland)

140 - Jr. Cappizzi, Robbie () Indian Hills (Oakland)

145 - So. Nicoletti, Vince () Indian Hills (Oakland)

152 - Jr. Sorge, Pat () Indian Hills (Oakland)

171 - Sr. Nedds, Ivan () Indian Hills (Oakland) 3rd D5

LODI, BPSL

2006-07 record:  12-8

Head Coach:  NICK DI DOMENICO

Record/years as head coach: 279-192-13   33RD YEAR

Assistant Coaches: BRIAN LONG, MARTY CONROY, JOE PIPARO

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: ADAM MELLA 112, ALEX MELLA 119, DAN PEREZ 130, MAXX EDMINSTON 135, MIKE ZOTARRELLI 145, TJ DEOLIVEIRA 152, EDSEL ROBINSON 160, DAN RINALDI 171, JAMES CLANCY 215, ZAK HELEWA HWT

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08:

UNSURE AT THIS TIME

Key losses from last year:

MARK SCIEMECA, BRENDON GUARINO, SHAWN ATFIELD

Outlook:  COMPETITIVE, BUT WE HAVE SOME HOLES TO FILL IF WE WANT TO WIN ANY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Lyndhurst/North Arlington, BCSL

Head Coach: Dennis McSweeny, 1st year

Possible starters taken from NJlineup.com:

140 - Jr. Basile, Eric () Lyndhurst/North Arlington 3rd D15

Mahwah, NBIL

Head Coach: Dave Heitman

Possible lineup taken from NJlineup.com:

103 - Jr. Bouchard, Scott () Mahwah

103 - Fr. Heitman, David

112 - Sr. Yury, Tyler () Mahwah

119 - Jr. Morales, Jeff () Mahwah

119 - So. Gilmour, Matt () Mahwah

125 - So. Kourgelis, T.J () Mahwah 3rd D5

130 - Jr. Chamber, Bryan () Mahwah

135 - Sr. Albrecht, Scott () Mahwah 2nd D5

145 - Sr. Krone, Stephen () Mahwah

145 - Jr. Hunt, Kevin () Mahwah

152 - Jr. Round, Don () Mahwah

160 - Jr. Dolan, Anthony () Mahwah

New Milford, BCSL NATIONAL

Head coach: Scott Borer

Assistant coach: Mike Rooney

Last year record 4-16

Team Captains Sean Hill, Henry Meza, and Jose Correa,

Returning wrestlers Dan Saurez HWT, Sean Hill 152, Matt Wunder 215, Henry Meza 130, Christian Pecoraro 135, Will Esposito 160, Jose Correa 171 or 189, Mike Habersatt 140. 

Outstanding new prospects Gerardo Rodriguez 171 or 189, Anthony Governali 140 or 145. 

The outlook for this year's New Milford wrestling team is very good.  The team returns 9 starters from last year's team.  With strong leadership from captians Sean Hill, Henry Meza, and Jose Correa, the Knights look forward to a winning season, and a strong finish in the districts.

Northern Highlands, NBIL

2006-07 record: 17-5

Head Coach: Rick Babitts

Record/years as head coach: 4 at NH  56-28

Assistant Coaches: Tom Walsh, John Grande, Matt Greenberg, Bucky Rehain, Sam Chey

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08: Brandon Stueben, Paul Getto,Dan Rehain, Ryan Unger, Tom Murphy, Dean Azriel, Jamie Myers, Ken Hoag,Austin Roberts, Zak Taylor, David Dow, Derek Bach, All Varsity wrestlers returning from last year.

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Zak Ross-Nash, John Caulfield

Key losses from last year: Fred Santaite,Derek Stueben

Outlook: Northern Highlands has most of their team returning with some new experience coming in as freshmen. If everyone falls into their right weight classes and we lack injuries. NH should continue with their winning tradition.  The Highlanders are very excited about the upcoming 07-08 season. Many of the wrestlers on the team are upper classmen and have past varsity experience. If everything goes right and we continue to work hard this wrestling season could be very exciting and rewarding.

Old Tappan, NBIL

2006-07 record:  20-5

Head Coach:  Rob Ortiz

Record/years as head coach:  0-0/1st year

Assistant Coaches:  Tom Lebovich, Doug Kuizema, Pete Graf, Kevin Hughes

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:

Anthony Miuccio/103, Jake Lebovich/119, Paul Bogosian/125, David Demarzo/130, Chris Mullen/135, Paul Vizoukis/145, Marc Krapels/152, Sean Kirchhof/160, Michael Magaraci/171, Dan Eller/215, Anthony Ortiz/215, Mike Hurley/285

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Jack McCann/112, Shawn Flesche/125, Jake Bogosian/140, Darius Charles/140, Iyi Okunlola/189, Peter Alsharif/189, Michael Shannon/285

Key losses from last year: 

Matt MacLean (3rd NJSIAA)

Outlook:

We expect to be very competitive in tournaments and throughout the dual meet season.  We have a demanding schedule that includes Emerson/PR, Randolph, Paramus, Hackensack, Kittitinny, and West Orange, in addition to our league schedule.  Our team has good depth and a great deal of experience, including 8 district placewinners.

Paramus, NNJIL

Steven Klass, 2nd season

Returning starters/wrestlers will include.

Sr. Jon Rizzitello Region champ

Jr. Joe Ortiz Region champ

So. Toni Nadera Region 2nd

Jr. Marc Cirello District 2nd, 30 wins

Sr. John Maio, County 5th, 30 wins

Sr. Louis Mordaga District 3rd

So. Zach Zotollo 4-0 varsity

Jr. Zach Chibane, 15 varsity wins

So. Mike Mordaga, freshman county champ

So. Anthony Mordage, Freshman county champ

Sr. Diamantas Kyrakakis, 20 wins in 2006

Jr. Paul Anderson 10 varsity wins

Incoming Freshman,

Nick Alpher, Rec state place winner.

Outlook:I think we will be competitive in the league.  We have a good nucleus of returning kids.  We have a few weights that will have wrestlers with not much varsity experience.  We ended last year strong I hope that this year the wrestlers will be a little more acquainted to our system.

Pascack Hills, NBIL

Head Coach: Ken McIver

Possible starters taken from NJLineup.com:

119 - Sr. Huddleston, Dylan () Pascack Hills 2nd D8

130 - Jr. Trumbetti, Taylor () Pascack Hills 2nd D8, 2nd R3

135 - Sr. McKenna, Matt () Pascack Hills

145 - Sr. Heaney, Bobby () Pascack Hills 2nd D8

Pascack Valley, NBIL DIV 2

2006-07 record:  8-15

Head Coach:  Tom Gallione

Record/years as head coach:  20-20, 3rd year as head coach

Assistant Coaches:  Ken Sarajian, Jim Gallione, Adam O’Gorman and Brian Collier

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:  Mike Quinn-119, Steve Gandolfo-171, Justin Murberg-189/215, Joe Natelli-119/125, Ken MacIver-171/189

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08: Damian Murberg-160, Devan Pia-125/130, AJ Scimeca-112, Alec Brinker-285

Key losses from last year:  Adam Fallacaro 24-4, Joe Farrell 16-9, Chris Raupers 15-10

Outlook: 

I think our 2007-2008 team will be very competitive in the league.  We have a strong group of upperclassmen led by Mike Quinn and Steve Gandolfo.  The juniors that are in our starting lineup are 3-year varsity letter winners with a lot of experience.  We are going to need the other guys to step up for us to have a successful season.

Queen of Peace, BCSL American

Head Coach, Scot Weaver

Assistant coaches: Mike DeLuca, Mike Gibbons, Jason Silverstein, Joe Troise.

Possible starters by grade:

12: Matt Fusco, Mike Trasso, Trevor McKenzie, Mike Urgola, RJ Espinosa, Derrick Neto, Eric Torres, Matt Whitman

11: Glenn Cannici, Vinnie Maurillo, Dominick Maurillo, Louis Guinand, Mike Ugolini, James Morrison, Dave Brennan, DJ Dimler, Maurice Anderson

10: Frank Cagnina, Pete Ruiz, Jamie Westwood, John Palsi, Ryan Ferriero, Brendan Donovan, Mike Scrozzo

9: Anthony Perrotti, Dominick Martinez, Chris DeMarco, Eric Pugo.

Ramapo, NBIL DIV 1

2006-07 record:10-13

Head Coach:    Drew Gibbs

Record/years as head coach:    5th @ Ramapo,  38-44,  Overall 83-86-1

Assistant Coaches: Rich Scheinert, Bill DiMauro

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:

103, Alex Scheinert, Soph 22-10, 7/8th Region 2,  119, Greg Madormo, Junior, 29-63 , 6th Place BCCA, 3rd Place District 5 , 135 Brian Gibbs, Junior, 21-10 3rd Place District 5, 152, Jim O’Connor, Junior 11-9, 160 Chris D’Amico, Junior 25-7, 171 Dave Empel, Junior,12-12, 189 Elbruse Molamusa, Senior11-12, 189, Matt Plotkin, Senior, 6-13, 145 Ed Kugler, Senior, 5-23,  145Kevin Jacobs, Junior,  6-16, 125Joe Nacco, Soph. 5-8,  130Victor Kipiani, Soph. 9-16

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08:

Jack Bandazian, 171 lbs, Freshman,  Junior State Placewinner, Starting DB on Varsity FB, weight unknown Jesse Devonschuk, 189lbs Sophomore, Transfer Former Junior State Champion in Conecticut, Terek Molamusa---119lbs

Outlook:  Ramapo is lead by a strong group of Juniors, who have been working hard in the offseason, the team should be very competitive with most teams outside of the top 5 in the county.

Ramsey, NBIL

Coach: Anthony Petrock, 1st year

Possible starters, provided by NJLineup.com:

130 - So. Johns, Patrick () Ramsey

140 - Sr. Clarke, Dan () Ramsey 3rd D5, 3rd R2

140 - Sr. Sargenti, Mark () Ramsey

171 - Sr. Ikonomidis, Vasilios () Ramsey

103 - Fr. Rottingen, Jeff () Ramsey

Ridgefield/Ridgefield Park, BCSL American

Head Coach: Tony Gonzalez

Possible starters by NJLineup.com:

103 - So. Issa, Mike () Ridgefield Park

112 - Sr. Byrnes, Ryan () Ridgefield Park

130 - Sr. Holguin, William () Ridgefield Park 3rd D15

135 - Sr. Torres, Bravlio () Ridgefield Park

135 - So. Fitzgerald, John () Ridgefield Park

140 - Jr. Safargar, Jihan () Ridgefield Park

152 - Jr. Barroso, Mike () Ridgefield Park

160 - Jr. Romero, Ryan () Ridgefield Park

Ridgewood High School, NNJIL A

2006-07 record:  14-11

Head Coach:  Torre Watson

Record/years as head coach:  14-11, Second Year

Assistant Coaches:  Dave Tashian, Mike Karcher, and Avon Morgan

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:  Nikola Mirkovic – 215, Joe Kritzer – 119, Michael Davies – 160, Matt Grundy – 145,

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08:  Andrew Gramaglia – 140, Matt Biagi, 160, Mark Lowy – 119, Ryan Giovanetti – 119, Jeremy Graf - 189

Key losses from last year:  Greg D’Uva, Stephen Ohl, John Patino

Outlook:  Competing in the consistently tough NNJIL Ridgewood will again have its hands full this season.  With a great group of core leadership starting with the senior class and a fine mixture of young wrestlers with some experience we look to be consistently competitive with all of our opponents.  

Who will finish 1-2-3 in your league and why?  Paramus, Bloomfield, Montclair.  Paramus & Bloomfield are basically alone at the top.  Paramus, a perennially good program has many wrestlers returning with experience.  Although Bloomfield is tough also, I do not think they have enough for the strong Paramus team.

River Dell, BCSL American

2006-07 record: 21-4

Head Coach: Mike Tota

Record/years as head coach: 99-41-1/ 7 years as head coach

Assistant Coaches: Jared Glick, Paul Wyka, Brian Tota, Alex Gomez

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:

Dave Dellatorre 103/112

Jimmy Cariddi 130/135

Kevin Sonnet 171/189

Devin Hudson 189

Nick Pallotta 215

Key losses from last year:

John Cannon

Tony Cariddi BCCA 3rd, District 1st, Region 2nd

Mike Bauer BCCA 5th, District 3rd

Anthony Gallo District 2nd, Region 4th

Outlook:

The key to the season will be getting our best 14 on the mat.  .  We have a good mix of veteran wrestlers and freshman.  We will work hard to be competitive in the county, league and district.    

Rutherford, BCSL AMERICAN

Coach, Jeff Rehain

Returning Lettermen

103 tj husted

112 dan geraldi

119 kevin torres

125 bryan brown  (dist 3rd)

130 rob fecanin (dist 2nd)

135 jesse kolich

140

145 harry chewning

152 ali naderi

160 charles DeCarlo (dist 2nd)

171 dave zurla

189  nick Zurla

215

275

St. Joseph's Regional, NNJIL

Possible starters from NJlineup.com:

119 - Sr. Buonadonna, Kevin () St. Joseph (Montvale) 2nd D8

145 - Jr. Henrici, Matt () St. Joseph (Montvale) 1st D8

145 - Jr. White, Dylan () St. Joseph (Montvale)

160 - Jr. Losure, Tyler () St. Joseph (Montvale)

215 - Jr. Holmes, Conor () St. Joseph (Montvale)

285 - Jr. Newman, Ryan () St. Joseph (Montvale)

St. Mary's, BCSL

Head Coach: David Cordoba, 1st year

Possible starters from NJlineup.com:

112 - Sr. Barrall, Chris () St. Mary's (Rutherford)

140 - Sr. Lombard, Jim () St. Mary's (Rutherford) 2nd D16

145 - Sr. Abreau, Eli () St. Mary's (Rutherford)

171 - Sr. Cook, Marcus () St. Mary's (Rutherford)

Teaneck, NNJIL

Head Coach: Jim Nonas

Possible starters from NJlineup.com:

112 - Sr. Germinario, Robert (0-0) Teaneck 3rd D6

119 - Jr. Martin, EJ (0-0) Teaneck 1st D6, 3rd R2

135 - Jr. Dyer, Lucien (0-0) Teaneck

140 - Jr. Montoya, Shaun (0-0) Teaneck

145 - Jr. Herasme, Jordan (0-0) Teaneck

152 - Sr. Coleman, Raymond (0-0) Teaneck

160 - Jr. Cotes, Andre (0-0) Teaneck

189 - So. Abatayo, Michael (0-0) Teaneck

285 - Jr. Smith, Jason (0-0) Teaneck

Tenafly, BCSL AMERICAN

HEAD COACHJim Sutera, entering 22nd year  (19 @ Tenafly, 3 @ Saddle Brook) 181 – 133 – 6

LAST YEAR’S RECORD8 – 11

Assistant Coach:  Chris Marren

Team Captains:  Curtis Sutera, Young Jin Oh, and Eric Moreno

After stepping down as head coach two years ago and working as an assistant under Joe Cervino, Jim Sutera returns as Head Coach of the Tigers.  He will be assisted by one of his former wrestlers, Chris Marren, the former Head Wrestling Coach at Saddle Brook for the past 19 years.  They both want to continue the rebuilding process Cervino and Sutera started 5 years ago.

The team’s goal is to work hard and improve last year’s record of 8 wins and 11 losses.  The team is made up of 4 seniors, 6 juniors, and 5 sophomores.  The team is lead by senior captains:  Curtis Sutera, Young Jin Oh and Eric Moreno.  Wrestlers looking to make their mark are Sean Grimm, Calvin Kim, John Suh, Tyson Betts, Bob Kim, Brian Alper, Brian Kelly, Ben Edlin, Gary Puckhaber, Young Choi, Karl Foley and Dan Barzelatto.

Waldwick/Midland Park, BPSL

Head Coach: Jim Dreschel

Possible starters from NJlineup.com:

125 - Sr. Wettstein, Steve () Waldwick-Midland Park

285 - Sr. Comito, Tony () Waldwick-Midland Park 3rd D5

Westwood, BCSL AMERICAN

2006-07 record:  14-11

Head Coach: Paul Castellini

Record/years as head coach: 0-0 First Year

Assistant Coaches:  Keith Stagg & Brian Newman

Top wrestlers returning/weight for ‘08:

Danny Butcher 135/140Danny Murtaugh 135/140Tyler Myers 119

Justin Struss145Leo Cardenas 215Chris DePaola 152

New prospects/impact wrestlers/weight for ‘08:

Nick Barone 171Joe Benny 103Gabe Mena 130Stefan Autie 160

Key losses from last year:

Anthony LisantiBrandon TrainaJames Lein

Outlook:

Led by some solid seniors should be competitive in both our league & our section.