Westfield High School wrestling Head Coach Glen Kurz was awarded his 300th career win during a quad match at Roselle Park on December 21. The 2-3 Blue Devils beat the Roselle Park Panthers, 60-22, and Key Port, 70-12, then fell to the 5-0 Woodbridge Barrons, 42-32.
Westfield High School wrestling Head Coach Glen Kurz was awarded his 300th career win during a quad match at Roselle Park on December 21. The 2-3 Blue Devils beat the Roselle Park Panthers, 60-22, and Key Port, 70-12, then fell to the 5-0 Woodbridge Barrons, 42-32.
Against the Panthers, Blue Devils Dan Berardi (106-lbs), Max Berardi (113-lbs) and Jake Conti (120-lbs) received forfeits. At 126-lbs, Panthers Max Griffin grabbed a 14-1, majority decision over Josh Semler then Connor Oberlies received a forfeit at 132-lbs. The Blue Devils won the next four bouts beginning with Dam Beilis pinning Colin King in 43 seconds at 138-lbs. Luke Sluberski (144-lbs) pinned Darryen Rodriguez in 50 seconds, Elias Wood (150-lbs) pinned Xavier Rodrigues in 5:12 and Gavin Dwyer (157-lbs) pinned Juan Montoya in 1:40.
At 165-lbs, Panther Anthony Cianfrocca pinned Pravid Bhatia in 3:59. The Blue Devils won the next three bouts beginning with Jack McDermott (175-lbs), Jake Zemsky (190-lbs) and Lincoln Meyers (215lbs) receiving forfeits. At 285lbs,Panther Dhruv Bakshi won by injury default over Zarek Perez.
The Blue Devils won 12 of the 14 bouts against Keyport. Dan Berardi (106), Max Berardi (113) and Conti (120) won by forfeit. Semler (126) recorded a 17-0, 3:37 technical fall over Pete Marroquinn. Sluberski (144) pinned Axsel Ferm in 41 seconds. Wood (150) won by 15-0, tech fall over Evin Johnson. Dwyer (157) pinned Paul Kulesza in 1:17. McDermott (175) pinned Max Fredericks in 2:28. Perez (285) pinned Max Szcepaniak in 3:06. Bhatia (165), Zemsky (190) and Meyer (215) received forfeits. The match against Woodbridge was far more intense. Beginning at 120lbs, Conti recorded a 17-2, 5:50 technical fall over Ian Vega. Semler (126) pinned Mike Hernandez in 4:50. The Barrons won the next two bouts with Rob Hanson and Leo Morales winning by forfeit. Beilis (144) grabbed a 17-2, 5:56 technical fall overAngelo Campos.
The Barrons won the next three bouts to take a 27-16 team lead. Lukas Valentin (150) won by 20-5, 5:00 tech fall over Wood. Tyler Simkovich (157) claimed a 12-1, majority decision over Dwyer and Tyler Boelhower (165) pinned Bhatia in 33 seconds. McDermott (175) pinned Zack Guzman in 3:00 and Zemsky (190) pinned Logan Minkler in 50 seconds. At 215-lbs, Marcos Cordero pinned Meyers in 2:16 and at 285-lbs, Anthony McGuire pinned Perez in 4:40. Dan Berardi (106) won by 17-9, majority decision over Noah Perez and Barron Lucas Perez (113) beat Max Berardi, 8-3.
