Overall Record:  13-9  /  Shore Conference:  7-4  /  B-North:  4-2

 

2023 Record: 13-9
CJG3 State Sectional Qualifiers
4th Place District 21
22nd Place Shore Conference Tournament
3rd Place B-North

ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Jr) James Farina - 144
Record: 34-6
3rd Place Region 6 / 2nd Place District 21
2nd Place Shore Conference Tournament / 2nd Place Mustang Classic

 

3/4: NJSIAA STATE TOURNAMENT
Ocean Township (0 Medal Winners)
Appearing in his 3rd State Tournament, junior James Farina came up one win shy of his first State medal, dropping a 5-1 decision to Southern's Hayden Hochstrasser in Friday night's Blood Round, snapping a streak of three consecutive seasons with a State medalist for the Spartans.
WB4: James Farina (144)

2/25: REGION 6
Ocean Twp (1 Medal Winner)
Junior James Farina overcame a controversial DQ loss in the quarterfinals and wrestled back into 3rd place to punch a ticket to Atlantic City for the third straight season, keeping the Spartans' lengthy streak of seasons with at least one Region medal winner alive during this rebuild year.
3rd: James Farina (144)
5th: Boomer Volek (132)
WB1: Michael Poniros (165)

2/18: DISTRICT 21 TOURNAMENT
Ocean Twp (4th Place / 3 Medal Winners)
The Spartans had a streak of 18 consecutive season with a District Champ snapped. It's the 2nd District medal for Farina, and the 1st for Poniros and Volek. The Spartans have now had at least 3 medal winners each season since at least 1987.
2nd: James Farina (144) / Michael Poniros (165)
3rd: Boomer Volek (132)

2/11: ROBBINSVILLE  TRI
Lacey  43  -  Ocean Twp  29  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Township  51  -  Robbinsville  17  (BOX SCORE)
 

CJG3 SECTIONALS
QF: Ocean Twp  52  -  Allentown  27  (BOX SCORE)
SEMI: Hopewell Valley  42  -  Ocean Twp  33  (BOX SCORE)
 

2/1: B-NORTH
Ocean Twp  66  -  Neptune  17  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Perez (19-4); Volek (22-5): Poniros (24-4); Penta (15-8)
Neptune: Esannason (22-3); Santome (13-6)
 

1/30: NON-CONFERENCE
Ocean Twp  48  -  DePaul Catholic  34  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Fazio, Jones, Farina, & Andre win by pin

1/28: SHORE CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
22nd Place
2nd: James Farina

1/25: NON-CONFERENCE
Ocean Twp  52  -  Dumont  24  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Perez (18-3); Volek (19-4); Farina (18-1); Calixte (15-7); Poniros (21-2)
 

1/21: FREEHOLD TWP TRI
Ocean Twp  55  -  Shore  20  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp  48  -  Freehold Twp  36  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Sophie Sharp walks it off for Spartans
 

1/18: B-NORTH
Ocean Twp  54  -  Matawan  29  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Poniros (18-2); Farina (15-1); Volek (16-4); Perez (15-3); Calixte (12-7); Penta (12-6)
Matawan: Gomez (15-2); L Liss (16-3); A Liss (13-4)

 

1/14: PINGRY QUAD
Ocean Twp  65  -  TR North  12  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp  45  -  Pingry  36  (BOX SCORE)
Governor Livingston  52  -  Ocean Twp  27  (BOX SCORE)
 

1/12: NON-CONFERENCE
Ocean Twp  52  -  Steinert  24  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Penta, Fazio, Perez, Volek, Bard, Farina, Poniros, & Andre win by pin; Calixte majors
 

1/11: B-NORTH
Ocean Township  42  -  Red Bank  29  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Penta, Perez, Volek, Calixte, Poniros, & Hill pin for Spartans
Red Bank: Ruland, Cohen, & Palumbo win by fall; Sena & Principe major
 

1/7: OCEAN TOWNSHIP QUAD
Fair Lawn  42  -  Ocean Twp  35  (BOX SCORE)
River Dell  42  -  Ocean Twp  24  (BOX SCORE)
Moorestown  45  -  Ocean Twp  24  (BOX SCORE)

1/4: B-NORTH
Colts Neck  42  -  Ocean Twp  28  (BOX SCORE)
Colts Neck: Aguilar, Robinovitz, Fischer, Natale, Layton, & Shakhnavazov pin for Cougars
Ocean Twp: Farina drops to 144 to decision #5 Russ; Perez & Volek pin; Fazio majors

12/28: MUSTANG CLASSIC   (BRACKET)
Ocean Twp (15th): 2nd: Farina (150) / 5th: Poniros (165)

12/23: NON-DIVISION
Raritan  69  -  Ocean Twp  6  (BOX SCORE)
Raritan: Pins by Sheldrick, Davis, Erven, Reilley, Kmack, Acevedo, Devaney, Mulligan, Falzon, & Jeleniewski
Ocean Twp: Poniros wins by pin

12/21: B-NORTH
Long Branch  47  -  Ocean Twp  20  (BOX SCORE)
Long Branch: Beharry, James Renna, Ramirez, Smith, Santana, & Godsil win by pin; 7th win in a row over Ocean
Ocean Twp: Volek pins; Farina techs

12/17: WENDY PANDY-LEH TOURNAMENT  (BRACKET)
Delaware Valley Wins Team Title
Ocean Twp (7th): 1st: Volek (132) / 2nd: Poniros (165) / 3rd: Perez (126)

12/15: B-NORTH
Ocean Twp  37  -  Manasquan  36  (BOX SCORE)
Ocean Twp: Penta pins in final bout; Spartans win on criteria i (Most 1st points scored); Fazio, Perez, Farina, Petit with pins
Manasquan: Falkinburg, McNulty, Salerno, Mammeri, & Canseco win by fall

 

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2023 Ocean Township Wrestling

Head Coach: Cippy Apicelli (12th Season / Career: 168-79)

 

2023 SCHEDULE

 

POSSIBLE LINEUP

 

 

 

550 West Park Avenue
Oakhurst, NJ 07755
(732) 531-5650
(Monmouth County)
~ SCHOOL WEBSITE ~

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Head Coach
Cippy Apicelli
(12th Season in 2023)

Assistants
Ben Duronio
Dave Illaria

Volunteers
Garry Falco
Sean Flynn

Section
CJ Group 3

Division
B-North

District
21

Region
6

 

 

8 - Sectional Titles
(Last: CJG3 - 2020)

18 - District Team Titles
(Last: D24 - 2020)

14 - Division Titles
(Last: A-Central - 2021)

3 - State Champions
(Last: Jake Benner - 2017)

35 - State Medalists
(Last: Shane Cartagena Walsh - 2022)

24 - Region Champions
(Last: Jared Tracey - 2022)

114 - District Champions
(Last: Jared Tracey - 2022)

2 - SCT Champions
(Last: Jack Nies - 2020)

8 - SCT Medalists
(Last: 2023)

Career Wins Record - 146
Jake Benner (2015-2018)

Season Wins Record - 42
Jake Benner (2017)

 

 

100 Career Wins