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Shore Conference
- Asbury Park
- Barnegat
- Brick Memorial
- Brick Twp
- CBA
- Central
- Colts Neck
- Donovan Catholic
- Freehold Boro
- Freehold Twp
- Holmdel
- Howell
- Jackson Liberty
- Jackson Memorial
- Keansburg
- Keyport
- Lacey
- Lakewood
- Long Branch
- Manalapan
- Manasquan
- Manchester
- Marlboro
- Matawan
- Middletown North
- Middletown South
- Monmouth Regional
- Neptune
- Ocean Township
- Pinelands
- Point Beach
- Point Boro
- Raritan
- Red Bank Catholic
- Red Bank Regional
- Rumson
- St John Vianney
- St Rose
- Shore Regional
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- Schedule & Results
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
2023 Ocean Township Wrestling
Head Coach: Cippy Apicelli (12th Season / Career: 168-79)
POSSIBLE LINEUP
Wgt | Wrestler | 2022 | |
106 | (Fr) Justin Penta | ||
113 | (Sr) Nate Fazio | 3-19 | |
113 | (So) Sophie Sharp | 3-1 | |
120 | (Jr) Chaunci Jones | 2-17 | |
120 | (Jr) Angelo Rizzieri | ||
126 | (Fr) Steven Perez | ||
126 | (So) Dom Diorio | ||
126 | (Fr) Ethan Ansell | ||
132 | (Sr) Noah Bard | 0-3 | |
132 | (Fr) Chris King | ||
138 | (So) Boomer Volek | 13-10 | |
138 | (Sr) Stephanie Fingerman | ||
144 | (Jr) James Farina | 25-7 | D-3rd / R-3rd / NJ-WB1 |
144 | (So) Malcolm Beale | ||
150 | (Fr) Israel Olea Sarabio | ||
150 | (Fr) Romeo Locean | ||
150 | (Fr) Wyans Carles | ||
157 | (Sr) Chrisler Luc | 0-6 | |
157 | (Fr) Josh Calixte | ||
157 | (Fr) Xavier Heyward | ||
157 | (Jr) Brendan Camacho | ||
165 | (Jr) Michael Poniros | 14-5 | |
165 | (Jr) Jonathan Barrigan | 2-4 | |
165 | (Fr) Nick Allen | ||
175 | (Jr) Rodley Petit | 1-0 | |
175 | (So) Elijah Tulloch | ||
175 | (Sr) Steve Marquez | ||
190 | (So) Marvin Hill | 2-2 | |
190 | (Jr) Reuvin Israeli | 0-1 | |
190 | (Fr) TJ Strom | ||
215 | (So) Abi Andre | 0-4 | |
215 | (So) Ahmed Elmenoufi | 0-1 | |
215 | (Sr) Keandre Francis | ||
Hwt | (So) Isaac Bozarth | 2-9 | |
Hwt | (Fr) Josh Torres | ||
Hwt | (So) Benjamin Lamarre | ||
Hwt | (So) Jonathan Mauro |
550 West Park Avenue
Oakhurst, NJ 07755
(732) 531-5650
(Monmouth County)
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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
Wrestler | Wins |
Jake Benner | 146 |
Kyle Kiss | 139 |
Andrew Van Dyk | 138* |
Jack Nies | 136 |
Zac Coulas | 130 |
Danny Lopes | 125 |
Joey Falco | 118 |
Nick Menditto | 116 |
Zack Hertling | 113 |
Alex Poniros | 111 |
Max Rallo | 107 |
Colton Bigelow | 102* |
Joseph Teresi | 101 |
* - Includes wins at other schools
Van Dyk - Ramapo
Bigelow - St John Vianney