Hunterdon Central High School - Echo Yearbook (Flemington, NJ)

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Varsity Wrestling places second in Group by Dawn Bridenbaugh According to Coach Russ Riegel, the 1982 varsity wrestling team was one of the best teams he's ever coached even though it had one of the worst records C12-71. Riegel commented, The wres- tlers went from a no-name group to the Central Jersey Group IV Cham- pionships and to placing second in all of Group IV. They went from third in the H.C.W.I.T. to the Dis- trict 17 champs. They went from no- where to the top? The Devil team, at its highest, was ranked seventh in the state. The varsity line-up for this year was as follows: 101 - Greg Troisi, 108 - Brian Lowrie, 115 - Tony Malba, 122 - Denis Grady, 135 - Dave Nicoletti, 141 - Fred Herr- mann, l48 - Star Novak, 158 - Todd Patton, 170 - Jim Petrozellif George Paliatsos, 188 - John Hampton, and unlimited - Joe Lentine. Returning letter winners this year were seniors John Hampton, Joe Lentine, Dave Nicoletti, Jim Petro- zelli, and Ed Rehl, junior Denis Grady, and sophomores Tony Malba, Todd Patton, and Steve Winget. After losing to both Voorhees and North Hunterdon during the regu- lar season, the Devils pulled it to- gether and defeated them both to win the District 17 title with 140 team points compared to the 133 and 121 team points accumulated by Voorhees and North respective- ly. Gold medalists for Central were sophomores Greg Troisi, at 101, ju- nior Denis Grady, at 122, and at 158, sophomore Todd Patton. Silver medalists were sophomore Tony Malba, at 115, senior Dave Nico- letti, at 135, and at 141, sophomore Fred Herrmann. The only state winner for Central was Denis Grady. Grady placed third in the States. Mr. Riegel com- mented, Denis had an excellent tournament, he came extremely Back Row: Coach Russ Riegel, Fred Herman. Mark Housman, Stan Novak, Todd Patton, Jim Pctrozelli, George Paliatsos, John Hampton, Joe Lentine, Front Row: Greg Troisi, Bryan Lowrie, Ed Rehl. Tony Malba, Steve Winget, Dennis Grady, Dave Nicoletti close to being the state champion. Looking back over his season, he only lost three matches. Two of the ' HC HCWIT Pl w HC D' t ' t 17 Pl matches he lost by one point, and ,oo-GregTr2c', d ,Qfg,0n,Qf,f,,, one In 107 - Brian Lowr1e3d 101 f Greg Troisi-1 1 l Q . 114 f Tony Malba ls 108 f Bnan Lowrre 3 d State Competltlon, he avenged h15 121 - save w111gc1 211111 115 - Tony M 11111 2 11 . . 128 - Denis Grady 1 12 - Steve Winget two point loss, beating the Neptune 1.11 2 S. N.. 1 1 .1 129 2 Denig Grady Wrestler, 10-47, 123 i I dd1Z.L..1131'i1 li? Q13 .YW 22dd Looking ahead to next year, Mr. H1 2nLjnfv1z'iQh4h :ji fddfj, kid Riegel commented that it's too T PIHCC HCWIT Bid wo- G 11 Pl I 3 dit h 188 - J' P l early to tell, everyone else has tre- 11 141 L 3d ' mendous expectations. We have five T P' D' 7 H weights to fill next year, the same HCM, umm problem that we had this year. It -S1116 1111111111211 . . . 101 - G T ' ' 3 d appears, at this time, that we will be 129 - D221 gfljlyf , good if there are not any unforeseen j Q dd fi' 1,11 97 problems. l HC St U Pl Undoubtedly, asm past years, the 129 - D ' G dy 3 d Devils should have another success- ful season. The underclassmen com- ' ' ' ing up should be able to fill the emp- Q 169 ty spots on the Devil team. '

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Wrestling The 1982 ECHO takes this opportunity to pay tribute to the Class of 1981's Tom Gibble 9 Hunterdon Central's most ac- complished wrestler. His outstanding achievements include the following: Two time state champion 141 lbs.. '79 170 lbs.. '81 Three time state finalist Four time state participant Best Career record 107-6 Best season record 33-0, '81 Most career falls 59 Most falls, season 23 Fastest fall :09 All American i- W 56 C35- WRESTLING HCHS OPP 29 Brick Township 24 22 Highland 26 51 South Hunterdon 12 37 Governor Livingston 12 3rd H.C.W.l.T. 40 Neptune 8 41 Belvidere 12 46 Hackettstown 6 24 North Hunterdon 29 50 P'burg Catholic 9 48 Essex Catholic 12 15 Warren Hills 32 47 Westfield 9 37 Pascaek Hills 13 31 Passaic Valley 24 19 Delaware Valley 23 20 Voorhees 27 24 Cherry Hill East 22 19 Phillipsburg 34 30 Sectionals: Neptune 22 30 East Brunswick 21 34 Groups: Paramus 10 6 Highland 42 168 4... - lx X44 ...nl JV: Back Row: Rick York. Tim Vlefjivney. Glenn Mark. .lim Agresti. Bob Stotoff. Greg Daniel. Keith Comerford. Coach Ken Ciaray. Front Row: Coach Ed Klepcisf. Bill Rehl. Todd llunt. Darrin Alles. Greg Vespc. .leff Sabol. Tom Nladdalena

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