Delbarton School's wrestling team showcased a strong performance on the opening day of the NJSIAA Individual Wrestling Championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on March 6, 2025.

Out of the 14 wrestlers participating, the Green Wave have nine heading to the quarterfinals, while 4 are battling in the westlebacks beginning tomorrow morning.  

Advancements to Quarterfinals:

• 106 pounds: PJ Terranova secured his spot in the quarterfinals with a technical fall victory in the opening round followed by 5-1 decision in the pre-quarterfinals.  PJ faces #2 Killian Coluccio in the quarterfinals.

• 113 pounds: Top-seeded Cameron Sontz continued his dominant season by winning the preliminary round and pre-quarterfinals both by technical fall.  Cam will face #8 Dom Digiacomo in the quarterfinals.

• 120 pounds: Fifth-seeded Tommy Marchetti advanced with a technical fall in his opening round, followed by a major decision in pre-quarters.  His next opponent is #13 Joseph Pellicci.

• 132 pounds:  Returning champion Ryan DeGeorge won his opening round by techfall before winning a close pre-quarterfinal with a 9-5 decision.  Ryan faces #11 Santino Danise tomorrow in the quarters.

• 138 pounds: Top-seeded Chase Quenault earned two tech fall wins to open the tournament, 19-4 and 18-3.  Chase will face #9 Gideon Gonzalez in the quarterfinal with a possible rematch against Carson Walsh looming if both make it through to the semifinal.

• 144 pounds: Nick Schwartz, in his first state tournament, won his opening match by pinfall, before securing a close 7-5 decision.  Nick will face #3 Luke Geleta in the quarterfinals.

• 150 pounds: Jayden James continued his undefeated season with two easy victories, both by pinfall and under 40 seconds each.  In the quarterfinals, Jayden faces #8 Joseph Ruiz.

• 165 pounds: Two-time champion Alessio Perentin easily won both of his matches by techfall.  Alessio faces #8 Cole Pangborn in the quarters tomorrow.

• 190 pounds: CJ Betz opened with a pin, followed by a techfall win 21-6.  CJ faces #4 Tanner Hodgins in a tough matchup tomorrow.

Wrestleback Bracket:

• 157 pounds: Trevor Jones won his first match 18-3 TF before dropping his pre-quarterfinal match 4-2.  Trevor will start in 2nd round of wrestlebacks tomorrow morning.

• 175 pounds: Jesse DeNegri dropped his opening match in a close 2-0 contest, but battled back hard to win his first wrestleback 9-6 to advance to second round.
   
• 215 pounds: Elbrus won his first match before dropping a 4-2 decision in the pre-quarters.  Elbrus will continue on in wrestlebacks starting in round two tomorrow.
   
• 285 pounds: August Moser opened with a victory before losing by pinfall in the pre-quarters.  Auggie will look to rebound tomorrow in round two of wrestlebacks.

A special shoutout to freshman Braden Jones, who battled hard in two of his matches, but unfortunately was eliminated after a second loss today.  Braden had an amazing freshman season, going 18-13, a district title and a region region title!