Daily
Record 1/18/05
By Joe Hofmann
Par
Hills wrestler rockets to Top 5 after injury rehab
Note:
The following article is a reprint from the Daily Record. Writer
Joe Hofmann comments Par Hills wrestler Tom Corigliano's recent
comeback from injury. he edged out top-ranked Mike Trippler of Morristown
4-3. Colonial teammate Danny Tomblin came back from being down 6-1
to beat state qualifier Jack McNeil 10-7
Parsippany
Hills’ Tom Corigliano was injured and had been unable to wrestle
this year.
But
the 135-pounder came back with a bang on Saturday.
Corigliano
scored a pair of big victories and ascended to the top of the Daily
Record’s weekly Top 5 individual area rankings.
Corigliano
knocked off Morris Knolls’ Matt Herr, 4-3, and Morristown’s
Mike Trippler, 3-1, in his return.
Corigliano
is no stranger to heroic efforts. Last year, he won big IHC-Hill
smatches against both Hanover Park and Mendham with pins.
He
finished second in District 9, won a match at Region 3 and then
lost twice to end his season.
He
figures to go a lot further this winter.
“He’s
making steady improvement,“ Vikings coach Matt Ciampa said.
“He didn’t have a strong background. He missed time
in midgets and is catching up. He’s improved a lot on top.
“One
good thing about Tom is it doesn’t matter how he is perceived
by anyone else. He’ll work every time he shows up to practice.
He’s not one to rest on his laurels. He is always trying to
improve. He is one of the hardest workers I have ever had.”
A
Rey of hope
Hopatcong
is rebuilding, but Zach Rey seems ready to make a run at the state
tournament. Rey was one victory away from being an All-American
in freestyle last summer and has continued to thrive on the mat.
He beat Roxbury’s returning state qualifier, Mike Cancelliere,
7-3 on Saturday.
Rey
went into District 2 last year with six wins, wound up beating Randolph’s
Mike Garone and Dover’s Matt Adams, and placed second to Morris
Knolls’ Adrian Rivas. Rey was eliminated from Region 1 by
Kittatinny’s Nik Lasso.
“At
the end of last year, he started to figure it out,” Chiefs
coach Eric Fajerman said. “He did things naturally with his
hips. Plus, he is as strong as an ox. We knew if he stuck with it,
he’d be good. He is still pretty raw. We think he can go to
the states.”
Last
summer, Rey won the Ohio Tournament of Champions, a modified takedown
tournament, over about 40 wrestlers in his weight class.
Transfer
update
Randolph
is set to welcome former Blair Academy 171-pound standout Jared
Platt soon, according to four different people associated with Randolph
and one with Blair.
Platt
was fifth at the Ironman Tournament in Ohio and won the prestigious
Bethlehem Tournament in December. He could not be reached last night.
Noteworthy
results
Mount
Olive’s Justin Vetrini came down from 112 and is knocking
on the door of being ranked at 103. … West Morris’ Jeremy
Adickes (140) wrestled well before losing to Scotch Plains’
Pat Mineo, 5-4. Butler’s Robert Bowman (now up to 135) majored
Montville’s tough Nick Gaetta, 11-3.
Hanover
Park’s Pete Latino had one of the best days of anyone at the
Randolph duals Saturday, recording three pins. He saved his best
victory for last, flattening Randolph’s talented Rob Garone
in 29 seconds. Latino also pinned West Morris’ Adam Hodge
in 2:49 and Scotch Plains’ Chris Pflaum in just 15 seconds.
…
Morris
Knolls Dan Herr enters the fray at No. 5 at 112 pounds. He took
returning state qualifier Jack McNeil of Parsippany Hills into overtime
Saturday before losing, 6-4. McNeil then lost a 10-7 verdict to
Morristown’s Dan Tomblin. Herr majored Tomblin on the same
day, 13-2.
Boonton’s
Matt Regan (152) re-enters the rankings with a 6-4 victory over
Mountain Lakes Dan Brennan.
Dover’s
Carlos Escobar (Hwt.) beat Parsippany’s Kevin Hussey, 5-3,
and then knocked off Kinnelon’s Tyler Blumenthal, 3-0.
Madison’s
Nico Somers beat Pequannock’s Andrew Miller, 10-7, in a matchup
of the area’s two highest-ranked 215-pounders. Roxbury’s
Donald Bennett (135) pinned Mount Olive’s Eric DiColo in 4:33.
Parsippany’s
Mike Adams, up from 215, beat Hanover Park heavyweight Tom Ottaiano,
7-2.
Hanover’s
Dario Marcelli beat Jefferson’s John Barnnet, 4-3.
Lenape
Valley’s D.J. Russo pinned Sparta’s Mike Roselle in
3:43.
Pope
John’s Eli Blahut beat Newton’s John Connelly, 7-3.
Correction:
Last week, Sparta’s Phil Takacs was listed with the 135-pounders,
when, in fact, it was teammate Travis Helmlinger who was meant to
be listed. My bad. Neither of them made the cut this week. …
Area
rankings
103:
1. Ryan Fikslin (Roxbury); 2. Jon Fennell (Mendham); 3. Paul Grogan
(Lenape Valley); 4. Frank Perrelli (Delbarton); 5. Ben McNeil (Parsippany
Hills).
112:
1. John Paxos (Roxbury); 2. Tyler Milonas (Jefferson); 3. Nick Serritella
(Hanover Park); 4. Jack McNeil (Parsippany Hills); 5. Dan Herr (Morris
Knolls).
119:
1. Mike Grey (Delbarton); 2. Sean Quigley-Shann (Mount Olive); 3.
James Anest (Boonton); 4. Kyle Bieg (Randolph); 5. Matt McClusky
(Mendham).
125:
1. Trevor Melde (Delbarton); 2. Dario Marcelli (Hanover Park); 3.
John Barnett (Jefferson); 4. Tom Mikolay (Lenape Valley); 5. Paul
Galipeau (Parsippany Hills).
130:
1. Mike Eagen (Morris Knolls); 2. Ken Monarque (Jefferson); 3. Matt
Olivo (Lenape Valley); 4. Nick Freda (Mendham); 5. Eli Blahut (Pope
John).
135:
1. Tom Corigliano (Parsippany Hills); 2. Robert Bowman (Butler);
3. Mike Trippler (Morristown); 4. Craig Kennedy (Parsippany); 5.
Matt Herr (Morris Knolls).
140:
1. Dan Vallimont (Jefferson); 2. Alex Conover (Mendham); 3. Ryan
Webb (Randolph); 4. Frankie Davis (Madison); 5. Colin Esposito (Roxbury).
145:
1. Ryan McCabe (Kinnelon); 2. Jionni LaValle (Hanover Park); 3.
Will Spaziani (Hopatcong); 4. Mike Farina (Morris Knolls); 5. Joe
Capaccio (Dover).
152:
1. Dan DiColo (Mount Olive); 2. Joe Troise (Hanover Park); 3. Kyle
Wrobleski (Lenape Valley); 4. Josh Pettit (Randolph); 5. Matt Regan
(Boonton).
160:
1. McPaul Ogbonna (Hanover Park); 2. Larry Rizzo (Morris Knolls);
3. Cliff Dawkins (Dover); 4. Joe Fritzky (Lenape Valley); 5. Pete
Hornung (West Morris).
171:
1. D.J. Russo (Lenape Valley); 2. Frank Fioretto (Randolph); 3.
Mike Roselle (Sparta); 4. Andrew Barnish (Boonton); 5. Steve Clarke
(Roxbury).
189:
1. Ryan Davidson (Randolph); 2. Colin Nagy (Lenape Valley); 3. Matt
Rathbun (Boonton); 4. Tom Bartku (Dover); 5. Kevin Johnson (Kinnelon).
215:
1. Nico Somers (Madison); 2. Andrew Miller (Pequannock); 3. Mike
Cancelliere (Roxbury); 4. Mike Adams (Parsippany); 5. Steve Galli
(Montville).
Hwt.:
1. Zach Rey (Hopatcong); 2. Tom Ottaiano (Hanover Park); 3. Zach
Walsh (Morris Knolls); 4. Pete Zamirski (Sparta); 5. George Suarez
(Boonton).
For
corrections and/or discussion (not whining), contact Jhofmann@gannett.com.
Gannett
State Rankings
103:
1. Ryan Fikslin (Roxbury); 2. Patrick Hunter (South Plainfield);
3. Dan Kelly (Delaware Valley); 4. Bob Dabal (North Bergen); 5.
Joe Trouse (Bergen Catholic).
112:
1. John Trumbetti (St. Joseph-Montvale); 2. Matt Pagan (Bishop Ahr);
3. Kyle Packer (Cherokee); 4. John Paxos (Roxbury); 5. Tyler Milonas
(Jefferson).
119:
1. Mike Grey (Delbarton); 2. Jim Conroy (South Plainfield); 3. Voris
Tejada (Cherokee); 4. Sean Quinn (Southern); 5. Sean O’Grady
(St. Peter’s Prep).
125:
1. Chris Notte (Holy Cross); 2. Trevor Melde (Delbarton); 3. Matt
Rizzo (Lakewood); 4. Will Livingston (Kittatinny); 5. Frank Molinaro
(Southern).
130:
1. Cory Dunn (Rutherford); 2. Darrion Caldwell (Rahway); 3. Bryan
Tracy (Paulsboro); 4. Dan Lopes (Ocean); 5. Brandon Stillo (Phillipsburg).
135:
1. Nick Orio (Eastern); 2. Joe Bubenheimer (Woodbridge); 3. Sal
Tirico (Lodi); 4. Steve Mineo (Scotch Plains); 5. Oscar Orellana
(Lakewood).
140:
1. Dan Vallimont (Jefferson); 2. Alex Conover (Mendham); 3. Bobby
Flegal (Absegami); 4. Dan Tramontozzi (Kittatinny); 5. Scott Winston
(Jackson).
145:
1. Derek Sickles (Bergen Catholic); 2. Tom Fazio (Lakeland); 3.
Tom Scotton (Willingboro); 4. Tony Palmieri (Camden Catholic); 5.
Ryan McCabe (Kinnelon).
152:
1. Andrew Flanagan (Bound Brook); 2. Alex Caruso (Watchung Hills);
3. Tom Spellman (Kittatinny); 4. Phil Black (Absegami); 5. Chuck
Martel (Paulsboro).
160:
1. Scott Giffen (Eastern); 2. Randy Moore (Camden Catholic); 3.
Dave Richmond (Warren Hills); 4. Kyle Kiss (Ocean Twp.); 5. Pat
Hogan (Cranford).
171:
1. Frank Dugan (Passaic Valley); 2. Angelo DiLeo (Seton Hall Prep);
3. Brandon Griffin (Riverside); 4. Mark Peiffer (Overbrook); 5.
Nick Parisi (Marlboro).
189:
1. Vince Jones (Winslow Twp.); 2. Shane Mallory (New Providence);
3. Mike Toomey (Kingsway); 4. Chris Jones (Piscataway); 5. Matt
Clancy (South Brunswick).
215:
1. Ian McCleaf (Pemberton); 2. Dave Zabriskie (High Point); 3. Keith
Dobish (Lodi); 4. Paul Zemanik (Buena); 5. Kevin Malast (Manchester).
Hwt:
1. Dennis Landolt (Holy Cross); 2. Eric Sewell (Hackensack); 3.
Rab Ragona (West Milford); 4. Roy Dragon (Bridgewater); 5. Demetrius
Hester (Paulsboro).
Gannett
New Jersey Top 20
1.
Kittatinny
2.
Camden Catholic
3.
Absegami
4.
South Plainfield
5.
Ocean
6.
Southern
7.
Jackson
8.
Paulsboro
9.
Bergen Catholic
10.
Hunterdon Central
11.
High Point
12.
Delaware Valley
13.
Phillipsburg
14.
Wall
15.
Winslow
16.
Kingsway
17.
Eastern
18.
Rancocas Valley
19.
Raritan
20.
Hanover Park
Joe
Hofmann can be reached at
jhofmann@gannett.com or (973) 428-6674.
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