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Headed into 2020, our Panthers had just one senior on the team but that didn’t stop them from finding plenty of success while gaining valuable experience to bring into next winter.
Coach Ryan Rooney said:
“The beginning of the year duals and tournaments serve as a learning experience for many of our inexperienced wrestlers and this year was no exception for Park wrestlers. This year the team opened the season at the
toughest tournament in the country, the Beast of the East.
This was a great test for our athletes as our wrestlers combined for a 7-9 record. That said, we had competitive matches with state and nationally ranked wrestlers which built our confidence out of the gate.
At the Anthony Casselli Invitational, Park was able to crown one champion, the lone Senior, Jon Estivene. Additionally, Freshman Mayson Harms was a runner-up, as we had seven total place winners and placed fourth as a team.
The Panthers also wrestled a competitive dual meet schedule going 10-9 this season. The dual meet season was highlighted by our dual victory at Roselle Park Middle School on Throwback Night as we competed on the stage for the first time since 1963. We were able to upset visiting Somerville by a score of 43-33. Additionally, the team traveled to West Virginia and placed 6th at the prestigious WSAZ tournament in our division, and 16th place overall out of 103 teams with one finalist and two place winners.”
2020 Highlights:
A-NICE PANTHER INVITATIONAL 4TH PLACE | UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT 4TH PLACE | NORTH II GROUP I STATE SECTION QUARTER-FINALISTS | WSAZ 6TH PLACE | DISTRICT 13 3rd PLACE | 4 DISTRICT FINALISTS | 2 DISTRICT 13 CHAMPIONS | 7 REGION 4 QUALIFIERS
2 NJSIAA STATE QUALIFIERS – MAYSON HARMS (120) | PATRICK NEVINS (152)
Tournament Champions:
District 13 Champion – Mayson Harms (30-10) | Union County and District 13 Champion – Patrick Nevins (21-4) | Anthony Casselli Invitational Champion – Jon Estivene (24-11)
Medals:
District 13, 3rd place – Matthew Griffin | Anthony Casselli Invitational, 4th Place – Justin Llizo | Anthony Casselli Invitational, 2nd place, Union County, 3rd place, WSAZ, 3rd place and Region 4, 4th place – Mayson Harms | Union County, 4th place and District 13, 2nd Place – Angel Mejia | Union County, 3rd Place and District 13, 2nd Place – Julian Colon | WSAZ, 2nd place and Region 4, 3rd Place – Patrick Nevins | Union County and District 13, 2nd Place – Jon Estivene | Anthony Casselli Invitational and District 13, 3rd place – David Torres.
“The coaching staff are proud of the 2019-20 wrestling team for their willingness to accept the challenges and persevere through adversity that led to yet another successful season of PARK WRESTLING!” said Rooney.