The "Michaels" (Ferrante and Campanaro) joined Robbie Bohr as repeat Northwest League (6th grade and under) champions Saturday at Wallkill Valley High School, leading Long Valley to a 4th place League finish. Ferrante and Bohr earned their 2nd consecutive League titles, while Campanaro recorded his 3rd in a row.
Joining the trio in the finals was Colin Loughney, ultimately placing 2nd. The Wolfpack entered 14 wrestlers in the tournament, placing a total of 12 wrestlers in the top eight:
52: Michael Hare 8th
55: Dean Muttart 5th
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58: Mike Ferrante 1st
61: Mike Campanaro 1st
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64: Anthony Pesatore 4th
70: Evan Turner 5th
76: Colin Loughney 2nd
80: Robbie Bohr 1st
85: Erich Diehl 6th
90: Matthew Borgia 5th
95: Grayson Apgar 3rd
125: Ryan Loughney 5th
Also this weekend, Marco Gaita and Matt Liberato joined Dan Kern and Grayson Dolan as the Wolfpack's youth state tournament qualifiers with 3 more qualification opportunities to go. Gaita placed 1st in his qualifying tournament, while Liberato dropped a tough 1-0 decision in finals to place second.
The Tri-County team tournament was postponed a week because of the inclement weather, so the Wolfpack will complete it's season this coming weekend when the Tri-County team and Future Stars wrestlers pursue individual and team tournament championships.
