A raucous Great Bridge crowd erupted with each slap of the mat. The Wildcats’ wrestling team, ranked No. 1 in Hampton Roads, led No. 2 Cox by 12 points through eight matches before the tsunami hit.

Roman’s pin — his seventh — pulled Old Bridge to within 16-4. After a split of the next two bouts at 120 and 126 pounds, Raritan ran off four-straight victories and pulled away.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD – The Old Bridge wrestling coaches recently scanned old box scores, and the best they could find was the last Knights win over South Plainfield came in 1996. Now, make that 2023 ...

Old Bridge followed with consecutive pins by Levi Vargas (120), Tyler Sagi (126) and Taofiq Price (132). Daniel Hennessey capped the eight-bout binge with a 5-3 decision.

He's 10-5 with eight pins and a 17-14 win. Logan Roman of Old Bridge wins the 113-pound state wrestling final at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on Saturday, March 4, 2023.

At 165, the sophomore Sousa – who’s been wrestling since middle school – had an impressive performance with three pins. Larkin led off the finals with a fall in 1:35 to claim the title at ...

Rock Bridge wrestling coach Robin Watkins knows how to utilize his voice. In a sport that involves yelling at athletes attempting to contort their bodies and pin an opponent, having constant ...

OLD BRIDGE – When St. Joseph coach Mike Carbone looked at the matchups for Wednesday’s dual against Old Bridge, and with two starters out, he figured the Falcons would need some pins.

Great Bridge head wrestling coach Steve Martin looks on as senior Myrin Nixon competes during a ... (106 by decision), Xavier Kovacs (113 by pin), Tke Egley (120 by pin), Beau Lewis (157 by ...

Then Great Bridge went on a rapid fire, take no prisoner stretch. They won 5 straight matches with first round pins. Those falls came from Jack Sawyer (106), Noah Ortiz (113) and then defending ...

Noah Lawrence (170), Owen Schuller (182) and Jared Williams (195) earned pins for Great Bridge, while Cox’s Aiden Manning knocked off No. 3 Braeden Fluke 7-5 at 220 pounds. Graydon Howard scored ...