Live results from Day 1 of the Bergen County Wrestling Tournament
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For the first time in more than two years, wrestling champions were crowned in Bergen County.
This year's BCCA George Jockish Tournament looked a little different, being held in late January with seven weight classes on Saturday and seven weight classes on Sunday.
Follow along all day with live results from the first seven weight classes of the 2022 tournament at Hackensack High School. Wrestling begins at 10 a.m.
ACHIEVEMENT: Brothers join rare group with titles at Bergen County Tournament
CHAMPION: Last-second reversal lifts Bergen Catholic wrestler to gold
Day 1 Team Scores
Bergen Catholic 156 points. St. Joseph 146. Paramus Catholic 100. Don Bosco 85. New Milford 59. River Dell 48. Paramus 41. 5. Westwood 41.5. Northern Highlands 36. Demarest 34. Pascack Hills 34. Ramsey 34. Ridgewood 33. Fort Lee 32.5. Hasbrouck Heights 32. Pascack Valley 29. Indian Hills 28. Rutherford 28. Mahwah 27. Lodi 24. Lyndhurst 23. North Bergen 23. Ramapo 23. Bogota/Ridgefield 21. Emerson/Park Ridge, 21. Old Tappan 21. Fair Lawn 16. Hackensack 15. Leonia/Palisades Park 15. Cresskill 14. Dumont 13. Elmwood Park 8.5. Garfield 8. Becton/Wood-Ridge 7.5. Tenafly 6. Saddle Brook 4. Waldwick/Midland Park, 2. Bergenfield, 0. Cliffside Park/Ridgefield 0. Glen Rock 0.
Finals
106 pounds: Brian Melamud (Bergen Catholic) Maj-Dec Vincent Paino (St. Joseph), 16-6.
113 pounds: Dylan Ross (Paramus Catholic) Tec-Fall Malik Asfour (Lodi), 15-0, 4:12.
120 pounds: Donny Almeyda (St. Joseph) Dec Mason Ketcham (Don Bosco), 7-4.
126 pounds: Aidan Wallace (Bergen Catholic) Dec Joe Manno (St. Joseph), 3-1 (UTB).
132 pounds: Ryan Ford (Bergen Catholic) Dec Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah), 5-1.
138 pounds: Alex Almeyda (St. Joseph) Tec-Fall Jake Wacha (Demarest), 24-9, 5:33.
144 pounds: Christopher Bacchioni (Bergen Catholic) Dec Zachary Ballante (Paramus Catholic), 3-2.
Third place matches
106 pounds: Devin Ryan (New Milford) Dec Chris Hong (Paramus), 7-0.
113 pounds: Evan Cabrera (North Bergen) Def Chris Nucifora (Bergen Catholic).
120 pounds: Adam Albino (Bogota/Ridgefield Park) Medical Forfeit Taisei Kurachi (River Dell).
126 pounds: Daniel Hong (Paramus) Dec Ryan Hartung (New Milford), 11-6
132 pounds: Mateo Sgambellone (St. Joseph Regional) Fall George Hufnagel (Paramus Catholic), 0:48
138 pounds: Stefano Bruni (Ramapo) Medical Forfeit Louden Mazzeo Emerson, NJ (Emerson/Park Ridge).
144 pounds: Brendan Connolly (Northern Highlands) Dec Austin Yalowitz (Fort Lee), 10-5.
Semifinals
106 pounds
Brian Melamud (Bergen Catholic) Fall Devin Ryan (New Milford), 2:42.
Vincent Paino (St. Joseph) Dec Chris Hong (Paramus), 8-7.
113 pounds
Dylan Ross (Paramus Catholic) Tec-Fall Evan Cabrera (North Bergen), 16-0, 6:00.
Malik Asfour (Lodi) Dec Chris Nucifora (Bergen Catholic), 12-7.
120 pounds
Mason Ketcham (Don Bosco) Medical Forfeit Taisei Kurachi (River Dell).
Donny Almeyda (St. Joseph) Fall Adam Albino (Bogota/Ridgefield Park), 3:02.
126 pounds
Joe Manno (St. Joseph) Maj-Dec Ryan Hartung (New Milford), 14-4.
Aidan Wallace (Bergen Catholic) Dec Daniel Hong (Paramus), 5-2.
132 pounds
Ryan Ford (Bergen Catholic) Fall George Hufnagel (Paramus Catholic), 0:29.
Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah) Fall Mateo Sgambellone (St. Joseph), 4:46.
138 pounds
Alex Almeyda (St. Joseph) Medical Forfeit Louden Mazzeo (Emerson/Park Ridge).
Jake Wacha (Demarest) Maj-Dec Stefano Bruni (Ramapo), 11-3.
144 pounds
Christopher Bacchioni (Bergen Catholic) Fall Brendan Connolly (Northern Highlands), 4:53.
Zachary Ballante (Paramus Catholic) Dec Austin Yalowitz (Fort Lee), 5-2.
Quarterfinals
106 pounds
Brian Melamud (Bergen Catholic) Tec-Fall Charles Shaddow (Ridgewood), 20-5, 2:08.
Devin Ryan (New Milford) Maj-Dec Jonathan Rotolo (Old Tappan), 14-4.
Chris Hong (Paramus) Maj-Dec Evan Krakower (River Dell), 13-5.
Vincent Paino (St. Joseph Regional) Fall Jake Demeester (Garfield), 1:01.
113 pounds
Dylan Ross (Paramus Catholic) Fall Conner Sklavounos (Westwood), 3:47.
Evan Cabrera (North Bergen) Dec Anthony Cummings (Hasbrouck Heights), 10-3.
Malik Asfour (Lodi) Fall Kieran McNeil (Lyndhurst/North Arlington), 2:22.
Chris Nucifora (Bergen Catholic) Fall Devin Longaker (Elmwood Park), 1:54.
120 pounds
Taisei Kurachi (River Dell) Dec Anthony Tardibuono (Rutherford), 4-2.
Mason Ketcham (Don Bosco) Dec Noah Kochman (Bergen Catholic), 4-2.
Donny Almeyda (St. Joseph) Maj-Dec Joseph Cappello (Paramus Catholic), 16-8.
Adam Albino (Bogota/Ridgefield Park) Dec Jerzey Ryan (New Milford), 9-4.
126 pounds
Joe Manno (St. Joseph) Dec Noah Martin (Pascack Valley), 3-1.
Ryan Hartung (New Milford) Dec Abraham Zaretsky (Paramus Catholic), 6-5.
Daniel Hong (Paramus) Dec Brian Vargas (Hackensack), 6-4 (SV).
Aidan Wallace (Bergen Catholic) Fall Greg Hadoulis (Leonia/Palisades Park), 1:51.
132 pounds
Ryan Ford (Bergen Catholic) Fall Noah Krakower (River Dell), 2:19.
George Hufnagel (Paramus Catholic) Dec Jeremy Quezada (Dumont), 4-2.
Mateo Sgambellone (St. Joseph) Tec-Fall Logan Garcia (Don Bosco), 15-0, 5:46.
Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah) Maj-Dec Christian Fojon (Ramsey), 11-2.
138 pounds
Stefano Bruni (Ramapo) Medical Forfeit Joe Cangro (Bergen Catholic).
Jake Wacha (Demarest) Maj-Dec Jake Sheiner (Fair Lawn), 13-3.
Louden Mazzeo (Emerson/Park Ridge) Dec Max Unger (Pascack Hills), 10-8.
Alex Almeyda (St. Joseph) Tec-Fall Thomas Malone (Ridgewood), 17-2, 2:07.
144 pounds
Christopher Bacchioni (Bergen Catholic) Fall Connor Scuilla (Hasbrouck Heights), 1:55.
Brendan Connolly (Northern Highlands) Fall Benjamin Garcia (Don Bosco), 1:03.
Austin Yalowitz (Fort Lee) Dec Eddie Ortiz Jr. (Lyndhurst/North Arlington), 9-4.
Zachary Ballante (Paramus Catholic) Dec Jacob Herninko (Rutherford), 3-1.
Round of 16
106 pounds
Charles Shaddow (Ridgewood) Maj-Dec Anthony Lavezzola (Westwood), 8-0.
Jonathan Rotolo (Old Tappan) Fall Mark Calderio (Fair Lawn), 0:41.
Devin Ryan (New Milford) Fall Kyle Von Seidelmann (Hasbrouck Heights), 1:56.
Chris Hong (Paramus) Fall Preston Montague (Paramus Catholic), 3:49.
Evan Krakower (River Dell) Maj-Dec Derek Bauernschmidt (Bogota/Ridgefield Park), 15-2.
Jake Demeester (Garfield) Dec Chris Weaver (Indian Hills), 12-8.
Vincent Paino (St. Joseph Regional) Fall Ryan Haynes (Don Bosco Prep), 0:46.
113 pounds
Dylan Ross (Paramus Catholic) Maj-Dec James Sloan (St. Joseph Regional), 10-0.
Conner Sklavounos (Westwood) Fall Anthony Landi (Bogota/Ridgefield Park), 4:39.
Anthony Cummings (Hasbrouck Heights) Fall Joe Langschultz (New Milford), 0:57.
Evan Cabrera (North Bergen) Fall Daniel Olivo (Old Tappan), 1:49.
Kieran McNeil (Lyndhurst) Fall Colin Burns (Ridgewood), 0:51.
Malik Asfour (Lodi) Dec Marco Alarcon (Don Bosco Prep), 8-2.
Devin Longaker (Elmwood Park) Dec Ghali Chah (Becton Reg/Wood Ridge), 6-1.
Chris Nucifora (Bergen Catholic) Dec Anthony Cadicina (Ramsey), 7-0.
120 pounds
Taisei Kurachi (River Dell) Maj-Dec Andrew Zwernemann (Demarest), 13-3.
Anthony Tardibuono (Rutherford) Fall Ryan Cortez (Garfield), 5:41.
Noah Kochman (Bergen Catholic) Fall Ryan Armstrong (Leonia/Palisades Park), 0:47.
Mason Ketcham (Don Bosco) Tec-Fall Van Schoening (Ramsey), 16-0 4:26.
Donny Almeyda (St. Joseph Regional) Fall Jake Farrington (Emerson/Park Ridge), 0:51.
Joseph Cappello (Paramus Catholic) Fall Tyler Dimone (Hasbrouck Heights), 0:31.
Jerzey Ryan (New Milford) Fall Amir Algabyali (Northern Highlands), 5:14.
Adam Albino (Bogota/Ridgefield Park) Dec Patrik Rendon (Fort Lee), 9-8.
126 pounds
Joe Manno (St. Joseph) Tec-Fall Matt Robertelli (Don Bosco), 21-5, 2:51.
Noah Martin (Pascack Valley) Fall Vincent Keeler (Rutherford), 2:30.
Abraham Zaretsky (Paramus Catholic) Dec Patrick Cahill (Pascack Hills), 2-1.
Ryan Hartung (New Milford) Dec Luke Stein (Cresskill), 7-4.
Brian Vargas (Hackensack) Maj-Dec Kubrick Hilton (Demarest), 16-6.
Daniel Hong (Paramus) Tec-Fall Anthony Rambaldi (Westwood), 17-2, 2:46.
Greg Hadoulis (Leonia/Palisades Park) Dec Konnor Kovalcik (Indian Hills), 6-4. (SV).
Aidan Wallace (Bergen Catholic) Tec-Fall Luis Salomon (Becton/Wood-Ridge), 16-0, 3:49.
132 pounds
Ryan Ford (Bergen Catholic) Fall Jonathon Cherba (Paramus), 1:16.
Noah Krakower (River Dell) Fall Nick Savariego (Pascack Valley), 3:58.
Jeremy Quezada (Dumont) Dec George Binikos (Tenafly), 12-8.
George Hufnagel (Paramus Catholic) Fall Sharbel Nicolas (Pascack Hills), 2:30.
Logan Garcia (Don Bosco) Dec Andrew DiGia (Old Tappan), 5-2.
Mateo Sgambellone (St. Joseph) Maj-Dec Sid Hamburger (Cresskill), 12-2.
Christian Fojon (Ramsey) Fall Kenny Brouwer (Emerson/Park Ridge), 3:15.
Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah) Fall AJ Tretola (Ridgewood), 1:46.
138 pounds
Joe Cangro (Bergen Catholic) Fall Declan Jaeger (Old Tappan), 5:22.
Stefano Bruni (Ramapo) Fall Brady Dransfield (Indian Hills), 0:59.
Jake Sheiner (Fair Lawn) Fall Aaron Kim (Waldwick/Midland Park), 1:45.
Jake Wacha (Demarest) Dec Sutter Totaro (New Milford), 6-2.
Louden Mazzeo (Emerson/Park Ridge) Dec Zach Herninko (Rutherford), 6-4.
Max Unger (Pascack Hills) Dec Jacob McCoy (Northern Highlands), 4-3.
Thomas Malone (Ridgewood) Fall Tayo Amusan (Westwood), 1:59.
Alex Almeyda (St. Joseph) Fall Dylan Mullen (River Dell), 3:33
144 pounds
Christopher Bacchioni (Bergen Catholic) Fall Michael Lombardo (Elmwood Park), 1:23.
Connor Scuilla (Hasbrouck Heights) Dec Dimitri Rainey (Indian Hills), 4-2.
Benjamin Garcia (Don Bosco) Fall Alexander Naddeo (St. Joseph), 1:43.
Brendan Connolly (Northern Highlands) Fall Tyler Nisler (North Bergen), 0:57.
Austin Yalowitz (Fort Lee) Dec Gavin Seiler (Westwood), 5-3.
Eddie Ortiz Jr. (Lyndhurst/North Arlington) Dec Randall Gonzalez-Manzanero (Paramus), 5-3.
Jacob Herninko (Rutherford) Maj-Dec Michael Frangos (Pascack Hills), 13-2.
Zachary Ballante (Paramus Catholic) Dec Zach Cetera (Dumont), 8-2.
Opening Round
106 pounds
Anthony Lavezzola (Westwood) Dec Omar Asfour (Lodi), 6-2.
Mark Calderio (Fair Lawn) Dec Evan Mcginnity (Hackensack), 8-6.
Preston Montague (Paramus Catholic) Maj-Dec Evan McNeil (Lyndhurst/North Arlington), 16-3.
Jake Demeester (Garfield) Maj-Dec Brayden Morgan (Pascack Valley), 9-0.
Ryan Haynes (Don Bosco Prep) Fall Zach Lizzi, (Dumont), 4:57.
113 pounds
James Sloan (St. Joseph Regional) Fall Matthew Mertz (Dumont), 0:42.
Conner Sklavounos (Westwood) Fall Matt Daniels (Pascack Hills), 3:03.
Anthony Landi (Bogota/Ridgefield Park) Fall Ethan Camacho (Hackensack), 0:53.
Anthony Cummings (Hasbrouck Heights) Fall Kyle Davis (Demarest), 1:32.
Joe Langschultz (New Milford) Fall Peter Binikos (Tenafly), 3:25.
Daniel Olivo (Old Tappan) Dec Joey Fulco (Ramapo), 7-1.
Colin Burns (Ridgewood) Fall John Allmers (Pascack Valley), 2:20.
Marco Alarcon (Don Bosco Prep) Fall Nico Nucifora (Indian Hills), 2:15.
Malik Asfour (Lodi) Fall Davian Gekman (Glen Rock), 0:10.
Ghali Chah (Becton Reg/Wood Ridge) Dec Gabrielle Artizzone (Garfield), 6-5.
Devin Longaker (Elmwood Park) Tec-Fall Nick Kelly (River Dell), 16-1 5:54.
Anthony Cadicina (Ramsey) Fall Matt Constante (Emerson/Park Ridge), 3:53.
120 pounds
Andrew Zwernemann (Demarest) Fall Kyle Semone (Tenafly), 2:31.
Ryan Cortez (Garfield) Dec Justin Morrissey (Old Tappan), 8-6.
Anthony Tardibuono (Rutherford) Fall Ibraheem Khan (Bergenfield), 0:25.
Ryan Armstrong (Leonia/Palisades Park) Fall Jorge Jara (Cliffside Park/Ridgefield), 1:56.
Van Schoening (Ramsey) Fall Matt Merlino (Ramapo), 3:05.
Jake Farrington (Emerson/Park Ridge) Fall Brody Bogues (Fair Lawn), 1:26.
Tyler Dimone (Hasbrouck Heights) Fall Christian Kovalcik (Indian Hills), 3:09.
Amir Algabyali (Northern Highlands) Maj-Dec Eric Reznikov (Glen Rock), 10-1.
Patrik Rendon (Fort Lee) Fall Athan Stamis (Pascack Hills), 6:00.
126 pounds
Joe Manno (St. Joseph) Fall Andrew Ivanovski (Saddle Brook), 2:44.
Matt Robertelli (Don Bosco Prep) Fall Kristian Hernandez (Ramsey), 3:55.
Noah Martin (Pascack Valley) Fall Anthony Digiacomo (Northern Highlands), 0:44.
Vincent Keeler (Rutherford) Fall Ryan Hoza (Glen Rock), 1:36.
Patrick Cahill (Pascack Hills) Fall Sean Lee (Garfield), 1:01.
Abraham Zaretsky (Paramus Catholic) Fall James Ramundo (Cliffside Park/Ridgefield), 3:33.
Luke Stein (Cresskill) Dec Hayden Blair (Ridgewood), 4-0.
Ryan Hartung (New Milford) Fall Ryan Mastrofilipo (Lodi), 1:56.
Brian Vargas (Hackensack) Fall Sam Hur (Fort Lee), 1:20.
Kubrick Hilton (Demarest) Fall Derek Rodriguez (Bogota/Ridgefield Park), 5:24.
Daniel Hong (Paramus) Fall Guy Ben-Sadigh (Fair Lawn), 0:42.
Anthony Rambaldi (Westwood) Tec-Fall Derek Fermin (Hasbrouck Heights), 16-1, 3:08
Greg Hadoulis (Leonia/Palisades Park) Fall Tiko Chintedza (Tenafly), 0:52.
Konnor Kovalcik (Indian Hills) Fall Sam Bodnar (Old Tappan), 3:19.
Luis Salomon (Becton/Wood-Ridge) Tec-Fall Colin Fowler (Waldwick/Midland Park), 19-4, 4:11.
Aidan Wallace (Bergen Catholic) Fall Ori Young (Ramapo), 2:41.
132 pounds
Jonathon Cherba (Paramus) Fall Andrew Parente (Hasbrouck Heights), 2:51.
Nick Savariego (Pascack Valley) Fall Nathan Quinones (Bergenfield), 5:50.
Noah Krakower (River Dell) Fall Matteo Martinez (Garfield), 0:51.
George Binikos (Tenafly) Fall Anthony Leone (Glen Rock), 4:36.
Jeremy Quezada (Dumont) Dec Natan Tsyrlin (Fair Lawn), 7-2.
Sharbel Nicolas (Pascack Hills) Fall Elad Fronimos (Leonia/Palisades Park), 0:54.
George Hufnagel (Paramus Catholic) Fall Enzo Russo (Saddle Brook), 3:49.
Logan Garcia (Don Bosco) Fall Justin Dario (Northern Highlands), 1:13.
Andrew DiGia (Old Tappan) Fall Ziv Goldenberg (Demarest), 3:55.
Mateo Sgambellone (St. Joseph) Fall Tommy Kousis (Westwood), 4:12.
Sid Hamburger (Cresskill) Fall Yandel Mateo (New Milford), 1:41.
Christian Fojon (Ramsey) Fall Nicholas Castaneda (Lodi)
Kenny Brouwer (Emerson/Park Ridge) Fall Gabe Alcocer (Elmwood Park), 0:41.
AJ Tretola (Ridgewood) Fall Brandon Dimase (Becton Reg/Wood Ridge), 3:16.
Ryan Kozdra (Mahwah) Fall Gio Blake (Hackensack), 1:40.
138 pounds
Declan Jaeger (Old Tappan) Dec Andy Beras (Bergenfield), 9-5.
Brady Dransfield (Indian Hills) Fall Max Greenberg (Ramsey), 2:43.
Stefano Bruni (Ramapo) Fall Alex Guerriero (Paramus), 2:38.
Jake Sheiner (Fair Lawn) Fall Agustin Grillo (Glen Rock), 0:18.
Aaron Kim (Waldwick/Midland Park) Dec Mike Kozdra (Mahwah), 10-9.
Jake Wacha (Demarest) Fall Ben Grater (Saddle Brook), 5:48.
Sutter Totaro (New Milford) Dec Logan Cantone (Don Bosco), 3-1.
Zach Herninko (Rutherford) Dec Antonio Cedeno (Pascack Valley), 7-4.
Max Unger (Pascack Hills) Fall Kevin Silva (Lyndhurst), 1:53.
Jacob McCoy (Northern Highlands) Fall Marco Greco (Hackensack), 3:12.
Thomas Malone (Ridgewood) Fall Jordan Twiss (Tenafly), 3:05.
Tayo Amusan (Westwood) Dec Jake Urso (Dumont), 8-2.
Dylan Mullen (River Dell) Fall Jona Kim (Cresskill), 2:44.
144 pounds
Michael Lombardo (Elmwood Park) Dec Jacob Moskovitz (Mahwah), 8-7.
Connor Scuilla (Hasbrouck Heights) Fall Ethan Barrow (Ramsey), 1:35.
Dimitri Rainey (Indian Hills) Fall Ryan Carlson (Pascack Valley), 2:23.
Alexander Naddeo (St. Joseph Regional) Fall Martin Coombes (Emerson/Park Ridge), 0:31.
Benjamin Garcia (Don Bosco Prep) Maj-Dec Liam Osder (Demarest), 9-0.
Tyler Nisler (North Bergen) Fall Nick Rotolo (Old Tappan), 4:20.
Brendan Connolly (Northern Highlands) Fall Paul Mielke (Bergenfield), 0:19.
Austin Yalowitz (Fort Lee) Fall Andrew Zimmerman (Glen Rock), 1:08.
Gavin Seiler (Westwood) Fall Matt Lantigua (Fair Lawn), 4:56.
Eddie Ortiz Jr (Lyndhurst) Fall Cavan Hughes (River Dell), 1:56.
Randall Gonzalez-Manzanero (Paramus) Dec Pablo Villa (Hackensack), 7-0.
Jacob Herninko (Rutherford) Fall Jason Brantly (Ramapo), 1:44.
Michael Frangos (Pascack Hills) Dec Gabriel Nunez (Bogota/Ridgefield Park), 5-2.
Zach Cetera (Dumont) Fall Jordan Coffee (Teaneck), 3:13.
Zachary Ballante (Paramus Catholic) Fall Matthew Pacheco (Lodi), 2:37.
Round of 64
126 pounds
Andrew Ivanovski (Saddle Brook) Fall Paul Coombes (Emerson/Park Ridge), 0:29.
Sam Hur (Fort Lee) Fall Brian Alvarez (North Bergen), 2:48.
This article originally appeared on NorthJersey.com: Bergen County Wrestling Tournament: Live results from Day 1
