Higland Park seventh in Ewing Blue Devil Classic

Sam Guerrero (126) and Jose Ruiz (132) each reached the finals, but both lost to opponents from team champion Rancocas Valley in the Blue Devil Classic at Ewing High School on Saturday.

Highland Park finished seventh in the nine-team tournament, which Rancocas Valley won with 188 points. Guerrero dropped a 2-1 decision to top-seeded Blake Rogers, while top-seeded Pedro Hernandez pinned Ruiz in 1:13.

Team scores: 1. Rancocas Valley 188, 2. Ewing 163, 3. Pennsville 142, 4. Holmdel 140.5, 5. Lawrenceville Prep 93, 6. Keyport 80.5, 7. Highland Park 79, 8. Lawrence 78, 9. New Egypt 48.

Finals

106: Alex Erven (Keyport) d. Liam Burke 3-0; 113: Teddy Smith (Keyport) p. Mitch Smith (Pennsville) 1:41; 120: Pat Ammirati (Holmdel) d. Eric Cole (Rancocas Valley) 6-0; 126: Blake Rogers (Rancocas Valley) d. Sam Guerrero (Highland Park) 2-1; 132: Pedro Hernandez (Rancocas Valley) p. Jose Ruiz (Highland Park) 1:13; 138: Dan Trevino (Rancocas Valley) d. TJ Haefner (New Egypt) 11-4; 145: Jake Verga (Law) p. Chris Ammirati (Holmdel) 1:34; 152: Lavinsky Collins (Ewing) p. Paul Codjoe (Lawrenceville Prep) 1:49; 160: Randy Wyshinski (Pennsville) p. Dylan Pescatore (New Egypt) 3:48;170: Joe Raine (Pennsville) d. Alin Achim (Rancocas Valley) 5-3; 182: Mondyson Mentor (Ewing) d. Garrett Hilsheimer (Holmder) 3-1 OT; 195: Tristan Ryan (Ewing) d. Ryan Jang (Rancocas Valley) 4-2 OT; 220: Brian Ramsaier (Keyport) d. Abdel Emara (Ewing) 8-6; 285: Henry Flannery (Lawrenceville Prep) p. Mark Rogers (Ewing) 1:24.

Third Place

106: Gabe Dollard (Rancocas Valley) p. Wayne Staub (Ewing) 1:20; 113: Abhay Sampat (Holmdel) p. Justin Featherson (Lawrence) 0:46; 120: Jacob Smigelski (Pennsville) d. Sean Walsh (Keyport) 12-5; 126: Troy Gallo (Holmdel) d. Zak Carpenter (Pennsville) 8-6; 132: Scott Dupont (Holmdel) p. Jasiri Wynn (Rancocas Valley) 4:37; 138: Johnny O’Beirne d. Patrick Smith (Ewing) 6-4; 145: Stephen Ettinger (Ewing) p. Daquan Jackson-Swoope (Rancocas Valley) 2:49; 152: Niko Rogers (Pennsville) p. Louay Elsakr (Holmdel) 4:07; 160: Nick Shupin (Lawrenceville Prep) p. Joel Annya (Rancocas Valley) 3:24; 170: Will Kuenne (Lawrenceville Prep) d. SJ Merhi (Holmdel) 12-8; 182: Kamil Zander (Law) p. Kenny Harrigan (Keyport) 1:53; 195: Kevin Bobb (Pennsville) forfeit over Dylan Boynton (Highland Park); 220: Joel Pennoh (Rancocas Valley) p. Brandon Sherman (Pennsville) 3:29; 285: Dalton Luz (Ewing) p. John Biernacki (Pennsville) 3:30.