Bishop Ahr’s Sheedy, O’Connor win Nottingham Tournament titles

Spotswood’s Ejike Okofor was crowned a 182-pound champion, while Bishop Ahr’s Dylan O’Connor (113) and John Sheedy (138) each won individual titles to lead the Bishop Ahr High School wrestling team to a sixth-place finish in Saturday’s Nottingham Invitiational.

Victor Castagno (120), Jack Fleishman (126), Billy Schmidt (145) and Austin Oliver won individual titles for Ridge, which finished fourth as a team.

Spotswood placed eighth in the 14-team field, which Cinnaminson bested with 179 points.

Team scores: 1. Cinnaminson 179, 2. Seneca 132, 3. Rahway 130.5, 4. Ridge 129, 5. Manchester Township 113, 6. Bishop Ahr 105, 7. Westwood Regional 98, 8. Spotswood 60, 9. Plainfield 52, 10. Cherry Hill East 51, 11. Nottingham 47, 12. Oakcrest 35.5, 13. Bishop Eustace 35, 14. Riverside 34.

Finals

106: Joe Manchio (Seneca) p. Brendan Cherrey (Westwood Regional) 0:51; 113: Dylan O’Connor (Bishop Ahr) md. Jack Graff (Seneca) 12-2; 120: Victor Castagno (Ridge) p. Jarrod Averill (Cinnaminson) 4:10; 126: Jack Fleishman (Ridge) p. Ryan Teague (Cinnaminson) 3:06; 132: Devin Jefferson (Rahway) p. Chris Rodriguez (Manville) 3:09; 138: John Sheedy (Bishop Ahr) p. Kyle Birkner (Westwood Regional) 5:57; 145: Billy Schmidt (Ridge) d. Dave Winters (Rahway) 4-1; 152: Samuel Jordan (Seneca) d. Elijah McCoy (Oakcrest) 5-2; 160: Austin Oliver (Ridge) d. Pat Morton (Cinnaminson) 7-2; 170: Evan Goodridge (Rahway) md. Shaun Davila (Cinnaminson) 12-4; 182: Ejike Okafor (Spotswood) d. Steve Baez (Westwood Regional) 10-5; 195: Brandon Gallagher (Westwood Regional) p. Javier Holguin (Manchester) 3:22; 220: Tom Halecki (Cinnaminson) d. Garrett Hulse (Manchester) 2-1; 285: Ryan Swenson (Cherry Hill East) d. Tanner Clifford (Riverside) 3-0.

Third Place

106: Sabri Murray (Rahway) d. Thomas Saulle (Spotswood) 7-3; 113: Isaiah Elias (Cinnaminson) d. Bailey Castro (Manchester Township) 11-5; 120: Zach Wohl (Cherry Hill East) forfeit over Guiseppe Capasso (Bishop Ahr); 126: Mike Elliot (Rahway) forfeit over Geoff Lake (Seneca); 132: Anthony Pencook (Cinnaminson) d. Randy Black (Seneca) 7-3; 138: Roosevelt Jordan (Seneca) md. Phillippe Lovensky (Rahway) 12-2; 145: Alex Funches (Seneca) md. Sean McKay (Westwood Regional) 9-0; 152: Sean Chase (Bishop Eustace) forfeit over Paul Silver (Cinnaminson); 160: Neojoe Lughas (Plainfield) d. Jon Meaney (Manville) 6-4; 170: Zach Grehan (Nottingham) d. Devin Michael (Bishop Ahr) 8-4; 182: Rohan Phillip (Plainfield) md. Nick Guiliano (Bishop Eustace) 9-1; 195: Jordan Rodriguez (Spotswood) p. Adbus Slater (Plainfield) 3:13; 220: Justin Drake (Rahway) t.f. Mo Attie (Ridge) 20-4 (5:30); 285: Keith Swartley (Cinnaminson) d. Rafael Natal (Manville) 1-0.