Billy Povalac named OW for champion Eagles at Edison Classic

Incumbent state tournament placewinner Billy Povalac, who pinned his was through the tournament, was named Outstanding Wrestler while leading the host school to the team title of Saturday's Edison Classic.

Peter Tomasino (126) and Keith Serio (285) were the Eagles' other individual champion. Edison paced the eight-team field with 118 points, while Manville and Verona finished second with 66 points.

Elias Vega (160) and Farhan Kahn (195) won their respective weight classes for Carteret, while Metuchen's Anthony Maloney was crowned the 220-pound champion and J.P. Stevens' Jair Pittman won the 170-pound title.

Team scores: 1. Edison 118, 2. Verona and Manville 66, 4. Millburn 60, 5. Carteret 56, 6. Metuchen 51, 7. Red Bank Regional 47, 8. J.P. Stevens 44

Finals

106: Dylan Saggio (Millburn) d. Oanes Mahmood (Carteret) 8-0; 113: Brian Kuhlman (Manville) d. Robert Cleary (Edison) 6-5; 120: Fiant Gabrielle md. Bobby Demeter (Manville) 15-3; 126: Peter Tomasino (Edison) over John Cytlar (Millburn); 132: Jack McMahon (Red Bank Regional) d. John Loabrielle (Verona) 6-2; 138: Milton Teixeira (Manville) d. James Halladay (Carteret) 8-3; 145: Billy Povalac (Edison) p. Tom Hinz (Red Bank Regional) 2:59; 152: John Serruto (Millburn) d. Kevin Coleman (Metuchen) 5-1; 160: Elias Vega (Carteret) d. Jeremy Nurnberger (Manville) 3-1; 170: Jair Pittman (J.P. Stevens) p. Alex Robinson (Edison) 2:47; 182: Mark Riggio (Verona) d. Roger Serruto (Millburn) 8-0; 195: Farhan Kahn (Carteret) d. Vlad Torres (Edison) 5-1; 220: Anthony Maloney (Metuchen) p. Kenny Geiger (Red Bank Regional) 1:49; 285: Keith Serio (Edison) d. Joe Maloney (Metuchen) 7-5.

Third Place

106: Jimmy Louson (Verona) d. Ryan Maurath (Edison) 14-7; 113: Mohammed Dhillo (Carteret) p. Finn Smith (Red Bank Regional) 4:37; 120: Aaron Eison p. Lance Vargas (J.P. Stevens) 0:28; 126: Joe Bellentyne (Verona) p. Chris Kwok (Metuchen) 1:37; 132: Kevin Murillo (Manville) p. Tom Annarumna (Metuchen) 0:28; 138: Joe Montuoro (Edison) forfeit over Nate Green (Metuchen); 145: Paul Vargas (J.P. Stevens) p. David Toradze (Millburn) 3:51; 152: Eric Nolan (Edison) over TJ Caswell (Manville); 160: Russell Rivella p. Sam Gladson (Millburn) 3:21;160: Brian Wagner (Verona) p. Gio Iamindize (Red Bank Regional) 5:05; 182: Chris Cuevas p. Sam Marshall (J.P. Stevens) 1:09; 195: Daniel Caivano (Millburn) d. Kyle Puzs (Manville) 5-4; 220: Patrick Paluszek (Verona) over Kim Paul (J.P. Stevens); 285: Michael Tyler (Manville) p. Michael Santana (J.P. Stevens) 2:13.