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GMC Wrestling Tournament preview and coverage plans

Greg Tufaro
@GregTufaro

MyCentralJersey.com begins coverage of this weekend's Greater Middlesex Conference Wrestling Tournament on Wednesday with an in-depth preview of each of the 14 weight classes including predictions, analysis and individual records for all competitors.

Sports writer Greg Tufaro will blog live from Thursday's tournament seeding meeting at our On the Mat blog beginning around 4:30 p.m. He will post a seeding story ASAP following the meeting's conclusion and a preview of the team race at MyCentralJersey.com.

The two-day tournament at Piscataway High School begins with preliminary round action at 5:30 p.m. Friday and concludes with the finals at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

Live results for all tournament rounds will be posted at On the Mat.

Monroe's Sal Profaci is congratulated by coach Billy Jacoutot after getting a pin against Edison, Wednesday, January 14, 2015, in Edison, NJ.
Jason Towlen/Staff Photographer

Tufaro and colleague Harry Frezza will file multiple stories throughout the tournament, while our team of photographers will provide photo galleries.

Former Old Bridge High School wrestler and current NJSIAA referee Luca Rispoli, the GMC Wrestling Coaches Association's 2012 Media Person of the Year, will blog live play-by-play from the championship bouts.

Following the tournament's conclusion, we will post videos from all 14 tournament finals with former East Brunswick coach Bob Cancro providing play-by-play and NJSIAA wrestling official Stu Kohn providing color commentary.

Be sure to pick up Thursday and Friday's editions of the Home News Tribune and Courier News for tournament preview stories, and look for complete tournament coverage in both papers Saturday and Sunday.