Woodbridge's Nyers and Brucato place second in the Hopatcong Tournament

Woodbridge High School had five wrestlers finish in the top four at the Hopatcong Tournament on Saturday. The Barrons entered seven wrestlers and had two finalists.

“The guys that were there competed and did pretty well,” Woodbridge coach Michael Carbone said.

READ: Saturday's wrestling tournament results from across the state

In the 220 final, Nick Nyers lost 3-2 to Wayne Valley’s Nick Trani, who is ranked fifth in New Jersey at 195 pounds in the Wrestling Full Circle statewide rankings.

After a scoreless first, Nyers went up 1-0 with an escape in the second period. Trani got a takedown with about 20 seconds left to go up 2-1. Nyers escaped to knot the score at 2-2. Early in the third, Trani escaped for the 3-2 lead.

Nyers tried his best, but just couldn’t get a takedown.

“They went back and forth at each other,” Carbone said. “It wasn’t like they just stared at each other.”

Nyers, who is Woodbridge’s all-time leading tackler as a linebacker, finished 24-12 last season with a third-place finish in the district. Carbone noted that Nyers has improved and “he’s bigger and stronger from last year. He competed real well.”

At 145, Woodbridge junior Joey Brucato made his return after missing all of last season with a knee injury. He gutted out an overtime win in the semifinals and placed second.

Hunter Kiraly (152) and Dominick Zecchino (170) each took third and Sergio Cespedes (160) placed fourth.