Two of the nation’s top high school wrestling teams will renew their rivalry when No. 9 Blair Academy visits No. 5 Delbarton on Thursday night in Morristown.
It will mark the fifth straight season that the nationally-ranked programs will meet since their first encounter in 2020. Blair has won all four match-ups, including the last two that were decided on the final bout at heavyweight.
The two programs enter the contest with a combined 10 wrestlers ranked nationally by FloWrestling.
Other than the first-ever meeting between the schools on Jan. 11, 2020 in Blairstown in which the Warren County boarding school dominated 56-6, the last three encounters have been decided by just 14 points as Delbarton has clearly closed the gap in recent years.
Last winter, Blair erased a deficit entering the final bout to pull off a 30-25 win at home. And in 2023, the Bucs secured a 26-24 win on the road.
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It will be a classic chess match on Thursday with full strategy on display between Delbarton coach Bryan Stoll and Blair coach Ross Gitomer.
Here’s a look at the projected match-ups for the fifth-annual classic. The Delbarton wrestler is listed first.
106 pounds
No. 14 P.J. Terranova vs. Eddie George/Anthony Curlo
113 pounds
No. 6 Cam Sontz vs. No. 7 Mike Batista
120 pounds
Tommy Marchetti vs. No. 1 Leo DeLuca
126 pounds
Braden Jones vs. No. 8 Vincenzo Anello
132 pounds
Ryan DeGeorge vs. Ellis Kirsch
138 pounds
No. 16 Chase Quenault vs. Weston Borgers
144 pounds
Nick Schwartz vs. Vedwin Nivas
150 pounds
No. 2 Jayden James vs. Ryan Meier
157 pounds
Trevor Jones vs. Joseph Schinder
165 pounds
No. 4 Alessio Perentin vs. Barry Norman, Jr.
175 pounds
Jesse DeNegri vs. No. 2 William Henckel
190 pounds
CJ Betz vs. Peter Snyder
215 pounds
Elbrus Majagah vs. Mark ‘MJ’ Scialla
285 pounds
August Moser vs. TJ Kellas
