Bound Brook Wrestling

BOUND BROOK’S ALL TIME WRESTLING TEAM

AS OF 2017

First Team  

106     Joe Zelasney- 2x State Champion and Outstanding Wrestler in 1960. Beat two State Champions to win one of his State titles.

113      Don Ridley-State Champion 1955

120    Craig Delacruz-2x State Champion 2013-14 and placed fourth as a freshman. Transferred to Summit High School for his senior year where he placed second in the State.

126      George Mulligan-2x State Runer Up 1950-51. Went on to become a NCAA All American at Rutgers University

132      Pete Schyuler-State Champion 1977- Runner up to Darryl Burley his senior year, went on to place 3^rd in the NCAA’s at Lehigh.

138      Mario Gentile-2x State Champion 1958-59. Bound Brook’s first 3x time State place winner when he placed 3^rd in 1957. Voted to the Star Ledger’s all 1950 team and accepted a full scholarship to the Maryland.

145      Sal Amato-2x State Champion 1953-54. Went on to wrestle at Maryland and become a 2x ACC Champion and Captain of the team. He competed in the 1957 NCAA Championships.

152      Andrew Flanagan 2x State Champion 2004-05. The winningest wrestler in New Jersey in 2005. Was a four time place winner. Placed in the top 12 at NCAA’s as freshman while wrestling for Harvard.

160      Stephan Glasgow 2x State Champion in 2016 and 2017. Defeated a 2x State Champ to win his second title. Was also a runner-up in 2015. Placed top three in the Powerade twice. Was a four time County and District Champion and 3x Region Champion. Accepted a full scholarship to wrestle at Rutgers. 

170      Mekhi Lewis 2x State Champion in 2016 and 2017 as well as the co-outstanding wrestler in the 2017 tournament. Defeated a State Champion to win his second title. He also placed 7^th as a freshman and 3^rd as a sophomore. Won the Powerade his senior year and placed second his junior year. 4x District and Region Champion. Accepted a full scholarship to Virginia Tech.

182      George Walton State Champion in 2017 and placed third in the State in 2016. Was also a two time Powerade Champion and three time County Champion. Accepted a scholarship to Old Dominion. 

195      Andrew Campolattano 4x State Champion (2008, 09,10 & 11). Winningest wrestler and most pins in the history of New Jersey in 2011. Final record of 178-1.

220      Mike Sandusky- State Champion 1953. Went on to be a NCAA All American in wrestling and football at Maryland. Named to the Pittsburgh Steelers all time team as a offensive lineman after a nine year career in the NFL.

285      Chris Knapp-2x State Finalist 2000-01. Upset two wrestlers who beat him previously that season to make the finals in 2000. Was ranked as high as 5^th in the nation his freshman year for the Montclair State wrestling team.

Second Team

(As of 2017)  

106     Louis Tullo- 2x State runner-up who placed 2nd in the State at 106 in 1957 and  2nd in the State at 115 in 1958. 

113     Bob Mizerek-Was a State runner-up in 115 in 1956 losing by a referee's decision to a Union wrestler whose assistant coach happened to be one of the referees that day. Bob went on to start the Montclair State wrestling program as a wrestler and then coach Montclair and Rutgers-Newark wrestling and mens and woman's tennis. He is the winningest coach in the history of Rutgers University and is in the Bound Brook, Montclair State and Rutgers-Newark and National Wrestling Hall of Fame.

120     Andrew Uhrlass-3^rd State of New Jersey 2000. 7-14 as a freshman and placed third after a controversial removal of the match tying point in the semi-finals. Placed 5^th in the EIWA’s his freshman year at Rutgers University.

126     Charlie Dellaperuta-Placed third in State in 1953 at 130 Lbs.  He went on to attend and wrestle for the United State Naval Academy. He ended up getting his Silver Wings in the Air Force and served our country in Vietnam retiriring from the military in 1980 at  the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He sold Lear Jets for a living and then built and opened the Green Brook Car Wash.

132    Nick Murray-A 2x place winner Nick placed 3rd in the State in 2006 and was the runner-up in 2007. He won a staggering 148 matches in high school and accepted a wrestling scholarship to Virginia Tech.

138    Steve Novack- State Champion 1956.

145    Robbie Cleary- A 2x State place winner, he placed 7th in 2016 for Edison High School and then placed third for Bound Brook in 2017. He was a four time District and County Champion and 4x State qualifier. He accepted a wrestling scholarship to Rutgers Univerisity.

152     Dick Whited- A State Champion 1954. He went on to compete for Lehigh and started for three years and competed in the 1955 NCAA Championships.

160     Charlie Welch- Is a 2x State place winner Charlie placed fourth at 157 in 1956 and second at 168 in 1957.  He attended Montclair State where he wrestled with Bound Brook Hall of Famer Bob Mizerek and took second in the Metropolitans. 

170    Josh Ugalde- A 3x State place winner and 2x State runner up. Josh won every tournament he ever entered in high school at least once and accepted a full scholarship to the University of Maryland.

182     William Zydiak- State Champion 1937. Bound Brook’s first State Champion. Went on to Virgina Tech, which at the time was know as VPI. He was undefeated for three years at VPI.

220    Mike Johnson- A two time placewinner and three time Region Champion. Mike placed fifth in the State in 2013 and fourth in the State in 2014. He accepted a wrestling scholarship to Cal Poly.

285    Tom Sinibaldi-2x State place winner when he placed fourth in 1965 and third in 1966. He lost to the legendary Pete Jilleba of Madison both times including a 3-2 overtime loss his junior year. He went on to play football at the University of Maryland and then coached wrestling and taught in the Red Lion school district in Pennsylvania.