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HERE IS ONE MAN'S OPINION OF THE ALL TIME BOUND BROOK WRESTLING TEAM
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 3rd 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 3rd 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 7th as a freshman and 3rd 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 5th 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-3rd 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 5th 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.
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