HS Wrestling Wrap: Steinert wins team title at Bart Payne Tournament
Dec 27, 2025
The Steinert High wrestling team continued its strong early-season showing on Friday when it won the Bart Payne Tournament at Haddon Township.
Steinert came in first in the seven-team tournament with 206.5 points. Cinnaminson was second with 164.5.
Individual champions for Steinert were Julian Bijac
zyk (126), Alex Castano (138), Jose Samoyoa Rodas (190) and heavyweight Aiden Constance. The Spartans also got seconds by Matthew Mottola (120), Anthony Ricigliano (132) and Mike Odige (215).
FINALS
106- Mike Graham (Gateway Reg/ Woodbury) 6-0 won by fall over Connor Rowan (Haddon Twp Hgh School) 5-2 (Fall 0:28)113-Caden Rossi (Cherry Hill West) 5-2 won by major decision over Cristian Perales (Paul Vi) 1-1 (MD 18-9)120-Iyon Townsend (Paul Vi) 3-0 won by tech fall over Matthew Mottola (Hamilton East-Steinert) 5-5 (TF-1.5 3:38 (18-2)126-Julian Bijaczyk (Hamilton East-Steinert) 9-1 won by decision over Christian Snyder (Gateway Reg/ Woodbury) 4-2 (Dec 8-4)132-Owen Gardner (Paul Vi) 2-0 won by fall over Anthony Ricigliano (Hamilton East-Steinert) 5-4 (Fall 0:54)138- Alex Castano (Hamilton East-Steinert) 8-2 won by fall over Ryan Marino (Cinnaminson) 8-1 (Fall 1:54)144-Dominic Marino (Cinnaminson) 8-0 won by fall over Stephen Ericsson (Gateway Reg/ Woodbury) 4-3 (Fall 0:53)150-Thomas Andrews (Haddon Twp Hgh School) 6-1 won by fall over Angel Mena-Martinez (Cherry Hill West) 3-2 (Fall 1:17)157-Brady Mokoid (Haddon Twp Hgh School) 6-2 won by major decision over Levi Jander (Cinnaminson) 7-1 (MD 9-1)165-Davi Guimaraes (Cinnaminson) 7-1 won by major decision over Gabe Jones (Cherry Hill West) 7-2 (MD 10-1)175-Clayton Tyson (Cherry Hill West) 3-1 won by tech fall over Jayon Wescott (Cinnaminson) 6-3 (TF-1.5 2:45 (20-2))190-Jose Samayoa Rodas (Hamilton East-Steinert) 9-2 won by fall over Ryan Hee (Paul Vi) 2-1 (Fall 0:45)215-Anthony Jackson (Paul Vi) 3-0 won by fall over Mickhorisky Odige (Hamilton East-Steinert) 7-3 (Fall 0:40)HvyAidan Constance (Hamilton East-Steinert) 7-3 won by fall over Brennan Berger (Haddon Twp Hgh School) 3-5 (Fall 2:52)
EGG HARBOR TOURNEY
There were plenty of highlights for Burlington wrestlers, including first-place showings by Bordentown/Florence’s Hunter Novoa (138), Joseph Hartz (150) and Carter Stumpf (215). Seneca had a strong showing with four individual winners.
Placement Matches
106-1st Place Match – Geno DiJoseph (Cumberland Regional) 9-1 won by tech fall over Johnathan Contravo (Clearview Regional) 3-3 (TF-1.5 0:00 (18-0))3rd Place Match – Greysen Ruhland (Seneca) 4-3 won by fall over Harry Perez-Gonzalez (Absegami) 5-6 (Fall 5:17)5th Place Match – Justin Sudano (Seneca) 2-1 won by tech fall over Robert Kiffer (Bordentown Regional/Florence Township) 3-2 (TF-1.5 5:30 (20-3)113-1st Place Match – Danny Finelli (Seneca) 7-0 won by decision over jayson Garcia (Egg Harbor) 2-1 (Dec 10-4)3rd Place Match – Liam Kisby (Absegami) 8-3 won by decision over DeAnthony Harden (Cumberland Regional) 5-4 (Dec 7-1)5th Place Match – Cole Spence (Haddonfield High Schol) 8-3 won by fall over Bobby Drewnowski (Ocean City) 3-4 (Fall 0:26)120-1st Place Match – Tristan Brown (Absegami) 5-2 won by decision over Avery Padilla (Seneca) 5-2 (Dec 10-5)3rd Place Match – Maruf Reza (Egg Harbor) 2-1 won by major decision over Harrison Carroll (Haddonfield High Schol) 5-5 (MD 13-1)5th Place Match – Adedamola Atoyebi (Williamstown) 2-1 won by fall over David Lopez (Vineland) 1-5 (Fall 1:17)126-1st Place Match – Landon Wright (Clearview Regional) 6-1 won by fall over Kolton Sheppard (Cumberland Regional) 7-2 (Fall 3:52)3rd Place Match – Alexandar Frey (Haddonfield High Schol) 7-3 won by major decision over Austin Gens (Bordentown Regional/Florence Township) 2-4 (MD 9-0)5th Place Match – Lorenzo Evola (Seneca) 3-4 won by fall over Donnie Tharp (Vineland) 3-4 (Fall 2:39)132-1st Place Match – Michael Lamb (Haddonfield High Schol) 13-2 won by fall over Wyatt Tolson (Ocean City) 6-3 (Fall 5:36)3rd Place Match – Ethan Calhoun (Clearview Regional) 3-3 won by major decision over Richie Haase (Holy Cross) 5-7 (MD 14-5)5th Place Match – Joel Acosta (Vineland) 5-4 won by fall over Logan Smith (Cumberland Regional) 6-5 (Fall 3:22)138-1st Place Match – Hunter Novoa (Bordentown Regional/Florence Township) 6-2 won by major decision over Jake Bauer (Seneca) 5-2 (MD 9-1)3rd Place Match – Jayden Hennessy (Williamstown) 6-4 won by decision over Jayden Cinkowski (Vineland) 8-3 (Dec 5-3)5th Place Match – Reed Watson (Ocean City) 4-3 won by major decision over Michael Famelio (Absegami) 8-4 (MD 20-6)144-1st Place Match – Michael Mirassol (Seneca) 7-0 won by fall over Charlie Falco (Haddonfield High Schol) 7-4 (Fall 1:07)3rd Place Match – Randy Delgado (Ocean City) 3-3 won by fall over Killian McGraw (Cumberland Regional) 7-5 (Fall 5:52)5th Place Match – Luke Finnegan (Ocean City) 4-3 won by decision over Ryan Douk (Williamstown) 4-4 (Dec 7-0)150-1st Place Match – Joseph Hartz (Bordentown Regional/Florence Township) 8-0 won by decision over Mark Finelli (Seneca) 5-2 (Dec 8-3)3rd Place Match – Gavin Mensch (Holy Spirit) 8-3 won by fall over Lionel Lertora (Egg Harbor) 1-2 (Fall 5:10)5th Place Match – William Dietz (Haddonfield High Schol) 6-3 won by decision over Luke Bennett (Ocean City) 5-4 (Dec 7-1)157-1st Place Match – Logan Fearnhead (Ocean City) 4-3 won by fall over Chase Williams (Cumberland Regional) 7-2 (Fall 1:18)3rd Place Match – Gabriel Nell (Holy Spirit) 6-5 won by fall over Declan Gaskill (Seneca) 2-6 (Fall 2:47)5th Place Match – Erick Garcia (Williamstown) 3-3 won by fall over Andy Montes-Valentin (Atlantic City) 1-5 (Fall 3:22)165-1st Place Match – Tyler Trovato (Clearview Regional) 4-2 won by decision over Hutch Rhyne (Haddonfield High Schol) 9-2 (Dec 11-4)3rd Place Match – Zarian Cabalo (Ocean City) 6-3 won by decision over Larry Sweeten (Seneca) 3-4 (Dec 11-7)5th Place Match – Marcos Concepcion (Egg Harbor) 3-1 won by decision over David Seeger (Cumberland Regional) 4-6 (Dec 11-7)175-1st Place Match – Nick Schmied (Seneca) 6-1 won by fall over Dominic Schultz (Ocean City) 3-3 (Fall 1:00)3rd Place Match – Julian Malatesta (Clearview Regional) 3-4 won by decision over Christian Solano (Egg Harbor) 2-2 (Dec 10-9)5th Place Match – Aiden Garcia (Williamstown) 5-4 won by major decision over Parker Bawidamann (Haddonfield High Schol) 7-3 (MD 13-3)190-1st Place Match – Aaron Veytsman (Clearview Regional) 6-0 won by fall over Marty Flemming (Seneca) 4-3 (Fall 0:12)3rd Place Match – Karlens Borgart (Williamstown) 3-5 won by fall over Liam Anderson (Vineland) 3-4 (Fall 1:34)5th Place Match – Ralph Hitchner (Cumberland Regional) 2-1 won by fall over Davauhn Petty (Cumberland Regional) 5-4 (Fall 0:51)215-st Place Match – Carter Stumpf (Bordentown Regional/Florence Township) 5-2 won by major decision over Gianni Fuentes (Absegami) 3-7 (MD 13-0)3rd Place Match – Evan Olson (Seneca) 3-3 won by medical forfeit over Matt Nieves (Vineland) 4-3 (M. For.)5th Place Match – Steven Williams (Cumberland Regional) 8-3 won by fall over Nathan Wurzburger (Holy Cross) 0-5 (Fall 0:51)Hvy- Pat Degnan (Seneca) 2-0 won by fall over Logan Kennedy (Williamstown) 4-3 (Fall 1:10)3rd Place Match – Krish Jaswal (Williamstown) 2-1 won by fall over Nick Wurzburger (Holy Cross) 6-6 (Fall 2:56)5th Place Match – Luke Landis (Clearview Regional) 2-4 won by decision over Shiloh Pressley (Absegami) 2-5 (Dec 5-1)
HOLMDEL TOURNEY
Hamilton High’s Daniel Figueroa won the 157-pound weight class when he posted a major decision over John Yannarielo of Toms River North in the finals.Immaculata captured the team title with 209.5 points, followed by host Holmdel and Toms River North in the next three spots. Hamilton came in ninth out of 13 teams.
Finals
106- Forest Rose (Immaculata) 10-2 won by fall over Logan Placca (Holmdel) 2-1 (Fall 2:51)113- Sayan Rao (Holmdel) 2-0 won by decision over Lucas Loffredo (Immaculata) 7-2 (Dec 7-4)120- Anthony Lopez (Immaculata) 9-0 won by fall over Trevor Doremus (Shore Regional) 9-2 (Fall 2:26)126- Ryan Goldstein (Immaculata) 10-2 won by tech fall over Kamore Tyler (Neptune) 2-1 (TF-1.5 3:43 (17-0))132-Owen Brackett (Raritan) 3-0 won by major decision over Dean Cuiffo (Matawan) 8-4 (MD 10-1)138- Dylan Placca (Holmdel) 3-0 won by decision over Derek Sutphen (Immaculata) 2-1 (Dec 4-0)144-Nate Keller (Immaculata) 9-2 won by tech fall over Christian Reyes (Holmdel) 2-1 (TF-1.5 5:51 (18-2)150-Nicholas Paulino (Holmdel) 3-0 won by major decision over Christopher Gifford (Shore Regional) 9-2 (MD 11-1)157- Daniel Figueroa (Hamilton West) 7-0 won by major decision over John Yannariello (Toms River North) 9-2 (MD 13-3)165-Trevin Highton (Immaculata) 8-1 won by fall over Giacobe Manon (Raritan) 2-1 (Fall 2:56)175-Gregory Aronne (Raritan) 3-0 won by fall over Gerald Miller (Barnegat) 9-1 (Fall 3:33)190- Alexander Reyes (Holmdel) 3-0 won by tech fall over James Mauti (Toms River North) 10-1 (TF-1.5 2:18 (21-6)215-Paul Boyle (Scotch Plains Fanwood) 8-0 won by decision over Ajibola Oshin (Matawan) 6-5 (Dec 7-2)Hvy- Kacper Trzeciak (Sayreville High School) 8-0 won by decision over Jaraiya Jean (Neptune) 3-1 (Dec 7-4)
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