Ridgewood Junior Wrestling

Congratulations to the Dual Team!

The RJW Dual Team recently completed its 1^st season in the new Northern New Jersey Youth Wrestling League (NNJYWL). Combined with its performance at the Montville Dual Tournament (where RJW finished in 3^rd place), the RJW Dual Team finished the season at 10-9.  That is a huge accomplishment for a team with such a young line-up that competed in an ultra-competitive league featuring the very best teams across all of Northern New Jersey.  The team also competed very strongly locally defeating all but 1 Bergen county team in head to head dual meets throughout the season.

Competing on a dual team takes an exceptional amount of commitment to the team and RJW program as it requires travel and time. Wrestlers show great courage in facing tough opponents in order to help their team. RJW would like to thank all of our wrestling participants and their parents for being a part of our dual team this season. We would also like to especially thank Coach McElroy for leading the effort.

Congratulations to all dual team participants and the individuals recognized below for their accomplishments in the dual meets:

Team Captains: Jimmy Probert & Stuart McElroy

Participants- Participated in an RJW Varsity Dual:

Jimmy Probert, Colin Calvetti, Stuart McElroy, Kieran Calvetti, Michael Malozemov's , Luke Chakonis, Joe Bussinelli, Anthony Vaccarella, David Hammerle, Sean Emmanuel, Michael Bussinelli, Hayden Blair, Jack Sharma, Teddy McCarthy, Thomas Park, Christopher Fyock, Lucas Sharma, Nico Nardone, Yunte Trattner, Shane Trattner, Jonathan McGinty, Philip Micale, A.J. Tretola, Jeffrey Deiss, Henry Doscher, Colin Roche, Jason Santucci, Evan Rosenfeld, Andrew Joel

Dual Team Warriors - Showed great commitment, toughness and loyalty to the team in wrestling in at least 11 RJW dual meets:

Jimmy Probert, Colin Calvetti, Stuart McElroy, Kieran Calvetti, Michael Malozemov's, Hayden Blair, Luke Chakonis, Anthony Vaccarella, David Hammerle, Sean Emmanuel, Michael Bussinelli, Christopher Fyock, Lucas Sharma, Joseph Bussinelli

Individual Records - Top overall records with a minimum of 8 matches

Jimmy Probert (18-1), Colin Calvetti (15-3), Stuart McElroy (13-3), Kieran Calvetti (12-3), Michael Malozemov's (12-4), Luke Chakonis (11-1), Joe Bussinelli (9-6), Anthony Vaccarella (8-3), David Hammerle (8-5), Sean Emmanuel (8-6), Michael Bussinelli (8-7), Jack Sharma (7-2), Teddy McCarthy (5-3)

Team Points - Scored the most team points for RJW 

Jim Probert (83), Colin Calvetti (72), Luke Chakonis (63), Kieran Calvetti (61), Michael Malozemov's (59), Stuart McElroy (56)

NNJYWL League Tourney -Placed in the highly competitive NNJYWL end of season Tournament

4th Place: Kieran Calvetti, Stuart McElroy, Anthony Vaccarella

5th Place: Jim Probert

7th/8th Place: Colin Calvetti

District 5 Tourney Results

RJW had a strong showing in last weekend’s District 5 Tourney with over 2/3rds of RJW entrants placing in the tournament. Wrestlers finishing in the top 2 have qualified for this Sunday’s region tournament in Hackensack. Congratulations to all participants for making the effort and these place-winners:

1st place:  Joey Ross (8U), Ted McCarthy (10U), Charles Klein (10U), Mikey Kaufman       (10U), Philip Micale (12U), Colin Calvetti (12U), Michael Malozemov (12U), Kieran Calvetti (12U), Anthony Vaccarella (12U), Will Sofka (12U), Colin Roche (14U), Stuart McElroy (14U), Jimmy Probert (14U)

2nd Place:  Hayden Blair (10U), Jack Sharma (10U), Dave Tashian (10U), Joe Bussinelli (12U), Chris Fyock (12U), Shane Trattner (12U), Lucas Sharma (12U)

3rd Place:  Michael Bussinelli (12U), Ryder Langsdale (12U)

4th Place: John McGinty (8U), Hayden Rogers (10U)

Ken Garbadian Novice Tourney Results

Congratulations to all participants in the Ken Garbadian Novice Tourney on 2/15 and the following medal winners:

1^st Place - Jack Rau (10U), Mason Klarin (12U), Jonathan Oriente (10U)

2nd Place - Ryan Bognar (10U), Lance Lawida (10U)

3^rd Place - Jonathan McGinty (8U), Tommy Gammer (10U), Josh Patton (10U), Rylan Loftus (12U)

4th Place – Hudson Feeney (8U), Colin Lake (10U)

 

Wade Schalles Clinic

This week RJW wrestlers will have an opportunity to learn from Wade Schalles who some consider as the “world’s greatest wrestler.” Coach Schalles is in the Guinness Book of World Record for having the most wins and pins of anyone who has ever competed and has pinned more NCAA and World Champions than any other wrestler in history. He is a world champion, 2x NCAA Champion, and 4x Pennsylvania State College Champ where he won the outstanding wrestler award all 4 years.  He has had great success as a coach and parent in teaching children to be successful professionals, good citizens and great wrestlers.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn from 1 of the world’s all time best!

 

RJW Social & Fundraiser this Friday at 7:30 pm 

Fri 16 Jan @ Knights of Columbus, 31 South Broad Street, Ridgewood at 7:30pm

This fun and enjoyable evening is our biggest fundraiser! Your contribution is very important to help ensure the sustainability of the RJW program and to fund the cost of guest individual instructors, needed equipment, additional wrestling opportunities and many other important RJW initiatives. Our goal is to raise $5,000 and we aim for 100% participation! 

We would love volunteers to bring an appetizer or dessert.  We will have beer and wine.  Suggested donation is $100 per couple!  Please RSVP to Joanne Trattner at joannetrattner@gmail.com     

 

Skip Bailey Results

This weekend several RJW wrestlers competed at the Skip Bailey Tournament in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. Congratulations to all participants in making this effort and to the following place-winners:

First Place:  Jack Sharma (10U), Colin Calvetti (12U), Michael Malozemov (12U), Anthony Vaccarella  (12U), Will Sofka (14U)

Second Place:  Stuart McElroy (14U) 

Third Place:  David Hammerle (12U), Sean Emmanuel (12U), Colin Roche (14U)

 Fourth Place:  Chris Fyock (12U), Michael Bussinelli (12U)

 

Year End Video

It is a tradition at the year-end banquet to show a video containing video clips and photos from the season. The content of the video comes from all of you. Please email a video clip of your son's best move on the mat. Please make sure the clip is less that 12 seconds as each year we receive up to 80 clips. Also, please send any candid photo shots of coaches, parents, or wrestlers some of which will be worked into the year-end video. Please send the videos, photos, etc. to Paul Calvetti at paul.calvetti@gmail.com.

Register for State Qualifiers

 

For those of you who intend to compete at any of the state qualifiers, there are two important changes this year:

• All registrations (with payments) are performed online
• There are NO WALK-ONS on the day of the tournament

The link to register for any of the qualifiers is here:

 

http://www.usawnj.org/page/show/1500472-2015-scholastic-championships 

 

If you plan to compete in next week's qualifier, make sure you use this link to register.   Please contact a coach to determine suitability based on experience level or if you have any other questions.

NOTE:  If you don't already have a USA Card, you can purchase one while you register.