Bound Brook Wrestling

Excellence Now Konyz Almost Chops Down Giant Tree! It has been a busy spring of wrestling for some Bound Brook wrestlers and numerous wrestlers have garnished honors. On April 27th a group of wrestlers traveled to Manheim Township High School in Pennsylvania to compete in freestyle wrestling. The big match of the day was South Bound Brook’s 170 lb. 8th grader Chris Konyz versus a 255 lb. Manheim wrestler. In a bout for the championship Chris gave a great effort and almost turned the behemoth, before falling victim to a head lock. McGarrett Galvan(3rd) and Stephen Lawrence (4th) also placed in the junior high heavyweight division at Manheim. Gabriel Gleason, Nick Murray and Andrew Flanagan won individual titles, while Jason Gregor placed a strong third. Jason repeated his third place finish a week later at the Bergen Catholic Freestyle tournament. Dave Shubick also placed third, while Andrew Flanagan won his division by besting Alex Caruso of Watchung Hills 8-3. Alex is the son of alumnus Claude Caruso’74. Nick Murray also won while wrestling up in an age division at 117 lbs.

Flanagan Garners Honor Andrew Flanagan received two post-season honors recently when he was ranked as the 17th best freshman/sophomore by Wrestling USA Magazine at 130 lbs. The only freshman ranked ahead of him is Brent Metcalf a Michigan State Champion. He was also rated as New Jersey’s top public school freshman..

RICHMOND, Ind.- A high school wrestling coach who bit the head off a live sparrow at a party with his team served community service rather than face an animal cruelty charge. Aron Bright, a coach and history teacher at Avon High School, could have been sentenced to a maximum one year in prison and a $5,000.00 fine. Bright served a two-week suspension without pay from the school and was suspended as a reserve Cloverdale Police officer. He admitted to biting off the head off the sparrow December 28th at his parents’ home in Centerville while he and some assistant coaches, along with 15 varsity wrestlers, were attending a two-day meet nearby. Bright has said that the incident was “innocent fun” intended to motivate his team. Tell the Sparrow that Coach Ozzy!

Galeta to East Stroudsburg The Intermat Recruiting Service is reporting that Bound Brook senior Brad Galeta will be attending East Stroudsburg University in the fall. Brad is listed to compete at either 125 lbs. or 133 lbs. and joins a large class of recruits brought in by coach Angelo Borzio. The last BBHS wrestler to compete for ESU was Tommy MacMath’77.