It was a great day for Don Bosco Prep, when two varsity lacrosse players committed to university teams on National Signing Day.
Seated in photo are: Andrew Parrilla - Rutgers University - Midfield
Zachary Fox - Wagner University - Defense
It was a great day for Don Bosco Prep, when two varsity lacrosse players committed to university teams on National Signing Day.
Seated in photo are: Andrew Parrilla - Rutgers University - Midfield
Zachary Fox - Wagner University - Defense
Don Bosco Prep administration, coaches and parents gathered for the signing of two of its varsity baseball players, who are committing to nationally ranked teams.
Seated in photo are: Joseph McNamara - Lehigh University - pitcher (from Wyckoff)
Eric Stevens - Boston College - pitcher (from Pompton Lakes)
Standing in photo: Don Bosco Prep Athletic Director Nunzio Campanile, Don Bosco Prep Principal John Stanczak, and New DBP Head Baseball Coach Mike Stanton, former Yankee pitcher.
Don Bosco Prep administration, coaches and parents gathered for the signing of two of its varsity baseball players, who are committing to nationally ranked teams.
Seated in photo are: Joseph McNamara - Lehigh University - pitcher (from Wyckoff)
Eric Stevens - Boston College - pitcher (from Pompton Lakes)
Standing in photo: Don Bosco Prep Athletic Director Nunzio Campanile, Don Bosco Prep Principal John Stanczak, and New DBP Head Baseball Coach Mike Stanton, former Yankee pitcher.
National Signing Day - 10 Student Athletes commit to Division 1 Colleges and Universities- 24 seniors to play college football next year. Congratulations to all the players!!!
National Signing Day - 10 Student Athletes commit to Division 1 Colleges and Universities- 24 seniors to play college football next year. Congratulations to all the players!!!
Congratulations Ironman Swim Team! The DBP Swim Team claimed first place in the NJTCC Swimming Championship.
The team was undefeated in regular season dual meets and won first place in the Bergen County Swimming Championships
Congratulations Ironman Swim Team! The DBP Swim Team claimed first place in the NJTCC Swimming Championship.
The team was undefeated in regular season dual meets and won first place in the Bergen County Swimming Championships
The Record
STAFF WRITER
TOMS RIVER – The match already had been sewn up three bouts earlier, but the Don Bosco bench remained calm and focused Sunday.
After going down to the final bout on the road in each of their State sectional matches, it was as if the Ironmen needed proof that they actually were the Non-Public A wrestling champions.
But when that proof finally came, out poured the emotions.
Sal Mastriani pinned in 4:19 at 140 pounds to clinch the match and Frank Mattiace closed it out with a 3-2 decision in the final bout at 160 to give the Ironmen a convincing 45-15 victory over St. Augustine and the first Non-Public A championship in program history.
The bench, which had been calm throughout the Mattiace bout, exploded with wrestlers thrusting their arms in the air, leaping into one another’s arms and coaches hugging in the center of the mat.
"It felt amazing to get the chance to close the deal," Mastriani said, a huge smile lighting up his face.
"This was six years in the making," Bosco coach Nunzio Campanile said. "It was tremendously gratifying to see all their hard work pay off."
Bosco is the first team other than Camden Catholic to win the Non-Public A title since Bergen Catholic won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. The Ironmen reached the State final in 2007, losing to Camden Catholic, 32-25.
Seniors Jason Dack and Chris Dombroski are the only two starters returning from that team, and Sunday they each came away with a win to put their mark on the championship trophy.
Dombroski followed up Mastriani’s clinching pin by beating Paxton Burgin in two overtimes, 6-2, at 145, and Dack came back with a tough 2-0 victory over Connor Donahue at 152 for his 99th career win.
"This one is definitely going to be more memorable than my 100th," Dack said. "Because the State championship is all that I want. I couldn’t ask for more."
Eddie Johnson, who won the final bout a week ago in Bosco’s 25-24 victory over St. Joseph, got the Ironmen off to a great start with a 12-4 major decision over Thomas Abbot at 171.
Back-to-back forfeits at 189 and 215 by St. Augustine and a tough 8-6 victory by Kurt Schmitz at 285 gave the Ironmen a 19-0 lead. And they never looked back.
Billy Reardon, Joe Orecchio and James Dawson also won as the Ironmen heeded the words Campanile had been spouting all week and made their mark on school history.
"It feels great to be the first," Dombroski said. "When we finally knew we had the win, it was a feeling of relief."
"We were so concentrated on just getting down here," Campanile said. "These guys were great at focusing on one match at a time. I was proud of how well we wrestled as a team. That was as good a performance as we’ve put together top to bottom all year."
E-mail: schutta@northjersey.com
TOMS RIVER – The match already had been sewn up three bouts earlier, but the Don Bosco bench remained calm and focused Sunday.
After going down to the final bout on the road in each of their State sectional matches, it was as if the Ironmen needed proof that they actually were the Non-Public A wrestling champions.
But when that proof finally came, out poured the emotions.
Sal Mastriani pinned in 4:19 at 140 pounds to clinch the match and Frank Mattiace closed it out with a 3-2 decision in the final bout at 160 to give the Ironmen a convincing 45-15 victory over St. Augustine and the first Non-Public A championship in program history.
The bench, which had been calm throughout the Mattiace bout, exploded with wrestlers thrusting their arms in the air, leaping into one another’s arms and coaches hugging in the center of the mat.
"It felt amazing to get the chance to close the deal," Mastriani said, a huge smile lighting up his face.
"This was six years in the making," Bosco coach Nunzio Campanile said. "It was tremendously gratifying to see all their hard work pay off."
Bosco is the first team other than Camden Catholic to win the Non-Public A title since Bergen Catholic won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. The Ironmen reached the State final in 2007, losing to Camden Catholic, 32-25.
The Record
STAFF WRITER
TOMS RIVER – The match already had been sewn up three bouts earlier, but the Don Bosco bench remained calm and focused Sunday.
After going down to the final bout on the road in each of their State sectional matches, it was as if the Ironmen needed proof that they actually were the Non-Public A wrestling champions.
But when that proof finally came, out poured the emotions.
Sal Mastriani pinned in 4:19 at 140 pounds to clinch the match and Frank Mattiace closed it out with a 3-2 decision in the final bout at 160 to give the Ironmen a convincing 45-15 victory over St. Augustine and the first Non-Public A championship in program history.
The bench, which had been calm throughout the Mattiace bout, exploded with wrestlers thrusting their arms in the air, leaping into one another’s arms and coaches hugging in the center of the mat.
"It felt amazing to get the chance to close the deal," Mastriani said, a huge smile lighting up his face.
"This was six years in the making," Bosco coach Nunzio Campanile said. "It was tremendously gratifying to see all their hard work pay off."
Bosco is the first team other than Camden Catholic to win the Non-Public A title since Bergen Catholic won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. The Ironmen reached the State final in 2007, losing to Camden Catholic, 32-25.
Seniors Jason Dack and Chris Dombroski are the only two starters returning from that team, and Sunday they each came away with a win to put their mark on the championship trophy.
Dombroski followed up Mastriani’s clinching pin by beating Paxton Burgin in two overtimes, 6-2, at 145, and Dack came back with a tough 2-0 victory over Connor Donahue at 152 for his 99th career win.
"This one is definitely going to be more memorable than my 100th," Dack said. "Because the State championship is all that I want. I couldn’t ask for more."
Eddie Johnson, who won the final bout a week ago in Bosco’s 25-24 victory over St. Joseph, got the Ironmen off to a great start with a 12-4 major decision over Thomas Abbot at 171.
Back-to-back forfeits at 189 and 215 by St. Augustine and a tough 8-6 victory by Kurt Schmitz at 285 gave the Ironmen a 19-0 lead. And they never looked back.
Billy Reardon, Joe Orecchio and James Dawson also won as the Ironmen heeded the words Campanile had been spouting all week and made their mark on school history.
"It feels great to be the first," Dombroski said. "When we finally knew we had the win, it was a feeling of relief."
"We were so concentrated on just getting down here," Campanile said. "These guys were great at focusing on one match at a time. I was proud of how well we wrestled as a team. That was as good a performance as we’ve put together top to bottom all year."
E-mail: schutta@northjersey.com
TOMS RIVER – The match already had been sewn up three bouts earlier, but the Don Bosco bench remained calm and focused Sunday.
After going down to the final bout on the road in each of their State sectional matches, it was as if the Ironmen needed proof that they actually were the Non-Public A wrestling champions.
But when that proof finally came, out poured the emotions.
Sal Mastriani pinned in 4:19 at 140 pounds to clinch the match and Frank Mattiace closed it out with a 3-2 decision in the final bout at 160 to give the Ironmen a convincing 45-15 victory over St. Augustine and the first Non-Public A championship in program history.
The bench, which had been calm throughout the Mattiace bout, exploded with wrestlers thrusting their arms in the air, leaping into one another’s arms and coaches hugging in the center of the mat.
"It felt amazing to get the chance to close the deal," Mastriani said, a huge smile lighting up his face.
"This was six years in the making," Bosco coach Nunzio Campanile said. "It was tremendously gratifying to see all their hard work pay off."
Bosco is the first team other than Camden Catholic to win the Non-Public A title since Bergen Catholic won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003. The Ironmen reached the State final in 2007, losing to Camden Catholic, 32-25.
The Record
STAFF WRITER
ORADELL – Don Bosco's Jason Dack wasn't going to call it the toughest minute he ever endured in a wrestling match.
LESLIE BARBARO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Coach Nunzio Campanile greeting Jason Dack after his victory at 160 pounds gave Don Bosco sectional title.
After all, it wasn't a district final. It wasn't being contested in front of a packed house in Atlantic City.
But you wouldn't know it by the roar in the packed house at Bergen Catholic.
Wrestling the final bout of the day Saturday, the senior rode out BC's Lucas Iorio for the final 1:05 of the third period to score a 2-0 victory at 160 and clinch the Ironmen's thrilling 36-31 victory in the NJSIAA North Non-Public A final.
"I knew it was my time to have to step up being a senior captain," Dack said after beating the hero of BC's 39-25 victory over Bosco last month.
The win capped an amazing run through the tournament for fifth-seeded Bosco, which beat the fourth, first and third seeds on the road in the final bout while avenging regular-season losses to Bergen Catholic and St. Joseph.
The Record
STAFF WRITER
ORADELL – Don Bosco's Jason Dack wasn't going to call it the toughest minute he ever endured in a wrestling match.
LESLIE BARBARO/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Coach Nunzio Campanile greeting Jason Dack after his victory at 160 pounds gave Don Bosco sectional title.
After all, it wasn't a district final. It wasn't being contested in front of a packed house in Atlantic City.
But you wouldn't know it by the roar in the packed house at Bergen Catholic.
Wrestling the final bout of the day Saturday, the senior rode out BC's Lucas Iorio for the final 1:05 of the third period to score a 2-0 victory at 160 and clinch the Ironmen's thrilling 36-31 victory in the NJSIAA North Non-Public A final.
"I knew it was my time to have to step up being a senior captain," Dack said after beating the hero of BC's 39-25 victory over Bosco last month.
The win capped an amazing run through the tournament for fifth-seeded Bosco, which beat the fourth, first and third seeds on the road in the final bout while avenging regular-season losses to Bergen Catholic and St. Joseph.
On February 18th, the MaxPreps Tour of Champions presented by the National Guard visited the Garden State to honor the Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) High School football. Don Bosco Prep finished No. 1 in the nation according to the MaxPreps Freeman poll. Making our fourth Tour of Champions visit to this national power, the Tour was all set to honor the team at halftime of their boys’ varsity basketball game. Don Bosco Prep is the only team to be honored four times by the Tour of Champions.
On February 18th, the MaxPreps Tour of Champions presented by the National Guard visited the Garden State to honor the Don Bosco Prep (Ramsey, N.J.) High School football. Don Bosco Prep finished No. 1 in the nation according to the MaxPreps Freeman poll. Making our fourth Tour of Champions visit to this national power, the Tour was all set to honor the team at halftime of their boys’ varsity basketball game. Don Bosco Prep is the only team to be honored four times by the Tour of Champions.
The Record
STAFF WRITER
MONTVALE — Eddie Johnson knows he is not one of the marquee names in the Don Bosco wrestling lineup. But that doesn’t bother him.
He simply goes out on the mat with one goal in mind: to make the other guy know he wrestled a tough bout.
Monday night he took it a step further, downing St. Joseph’s Ryan Casey, 6-3, in the final bout of the night to lift the fifth-seeded Ironmen to a 25-24 victory over No. 4 St. Joseph in the first round of the North Non-Public A tournament. They will face top-seeded Delbarton on Wednesday in the semifinals.
"It really feels great," the senior said after Bosco avenged a nine-point loss to the Green Knights just 10 days ago. "The whole team worked so hard for moments like these."
After a scoreless first period, Johnson stunned the large crowd by turning Casey with an arm bar and nearly pinning.
The score was 3-2 after two periods and Casey let Johnson up to start the third trailing, 4-2. Johnson then held off Casey’s repeated attempts at a tying takedown, clinching the bout and the match on a takedown with five seconds left.
The Record
STAFF WRITER
MONTVALE — Eddie Johnson knows he is not one of the marquee names in the Don Bosco wrestling lineup. But that doesn’t bother him.
He simply goes out on the mat with one goal in mind: to make the other guy know he wrestled a tough bout.
Monday night he took it a step further, downing St. Joseph’s Ryan Casey, 6-3, in the final bout of the night to lift the fifth-seeded Ironmen to a 25-24 victory over No. 4 St. Joseph in the first round of the North Non-Public A tournament. They will face top-seeded Delbarton on Wednesday in the semifinals.
"It really feels great," the senior said after Bosco avenged a nine-point loss to the Green Knights just 10 days ago. "The whole team worked so hard for moments like these."
After a scoreless first period, Johnson stunned the large crowd by turning Casey with an arm bar and nearly pinning.
The score was 3-2 after two periods and Casey let Johnson up to start the third trailing, 4-2. Johnson then held off Casey’s repeated attempts at a tying takedown, clinching the bout and the match on a takedown with five seconds left.
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