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Wrestling Steps up in Victory

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The Record

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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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