S. Jersey Boys | New Egypt's Morton wins 100th on mat

Tom Morton won three matches, including the 100th victory of his wrestling career at

New Egypt

, and his Warriors squad won twice in a Burlington County quad meet at

Bordentown

yesterday.

Morton's milestone win, making the senior the first 100-match winner in school history, was a 4-3 battle at 119 pounds over

Palmyra

's Alex Moritz in New Egypt's 66-0 victory.

The Warriors also beat

Holy Cross

, 52-14, with key decisions in the middle weights by Andrew Hinger (125 pounds), Alex Hinger (130) and Anthony Wahler (135).

In the closest matchup, Bordentown edged New Egypt, 36-33, as the Scotties rallied from a 24-12 deficit with consecutive falls from Brett Pederson (152), Max Bohana (160), Josh Slezak (171) and Thomas Lee (189).

Also in Burlington County, pins in eight of the 12 contested weight classes helped

Cinnaminson

roll past visiting

Westampton Tech

, 65-17. Steve Deluca had the fastest pin with a nine-second effort at 119 pounds, and Mike McLaughlin used 38 seconds at 152.

Unbeaten

Delran

(5-0) started a 50-12 win at

Burlington City

with consecutive first-period pins by Ray Carlisi (145), Pat Lodge (152) and Anthony Saulle (160), who improved his record to 9-0 by handing Josh Boone his second loss in nine matches.

Escape The Rock.

Jim Gentile of

Paulsboro

scored a 7-3 decision over

Sussex Central

's Brandon Hazel, the third-place finisher in last year's Delaware state championships, to win the 160-pound weight class at the prestigious tournament at Council Rock South (Pa.).

Paulsboro's Joe Duca (112) and Eric Dunnet (119) each finished second, losing decisions in the finals. Duca lost, 9-4, to

Council Rock South

's Mark Rappo, the runner-up in the 2007 Pennsylvania state championships.

Olympic.

Ben Fanjoy rallied for an 8-4 decision with a takedown and three back points late in the third period for a key decision at 130 pounds that helped

Cherokee

edge

Moorestown

, 37-32, in a quad meet at Triton.

The Chiefs also swept three late bouts with successive pins from Deven Thomas (152), Jeff Schaefer (160) and Matt Allen (171) to clinch the win with a 37-17 lead.

In other matchups, Moorestown rebounded to clip

Triton

, 40-33, and

Camden Catholic

secured wins of 49-21 over Cherokee and 58-14 over Triton. Against Cherokee, the Irish relied on pins by Taylor Walsh (125), Justin Danfield (135), Jackson Brady (145), Dakota Moore (160) and Mike Leonetti (215).

Bishop Eustace

middleweights T.J. Shea (130), Gary Boyson (135) and Ben Knight (140) came through with consecutive pins and rallied the Crusaders to a 42-40 win at

Winslow Township

in a quad meet.

Eustace also beat

Camden

, 51-24, with a 58-second pin by Chris Selvoski (171), and dropped a 60-15 verdict to

Eastern

, which got a 28-second fall from Anthony Micciche (189).

Cape-Atlantic.

In a quad meet at

Egg Harbor Township

,

Rancocas Valley

won three times, beating

Millville

, 63-6, and adding a 69-3 win over

Ocean City

and a 43-18 verdict over the host Eagles.

For Rancocas, freshman Anthony Pagan came through with three pins at 125, Sean Buck (130) had two technical falls and a decision, Tom Callahan (140) had three decisions, and Bryan Reichert (160) had a pin and two decisions.

Egg Harbor Township came back with a 57-16 win over Ocean City and a 47-24 verdict against Millville. Against Millville, the Eagles swept eight straight bouts from Sean McMahon's pin at 215 to Anthony Luma's pin at 135, and included a 34-second fall by Eddy Paguada (119).

Nonleague.

Paul VI

split a pair of matches on its home mats, dealing

Maple Shade

a 54-15 setback and dropping a 39-21 outcome to

Cherry Hill West

.

After falling behind by 9-3, West started its comeback with a forfeit win, followed by Doug Gilman's technical fall at 112, Mike Dibella's pin at 119, and decisions from Frank Genter (125) and Andrew Aquilar (130) for a 26-9 lead.

Dan McNamara's 36-second pin at 119 was the fastest of six Paul VI pins against Maple Shade, and Sean Laughlin added a 17-2 technical fall at 160.

Trailing by 30-26 with two bouts left,

Hammonton

rallied to jolt host

Kingsway

, 33-30, in a quad meet. Jake Bentsen tied the match with a 5-1 decision at 215, and Chris Dorsey held on for a 3-1 decision over Mark Dorman at 285.

Hammonton also beat

Clearview

, 37-18, with first-period pins by John Bakuckas (152) and Tom Pangia (189), and a 12-0 major decision from Rocco Pagano (119).

Williamstown

(5-2) won the battle for first place in the Tri-County Conference Royal Division by handing visiting

Clearview

(7-1) its first loss of the season, 57-51.

The Braves bolted to a 19-9 lead and got points from nine players in the contest, including 6-foot senior guard Collin Whipple with 20 points, 12 rebounds and three assists.

Also in the Tri-County, Randall Gilmore's defense held

Schalick

's Matt Kates (28) to two fourth-quarter points and host

Kingsway

outscored the Cougars by 23-10 in the period to claim an 81-63 win. Ryan Juhring led the Dragons with 24 points.

Unbeaten

Penns Grove

(9-0) whipped visiting

Cumberland

, 90-53, as Ishmael Clark had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and the Colts' Dominique Roy hit 22 points and nine assists.

Burlington County.

Trenton Catholic

(7-0) won the interdivision battle of unbeaten teams, 65-57, over visiting

Cinnaminson

(5-1). Daquan Basnight's 23 points took game scoring honors over the Pirates' T.J. DiLeo (20).

After a 20-20 first half,

Delran

held host

New Egypt

without a basket in a 12-1 third quarter and pulled away for a 44-32 win. Travis Hill scored 12 points for the Bears.

Colonial.

Lindenwold

rallied from a 37-21 halftime deficit to tie the game at 64-64, but visiting

Collingswood

scored the last seven points, started but Tyrone Mann-Barnes' trey, to edge the Lions, 71-64.

Balanced scoring by T.J. Zaleski (18), Rob MacFeeters (15) and Will Knight (13) helped visiting

Haddonfield

beat

West Deptford

, 58-54.

Olympic.

Aaron Walton's 24 points and Germir Pitts' 19 topped four

Camden

players in double figures in a 77-65 win at city rival

Woodrow Wilson

.