Tag: Girls Wrestling
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Jaguars stake claim as state’s premier girls wrestling program
JACKSON – For the second year in a row, the Jackson Memorial High School girls wrestling program sent six wrestlers to the NJSIAA state tournament. The 2022 edition of the tournament was held at Phillipsburg High School on Feb. 20. All six wrestlers who went to the state tournament – Skyelar Smith (138), Abigail Stanberry…
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Mazzella makes history as first Bordentown state wrestling champion
The name Lexi Mazzella will hang forever in the rafters of Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella cemented her place in Bordentown history and capped off her tremendous athletic career for the Scotties during the NJSIAA Girls State Wrestling Championships on Feb. 20 at Phillipsburg High School. For the first time in the history of the…
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Mazzella headed to girls state wrestling tournament for second year in a row
Senior Lexi Mazzella continues to add more highlights to her stellar athletic career at Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella rewrote the history books yet again during the NJSIAA South Region girls wrestling tournament on Feb. 12 at Kingsway Regional High School in Woolwich Township, becoming a two-state qualifier by placing third in the 132-pound bracket…
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Old Bridge wrestler captures second girls state wrestling title
Back when Gabby Miller was a youth wrestler in the Jamesburg Recreation Wrestling program, she remembers asking her father, Jeffrey, one evening if she could be a high school state champion someday. Even though the odds were stacked against Miller at the time, with girls wrestling not yet an NJSIAA sanctioned sport, her father told…
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Johnson concludes historic career with third state wrestling crown
The legacy that Manalapan High School athlete Jessi Johnson left on the wrestling mat from 2018-21 will be talked about for years to come in New Jersey high school girls wrestling circles. “Jessi has set the bar for New Jersey high school girls wrestling,” Manalapan Coach Scott Pressman said. “She has shown what you can…
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Jackson Memorial girls win five medals at state wrestling tournament
The Jackson Memorial High School girls wrestling team saw five of its six state tournament qualifiers win a medal during the NJSIAA state wrestling tournament that was held on April 10 at Phillipsburg High School. Abigail Stanberry (151), Jordyn Katz (161), Chloe Lawler (128), Aleksandra Biesczcad (215) and Kamila Biesczcad (143) each earned a medal…
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Mazzella set to make history as first Bordentown girls wrestling state qualifier
Lexi Mazzella grew up around wrestling. The junior at Bordentown Regional High School would watch her brother, Sammy, wrestle on the mat during his time as a Bordentown youth wrestler to competing at the high school ranks for the Scotties. As she watched her brother compete, Mazzella would think to herself that maybe she also…
