Levash, the No. 7 seed at 285 pounds, extended his bid for a State tournament title by winning both of his bouts on Thursday, March 12, at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.
Meanwhile, junior Matt McCann, the No. 13 seed at 165 pounds, and senior Andrew Adell, the 28th seed at 113 pounds, will compete after being eliminated from state championship contention, but, along with Levash, they are still alive for a top-eight podium spot after splitting their two matches on Thursday, March 12. They will wrestle in the wrestleback consolations.
The second day of the State tournament will be held on Friday, March 13, when the quarterfinals, semifinals, and the wrestleback consolations are contested.
The State tournament will end on Saturday, March 14, when the champions and the top eight overall finishers in each weight class are determined.
In the preliminary round, Matthew McCann, the 13th seed at 165 pounds, decisioned 20th-seeded Gino Gorga of Ramapo High School, 4-1, and his Bridgewater-Raritan teammate, Trent Levash, the No. 7 seed at 285 pounds, defeated 20th-seeded Antony DeSimone of North Hunterdon Regional High School, 9-5. Both advanced to the pre-quarterfinal round that will be held later on Thursday, March 12. The third Bridgewater-Raritan wrestler, Andrew Adell, the No. 28 seed at 113 pounds, was defeated by fifth-seeded Ryan Blewett of Middletown High School North, 9-0. Adell will wrestle in the first round of wrestleback consolations later on Thursday, March 12. The State tournament will continue on Friday, March 13, and conclude on Saturday, March 14.
The NFL pros vs. the Bridgewater-Raritan community teams basketball game is Saturday night, March 14, at Bridgewater-Raritan High School. VIP session from 5 to 7 p.m., with general admission at 6:30 p.m. The teams playing are the Bridgewater Recreation Coaches, the Raritan Fire Department, and students from Hillside Intermediate School and Van Holten Primary School.
Students and staff were greeted, and motorists were treated. The message board that stands in front of Bridgewater-Raritan High School on Garretson Road in Bridgewater proudly flashed on Tuesday, March 10, the photo of the high school’s ice hockey team celebrating on the ice at the Prudential Center in Newark the previous day.
On the historic day of Monday, March 9, Bridgewater-Raritan won the ice hockey program’s first state championship when it defeated Ridgewood High School, 2-0, in the Public title game.
Bridgewater-Raritan, ranked 11th in New Jersey, defeated 13th-ranked Ridgewood High School, 2-0, in the Public state tournament championship game on Monday, March 9, at the Prudential Center in Newark
Stanley Xenakis scored both goals as Bridgewater-Raritan ended this historical season with a 23-3-1 record. Ridgewood ended 21-5.
The game marked the fourth time Bridgewater-Raritan appeared in an ice hockey state championship game; its previous trip came in 2014.
The Bridgewater-Raritan students played in the New Jersey Association for Jazz Education Prelims in the high school’s auditorium.
And Bridgewater-Raritan High School will seek to become the king of New Jersey in ice hockey when it plays Ridgewood High School today, Monday, March 9, for the Public state championship.
The game will start at 3:15 p.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark.
The bus carrying the players and coaches, as well as reporters, left from behind the high school at 1:10 this afternoon and followed a Bridgewater Township Police cruiser and a Somerset County Sheriff’s vehicle while students and staff cheered their departure to Newark.
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Bridgewater-Raritan High School will play for an ice hockey state championship. Bridgewater-Raritan, ranked 11th in the state, defeated 18th-ranked Middletown High School North, 5-2, in the South Public state sectional final on Thursday, March 5, at the Mennen Sports Arena in Morris Township. Bridgewater-Raritan will meet the North sectional winner, 13th-ranked Ridgewood High School, in the Public state championship game on Monday, March 9, at 3:15 p.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark. Bridgewater-Raritan improved to 22-3-1, and Middletown North fell to 15-7-2.
The Bridgewater-Raritan High School's Unified Basketball Team's state tournament sectional quarterfinal game with Sparta High School has been postponed until Thursday, March 5, at 3:45 p.m. in the high school's main gym. The game was scheduled for Tuesday, March 3, but Sparta had no school due to snow.
Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s top-seeded ice hockey team shut out fourth-seeded Ridge High School, 5 -0, in the South, Public state sectional semifinals on March 2 in Bridgewater.
Kyle Murphy, who guided Bridgewater-Raritan High School’s wrestling team to a second straight North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 state sectional championship this winter, was named District 14 Coach of the Year on Saturday, February 28, during the District 14 tournament at South Plainfield High School. Coach Murphy led his team to a 20-9 record this year and will have seven wrestlers compete in Region 4 on Friday, March 6, and Saturday, March 7, at Union High School. He was joined in the District 14 ceremony by assistant coaches Kevin McCann, Sammy Alvarez, Ray Jazikoff and Rob Saum.
