Overall Record: 13-16 / Shore Conference: 7-13 / B-South: 1-6
ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year
(Jr) Jacob Maroukis - Donovan Catholic
Weight: 126 / Record: 29-6 (14 Pins)
2nd Place District 28
Team Leader in Wins
| Wgt | Wrestler | Record | Post-Season |
| 106 | (Fr) Joseph Benesch | 7-7 | |
| 106 | (Fr) Patrick Dellane | 9-6 | |
| 106 | (So) Nick DiGiantomasso | 24-12 | |
| 113 | (So) Jesse Hummel | 3-9 | |
| 120 | (Jr) Cael Rankin | 4-1 | |
| 120 | (Fr) Steve Morro | 12-17 | |
| 126 | (Jr) Jacob Maroukis | 29-6 | 2nd D28 |
| 132 | (Jr) Dominic Tangredi | 13-3 | |
| 132 | (Fr) Mason Hopson | 0-5 | |
| 138 | (Fr) Gaige Rebmann | 7-8 | |
| 138 | (So) Euon McIntyre | 6-22 | |
| 138 | |||
| 145 | (Fr) Noah Bakos | 3-13 | |
| 145 | (Jr) Christopher Gallegoes | 16-4 | |
| 152 | |||
| 152 | |||
| 160 | (Sr) Dan Post | 26-9 | |
| 160 | |||
| 170 | (Fr) Andrew Gallegoes | 7-17 | |
| 170 | (Fr) Ian Iannelii | 1-12 | |
| 182 | (Jr) Christian Gillich | 7-15 | |
| 182 | (So) Cole Kromer | 0-2 | |
| 195 | (Fr) Levi Wilkins | 17-16 | |
| 195 | |||
| 220 | (Jr) Luke Barlet | 13-8 | |
| 220 | |||
| Hwt | (Fr) Dom Brogna | 18-3 | D28-3rd / R7-PQ |
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| Date | Opponent | Result |
| 12/15 | Colt Classic | 9th Place |
| 12/18 | at Holdmel | L 18-43 |
| 12/27 | Holmdel Holiday Tournament | 6th Place |
| 1/2 | vs Keyport | W 29-18 |
| 1/4 | at Jackson Liberty | L 24-44 |
| 1/5 | at Maple Shade | L 30-45 |
| Overbrook | W 60-15 | |
| Seneca | L 30-52 | |
| 1/9 | at Red Bank Regional | L 30-46 |
| St Rose | W 58-6 | |
| Peddie | W 54-18 | |
| 1/12 | at Pt Boro | L 9-63 |
| TR East | L 22-57 | |
| Pinelands | L 30-54 | |
| 1/14 | at Lacey | L 3-69 |
| 1/18 | vs Central Regional | L 28-43 |
| 1/19 | at Brick Twp | W 34-32 |
| Freehold Twp | L 32-33 | |
| Barnegat | L 25-51 | |
| 1/22 | at Long Branch | L 9-63 |
| 1/23 | at Freehold Boro | L 27-37 |
| 1/29 | vs Lakewood | L 32-36 |
| 1/30 | at Manchester | W 39-21 |
| 2/2 | at Matawan | W 37-36 |
| RBC | W 51-30 | |
| Keansburg | W 58-15 | |
| 2/4 | SJNPB-QF: vs Holy Cross | W 45-24 |
| 2/6 | SJNPB-SF: at Holy Spirit | L 39-40 |
| 2/9 | at JFK-Iselin | W 58-15 |
| Old Bridge | W 51-16 | |
| Spotswood | W 40-26 | |
| 2/16 | District 28 | 4th Place |
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2/23: Season Ends For Brogna at Regions
REGION 7 AGATE
(So) Dom Brogna / R7-PQ (Hwt)
PQ: #6 Matthew Pinsky (Haddonfield) d. #11 Dom Brogna (Donovan Catholic) 4-3
2/16: Griffins Finish 4th at District 28
2nd Place
126: Jacob Maroukis
3rd Place
Hwt: Dom Brogna
Junior Jacob Maroukis (126) took 2nd, and freshman heavyweight Dom Brogna placed 3rd, giving the Griffins multiple District medal winners for the 4th straight season.
2/9: JFK QUAD
Donovan Catholic 51 - Old Bridge 16 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 58 - JFK-Iselin 15 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 40 - Spotswood 26 (BOX SCORE)
2/6: SJNPB SEMIFINALS
#2 Holy Spirit 40 - #3 Donovan Catholic 39 (BOX SCORE)
Holy Spirit wins on criteria
2/4: SJNPB QUARTERFINALS
#3 Donovan Catholic 45 - #6 Holy Cross 24 (BOX SCORE)
DC: Maroukis (24-4); Tangredi (11-1); DiGiantomasso (20-9) / #3 DC @ #2 Holy Spirit on Wednesday night
2/2: MATAWAN QUAD
Donovan Catholic 37 - Matawan 36 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 51 - RBC 30 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 58 - Keansburg 15 (BOX SCORE)
1/29: B-SOUTH
Lakewood 36 - Donovan Catholic 32 (BOX SCORE)
1/23: NON-DIVISION
Freehold Boro 37 - Donovan Catholic 27 (BOX SCORE)
FB: Messina (14-2); Dushku (14-4) / DC: DiGiantomasso (15-8); Post (18-5)
1/19: BRICK TWP QUAD
Freehold Twp 33 - Donovan Catholic 32 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 34 - Brick Twp 32 (BOX SCORE)
Barnegat 51 - Donovan Catholic 25 (BOX SCORE)
1/12: PT BORO QUAD
Pt Boro 63 - Donovan Catholic 9 (BOX SCORE)
Pinelands 54 - Donovan Catholic 30 (BOX SCORE)
TR East 57 - Donovan Catholic 22 (BOX SCORE)
1/9: RED BANK QUAD
Red Bank 46 - Donovan Catholic 30 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 54 - Peddie 18 (BOX SCORE)
1/5: MAPLE SHADE QUAD
Maple Shade 45 - Donovan Catholic 30 (BOX SCORE)
Donovan Catholic 60 - Overbrook 15 (BOX SCORE)
Seneca 52 - Donovan Catholic 30 (BOX SCORE)
DC: Maroukis goes 3-0 on the day
12/27: Griffins Place 6th at Holmdel Holiday Tournament
12/18: NON-DIVISION
Holmdel 43 - Donovan Catholic 18 (BOX SCORE)
DC: DiGiantomasso & Maroukis win by fall
12/15: Griffins Finish 9th at Colt Classic
2nd Place
120: Cael Rankin
Hwt: Luke Barlet
3rd Place
220: Levi Wilkinson
2019 Season Preview
Head Coach: Steve Glawson (3rd Season / Record: 27-22)
Returning Wins Leader from 2018
Cael Rankin (31-12)
Returning Career Wins Leader in 2019
Cael Rankin (58 wins)
Fun Fact
The Griffins 27 wins over the past two seasons is more than they had from 2011-2016 combined.
Where They Open
12/15: @ CBA Colt Classic
Circle The Date
12/18: @ Holmdel - With the Griffins graduating their big three of Panzarella, Dailey, and DiSalvo, we get our first look at how their dual lineup may shake out this year on the road against the Hornets.
Donovan Catholic took a big hit to graduation, including losing three State qualifiers. As a result, this will be a very young team, but not a team without their share of experience and talent.
Down low, the Griffins have a solid group returning in juniors Cael Rankin (31-12 / 2nd D26, 4th R7), and Jacob Maroukis (14-16), and sophomore Nick Digiantomasso (13-19). They provide a solid foundation to break some new faces around. Among them are sophomore Jesse Hummel and a group of frosh in Patrick Dellane, Eric Iannelli, Steve Morrow, and Mason Hopson.
The bulk of the hit to graduation the Griffins took was in the middle of the lineup, however, this is still going to be a very experienced group, and could be a strength this year for DC. Euan McIntyre and Mike Jedziniak were both lineup regulars a season ago as freshmen, and senior Dan Post enters his 3rd season as a starter. This group is backed by a couple of solid transfers in Chris Gallegos (3rd D24 at CBA) and Dominic Tangredi, a 17-bout winner at TR East a year ago.
170-up will be consist of almost entirely newcomers to the lineup. Junior Luke Barlet is the lone returning starter, and is coming off a solid 17-win season as a sophomore. He could be part of a potential very solid 1-2 punch at 220/Hwt with the addition of Nick Kenmure, a 19-match winner for Pt Beach in 2017. Kenmure looks to be the lone senior of an otherwise very young group of upperweights that could even include a handful of frosh getting regular time.
Obviously, when you're breaking in a lot of young talent, it helps to have experience and proven commodities surrounding them in the lineup. Fortunately, that seems to be the case here with the trio of lowerweights, the vets in the middle, and Barlet and Kenmure up top. This should be a pretty balanced lineup with some good depth, which is great to see considering the health of the program several years back. The coaches and kids have worked extremely hard and taken tremendous strides to build the program up, and look to keep it on the right path again this season.
Down low, the Griffins have a solid group returning in juniors Cael Rankin (31-12 / 2nd D26, 4th R7), and Jacob Maroukis (14-16), and sophomore Nick Digiantomasso (13-19). They provide a solid foundation to break some new faces around. Among them are sophomore Jesse Hummel and a group of frosh in Patrick Dellane, Eric Iannelli, Steve Morrow, and Mason Hopson.
The bulk of the hit to graduation the Griffins took was in the middle of the lineup, however, this is still going to be a very experienced group, and could be a strength this year for DC. Euan McIntyre and Mike Jedziniak were both lineup regulars a season ago as freshmen, and senior Dan Post enters his 3rd season as a starter. This group is backed by a couple of solid transfers in Chris Gallegos (3rd D24 at CBA) and Dominic Tangredi, a 17-bout winner at TR East a year ago.
170-up will be consist of almost entirely newcomers to the lineup. Junior Luke Barlet is the lone returning starter, and is coming off a solid 17-win season as a sophomore. He could be part of a potential very solid 1-2 punch at 220/Hwt with the addition of Nick Kenmure, a 19-match winner for Pt Beach in 2017. Kenmure looks to be the lone senior of an otherwise very young group of upperweights that could even include a handful of frosh getting regular time.
Obviously, when you're breaking in a lot of young talent, it helps to have experience and proven commodities surrounding them in the lineup. Fortunately, that seems to be the case here with the trio of lowerweights, the vets in the middle, and Barlet and Kenmure up top. This should be a pretty balanced lineup with some good depth, which is great to see considering the health of the program several years back. The coaches and kids have worked extremely hard and taken tremendous strides to build the program up, and look to keep it on the right path again this season.
Possible Lineup in 2019
| Wgt |
Wrestler |
Record |
2018 |
| 106 |
(Fr) Patrick Dellane |
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| 106 |
(Fr) Eric Iannelli |
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| 113 |
(So) Nick Digiantomasso |
13-19 |
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| 120 |
(Jr) Cael Rankin |
31-12 |
2nd D26 / 4th R7 |
| 120 |
(So) Jesse Hummel |
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| 126 |
(Jr) Jacob Maroukis |
14-16 |
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| 126 |
(Fr) Steve Morrow |
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| 132 |
(Fr) Mason Hopson |
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| 138 |
(So) Euon McIntyre |
3-25 |
|
| 138 |
(So) Mike Jedziniak |
0-11 |
|
| 145 |
(Jr) Dominic Tancredi |
17-16 |
|
| 152 |
(Fr) Noah Bakos |
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| 152 |
(Jr) Chris Gallegos |
9-22 |
3rd D24 |
| 160 |
(Sr) Dan Post |
10-22 |
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| 170 |
(Jr) Cole Kromer |
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| 170 |
(So) Ian Ianelli |
0-6 |
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| 170 |
(Jr) Joe Hanneman |
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| 182 |
(Fr) Andrew Gallegos |
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| 195 |
(Jr) Chrstian Gillich |
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| 195 |
(Fr) Levi Wilkinson |
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| 220 |
(Jr) Luke Barlet |
17-17 |
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| 220 |
(Fr) Dominic Brogna |
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| Hwt |
(Sr) Nick Kenmure |
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| Hwt |
(Fr) Nico Ippolito |
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Graduated in 2018
| Wgt |
Wrestler |
Record |
2018 |
| 132 |
Chase Barney | 2-2 | |
| 138 |
Cristiaan Dailey | 40-4 | 3rd SCT / 1st D26 / 2nd R7 |
| 145 | Conrad Sawyer | 4-10 | |
| 152 |
Conor Panzarella | 33-4 | 1st D26 / 3rd R7 |
| 152 |
Shane Harrigfeld | 8-21 | |
| 195 |
Tom Smith | 11-20 | |
| 220 |
Sal DiSalvo | 39-6 | 2nd SCT / 1st D26 / 1st R7 |
| Hwt |
Nicholas DeMaio | 3-0 | |
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Donovan Catholic Wrestling
