2 Robertsville Rd.
Freehold, NJ 07728
(732) 431-8360
(Monmouth County)

SCHOOL WEBSITE
DIRECTIONS
TWITTER


Program Est.
1934

Mascot
Colonials

Colors
Navy & Old Gold

Athletic Director
Jason Longo

Head Coach
Matt Shepherd
(13th Season @ Freehold in 2019 / 15th Overall)

Assistants
Mike Mason
Nick Rice
Frank Messina
Tommy Nulty
Chris Fraley
Josh Davis
Section
CJ Group 4

Division
A-North

District
21

Region
6







 

Please Help Support This Site










Overall Record:  14-9  /  Shore Conference:  8-7  /  A-North:  3-4


ShoreConferenceWrestling.com Wrestler of the Year

(Jr) Nico Messina - Freehold Boro
Weight: 120  /  Record: 34-6 (18 Pins)
NJSIAA State Tournament Qualifier (3-time Qualifier)
Region 6 Champion (2-time Champion)
District 21 Champion (3-time Champion)
4th Place Shore Conference Tournament
Mustang Classic Champion
Team Leader in Wins
Will enter 2020 Season with 102 career wins










Wgt
 Wrestler
Record
Post-Season
106
 (Jr) Isaiah Sweeny19-12D21-3rd / R6-PQ
106
 (Fr) Jake Turner2-1
113
 (Jr) Mike Lazaro
3-17

113
 (So) Jose Mejia0-2
120
 (Jr) Nico Messina34-6D21-1st / R6-1st / NJ-WB4
120
   
126
 (Sr) Domingo Tepehua13-15 
126
 (So) Eleazar Paz1-3
132
 (Jr) Keegan Roche10-10D21-3rd / R6-PQ
132
 (Sr) Javier Rodriguez1-6
138
 (Jr) Mike Gagliardo21-14
138



145
 (Sr) Tony Dushku27-11D21-2nd / R6-4th / NJ-WB1
145
 (So) Edwin Alverez3-4
152
 (Sr) Anthony Gnizak0-6
152
 (Fr) Osvaldo Baez-Aguire7-13
160
 (Sr) Logan Goldstein10-15
160
   
170
 (Sr) Christian Miranda6-18
170
   
182
 (Jr) Max Murphy1-8
182
 (Jr) David Leon Rosas
11-15 
195
 (Sr) Jared Vasquiez8-15 
195
 (Jr) Daniel Miranda2-1
220
 (Jr) Frank Tilton5-10
220
 (Fr) Alberto Pontoja5-2
Hwt
 (Sr) Kevin Berrocal5-16
Hwt
 (Jr) Justin Cardozo-Ponce4-3
Hwt
  
                 
                                                             
              
                                                          





Date
  Opponent
Result
12/15 Garden State Classic11th Place
12/19
 at Howell
L 20-54
12/22 at LakewoodL 36-39

     SteinertW 43-31

     St RoseL 33-42
12/28 Mustang ClassicNo Score
1/3 at Middletown SouthW 46-19
1/5 at MarlboroL 9-57

     ManalapanL 3-63
1/9 vs KeansburgW 54-20
1/14 at Long BranchL 6-57
1/16 vs CBAW 32-31
1/19 at NottinghamL 35-44

     WallL 30-35

     RobbinsvilleW 37-35
1/23 vs Donovan CatholicW 37-27
1/26 Shore Conference Tournament21st Place
1/30 at Freehold TwpW 39-22
2/2 vs Burlington TwpW 48-27

      PinelandsW 51-16
2/4 CJG4-QF: at Colts NeckL 27-46
2/6 vs Old BridgeW 43-30
2/8 at EwingW 59-21
2/9 vs South RiverW 54-24

      Central RegionalW 42-28

      Monmouth RegionalW 51-22
2/16 District 215th Place















                  
                                                                        
                       


3/1: Season Ends For Colonials in AC

STATE AGATES

(Jr) Nico Messina / NJ-WB4 (120)
PRELIM: Nico Messina (Freehold Boro) tf. Jacob Baeza (Kearny)  5:54 18-3
PQ: Nico Messina (Freehold Boro) d. Luke Hoerle (Westfield)  4-3
QF: Eddie Ventresca (Pope John) md. Nico Messina (Freehold Boro)  12-0
WB4: Spencer Stewart (Sparta) d. Nico Messina (Freehold Boro)  7-6

(Sr) Tony Dushku / NJ-WB1 (145)
PRELIM: Ricky Cabanillas (DePaul) tf. Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro)  5:30 17-1
WB1: Ty Bailey (Pt Pleasant Boro) d. Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro)  10-9


2/23: Messina Wins 2nd Region Title; Dushku Places 4th; Colonials Send Pair To AC

REGION 6 AGATES



(Jr) Nico Messina / R6-1st (120)
QF: #1 Nico Messina (Freehold Boro) p. #8 Kip Lovgren (Pt Beach)  3:46
SF: #1 Nico Messina (Freehold Boro) d. #5 Fred Luchs (Middletown North)  8-6
F: #1 Nico Messina (Freehold Boro) d. #2 Drake Torrington (Robbinsville)  6-3

(Sr) Tony Dushku / R6-4th (145)
PRELIM: #6 Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro) md. #11 Nicholas Benner (Ocean Twp)  12-2
QF: #3 Nico Vargas (Wall) d. #6 Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro)  4-2
WB1: #6 Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro) tf. #7 Chris Fanelli (Monroe)  4:39 17-2 
WB2: #6 Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro) d. #4 Ryan Carey (Long Branch)  8-2
3RD: #3 Nico Vargas (Wall) d. #6 Tony Dushku (Freehold Boro)  9-2

(Jr) Isaiah Sweeny / (R6-PQ (106)
PRELIM: #7 AJ Beck (New Egypt) p. #10 Isaiah Sweeny (Freehold Boro)  2:31

(Jr) Keegan Roche / P6-PQ (132)
PRELIM: #2 Jack Nies (Ocean Twp) p. #15  Keegan Roche (Freehold Boro)  1:46



2/16: Colonials Finish 5th at District 21

1st Place
120: Nico Messina

2nd Place
145: Tony Dushku

3rd Place
106: Isaiah Sweeny
132: Keegan Roche

Nico Messina became the 2nd wrestler in Freehold Boro history to win 3 District Titles, joining Hall of Famer, Carlos Fontanez, who did it from 1962-1964.



2/9: FREEHOLD BORO QUAD
Freehold Boro  54  -  South River  24  (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro  42  -  Central  28  (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro  51  -  Monmouth  22  (BOX SCORE)


2/8: NON-CONFERENCE
Freehold Boro  59  -  Ewing  21  (BOX SCORE)


2/6: NON-CONFERENCE
Freehold Boro  43  -  Old Bridge  30  (BOX SCORE)


2/4: CJG4 QUARTERFINALS
#2 Colts Neck  46  -  #7 Freehold Boro  27  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Messina (21-4) p. Messina; Dushku (18-5)


2/2: BURLINGTON TWP TRI
Freehold Boro  48  -  Burlington Twp  27  (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro  51  -  Pinelands  16  (BOX SCORE)


1/30: A-NORTH
Freehold Boro  39  -  Freehold Twp  22 (BOX SCORE)
FB: Messina (18-4); Dushku (15-5)


1/16: Colonials Finish 21st at 2019 Shore Conference Tournament

4th Place
126: Nico Messina




1/23: NON-DIVISION
Freehold Boro  37  -  Donovan Catholic  27  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Messina (14-2); Dushku (14-4)


1/19: NOTTINGHAM QUAD
Wall  35  -  Freehold Boro  30  (BOX SCORE)
Nottingham  44  -  Freehold Boro  35  (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro  37  -  Robbinsville  35  (BOX SCORE)


1/16: A-NORTH
Freehold Boro  32  -  CBA  31  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Messina returns to lineup with dual-clinching pin


1/14: A-NORTH
Long Branch  57  -  Freehold Boro  6  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Dushku (10-4) wins by fall


1/9: NON-DIVISION
Freehold Boro  54  -  Keansburg  20  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Sweeny, Gagliardo, Dushku, Miranda win by fall


1/5: MARLBORO TRI
Marlboro  57  -  Freehold Boro  9  (BOX SCORE)
Manalapan  63  -  Freehold Boro  3  (BOX SCORE)


1/3: A-NORTH
Freehold Boro  46  -  Middletown South  19  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Alverez, Aguire, Miranda, Leon-Rosas, Ponce, Paz win by fall


12/28: Messina Wins Title at Mustang Classic

1st Place
126: Nico Messina

CLICK HERE FOR BRACKETS



12/22: LAKEWOOD QUAD
Lakewood  39  -  Freehold Boro  36  (BOX SCORE)
Freehold Boro  43  -  Steinert  31  (BOX SCORE)
Hightstown  42  -  Freehold Boro  31  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Sweeny, Tepehua, Messina, Gagliardo, Dushku go 3-0 on the day


12/19: A-NORTH
Howell  54  -  Freehold Boro  20  (BOX SCORE)
FB: Messina & Leon-Rosa win by fall



12/15: Colonials Finish 11th at Garden State Classic

3rd Place
195: David Leon-Rosas

CLICK HERE FOR BRACKETS







2019 Season Preview


Head Coach: Matt Shepherd (13th Season at Freehold, 15th Overall)

Returning Wins Leader from 2018
Nico Messina (34-4)

Returning Career Wins Leader in 2019
Nico Messina (68 wins)

Milestone Watch
Nico Messina is 32 wins away from reaching 100 career wins, and 43 wins away from breaking the program record.

Fun Fact
Freehold's five State Champions from the 1930's (Louis Visco, Stanley Flicker, Tony Pikulik, Alex Schibanoff, and Ralph Merola) will be inducted into the JSIWA Hall of Fame this year.

Where They Open
12/15: @ Garden State Classic at Barnegat

Circle The Date
1/30: @ Freehold Twp  -  Twp has owned the rivalry over the past 10 seasons, with Borough's lone win coming in 2017. The Colonials will try and make it two in three years.


Another team that is beginning to reap the benefits of a rising feeder program, Freehold has 16 freshmen joining a room that has a lot of experience returning, including 11 starters, giving the Colonials some good numbers for 2019.

The strength of the lineup looks to be the stretch from 126-145. Junior Nico Messina is a hammer, and kicks off the run for the Colonials. A 2-time District Champ, he became the program's first Region Champ in 54 seasons last year, and is 32 wins away from hitting the century mark for his career. He's joined by a pair of returning District medal winners in junior Mike Gagliardo, a junior, and senior Tony Dushku. Also back in this stretch for Freehold are returning starters senior Jake Mostowsky and junior Keegan Roche, giving the Colonials a very strong, experienced group in this part of the lineup.

There's more experience returning up top as well with seniors Logan Goldstein and Jared Vasquez, and juniors Maximus Murphy and David Leon-Rosas. Keep an eye on Goldstein and Leon-Rosas, who put in a lot of work this offseason and are looking to have breakout years. Some of the promising young talent from the freshmen class will be breaking into the lineup as well, including Osvaldo Baez, Andrew Reiff, and Alberto Pantoja.

Down low, junior Isaiah Sweeny returns at 106, and is another who really put the offseason time in with his sights set on having a big year. He provides some experience down low as some new starters are expected to get into the rotation, including a couple more frosh in Jake Turner and Joseph Sargent, junior Mike Lazaro and senior Domingo Tepehua.

There's a great mix of experience and promising newcomers here spread throughout the lineup, creating a pretty good balance. That stretch from 126-145 should be particularly tough, but with the hard work put in this offseason by the returners pays off, and the newcomers develop nicely, this could be a pretty solid lineup from top to bottom that will rack up the wins. Obviously the A-North schedule will be tough, but it should pay off down the stretch and the Colonials could be a team that makes a lot of noise once we get late in the season and into the postseason tournaments.



Possible Lineup in 2019
Wgt
 Wrestler
Record
Tournaments
106
 (Jr) Isaiah Sweeny
14-16

106
 (Fr) Jake Turner


106
 (Fr) Joseph Surgent


113
 (Jr) Mike Lazaro
0-2

120
 (Sr) Domingo Tepehua
0-4

126
 (Jr) Nico Messina
34-4
1st D23 / 1st R6
132
 (Jr) Keegan Roche
11-19

132
 (Sr) Jake Mostowsky
14-14

138
 (Jr) Mike Gagliardo
17-6
3rd D23
138
 (Sr) Javier Rodriguez


145
 (Sr) Tony Dushku
24-11
3rd D23
152
 (Sr) Anthony Gnizak
3-11

160
 (Sr) Logan Goldstein
8-22

160
 (Fr) Osvaldo Baez


170
 (Fr) Andrew Reiff


170
 (Sr) Christian Miranda


182
 (Jr) Maximus Murphy
2-16

195
 (Jr) David Leon-Rosas
11-18

220
 (Sr) Jared Vasquez
3-9

220
 (Fr) Alberto Pantoja


Hwt
 (Sr) Kevin Berrocal


                 
                                                  
              
                                                          



Graduated in 2018
Wgt
 Wrestler
Record
160
 Jamie Cuatlacuatl 3-6
170
 Paul White 0-4
170
 Ben Horvath 0-4
                 
                                     
              























































































































Freehold Colonials Wrestling