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With the Group champions decided in Toms River Sunday, the focus of the wrestling world turns to the State individual tournament and the first step on that road in the districts.
North Jersey teams compete in 8 districts. Three of those, District 5 (Don Bosco), District 6 (Fair Lawn) and District 8 (River Dell) will be contested this Friday and Saturday while the other locals will be one-day tournaments on Saturday.
Wayne Valley (District 4), Don Bosco (District 5), Glen Rock/Saddle Brook (District 6), Bergen Catholic (District 7), St. Joseph (District 8), Passaic Valley (District 13), Becton/Wallington (District 15) and St. Peter’s (District 16) will all be looking to defend the titles they won last year.
Click the link below to see the schedule and full list of teams competing in each district.
WRESTLING
DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
DISTRICT 4
at West Milford
Saturday
Preliminaries, 10 a.m.
Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Consolations, Finals to follow
Teams: Butler, DePaul, Kinnelon, Lakeland, Pequannock, Pompton Lakes, Wayne Hills, Wayne Valley, West Milford
DISTRICT 5
at Don Bosco
Friday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinals, 10 a.m.
Consolations, 1 p.m.
Finals to follow
Teams: Don Bosco, Indian Hills, Mahwah, Manchester, Northern Highlands, Paramus, Ramapo, Ramsey, Waldwick/Midland Park
DISTRICT 6
at Fair Lawn
Friday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinals, 10 a.m.
Consolations, 12:30 p.m.
Finals to follow
Teams: Elmwood Park, Fair Lawn, Garfield, Glen Rock/Saddle Brook, Hawthorne, Lodi, Paramus Catholic, Ridgewood, Teaneck
DISTRICT 7
at Leonia
Saturday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals, 9:30 a.m.
Semifinals, 12:30 p.m.
Consolations, 3:30 p.m.
Finals to follow
Teams: Bergen Catholic, Bergenfield, Bogota/Weehawken, Dumont, Hackensack, Leonia/Palisades Park, New Milford, Tenafly
DISTRICT 8
at River Dell
Friday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Semifinals, 10 a.m.
Consolations, 1 p.m.
Finals to follow
Teams: Cresskill, Demarest, Emerson/Park Ridge, Old Tappan, Pascack Hills, Pascack Valley, River Dell, St. Joseph, Westwood
DISTRICT 13
at West Essex
Saturday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals, 9 a.m.
Semifinals, 1:30 p.m.
Consolations, 4 p.m.
Finals to follow
Teams: Caldwell, East Orange Campus, Cedar Grove, Glen Ridge, Kennedy (Paterson), Orange, Passaic Valley, Verona, West Essex, West Orange
DISTRICT 15
at Becton
Saturday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals, 10 a.m.
Semifinals, 1 p.m.
Consolations, 3 p.m.
Finals to follow
Teams: Becton/Wallington, Clifton, Eastside (Paterson), Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge, Lyndhurst/North Arlington, Passaic, Passaic Tech, Ridgefield Park, Rutherford, Queen of Peace
DISTRICT 16
at North Bergen
Saturday
Preliminaries and Quarterfinals 11 a.m.
Semifinals, 2:30 p.m.
Consolations, 5:30 p.m.
Finals, 7 p.m.
Teams: Bayonne, Cliffside Park, Fort Lee, Hudson Catholic, Kearny, North Bergen, St. Mary, St. Peter’s, Secaucus, Union City
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