In December the Ridgewood High School Maroon Wrestling team took home four medals
Ridgewood NJ, In December the Ridgewood High School Maroon Wrestling team took part in the George Jockish Holiday Bergen County Wrestling Tournament. The night’s big winner was the 126 pound Joseph Oliva, one of Ridgewood’s four medalists, and his first county title with a 7-3 decision. With the win, Oliva, a junior, improved to 10-0 on the season, and became Ridgewood’s thirteenth county champion in the tournament’s 53-year history, and the first since 2003. This was Oliva’s second major championship in his three years of varsity wrestling at RHS.
Other Ridgewood wrestlers who placed in the county tournament were sophomore Nick Saglimbeni (132 pounds), who took sixth place, and juniors Stephen Gerdner (145 pounds) and Austin Purritano (160 pounds). Both boys came in seventh in their respective weight classes.
As a team, the Maroons finished tenth in the 41-team competition.