the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ Ridgewood Wrestling earned its fourth straight team title but this championship was as close as it gets. The Maroons topped runner-up Garfield by 8 1/2 points. They won by 70 points in 2015, 32. 5 points in 2014 and 41 points in 2013…There was a wrestler from Garfield or Ridgewood in 11 out of the 14 finals and three head-to-head matchups between the district’s top two teams.
All five of Ridgewood’s champions ; Matt Binstock (145), Julian Bangash (152),Ashmaz Dugulubgov (170), Kyle Inlander (182) and Jake Hall-Goldman (220) were seniors.
Most outstanding wrestler was Ridgewood’s Kyle Inlander who won a marquee bout against Elmwood Park’s Sammy Santos to earn the honor. Inlander checked in at 29-3 and was the No. 1 seed at 182 while second-seeded Santos entered the tournament with a record of 35-2. Inlander was able to fight off Santos on an 8-7 decision to win his third straight title.
This is a great organization. These boys worked so hard. Excellent job, team!