South Plainfield at Delaware Valley

The first big wrestling dual meet of the season comes Thursday night at Delaware Valley High School in Alexandria Township as Delaware Valley (5-0) plays host to South Plainfield (6-4). South Plainfield is the No. 1 ranked team in the Courier News area, while Delaware Valley is ranked No. 2.

Match time is 7 p.m.

Here's the projected lineups.

South Plainfield
103: Fr. Nick Heilman (12-1)
112: Jr. Patrick Hunter (13-0)
119: Fr. John Wylam (3-6)
125: Soph. Nick Pauls (6-7)
130: Sr. Bryan Hunt (8-5)
135: Sr. Billy Ashnault (11-1)
140: Sr. Nick Dorey (12-0)
145: Sr. Mike Jakubik (9-4)
152: Sr. Sam Martin (7-3)
160: Jr. Mark Wagner (8-1)
171: Jr. Dan Pompilo (9-5)
189: Soph. Jon Conroy (5-6)
215: Jr. Brad Martin (3-5)
285: Jr. Rocco Petriello (5-7)

Delaware Valley
103: Fr. Bobby Stevely (7-2) or Kory Inglin (7-2)
112: Sr. Dan Kelly (17-0)
119: Jr. Jake Rosocha (4-5)
125: Jr. P.J. Steinbeiser (11-6)
130: Sr. Kris Sigafoos (11-1)
135: Jr. Rich Gebert (11-6)
140: Jr. Rich Foor (10-8)
145: Jr. Nick LaFevre (12-3)
152: Vinny Collura (2-1) or Sean Johnson (1-2)
160: Sr. Erik Pryslak (4-8)
171: Sr. Brad Gelegonya (11-4)
189: Sr. Mike Limoli (4-0)
215: Jr. Ryan Huff (7-7)
285: Conor Steifen (6-4)

Notes: Delaware Valley beat South Plainfield 36-22 last year as Sigafoos beat Ashnault 3-1, Gebert beat Hunt 9-5 and LaFevre beat Jakubik 10-4 in three big bouts.
South Plainfield won in the team's three previous meetings -- 34-21 in 2005, 32-21 in '04 and 36-30 in '03. Delaware Valley won 37-20 in 2002, but South Plainfield won in '01 36-26 and beat Delaware Valley 38-19 in the Central Jersey Group II final in 2000.
South Plainfield won the state Group III title last year, while Delaware Valley was runner-up to Kittatinny in Group II.
This could be the first of two meetings between Delaware Valley and South Plainfield since both schools are now back together in Central Jersey Group II.