Getting warmed up with Montgomery

It takes a few weeks to move completely off football and into wrestling, but I think I'm about there.

Montgomery's 50-24 win over Bound Brook Saturday wasn't a stunning result, but the Cougars are showing that at some point in a year or two they might be in position to challenge the top teams in the county on a steady basis. Montgomery pretty much has every sport covered now with the arrival of its wrestling team.

A few coaches -- of teams Montgomery will wrestle later in the winter -- were a bit surprised of how easily the Cougars beat Bound Brook. Call it concern.

Cougar coach Kevin Jacoutot called the win his program's biggest to date.

Montgomery won nine of 14 matches. Bound Brook is not a strong dual meet team. But that shouldn't take away from what Montgomery has done so far. It is 7-3 now in just its second year as a varsity program.

Now, for the Crusaders. First-year head coach Steve Lukacs was concerned before the match that his team didn't realize how inspired Montgomery would be for the match. That was the feeling in the Crusaders' coaching staff had all week.

"We have some holes, that's pretty obvious,'' said Lukacs, who praised Montgomery's attitude and preparation for the meet.

Bound Brook star freshman Andrew Campolattano didn't wrestle. Since the match started at 275 and the outcome was decided with three bouts to go, Bound Brook chose to rest the 189/215 pounder. He is competing in the All Star Meet at Brick Memorial in two weeks.