Delaware Valley senior 140-pounder Nick LaFevre (right) was one victory away from having at least an eighth place in the NJSIAA Wrestling Tournament last weekend. How close was he? He lost to Trenton's Jaazziah Bethea 4-2 in overtime. So close.
But when LaFevre and teammate Rich Gebert (135) were eliminated in the quarterfinal round of the wrestlebacks, it ended a 50-year stretch where Hunterdon County had at least one place winner.
Not so long ago, it might have seemed unbelievable for Hunterdon County's four wrestling programs to come away without one -- 1 -- state tournament place winner. But this past weekend, that's exactly what happened. Mercer County had two -- Bethea, who was eighth, and Hopewell Valley's George Saliba, who took fourth at 189.
My friend of the Hunterdon Democrat has a column in today's paper aboutJohn Siipola how long it's been since Hunterdon County went place less -- it was in 1957. That's a 50-year run of having had at least once place winner.
The best year for Hunterdon was in 1993 when the county had 11 with two champions in Delaware Valley's Brent Conly and Ricky Krieger at 119 and 180 respectively.
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The boy looks weak; feed him some steak with a side of isolation exercises.
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