The "Other" N.J. State Tournament

[RYou]

Blair Academy won the NJ State Prep tournament for the n'tieth consecutive year winning 9 of the 14 titles. Blair was in every final except 189.

103 Tony Buxton, Blair pinfall Dan Mena, Lawrenceville 3:48
112 Chris Villalongo, Blair dec Frank Cimato Peddie 11-0
119 Garret Frey, Blair dec Sean McSweeney, Peddie 15-4
125 Dan White, Peddie dec Joe Stanzione, Blair 12-3
130 Kellen Russell, Blair pinfall Chris Piccolella, Peddie 2:35
135 Turbat Luvsandorj St. Benedicts dec Jesse Shanaman, Blair 5-2
140 Max Shanaman, Blair pinfall Phil Cunnell, Rutgers Prep 0:46
145 Mario Mason, Blair dec Brandon Rolnick, Lawrenceville, 16-4
152 Eric Medina, Blair pinfall Kevin Dufresne, St. Benedicts 0:46
160 Manny Hickson, St. Benedicts dec Adam Houge, Blair 3-1
171 Corey Peltier, Blair pinfall Bagna Touvuujav St. Benedicts 5:58
189 Chase Badger, Peddie dec Adam Zamos Lawrenceville 10-4
215 Jared Platt, Blair dec Damion Davis Lawreceville, 11-1
285 Jon Culler, St. Benedicts pinfall Kyle Hanson, Blair 2:48

[lkwdsteve]

Is that a qualifier for national preps? And what is the St. Albans tournament?

[Wrestling Terp]

The St. Alban's tournament is hosted at St. Alban's school in Washington, DC. It's generally a DC area private school tournament though a few schools from out of the area compete.

I don't believe there are any "qualifiers" to the National Preps.

I think this is a list of the teams that competed this year:

St. Albans
Woodberry Forest School
Dematha
Wyoming Seminary
St. Mary’s Ryken
Bullis
Potomac School
Bishop McNamara
GDS
Paul VI HS
St. Anselm’s
Edmund Burke
Western Reserve Academy
Progressive Christian
Maret
Sidwell Friends
Bishop Ireton
Landon
St. Benedicts Prep.
Bishop O’Connell
McLean School
Georgetown Prep.
St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes
Episcopal High School

[RYou]

From what I understand, the top 3 placers from the NJ Prep tourney qualify for the national prep tournament. I don't know if they do the same elsewhere.

[lkwdsteve]

I asked about St. Albans because I saw it on Western Reserve Academy's schedule. WRA is a Cleveland area boarding school that I didn't even know had wrestling until a few weeks back.