PRELIM: Hunter Gutierrez (Lacey) md. Sam LaCorte (CBA)  10-0

WB1: Peter Tringali (West Morris Mendham) d. Sam LaCorte (CBA)  4-0

QF: #3 Sam LaCorte (CBA) d. #6 Nate Pujols (Middletown North)  8-3

SF: #2 Jack Nies (Ocean Twp) d. #3 Sam LaCorte (CBA)  8-4

WB2: #3 Sam LaCorte (CBA) d. #5 Kether Thornton (Hightstown)  8-2

3RD: 132: #3 Sam LaCorte (CBA) d. #4 Jesse Bowers (Pt Beach)  5-1

PRELIM: #10 Mike Bruno (Wall) p. #7 Maximus Bean (CBA)  0:42

QF: #4 Nicholas Weikel (Monroe) md. #5 Derek Smith (CBA)  13-1

WB1: #5 Derek Smith (CBA) md. #9 Josh Martinez (New Egypt)  10-0

WB2: #2 Anthony Giampietro (Northern Burlington) d. #5 Derek Smith (CBA)  5-2

5TH: #5 Derek Smith (CBA) d. #6 Kenneth Koenig (Colts Neck)  3-0

Senior Sam LaCorte made it ten years in a row for CBA with a State Qualifier by placing 3rd at 132 in R6. He will look to keep another streak alive for the Colts, as they have had a State Medal Winner in each of the previous five seasons.

CBA: LaCorte (13-5); D Smith (15-3); Diamond (11-7) 

138: Sam LaCorte

182: Derek Smith

106: Nicholas Geissler

182: Derek Smith

138: Sam LaCorte

195: Ethan Diamond

Sam LaCorte (25-11)

Sam LaCorte (63 wins)

Sam LaCorte needs 37 wins to become the 9th wrestler in program history to reach 100 wins

Prior to taking over as head coach, Billy Ashnault spent the previous six years as the Director of Operations for the Rutgers University Wrestling program.

New head coach Billy Ashnault takes over a CBA team that lost seven starters to graduation, including two State placers and two more Region qualifiers. However, two starters from 2017 are back after missing last season, and there is a good group of newcomers in the room, as the Colts begin a new era.

Down low, the Colts have returning starters Nicholas Geissler and Max Bean back at 106/113. With the full year under their belt, both are capable of having turnaround seasons and being on the plus side of .500. Trevor Smith is also back down low, and can provide senior leadership, and junior Patrick Dowd, a starter in 2017 who missed last season also returns. The Colts will also break in some new faces which could include a couple of frosh in Nicholas Punzi and Vincent Principe.

Senior Sam LaCorte returns in the middle of the lineup for the Colts. LaCorte, a 4-year starter, is a 2-time District medal winner, and will provide veteran leadership for a middleweight group that will consist of a lot of new faces.

There will be a lot of newcomers to the lineup up top as well. The Colts do have another 4-year starter and 2-time District placer to rebuild around in Derek Smith.. They also get a boost by the return of junior Ethan Diamond, who was a District medal winner as a freshman.