Senior, coach reach milestones in Middle wrestling victory

Senior Gary Nagle (left) set a new school record with his 89th career victory and coach Matt Wolf (right) won his 100th career match in the Middle Township wrestling team’s 57-12 win at Burlington City on Friday.

By BRIAN CUNNIFF

A couple of major milestones were reached during the Middle Township High School wrestling team’s match at Burlington City Friday evening.

Gary James Nagle set a new school record for career victories when he accepted a forfeit at 182 pounds to win his 89^th match during the Panthers’ 57-12 road victory. He improved to 26-2 on the season.

Chris White, a 1989 graduate of Middle, had set the previous career wins mark at 88.

In addition, Middle coach Matt Wolf won his 100^th career match.

Romeo Rodriguez upped his team-best record to 27-1 with a win by fall in just 34 seconds at 132 pounds. Austin Cominsky (220) and Karl Giulian (160) also each won by fall for their 24^th and 22^nd wins on the season, respectively. Max Heaps (138), Gavin Gomez (152) and Dawson Tallant (195) also won by fall for Middle.

Middle ran its record to 13-3 on the season. The team hosts Penns Grove, Clearview and Millville on Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

Senior wrestler Gary James Nagle is the new career wins leader at Middle Township High School.