New Jersey High School Wrestling State Finals: Jackson Memorial should be number 1
By Staff Report
Jackson, NJ - Six schools ended the day today with state championships. In Group 1, Paulsboro defeated Kittatinny 37-25. In Group 2, Brearly won against West Essex 42-27. In Group III, High Point slipped out a win against SouthPlainfield 30-28. In Group IV, Jackson Memorial got theirs against Phillipsburg 34-24. In the non-public divisions, Delbarton crushed Bishop 55-12 in Non-Public A. Camden Catholic steamrolled DePaul 67-3.
What do many of today’s champions have in common? Most of them lost during the season to Jackson Memorial. A few weeks ago, Jackson Memorial defeated Group III champions High Point 31-28. Last week, they crushed Non Public B Champs Camden Catholic 43-18. Back in January they defeated Non Public A Delbarton 39-20.
Yet, tomorrow morning, every one’s eyes will be on the Star Ledger, to see the final rankings which will probably not change the top 3 after today’s action. Awarding Jackson their rightfully deserved #1 won’t sell newspapers in the Star Ledger’s reading area. However, it cannot be denied that of all the champions tonight, the only one to have beaten 3 out of 5 others this season is Jackson Memorial. For some reason, the team has to eternally pay for an early season tie against South Plainfield which Jackson lost on an 8-6 bout criteria finish and an SCT loss to Southern. They redeemed themselves of their SCT loss to Southern this morning, which left their season series against Southern at 2 wins and 1 loss.
Going one step further, Jackson has dominated the Top 20 this year. Jackson has performed quite well against the top 20, in order:
#1 High Point W 31-28
#2 S. Plainfield T 31-31
#5 Delbarton W 39-20
#6 Southern Regional 2-1 on season
#11 Phillipsburg W 34-24
#15 Howell 36-21
#19 Raritan 43-15
It would be refreshing to see an honest Top 20 released Tuesday that takes the whole picture into consideration. Jackson Memorial is the #1 school in New Jersey. Their only other in state loss came at the hands of #2 South Plainfield and not only did they beat #1 High Point, they beat two of today’s other New Jersey champions.
In fact, I do believe some statisticians would argue that it’s numerically impossible for Jackson not to be #1. Then when the coaches get together in 2 weeks, it would only be fitting to give the Jags what they rightfully deserve.
Posted by Staff Report
on Feb 13 2011. Filed under Jackson Schools, Jackson Sports.
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