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Mustang Roundup: Girls Basketball Improving

A weekly roundup of Brick Memorial High School sports

The Brick Memorial girls basketball team bounced back from a pair of losses in the WOBM Christmas Classic with a 44-21 victory over Southern Regional on Friday. Lauren Lamastra led the Mustangs with 17 points. In the WOBM tournament, the Mustangs opened with a 42-38 victory over Lacey, with Lamastra and Ali Frederick scoring 9 points apiece, but lost to Point Boro, 61-36, and to Monsignor Donovan, 47-32. They continue with their Class A South schedule this week, facing Toms River East on Tuesday and Toms River North on Friday.

In boys basketball, the Mustangs notched a victory over Central, 61-44, but followed that with a narrow loss to Southern on the road on Friday, 49-47. Justin Oakley had 14 points in the win over Central. In the WOBM Christmas Classic, the Mustangs displayed their fight, knocking off Wall in double overtime, 79-73, in one of the most exciting games in the tournament. Oakley had 16 points in that game, and Ryan Cieplinski scored 21. In the second round, Brick Memorial faced defending champion St. Rose and fell 58-37, then faced a big Manchester squad in the consolation round, falling 71-52. The Mustangs face Toms River East on Tuesday and Toms River North on Friday.

In wrestling, Brick Memorial has faced a tough early schedule, as always. The Mustangs opened with a 35-24 loss to Jackson Memorial. Then the hosts managed to send two wrestlers to the finals at the Mustang Classic during winter break, with Joe Ghione losing a 3-1 decision to Christian Innarella of Delbarton at 113, and Alec Donovan falling by an 11-2 major decision to Timber Creek’s Brandon Keller at 132. Five Mustang wrestlers reached the semifinals and ended up wrestling for third place. Sean Stephenson took third at 120 pounds with a 10-5 decision over Brandon Goldberg of Absegami, but teammates Cliff Ruggiero (138), Evan Berti (145), Tyler Richardson (160) and Anthony Miller (182) all finished fourth. Brick Memorial dove into Class A South with a 36-27 victory over Toms River South on Wednesday, with Ezra Figueroa (220), Tyler Poling (285) and Stephenson all winning by pin.

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In ice hockey, the Mustangs have struggled early with a very tough schedule. After beating Watchung Hills, 7-2, they fell to Middletown South, CBA, and Wayne Valley. Over Christmas break, the Mustangs’ struggles continued with a loss to Ramapo (4-0). But Adam Person found the back of the net twice as Brick Memorial’s offense found some rhythm in a 5-4 loss to Ramsey.

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