HeyJaredNew Jersey Mat Chat
The 1 video podcast and content provider for New Jersey high school wrestling. Up close, in depth and uncensored.
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076: John Martin (opens the original)
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Legends never die. Their stories live on through the people they inspired. New Jersey Mat Chat is proud to present the first installment of Legends Never Die , honoring the life and legacy of Johnny Martin , the 1992 New Jersey State Champion from Absegami High School. Johnny Martin's life was cut far too short, but more than three decades after he won his New Jersey state championship, the wrestlers who competed against him, trained beside him and grew up watching him still remember. That's a l
075: Jayce Cappello (opens the original)
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Jayce Cappello didn't grow up as an elite year-round wrestler. He was a baseball player who got serious about wrestling entering high school. Now he's chasing an NJ State Championship. Toms River East standout Jayce Cappello joins New Jersey Mat Chat to talk about his rapid rise in New Jersey high school wrestling, balancing two sports, and why he's choosing wrestling as the path he wants to pursue at the next level. Jayce entered his freshman season with virtually no expectations—and ended it w
074: Billy Damiana (opens the original)
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Are we making New Jersey high school wrestling better—or making the path too easy? Lower Cape May head wrestling and football coach Billy Damiana joins New Jersey Mat Chat: Coach’s Corner for a wide-ranging conversation about coaching, toughness, athlete development and some of the biggest issues facing NJ wrestling. Billy grew up in Cape May, competed in wrestling and football at the college level, and eventually returned home to coach the next generation at Lower Cape May. But this conversatio
073: MJ Gorrell (opens the original)
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New Jersey wrestling has a new name to watch this season: MJ Gorrell. Except MJ isn't exactly new. The Somerset, NJ native spent his first two high school seasons competing across the border at Conwell-Egan in Pennsylvania, reaching the state blood round as a freshman and placing Top 8 in PA as a sophomore. Now he's coming home. MJ is transferring to St. John Vianney, stepping into the Shore Conference and setting one very clear goal for his first season wrestling high school in New Jersey: 🏆 Wi
072: Jason Nase (opens the original)
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What does New Jersey high school wrestling need to change? Coach Jay Nace has some ideas. Former Division I All-American, longtime Rider assistant and respected New Jersey wrestling coach Jay Nase joins New Jersey Mat Chat: Coach’s Corner for a wide-ranging conversation about coaching, athlete development and the future of wrestling in New Jersey. Jay grew up wrestling at Point Pleasant Boro before becoming a Division I All-American at Rider. He later spent 11 seasons coaching at Rider and is no
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