Rutgers Wrestling News and Notes
Jul 28 | Wrestling
ITHACA, N.Y. - Former Rutgers wrestling head coach John Sacchi was elected to the Ithaca College Athletic Hall of Fame, the school announced Monday. Sacchi, an Ithaca, N.Y. native who graduated from Ithaca in 1966, will be inducted on Sept. 20, along with seven others, as part of Ithaca's Homecoming Weekend.
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A 40-year coach, Sacchi compiled a collegiate record of 447-162-9 at Middlesex County College and Rutgers before retiring in 2007. He finished his career in Piscataway with a record of 167-102-5, a winning percentage of .619. Sacchi coached the winning freestyle team at the 1982 Junior Pan-Am Games and served as vice-president of the National Wrestling Coaches Association. In September of 2007 he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
Jesse Boyden Takes Fifth At 2008 Junior Nationals
Incoming Rutgers freshman Jesse Boyden (Kenilworth, N.J.) earned high school All-American honors after finishing fifth at 215-pounds in the 2008 Junior Nationals, held in Fargo, N.D. Boyden defeated Arizona's Aaron Pavlenko 4-0 in the fifth-place bout.
Boyden, who won the 215-pound championship in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Wrestling Championships, is a member of the highly ranked recruiting class assembled by RU head coach Scott Goodale. The group is ranked No. 4 nationally by Intermat and No. 3 nationally by W.I.N. Magazine.
