District 30. Triton's Chris Bucceroni, seeded second at 120 pounds, squeezed past upset-minded Scott Figueroa of Hammonton, 4-3, in the quarterfinals and earned a berth in the semifinals at Overbrook.
Winslow Township's Emmanuel Mitchell, another No. 2 seed, also posted a close decision, edging Highland's Troy Warren, 10-9, at 160.
Hammonton's all-time career wins leader, Phil Bakuckas, piled up a 15-0 technical fall as the top seed at 160.
District 31. The tournament at Delsea started with a shocker as eighth-seeded Michael Chila of Kingsway pinned Schalick's top-seeded John Gallo in 50 seconds at 113 pounds in the quarterfinal round.
In another surprise, Vineland's John Rizzo, seeded No. 6, ousted third-seeded John Borelli of Delsea, 8-6, at 120 pounds.
At 285, Pennsville's Cody Dooley needed three overtimes to get past Millville's Fred DeMary, 3-2.
District 25. Northern Burlington middleweights Gene Simpson (132) and Sam Jones (138) scored pins as top seeds at Steinert.
District 25 Quarterfinals
106: Blake Rogers, Rancocas Valley, pinned Jeffrey Weingast, Hightstown, 0:34; Matthew Carr, New Egypt, pinned Robert Beck, Allentown, 1:26; Chris Bohorquez, Hamilton West, Dec. Josh Magee, Nottingham, 14-5; Christopher Tan, Robbinsville, tech fall Nathan Benitez, Steinert, 15-0, 4:00.
113: James Mottram, Allentown, pinned Hamzah Mohammed, Nottingham, 0:56; Pratik Patel, Highstown, pinned Ariunbold Munkhtur, Robbinsville, 1:31; Zach Verity, Northern Burlington, dec. Matt Cole, Rancocas Valley, 11-6; Ryan Molokie, New Egypt, pinned Woodley Cherubin, Steinert, 0:28.
