A week before he stepped onto the mat in the center of Boardwalk Hall’s floor, Dean Peterson gave up nine points to Shore Regional’s Jack Maida in the Region V championship. The St. John Vianney junior from Barnegat won his second regional crown with an 11-9 victory, but giving up that many points in a single match shook him a bit.
“It was a wake-up call,” said Peterson, who gave up no points in five bouts on the way to the NJSIAA 120-pound state title on March 7 in Atlantic City, culminating a…
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