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Grippi beats 2-time state champ Liguori, 8-3

March
8

Fox Lane’s Joey Grippi beat two-time defending state champ Paul Liguori (‘06, ‘07), 8-3 in a 125-pound first-round match. Go to Section 1 First-round results for more info.

This entry was posted on Saturday, March 8th, 2008 at 11:58 am by Tony Pinciaro.
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14 Responses to “Grippi beats 2-time state champ Liguori, 8-3”

  1. Joe M

    BIG WIN!

    Any given day….

    Let’s hope this lights a fire under the Section 1 team!

  2. shoebox

    YES!!!!! GOOD JOB JOEY!!!
    i can’t believe people doubted him. never doubt a section 1 wrestler!!

  3. Joe M

    Tony,

    The long island message boards say Dutton got pinned at 130. True?

  4. Tony Pinciaro

    Joe M. –

    Yes. Dutton got stuck.

  5. shoebox

    oh wow everything is turning out different

  6. p

    Congrats jus shows what a tough weight 125 was

  7. Ash kramer

    tony- who was the state champion from section 1? joe merzerco?sorry if i spelled his last name wrong?

  8. Michael Berl

    congrats to one of my many boys grippi. at what weight were liguori’s two state titles?

  9. Tony Pinciaro

    Ash-

    Mahopac’s Joe Mazzurco won the 152-pound state title in 2000. Mazzurco went on to become a two-time All-American at Cornell.

  10. yeayo

    CJ Rodriquez won states in 2005 at 135

  11. Tony Pinciaro

    Yeayo –

    Everyone in the state knows C.J. won the state title in 135. Unfortunately though, the officials took it away from him.

  12. Somersfan

    joe gripp stage one complete
    awesome
    job

  13. phil

    Stage 2 complete now !!

    Great to see some Sec1 unity !

    cya

  14. peeky914

    BIG WIN 4 GRIPPI!! Keep Up The Good Work Kid.

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