2:58: Dave Christopher (6-Maryvale) dec. Jake Genovesi (John Jay), 8-7. Genovesi led 4-2 after two as a result of two takedowns. He opened the third with two back points, but Christophe escaped and later ankle-picked Genovesi to his back for a 5-poit move abd 8-6 lead.

2:57: Art Garvey (6-East Aurora) dec. Max Nau (Nanuet), 3-2. Nau was given a first-period penalty point, but Garvey got a snapdown in the final three seconds to take a 2-1 lead. Nau cut Garvey to start the second period. In the third, Nau was awarded a stall point.

2:30: Hank Penree (3-Frankfort Schuyler) pin. Bill Smith (Nanuet), 3:27: Smith led 2-1 after a first-period takedown. Smith opened the second on botom, but wasn unable to break Penree’s suffocating grip.

2:27: Jeff Miller (Westlake) dec. Nate Harrell (7-Peru), 4-2 OT: Each wrestler had an escape and each received a stall point, with Miller earning the equalizer with 9 seconds in regulation. Miller executed a double 39 seconds into overtime for the win.

2:14: John Swertfager (John Jay) dec. John Newman (CHSAA-Farrell), 6-3. Swertfager had a takedown in the first and second periods for a 4-0 lead. Newman answered with an escape in the second and opened the third with an escape, but Swertfager answered back with a takedown.

2:07: John Makastchian (8-Plainedge) dec. Sam Weiner (White Plains), 5-4. I lost site of this match with Stambovsky and Paul also wrestling. Weiner trailed 5-3 after two. He was awarded a stall point 30 seconds into the third, but Makastchian was content to sit on his lead.

2:05: Sean Paul (Dobbs Ferry) dec. Costa Gemalas (11-Port Jefferson), 7-6. Trailing 5-1 in the second, Paul escaped to close to 5-2 after two. Paul reversed to open the third and cradled Gemalas for 3 points and the win.

1:57: Zeke Stambovsky (Nyack) tech. fall Rob Recore (10-Franklin Academy), 15-0. An immediate takedown for Stambovsky led to the first of consecutive tilts. Recore never stood a chance.

1:44: Will Carter (Westlake) maj. dec. Dale Cronk (10-Gouverneur), 20-9. Carter with a takedown and 3 backs in the first period, extending it to 10-0 early second, reversing Cronk to his back.

1:40: James Brundage (Ossining) pin. Jakub Pawlowski (PSAL-Midwood), 3:18. Brundage takes 5-0 lead in opening 10 seconds. Pawlaski reverses Brundage, only to have James return the favor. James led 9-3 in the second when he finished it.

1:37: Harrison Cook (Fox Lane) dec. John-Martin Cannon (5-Brockport), 14-7. Nice job by Cook as Cannon was the 2007 145-pound 3rd-place finisher. Cook led 3-2 after and 5-3 after two. Cannon had two takedowns in the third period and cut Cook both times.

1:18: Ray Wang (Edgemont) dec. Joe Picard (9-Red Hook), 9-6. Wang had a first-period takedown, but was even at 2-2 after a Picard escape and penalty point. Wang opend the second with an escape and takedown for a 5-3 lead. Picard closed to 5-4 to start the third, but could not penetrate Wang’s defense.

1:04: John Coffey (Pearl River) maj. dec. James Holden (PSAL-Curtis), 15-5. Coffey raced out to a 4-0 lead, but Holden reversed Coffey late in the first. Holden knotted the score at 4-4 with a quick reversal to open the second, but Coffey reversed back. A penalty point drew Holden to within 6-5. Coffey asserted himself in the third with an escape and then took control with a cradle.

1:03 David Rice (Edgemont) dec. Cody Williams (5-Palmyra-Macedon), 8-4: Rice evened the score at 2-2 with an escape in the second period, but Williams regained the lead with a takedown. Rice had a pair of 3-point near falls in the third period riding top.

1:02: Tom Antonioli (New Rochelle) dec. Matt Gaynor (8-Clarke), 8-4. Antonioli had a pair of 1st-period takedowns for a 4-1 lead. Antonioli did a nice job of defending Gaynor’s aggressive style. Clarke drew to within 5-4 in the third, but Antonioli secured a takedown on a scramble.

12:54: Scott Rogener (Westlake) pin. Mike Caffrey (PSAL-Petrides), 2:48. Rogener had a takedowna and 3 back points in the first period. A 2nd-period reversal led to the pin.

12:50: Steven Ramos (Clarkstown North) maj. dec. Ruben Rosales (PSAL-Lehman), 13-2. Ramos had a 1st and 2nd-period takedown to cradles, resulting in five point each time.

10:38: Sean McCormick (4-Johnson City) dec. Brian Realbuto (Somers), 6-4. Realbuto jumps out 4-0 in first period, but McCormick with a reversal. A second period-takedown for McCormick and then a third-period reversal. Brian appeared to be out a couple of times as McCormick ran legs, but the Section 4 wrestler held on.

10:48: Noah Velastro (2-Hudson Falls) dec. David Occhipinti (Croton), 5-3. Occhipinti evens score at 2-2 with 1st-period reversal. Velastro has second-period escape and takedown. Occhipinti 3rd-period escape to open, but Velastro keeps tieing Occhipinti up.

10:59: Kyle Crisafulli (3-Phoenix) dec. Penn Gottfried (Arldsey), 5-4.
Crisafulli 1st-period takedown and second period reversal, but Gottfried late reversal. Gottfried ties score at 4-4 with quick reversal in 3rd period, but Crisafulli escape.

Quinton Murphy (5-Holley) pin. Teddy Kyreakedes (Dobbs Ferry), 1:13.