Here are the results from the tournament at Pearl River today. It’s been a long day, so I’ll keep it short and sweet. Warwick was really impressive, as was the Nyack duo of Thakur and Marchese. There were some really exciting matches in the finals as well. Off to sleep for me now. Happy new year to everybody!

Three wrestlers, including two defending Section 1, Division I champions won individual titles at Arlington today. Check out a quick summary below.

Ossining’s James Brundage was named outstanding senior wrestler and Mahopac and Ossining tied for sixth place with 136 points apiece at the Mid-Hudson Valley Wrestling tournament at Arlington High School yesterday.
Mahopac’s Justis Flamio won the 125-pound division, defeating Andrew Cabibbo of Ketcham 8-1 in the final. At 160 pounds, Brundage of Ossining beat Louis Berger of Pine Bush, 9-6 to take the title. At 171, Ossining’s Clayton Neivert  beat Longwood’s William Parks in overtime, 7-6 in the final. Brundage was named the outstanding senior wrestler of the meet.
Longwood High School from Suffolk County, Long Island won  the event with 280 points.

Longwood High School from Long Island is in first place after the first day of the Mid-Hudson Valley Wrestling tournament at Arlington High School.

Mahopac and Ossining finished in fifth and sixth place, respectively, for the day. Action resumes tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.

Mahopac’s Max Bochmeyer ( 103), Jake Frednicki (112), Justis Flamio (125), Frank Grecco (160) and Andrew Scopino (215) and Ossining’s James Brundage (160), Clayton Neivert (171) and Daniel Monteiro (285) will face off in the semifinals for the opportunity to compete in the finals at 2:30 p.m.

The budget crunch is bad and could get worse.

In anticipation, Section 1 is considering a proposal that would align schools in leagues based on geography — not enrollment or competitiveness — that will go into effect next school year if it is approved as expected.

Harold Gutmann has more details today in The Journal News and on LoHud.com. “Here’s the link to the story.”:http://www.lohud.com/article/20081226/SPORTS02/812260356/-1/SPORTS&referrer=NEWSFRONTCAROUSEL

Let’s hear your thoughts.

Well I just got back, and as some of you may already know, John Jay is the winner. I have all the scores from the individual matches, which are posted below. As for box scores, I apologize, but with so many matches taking place, and the meet starting at 4 p.m., there was just no way for me to type them all up at the meet and file my story by deadline. As it was, I had to hurry. I will however, try to get as many boxes as possible from the coaches themselves. This brings me to another point. In all sports, not just wrestling, we count on coaches to call in matches and games. When I am not in the office, when I’m covering matches, I can’t track down scores. I understand coaches sometimes get frustrated waiting on hold, but if we don’t get the scores called in, we don’t have them for the paper or the blog. So if anyone reading is a coach or involved in the program in any way, please try your best to call your matches in.

     One more note on box scores, I was able to get all the John Jay matches from Day 1 courtesy of Bill Swertfager. Those are also below.

Results
Round one: John Jay 51, Brewster 18; Westlake 42, Putnam Valley 21; Somers
48, Yorktown 33; Hen Hud 46, Lakeland/Panas 33.

Round two: Westlake 49, Dobbs Ferry 21; Brewster 62, Somers 21; Lakeland 58,
Putnam Valley 16; Yorktown 48, Hen Hud 25.

Round three: Lakeland/Panas 60, Dobbs Ferry 21; John Jay 51, Somers 27;
Brewster 64, Hen Hud 21; Yorktown 58, Putnam Valley 16.

Round four: Yorktown 62, Dobbs Ferry 22; John Jay 71, Hen Hud 12; Westlake
58, Lakeland/Panas 32; Brewster 54, Putnam Valley 25.

Round five: Brewster 70, Dobbs Ferry 16; John Jay 58, Putnam Valley 10;
Westlake 51, Yorktown 34; Somers 53, Hen Hud 28.

Round six: John Jay 68, Dobbs Ferry 9; Brewster 63, Westlake 21; Somers 46,
Putnam Valley 20; Yorktown 46, Lakeland/Panas 29.

Round seven: Somers 63, Dobbs Ferry 11; John Jay 48, Westlake 28; Brewster
54, Lakeland/Panas 26; Putnam Valley 63, Hen Hud 34.

Round eight: Somers 40, Westlake 36; Brewster 46, Yorktown 35, John Jay 66,
Lakeland/Panas 12.

Day 1 Box Scores:

 VARSITY

 096   MCDERMOTT (HH)                   PIN     2:30     DAN YABLON (JOHN J)
 103   FURARO (HH)                      FOR     0-0      JJ FORFEIT (JOHN J)
 112   JARED EGLER (JOHN J)             FOR     0-0      FF (HH)
 119   HENRY STAUBER (JOHN J)           FOR     0-0      FF (HH)
 125   BILLY WATTERSON (JOHN J)         FOR     0-0      FF (HH)
 130   JAY SMITH (JOHN J)               PIN     2:34     BASKIN (HH)
 135   ANDREW SCHEDE (JOHN J)           PIN     1:44     SIEGAL (HH)
 140   MARK SWERTFAGER (JOHN J)         PIN     2:42     RUH (HH)
 145   MIKE KELLY (JOHN J)              PIN     4:27     HUILCA (HH)
 152   CJ UPHAM (JOHN J)                PIN     2:12     BUTLER (HH)
 160   BRIAN KELLY (JOHN J)             PIN     1:11     CIGNARELI (HH)
 171   SCOTT GENOVESI (JOHN J)          MD      14-5     CORCORAN (HH)
 189   DONNIE GECAJ (JOHN J)            PIN     4:11     STEVENS (HH)
 215   PAT SWEENEY (JOHN J)             DEC     6-3      FAZZINO (HH)
 285   TIM GECAJ (JOHN J)               DEC     2-1      TREINISH (HH)

      
       VARSITY

 096   PARISE (BRW)                     DEC     3-7      DAN YABLON (JOHN J)
 103   DUNCAN (BRW)                     FOR     0-0      JJ FORFEIT (JOHN J)
 112   FREIDLANDER (BRW)                DEC     7-11     DAVID EGELER (JOHN J)
 119   PERAGINE (BRW)                   DEC     1-5      JAMES KELLY (JOHN J)
 125   HENRY STAUBER (JOHN J)           MD      12-1     MCALPINE (BRW)
 130   BILLY WATTERSON (JOHN J)         DEC     3-2      GOGATZ (BRW)
 135   ANDREW SCHEDE (JOHN J)           PIN     :51      QUINLAN (BRW)
 140   MARK SWERTFAGER (JOHN J)         DEC     6-1      GOODEN (BRW)
 145   MIKE KELLY (JOHN J)              DEC     8-3      GRASSO (BRW)
 152   CJ UPHAM (JOHN J)                DEC     9-3      GHELARDUCCI (BRW)
 160   BRIAN KELLY (JOHN J)             PIN     2:27     MAGMLAHAES (BRW)
 171   SCOTT GENOVESI (JOHN J)          PIN     2:54     BORCHERT (BRW)
 189   DONNIE GECAJ (JOHN J)            DEC     9-4      SANTIAGO (BRW)
 215   PAT SWEENEY (JOHN J)             PIN     1:09     MILISTON (BRW)
 285   TIM GECAJ (JOHN J)               PIN     1:17     GECAJ (BRW)

    
       VARSITY

 096   D REALBUTO (SOM)                 FOR     0-0      JJ FORFEIT (JOHN J)
 103   CORPOLONGPO (SOM)                PIN     1:42     DAN YABLON (JOHN J)
 112   B REALNUTO (SOM)                 PIN     :52      DAVID EGELER (JOHN J)
 119   HENRY STAUBER (JOHN J)           PIN     5:09     EMANUEL (SOM)
 125   BILLY WATTERSON (JOHN J)         FOR     0-0      FF (SOM)
 130   ANDREW SCHEDE (JOHN J)           PIN     :47      KOLAJ (SOM)
 135   MARK SWERTFAGER (JOHN J)         PIN     3:54     DEVITA (SOM)
 140   MIKE KELLY (JOHN J)              DEC     5-4      ZIMMERMAN (SOM)
 145   CJ UPHAM (JOHN J)                PIN     :52      REVEL (SOM)
 152   TRABBUCO (SOM)                   DEC     0-1      BRIAN KELLY (JOHN J)
 160   SCOTT GENOVESI (JOHN J)          FOR     0-0      FF (SOM)
 171   FINKELSTIEN (SOM)                PIN     :52      WYATT GILCHRIST (JOHN J)
 189   DONNIE GECAJ (JOHN J)            DEC     7-3 OT   DJPKIC (SOM)
 215   PAT SWEENEY (JOHN J)             MD      10-2     IZZO (SOM)
 285   TIM GECAJ (JOHN J)               PIN     1:00     ENGELHART (SOM)

The NCN duals are winding down and John Jay, at 7-0, is about to clinch the title.

I’ll be back with more, but here are some scores:

Round one – John Jay 51, Brewster 18; Westlake 42, Putnam Valley 21; Somers 48, Yorktown 33; Hen Hud 46, Lakeland/Panas 33.

Round two – Westlake 49, Dobbs Ferry 21; Brewster 62, Somers 21; Lakeland 58, Putnam Valley 16; Yorktown 48, Hen Hud 25.

Round three – Lakeland/Panas 60, Dobbs Ferry 21; John Jay 51, Somers 27; Brewster 64, Hen Hud 21; Yorktown 58, Putnam Valley 16.

Round four – Yorktown 62, Dobbs Ferry 22; John Jay 71, Hen Hud 12; Westlake 58, Lakeland/Panas 32; Brewster 54, Putnam Valley 25.

Round five – Brewster 70, Dobbs Ferry 16; John Jay 58, Putnam Valley 10; Westlake 51, Yorktown 34; Somers 53, Hen Hud 28.

Round six – John Jay 68, Dobbs Ferry 9; Brewster 63, Westlake 21; Somers 46, Putnam Valley 20; Yorktown 46, Lakeland/Panas 29.

Round seven – Somers 63, Dobbs Ferry 11; John Jay 48, Westlake 28; Brewster 54, Lakeland/Panas 26; Putnam Valley 63, Hen Hud 34.

Well I was at Clarkstown North today for an extremely fun and well-run tournament. The tournament was run in a round robin format, and the home team had a great day, taking five individual titles. I wasn’t in the office today, so I don’t have all the results from NCN duals, but I do have some info. First of all, I want to extend congratulations to both Lakeland’s Joseph Hauser and Somers’ Brian Realbuto for getting their 100 wins. Always impressive to see someone get to the century mark, and I also think it’s an indication of the hard work these guys put in.

I haven’t spoken to anybody from Yorktown yet (I do have calls in) but the Yorktown Central Schools are closed, along with pretty much everything else, so I’m guessing NC duals will be starting tomorrow morning and not tonight. I will post any further updates.

I know people were interested in this result, so I called up Bill Swertfager and got the box. He said Monroe-Woodbury is really tough, which is no surprise considering they dominated the Section 9 dual-meet tourney thoroughly.

Monroe-Woodbury 51, John Jay 16
At John Jay
125 — Watterson (JJ) major dec. Accettari, 15-6; 130 — Franco (MW) major dec. Schede, 1-4; 135 — Swertfager (JJ) dec. Vespa, 7-3; 140 — Naittna (MW) pin. Mike Kelly, 5:39. 145 — Smith (MW) pin. Upham, 5:48; 152 — Fenning (MW) dec. Kelly, 7-2; 160 — Genovesi (JJ) pin. Masino, 5:10; 171 — Dorsey (MW) major dec. Gilcrest, 13-5; 189 — Schussler (MW) dec. D. Gechaj, 8-5. 215 — Bocchiacchi (MW) major dec. Sweeney, 17-5;  285 — Gechaj (JJ) dec. Hampton, 5-3; 96 — Wolf (MW) pin. Yablon, 1:09; 103 — Fox (MW) won by forfeit; 112 — Kelly (MW) won by forfeit;  119 — Wolf (MW) dec. Stauber, 7-6.

I was at North Rockland today, where the Red Raiders were extremely impressive in winning 63-7 over Port Chester. Results are still pouring in right now, but I thought I’d post what my colleagues have gotten on the phone thus far. As for the weekend, obviously weather could be a factor for tomorrow, and I will start making phone calls as soon as I get up to see what’s up with the schedule. I will be at Clarkstown North on Saturday, and I will be tracking results from the other area tournaments as well.
Nanuet 60, Hastings 22
At Nanuet
171 – Rich Berkery (N) won by forfeit; 189 — Jesse Knapp (N) won by forfeit; 215 – Steve Ramundo (N) won by forfeit; 285 — Joe Sestito (Hs) won by forfeit; 96 – Matt Dillon  (N) won by forfeit; 103 — Anthony Calvano (N) won by forfeit; 112 — double forfeit; 119 —Jesse Rahimzadeh (N) won by forfeit; 125 — John Morato (N) pin. John Balseiti, 1:30; 130 — Sammy Theadoropoulus (Hs) pin. Criag Johns, 5:08; 135 – Greg Caneparo (N) pin. Dom Padilla, 1:59; 140 – Brandon Abrahante (Hs) dec. Kevin Brundage, 11-7; 145 – Lance Madry (N) pin. Harrison Zhu, 1:03; 152 — Greg Pezzuto (Hs) won by forfeit; 160 — Dan Breit (N) won by forfeit.
Records — Nanuet 2-1.

Rye 45, Rye Country Day 34
At Rye
103 — Connor McWilton® pin. Brian Aderson 5:17. 112 — Ben Lust (Rcd) dec. Jeff Dempsey 11-6. 119 — Will Florio® pin. Matt Lee 5:09. 125 — Adlee Fayyas (Rcd) pin Peter Kennedy 1:11. 130 — Jacob Stone® won by forfiet. 135 — Graham Zahringer® pin. Jake Cooper 1:28. 140 — Donivan McSorley® pin. Nick Bronson 5:13. 145 — Zack Bodinger® dec. Chibuzee Nwakeze 11-10. 152 — Miles Soleman (Rcd) pin. Peter Julian 5:22. 160 — Max Billington® pin. Dan Anderson-Smith 1:23. 171 — Kohl Brinkman® pin. Mike Pollinger 0:48. 189 — Charles Bukingham (Rcd) pin. Eamom Marley 1:01. 215 — Brendan Kim (Rdc) won by forfeit. 275 — Obinna Nwakeze (Rcd) pin. Steven Fisher 1:48.
Records — Rye 3-2; Rye Country Day.

Tappan Zee 52, Pearl River 33
At Pearl River
130 — Cameron Bruzzi (PR) dec. Ryan Basso, 10-9; 135 — Joe Maniscalco (TZ) pin. Tyler Petrone, 4:48; 140 — Mauricio Ruballos (PR) pin. Simon Li, 1:54. 145 — John Sullivan (TZ) pin. Kenta Umezaki, 3:03; 152—Max Park (TZ) major dec. D.J. Kardashian, 12-1; 160 — Jose Vega (TZ) pin. Nick Mazzella, 4:40; 171 — Gabe Guardarromas (TZ) pin. Joe Farsetta, 1:38; 189 — Tim Coyne (TZ) pin. Kyle Hartigan, 4:44; 215 — Justin Vega (TZ) pin. John Gernon, 1:21; 275 — Jimmy Emsworth (PR) pin. Matt Taylor, 1:50; 96—Pat Hogan (PR) pin. John Miller, :46; 103 — Brian McGarvey (PR) won by forfeit; 112 — Nick Altomare (TZ) pin. Craig Coyle, 1:53; 119 — Charles Garcia (TZ) pin. Alex Bruzzi, 1:22; 125 — Joe Lieberman (PR) pin. Phil Litz 1:08.
Records — Pearl River 2-6.

Pleasantville 51, Eastchester 30
At Pleasantville
112 — Mike Taino (Pv) pin. Rich Vasallo, :29; 119 — Blake Artuso (Pv) pin. Dave Massi, 3:37; 125 — Mike Kaner (Pv) dec. Michael Nicholson, 7-4; 130 — Bryan Vallejo (Pv) pin. Rob Carinci, 4:53; 135 — Kevin Berbarducci (Pv) pin. Alex Lott; 140 — Peter Talesnik (Pv) pin. Toyo Hagiware, 1:29. 145 — Mike Robbins (E) pin. Anthony Fortino 1:55; 152—Joe Nigro (E) dec. Nick D’Agostino, 11-9; 160 — Nick Coco (E) dec. Mike Morra, 13-9; 171 — Sean Walsh (E) won by forfeit; 189 — Joe Ricciardi (E) won by forfeit; 215 — Mike Todino (E) pin. Mike Zullo, 1:35; 275 — Obum Aniyane (Pv) won by forfeit; 96—Anthony Lopez (Pv) won by forfeit; 103 — Mike Kar (Pv) pin. Tom Matarello, :53.
Records — Pleasantville 3-1, Eastchester 1-3.

Brunswick (Conn.) 58, Hackley 10
At Brunswick
96 — Sam Speeno (FL) pin. Dan McBrinn 3:18. 103 — Smith (Br) won by forfiet. 112 — Justin Seim (Hk) maj. dec. Baldwin 15-3. 119 — Stanco (Br) dec. Toby Zitsman 8-7. 125 — Habjipateras (B) dec Chris Breen 8-2. 130 — Ruepell (Br) pin Eric Jasinski 4:21. 135 — Wales (Br) won by forfiet. 140 — Marcus (Br) dec Brian Clingen 8-4. 145 — M. Wales (B) dec. Kojo Boateng 6-1. 152 — Sabastian Mejias (Hk) pin Lowden 2:34. 160 — Simmons (Br) pin. Nate Oh 0:30. 171 — Holme (Br) maj. dec. Aiden Graham 10-1. 189 — Cohen (Br) won by forfiet. 215 — Holten (Br) pin. Bryan Lovera 1:30. 275 — Garzona (Br) won by forfeit.
Records — Brunswick 2-1; Hackley 1-3.

New Rochelle 49, Mamaroneck 24
At New Rochelle
119 — Matt Jankowski (NR) tech. fall Troy Whitemore, 4:00; 125 — Adjoni Burrows (NR) dec. John White, 3-0; 130 — Marco Iacono (M) dec. Mike Figueroa, 5-3; 135 – Jack Miller (M) maj. dec Paul Campbell, 11-3; 140 – Femi Wheeler (M) tech. fall Andrew Taylor, 5:50; 145 – Christian Hill (M) dec. Anthony Gabriellle, 7-5 OT; 152 — Andres Pedraza (M) dec. Steven Lara, 5-3; 160 — Ray Ramos (NR) pin. Chris Ford, 4:16; 171 – Fatos Prelvukaj (NR) pin. Ben Finard, 3:14; 189 — Mynor Cornejo (M) pin. Tyler Lilly, 1:25; 215 – Quinton Weatherspoon (NR) pin. Eric Robustelli, :48; 285 — Ben Horacz (NR) pin. Martin Andres, 3:42; 96 – Joey Cannizzo (NR) won by forfeit; 103 — A.J. Barbaria (NR) pin. Ben Miller, 2:39; 112 — Hunter Jones (NR) tech. fall Bobby Autera, 4:26;
Records — New Rochelle 2-2.

North Rockland 63, Port Chester 7
At North Rockland
215 — Joe Rodriguez  (PC) major dec. Pat Cahill, 11-1;  285 — Christian Garcia (NRK) pin. Zach Fiermonti, 2:22; 96 — Troy Feniger  (NRK) dec. Joe Rodriguez, 6-4; 103 — Mike Caputo (NRK) tech fall. Edgar Vargas, 1:59; 112 — Anthony Simini (NRK) pin. Joe Guido, 5:58;  119 — Mike DeRosa (NRK) dec. Max Josephson, 1-0; 125 — Fernando Martinez (PC) dec. Connor Davie, 4-1; 130 — Joe Slane (NRK) pin. Jean Claude Roldan, 3:59; 135 — Tom Ginty (NRK) pin. Jack Girardi, 3:59. 140 — Dan Burgaleta (NRK) pin. CJ Elliot, :43. 145 — Matt Gonzalez (NRK) pin. Tom Sorbella, :36; 152 — Matt Mancuso (NRK) dec. Joe Schiavone, 11-5; 160 — Marc Diaz (NRK) pin. Anthony Signorelli, 3:36; 171 — Ron Fermin (NRK) dec. James Mutino, 13-5; 189 — Jon Didio (NRK) dec. Josue Cardenas, 4-3.

Once again,  John Jay is the Section 1 dual-meet wrestling champion. The Indians defeated Suffern in the final, 43-15 after besting Somers 50-27 in the semifinal. Carmel took third by beating Somers in the consolation match. Before I get to the box scores, I found it interesting that, to a man, John Jay seemed to be wrestling with a chip on its shoulder. The Indians seemed like they weren’t being given enough credit because they lost so much to graduation. John Jay was very, very impressive in the final, losing only one match besides two forfeits. Clearly, no one will be underestimating John Jay anymore, if they ever were.

Section 1 dual meet championships
At Carmel
Final
John Jay 43, Suffern 15
152 — CJ Upham (JJ) dec. Blake Ziffer 7-0; 160 — Brian Kelly (JJ) dec. Ethan Gomes, 9-5; 171 — Scott Genovesi (JJ) dec. Chris Milliaressis (Sf), 7-3; 189 — Don Gechaj (JJ) dec. Mike Wagner (Sf) 8-3; 215 — Pat Sweeney (JJ) pin. Manny Hnatko (Sf), 4:43; 285 — Timmy Gechaj (JJ) won by forfeit; 96 — Dan Yablan (JJ) dec. Dan McBrinn, 8-3; 103 — Asher Kramer (Sf) won by forfeit; 112 — Justin Artrip (Sf) won by forfeit; 119 — Henry Stauber (JJ) dec. Nick Oliveto, 3-1; 125 — Billy Waterson (JJ) dec. Andrew Artrip, 14-5 ; 130 — David Bailen (Sf) dec. Jay Smith, 2-0; 135 — Andrew Schede (JJ) dec. Vin Giella, 7-5; 140 — Mark Swertfager (JJ) dec. Brandon Kafka, 5-1; 145 — Mike Kelly (JJ) dec. Jack Anderson, 8-4.

Consolation finals
Carmel 48, Somers 33
152 — Mike Panchishak© dec. Anthony Trabucco, 3-1; 160 — Wyatt Baker© pin. Rich Radi, :39, 1:43; 171 — Adam Finkelstein (S) pin. Shane Rossiter, 4:40; 189 — Alan Djokic (S) maj. dec. AJ Alverez, 20-9; 215 – Alex Othmer© pin. Joe Izzo, :45; 285 — Ryan englert (S) won by forfeit; 96 — Tom Davidson© pin. Dylan Realbuto, 1:28; 103 — Alex Corpolongo (S) pin. Tom B’Ambrosio, 2:16; 112 —Brian Realbuto (S) tech. fall Joe Caparelli, 19-1; 119 — Doug Chiapperino© pin. Brett Emmanuel, 1:41; 125 — Rob Kirk© dec. Nyles Seim, 5-2; 130 — Mike Rose© pin. Mitchell Gurrerrio, 1:32; 135 — Reno DeVita (S) pin. Andrew Carrion, 3:28; 140 — Kevin Davidson© pin. Nick Goldberg, 1:38; 145 — Marty Lorenz© pin. Josh Zimmerman, 1:34.
Records — Carmel 6-2.

Semifinals
Suffern 43, Carmel 27
145 — Marty Lorenz© maj. dec. Jack Anderson, 13-2; 152 — Blake Ziffe (Sf) dec. Mike Panchishak, 4-2; 160 — Ethan Gomes (Sf) pin. Wyatt Baker, 1:43; 171 — Chris Milliaressis (Sf) maj. dec. Shane Rossiter, 12-2; 189 — Mike Wagner (Sf) dec. Brian Goepfrich, 7-5; 215 — Emmanuel Hnatko (Sf) pin. AJ Alverez, :47; 285 — Alex Othmer© pin. Phil Tomassi, :15; 96 — Tom Davidson© pin. Dan McBrinn, 3:31; 103 — Asher Kramer (Sf) maj. dec. Tom B’Ambrosio, 10-2; 112 —Nick Olivetto (Sf) pin. Joe Caparelli, 3:34; 119 — Nick Gaiella (Sf) maj. dec. Doug Chiapperino, 13-2; 125 — Mike Rose© pin. Andrew Atrip, :20; 130 — David Bailen (Sf) dec. Andrew Carrion, 4-2; 135 — Kevin Davidson© tech. fall Vinny Gaiella, 17-1; 140 — Brandon Kafka (Sf) dec. James Autiery, 5-3.
Records — Carmel 5-2.

John Jay 50, Somers 27
96 — D. Realbuto (S) win by forfeit; 103 — Corpolongo (S) pin. Yablan, :44; 112 — B. Realbuto (S) win by forfeit; 119 -— Stauber (JJ) pin. Emanuel, 2:51; 125 — Waterson (JJ) dec. Seim, 20-4; 130 — Smith (JJ) pin. Guerrerio, 2:55; 135 -—Schede (JJ) pin. Kolaj, 1:15; 140 — Gallager (JJ) dec. DeVita, 10-2; 145 — Upham (JJ) tech fall Zimmerman; 152 -— Trabuco (S) dec. B. Kelly, 4-2; 160 —  Genovesi (JJ) pin. Radi, :30 171 — Finkelstein (S) pin. Caida, 1:45 189 -—Gechaj (JJ) dec. Djokic, 6-5; 215 — Sweeney (JJ) dec. Izzo, 11-7; 285 — Gechaj (JJ) pin. Englert, :52.

John Jay just wrapped up a 43-15 win over Suffern to win the Section 1 dual-meet title for the second year in a row.

More info/thoughts to come.

John Jay and Suffern have advanced to the finals of the Section 1 dual-meet tournament at Carmel.

Back with more in a bit.

OK, so stuff from the weekend has been coming in, and like I’ve said before, as quickly as I get it, I post it. I have results from Woodlands coach Jason Parker from his tournament this weekend, a summary from coach Bill Swertfager on John Jay’s trip to the North-Eastern Duals and Somers’ results from its journey to the Andrew Peers tournament. So now, without further ado:

Woodlands Tournament:

 Team Scores:
 
1. Sleepy Hollow (SH) - 311
2. Yonkers A (YOa) – 164
3. Woodlands (WD) – 143
4. Yonkers B (YOb) – 120
5. Hastings (HS) – 96
6. Dobbs Ferry (DF) – 94
7. Our Lady of Lourdes (OLL) - 69.5
8. Liberty (section 9) (LY) – 43
9. Byram Hills (BH) – 34
 
Finals:
 
96. Remeek Mckenzie (YOa) pin  Edwin Jiminez (SH)
103. Anastasios Papaioannov (YOa) pin. Steven Bencosme (SH)
 112. Chris Schwuchow (YOa) pin. Ibrahim Simreen (YOb)
119. Chris Lopez won by forfeit over Teddy Kyreakedes (DF)
125. Keith Griffith (WD) pin. Brandon Lynn (BH)
130. Jay Concepcion pin. Sammy Theodoropoulous (HS)
135. Anthony Gathers (WD) pin. Dom Padilla (HS)
140. David Martinez (SH) pin. David Figueroa (WD)
145. Dondrey Sharrock (SH) dec. Jean-Claude Chin (WD)
152. Pete Delmanaco (SH) pin. Greg Pezzuto (HS)
160. Antonio Barnett pin. Mike Segarra (SH)
171. Jarron Saunders (DF) pin. Sergio Almonte (SH)
189. Gilli Bauer-Moshi pin. Sean Willis (WD)
215. Elliot Maldonado (YOb) pin. Shaquill Malcom (YOa
285. John Lopez pin. Hinton (LY)

Semifinals:
96. Jiminez (SH) pin. Blackwell (LY)1:07, Mckenzie (YOa) pin. Calim (WD) :26 103. Papaioannov (YOa) pin. Torres (LY), Bencosme (SH) pin J. Kyreakedes (DF) 4:43. 112. Schwuchow (YOa) pin Cigna (OLL), Sinreen pin. Ford (WD):23 119. Kreaykedes (DF) pin. Ruiz (YOa), Lopez (SH) pin. Baez (YOa) 125. Griffith (WD) pin. Caporale (BH) :25, Lynn (BH) pin. Figueroa (YOb) 1:02 130. Concepcion (SH) pin. Dimarco (OLL) 1:00, Theodoropoulous (HS) pin. Martinato (SH) 1:58 135. Gathers (WD) dec. Bucci (SH) 9-3, Padilla (HS) dec. Gjondrekej (YOb) 140. Martinez (SH) pin. Zhu (HS) 1:20, Figueroa (WD) dec. Abrahante (HS) 7-4 145. Sharrock (SH) dec. Nissman (DF) 17-6, Chin (WD) dec. Hofling (SH) 12-9 152. Delmonaco (SH) pin Lopez (OLL) :46, Pezzuto (HS) pin. Gonzalez (SH) 160. Barnett (YOb) pin Heiss (DF), Segarra (SH) pin Martinez (LY) :24 171. Saunders (DF) pin. Raganese (OLL) :36, Almonte (SH) pin. Kirksley (OLL) 189. Bauer-Moshi (SH) pin. Carias (YOa), Willis (WD) dec. Stefanik (YOa) 9-7 215. Maldonado (YOb) pin. Pierrette (WD) 2:41, Malcom (YOa) pin Lynch (WD) 3:00 285. Lopez (SH) pin Sestito (HS), Hinton (LY) pin. DeLacruz (YOb)

Consi Finals:

96. Blackwell (LY) dec. Calim (WD) 103. Vesley (OLL) pin. Torres (LY) 112. Cigna (OLL) pin. DiDanato (DF) 119. Baez (YOa) pin Ruiz (YOa) 125. Coporale (BH) pin. Figueroa (YOb) 130. Martinato (SH) pin. Malpass (DF) 135. Bucci (SH) dec. Gjondrekej (YOa)140. Abrahante (HS) dec. Zhu (HS) 145. Hofling (SH) pin. Nissman (DF) 152. Gonzalez (SH) pin. Lopez (SH) 160. Rodriguez (WD) dec. Heiss (DF) 171. Raganese (OLL) pin. Kirksley (YOa) 189. Stefanik (YOa) dec. Carias (YOa) 215. Sharrock (SH) pin. Lynch (WD) 285. Sestito (HS) pin. DeLacruz (YOb)

Somers at Andrew Peers 

Dylan (96) and Brian Realbuto (112) both took first in the tournament, and Brian Realbuto is just three wins shy of 100. Rino DeVita (135) took second place, Kyle Turchick (96) and Ryan Englert (275) finished third and Alex Corpolongo (103), Neils Seim (125), Anthony Trabucco (145) and Alex Djokic (189) all secured fourth place finishes.

From John Jay coach Bill Swertfager:

“John Jay went 2-3 wrestling against some of the toughest competiton the state has to offer. Scores were as follows and in the order we wrestled: North Aderondack 44-27(W), Waverly 15-52(L), Shenendahowa 19-54(L), Plainedge 38-37(W), Valley Central 27-49(L). Mark Swertfager, Billy Watterson and Scott Genovesi all went 4-1 in what was a meat grinder day of wrestling.”

Well, after a long day I’m about to hit the sack. But first, here are the results from the Tiger Tournament today. Obviously I wasn’t there, because as many times as I’ve tried to make it happen with my mind, I can’t be at two places at once. So for anyone who was there, I’d love to hear some thoughts on the action.

Wrestling
Mamaroneck Tiger tournament
At Hommocks Middle School
Team key and scores: 1. Fox Lane (FL) 202.50; 2. Glen Cove (GC) 180.50; 3.
Clarkstown North (CN) 167.00; 4. Horace Mann (HM) 165.00; 5. Clarkstown
South (CS) 155.00; 6. Port Chester (PC) 119.50; 7. Mamaroneck (M) 99.00; 8.
Mount St. Micahel (MSM) 84.00; 9. Nyack (N) 83.00; 10. Eastchester (EAST)
76.00; 11. Irvington (IVR) 57; 12. Hackley (H) 42.00; 13. Iona Prep (IP)
39.00; 14. Rye® 31.00; 15. Croton Harmon (CH) 22.00; 16. Salesian
(S)20.00

Semifinals
96 ­ Sam Speno (FL) pin. Nick Fischetti (CN), 2:43, Brian McLiverty (CS)
pin. Brett Pastore (IVR), :48; 103 ‹ Tom Grippi (FL) pin. Mik Biirjah (MSM),
3:11;Gideon Wertheimer (HM) pin. Sean Mullins (IP), 3:12; 112 ‹ Steven
Rodrigues (FL) pin. Justin Seim (H), 4:24; Donovan Melendez (MSM) maj. dec.
David Occhipinti©, 12-1; 119 ‹ Andrew Greenberg (CN) dec. Toby Zitsman
(H), 8-1; Pat Fay (FL) pin. Dan Marcusa (HM), 3:12; 125 ‹ Dan Evangelakos
(HM) dec. JT Dale (CN), 11-4; Marco Iacono (M) dec. Andrew Nicholson, 2-0;
130 ‹ Joe Grippi (FL) pin. Anthony Fico (IP), 1:21; Mike Iannetta (GC) dec.
Dominic Campitiello (CS), 9-6; 135 ­ Udit Thakur (N) pin. Chris Greeley
(CN), 5:40; Hector Paez (GC) pin. Josh Zumbado (4:59); 140 ­ Femi Wheeler
(M) maj. dec. Matthew Pragdat (CS), 13-3; Rob Kantrowitz (CN) dec. Nate
Booth, 8-2; 145 ­ Justin Meltzer (HM) pin. Rashad Nichols (N), 1:36; Pat
Cook (GC) pin. Tom Genovese (CS), 3:30; 152 ‹ Steven Ramos (CN) maj.dec.
Alex Schwartz (HM), 11-3; Luke Speno (FL) pin. Andreas Pedraza (M), 3:58;
160 ‹ Sasha Bogdanich (GC) pin. Daniel Kinnard (CS), 2:36; Nick Coco (EAST)
pin. Brian Clifford (CN), 3:25; 171 ­ Cam Wertheimer (HM) pin. Joe Ricciardi
(EAST), 3:23; Sal Marchese (N) dec. Sean Degnan (IVR), 5-1 ; 189 ‹ Mike
Todino (EAST) pin. Julio Bonilla (GC), :36; Josue Carenas (PC) pin. Eric Han
(HM0, 5:32; 215 ­ Kevin Gardrvits (GC) tech. fall Matt Roeder (CN), 17-0;
Joe Rodrigues (PC) tech. fall Joe Riehm (IVR), 19-4 275 ‹ Justin
Ramse-Johanson (MSM) pin. Adalberto Fijor (CS), 1:59; Zach Fiermonti (PC)
pin. Irmi Durandisse, 1:54.

Finals
96 ­ Speno (FL) tech. fall Brian McLiverty (CS), 5:32 ; 103 ‹ Grippi (FL)
maj. dec. Wertheimer, 8-0; 112 ‹ Rodrigues (FL) pin. Melendez (MSM), 5:00;
119 ‹ Fay (FL) dec. Greenberg (CN), 10-5; 125 ‹ Evangelakos (HM) dec. Iacono
(M), 5-2; 130 ‹ Grippi (FL) pin. Iannetta, 1:38; 135 ­ Thakur (N) maj.dec.
Paez,12-2; 140 ­ Wheeler (M) dec. Kantrowitz (CN), 5-1; 145 ­ Meltzer (HM)
maj. dec. Cook (GC), 15-3; 152 ‹ Speno (FL) pin. Ramos (CN), 5:27; 160 ‹
Bogdanich (GC) pin. Coco (EAST), 5:05; 171 ­ Marchese (N) dec. Wertheimer
(HM), 3-2; 189 ‹ Carenas (PC) pin. Todino (EAST, 5:03; 215 ­ Gardvits (GC)
pin. Rodriguez; 275 ‹ Fiermonti (PC) pin. Ramsey-Johanson (MSM), 1:43.

Consolation finals
96 ­ Fishcetti (CN) pin. Brett Pastore (IVR); 103 ‹ Biirjah (MSM) pin.
Mullins (IP), 2:55; 112 ‹ Occhipinti© dec. Seim (H), 9-6; 119 ‹ Marcusa
(HM) dec. Zitsman (H), 6-2; 125 ‹ Dale dec. Nicholson (EAST), 6-3; 130 ‹
Campitiello(CS) dec. Fico, 8-6; 135 ­ Greeley (CN) dec. Zumbado (S), 1-0;
140 ­ Pragdat (CS) dec. Booth, 3-1; 145 ­ Genovese (CS) pin. Nichols (N),
1:54; 152 ‹ Pedraza (M) pin. Schwartz (HM), 4:30; 160 ‹ Clifford (CN) pin.
Kinnard (CS), 2:07; 171 ­ Degnan (IVR) pin. Ricciardi (EAST), 1:50; 189 ‹
Han (HM) dec. Bonilla (GC), 10-4; 215 ­ Riehm (IVR) pin. Roeder (CN), 1:20;
275 ‹ Durandisse (N) pin. Fijor (CS), 2:40.

Hello everyone. I got back to the office about 30 seconds ago, and I have a deadline coming up so I can’t write much now. I did want to post the results from today at North Rockland though. For your viewing pleasure:

Jerry McGuire tournament
At North Rockland

Team key – Ardsley (Ard); Arlington (Arl); Fordham Prep (FP); Nanuet (Nan); North Rockland (NRK); Tappan Zee (TZ); Scarsdale (Sc); Warwick (War).

Semifinals
96 – Drew Longo (Ard) dec. John Tambunting (Sc), 10-7; Kyle Wierzbicki (War) dec. Jimmy Duckham (Arl), 9-5. 103 – Mike Caputo (NRK) tech fall Anthony Calvano (Nan); Shane Connolly (War) pin. Scott Longworth (Ard) 1:15. 112 – Dan Paneda (Arl) pin. Kyle Bamberger (War), 1:50; Penn Gottfried (Ard) pin. Kevin Zechinni (Sc), 2:18; 119 – Jesse Rahimzadeh (Nan) dec. Joe Eggito (Arl), 5-0; Garrett Flannagan (War) tech fall Mike DeRosa (NRK); 125 – Joe Slane (NRK) pin. Tom Parker (War) 1:37; Robert Martin (Ard) pin. Joe Morato (Nan), 2:56; 130 – Brian Barry (Arl) major dec. Matt Dorf (Sc), 19-5; Greg Caneparo (Nan) dec. Jose Minaya (NRK), 12-10; 135 – Dan Manley (Ard) pin. Alex Grosz ski (FP), :57; Chris Quigley (Arl) dec. Alex Baker (War), 6-0; 140 – Andrew Lenzi (FP) pin. Dan Burgaleta (NRK), 2:16; Tom O’ Rourke (War) dec. Dan Graff (Arl), 5-4; 145 – Mike Santalla (War) pin. Misha Barry (Arl), 3:56; Matt Mancuso (NRK) dec. Justin Andreadis (FP), 4-0; 152 – Marc Diaz (NRK) pin. Zach Tatti (Sc), 3:13; Eric Benito (FP) dec. Greg Wetzel (Arl), 5-4 160 – John Palladino (FP) dec. Ron Fermin (NRK), 9-4; 171 – Kleckner Charles (Ard) pin. Colin Muldoon (Sc), 3:46; Tim Coyne (TZ) pin. Kyle Kavanagh (FP), 2:18; 189 – Jon Didio (NRK) pin. John Cahill (FP), 3:26; Chris Vealy (War) pin. Chris Cuzzola (Arl,), 4:51; 215 – Pavel Gorelov (War) pin. Pat Cahill (NRK), 2:53; Collin Desens (Arl) pin. Anthony Pastore (Nan), 5:31; 285 – Christian Garcia (NRK) pin. Matt Buongiorno (Ard), 1:51; Justin Conahan (Arl) pin. Liam Fox (FP), 3:20.
Championship
96 – Wierzbicki (War) dec. Longo (Ard), 13-2; 103 – Connolly (War) dec. Caputo (NRK), 8-2; 112 – Gottfried (Ard) pin. Paneda (Arl), 1:56; 119 – Flannagan (War) dec. Rahimazadeh (Nan), 6-0; 125 – Slane (NRK) dec. Robert Martin (Ard), 9-1; 130 – B. Barry (Arl) dec. Caneparo (Nan), 8-2; 135 – Manley (Ard) pin. Quigley (Arl), 2:17; 140 – Lenzi (FP) tech fall. O’ Rourke (War); 145 – Santalla (War) pin. Mancuso (NRK), 1:36; 152 – Diaz (NRK) dec. Benito (FP), 5-4; 160 – Wightman (War) pin. Palladino (FP), 5:15; 171 – Charles (Ard) pin. Coyne (TZ), 5:49; 189 – Didio (NRK) dec. Vealy (War), 6-3; 215 – Desens (Arl) pin. Gorelov (War), :42; 285 – Garcia (NRK) pin. Conahan (Arl), 1:01.
Consolation finals
96 – Duckham (Arl) pin. Tambunting (Sc), :47; 103 – Calvano pin. Longworth (Ard), :41; 112 – Bamberger (War) pin. Zechinni (Sc), 1:25 119 – Eggito (Arl) wins by injury default; 125 – Morato (Nan) dec. Parker (War) 4-2; 130 – Dorf (Sc) pin. Minaya (NRK), 3:30; 135 – Baker (War) pin. Groszwski (FP), 5:49; 140 – Graff (Arl) dec. Burgaleta (NRK), 11-6; 145 – M. Barry (Arl) pin. Andreadis (FP), 3:06; 152 – Wetzel (Arl) dec. Tatti (Sc), 5-4; 160 – Jose Vega (TZ) pin. Ron Fermin (NRK), 3:30; 171 – Muldoon (Sc) dec. Kavanagh (FP), 5-2; 189 – Cuzzola (Arl) pin. Cahill (NRK), 1:26; 215 – Pastore (Nan) dec. Cahill (NRK), 4-1; 285 – Fox (FP) pin. Buongiorno (Ard), 3:31.

Action is about to get under way in the 35th Mamaroneck Tiger Wrestling Tournament.

You can watch it now by visiting “lohud.com/vcsports4”:http://lohud.com/vcsports4.

To watch a replay, just go to that link and click on “On Demand.”

So the final four is set for Tuesday. Carmel took down Brewster tonight, 50-21 to advance to the semifinals. Some thoughts from Carmel coach Bill Twardy.

“I knew we had our hands full going up against Brewster, they’ve beaten some very good teams already,” he said. “I was nervous going into the match. My guys really seemed to be up for this match.”

Twardy pointed to the match at 171, where Shane Rossiter pinned Bernado Magalhaes, as key.

“When that happened, I knew the tide had turned for us, and we were going in the right direction.”

Twardy said that he expects a battle from Suffern, but he is looking forward to having the home crowd advantage on Tuesday.

“I’ll be honest, I considered Fox Lane to be the No. 1 team in the section. So I know going into that match (against Suffern) I’ll have my hands full,” he said. “The home crowd helps tremendously. We have a great following. I’m very proud of my fans and the booster club. We have tremendous, unconditional support.”
So we’re all set for Tuesday. Carmel vs. Suffern, and Somers vs. John Jay.

Here’s the box, which my colleague took over the phone just minutes ago:

Carmel 50, Brewster 21
At Carmel (Section 1 Dual Meet Tournament)
135 — Andrew Carrion© maj. dec. Harry Erickson, 12-2; 140 — Kevin Davidson© tech fall Ricardo Lopez, 19-4; 145 — Marty Lorenz© dec. Gerome Gooden, 11-9; 152 — Mike Panchishak© maj. dec. Andrew Cullen, 17-8; 160 — Nick Ghelarducci (Bw) pin. Wyatt Baker, 2:30; 171 — Shane Rossiter© pin. Bernado Magalhaes, 3:18; 189 — Danny Santiago (Bw) pin. Brian Goepfrich, 2:53; 215 — A.J. Alvarez© won by injury default over Juliano Zanetti; 285 —Alex Ophmer© pin. Dardan Gecag, 1:03;; 96 — Tom Davidson© dec. Micahel Parise, 4-2; 103 — Jimmy Duncan (Bw) dec. Tom D’Ambrosio, 7-0; 112 — Joe Caporale© dec. Tommy Ganska, 10-6; 119 — Doug Chiapperino© dec. John Peragine, 8-6; 125 — Mike Rose© pin. Kyle McAlpin, 3:58; 130 — Chris Gogatz (Bw) pin. Rob Kirk, 3:30.
Records —Carmel 3-0.

For those clamoring for some info about this weekend’s tournaments, here are the seeds for the 35th Tiger Tournament. As many of you have said, there is an extremely knowledgeable base of wrestling fans out there, and I want to have everybody involved on this blog. So let’s hear your picks for this tournament. I’ll be at McGuire and not Tiger, but I’ll be interested to compare people’s picks on the blog against the actual results. Also, next week I will be at the dual meet semis and finals, a dual match Thursday and the Clarkstown North tournament on Saturday. Admittedly I haven’t seen as many of the top wrestlers in the area as I would like going into the season (it obviously wasn’t my beat last year) but that is going to change in a hurry. Also, stay tuned tonight for the results of Brewster and Carmel. I will post them as soon as they come in.

96 – no seeds

103

Mike Birdah – Mt. St. Michael

112

Steven Rodrigues – Fox Lane

Donovan Melendez – Mt. St. Michael

David Occhipinti – Croton-Harmon

Bobby Autera – Mamaroneck

119

Andrew Greenberg – Clarkstown North

Dan Marcusa – Horace Mann

Pat Fay – Fox Lane

Kevin Jiminez – Mt. St. Michael

John White – Mamaroneck

Max Josephson – Port Chester

125

Andrew Nicholson – Eastchester

Marco Iocono – Mamaroneck

Andrew Melendez – Mt. St. Michael

Dan Evangelakos – Horace Mann

Fernado Martinez – Port Chester

130

Joe Grippi – Fox Lane

Dominic Campitello – Clarsktown South

Mike Iannetta – Glen Cove

135

Udit Thakur – Nyack

Hector Paez – Glen Cove

Graham Zahringer – Rye

Jose Rueda – Fox Lane

Chris Greeley – Clarkstown North

Jack Miller – Mamaroneck

140

Femi Wheeler – Mamaroneck

Rob Kantrowitz – Clarkstown North

Brendan Fallon – Fox Lane

145

Justin Meltzer – Horace Mann

Pat Cook – Glen Cove

152

Steven Ramos – Clarkstown North

Luke Speno – Fox Lane

160

Sasha Bogdanich – Glen Cove

Nick Coco – Eastchester

171

Cam Wertheimer – Horace Mann

Sal Marchese – Nyack

Sean Degnan – Irvington

189

Mike Todino – Eastchester

Eaman Marley – Rye

Eric Han – Horace Mann

Josue Casrdenas – Port Chester

215

Kevin Gardrvits – Glen Cove

Joe Riehm – Irvington

DJ Amirsaleh –Horace Mann

Joe Rodriguez – Port Chester

285

Justin Ramsey-Johnson – Mt. St. Michael

Kris Pickarts – Irvington

I just got off the phone with Bill Swertfager of John Jay, and he reported that the Indians bested North Rockland 40-28 to move into the semis. John Jay will take on Somers on Tuesday. Swertfager said that his team “expects a battle against Somers.” Tuesday at Carmel should be a lot of fun.

For those of you who don’t already know, Suffern topped Fox Lane today, 37-30, and Somers beat Ossining, 43-37.

I spoke to Dennis DiSanto when he called in the results earlier, and he had a few interesting things to say. He pointed to two matches in particular as being key in today’s result.  Joe Izzo, wrestling at 215, wasn’t feeling well yesterday, but he bounced back today to get a key pin. At 152, Anthony Trabucco won a 9-6 decision over Sam Gissen, who won 2 out 3 matches between the two last year. DiSanto said that Trabucco did a lot of offseason training, and the coach felt it paid off today.

I’ve spent the last 20 minutes or so calling coaches about today’s matches. I was able to reach at least one coach from every match (two of whom were on the bus pulling into the opposing school). Here is what’s going on. Fox Lane/Suffern is on, as are Somers/Ossining and North Rockland/John Jay. I did confirm that Brewster/Carmel is postponed. Those teams will instead wrestle tomorrow at Carmel at 4:30 p.m. On another note, I spoke to Brewster coach Tom Looby, who in addition to confirming the postponed match, seemed pretty pumped up about his match with Carmel. He described his team as “up-and-coming,” and obviously a win over Carmel would be big for his squad. We’ll have to wait an extra day on that, however.

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