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Section 1 dual-meet championship results, schedules

December
9

Here are results from today:

Outbracket
At Lakeland:

Lakeland/Panas 58, Rye 24
Rye 54, Irvington 24
Port Chester 63, Lakeland/Panas 17
At Yorktown:
Yorktown 72, Woodlands 9
Yorktown 55, Yonkers 23
Woodlands 44, Pawling 40
At Mamaroneck
Clarkstown South 66, Mount Vernon 24
Mamaroneck 51, Clarkstown South 31
Mamaroneck 69, East Ramapo 10
At Dobbs Ferry
Horace Greeley 45, Croton-Harmon 28
Croton-Harmon 45, Dobbs Ferry 40
Hen Hud 42, Dobbs Ferry 30

Wednesday’s first-round matches
At John Jay
Port Chester vs. No. 1 John Jay
No. 17 Scarsdale vs. No. 16 Clarkstown North
No. 17 Scarsdale vs. No. 16 Clarkstown North winner vs. No. 1 John Jay

At North Rockland
No. 24 Sleepy Hollow vs. No. 9 Ardsley
No. 25 White Plains vs. No. 8 North Rockland
No. 24 Sleepy Hollow-No. 9 Ardsley winner vs. No. 25-No. 8 North Rockland winner
No. 24 Sleepy Hollow-No. 9 Ardsley loser vs. No. 25-No. 8 North Rockland loser

At Ossining
Hen Hud vs. No. 8 Ossining
No. 20 Eastchester vs. No. 13 New Rochelle
No. 20 Eastchester-No. 13 New Rochelle winner vs. No. 8 Ossining

At Somers
No. 21 Ketcham vs. No. 12 Arlington
No. 28 Harrison vs. No. 5 Somers
No. 21 Ketcham-No. 12 Arlington winner vs. No. 28 Harrison-No. 5 Somers winner
No. 21 Ketcham-No. 12 Arlington loser vs. No. 28 Harrison-No. 5 Somers loser

At Carmel
Yorktown vs. No. 2 Carmel
No. 18 Nyack vs. No. 15 Edgemont
No. 18 Nyack-No. 15 Edgemont winner vs. No. 2 Carmel

At Brewster
No. 23 John Jay-East Fishkill vs. No. 10 Westlake
No. 26 Nanuet vs. No. 7 Brewster
No. 23 John Jay-East Fishkill-No. 10 Westlake winner vs. No. 26 Nanuet-No. 7 Brewster winner
No. 23 John Jay-East Fishkill-No. 10 Westlake loser vs. No. 26 Nanuet-No. 7 Brewster loser

At Fox Lane
Mamaroneck vs. No. 3 Fox Lane
No. 19 Pleasantville vs. No. 14 Beacon
No. 19 Pleasantville-No. 14 Beacon winner vs. No. 3 Fox Lane

At Mahopac
No. 22 Pearl River vs. No. 11 Suffern
No. 27 Putnam Valley vs. No. 6 Mahopac
No. 22 Pearl River-No. 11 Suffern winner vs. No. 27 Putnam Valley-No. 6 Mahopac winner
No. 22 Pearl River-No. 11 Suffern loser vs. No. 27 Putnam Valley-No. 6 Mahopac loser

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Wrestler, referee in the running

December
8

Port Chester’s Zach Fiermonti and longtime referee Melvin Cooper Sr. are in the running for this week’s Gameday Central Gameface of the Week award.

Visit “gamedaycentral.lohudblogs.com”:http://gamedaycentral.lohudblogs.com to cast your vote.

Posted by Susie Arth on Monday, December 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm | del.icio.us Digg
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Westlake wins Carlucci tournament

December
6

Reporter Dan Marra, who was on hand at Port Chester, reports that Westlake won the Carlucci tournament’s team title. Westlake finished with 169 points. Host Port Chester was second
with 163.

Mount Vernon’s Lenny Graham, above, got his senior season started off right as he defeated Westlake’s Will Carter 12-5 in the 160-pound weight class. Beating last year’s fifth-ranked wrestler in the state was enough to earn Graham the most outstanding wrestler award.

Westlake’s Jeff Miller won the 189-pound division as he pinned Josue Cardenas of Port Chester two minutes, 31 seconds into the match. This was Miller’s first tournament win that wasn’t at sectionals.

Team key and scores: 1. Westlake (Ws) 169, 2. Port Chester (PC) 163, 3. Hen Hud (HH) 132, 4. Mamaroneck (Mk) 114, Eastchester (E), Iona Prep (IP), Mount St. Michael (MSM), Mount Vernon (MV), Salesian (S).
Finals

Here are the final-round results:
96 – Dean Rogener (Ws) pin. Conner Mullins (IP), 5:35; 103 — Mike Birjah (MSM) pin. Edgar Vargas (PC), 1:28; 112 — Donovan Melendez (MSM) pin. Bobby Autera (Mk), 2:49; 119 — Max Josephson (PC) dec. John White (Mk), 4-3; 125 — Fernando Martinez (PC) pin. Jean-Claude Roldan (PC), 5:17; 130 — Andrew Melendez (MSM) dec. Tory Ferranti (Ws), 9-3; 135 – Phil Seigel (HH) dec. Josh Zumbado (S), 11-4; 140 – Femi Wheeler (Mk) dec. Ryan Smith (HH), 7-3; 145 – Ross McMahon (IP) tech fall. Javier Solis (Ws), 18-3; 152 — Joe Negro (E) dec. Joe Holbeche (Ws), 10-5; 160 — Lenny Graham (MV) dec. Will Carter (Ws), 12-5; 171 – Ben Karol (Ws) maj. dec. James Mutino (PC) 11-1; 189 — Jeff Miller (Ws) pin. Josue Cardenas (PC), 2:31; 215 – Joe Rodriguez (PC) dec. Lamar Shaw (MV), 6-4; 275 — Jake Treinish (HH) dec. Zach Fiermonti (PC) 5-1.

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I’ll start with sorry

December
6

Hi everyone. This is Susie Arth again. And I’ll start with an apology about the Mogulus feed today. The best thing I can say about our “Special Saturday feature” is that it gave you a taste of what we hope to do much more of throughout the wrestling season. As you probably already know, we had some serious technical issues on top of—full disclosure here—being caught off guard when the finals started almost an hour earlier than we expected. The good news in all of this is that when it worked, it looked great. As of this moment, we probably won’t be able to go live next week from North Rockland. We did a site test last week and the signal simply isn’t strong enough for this new technology.

Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding and congratulations to all the participants today. We’ll be back soon with results.

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Special Saturday feature

December
4

As you all know, The Tony Carlucci Memorial Tournament is Saturday at Port Chester, and we’re going to bring you the action like you’ve never seen it before.

Using an emerging technology called Mogulus, we’ll carry a live Web feed of the finals on LoHud.com. Visit “www.LoHud.com/vcsports4”:http://lohud.com/vcsports4 to watch live, or you can check it out later “on demand.”

Hope you enjoy!

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Tough economy forces tough decisions

December
3

This is Susie Arth, the sports editor at The Journal News and LoHud.com. I understand your concern about Tony Pinciaro no longer being on the wrestling beat. He did great work for you and great work for us. The state of the economy forced us to make some very difficult decisions, including the reduction of our staff. Our commitment to high school wrestling hasn’t changed. We will make every attempt to give all of the excellent athletes the coverage they deserve. I appreciate your passion and look forward to a great season.

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First-week matches

December
1

Fox Lane Parent, I apologize for the delay, but I had to complete wrestling previews and field hockey all-star stories. Here are some of the opening-week matches:

Wednesday, Dec. 3

Fox Lane at Nyack — I will be at this match and I am looking forward to seeing Fox Lane’s sectional champs, Joey Grippi, Steven Rodrigues and Luke Speno, and Nyack’s top two wrestlers, Udit Thakur and Sal Marchese.

New Rochelle at Suffern — New Rochelle has sectional placefinishers Adjoni Burrows and Matt Jankowski returning. Keep an eye on Suffern’s lightweights, specifically Nick Oliveto and Justin Artrip. These two guys are downright nasty good. Then add in David Bailen, Dan Ventarola and senior captain Julian Negri and the Mounties are loaded below 140.

North Rockland and Mamaroneck — Reigning 285-pound sectional champ Cristian Garcia and sectional placedfinisher Joe Slane return. Mamaroneck boasts sectional placefinisher Femi Wheeler.

Clarkstown at Rye — State qualifier Steven Ramos, sectional placewinner Andrew Greenburg and Rob Kantrowitz headline a veteran Rams group. Rye’s Eamon Marley, a top-6 sectional finisher leads the Garnets.

Clarkstown South at White Plains — This marks the beginning of Brenden Rogers’ tenure for the Vikings. All he did during his Nanuet career was lead the Golden Knights to four Section 1 Division I team titles.

East Ramapo at Scarsdale — Djimitry Georges graduated, but East Ramapo has the big man back, Rockland County finalist and sectional placefinisher, Patrice Castor.

Somers at Pearl River — All discussion of Somers starts with sectional champ and state fourth-place finisher Brian Realbuto. In two seasons the freshman has surpassed 70 wins. Pearl River lost two-time sectional titlist and state finisher John Coffey and Rockland County 152-champ Anthony Raimone to graduation, but Joe Lieberman, 4th in the section last year, is back.

Harrison at Brewster — Life for the Huskies without three-time sectional winner Mark Arcara and all-section wrestler Al Volpe begins. Harrison returns the big man, Mike “Beef” Protano, who finished third at 285 last season, and junior Andrew Planamento. Brewster had an excellent 2007-08 season and will be led by senior Chris Gogatz and their lightweight duo of Jimmy Duncan and Kyle MacAlpin.

Ossining at Port Chester — Whenever you get a chance, watch Ossining because of senior two-time sectional victor and state 3rd-place finisher, James Brundage. He is slick and quick on his feet and immensely strong. Big John and Alex Calero moved on, but new father Greg Domestico (he and his wife welcomed a future sectional champ two weeks ago) returns Max Josephson.

Lakeland/Panas at Hen Hud — This one did not appear on the Section 1 schedule. Thank you for letting me know. The Rebels main man is Joe Hauser, a sectional finalist at 135 last season. Hauser wrestled the entire season at 125, but bumped up two weight classes at the end of January and won the Super 16 135 title.

Thursday, Dec. 4


John Jay at Carmel — These teams opened last season with each other and the Indians dealt the Rams their first loss in two years.

Saturday, Dec. 6

Tournament Saturday begins with the Tony Carlucci (at Port Chester), Bernie Miller (at Rye), Mamaroneck and Woodlands tournaments.

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