You know that poll I created this week, the one asking who would finish second to Fox Lane at Super 16? Can I admit something? When I first put it out, I didn’t include Carmel as one of the options. Not because I think Carmel stinks or anything. It’s just that as I scanned the tournament teams, I somehow skipped over Carmel. Subconsciously I guess the Rams didn’t register as a contender. And most of you agreed. Even after I went back and added them a few minutes later, they only finished fourth in the voting.

Most of you can figure out where I’m going with this. Carmel didn’t just finish second today in its home gym, it won the whole thing. Count me among the surprised. It was the first time in at least 20 years for Carmel.

If that wasn’t enough, can you believe it happened without Mike Rose, Carmel’s top dog, winning a title? Rose dropped a much-anticipated 125 final to Mahopac’s Justis Flamio, who bumped up today specifically so he could face Rose. Instead it was Alex Othmer (215) and Kevin Davidson (135) carrying the flag. Othmer pinned his guy in 33 seconds.

Meanwhile, not only did Fox Lane not win, it finished fifth. The absence of Steven Rodrigues and Luke Speno really hurt. Still, the Foxes had more titles than anyone else: Sam Speno decisioned Andrew Planamento in a quality 96, Joey Grippi predictably took 130, and Pat Fay came through at 119.

Mike Dougherty had the story, which I’ll link to tomorrow. I added the consi finals at the bottom of this post. They’re in a different format than the rest of the results, but it’s 12:42 a.m. and I’m too tired to change it.

Super 16 Wrestling Tournament
at Carmel High School
Team scoring and key
1. Carmel© 157.5; 2. Ossining (O) 143; 2. Mahopac (M) 143; 4. Somers (S) 128; 5. Fox Lane 127.5; 6. Sleepy Hollow (SH) 120; 7. Ardsley (A) 99; 8. Yorktown (Yk) 77; 9. Mt. Vernon (MV) 75; 10. Harrison (H) 71; 11. Lakeland/Panas 63.5; 12. Hen Hud (HH) 55; 13. Yonkers (Yn) 54; 14. Dobbs Ferry (DF) 26; 15. Horace Greeley (HG) 15; 16. Croton (Cr) 11; 17. Hastings (Hs) 2.
Semifinals
96 — Andrew Planamento (H) dec. Dylan Realbuto (S) 10-7; Sam Speno (FL) dec. Tommy Davidson© 4-0; 103 — Brian Realbuto (S) pin. Steve Bencosme (SH) 1:47; Max Bachmeier (M) dec. Tom Grippi (FL) 4-2. 112 — Penn Gottfried (A) dec. Peter Grippi (FL) 9-7 2OT; Jake Srednicki (M) tech. fall David Occhipinti (Cr) 19-4. 119 — Pat Fay (FL) maj. dec. Chris Lopez (SH) 12-0; Steve Pagluica (M) dec. Teddy Kyreakedes (DF) 5-0. 125 — Justis Flamio (M) tech. fall Jay Concepcion (SH) 17-2; Mike Rose© maj. dec. Robert Martin (A) 15-7. 130 — Joe Grippi (FL) pin. Andrew Carrion© 1:57; Gjon Kolaj (S) pin. Luis Rodriguez (DF) 5:59. 135 — Ken Davidson© tech. fall Jose Rueda (FL) 1 6-0; Dan Manley (A) dec. David Martinez (SH) 9-7 2OT. 140 — Joe Hauser (Lk/Pn) tech. fall Marco Troia (H) 20-5; Marty Lorenz© pin. Brendon Fallon (FL) 5:19. 145 — Drick Longo (A) tech. fall Casey Cannon (O) 26-10; Charlie Braun (Lk/Pn) dec. Anthony Tabucco (S) 12-6. 152 — Corey Scott (MV) pin. Tom Viento (M) 1:05; Juan Delacruz (O) tech. fall Pete Delmonaco (SH) 19-4. 160 — James Brundage (O) pin. John Pfisterer (HG) 2:27; Fran Greco (M) dec. Mike Cozzi (Yk) 3-1 OT. 171 — Clay Neivert (O) tech. fall Nick Genovese (Yk) 27-10; Lenny Graham (MV) dec. Adam Finkelstein (S) 7-2. 189 — Gilli Bauer-Moshi (SH) dec. Alan Djokic (S) 3-1; Andrew Panken (O) pin. Shaquille Malcolm (Y) 4:25. 215 — Alex Othmer© pin. Joe Izzo (S) 1:58; Lamar Shaw (MV) dec. Duke Alvora (H) 5-1. 285 — Eric LaPorta (Yk) dec. Chris Galleta (A) 8-5; Mike Protano (H) pin. Jake Treinish (HH) 3:53.
Finals
96 — Speno (FL) dec. Planamento (H) 8-1; 103 — Realbuto (S) pin. Bachmeier (M) 2:10; 112 — Srednicki (M) dec. Gottfried (A) 7-5; 119 — Fay (FL) tech. fall. Pagluica (M) 17-0; 125 — Flamio (M) dec. Rose© 5-1; 130 — Grippi (FL) pin. Kolaj (S) 1:40; 135 — Davidson© dec. Manley (A) 9-2; 140 — Hauser (Lk/Pn) dec. Lorenz© 5-4; 145 — Longo (A) maj. dec. Braun (Lk/Pn) 19-11; 152 — Scott (MV) maj. dec. Delacruz (O) 16-8; 160 — Brundage (O) pin. Greco (M) 2:12; 171 — Neivert (O) pin. Graham (MV) 4:43; 189 — Bauer-Moshi (SH) dec. Panken (O) 12-5; 215 — Alex Othmer© pin Shaw (MV) :33; 285 — Protano (H) pin. LaPorta (Yk) 5:29.

Third place
96 — Tommy Davidson© def. Dylan Realbuto (S)   Major Dec. 17-6
103 lb.  Tom Grippi (Fox Lane) def. Steve Bencosme (Sleepy Hollow)   5-3
112 lb.  Peter Grippi (Fox Lane) def. David Occhipinti (Croton)   Major Dec. 11-0
119 lb.  Teddy Kyreakedes (Dobbs Ferry) def. Chris Lopez (Sleepy Hollow)   6-5 (2OT)
125 lb.  Robert Martin (Ardsley) def. Jay Concepcion (Sleepy Hollow)   8-6 (OT)
130 lb.  Andrew Carrion (Carmel) def. Luis Rodriguez (Dobbs Ferry)   Pin at 1:33
135 lb.  David Martinez (Sleepy Hollow) def. Jose Rueda (Fox Lane)   Major Dec. 15-4

140 lb.  Brendan Fallon (Fox Lane) def. Marco Troia (Harrison)   6-4
145 lb.  Anthony Trabucco (Somers) def. Casey Cannon (Ossining)   7-5
152 lb.  Pete Delmonaco (Sleepy Hollow) def. Tom Viento (Mahopac)   3-2
160 lb.  John Pfisterer (Horace Greeley) def. Mike Cozzi (Yorktown)   3-2
171 lb.  Adam Finkelstein (Somers) def. Nick Genovese (Yorktown)   5-0
189 lb.  Alan Djokic (Somers) def. Shaquille Malcolm (Yonkers)   4-2 (2OT)
215 lb.  Duke Alvora (Harrison) def. Joe Izzo (Somers)   4-3
285 lb.  Jake Treinish (Hen Hud) def. Chris Galleta (Ardsley)   8-5

Sorry about the late updates everyone. The finals didn’t start until 6:45 and I didn’t leave TZ until well after 9. When I got to the office my laptop decided it didn’t want to connect to the internet, so all the results I’d painstakingly typed out during the tournament had to be retyped. I called my roommate, who knows computers, and in the middle of our conversation the phone cut out and wouldn’t reconnect. God I hate technology.

Anyway, you probably want to hear about Counties. As you can see from the team key below, North Rockland won it over Suffern in what was, as predicted, a two-team race. Both had four champions. The difference was that two of North Rockland’s champs (Cristian Garcia and Jon Didio) won by pin, netting extra points. All four Suffern champs won by decision. Although I must say, when Asher Kramer, Justin Artrip, and Nick Oliveto won the first three finals and Julian Negri took the 130 belt, I though Suffern had a stranglehold. Then you look at the rest of the brackets and remember that Suffern’s middle and heavier weights don’t stack up to the little guys

So behind Garcia, Didio, Marc Diaz, and Joe Slane, North Rockland rolled. The Red Raiders are hot. The last three weeks they’ve won Shoreline, beat all area teams at Kohl (placed 4th overall), and won Counties.

A couple of interesting storylines. One was the dominance of Suffern’s lower weights. So extreme was it that Oliveto’s 112 finals opponent was teammate Dan Ventarola. They’d never met in a tournament before. It was a normal match; nobody pulled punches. As soon as it was over they stood up and hugged.

Another story was the upset of Clarkstown North’s Andrew Greenberg (119) by Nanuet’s John Morato. Morato scored on him early and was on his way to a decision when he pinned him at the 3:00 mark. It earned him MOW.

The best match of the finals was Matt Pragdat’s 2-1 quadruple-overtime win over Matt Mancuso. Pragdat tied the score at 1-1 with an escape with 22 seconds left in regulation. The Clarkstown South junior evaded several shots by Mancuso in OT, and told me after that his heart leapt every time Mancuso dove. Eventually came the fourth and last OT period. The 4OT rule is that the person who starts on the bottom has to escape or they lose. The person on top just has to keep them down and he wins. Pragdat got bottom. With about 10 seconds left (the period is only 30 seconds long) he got his feet under him and stood. Mancuso was holding on like someone was stealing his teddy bear. Pragdat’s legs were spinning as he pried Mancuso’s arm off. It came loose with seconds to spare. His spinning legs turned into a victory lap as he ran, instinctively, across the mat. As I said in my article for tomorrow’s paper, it reminded me of Shaggy and Scooby running away, where the legs go 100 mph but the body goes nowhere, then they suddenly bolt away. Zoinks!

The last thing that caught my attention was Garcia bouncing back nicely after losing his first match of the season last weekend. I get into that in my article so you can read it there.

Oh, Steve Ramos (152) of North should get a shout-out. He pinned all three opponents, two of them in the first round.

Rockland County Championships
at Tappan Zee High School
Team scoring and key
1. North Rockland (NRk) 223; 2. Suffern (Sf) 215.5; 3. Clarkstown North (CN) 149; 4. Tappan Zee (TZ) 132; 5. Nanuet (N) 119; 6. Clarkstown South (CS) 110; 7. Nyack (Nk) 95.5; 8. East Ramapo (ER) 73; 9. Pearl River (54).

Semifinals
96 — Asher Kramer (Sf) pin. Matt Dillon (N), 28; Lucien Severe (ER) pin. Brian McLeverty (CS), 2:20. 103 — Mike Caputo (NRk) tech. fall Paul Fields (CN), 17-0; Justin Artrip (Sf) pin. Anthony Calvano (N), 4:58. 112 — Nick Oliveto (Sf) tech. fall Anthony Simini (NRk), 18-2; Dan Ventarola (Sf) dec. Nick Altomare (TZ) 9-3. 119 — Andrew Greenberg (CN) dec. Kervins Dor (ER), 3-2; John Morato (N) dec. Nick Giella (Sf), 14-7. 125 — Joe Slane (NRk) pin. JT Dale (CN), 2:54; David Bailen (Sf) maj. dec. Joe Lieberman (PR), 8-0. 130 — Chris Greeley (CN) dec. Greg Caneparo (N), 6-5 OT; Julian Negri (Sf) dec. Robert Henry (CN), 9-4. 135 — Udit Thakur (Nk) maj. dec. Dan Burgaleta (NRk), 6-0; Joe Maniscalco (TZ) dec. Mike Calabria (NRk), 8-3. 140 — Rob Kantrowitz (CN) pin. Bruce Rubin (CN), 2:42; Brandon Kafka (Sf) maj. dec. Tom Genovese (CS), 13-5. 145 — Matt Mancuso (NRk) dec. Phil Markin (CN), 5-3; Matt Pragdat (CS) dec. Dan Pragdat (CS), 2-1 OT. 152 — Steven Ramos (CN) pin. Matt Gonzalez (NRk), 3:35; Max Park (TZ) pin. Ethan Gomes (Sf), 5:17. 160 — Marc Diaz (NRk) dec. Chris Milliaressis (Sf), 7-0; Jose Vega (TZ) pin. Matt Freeman (NRk), :53. 171 — Sal Marchese (Nk) tech. fall Ron Ferman (NRk), 15-0; Gabe Guardarramas (TZ) pin. Mike Wagner (Sf), 3:33. 189 — Jon Didio (NRk) tech. fall Justin Vega (TZ) 16-1; Stephen Ramundo (N) pin. Joe Cummings (Nk), 4:49. 215 — Patrice Castor (ER) pin. Nick Ohrynowicz (CS), 1:16; Anthony Paratore (N) pin. Jimmy Emsworth (PR), 3:53. 285 — Cristian Garcia (NRk) pin. Nico Matos (CS), :35; Irmi Durandisse (Nk) pin. Berto Fijor (CS), 3:50.
Finals
96 — Kramer (Sf) dec. Severe (ER), 6-1; 103 — Artrip (Sf) dec. Caputo (NRk), 7-5; 112 — Oliveto (Sf) maj. dec. Ventarola (Sf), 12-4; 119 — Morato (N) pin. Greenberg (CN), 3:00; 125 — Slane (NRk) dec. Bailen (Sf), 6-0; 130 — Negri (Sf) dec. Greeley (CN), 7-2; 135 — Thakur (Nk) maj. dec. Maniscalco (TZ), 14-2; 140 — Kantrowitz (CN) dec. Kafka (Sf), 4-2; 145 — M. Pragdat (CS) dec. Mancuso (NRk), 2-1, 4OT; 152 — Ramos (CN) pin. Park (TZ), 1:13; 160 — Diaz (NRk) dec. Jose Vega (TZ), 7-1; 171 — Marchese (Nk) pin. Guardarramas (TZ), 3:09; 189 — Didio (NRk) pin. Ramundo (N), 2:54; 215 — Castor (ER) pin. Paratore (N), 1:14; 285 — Garcia (NRk) pin. Durandisse (Nk) 1:27.

Third place
96 — Dillon (N) tech fall McLeverty (CS) 19-3; 103 — Calvano (N) dec. Fields (CN) 8-4; 112 — Simini (NRk) maj. dec. Altomare (TZ) 10-2; 119 — Dor (ER) dec. Nick Giella (Sf) 5-1; 125 — Lieberman (PR) pin. Dale (CN) 2:08; 130 — Tom McGinty (NRk) tie Caneparo (N); 135 — Burgaleta (NRk) dec. Vinny Giella (Sf) 4-1; 140 — Genovese (CS) pin. Rubin (CN) 4:45; 145 — D. Pragdat (CS) dec. Markin (CN) 6-2; 152 — Gonzalez (NRk) dec. Gomes (Sf) 6-0; 160 — Milliaressis (Sf) dec. Freeman (NRk) 3-0; 171 — Tim Coyne (TZ) pin. Wagner (Sf) 4:52; 189 — Cummings (Ny) pin. Vega (TZ) 1:47; 215 — Ohrynowicz (CS) maj. dec. Matt Roeder (CN) 13-0; 285 — Matos (CS) dec. Fijor (CS) 7-5, OT.

Hi all –

Jake reports that the Rockland County Championships are running a bit behind. The finals are now scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Mike Dougherty is on hand at Super 16 — and we will post the final results when they are concluded.

1) What was today’s most surprising team score?

2) What was today’s most surprising individual match result?

3) Which individual matchup featured the most talent between the two wrestlers?

If I can answer question 3 myself, I’d like to point out the super heavyweight match between Yorktown’s Eric LaPorta and Hen Hud’s Jake Treinish. It took three overtimes but LaPorta decisioned Treinish 3-2. LaPorta is the No. 2 seed at Super 16; Treinish is No. 1. I wonder if they’ll make a last-second switch after tonight’s result.

Pleasantville 82, Irvington 6
At Pleasantville
96 — Brett Pastore (I) pin. Anthony Lopez, 5:29; 103 — Mike kar (Pv) won by forfeit; 112 — Mike Taino (Pv) won by forfeit; 119 — Blake Artuso (Pv) pin. Drew Cohen, 3:29; 125 — Bryan Vallejo (Pv) won by forfeit; 130 — Mike Kane (Pv) maj. dec. Nate Tamura, 9-0; 135 — Bryan Mongrovejo (Pv) won by forfeit; 140 — Kevin Bernarducci (Pv) pin. Christian Malota, 3:08; 145 — Peter Talesnik (Pv) pin. Degnan, 3:14; 152 — Nick D’Agostino (Pv) won by forfeit; 160 — Mike Morra (Pv) won by forfeit; 171 — Vinny Velardo (Pv) won by fofeit; 189 — Mike Fisher (Pv) won by forfeit; 215 – Mike Zullo (Pv) won by forfeit; 285 — Obun Aniychle (Pv) won by forfeit.
Records — Pleasantville 9-1; Irvington 2-6.

Westlake 64, Putnam Valley 12
At Westlake
140 — Javier Solis (Ws) won by injury default; 145 — Dan O’Gorman (PV) dec. Joe Holbeche, 3-1; 152 — Will Carter (Ws) pin. Sisco Reyes, 2:25; 160 — Chris Orlando (PV) dec. Eddison Gramajo, 4-1; 171 — Ben Karol (Ws) dec. Chris Brothers, 12-3; 189 — Jeff Miller (Ws) pin. Ray Messinger, 3:15; 215 – Kris Castro (PV) pin. Frank Hrotko, 1:47; 285 — Joe Luckie (Ws) won by forfeit; 96 — double forfeit; 103 — double forfeit; 112 — double forfeit; 119 — Steve Russell (Ws) won by forfeit; 125 — Andrew Mancusi (Ws) won by forfeit; 130 — Anthony Riccio (Ws) won by forfeit; 135 — Edgar Solis (Ws) won by forfeit.
Record — Westlake 9-3.

Ketcham 40, Ossining 36
At Ossining
96—double forfeit; 103 — Matt Spano (RCK) pin. Charles Blue, 1:59; 112 — Tom Foy (RCK) won by forfeit; 119 — Brad Simpscndeser (RCK) pin. Phil Winter, 3:00; 125 — Kevin Sullivan (RCK) pin. Jamie Gonzalez, 1:45; 130 — Frank Cabibbo (RCK) maj. dec. Michael Gonzalez, 10-2; 135 — Andrew Cabibbo (RCK) won by forfeit; 140 — Elvis Taylor (RCK) dec. Chris Gonzalez, 4-2. 145 — Dan Reis (RCK) dec. Javier Bidal, 7-2; 152—Juan DeLaCruz (O) pin. David Simpscndeser, 1:36; 160 — James Brundage (O) tech fall. Lupo, 21-6; 171 — Clay Neivert (O) pin. Chris Van Binscotten, 1:29; 189 — Andrew Panken (O) pin. Lupo, 1:12; 215 — Matt Dubray (O) pin. B. Dallman, 1:06; 285 — Dan Montiero (O) pin. James Evans 4:52.

Edgemont 43, Scarsdale 36
At Scarsdale
103 — John Tambunting (S) dec. Max Abramsky, 6-2; 112 — Kevin Zechinni (S) dec. Josh Lerner, 4-2; 119 — Matt Dorf (S) pin. Andrew Balamaci, 4:38; 125 — Mark McCormack (Ed) dec. Seth Marcus, 9-0; 130 — A.J. Eppolito (Ed) pin. Justin Caro, 3:06; 135  — Addison Hurr (Ed) dec. Chen Shen, 17-7; 140 — Genta Murayama (Ed) pin. Alex Kay, 3:59; 145 — Henry Rossignol (S) pin. Peter Jablonski, 1:31; 152—Greg Kristoff (S) pin. Robert Speilberg, 3:44; 160 — Collin Muldoon (S) pin. Chris Graybeal, 5:25; 171 — Ray Wang (Ed) pin Kevin Hill, 1:57; 189 — Gabe Wittenberg (Ed) pin. Nate Sherman, 4:49; 215 — Eric Wahlberg (S) pin. Ryan Bostic, 0:25; 285 — Zach Freed (Ed) won by forfeit; 96 — Trey Aslanian (Ed) won by forfeit.
Record — Scarsdale 6-4.

Port Chester 56, Eastchester 25
At Port Chester
96—Joe Rodriguez (PC) won by forfeit; 103 — Robert Rodriguez (PC) won by forfeit; 112 — Edgar Vargas (PC) won by forfeit; 119 — Max Josephson (PC) tech fall. Dave Massi, 16-0; 125 — Jean Claude Roldan (PC) dec. Andy Nicholson, 6-5; 130 —  Jose Lopez (PC) pin. Toyo Hagiwar, 3:57; 135 — Rob Carinci (E) dec. Jack Girardi, 7-2; 140 — Giuseppe Deluca (E) major dec. Tom Sorbella, 21-9. 145 — MIke Robbins (E) pin. C.J. Elliot, :51; 152—Joe Nigro (E) pin. Steve Vasquez, 3:32. 160 — Nick Coco (E) pin. Anthony Signorelli, 1:18; 171 — James Mutino (PC) pin. Joe Riccardi, 2:22; 189 — Jose Cardenas (PC) pin. Mike Todino, 1:06; 215 — Joe Rodriguez (PC) pin. Dave Schonborg; 285 — Dan Melgar (PC) won by forfeit.
Records — Port Chester 7-5.

Yorktown 33, Hen Hud 24
At Hen Hud
152 — Tom Falcon (Yk) maj. dec. Cody Butler, 16-5; 160 — Mike Cozzi (Yk) pin. Mike Cignarale, 5:56; 171 — Vinny Corcoran (HH) dec. Nick Genovese, 7-4; 189 — Sean Stevens (HH) pin. Leo Flores, 5:35; 215 – Dan Fazzino (HH) dec. Yota Nishumura, 4-3; 285 — Eric LaPorta (Yk) dec. Jake Treinish, 3-2 3OT; 96 — Kevin McDermott (HH) dec. Kyle Santucci, 12-5; 103 — Nick Mariano (Yk) dec. David Furfaro, 4-0; 112 — Joshua Jack (HH) dec. Hunter Pellancia, 8-4; 119 — Steven Sabella (Yk) won by forfeit; 125 — Joe Porcelli (Yk) maj. dec. Dan Baskin, 13-0; 130 — Cody Espisito (HH) dec. A. Bombach, 6-0; 135 — Phil Siegal (HH) dec. Dom Scherpf, 8-4; 140 — Nick Falcon (Yk) maj. dec. Joe Prunossky, 14-0; 145 — Nick Donovan (Yk) dec. Tim Ruh, 7-4.

A few Mount Vernon kids were left out of the Super 16 seeding, so the seeds had to be redone. Also, Ardsley’s Robert Martin bumped up from 119 to 125.

In the post I made a minute ago, I asked if tonight’s LaPorta-Treinish decision would change the order of their seeds. Five seconds later my question was answered by email. LaPorta will take over the top spot after his win. Treinish moves to No. 2.

All of the changes are reflected in my original post on the Super 16 seeds. Just scroll down a little to find that.

I just got the final word that we will be broadcasting the Super 16 tournament live on Mogulus. We’ve had some technical difficulties with the technology in the past so don’t bet your life on it working. But we’re keeping our fingers crossed.

If everything goes according to plan, you should be able to follow this link and see the video pop up live. Don’t tune in before 4 p.m. because we’re only broadcasting the finals. They’re expected to start between 4:30-5, give or take a half-hour.

For those who haven’t seen it before, Mogulus is the program that allows events to be broadcast live on the web. Lots of people can’t be at the Super 16 in person, and this provides a way for them to see the proceedings. After the finals are over, the video will reset and start rolling from the beginning. It will continue to replay in a continuous loop. Wrestlers and coaches can check it out after they get home and watch themselves. Again, it can be seen here.

I wrote a preview of tomorrow’s two big tournaments that appeared in today’s paper. You can read it here.

I’d like to expound on it but tonight is busy at the office and I’m helping the phone staff take some calls.

Putnam Valley at Westlake, 4:30 p.m.

Irvington at Pleasantville, 4:30 p.m.

Yorktown at Hen Hud, 4:30 p.m.

Eastchester at Port Chester, 4:30 p.m.

Ketcham at Ossining, 5:30 p.m.

Edgemont at Scarsdale, 6 p.m.

Woodlands at Lourdes, 7 p.m.

Just got the Super 16 seedings courtesy of Tom Josephson, who runs the computer at the tournament.

The first thing I noticed was a couple of Fox Lane names missing. Before I call Joe Amuso, can anyone tell me where Luke Speno and Steven Rodrigues will be this weekend?

As far as those who will be there, 125 looks great with Justis Flamio and Mike Rose at the top. Even Jay Concepcion was runner-up at Shoreline and makes a strong No. 3 seed.

UPDATE 1: Spoke to Joe Amuso about Rodrigues and Speno. He said both guys are nursing injuries and he doesn’t want to take a chance by sending them out this weekend. And he agreed that losing two huge point scorers tightens the field considerably. I also spoke to Ardsley’s Craig Zern, whose team has been given hope. With two No. 1 seeds and two No. 2 seeds and two fewer Fox Lane studs to contend with, Ardsley could strike a blow for small schools everywhere.

UPDATE 2: A few changes were made in the seedings which have since been corrected. I have changed them below to reflect that. Throw another contender into the stacked 125 ring as Robert Martin moves up.

Here are the seeds.

Team key: Ardsley (A), Carmel©, Croton-Harmon (CH), Dobbs Ferry (DF), Fox Lane (FL), Harrison (Hr), Hastings (Hs), Hen Hud (HH), Horace Greeley (HG), Lakeland/Panas (LP), Mahopac (M), Ossining (O), Sleepy Hollow (SH), Somers (S), Yonkers (Y), Yorktown (Yk)

96 — 1, Andrew Planamento (Hr), 2. Sam Speno (FL), 3. Tommy Davidson©, 4. Drew Longo (A)

103 — 1. Brian Realbuto (S), 2. Jimmy Kyreakedes (DF), 3. Tom Grippi (FL), 4. Max Bachmeier (M)

112 — 1. Penn Gottfried (A), 2. Jake Srednicki (M), 3. David Occhipinti (CH), 4. Peter Grippi (FL)

119 — 1. Pat Fay (FL), 2. Steve Pagluica (M), 3. Teddy Kyreakedes (DF)

125 — 1. Justis Flamio (M), 2. Mike Rose©, 3. Robert Martin (A), 4. Jay Concepcion (SH)

130 — 1. Joey Grippi (FL), 2. Chris Louis (Y), 3. Luis Rodriguez (DF), 4. Michael Gonzalez (O)

135 — 1. Kevin Davidson©, 2. Dan Manley (A), 3. David Martinez (SH), 4. Frank Orleszko (DF)

140 — 1. Joe Hauser (LP), 2. Marty Lorenz©, 3. Brendan Fallon (FL), 4. Ben Hoffing (Hs)

145 — 1. Derek Longo (A), 2. Charlie Braun (LP), 3. Anthony Trabucco (S), 4. Dondrey Sharock (SH)

152 — 1. Corey Scott (MV), 2. Juan Delacruz (O), 3. Pete Delmonaco (SH), 4. Shaquille Charles (A)

160 — 1. James Brundage (O), 2. Frank Greco (M), 3. Mike Cozzi (Yk), 4. Mike Segarra (SH)

171 — 1. Clay Neivert (O), 2. Adam Finkelstein (S), 3. Lennie Graham (MV), 4. Kleckner Charles (A)

189 — 1. Gilli Bauer-Moshi (SH), 2. Shaquille Malcolm (Y), 3. Andrew Pankin (O), 4. Alan Djokic (S)

215 — 1. Alex Othmer©, 2. Jon Lopez (SH), 3. Andrew Scopino (M), 4. Joe Izzo (S)

285 — 1. Eric LaPorta (Yk),2. Jake Treinish (HH), 3. Mike Protano (Hr), 4. Chris Galleta (A)

Anybody surprised by Mahopac going down to Arlington?

Hackley 47, Collegiate 21
At Collegiate
215 – Bryan Lovera (H) pin. Brunback, 5:46; 285 — Sandhu© won by forfeit; 103 — double forfeit; 112 — Matt McFarlane (H) won by forfeit; 119 — Justin Stim (H) dec. Ahn, 7-0 125 — Toby Gitsman (H) maj. dec. Leonard; 130 — Ford© pin. Dan Norris, 5:47; 135 – Will Johnson (H) dec. Schwarts, 4-2; 140 – Brian Clingen (H) won by forfeit; 145 – Kojo Boateng  (H) won by forfeit; 152 — Redden© dec. Sebastian Mejias, 5-0; 160 — Ignacio Mejias (H) pin. Churapko, 3:16; 171 – Aidan Graham (H) won by forfeit; 189 — Edwards© won by forfeit.
Records — Hackley 3-5.

New Rochelle 60, Rye 13
At Rye
130 — Mike Figero (NR) dec. Jesse Trumm, 6-0; 135 — Graham Zahringer® major dec. Wes Markusteld, 15-6; 140 — Donovan McSoreley® dec. Marcus Draz, 5-2. 145 — Anthony Gabrielle (NR) dec. Zach Bodinger, 7-2; 152—Fatos Preluukej (NR) tech fall. Jake Conavage, 4:00; 160 — Ray Ramos (NR) major dec. Kohl Brinkman, 10-2; 171 — Luis Sanchez (NR) pin. Vincent Young, 2:47; 189 — Eamon  Marley® pin. Tyler Willy, 4:19; 215 — Quinton Witherspoon (NR) won by forfeit; 285 — Ben Horace (NR) won by forfeit; 96—Max Gomez (NR) won by forfeit; 103 — A.J. Barbaria (NR) pin. Connor McWilton, 3:04; 112 — Hunter Jones (NR) pin. Jeff Dempsey, :22; 119 — Matt Jankowski (NR) tech. fall Will Florio, 5:00; 125 — Adjoni Burrows (NR) major dec. Peter Kennedy, 13-1.
Records — Rye 4-7, New Rochelle 6-3.

Arlington 38, Mahopac 33
At Arlington
96 – J. Duckham (A) pin. P. Caruso, 1:16; 103 — M. Bachmeier (M) pin. C. Niever, 1:21; 112 — S. Pagliuca (M) dec. D. Pineda, 12-5; 119 — J. Sradnicki (M) dec. J. Egitto, 7-4; 125 — J. Flamio (M)  pin. A. Santos, 2:53; 130 — B. Barry (A) pin. M. Spinelli, 2:34; 135 – A. Sadarangani (M) dec. C. Quigley, 4-3; 140 – D. Graff (A) pin. N. Puoplo, 4:33; 145 – M. Barry (A) tech. fall T. Cohen, 17-2; 152 — G. Wetzel (A) pin. T. Viento, 3:56; 160 — F. Greco (M) dec. T. McHugh, 7-2; 171 – Z. Semenetz (M) pin. S. Bova, 2:47; 189 — C. Cazzola (A) dec. D. Salamone, 5-2; *215 – C. Desens (A) pin. R. Delhenty, 2:21; 285 — A. Scopino (M) dec. J. Conahon, 8-1.
Records — Mahopac 8-3, Arlington 26-3.

How many No. 1 seeds do you see winning? What is the deepest weight class? Make your predictions now.

FYI, Rich Blauvelt thinks there was some clerical error when they did 103. Hence Justin Artrip ending up third. What it means is he’ll end up facing Anthony Calvano in the semifinals instead of Paul Fields, which he would have if he was seeded first.

Team key: Clarkstown North (CN), Clarkstown South (CS), East Ramapo (ER), Nanuet (N), North Rockland (NRk), Nyack (NY), Pearl River (PR), Suffern (Sf), Tappan Zee (TZ)

96 — 1. Asher Kramer (Sf), 2. Lucien Sevgre (ER), 3. Brian McLiverty (CS), 4. Colby Kash (CN)
103 — 1. Mike Caputo (NRk), 2. Anthony Calvano (N), 3. Justin Artrip (Sf), 4. Paul Fields (CN)
112 — 1. Nick Oliveto (Sf), 2. Dan Ventarola (Sf), 3. Nick Altomare (TZ), 4. Anthony Siminetti (NRk)
119 — 1. Andrew Greenberg (CN), 2. John Morato (N), 3. Jesse Rahimzadeh (N), 4. Kerven Dor (ER)
125 — 1. Joe Slane (NRk), 2. Joe Lieberman (PR), 3. Dave Bailen (Sf), 4. JT Dale (CN)
130 — 1. Greg Caneparo (N), 2. Julian Negri (Sf), 3. Dom Campitiello (CS), 4. Chris Greeley (CN)
135 — 1. Udit Thakur (Ny), 2. Joe Maniscalco (TZ), 3. Mike Calabria (NRk), 4. Vinny Giella (Sf)
140 — 1. Rob Kantrowitz (CN), 2. Brandon Kafka (Sf), 3. Tom Genovese (CS), 4. Bruce Rubin (CN)
145 — 1. Matt Mancuso (NRk), 2. Matt Pragdat (CS), 3. John Sullivan (TZ), 4. Phil Markin (CS)
152 — 1. Steve Ramos (CN), 2. Ethan Gomes (Sf), 3. Max Park (TZ), 4. Brian Clifford (CN)
160 — 1. Marc Diaz (NRk), 2. Jose Vega (TZ), 3. Matt Freeman (NRk), 4. Tome Marku (CS)
171 — 1. Sal Marchese (Ny), 2. Tim Coyne (TZ), 3. Gabe Guardarrmas (TZ), 4. Ron Fermin (NRk)
189 — 1. Jon Didio (NRk), 2. Stephen Ramundo (N), 3. Joe Cummings (Ny), 4. Justin Vega (TZ)
215 — 1. Patrice Castor (ER), 2. Jimmy Emsworth (PR), 3. Anthony Paratore (N), 4. Nick Ohrynowicz (CS)
285 — 1. Cristian Garcia (NRk), 2. Irmi Durandisse (Ny), 3. Berto Fijor (CS), 4. Pat Cahill (NRk)

It seems like every couple of weeks there’s another cost-cutting measure by the NYPHSAA or Section 1. The spring season has already seen the number of games reduced. Next fall we’re going to get a league realignment that puts geography ahead of competitiveness.

On the table are proposals to reduce out-of-state travel and centralize state playoff sites.

Now comes word about further cuts. The state is debating a proposal to reduce the number of classes in sports. Harold Gutmann has the full story here. This would drastically change the landscape of Section 1’s rivalries. Traditional powers that have always won sections in different classes will suddenly be pitted against each other.

It’s not finalized yet. You never know how the votes are going to go. But, like the economy, you figure it gets worse before it gets better.

Arlington at Mahopac, 4:30 p.m.

New Rochelle at Rye, 4:30 p.m.

Let’s assume Fox Lane, because of its recent tournament success, wins Saturday’s Super 16 tournament. Especially without John Jay there to be the yin to Fox Lane’s yang. I know, I know, some of you are going to dispute that. But let’s assume for a minute.

If it’s the case, who do you think will come in second? Mahopac? Sleepy Hollow? Ossining?

That’s what I ask in my latest poll question. The poll, remember, is on the right of the screen if you scroll down a bit. Vote for what you think. You can add answers as well if you think my choices missed somebody.

Remember to vote soon, because this question obviously has a deadline.

Oh, and if you really think someone’s going to beat Fox Lane, post a comment on this blog post telling me why.

As feared, snow has done away with all of today’s wrestling meets. Every other varsity event too.

The Ossining-Sleepy meet I was supposed to attend has been tentatively rescheduled for Monday, although that’s not final.

Here’s the cancelled schedule in all its glory.

Hackley at Poly Prep, ppd

Ossining at Sleepy Hollow, ppd

Mount Vernon at Rye, ppd

Yonkers at White Plains, ppd

Carmel at John Jay-East Fishkill, ppd

Rye Country Day at Lexington, ppd

How about that great 135 match. Maybe the best Division II 130-pounder, Murayama, against maybe the best DII 135-pounder, Manley. Manley just nudged him, 6-5.

And how about Ray Wang moving up to 189 and winning by tech fall?

Was anybody at Edgemont today that can talk about wither of these matches?

Ardsley 40, Edgemont 30
At Edgemont
215 — Ryan Bostic (Ed) pin. Matt Boungiorno, 0:52; 285 — Chris Galetta (Ard) won by forfeit; 96 — Drew Longo (Ard) won by forfeit; 103 — Scott Longworth (Ard) dec. Matt Abramsky, 5-2; 112 — Jon Tilles (Ard) dec. Josh Lerner, 7-5; 119 — Penn Gottfried (Ard) pin. Andrew Balamaci, 4:31; 125 — Robert Martin (Ard) tech. fall AJ Eppolitto, 17-0; 130 — Mark McCormack (Ed) maj. dec. Steve Barbone, 15-3; 135  — Dan Manley (Ard) dec. Genta Murayama, 6-5; 140 — Brian Cristiano (Ard) dec. Mike Schneider, 10-7; 145 — Derek Longo (Ard) tech. fall Robert Spielvogel, 25-8; 152 — Peter Jablonski (Ed) dec. Shaquille Charles, 8-4; 160 — Chris Graybeal (Ed) won by forfeit; 171 — Josh Noll (Ed) won by forfeit; 189 — Ray Wang (Ed) tech. fall Kleckner Charles, 19-4.

Just got back from Suffern, where the home team easily handled Ketcham 49-21. That included only one forfeit, at 96 pounds. The Mounties won seven of the first nine matches to go up 37-9.

Suffern has been missing guys to injury lately. It hurt them at the Kohl tournament, where four regulars sat. Two, Ethan Gomes (152) and Blake Ziffer (145), came back today. Gomes won by pin in the second period. Ziffer (left) decisioned his opponent 4-2 in overtime. Obviously their furloughs didn’t hurt them.

The other two injured guys, Vinny Giella and Brandon Kafka, sat today but are expected back for Counties this weekend.

Giella’s replacement at 135, Kervin Floreal (above), pinned his opponent at the 3:26 mark. He was trying to work an arm bar when he heard his coaches calling for a cradle. He sounded almost surprised that it worked so easily. Floreal has wrestled as high as 140 this year, but will be at 130 at Counties.

(UPDATE: You can read my story here.)

Suffern 49, Ketcham 21
At Suffern
96 — Dan McBrian (Sf) won by forfeit; 103 — Matt Spano (RCK) dec. Asher Kramer, 3-0; 112 — Nick Oliveto (Sf) tech. fall Tom Foy, 20-3; 119 — Dan Ventarola (Sf) tech. fall Mark Settembrino, 15-0; 125 — Frank Cabibbo (RCK) dec. David Bailen, 7-6; 130 — Julian Negri (Sf) pin. Kevin Sullivan, 1:50; 135 — Kerven Floreal (Sf) pin. Nick Wilki, 3:36; 140 — Elvis Taylor (RCK) dec. Willie Pirc, 6-3; 145 — Blake Ziffer (Sf) dec. Dave Simpfenderler, 4-2 OT; 152 — Ethan Gomes (Sf) pin. Danny Reis, 3:24; 160 — DJ Lupo (RCK) dec. Chris Milliaressis, 10-4; 171 — Mike Wagner (Sf) pin. Chris Lupo, 2:38; 189 — Chris Vanbeniscotter (RCK) dec. Mike Rodriguez, 18-11; 215 — Emmanuel Hnatko (Sf) pin. Billy Oakman, 3:50; 275 — James Evans (RCK) pin. Phil Tomassi, 0:57.
Records — Suffern 11-1; Ketcham 6-3.

I got a chance to write my first wrestling feature of the season for today’s paper. It’s on Ryan Osleeb of North Salem. Osleeb, a 119-pound sophomore, is the only member of his school’s varsity team. He lives a different athletic existence than Section 1’s other wrestlers.

Osleeb can’t participate in dual meets. He has to travel to a different school, John Jay, every day for practice. At tournaments, he’s the only one in North Salem blue.

Osleeb practices with and sometimes travels with John Jay, which is the closest school to his. Coach Bill Swertfager welcomed him in three years ago and he’s become close with the Indian wrestlers. His uncle Jim McGinty, who nudged him toward wrestling a few years ago, is a John Jay assistant. But ultimately Osleeb is an island.

You can read my story here. I think it came out pretty well. What do you think? Did I miss anything? When you click that link you’ll also see a video box in the upper right corner. Hit play and there’s a short interview with Ryan, as well as footage of him at Saturday’s Beacon tournament.

I got a little bolder with this week’s power rankings, in Westchester/Putnam and Rockland.

Fox Lane did enough over the last two weekends to earn the top spot in Westchester/Putnam over John Jay. Just by a smidge, but it was enough. What I kept hearing when I took over the beat was that Fox Lane was the better tournament team and John Jay the better dual meet team. That appears to be bearing out. If John Jay looks more impressive in their upcoming duals, I can easily flip them back.

Things got shaken up even more in Rockland. I promised before the week that if North Rockland finished ahead of Suffern at the Kohl tournament, it would get the No. 1 slot. Who I was promising, I’m not sure. But hey, I’m a man of my word. So up the Red Raiders go. There was movement at the bottom too. After Nyack and Nanuet finished near the bottom at Kohl (following some dual meet losses the previous week) I felt I had to give Tappan Zee a shot. The Dutchmen get the 4-spot. Nyack moves down to 5.

Like yesterday, only two matches on tap today. I’ll be at Suffern.

Ardsley at Edgemont, 4:30 p.m.

Ketcham at Suffern, 4:30 p.m.

A close meet here between Sleepy and Somers. Ossining beat Fishkill 55-27 but we didn’t get a box for it.

There isn’t going to be much action this week because it’s exam week. Some schools, I was told, aren’t allowed to schedule any meets. Today there are only two.

Ossining at John Jay-East Fishkill, 4:30 p.m.

Somers at Sleepy Hollow, 4:30 p.m.

Just got off the phone with Croton coach Sam Occhipinti. He had all the individual finals and consolation finals results from yesterday’s Croton tournament but not team scores. Everything I got is below. He said he’d look for the team scores tomorrow at school and send them if he finds them.

Sleepy Hollow won the tournament in back-to-back years. Edwin Jimenez (96), David Martinez (135), Ryan Tompkins (171), and Gilli Bauer-Moshi (189) all won titles. Pleasantville was second and Onteora third. Pleasantville’s Mike Kar had the most impressive win, pinning his 103 opponent in 18 seconds.

There was no overall MOW. Instead one kid in each grade was named MOW. Jimenez got it for freshmen. Pawling’s Hector Santana (145) got it for sophs. Mount St. Michael’s Donovan Melendez (112) was the lead junior. Among seniors there was a tie between Tompkins and Pawling’s Rob Schmitt (152).

Here are the results. Under team key I listed the top three teams first. After that it’s just alphabetical.

Team key and scores: 1. Sleepy Hollow (SH), 2. Pleasantville (Pv), 3. Onteora (On).
Burke Catholic (BC), Byram Hills (BH), Carmel©, Clarkstown North (CN), Croton-Harmon (CH), Dobbs Ferry (DF), Hastings (Hs), John Jay (JJ), Mount St. Michael (MSM), Pawling (Pw), Port Chester (PC).

Championship
96 — Edwin Jimenez (SH) pin. Kolby Kash (CN) 5:12; 103 — Mike Kar (Pv) pin. Jimmy Kryeakedes (DF) 0:18; 112 — Donovan Melendez (MSM) pin. Mike Taino (Pv) 5:50; 119 — Blake Artuso (Pv) dec. Teddy Kryeakedes (DF) 10-3; 125 — Mike Rose© pin. Chet Cochrane (On) 1:54; 130 — CJ Goldizen (On) dec. Jay Concepcion (SH) 7-3; 135 — David Martinez (SH) maj. dec. Frank Olezsko (DF) 15-4; 140 — Peter Pelsnik (Pv) pin. Ben Holfing (SH) 3:37; 145 — Hector Santana (Pw) dec. Donnie Van Buren (On) 8-4; 152 — Rob Schmitt (Pw) pin. Pete Delmonaco (SH) 2:44; 160 — Mike Morra (Pv) maj. dec. Christian Bouquet (CN) 13-1; 171 — Ryan Tompkins (SH) dec. Jerron Saunders (DF) 5-3; 189 —Gilli Bauer-Moshi (SH) pin. Lucas Myer (JJ) 0:55; 215 — Matt Roener (CN) pin. Clarence Sherrock (SH) 2:35; 275 — Dan Melger (PC) dec. George Loizou (On) 1-0.

Third place
96 — Joe Rodriguez (PC) dec. DJ Frederich (CH) 7-2; 103 — Mike Birnkin (MSM) dec. Tom D’Amrosio© 5-2; 112 — David Occhipinti (CH) pin. Chris Madera (Pv) 5:28; 119 — James Kelly (JJ) dec. Kevin Jiminez (MSm) 3-2; 125 — Andrew Melendez (MSM) pin. Brandon Lynn (BH) 0:38; 130 — Andrew Carrion© dec. Robert Henry (CN) 9-2; 135 — Kevin Bernarducci (Pv) dec. Lucas Puertas (On) 4-1; 140 — Jordan Gluskin (On) dec. Harrison Zhu (Hs) 14-10; 145 — D’Andre Sherrock (SH) dec. Matt Lorenz© 5-1; 152 — Nick D’Agostino (Pv) dec. Sam Budoff (JJ) 4-2; 160 — Mike Nastro (BC) pin. Sergio Almonte (SH) 1:33; 171 — Charlie Regalbuto (CN) pin. Vinnie Velardo (Pv) 2:36; 189 — Tyler Shultis (On) pin. AJ Alvarez© 2:04; 215 — Joe Friedel (On) dec. Phil Loizou (On) 6-0; 275 — Greg Galli (CN) pin. John Lopez (SH) 4:45.