Section 5 led the wrestlers in, followed by Section 1.

The wait is over. I’m here in snowy Rochester watching the wrestlers line up for the procession, which will start at 10 a.m.

After three looooooonng weeks, we are finally going to see wrestling. Let’s hope this is the last time we have a three-week wait before states.

Blue Cross Arena is about half full, but [...]

I don’t know about anyone else, but this three-week wait until the State Championships is ridiculous!

I’m only a fan and I’m climbing the walls, waiting for this. I could just imagine what the wrestlers are coaches are going through. They all must be suffering from ‘wrestling-room’ fever.

All the best to the Section 1 wrestlers and [...]

Divsion 1

96 — Brian Realbuto (Somers) vs. Sean McCormick (Section 4-Johnson City)
103 — Steven Rodrigues (Fox Lane) vs. Nick Meinsen (Section 11-John Glenn)
112 — Justis Flamio (Mahopac) vs. Peter Morales (PSAL-Grand Street Campus)
119 — Mark Arcara (Harrison) vs. Kevin Hartnett (CHSAA-Monsignor Farrell)
125 — Joey Grippi (Fox Lane) vs. Paul Liguori (Section 8-Wantagh)
130 — Dominick Oddo [...]

It’s official as Section 1 earned four wild card berths with Pearl River’s John Coffey, Clarkstown North’s Steven Ramos and White Plains’ Sam Weiner gaining Division I wild cards, and Dobbs Ferry’s Teddy Kyreakedes being the only Division II wrestler to gain a wild card.

Harrison coach Vinny Nicita is bashful so he asked me to post this for him regarding the All-Section dinner:

The all-section dinner will be on March 13th at the Holiday Inn in Fishkill at 7:00 pm. Anyone who placed top six in big school and top three in small is all-section. They need to [...]

Section 1 Wrestling Chairman Eric Romanino let me know that the wild cards will be made official at noon Thursday.

Thanks to wrestler112 for getting the ball rolling. Here is what I’ve been able to locate in regards to Section 1’s state first-round matches:

Divsion 1

96 — Brian Realbuto (Somers) vs. Sean McCormick (Section 4-Johnson City)
103 — Steven Rodrigues (Fox Lane) vs. Wild card
112 — Justis Flamio (Mahopac) vs. Nick Arujua (Section 8-Syosset)
119 — Mark Arcara [...]

I asked Section 1 wrestling chairman Eric Romanino at sectionals when the wild cards would be announced. He told me it would be this week, and, if I remember correctly, he said it would be Friday, Feb. 29.

In regards to wild cards, I would think Yortown’s Mike Ahearn and Clarkstown North’s Steven Ramos have a [...]

Why do many of you continue to beat this John Jay subject to death? I will say it again, it’s over and done with and I will continue to delete everything regarding the DiBetta situation.

Stop dwelling and rehashing the negative and focus on the positve – the state championships.

And to those of you who have [...]

These are subject to change, once the remaining sections have their championships, depending on returning state placefinishers. Here are the tentative Section 1 Division I and Division II first-round state matches

Division I

96 — Brian Realbuto (Somers) vs. Section 4

103 — Steven Rodrigues (Fox Lane) vs. Wild Card (Second Highest Scoring At Large)

112 — Justis Flamio (Mahopac) vs. [...]

I will make this clear, right here, right now, what happened Sunday with Brian DiBetta is over. Coach Swertfager and the John Jay staff will take care of it. So, from this point on, any more references to what DiBetta did will be removed.

We just concluded a great two days of wrestling with some outstanding [...]

Being that there are numerous anonymous posters who have an opinion on everything from Mr. Grippi to Brian DiBetta to the officials to John Degl/ISW, what do you say you identify yourself?

That would be the right thing to do, considering many of you are advocating the right actions that should be taken against Mr. Grippi [...]

First off, congratulations to Division I champions Fox Lane and Division II champions Nanuet. Fox Lane broke Mahopac’s three-year championship stranglehold while the Golden Knights repeated to become Division II’s first three-time champion (Ardsley owns the other two titles).

The bad news for Division I is that Fox Lane will be tough again next year with [...]

Team standings and key— 1. Nanuet (N) 250.5 points; 2. Westlake (Ws) 220; 3. Ardsley (A) 171; 4. Pleasantville (Pv) 168.5; 5. Edgemont (Ed) 168; 6. Dobbs Ferry (DF) 128; 7. Putnam Valley (PV) 120.5; 8. Irvington (I) 92; 9. Woodlands (Wd) 65; 10. Pawling (Pw) 50; 11. Croton-Harmon (CH) 38; 12. North Salem (NS) [...]

Team standings and key— 1. Fox Lane (FL) 183.5 points; 2. John Jay (JJ) 170; 3. New ROochelle (NR) 120; 4. Mahopac (M) 109; 5. Çarmel© 86.5; 6. Mount Vernon (MV) 83; 7. Ossining (O) 77; 8. R.C. Ketcham (RCK) 73; 9. Port Chester (PC) 69; 10. Harrison (H) 68.5; 11. Nyack (Nk) 68; 12. [...]

I will begin with the small schools. After looking over the first-day results, it’s no surprise that Nanuet and Westlake are 1-2, respectively. They were the two best small-school teams during the regular season. It’s too bad that Conference III did not have the Conference III title match like it previously had. Nanuet and Westlake [...]

Wrestling resumes at Pace University, 9:15 a.m. Sunday with the semifinals. The consolation finals are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. and the finals will go at 4 p.m.

Team standings: 1. John Jay 111.5 points; 2. Fox Lane 90.5; 3. New Rochelle 77.5; 4. Mahopac 62.5; 5. Port Chester 54; 6. Mount Vernon 52; 7. Carmel 50.5; [...]

Wrestling resumes at Pace University, 9:15 a.m. Sunday with the semifinals. The finals are scheduled for 4 p.m. and consolation finals at 1:30 p.m.

Team scoring: 1. Nanuet 116.5 points; 2. Westlake 106; 3. Pleasantville 104.5; 4. Ardsley 93; 5. Edgemont 84; 6. Putnam Valley 66.5; 7. Irvington 64; 8. Dobbs Ferry 54; 9. Woodlands 53; [...]

Here we go again:

96: David Occhipinti (Croton-Harmon) over John Fountain (Ardsley)

103: Penn Gottfried (Arldsye) over Teddy Kyreakedes (Dobbs Ferry)

112: Ryan Osleeb (North Salem) over Michael Kane (Pleasantville)

119: R.J. Martin (Ardsley) over Kevin Chee (Nanuet)

125: Genta Murayama (Edgemont) over T.J. O’Brien (Pleasantville)

130:Danny Manley (Ardsley) over Cisco Reyes (Putnam Valley)

135: Derrick Longo (Ardsley) over Frank Oleszko (Dobbs [...]

At Westlake High School, Saturday:

Team key — Ardsley (A); Briarcliff (Bc); Croton-Harmon (CH); Dobbs Ferry (DF); Eastchester (E); Edgemont (Ed); Haldane (Hd); Hastings (Hs); Irvington (I); Nanuet (N); North Salem (NS); Pawling (Pw); Pleasantville (Pv); Putnam Valley (PV); Westlake (Ws); Woodlands (Wd).

96 — 1. David Occhipinti (CH) bye; Anthony Calvano (N) bye; [...]

At Clarkstown South High School, Saturday:

Team key – Arlington (Arl); Beacon (Be); Brewster (Bw); Carmel©; Clarkstown North (CN); Clarkstown South (CS); East Ramapo (ER); Eastchester (E); Fox Lane (FL); Harrison (H); Horace Greeley (HG); John Jay (JJ); John Jay-East Fishkill (JJEF); Lakeland/Panas (Lk/Pn); Mahopac (M); Mamaroneck (Mk); Mount Vernon (MV); New Rochelle (NR); North Rockland [...]

Saturday:

Large school: At Clarkstown South, weigh-ins run 7:30:8:30 a.m. and wrestling begins at 9 a.m.

Small school: At Westlake, weigh-ins run from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and wrestling begins at 9 a.m.

Sunday

Large school and Small school: Goldstein Center at Pace University, weigh-ins from 8-9 a.m. and wrestling begins with the semifinals at 9:30 a.m. The consolation finals will [...]