Congratulations to the Black Knights for winning the All-Academy Championships for the first time since 2008. Army won four individual titles and had eight place in the top-4. Logan Everett (141), Andrew Mendel (165), 19th-ranked Brian Harvey (174) and Bryce Barnes (197) all came away with individual championships, while Russell Parsons Jr. (157) and Samson Imonode (184) placed second. Additionally, Army sent two more wrestlers to the third-place matches. Cornwall native David Farr (285) finished third, and Austin Harry (133) placed fourth. Great job men!
Month: January 2016
Section 9 Wrestling Weekend Schedule & Results 1/29 – 1/31
Friday 1/29
Warwick 57 Port Jervis 16
Red Hook 57 Kingston 20
Red Hook 61 Chester 20
Saturday 1/30
Minisink Valley 60 E. Providence, RI 15
Newburgh Duals
Wallkill 48 Chaminade 21
Wallkill 69 Chester 9
Wallkill 54 Beekmantown 24 Wallkill 54 Colonie 27
NFA 75 Chester 12 NFA 52 Colonie 31
NFA 40 Beekmantown 39 NFA 47 Chaminade 30
Shoreham WR 52 NFA 30 Shoreham WR 39 Wallkill 31
Shoreham WR 62 Saugerties 22 Beekmantown 43 Saugerties 42
Saugerties 60 Chester 21 Saugerties 46 Chaminade 33
Saugerties 43 Colonie 42 Warwick 63 Chester 18
Shoreham WR 45 Warwick 33
Ridgefield Challenge in Ridgefield, CT
Monroe Woodbury won the Ridgefield Challenge with 205 team points. The Crusaders crowned 5 champions in Dylan Earl (99), Marco Vespa (106), Kevin Kelly (126), Evan Barczak (145), and Nick McShea (220). Anthony Sountis (132) and Kendall Elfstrum took 2nd place honors and Anthony Stramiello (113) finished 3rd. Cameron Wernicki (120), Roberts Mikelsons (160), John Minnies (170), and Samson Perez (195) took 4th for Monroe.
Edgemont Tournament
Monticello
John Wake Duals
Onteora
Big Ten Tournament in Albany
Cuppett (New Paltz) champion at 170; Urena (Pine Bush) 2nd!!
99 Trent Svingala (Albany) WBF Kevin Urena (Pine Bush) :42
106 Owen Wormuth (DepHan) dec Daniel Montalvo (Amst) 7-2
113 Kelan McKenna (New Hart) WBF Shiva Bhoge (Moh) 1:10
120 Dean Raymond (DepHan) WBF Vinny McCann (Albany) 1:53
126 Brandon Merchant (Coble) WBF David Wolanski (Guild) :24
132 Max Tempel (Av Park) Tech Fall Levi Wormuth (DepHan) 16-0
138- Tanner Cook (Central Valley) WBF Colby Hall (DepHan) 1:31
145- Kyle Jasenski (Albany Academy) WBF Devin Cooper 1:32
152 Dillon Warner (Scho) Maj Dec Ethan Cooper (Coble) 13-3
160 Zach Zebrowski (Albany) Dec Joe Jones (Gateway Reg) 12-6
170 Ben Cuppett (New Paltz) Dec Ethan Wormuth (DepHan) 1-0
182 Kyle Kuty ( New Hartford) dec AJ Groesbeck (CBA) 7-5
195 Marcus Torres (Amst) dec James Martin (Burnt Hills) 8-3
220 Joe Galusha (Mohonasen) Maj Dec Tyson Jones 10-1
285 Zach Gifford (DepHan) WBF Chris Garrison (Amst) 3:00
MOW 99-145 Kelan McKenna (NH-113)
MOW 152-285 Zach Gifford (Deposit-Hancock 285)
Peter Caruso Tournament @ Mahopac
2016 Peter Caruso at Mahopac Tourney – FINAL RESULTS
Results from Middletown
Middies battled tough at the Peter J Caruso Tournament in Mahopac to finish in 2nd place behind a solid Arlington team (251-234).
Middies went 4 for 4 in the finals.
99 – Oscar Lainez won 14-0 over Arlington’s Dennis Robin.
170 – Adonis Morano won 7-6 over Chris Martin of Washingtonville.
220 – Raul Martinez won 9-6 to win his first varsity tournament.
285 – Joe Humphrey pinned his way through the tournament.
Additional placers for the Middies:
106 – Ivan Green, 3rd
106 – Dalton Howell, 6th
113 – Boubacar Bah, 5th
126 – Tyler Matos, 6th
138 – Zakair Artis, 4th
145 – Nate Garcia, 4th
170 – Tajh Ali, 5th
195 – Julius Oquendo, 6th
285 – Norris Gipson, 3rd
Results from Washingtonville
Washingtonville took 3rd place overall at the Mahopac tournament this weekend. The following wrestlers placed:
120lbs – Devin McCormick – 4th Place
126lbs – Giovanni Perez – 3rd Place
132lbs – Michael Reilly – 4th Place
138lbs – Gino Giacoio – 3rd Place
145lbs – Brandon Bobe – 2nd Place
145lbs – Conor Jennings – 6th Place
152lbs – Lester Larkai – 5th Place
160lbs – Ben Santarpia – 4th Place
170lbs – Chris Martin – 2nd Place
182lbs – Henricus Van Heemstede Obelt – 3rd Place
195lbs – Alex Leonty – 3rd Place
220lbs – Noah Cruz – 3rd Place
Latest NYS Dual Team Rankings
Division 1:
Monroe Woodbury #2, Minisink Valley #8, Wallkill HM, NFA HM, Warwick HM
Division 2:
New Paltz #22, Red Hook HM, Chester HM, Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West HM, Onteora HM
Black Knights Peaking at the Right Time
Congrats to Brian Harvey and Russell Parsons Jr. for remaining in the national rankings less than 2 months from the NCAA’s! Check out the article here on Army Wrestling’s website!
Regents Week
This is always a very quiet week for HS wrestling due to Regents Week. Best of luck to all of our student athletes on their exams!
Sunday 1/24 Results
Gene Brigham Tournament at Minisink Valley
Minisink Valley 74 Monticello 0 Middletown 51 Red Hook 35
Minisink Valley 64 Red Hook 15 Goshen 52 Middletown 24
Middletown 46 Monticello 30 Goshen 48 Red Hook 42
Minisink Valley 63 Goshen 15 Red Hook 64 Monticello 21
Goshen 50 Monticello 30 MV 58 Middletown 21
MOW – Taylor Benson – Red Hook
Taylor Benson (RH) and Connor Greiner (MV) both recorded their 100th career victory today!!! Congrats!!!
Rondout Valley Duals
MW-A 80 Rondout Valley 6 MW-A 88 Arlington-B 0
MW-A 83 Ellenville 6 MW-A 73 NFA 9
MW-A 85 MW-B 0 MW-B 64 Arlington-B 18
NFA 56 MW-B 27 MW-B 45 Rondout Valley 40
MW-B 66 Middletown-B 18 NFA 75 Middletown-B 9
NFA 59 Rondout Valley 18
Going undefeated for MW were Dylan Earl, Marco Vespa, Anthony Stramiello, Cameron Wernicki, Kevin Kelly, Anthony Sountis, Tom Fini, Evan Barczak, John Minnies, Kendall Elsftrum, Samson Perez, and Nick McShea!
Congratulations to Rondout Valley’s Ian Houck for recording his 100th career victory! Great job Ian!!!
Wallkill Duals
Wallkill 3-peats as champions of the Wallkill Duals! I am not sure if they selected a MOW but if they did it would have to be Mike Fekishazy! The Wallkill junior went 3-0 on the day and had wins over Kevin Morgans from ELSW (7/8 NYS D2), Ben Cuppett from New Paltz (S9 D2 Champion), and Nick Russo from Cornwall (D1 S9 placewinner)! Great job Mike!!
Wallkill 70 ELSW 9 Wallkill 63 New Paltz 12
Wallkill 59 Cornwall 15 Cornwall 45 New Paltz 27
Cornwall 62 ELSW 21
S9 Results for 1/19 – 1/22
Tuesday 1/19
Minisink Valley 64 Cornwall 12
Wednesday 1/20
Monroe Woodbury 68 NFA 16
Wallkill 68 Port Jervis 9
VC 48 Washingtonville 28
Red Hook 78 Onteora 12
Minisink Valley 58 Warwick 19
Middletown 72 Kingston 10
Saugerties 58 Monticello 24
Rondout Valley 66 Burke 12
Highland 58 Burke 9
ELSW 72 Ellenville 12
Rondout Valley 53 Highland 24
New Paltz 69 Ellenville 6
Thursday 1/21
Hanover Area, PA 51 Port Jervis 30
Wallkill 42 John Jay East Fishkill 22
Ellenville 46 Burke 30
Ketcham 69 Chester 9
Onteora @ E/L/SW
Friday 1/22
NFA 59 Pine Bush 21
Warwick 42 Washingtonville 36
Saugerties @ Beacon Bulldog Tournament: Saugerties came in 3rd place as a team while Brian Bucci won the title at 152 pounds and picked up career win #100 in doing so…congrats Brian!!!
Section 9 Individual Rankings #3
Eastern States Classic – Day 2 Recap
99 Pounds
Finals: Dylan Ryder (HHHW) dec 3-2 Greg Diahomihalis (Hilton)
S9 Medal Match: Oscar Lainez (Mid) wbf Trent Svingala (Albany Academy)…Oscar finishes in 3rd place with the 1st period pin!!!
106 Pounds
Finals: Adam Busiello (SWR) pin Orion Anderson (Schuylerville)
113 Pounds
Finals: Beau Bartlett (Sem) 12-5 Thomas Cox (Deer Park)
S9 Medal Match: Benny Baker (Sem) dec 5-2 Connor Greiner (MV) … Connor comes in 6th place!!!
120 Pounds
Finals: Matteo Devincenzo (Port Jefferson) 3-2 over Jack Davis (Sem)
126 Pounds
Finals: Jacori Teemer (Long Beach) 2-0 Peter Pappas (Plainview)
S9 Medal Match: Ben Tepperman (Haup) 6-0 Kevin Kelly (MW) … Kevin takes 8th place!
132 Pounds
Finals: Vito Arujau (Syosset) 4-1 Kellen Devlin (Amherst)
138 Pounds
Finals: Yianni Diakomihalis (Hilton) 17-5 Matt Grippi (Fox Lane)
S9 Medal Match: Parker Kropman (Penfield) med. fft. over Charlie Johnson (Warwick). Johnson finishes 4th.
145 Pounds
Finals: Frankie Gissendanner (Pennfield) 5-2 Connor Melbourne (JJCR)
S9 Medal Match: Evan Barczak (MW) med fft Jake Hendricks (Sem) … Evan takes 7th place!
152 Pounds
Finals: Kobe Garrehy (Maine Endwell) dec 3-2 Ryan Ferro (Warwick) … Ferro finishes in 2nd! Congrats Ryan!!!
160 Pounds
Finals: Adam Santoro (Fordam Prep) 8-6 Jason Hoffman (HL/LG)
S9 Medal Match: Ricky Stamm (Division) 6-5 AJ Aeberli (MV) … AJ takes 4th place!!!
170 Pounds
Finals: Louie Deprez (Hilton) 9-0 Evan Frank (JJCR)
182 Pounds
Finals: Christian Dietrich (Sem) 8-4 Kevin Parker (Shen)
S9 Medal Match: Kendall Elfstrum (MW) 7-0 Tyreek Bromley (LB) … Kendall takes 7th!!!
195 Pounds
Finals: Christian Areneo (Ward Melville) med fft over Reenan (Sem)
S9 Medal Match: Claude Judes (Wing) med fit Justin McLee (Washingtonville)… Justin finishes 8th!!!
220 Pounds
Finals: Will Hilliard (Sem) 8-3 Terron Robinson (Walt Whitman)
S9 Medal Match: Nick McShea (MW) 3-2 Riccardo Dawkins (Gen Br) … Nick takes 3rd place!!!
Ryan Ellefsen (Goshen) pin Anthony Bello (Div)… Ryan comes in 7th!!!
285 Pounds
Finals: Edwin Rubio (John Glenn) 2-1 Zach Gifford (Deposit Hancock)
S9 Medal Match: Joe Humphrey (Midd) 9-4 Jake Warren (Burnt Hill)… Humphrey takes 7th place!!!
Aggregate Pin: Lenny Merkin (Poly Prep) 5 in 9:46
Team Champion: Wyoming Seminary
2nd Place: Hilton
3rd Place: Penfield
Champion of Champions: Matteo Devincenzo Port Jefferson
Lightweight MOW: Beau Bartlett – Wyoming Seminary
Middleweight MOW: Yianni Diakomihalis – Hilton
Heavyweight MOW: Louie Deprez – Hilton
2016 Eastern States Classic Day 1 Recap
99 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Maucere (DP) vs Ryder (HHHW)
#12 Lainez (Midd) vs #4 Sciotto
#3 Greg D. (Hil) vs #6 Redding (ESM)
#7 Nunez (GB) vs #2 Negron (NB)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Dylan Earl (MW)
106 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Busiello (ESM) vs. #9 Meloni (SWR)
#12 Lynch (MV) vs. #4 Gonyea (Col)
#3 Anderson (Sch) vs #6 Schafer (PalMac)
#7 Hoyle (Sem) vs #15 Samson (Vic)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
113 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Cox (Deer Park) vs #8 Sulla (N. Rock)
#12 C. Greiner (MV) vs #4 Baker (Sem)
#3 Bartlett (Sem) vs #11 Bokina (Matt)
#7 Cirillo (RP) vs #2 McKenna (New Har)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
120 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Devincenzo (PJ) vs #8 Heberlein
#4 Gomez (LV) vs #5 Powers(Mex)
#3 Davis (Sem) vs #11 Earl (JJCR)
#2 Silverstein (Haup) vs #10 Devine (Col)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
126 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Teemer (LB) vs #9 Venosa (Vic)
#5 Kelly (MW) vs #4 Sietz (MF)
#3 Riegel (Sem) vs #6 Dusold (LV)
#2 Pappas (Plain) vs #10 Shore (NR)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
132 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Arujau (Syo) vs #8 Eckles (Lake Shore)
#4 Colom (St.F) vs #12 Corso (Long)
#3 Devlin (Amh) vs #6 Block (PalMac)
#2 Olsen (Sem) vs Dushaj (HHHW)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
138 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Yianni D. (Hilton) vs #9 Dietz (Phoenix)
#12 Johnson (Warwick) vs. #13 Teves (Moses Br)
#3 Gripp (Fox Lane) vs #6 Rojas (New Milford)
#2 Kropman (Penn) vs #7 Bihler (Maple Grove)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Dillon Ross (Onteora)
145 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Gissendanner (Pen) vs #8 Barczak (MW)
#5 Taddeo (SWR) vs #4 Robin (Arl)
#3 Merkin (PP) vs #6 Melbourne (JJCR)
#10 Hendricks (Sem) vs #2 Richard (HP)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
152 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Mauriello (Hau) vs #8 Garrehy (ME)
#12 Ancewicz (JG) vs #4 Almeter (Iro)
Grover (Warsaw) vs #11 Byron (LB)
#2 Ferro (Warwick) vs #10 Wallace (NR)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Noah Curreri (Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West)
160 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Herringshaw (HP) vs #8 Mosca (Carle Place)
#4 Hoffman (LG) vs #12 Miller (ME)
#3 Aeberli (MV) vs #6 Stamm
#2 Verallis (Sem) vs #7 Santoro (FP)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
None
170 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Deprez (Hilton) vs #8 Wang (Edgemont)
#5 Bisono (Haup) vs #13 Hoeg (Matt)
#6 Barnes (Ball Spa) vs #14 Gaiser (Alex)
#2 Crowley (Eastchester) vs #10 Frank (JJCR)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Adonis Morano (Middletown)
182 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Dietrich (Sem) vs #9 Elfstrum (MW)
#4 Paddock (Warsaw) vs #12 Zagarino (Matt)
#3 Melikian (Lakelands) vs #6 MacKay (Elmira)
#10 Bromley (LB) vs #2 Parker (Shen)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Kevin Morgans (Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West)
Joe Yanis (Minisink Valley)
195 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Reenan (Sem) vs Marquis (Danbury)
#5 Aiello (Westfield) vs #4 Buell (Sher)
#3 Dinardo (Mah) vs #6 Spreckman (Clark South)
#2 Areneo (Ward Mel) vs #10 Claude (Wing)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Justin McLee (Washingtonville)
Andrew Covais (Minisink Valley)
Horace Duke (Middletown)
220 Pounds
Quartfinalists
#1 Hilliard (Sem) vs #8 Ellefsen (Goshen)
#5 Dawkins (GB) vs #4 Mann (Warsaw)
#6 Robinson (Walt Whit) vs #14 Golish (Ball Spa)
#2 McShea (MW) vs #7 Bello (Div)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Raul Martinez (Middletown)
285 Pounds
Quarterfinalists
#1 Rubio (JG) vs #9 Larm (Brew)
#4 Humphrey (Midd) vs #5 Muriel (Hewlett)
#3 Gaboardi (Danbury) vs #6 Gifford (Deposit)
#2 Fleming (Notre Dame) vs #7 Beckwith (Gen Br)
S9 In Wrestlebacks
Travis Coon (Red Hook)
Notes:
– S9 D2 with 4 wrestlers still alive…Great Job!!!
– Middletown with 5 wrestlers advancing to Day 2!!!
– MW with 4 in winner’s bracket, 1 in consies!
– MV with 3 in winner’s bracket, 2 in consies!
– Sem entered 12 wrestlers – 11 are in the quarters