Let’s Meet the Division 2 Team

2019 Section 9 Division 2 Team

Let’s check out the Division 2 Team that will be representing Section 9 at the 2019 NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships on Friday 2/22 and Saturday 2/23. The tournament will be held in the Times Union Center in Albany, NY! Good luck boys!!!

99 Champ Tufano

99 Champ – Trevor Tufano
Port Jervis, Freshman

Season Record: 21-12
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

99 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Matt Shaw (Pearl River)
Section 2 – Jair Gomez (Ichabod Crane)
Section 3 – Sixx Cook (Central Valley Academy)
Section 4 – Joey Florence (BGAH)
Section 5 – Jace Schafer (Palmyra Macedon)
Section 6 – Andrew Lucinski (Newfane)
Section 7 – Collin Clancy (Saranac)
Section 8 – Jackson Polo (Cold Spring Harbor)
Section 9 – Trevor Tufano (Port Jervis)
Section 10 – Trayton Tupper (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Max Gallagher (Bayport Blue Point)
PSAL – Matt Gatto (Petrides)
Independent – Nicholas Moreira (Horace Mann) 
A1 – Braidon Woodward (Canisteo)
A2 – Hunter Kurtz (Woodward)
A3 – Trey Kimball (Hamden)
A4 – TJ O’Connor (Cooperstown)

106 Champ Bender

106 Champ – Peter Bender
Highland, Sophomore

Season Record: 27-12
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

106 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Quinn Egan (Pleasantville)
Section 2 – Caleb Svingala (Maple Hill)
Section 3 – Avery Leonard (Cooperstown)
Section 4 – Dante Geislinger (Norwich)
Section 5 – Musken Monger (Warsaw)
Section 6 – David Ball (Gowanda)
Section 7 – Ryan Devins (Saranac)
Section 8 – Ryan Romano (Island Trees)
Section 9 – Peter Bender (Highland)
Section 10 – Vandavian Way (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Joe Sparacio (Bayport Blue Point)
PSAL – Steven Sereno (Petrides)
Independent – Michael Ortiz (Horace Mann)
A1 – Chris Petteys (Hudson Falls)
A2 – Donavan Bukaczeski (Iroquois)
A3 – Nick Noto (Honeoye Falls – Lima)
A4 – Peyton White (Watervliet)

2X S9 Champ Morris

113 Champ – Matt Morris
Red Hook, Junior

Season Record: 36-6
Record Against the Bracket: 2-0 (beat Fisher & DeMeglio)

113 Pounds Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Chris DeMeglio (Lourdes)
Section 2 – Joey Scheeren (Galway)
Section 3 – Micah Roes (Lowville)
Section 4 – Cody Merwin (Walton-Delaware Academy)
Section 5 – Anthony Noto (Honeoye Falls-Lima)
Section 6 – Alex Skowronski (East Aurora)
Section 7 – Landen Smith (Saranac)
Section 8 – Jake Murphy (Seaford)
Section 9 – Matt Morris (Red Hook)
Section 10 – Mitchell McCarthy (Ogdensburg)
Section 11 – Ricky D’elia (Port Jefferson)
PSAL – Brandon Fallon (Petrides)
Independent – Robert Horan (Hackley)
A1 – Mason Bush (Central Valley Academy)
A2 – Gabe Fisher (Hoosick Falls)
A3 – Kyle Willard (Groton)
A4 – Dylan Winchell (Warrensburg)

120 Champ Bullock

120 Champ – Liam Bullock
Chester, Senior

Season Record: 25-3
Record Against the Bracket: 1-0 (beat Retell)

120 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Len Balducci (Pleasantville)
Section 2 – Kaden Gransbury (Ravena)
Section 3 – Matt Garland (South Jeff/Sandy Creek)
Section 4 – Caleb Robinson (Walton-Delaware Academy)
Section 5 – Carter Schubert (Williamson-Marion-Sodus)
Section 6 – Josh Gill (Newfane)
Section 7 – Troy LaBarge (Northern Adirondack)
Section 8 – Joe Contrastano (Wheatley)
Section 9 – Liam Bullock (Chester)
Section 10 – Nathan Recore (Malone)
Section 11 – Jordan Titus (Center Moriches)
PSAL – Joe Ferrara (Petrides)
Independent – Jack Bosco (Hackley)
A1 – Kaleb Burgess (Pal-Mac)
A2 – Dawson Mower (Central Valley Academy)
A3 – Riley Retell (Tamarac)
A4 – Tanner McKenna (Warrensburg)

2X S9 Champ Tigue

126 Champ – Eric Tigue
Port Jervis, Freshman

Season Record: 32-4
Record Against the Bracket: 0-2 (losses to Bush, Cullen)

126 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Cris D’Amelio (Irvington)
Section 2 – Aidan Cullen (Greenville)
Section 3 – Marek Bush (Central Valley Academy)
Section 4 – Chandler Merwin (Walton-Delaware Academy)
Section 5 – Bradley Cheek (Canisteo-Greenwood)
Section 6 – Julian Martin (Lake Shore)
Section 7 – Logan Dubuque (Peru)
Section 8 – Vincent Marchand (Locust Valley)
Section 9 – Eric Tigue (Port Jervis)
Section 10 – Lucas Martin (Malone)
Section 11 – Willy Kraus (Hampton Bays)
PSAL – Mitchell Barcus (Eagle Academy)
Independent – Tyler Wyman (Hackley)
A1 – Dean Shambo (Mexico)
A2 – Austin Lints (Schoharie)
A3 – Mohamed Alshawi (Tonowanda)
A4 – Colby Petrie (Medina)

3X S9 Champ Malherio

132 Champ – Mat Malherio
Highland, Senior

Season Record: 36-8
Record Against the Bracket: 1-1 (bear Price, lost to Perllishi)

132 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Victor Perlleshi (Pleasantville)
Section 2 – Trent Svingala (Maple Hill)
Section 3 – Dylan Price (Onondaga-Tully)
Section 4 – Brady Worthing (Tioga)
Section 5 – Ethan Ferro (Palmyra Macedon)
Section 6 – Giovanni Russo (Fredonia)
Section 7 – Alex Christman (Saranac)
Section 8 – Gage DeNatale (Locust Valley)
Section 9 – Mat Malherio (Highland)
Section 10 – Joseph McIntosh (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Mike O’Brien (Mt. Sinai)
PSAL – Malachi Porter (Eagle Academy)
Independent – Vicram Ostrander (Horace Mann)
A1 – Matt LaPorte (Hoosick Falls)
A2 – Justin Smith (Penn Yan/Marcus Whitman)
A3 – Austin Borgeois (Chautauqua Lake)
A4 – Anthony Stewart (Addison)

Onteora’s Nick Ross

138 Champ – Nick Ross
Onteora, Sophomore

Season Record: 43-3
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

138 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Aidan Canfield (Pleasantville)
Section 2 – Alec Richards (Corinth)
Section 3 – Lorenzo Scarano (Little Falls)
Section 4 – Brody Oleksak (BGAH)
Section 5 – Nathan Murphy (Warsaw)
Section 6 – Zach Braddell (Tonwanda)
Section 7 – Kaden Peryea (Beekmantown)
Section 8 – Michael Leandrou (Oyster Bay)
Section 9 – Nick Ross (Onteora)
Section 10 – Zach Roberts (Ogdensburg)
Section 11 – Joe O’Brien (Mt. Sinai)
PSAL – Hector Rodriguez (Eagle Academy)
Independent – Davis Parczik (Horace Mann)
A1 – John Worthing (Tioga)
A2 – Dalton Gardner (Fredonia)
A3 – Greg Hotaling (Colbeskill)
A4 – Nathan Lehr (Chenango Valley)

145 Champ Curreri (l)

145 Champ – Nick Curreri
E/L/SW, Senior

Season Record: 32-8
Record Against the Bracket: 0-1 (lost to Lamb)

145 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Will Carano (Putnam Valley)
Section 2 – Marlon Laing (Ravena)
Section 3 – Cahal Donovan (Marcellus)
Section 4 – Austin Lamb (Tioga)
Section 5 – Chase Runfola (Letchworth)
Section 6 – Jimmy Kramer (Falconer)
Section 7 – Alijah Seymour (Peru)
Section 8 – Ray Costa (Cold Spring Harbor)
Section 9 – Nick Curreri (ELSW)
Section 10 – Tristan Richardson (Ogdensburg)
Section 11 – Thomas Giaramita (John Glenn)
PSAL – Francisco Quintana (Baruch)
Independent – Francisco Quintana (Baruch)
A1 – Hunter Shaut (Central Valley Academy)
A2 – Hunter McKenna (Warrensburg)
A3 – Ryan Nugent (Newgane)
A4 – Malachy Farrell (Avon)

Onteora’s Nate Ross

152 Champ – Nate Ross
Onteora, Junior

Season Record: 37-4
Record Against the Bracket: 1-1 (beat Carmen; lost to Lawrence)

152 Pounds Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Dean Appell (Putnam Valley)
Section 2 – Zack Lawrence (Duanesburg)
Section 3 – Josh Mayden (Camden)
Section 4 – Mikey Squires (Norwich)
Section 5 – Trent Youngs (Mynderse)
Section 6 – Johnny Putney (East Aurora)
Section 7 – Bryce Smith (Saranac)
Section 8 – Austen Carmen (Clarke)
Section 9 – Nate Ross (Onteora)
Section 10 – Joseph Cummings (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Matt Campo (Mt. Sinai)
PSAL – Mike DiForte (Petrides)
Independent – Jack Kneisley (Hackley)
A1 – Giovanni Shifano (Eden)
A2 – Reese Lockwood (Groton)
A3 – Jonathen Davis (Canisteo Greenwood)
A4 – Logan Duers (Hadley Luzerne – Lake George)

Port junior Bryce Horner

160 Champ – Bryce Horner
Port Jervis, Junior

Season Record: 20-13
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

160 Pounds Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Jack Chesman (Pearl River)
Section 2 – Charlie Grygas (Duanesburg)
Section 3 – Jake Null (Dolgeville)
Section 4 – Shane Hoover (BGAH)
Section 5 – Brock Conaway (Perry)
Section 6 – Cory Day (Iroquois)
Section 7 – Zach Swyers (Peru)
Section 8 – Gaven Bell (Cold Spring Harbor)
Section 9 – Bryce Horner (Port Jervis)
Section 10 – Alfred MacNeill (Malone)
Section 11 – Lajess Sawyer (Center Moriches)
PSAL – Elliott Tufaro (Baruch)
Independent – Stephen Andryc (Trinity)
A1 – Brady Hope (Chenango Valley)
A2 – Owen Lyons (Watervliet)
A3 – Nick Saeger (Falconer)
A4 – Matthew McManaman (General Brown)

170 Champ – Cesar Santiago
E/L/SW, Senior

Season Record: 22-8
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

170 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Nathan Parker (Croton-Harmon)
Section 2 – Ethan Cooper (Cobleskill-Richmondville)
Section 3 – Dempsey Carroll (Copenhagen)
Section 4 – Cameron Bundy (Owego)
Section 5 – Sam Wolf (Warsaw)
Section 6 – Ceric Kristan (Fredonia)
Section 7 – Jacob Nolan (Saranac)
Section 8 – Brendan O’Hagan (Seaford)
Section 9 – Cesar Santiago (ELSW)
Section 10 – Tyler Tupper (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Ethan Schmidt (Mattituck)
PSAL – Fabio Preka (RKA)
Independent – Aidan Shepardson (Trinity)
A1 – Zach Williams (Hannibal)
A2 – Rich Forbes (Catskill)
A3 – Wyatt Smith (Midlakes)
A4 – Dylan Urban (Pearl River)

182 Champ Drew Bendy

182 Champ – Drew Bendy
E/L/SW, Senior

Season Record: 19-9
Record Against the Field: 0-0

182 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Nick Meglino (Edgemont)
Section 2 – Cody York (Hadley Luzerne-Lake George)
Section 3 – Anthony Rasmussen (South Jeff/Sandy Creek)
Section 4 – Mitchell Knapp (Susquehanna Valley)
Section 5 – Blake Ilges (Canisteo-Greenwood)
Section 6 – Jason Frazer (Tonwanda)
Section 7 – Jason Fletcher (Ausable Valley)
Section 8 – Pat Quinn (Seaford)
Section 9 – Drew Bendy (ELSW)
Section 10 – Jake Shippee (Gouverneur)
Section 11 -Justin Vega (John Glenn)
PSAL – Brandon Bido (Eagle Academy)
Independent – Noah Boyd (Collegiate)
A1 – Ross McFarland (Phoenix)
A2 – Blake Wolfanger (Perry)
A3 – Mark Mullen (SVEC)
A4 – Jaden Kammer (Pleasantville)

195 Champ DeAveiro

195 Champ – James DeAveiro
E/L/SW, Senior

Season Record: 25-2
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

195 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Dustin Koskinen-Falls (Putnam Valley)
Section 2 – Devon Shader (Coxsackie-Athens)
Section 3 – Bryce Dare (Holland Patent)
Section 4 – Dell Davis (SVEC)
Section 5 – Nate Degroff (Warsaw)
Section 6 – Robbie Penhollow (Falconer)
Section 7 – Jace Filion (Northern Adirondack)
Section 8 – Kolton Gagnon (Cold Spring Harbor)
Section 9 – James DeAveiro (ELSW)
Section 10 – Nick Jenkins (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Mike Sabella (Mt. Sinai)
PSAL – Angelo Sereno (Petrides)
Independent – Elie Farah (Dalton)
A1 – Nolan McNeill (Warrensburg)
A2 – Millard Young (Akron)
A3 – Noah Kennedy (Greene Oxford)
A4 – Brendan Covey (Whitehall)

220 Champ James Oosterom

220 Champ – James Oosterom
Port Jervis, Junior

Season Record: 20-1
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

220 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – Rolando Lopez (Putnam Valley)
Section 2 – Jeff Crooks (Cobleskill-Richmondville)
Section 3 – Alex Thompson (Sherburne-Earlville)
Section 4 – Richard Serafin (Oneonta)
Section 5 – Keagan Carmenatty (South Seneca)
Section 6 – Mike Rigerman (Pioneer)
Section 7 – Mason Maulding (Peru)
Section 8 – Karl Bouyer (Clarke)
Section 9 – James Oosterom (Port Jervis)
Section 11 – Colby Suglia (Mattituck)
PSAL – Ervis Spahiu (Petrides)
Independent – Cam Coleman (Rye Country Day)
A1 – Chris Wilson (Warrensburg)
A2 – Josh Greenwood (Beaver River)
A3 – Sterling Spoon (Watervliet)
A4 – Connor Sykora (Jasper Troupsburg)
A5 – Mario Fidanza (Lyndonville)

285 Champ – Jason Lonstein
Ellenville, Senior

Season Record: 10-6
Record Against the Bracket: 0-0

285 Pound Division 2 State Qualifiers
Section 1 – George Lebberes (Ardsley)
Section 2 – Craig Sawyer (Hoosick Falls)
Section 3 – Mike Leibl (Canastota)
Section 4 – Dylan Houseknecht (Odessa-Montour)
Section 5 – Jake Dewall (Waterloo)
Section 6 – Jaden Heers (Newfane)
Section 7 – Dalton Criss (Peru)
Section 8 – Jake Rankin (Oyster Bay)
Section 9 – Jason Lonstein (Ellenville)
Section 10 – Logan Garrison (Gouverneur)
Section 11 – Pat Ancewicz (John Glenn)
PSAL – Christian Harris (Petrides)
Independent – Noah Lascano (Trinity) 
A1 – Trentyn Rupert (Newark Valley)
A2 – Steven Taylor (Tioga)
A3 – Ben Szymanowski (Chautaqua Lake)
A4 – Christian Salvio (Ravena)

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