This past Friday, Goshen finished up their regular season schedule by wrestling Washingtonville at Goshen High School. Washingtonville defeated Goshen by a score of 45-34, however that was not the headline of the evening! Goshen senior Christopher Fini and a few of his teammates were instrumental in making this dual meet a Pin Cancer event in order to raise money for cancer research. The event is best summarized Vision Wrestling founder Brian Vutianitis who is Fini’s club coach and a cancer survivor. Let’s take a look at Coach Vutianitis’ social media post following the event.
Washingtonville’s Andrew Marchese, Coach Vutianitis, and Goshen’s Chris Fini
“This weeks Vision Wrestler of the Week is a Senior from Goshen HS, Chris Fini. Although Chris won both of his matches this week the reason he has earned this honor shows that it’s not all about winning. Chris and his teammate worked with @pincancer in order to raise money for the foundation by putting on a dual event and raising nearly $2000 for the cause. A year after creating Vision Wrestling I was diagnosed with cancer and was told I may need a surgery that wouldn’t allow me to continue doing the exact thing that I love most, coaching wrestling. Having support from a community that kept me positive through everything was and is the reason I have never looked back on making it my mission to support and inspire every wrestler to chase their dreams and be the best person they can be, no matter what anyone says about it.
A wrestling community is built on more than just wins and loses, and bringing the community together to support a cause that so many people are affected by shows the type of people a strong wrestling community breeds.
Congrats to Chris on earning Vision Wrestler of the week! #visionwrestling #pincancer #section9wrestling @varsity845 @ Goshen Central High School”
Congratulations to the Middletown JV wrestling team for taking home the team title at Saturday’s JV Wrestling Championships in Warwick. The Middies had 7 finalists, 3 champions and tallied 255.5 team points to top Minisink Valley in the team race. The Warriors had 7 finalists, 6 champions and finished with 236 team points. Pine Bush had 4 finalists and 1 champ and took 3rd in the team race with 228.5 points.
Team Scores 1 255.50 MIDDLETOWN 2 236.00 MINISINK VALLEY 3 228.50 PINE BUSH 4 189.00 WASHINGTONVILLE 5 160.00 CORNWALL 6 147.00 MONROE-WOODBURY 7 125.00 WARWICK VALLEY 8 57.00 PORT JERVIS 9 53.00 VALLEY CENTRAL 10 50.00 MIDDLETOWN ‘B’ 11 38.00 NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY 12 33.00 MONROE-WOODBURY ‘B’ 13 25.00 WALLKILL 14 19.00 MONTICELLO 15 16.00 JOHN S. BURKE CATHOLIC 16 8.00 MINISINK VALLEY ‘B’ 17 5.00 CORNWALL ‘B’ 18 4.00 PINE BUSH ‘B’ 19 0.00 WARWICK VALLEY ‘B’
Championship 99 MARCO GIUMARRA (CORN) Dec RICHIE URENA (PB) 5-2 106 JACOB ROGER (MIDD) Fall ROBERT HICKMAN (CORN) 3:40 113 RICHIE DEGON (VC) Dec JAVIER BRAVO (PB) 8-4 120 A. CARASCO (MV) Dec M. TOMBLINSON (MIDD) 10-2 126 LOGAN SERAFIN (WASH) Fall C. SPAULDING (CORN) 2:46 132 BRAYDON PENNELL (PB) Fall D. BURROUGHS (WASH) 1:19 138 RORY HAMILTON (MV) Fall JARED HOWELL (MIDD) :59 145 DYLAN JUERS (MV) M-Dec JUSTIN MYZHEVYCH (CORN) 10-2 152 GEORGE RACZ (MV) Fall BRYSON TIBBS (MIDD) 1:51 160 MATTHEW OOSTEROM (PJ) Dec DEVIN DOTY (MV) 2-1 170 J. MARRERO (MV) Dec J. ROSENBLOOM (MW) 15-6 182 J. SANTIAGO (MIDD) Dec A. TAVORMINA (PB) 8-7 195 KRISTJAN CULAJ (WASH) Fall ED WILKINS (PB) :35 220 L. ROBINSON (MIDD) Dec J. CHARLES (MIDD) 3-1 285 TQ MILLER (MV) Dec DAN JABBOUR (MW) 7-4
Consolation 99 MARCO PIAZZA (MW) Fall JAMES DUFFY (PB) 3:41 106 BROOKE TARSHIS (PB) Dec ALYSSA REED (PJ) 2-1 113 T. BALLANTINE (CORN) Fall J. TORRES (MIDD) 1:25 120 TOM FRANKO (MW) Fall AYDEN MALDONADO (PB) 2:28 126 R. GONZALEZ (WAR) Dec M. TOMBLINSON (MIDD) 5-3 132 TYLER JOY (PB) Fall JOHNCARLO NAPOLITANO (VC) 3:44 138 DEVIN HAM (WASH) Fall PHIL KRAVITZ (WAR) 3:35 145 J. VELAZQUEZ (MIDD) Fall M. COLON (WAR) 3:46 152 T. NORTON (WASH) Dec NICHOLAS CAVALLO (CORN) 6-3 160 E. SHAMMGOD (MW) Fall A. WANAMAKER (MW) 4:30 170 CRISTIAN ARROYO (PB) Dec JHONNY GARCIA (WASH) 4-3 182 OLIVER BIELING (WAR)Fall ELI REYES (MONT) 3:19 195 DAVID BURGOA (NFA) Dec AIDEN GOVE (MV) 2-1 220 BRETT ROSARIO (WAR) Dec AIDEN HARRISON (NFA) 7-3 285 LUIS LOWERY (MIDD) Fall VICTOR CRUZ (PB) 3:45
5th Place 99 J. ANICET (MIDD) Fall MUSA AL JAMAL (WASH) 1:34 106 ANTHONY VALICENT (CORN) fft T. HOVLING (WALL) 113 SEAN ZWART (PB) Fall MIKE FRANCO (MW) 2:30 120 KADEN MANN (WASH) Fall J. FIGUEROA (MW) ‘B’, 3:31 126 A. SGAMBATI (MIDD) ‘B’ Fall N. REDZEPOSKI (MONT) 2:43 132 TYLER DUMOND (MV) Fall MATTHEW RIZZO (WALL) 1:53 138 ABRAHIM AL JAMAL (WASH) Fall R. LIGGIO (MW) 2:33 145 JACK MAZZELLA (WAR) Fall AARON BERNARD (MW) 1:46 152 JOEY CROCE (PB) Dec JASON CINTRON (MIDD) ‘B’ 3-1 160 GAVIN FURST (CORN) Dec JUAN VALLE (WASH) 3-0 170 CRAIG LADKA (MW) ‘B’ Fall JOE BACENET (WAR) 1:58 182 LIAM SCOTT (CORN) ‘B’ FALL A. WINGFIELD (CORN) :43 195 Y. HERNANDEZ (MIDD) Fall CONNER MITCHELL (CORN) :50 220 SCOTT DELANEY (MV)Dec MIKE LOUNDSBURY (MV) 2-1 285 KENNY BELL (BURKE) Fall NICK VALENZANO (CORN) :48
This is the final week of the regular season! That’s right…the Section 9 Tournaments are Friday 2/14 and Saturday 2/15 for Division 1 and Sunday 2/16 for Division 2! Start planning your calendar for Sections!
Congratulations to the Coaches Gallagher, Hendershot, Potter, Byrne and the entire Minisink Valley wrestling team for winning the 2020 NYSPHSAA Dual Meet Championship! The Warriors completely dominated the competition outscoring their opponents 210 – 72 in their four dual meets on Saturday in Syracuse! This is the 2nd time since 2015 that Minisink Valley has finished #1 in NYS. The Warriors also finished 3rd in the state last season and 2nd in NYS in 2018. Minisink Valley has finished in the top 10 in NYS for seven consecutive seasons!
MV’s Picariello tops Commack’s Eckerle
The Warriors made a statement in their opening dual of pool competition trouncing Section 11 power Commack 57-9. Commack received a wildcard birth into the tournament after finishing 2nd in the Section 11 tournament. They defeated favored Hauppauge in the semifinals but lost to Patchogue-Medford in the finals. Commack was a tough team but Minisink Valley had too much horsepower for them winning 12 of the 15 matches including pins by Zak McKernan (106), Zack Ryder (126), Jordan Suarez (132), Chris McLaughlin (170), Ethan Gallo (182), Carson Henry (195), and Adam Fenner (285). Nick Picariello also picked up a nice 3-1 win at 120 over 2X NYS placewinner Jake Eckerle.
Fenner riding tough – the MV junior now has over 100 career wins!
In their other pool match the top seeded Warriors took on eighth seeded Lancaster from Section 6. The result was pretty similar to their opening round dual – the Warriors controlled the dual from beginning to end! This time, however, Minisink won 13 of the 15 matches and notched 8 pins in defeating Lancaster by a 64-11 margin. Picking up the pins for Minisink were Anthony Tresch (99), Zack Ryder (126), Jordan Suarez (132), Jaccob Gonzalez (145), Jace Hirsch (152), Ethan Gallo (195), Scott Geysen (220), and Adam Fenner (285). By going 2-0 in pool matches the Warriors advanced to the semifinal round where they would meet Section 2 power Shenendehowa.
Suarez getting swipes versus Shenendehowa
The semifinal round began at the 106 pound weight class and a glance at the match-ups made it quite evident that this dual meet was going to be a battle! Shenendehowa won the first 3 matches and led the Warriors 14-0 after a technical fall victory at 120 by Stevo Poulin, the 2nd ranked 113 pound wrestler in the nation. The Warriors answered back with 5 straight wins and took the lead 26-14 after 152. Shenendehowa answered right back with 3 consecutive wins and recaptured the lead 27-26 after 182 and only four matches remaining! This was the only time this season that Minisink Valley has been trailing a dual to a NYS team after 11 matches! The Warriors responded and they responded with authority! Minisink swept the last four matches picking up 21 points and advanced to the finals with a 47-27 win over Shen!
2020 NYSPHSAA Dual Meet Champions Minisink Valley Warriors
The stage was set for a finals showdown between Minisink Valley and Section 3 champion and hometown favorite Fulton! The Section 3 team was wresting with a ton of energy and had a lot of momentum and local crowd support in their favor! The dual started at 113 and the Warriors quieted the crowd by winning 5 of the first 6 matches ending with an exciting, back-and-forth sudden victory win by Brian Lombardi at 145 giving the Warriors a 21-3 lead. Fulton then ripped off three straight wins and closed the gap to 21-16 going into 182. Minisink Valley won 2 of the next 3 matches before clinching the dual and the championship when Adam Fenner picked up a 1st period pin at 285 making the score 39-19 with only two matches left! Fenner, only a junior, picked up his 100th career win earlier in the day. The Warriors won at 99 and lost at 106 making the final score 42-25! Congratulations again to the entire Minisink Valley wrestling program!
