A By the Numbers Look at the Section 9 Championships

Let’s take a “By the Numbers” look at the history of the Section 9 Wrestling Championships! Most of the information I am posting has be provided to me by our current Section 9 Wrestling chairperson, Jeff Cuilty. Jeff is a NYSPHSAA and National Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee. He served as NFA’s head coach from 1988-89 until 2011-12. Cuilty then took the reigns at Wallkill and served as their head coach from 2012-13 until 2016-17. He retired from coaching with 432 career wins ranking him 3rd in Section 9 history. Along with serving as the Section 9 chair, Cuilty is also the of tournament director for the Eastern States Wrestling Classic. Jeff, thank you for everything that you do for Section 9 Wrestling!

Most Section 9 Champions By School
1. Port Jervis (93)
2. Monroe Woodbury (86)
3. Valley Central (79)
4. Minisink Valley (78)
5. Red Hook (57)
6. Newburgh Free Academy (48)
7. Onteora (46)
T8. Middletown (43)
T8. Suffern
T10. Cornwall (35)
T10. Pine Bush (35)
12. New Paltz (31)
13. Warwick (30)

Most Section 9 Division 1 Tournament Team Titles
1. Valley Central (13)
T2. Minisink Valley (9)
T2. Monroe Woodbury (9)
4. Port Jervis (4)
5. Suffern (3)
T6. Warwick, New Paltz (2)
T8. Middletown, Goshen, Ramapo, Pearl River, Rondout Valley (1)

Most Section 9 Division 2
Tournament Team Titles

1. Red Hook (9)
T2. Port Jervis (3)
T2. Onteora (3)
4. Highland (1)

Most Team Points at Section 9
Division 1 Championships

1. 2020 Minisink Valley – 369 points
2. 2018 Minisink Valley – 312.5 points
3. 2005 Valley Central – 304.5 points
4. 2016 Minisink Valley – 302.5 points
5. 2019 Minisink Valley – 292 points
6. 2017 Monroe Woodbury – 276.5 points
7. 2013 Monroe Woodbury – 275 points
8. 2015 Monroe Woodbury – 271.5 points
9. 2014 Monroe Woodbury – 265.5 points
10. 2011 Warwick – 263.5 points

Most Team Points at Section 9 Division 1 Championships
1. 2011 Onteora – 274.5 points
2. 2020 Port Jervis – 262.5 points
3. 2014 Highland – 250 points
4. 2006 Red Hook – 238.5 points
5. 2018 Port Jervis – 228 points

Most Wildcards (began in 2007)
1. Monroe Woodbury (14)
2. Minisink Valley (10)
3. Newburgh Free Academy (7)
4. Valley Central (5)
T5. Cornwall, Port Jervis, Warwick (4)