Minisink @ Ironman Highlights a Busy Weekend Schedule

The 2021-2022 season is in full swing and this weekend will be pretty special! On Friday and Saturday Minisink Valley has 4 wrestlers registered to compete in the 2021 Walsh Ironman Tournament in Ohio. The Ironman is without question the toughest in-season high school wrestling tournament in the nation. With over 80 nationally ranked wrestlers and almost every top-25 nationally ranked team in attendance, the tournament will be an absolute meat grinder! Match-by-match updates for all five of our local wrestlers will be given here and on my personal Facebook page (Michael Carey). The entire tournament is available on FloWrestling. Let’s take a look at the MV wrestlers who will be doing battle at the 2021 Walsh Ironman!

138 – PJ Duke #1 Seed; Ranked #4 in the Nation @ 138 by Flo
Duke dec 5-0 Sommer (Stillwater, OK)
Duke dec 7-3 Stoneking (Waynesburg Central)
1/4’s: Duke maj 14-3 Roller (Bixby)
Semis: Duke dec 7-5 sv Van Hoelke (Palmetto Ridge)
Finals: Kasak (Bethlehem Catholic) inj def Duke

150 – Eric Tigue #10 Seed
Tigue dec 5-4 over Miletics (Bethlehem Catholic, PA)
Rathjen (Liberty) dec 6-3 Tigue
Tigue dec 2-1 utb Jacks (St. Paris Graham)
Tigue dec 5-4 Koch (Blair)
Earnest (Wadsworth, OH) dec 8-2 Tigue

157 – Zack Ryder #2 Seed; Ranked #10 in the Nation @ 160 by Flo
Ryder wbf :24 Woyan (Point Pleasant)
Ryder dec 5-2 Cramblett (St. Paris Graham, OH)
1/4’s: Vafiadis (New Kent, VA) dec 2-1 Ryder
Ryder wbf 1:56 Muth (Bethlehem Catholic)
Ryder dec 2-0 Poore (Caravel Academy, DE)
Ryder dec 6-4 Euton (Westerville North)
3rd/4th: Ryder dec 3-1 Menke (Ponderosa)

175 – Mikey Altomer #6 Seed
Solorzano (Lake Gibson) wbf 5:48 Altomer
Altomer dec 7-1 Evans (Waynesburg Central)
Havill (Troy Christian) dec 2-1 Altomer

Full Section 9 Wrestling Weekend Schedule

Friday 12/10
Minisink Valley @ Walsh Ironman
Port Jervis 39 Chester 36

Saturday 12/11
Washingtonville, MW @ Wrangle on the Plains Tournament (Section 2)
132: Andrew Marchese (Washingtonville)
Rd 2 – Andrew Marchese (Wash) over Vincent Grembocki (Shen) (TF 15-0 5:33)
Rd 3 – Andrew Marchese (Wash) over Luke Nieto (Plainedge) (TF 15-0 4:08)
Finals – Andrew Marchese (Wash) over Justin Fortugno (Briar) (Dec 5-0)

145: Dominic Gennaro (Washingtonville)
Rd 1 – Tyler Rossini (Burnt Hills Sr) over Dominic Gennaro (Wash) (Dec 9-2)
Rd 2 – Dominic Gennaro (Wash) over Jake Kern (John Jay CR) (Dec 6-5)
Rd 3 – Kyle Hurley (Mt. Anthony) over Dominic Gennaro (Wash) (Fall 5:53)
5th/6th – David Ensminger (Shen) over Dominic Gennaro (Wash) (TF 15-0 3:40)

215: Jake McVey (Washingtonville)
Rd 2 – Jake McVey (Wash) over Jackson Merritt (Amsterdam) (Fall 3:04)
Rd 3 – Will Hotaling (Colonie) over Jake McVey (Wash) (Fall 3:11)
3rd/4th – Jake McVey (Wash) over Henry Yuan (Edgemont) (Fall 3:47)

Beacon, Pine Bush @ Wright/Perry Duals (Section 1)

Port Jervis, Goshen, VC, Middletown, FDR @ Port Jervis Holiday Duals
Goshen 42 FDR/Hyde Park 24
Port Jervis 44 FDR/Hyde Park 24
Valley Central 72 FDR/Hyde Park 6
Middletown 66 FDR/Hyde Park 6
Port Jervis 37 Goshen 36
Clarkstown North 42 Goshen 36
Middletown 60 Goshen 15
Valley Central 41 Goshen 36

Cornwall, Warwick @ Cornwall Dragon Duals
Warwick finished 2nd at the Dragon duals finishing 3-1.
Going 4-0 on the day were Ronan Bradley, Brady Judd, Alex Greco, Michael Accardo and Griffin Petzold.

Minisink Valley @ Coach K Duals in Norwich (Section 4)
Minisink Valley 57 Oxford/Greene 10
Minisink Valley 59 Norwich 16
Minisink Valley 66 Dryden 12
Minisink Valley 60 Sidney 12
Minisink Valley 56 Canastota 18