Well we are getting closer and closer to our state qualifying tournaments. The Section 9 Division 1 Championships will take place on Friday and Saturday February 14th and 15th at Monroe Woodbury High School. The Division 2 Championships will be held on Sunday February 16th at Bard College. The NYS Championships will take place two weeks later on Friday 2/28 and Saturday 3/1 at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY.
There were not too many changes in our rankings for this week. At 138 we slid Brian Bucci from Saugerties into the #4 slot. Cornwall’s Dan Storer moves up to #2 at 145 after his victory over Minisink Valley’s Frankie Hernandez. Nick Wentland, also from Minisink Valley, has moved up to the #2 position at 160 after his impressive victory over Cornwall’s Quinn Zsido up a weight at 170! Rondout Valley’s Eric Morse returns to the rankings at #4 at 160 after his victory over Middletown’s Christian Matos. There are no other changes for this week’s rankings.
Section 9 has several wrestlers who are on the radar on the state level and have received either a ranking or a mention in New York Wrestling News’ combined D1&D2 individual ranking. Click here for complete list and full article from NYWN website.
106: #6 Vinny Vespa, Monroe Woodbury
113: #5 Johnny Stramiello, Pine Bush and #7 Gerard Daly, Minisink Valley
120: HM Dylan Booth, Port Jervis
126: HM Da’mani Burns, NFA
132: HM Chris Truglio, Minisink Valley
138: #6 Michael Raccioppi, Minisink Valley
160: #2 Dan DeCarlo, Port Jervis
170: HM Tyler Blasko, Wallkill
220: #7 Rob Kelly, Monroe Woodbury and #8 James Bethel, Saugerties
Section 9 Rankings #7
99: Anthony Stramiello (PB) Tyler Lynch (VC) Jarred Greiner (MV) Marco Vespa (MW)
106: Vinny Vespa (MW) Mike Feliciano (High) Jamie Pulver (Saug) Isaiah Gut-Vera (Mid)
113: John Stramiello (PB) Gerard Daly (MV) Pedro Rosales (Midd) Kevin Kelly (MW)
120: Dylan Booth (PJ) Evan Barczak (MW) Austin Ingraham (High) Matt Lopez (MV)
126: Da’mani Burns (NFA) PJ Smoot (MW) AJ North (PB) Matt Rauch (RH)
132: Chris Truglio (MV) Hussain Hasan (VC) Sean Foschini (NFA) Nick Sebesta (Wall)
138: Mike Raccioppi (MV) Brett Johnson (Corn) Joe Ginley (War) Brian Bucci (Saug)
145: Tom Wightman (War) Dan Storer (Corn) Frank Hernandez (MV) AJ Aeberli (War)
152: Alec Guevara (Wall) Ryan Ferro (War) Osman Hasan (VC) Johnny Grandson (Midd)
160: Dan Decarlo (PJ) Nick Wentland (MV) Mike Fekishazy (Wall) Eric Morse (RV)
170: Tyler Blasko (Wall) Quinn Zsido (Corn) Tanner Sexton(PJ) Bruce McLee (Wash)
182: Nick McShea (MW) Kyle McGuire (NFA) Jake Wood (King) Bryan Beyers (Wash)
195: Rob Cuomo (Saug) Erik Jessell (Corn) Dustin MacKenzie (Ont) Juan Valazquez (Midd)
220: Rob Kelly (MW) James Bethel (Saug) Brandon Mascaro (Wall) Troy Grant (NP)
285: Isaac Serrano (NFA) Sam Weigner (Wash) Tyler Vervalin (MW) Andrew Freidel (Ont)
Burns also had an HM at 126
nice catch…fixing right now…my apologies to Da’mani…great kid!
Brian Bucci wrestles 138 not 132
I just corrected it….I had him at 138 but inadvertently put him at 132 when I posted…I had it correct in the “article” just messed up the list….my bad