Author: Mike Carey

Middletown Sr HS (MSH) 43.0 Kingston Sr HS (KSH) 36.0
120: Jacob Smith, KSH, pinned Matthew Calderin, MSH, 3:51. 126: Martin Aguilar, MSH, dec. Kyle Porter, KSH, 12-6. 132: Dondre Nagasarsingh, KSH, dec. Tyler Rodriguez, MSH, 4-2. 138: John Marrero, KSH, pinned Alec Battle-Saunders, MSH, 1:05. 145: Adonis Moreno, MSH, maj. dec. Connor Amato, KSH, 10-2. 152: Johnny Grandson, MSH, forf. . 160: Christian Matos, MSH, forf. . 170: Leo Amell, KSH, pinned Draven Nieves, MSH, 1:53. 182: Eliot Marzano, KSH, dec. Paul Green, MSH, 5-0. 195: Jacob Wood, KSH, pinned Juan Velazquez, MSH, 2:21. 220: Joe Humphrey, MSH, pinned Malik Nelson, KSH, 1:12. 285: Andre Davidson, KSH, pinned Anthony Conde, MSH, 1:57. 99: Oscar Lainez, MSH, pinned Ryan Robles, KSH, 0:25. 106: Isaiah Gutierrez-Vera, MSH, pinned Chris Bouton, KSH, 3:24. 113: Pedro Rosales, MSH, forf.

Ellenville HS (ELHS) 48.0 Rondout Valley Sr HS (RVSH) 28.0
113: Andrew Parete, RVSH, pinned Justin Rodriguez, ELHS, 2:21. 120: Micheal Doolittle, ELHS, forf. . 126: Brandon LaCroix, RVSH, pinned Jonathan Candelaria, ELHS, 1:51. 132: Greg Avery, ELHS, forf. . 138: Josh Santiago, RVSH, maj. dec. Miguel Candelaria, ELHS, 12-4. 145: Willie Bruce, ELHS, pinned Kelly Sherman, RVSH, 1:50. 152: David Lonstein, ELHS, pinned Levi Kennedy, RVSH, 0:39. 160: Eric Morse, RVSH, pinned Chris Maerling, ELHS, 2:22. 170: Javier Cortes, ELHS, dec. Eric Ulbrich, RVSH, 4-1. 182: Nicholas Disessa-Leon, ELHS, pinned Steven Snyder, RVSH, 3:37. 195: Preston Gibson, ELHS, pinned Frank Cincotta, RVSH, 3:32. 220: Austen Eighmey, ELHS, dec. William Sutherland, RVSH, 2-0. 285: John Avery, ELHS, pinned Brendan Copeland, RVSH, 3:05. 99: Ian Houck, RVSH, forf. . 106: double forfeit

Highland Sr HS (HSH) 49.0 Rondout Valley Sr HS (RVSH) 24.0
99: Ian Houck, RVSH, forf. . 106: double forfeit. 113: Andrew Parete, RVSH, forf. . 120: Jack Frederick, HSH, forf. . 126: Zachary Milligan, HSH, forf. . 132: Jesus Castellanos, HSH, maj. dec. Brandon LaCroix, RVSH, 14-0. 138: Josh Santiago, RVSH, pinned Andrew Suleiman, HSH, 5:29. 145: Kelly Sherman, RVSH, dec. Aaron Stewart, HSH, 3-0. 152: Joseph Schupp, HSH, pinned William Hoffstatter, RVSH, 1:52. 160: Eric Morse, RVSH, dec. Samuel Cruz, HSH, 11-5. 170: Theodore Mapes, HSH, pinned Eric Ulbrich, RVSH, 4:20. 182: Lester Sokolowski, HSH, dec. Steven Snyder, RVSH, 5-2. 195: Domenic Bellacicco, HSH, pinned Frank Cincotta, RVSH, 2:59. 220: Vinnie Valentino, HSH, pinned William Sutherland, RVSH, 0:45. 285: John Beal, HSH, pinned Brendan Copeland, RVSH, 1:01.

Red Hook Sr HS (RHSH) 72.0 Chester Sr HS (CSH) 6.0
113: Sean McGing, CSH, pinned Liam O`Farrell, RHSH, 5:29. 120: Taylor Benson, RHSH, pinned Elijah Tuchman, CSH, 1:55. 126: Hunter Wells, RHSH, forf. . 132: Matthew Rauch, RHSH, forf. . 138: Aaron Calabrese, RHSH, forf. . 145: Jeffrey Kiluba, RHSH, pinned Brody Harris, CSH, 1:49. 152: Alex Thiry, RHSH, forf. . 160: Aidan O`Shea, RHSH, pinned Tyler Sooknanan, CSH, 0:58. 170: double forfeit. 182: Darren Coon, RHSH, pinned Fernando Gavilanez, CSH, 1:07. 195: double forfeit. 220: Ben Zitz, RHSH, pinned Reginald Shaw, CSH, 0:50. 285: Travis Coon, RHSH, forf. . 99: Wade Harris, RHSH, pinned James Long, CSH, 1:26. 106: Noah Winchester, RHSH, pinned Justin Quiles, CSH, 1:17.

New Paltz Sr HS (NPSH) 45.0 Red Hook Sr HS (RHSH) 39.0
120: Ahsan Khan, NPSH, pinned Liam O`Farrell, RHSH, 1:59. 126: Matthew Rauch, RHSH, forf. . 132: Aaron Calabrese, RHSH, forf. . 138: Kyle Torre, RHSH, med. forf. Dominick Massaro, NPSH, . 145: Karl Linneman, NPSH, pinned Jeffrey Kiluba, RHSH, 1:48. 152: Ben Cuppett, NPSH, pinned Alex Thiry, RHSH, 1:24. 160: Teddy Chaskel, NPSH, pinned Aidan O`Shea, RHSH, 1:16. 170: Mitchell Rigano, NPSH, forf. . 182: William Kay, NPSH, forf. . 195: Darren Coon, RHSH, pinned Jared Hinson, NPSH, 2:25. 220: Troy Grant, NPSH, dec. Ben Zitz, RHSH, 9-5. 285: Travis Coon, RHSH, forf. . 99: Wade Harris, RHSH, dec. Shane Gullikson, NPSH, 8-2. 106: Christopher Massaro, NPSH, pinned Noah Winchester, RHSH, 3:00. 113: Taylor Benson, RHSH, pinned Eric Mccord, NPSH, 1:11.

STWC NY-NJ owner Mike Skokos has joined forces with Renzo Gracie in Newburgh to bring another wrestling club option to Section 9!  Mike, along with some of his club members from NJ, will hold Monday and Wednesday classes in Newburgh.  The academy is located at 47 North Plank Rd. in Newburgh, NY.  Mike can be reached at 845-405-9535. More information to follow!

The NYSSWA has released their 3rd dual meet team ranking for the season and the Crusaders from Monroe Woodbury are on top of the list!  Section 9 was well represented as Minisink Valley has been ranked #7.  Congratulations to the wrestlers and coaches for both squads!

               1) Monroe Woodbury – Section 9
               2) Sachem East – Section 11
               3) Hauppauge – Section 11
               4) Shenendehowa – Section 2
               5) Hilton – Section 5
               6) Rocky Point – Section 11
               7) Minisink Valley – Section 9

Complete D1 & D2 Rankings

Minisink Valley (MIVA) 70.0 Kingston Sr HS (KSH) 12.0
99: Jason Rueger, MIVA, pinned Ryan Robles, KSH, 3:46. 106: Connor Greiner, MIVA, pinned Chris Bouton, KSH, 2:28. 113: Thomas Daly, MIVA, pinned Jacob Smith, KSH, 3:59. 120: Gerard Daly, MIVA, pinned Kyle Porter, KSH, 1:08. 126: Matt Lopez, MIVA, forf. . 132: Tyler Mayo, MIVA, dec. Dondre Nagasarsingh, KSH, 9-6. 138: Chris Truglio, MIVA, maj. dec. John Marrero, KSH, 18-9. 145: Mike Racciopi, MIVA, pinned Nijee Noble, KSH, 1:53. 152: Frankie Hernandez, MIVA, pinned Connor Amato, KSH, 2:48. 160: Nicholas Wentland, MIVA, forf. . 170: Austin Leduc, MIVA, pinned Leo Amell, KSH, 3:10. 182: Deonte Moore, MIVA, dec. Eliot Marzano, KSH, 7-3. 195: Jacob Wood, KSH, pinned Kyle Gainer, MIVA, 5:48. 220: Malik Nelson, KSH, pinned Nate Lake, MIVA, 1:17. 285: Kevin Santos, MIVA, pinned Andre Davidson, KSH, 5:51.

Onteora Sr HS (OSH) 48.0 Burke Catholic HS (BCH) 24.0
99: double forfeit. 106: Dillon Ross, OSH, forf. . 113: Finbar Stuart, OSH, forf. . 120: Brandon Moore, OSH, forf. . 126: double forfeit. 132: Zach Chartrand, OSH, forf. . 138: Dylan Ward, BCH, pinned Shafi Traeger-Payne, OSH, 1:40. 145: Yin(Ian) Wu, BCH, forf. . 152: Miles Anthony, BCH, pinned Luke Muller, OSH, 2:26. 160: Ryan Vanvalkenburg, OSH, pinned Michael Beaver, BCH, 0:45. 170: John Mullooly, BCH, forf. . 182: double forfeit. 195: Dustin Mackenzie, OSH, forf. . 220: Noah Magrane, OSH, forf. . 285: Andrew Freidel, OSH, forf.

Onteora Sr HS (OSH) 43.0 Tuxedo (TUXE) 30.0
99: Dean Artrip, TUXE, forf. . 106: Dillon Ross, OSH, pinned Nicholas Conetta, TUXE, 0:29. 113: Finbar Stuart, OSH, pinned Christian McCole, TUXE, 1:09. 120: double forfeit. 126: Brandon Moore, OSH, maj. dec. Peter Manana, TUXE, 12-4. 132: Shafi Traeger-Payne, OSH, dec. Daniel Stachelek, TUXE, 12-11. 138: Zach Chartrand, OSH, forf. . 145: Liam Heslin, TUXE, forf. . 152: double forfeit. 160: Dean Trevisano, TUXE, pinned Luke Muller, OSH, 1:46. 170: Ryan Vanvalkenburg, OSH, pinned Dylan Delisi, TUXE, 2:28. 182: Joshua Ballenger, TUXE, forf. . 195: Zachary Williams, TUXE, pinned Noah Magrane, OSH, 1:15. 220: Dustin Mackenzie, OSH, pinned Eddie Anderson, TUXE, 2:50. 285: Andrew Freidel, OSH, pinned Alex Rodriguez, TUXE, 1:00.

Saugerties Sr HS (SSH) 54.0 Washingtonville Sr HS (WSH) 28.0
126: John Lerczak, SSH, forf. . 132: Nicholas Skalla, SSH, pinned Jared Knox, WSH, 1:17. 138: Brian Bucci, SSH, pinned Conor Jennings, WSH, 0:37. 145: Andrew Del Rio, WSH, pinned Seth Vanderbeck, SSH, 2:50. 152: Mohamed Shidid, WSH, pinned Leon Lozano, SSH, 1:22. 160: Alexander Munoz, SSH, pinned Christopher Martin, WSH, 3:55. 170: Bruce McLee, WSH, pinned Jacob Demarest, SSH, 3:39. 182: Bryan Beyers, WSH, maj. dec. Robert Schmadel, SSH, 9-0. 195: Robert Cuomo, SSH, pinned Keyon Harris-Milner, WSH, 5:48. 220: James Bethel, SSH, dec. Samuel Weinger, WSH, 7-2. 285: Noah Vanderbeck, SSH, pinned Josh Heffner, WSH, 1:10. 99: Devin McCormick, WSH, forf. . 106: Jamie Pulver, SSH, forf. . 113: Aaron Turner, SSH, dec. Tyler Knox, WSH, 7-0. 120: Brian Every, SSH, forf.

Goshen Central (GOCE) 72.0 Monticello HS (MOHS) 15.0
126: Anthony Tierney, GOCE, pinned Michael LaRuffa, MOHS, 1:19. 132: Zach Diorio, GOCE, pinned Bryan Escobar Ramirez, MOHS, 5:11. 138: Lance Golubinski, GOCE, pinned Ben Ulrich, MOHS, 2:29. 145: Mason Jones, GOCE, pinned Justyn Kelly, MOHS, 0:48. 152: Tom Kearns, GOCE, forf. . 160: Peyton Leslie, GOCE, forf. . 170: Ryan Ellefson, GOCE, pinned Nick Fiore, MOHS, 2:58. 182: Travis Kelly, MOHS, dec. Lucas Graves, GOCE, 9-2. 195: Zack Keuerleber, GOCE, pinned Dion Bottaro, MOHS, 2:31. 220: Frank Smith, MOHS, pinned Robert Uhric, GOCE, 1:22. 285: Charles Aregbsola, GOCE, pinned Jesse Conklin, MOHS, 4:23. 99: Austin Brock, GOCE, pinned Najee Shackleford, MOHS, 5:31. 106: Patrick Owens, MOHS, pinned Chris Cardona, GOCE, 3:55. 113: Sean DeVito, GOCE, forf. . 120: Dante Turner, GOCE, pinned Chris Pintado, MOHS, 0:27.

Wallkill Sr HS (WSH) 60.0 Newburgh Free Academy (NFA) 9.0
132: Sean Foschini, NFA, dec. Nick Sebesta, WSH, 7-1. 138: Brandon Crespi, WSH, pinned Da`mani Burns, NFA, 0:26. 145: Tyler Owen, WSH, maj. dec. Benjamin Steele, NFA, 10-1. 152: Alec Guevara, WSH, pinned Michael DeCapua, NFA, 5:27. 160: Michael Fekishazy, WSH, pinned Bruno Hernandez, NFA, 5:21. 170: Tyler Blasko, WSH, pinned Ryan McGuire, NFA, 4:31. 182: Joe Lamonica, WSH, maj. dec. Wilfred Quijano, NFA, 10-0. 195: Jobany Calderon, NFA, dec. Garrett Betcher, WSH, 1-0. 220: Brandon Mascaro, WSH, pinned Tyallen Pickett, NFA, 1:01. 285: Isaac Serrano, NFA, dec. John Demy, WSH, 2-1. 99: Andrew Davis, WSH, maj. dec. Greg Fischer, NFA, 13-0. 106: Bradley Bonner (WSH) sv-1 Tyler Serafini (NFA) 4-2. 113: Gus Formato, WSH, forf. . 120: Logan Losito, WSH, pinned Jeffrey Rodriquez, NFA, 2:27. 126: Albert Marshall, WSH, dec. Justin Betcher, NFA, 7-2.

Warwick Valley HS (WVH) 44.0 Port Jervis  Sr HS (PJSH) 28.0
170: Eric Segota, WVH, tech. fall Christopher Clune, PJSH, 0:00 18-3.
182: Noah Knesel, PJSH, pinned Anthony Byalick, WVH, 1:35.
195: Thomas Kersting, WVH, forf. .
220: Philip Kersting, WVH, dec. Joseph Bock, PJSH, 4-2.
285: Michael Lynch, WVH, forf. .
99: double forfeit. 106: Jason Butler, PJSH, forf. .
113: Paul Ginley, WVH, pinned Thomas Vause, PJSH, 0:47.
120: Dylan Booth, PJSH, pinned Kyle Bower, WVH, 0:45.
126: Nicholas Ferreira, WVH, pinned Colin Lanterman, PJSH, 1:33.
132: Alex Quick, PJSH, maj. dec. Alex Bharath, WVH, 10-2.
138: Brandon Baker, WVH, dec. Gary Lanterman, PJSH, 6-1.
145: AJ Aeberli, WVH, dec. Hunter Curreri, PJSH, 6-0.
152: Ryan Ferro, WVH, pinned Nathaniel Cohen, PJSH, 1:57.
160: Dan DeCarlo, PJSH, pinned John Kokulak, WVH, 2:30

Warwick 44 Port Jervis 28

“This tournament just keeps getting better every year.”  I wish I had a nickel for every time I heard that comment this weekend!  The 2014 Eastern States Classic was a huge success!  In the end, Clovis West, who traveled all the way from California to wrestle in the Classic, was crowned team champions.  They did so without crowning a single individual champion and had only one finalist.  Springfield Central (MA), crowned two champions and finished in second place followed by Hauppauge and Locust Valley.  Locally, Monroe Woodbury was the highest placing Section 9 team finishing 5th;  Minisink Valley came in 12th.  The Crusaders and the Warriors were the only two S9 teams to finish in the top 20.  Section 9 had 9 wrestlers place in the top 8 of their weight class. Below is a weight by weight recap.                       Final Brackets

99  Champion –  Kelan McKenna (NH, S3) beat Adam Busiello (ESM, S11) 3-0
Section 9 did not have any place winners at 99 but we did have one wrestler, Anthony Stramiello, make it to Day 2.  Stramiello also notched an impressive 13-4 victory over Valley Central’s Tyler Lynch on Friday.

106 Champion – Parker Kropman (Pen, S5) beat Matteo Devincenzo (PJeff, S8) 3-2
Monroe Woodbury’s Vinny Vespa placed 4th at 106.  Vespa lost to Kropman 3-0 in the semifinals.  Former Pine Bush wrestler Chris Cuccolo, who now wrestles for St. Benedict’s Prep in NJ, finished 7th in this weight.

113 Champion – Vito Arujau (Syosset, S8) beat Kyle Quinn (Wantagh, S8) 7-4
Great match between Arujau, a state finalist at 99 last year, and Quinn who was 2013’s NYS champion at 106.  Section 9 was well represented at 113.  Pine Bush’s Johnny Stramiello finished in 4th place and Minisink Valley’s Gerard Daly finished 5th.

120 Champion – Nick Piccininni (WM, S11) beat Nick Casella (LV) 15-0
Port Jervis’ Dylan Booth was the only local wrestler to place in the top 8 at this weight. He finished 7th earning a hard fought 1-0 victory over Monroe Woodbury’s Evan Barczak during wrestle-backs.

126 Champ – Travis Passaro (ESM, S11) beat Mike Knoblach (CW, CA) 9-5
Passaro was voted at the lightweight MOW by the coaches and was also chosen as the Champion of Champions by his fellow competitors.  To say the least, Passaro earned it!  In order to win the 126 pound weight class, Passaro defeated 2 nationally ranked wrestlers (Kevin Jack, Danbury CT and Mike Knoblach, Clovis West CA) and also upended defending NYS champion Alex Delacruz along the way.  Great job Travis!  No local wrestlers placed at 126. NFA’s Da’mani Burns was the only S9 wrestler to advance to Day 2 in this extremely tough weight.

132 Champion – Will Koll (Lansing, S4) beat Chris Mauriello (Haup, S11) 7-5
The only local wrestler to reach the podium  at 132 was Minisink Valley’s Chris Truglio who placed 7th.  The MV junior knocked off previously undefeated John McHugh on his way to the medal stand.

138 Champion – Brandon Lapi (Amst, S2) beat Sam Ward (LV, S8) 4-2
Lapi navigated through an extremely tough 138 winning his matches 4-0, 3-0, 5-2, 3-1, and 4-2.  Perhaps his toughest test was his 3-1 semifinal victory over Minisink Valley’s Mike Raccioppi who finished 6th.  A third period Lapi takedown was the difference.

145 Champion – Jacob Restrepo (Sachem East, S11) beat Tom Dutton (Rocky Point, S11) 7-6
Dutton gets past his nemesis Butler in the semis then loses a heartbreaker to Restrepo in what may be a preview of the S11 final.  Great win for Restrepo who also knocked off #1 seed Chris Garcia from Clovis West.  Minisink Valley’s Frankie Hernandez had a great tournament finishing 7th in a brutal weight class.  In wrestlebacks, Hernandez notched a 6-1 victory over Dave Brown from Farmingdale who earlier in the tournament defeated Warwick’s Tom Wightman 5-4.  Hernandez also beat Chaminade’s Dan Jones 4-0 in the medal round.  Jones scored a 5-4 win over Warwick’s AJ Aeberlie earlier in the day.

152 Champion – Richard Viruet (Spring Cen, MA) beat Blaise Benderoth (NR, S1) 3-0
This weight class became wide open when nationally ranked top seed Louis Hernandez was dq’d for an illegal slam in his R16 match.  To Hernandez’s credit, he wrestled all the way back and took 3rd place.  No S9 wrestlers placed at 152. Warwick’s Ryan Ferro was the only local wrestler to make it to Day 2.  Ferro punched his ticket to Day 2 with a 9-8 win over Valley Central’s Osman Hasan. 

160 Champion – John Viruet (Spring Cen, MA) beat Dan DeCarlo (Port Fervis, S9) 3-2
DeCarlo, the only finalist from Section 9, lost a hard fought match to the second of the Viriut brothers to win a title.  This was another weight class that became  more “wide open” than originally anticipated when it was learned that nationally ranked Corey Rasheed from Longwood was scratched due to a lingering injury.

170 Champion – Burke Paddock (Warsaw, S5) beat Adis Radoncic (NY Private) 5-3
Great final matchup here as two nationally-ranked, defending NYS champions locked horns with the Iowa bound Paddock earning the victory. No S9 wrestlers placed at 170 but both Tanner Sexton (Port Jervis) and Quinn Zsido (Cornwall) came within one win of doing so.

182 Champion – Christian Dietrich (Greene, S5) beat Daniel Smith (South Jeff, S3) 3-0
It was the second time this season that Smith lost in a tournament final to the Dietrich, the nationally ranked sophomore who was a state finalist last season. No S9 wrestlers placed and only Monroe Woodbury’s Nick McShea made it to Day 2.

195 Champion – Levi Ashley (Shen, S2) beat Reggie Williams (JC, S4)
In a rematch from a tournament final from earlier this season, the nationally ranked Ashley once again was able to overcome Williams earning the title.  Two S9 wrestlers came within one win of placing in the top 8 at 195.  Cornwall’s Erik Jessell and Middletown’s Juan Velazquez both  picked up Day 2 wins but fell just short of placing!

220 Champion – Richard Sisti (Mon Far, C) beat John Hartnett (Tappan Zee, S1) WBF 1:53
Defending state champion Sisti was dominating.  One of his biggest challenges however came from Monroe Woodbury’s Rob Kelly who finished 5th.  Kelly made it all the way to the semis before dropping a 6-2 decision to Sisti.  New Paltz’s Troy Grant and NFA’s Isaac Serrano also saw Day 2 action both coming within one match of earning a spot on the medal stand.

285 Champ – Connor Caulkin (Alf Alm, S5) beat Kamron Anderson (Sprin Cen, MA) tech 16-1
It is only a matter of time before Caulkin earns some nationally attention.  He is big, tall, and very athletic for a heavyweight.  His tech fall victory in the finals was his closest match of the tournament.  One of his early victims was Monroe Woodbury’s Tyler Vervalin who was pinned by Caulkins early ,but then wrestled back very well coming within one win of the medal stand.