Author: Mike Carey

The high school season officially gets underway this week with the annual Section 9 Duals.  The Division 1 tournament begins on Tuesday at two locations, Wallkill HS and Pine Bush HS.  The four teams remaining after day one will face off in the semifinals and finals on Wednesday at Newburgh Free Academy.  Also on Wednesday at NFA will be the Division 2 championship between Onteora and Highland.

                                       Tuesday 12/3 @ Wallkill
Round 16 – 5:00                                                            Quarterfinals – 6:30
Monroe Woodbury – bye                                MW vs. Cornwall/Warwick winner        
Cornwall vs. Warwick

Saugerties vs. Valley Central                        Wallkill vs. Saugerties/VC winner
Wallkill – bye   

                                     Tuesday 12/3 @ Pine Bush
Round 16 – 5:00                                                            Quarterfinals – 6:30
Newburgh Free Academy – bye                   NFA vs. PB/Washingtonville winner
Pine Bush vs. Washingtonville 

Middletown vs. Port Jervis                           MV vs. Middletown/PJ winner
Minisink Valley – bye   

                         Wednesday 12/4 @ Newburgh Free Academy
             5:30                                                                     7:00
Division 1 semifinals                                            D1 & D2 finals                                      

Let’s get the discussions going!!!  Keep in mind that these are preseason rankings.  These rankings are not based solely on past performance.  Previous results are clearly a huge factor but other factors, some subjective and some objective, were considered.  I realize that weight classes may be off, especially at the very beginning of the season.  If you don’t like your ranking, or if you think you were over-looked, prove me wrong….on the mat!!!  That’s enough chit-chat…here they are!

                            1                                                 2                                               3                                       4
99:     Anthony Stramiello (PB)     Jarred Greiner (MV)         Marco Vespa (MW)          Ian Houck (RV)
106:   Vinny Vespa (MW)               Pedro Rosales (Midd)       Tyler Lynch (VC)               Isaiah Gut. Vera (Midd)
113:   Johnny Stramiello (PB)       Kevin Kelly (MW)               Mike Feliciano (High)      Jamie Pulver (Saug)
120:   Dylan Booth (PJ)                  Austin Ingraham (High)   Evan Barczak (MW)         Gerard Daly (MV) 
126:   Matt Rauch (RH)                  PJ Smoot (MW)                  Da’mani Burns (NFA)      Logan Losito (Wall)
132:   Nick Sebesta (Wall)              Sean Foschini (NFA)         Tyler Rodriguez (Midd)   Hussain Hasan (VC)
138:   Mike Raccioppi (MV)          Brett Johnson (Corn)         Joe Ginley (War)               Brandon Crespi (Wall)
145:   Thomas Wightman (War)   Sean Cramsie (NP)            Frank Hernandez (MV)    Dan Storer (Corn)
152:   Ryan Ferro (War)                 Brandon Lewis (MW)       Osman Hasan (VC)          Mohamed Shadid(Wash)
160:   Dan Decarlo (PJ)                  AJ Aeberli (War)                Quinn Zsido (Corn)          Alec Guevara (Wall)
170:   Tanner Sexton (PJ)              Tyler Blasko (Wall)            Nick Wentland (MV)        Alex Munoz (Saug)
182:   Kyle McGuire (NFA)           Andy Buchanan (High)      Nick DiSessa Leon (Ell)   Phil Kersting (War)
195:   Rob Cuomo (Saug)              Nick McShea (MW)             Jake Wood (King)             Juan Velazquez (Midd)
220:  Rob Kelly (MW)                   James Bethel (Saug)           Dustin MacKenzie (Ont)  Eliot Marzano (King)
285:  Isaac Serrano (NFA)           Troy Grant (NP)                  Sam Weigner (Wash)       Brandon Mascaro (Wall)

Army Black Knights, Franco, Ruggirello plus other former S9 wrestlers competing!

UPDATE: 
Franco wins 125 with 6-0 win over Penn Gottfreid (Columbia)
Ruggirello places second at 149 after 2-1 loss to

www.trackwrestling.com

149: Kendric Maple (OU) dec. Cody Ruggirello (Hofstra), 8-2 …Maple #2 in nation
157: Justin DeAngelis (OU) maj. dec. Nick Terdick (Hofstra), 19-8
165: Joe Booth (Hofstra) dec. Clark Glass (OU), 2-0
174: Andrew Howe (OU) fall Victor Pozsonyi (Hofstra), 2:01
184: Danny Chaid (OU) dec. Dwight Howes (Hofstra), 3-2
197: Travis Rutt (OU) fall David Heitman (Hofstra), 1:56
285: Ross Larson (OU) fall Mike Hughes (Hofstra), 2:07
125: Jarrod Patterson (OU) dec. Jamie Franco (Hofstra), 5-3…Patterson #5 in nation
133: Cody Brewer (OU) tech. fall Jamel Hudson (Hofstra), 17-1
141: Luke Vaith (Hofstra) dec. Nick Lester (OU), 6-3

http://www.intermatwrestle.com/articles/12181

Franco and Ruggirello Drop Close Decisions To Nationally Ranked Opponents

184: Nick Vetterlein (VT) maj. dec. Dwight Howes, 14-6
197: Chris Penny (VT) fall David Heitman, 2:57
285: Ty Walz (VT) dec. Michael Hughes, 6-4 (SV)
125: #20 Joey Dance (VT) dec. Jamie Franco, 3-1
133: Jamel Hudson (H) dec. #17 Erik Spjut, 9-5
141: #3 Devin Carter (VT) fall #11 Luke Vaith, 2:55
149: #5 Zach Neibert (VT) dec. Cody Ruggirello, 13-9
157: Nick Terdick (H) dec. Sal Mastriani, 10-6
165: #11 Joseph Booth (H) dec. #16 Chris Moon, 5-3
174: #17 Austin Gabel (VT) dec. Victor Pozsonyi, 5-1

Section 9 Grads Sean Prell (Warwick) and Josh Bonneau (Minisink Valley) have both reached the semifinal round at the 2013 Ithaca Invitational.  Prell wrestles at 165 for Johnson and Wales while Bonneau is representing first year program SUNY Sullivan at 197 pounds.  Great job both guys!   Brackets

Army 30, Stevens Tech 6
125: Hunter Wood (A) maj. dec. Rob Murray, 23-10
133: Logan Everett (A) maj. dec. Ryan Wilson, 18-7
141: Tyler Rauenzahn (A) maj. dec. Ricky Perrine, 19-8
149: Mike Polizzi (S) dec. Ryan Bilyeu, 11-9
157: Paul Hancock (A) maj. dec. Leo Wortman, 18-8
165: Chandler Smith (A) dec. Colin Navickas, 12-5
174: Alex Smith (A) dec. Ryan Dormann, 5-2
184: Ryan Tompkins (A) dec. Damian Murberg, 5-3
197: Bryce Barnes (A) tech. fall Alex Moreno, 20-4 (6:13)
285: Chris Florek (S) dec. David Farr, 5-1

Congratulations to the following NY state wrestlers who are all nationally ranked according to FloWrestling’s most recent ranking.  Special congrats to Yianni Diakomihalis who is now the #1 ranked wrestler in the country at 106!

Yianni Diakomihalis (Hilton, Fr, Section 5) – 1st @ 106
Nick Piccininni (Ward Melville, Jr, Section 11) – 6th @ 120
Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer (Cheektowaga, Sr, Section 6) – 5th @ 138
Tristan Rifanburg (Norwich, Jr, Section 4) – 20th @138
Louis Hernandez (Mepham, Sr, Section 8 ) – 6th @ 152
Corey Rasheed (Longwood, Sr, Section 11) – 8th @ 160
Burke Paddock (Warsaw, Sr, Section 5) – 9th @ 160
Christian Dietrich (Greene, So, Section 4) – 14th @ 182
Rich Sisti (Monsignor Farrell, Sr, CHSAA) – 15th @ 220
James O’Hagan (Seaford, Sr, Section 8 ) – 8th @ 285