Author: Mike Carey

January 10th & 11th
Paul Gerry Fieldhouse
SUNY Sullivan
Loch Sheldrake, NY

*Girls Division – New for 2020*

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The 2019-2020 wrestling season is underway so it’s time to start planning your calendar for one of the premier high school wrestling tournaments in the nation – The Eastern States Classic! The event gets tougher each year and this season will be no exception. Now in its 18th year, the 2020 Eastern States Classic will feature 575 wrestlers from over 170 schools representing 7 states! This year’s tournament will also include a girls division making the ESC one of the few, if not the only, in-season premier high school tournament to have both a boys and girls division! The event will once again be covered by FloWrestling! Flo will once again provide live coverage for every match on every mat for both days!

Head Coach Kevin Gallagher and his Varsity Assistant Scott Hendershot knew that the 2019-2020 Minisink Valley wrestling team would be good…really good! On New Year’s morning the coaches and wrestlers will be boarding a jet in Newark,NJ and flying out to Rochester, MN to see just how good they are! The Warriors have been invited to compete in The Clash, one of the toughest dual meet tournaments in the nation! The tournament takes place on Friday 1/3 and Saturday 1/4. Minisink Valley is the only team from New York in this year’s Clash which features teams from Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Missouri, Arizona, California, South Dakota, and Hawaii.

The Clash is two-day bracketed dual meet tournament. Day 1 has four brackets with eight teams in each bracket. The top two teams in each bracket advance to the Day 2 championship bracket to determine the top eight teams in the tournament. Minisink’s Day 1 bracket will definitely test their mettle – the Warriors face perennial power Apple Valley, MN right out of the gate. Apple Valley has a proud history with star-studded alumni including NCAA champions Mark Hall (Penn State) and Seth Gross (South Dakota State/Wisconsin) as well as NCAA finalist Gable Steveson (Minnesota). Take a look at Minisink Valley’s Day 1 bracket.

Important for Minisink Valley…Important for NYS Wrestling
It goes without saying that The Warriors are taking this trip to see how they perform on a national stage. They are a proud program that would love to see their school’s name and logo appear on the national team rankings put out by top wrestling media outlets such as FloWrestling and InterMat. However a strong performance at The Clash by the Warriors could have a ripple effect that reaches beyond Slate Hill, NY. Wrestling in New York state has always struggled in garnering national recognition largely in part of NYSPHSAA restrictions which have prevented New York teams from participating in certain national level tournaments. These restrictions have recently been lifted and NYS state is beginning to flex their muscles. Back in mid-December NYS had a champion at the Walsh Ironman when Jordan Titus from Section 11 D2 Center Moriches won the title at 120 pounds. The Ironman is generally considered the toughest in-season high school wrestling tournament in the nation. The following week, Stevo Poulin from Section 2 D1 Shenendehowa rolled through the competition at the ultra tough Beast of the East and won the title at 113 pounds! A strong showing by Minisink Valley this weekend can…excuse me…WILL show that NYS not only has a handful of individual studs, but we are a state that has tough teams that can compete with some of the top programs in the country!

This tournament can be watched live all day Friday and Saturday on FloWrestling. Best of luck Warriors! Section 9 and NYS are behind you 100%!!! Let’s take a look at the Warriors who will be making the trip to The Clash!

106 – Zak McKernan, freshman
113 – Luke Greiner, 8th grade
120 – Sofia Macaluso, sophomore
120 – Nick Picariello, senior *2019 S9 Champ*
126 – Zack Ryder, 8th grade *2019 2nd NYS*
132 – Jordan Suarez, senior *2019 S9 Champ*
138 – Sean Savacool, senior *2019 S9 Champ*
138 – Brian Lombardi, junior
145 – Jaccob Gonzalez, junior
152 – Andrew Filip, freshman
160 – Jace Hirsch, junior
170 – Chris McLaughlin, senior
182 – Ethan Gallo, freshman
195 – Scott Geysen, junior
195 – Carson Henry, junior
220 – JC Cabrera, senior
285 – Adam Fenner, junior *2019 5th NYS*

Well the 2-pound growth allowance has been applied and we had an entire slate of holiday tournaments, namely the Mid-Hudson, so let’s see what changes there are in Section 9 Individual Rankings! As expected, many wrestlers have dropped down a weight however there a few other who are expected to, but haven’t yet! For this set of rankings, wrestlers will only be ranked in a weight class which they have already wrestled. We will also rank 99 pounders for the first time this season! Mistakes and oversights happen so please send respectful comments and feedback to sectionixwrestling@gmail.com.

99 Pounds
1. Manny Saenz (Middletown, junior)
2. Anthony Tresch (Minisink Valley, 7th)
3. Rocco Futia (Wallkill, freshman)
4. Marco Giumarra (Cornwall, freshman)
4. Mason Ketcham (Washingtonville, 7th)
This is going to be a great weight class to watch for the remainder of the season. Perhaps the biggest question is whether or not MW’s Brown drops down to this weight! For now we have Saenz, a junior from Middletown, on top followed by MV 7th grader Tresch who only has one loss and that is to an undefeated Section 2 opponent. Futia finished 4th at the Mid-Hudson and has a common opponent win over Guimarra who sits at #4 followed by Ketcham who lost to Giumarra early in the season. A few others to watch at 99 are Nick Weeden from VC, Kevin Segali from NFA, and Marco Piazza from MW.

106 Pounds
1. Justin Morales (Middletown, senior)
2. Jordan Brown (Monroe Woodbury, freshman)
3. Jackson Merli (NFA, sophomore)
4. Alex Greco (Warwick, freshman)
5. Zak McKernan (Minisink Valley, freshman)
No changes in the top 4 at 106 but we do have a shake-up at #5. Morales won the Massapequa Holiday Tournament but a showdown between him and MW’s Brown did not happen as Brown is resting an injured thumb. Merli took 2nd at the Mid-Hudson and stays at #3 while Greco remains at #4 after a solid showing at the Wildcat Duals. Our new #5 is Minisink Valley freshman McKernan who has a wbf over Rian Kirker from Red Hook. Kirker just defeated former #5 Vidacovich at the Mid-Hudson so McKernan jumps over both of them to take over as the new #5! Kirker and Vidocovich are definitely wrestlers to watch as is last year’s D2 99 pound champ Trevor Tufano from Port Jervis who is having a very solid season!

113 Pounds
1. Andrew Marchese (Washingtonville, sophomore)
2. Jaden Hansen (NFA, junior)
3. Nick Ricciuto (VC, junior)
4. Luke Greiner (Minisink Valley, 8th)
5. Tyler Reed (Cornwall, freshman)
Same scenario as 106 – no changes in top 4 at 113 but we have a new #5! Andrew Marchese remains at #1 and has looked awesome this year! Hansen took 3rd at Mid-Hudson and Ricciuto took 2nd but they never met head-to-head and they both lost by fall to the champion so no need to swap them here – Hansen remains #2 and Ricciuto stays at #3. Greiner battled hard at the Linn Crawn in NJ but dnp and stays at #4 while our new #5 at 113 is Cornwall freshman Tyler Reed who placed 5th at the Mid-Hudson and had a head-to-head win over previous #5 Peter Bender from Highland. MW’s Max Javorsky and Middletown’s Kenny Santiago are both wrestling well and will contend for medals at 113 this year!

120 Pounds
1. Jacob Chenier (Kingston, senior)
2. Santos Ocasio (MW, senior)
3. Elliott Crocco (New Paltz, senior)
4. Joey Curerri (Eldred, junior)
5. Sofia Macaluso (Minisink Valley, sophomore)
Kingston’s Jacob Chenier drops down to 120 and takes over the top spot! Chenier was the S9 D1 champ at 113 last year. He placed 4th at the Mid-Hudson in a very tough bracket. MW’s Ocasio took 2nd in a very tough bracket at Massapequa and he’s our #2 followed by Crocco from New Paltz who placed 2nd at the Pearl River Tournament. Our new #4 is Joey Curerri from Eldred who’s dropped down from 126 and he’s followed by Sofia Mac who made it to the finals in Kittatinny. Gabe Guimarra dnp at the Mid-Hudson but had no “bad” losses and could definitely be ranked here. Drost from Saugerties is going to be one of the favorites at 120 D2 but we can’t forget about Ryan Ross from Port Jervis. Matt Davis from Wallkill placed 6th at the Mid-Hudson and is having a great year and we should also watch out for Ivan Colon from Middletown.

126 Pounds
1. Nick Picariello (Minisink Valley, senior)
2. Matt Morris (Red Hook, senior)
3. John Antonelli (Marlboro, senior)
4. Drew Greco (Warwick, junior)
5. Austin Maddox (Washingtonville, junior)
Picariello is still at 126 for now and remains our #1 after picking up the Gold at Kittatinny, NJ. Morris, Antonelli, and Greco all drop down and take over the next three slots and that pushes Maddox down to #5. Morris was a finalist at Mid-Hudson and has a common over Antonelli who picked up his 100th career win this weekend. Greco and Maddox are both very tough and will contend here. A few others to keep our eyes on at 126 are Joe Ferro from Kingston, Devin Greer from Pine Bush, Grant Barczak from MW, Jayden Norris from Middletown, and Steven Armendariz from NFA.

132 Pounds
1. Zack Ryder (Minisink Valley, 8th)
2. Luke Fischer (NFA, senior)
3. Josh Sam (Middletown, senior)
4. Eli Weinstein (Goshen, senior)
5. Joey Amato (Port Jervis, senior)
Ryder is clearly the top dog here! The MV 8th grader won the title at Kittatinny and he’s undefeated on the season. Fischer did not wrestle at the Mid-Hudson but he’s had a great year and is our #2 followed by Middletown’s Josh Sam who has a few losses at 138 and 145 but was the 132 champ at the Lancer Invite in CT. Weinstein’s only two losses are outside of S9 and has solid wins over Greco, Ferro, and Travis Phillips from VC. Amato drops down to 132 and takes 3rd at Bethlehem and he’s our #5 here. The aforementioned Phillips, PJ’s Caleb Harrison, PB’s Brayden Pennell, and Middletown’s Moises Diaz are on the cusp of the top 5 here.

138 Pounds
1. Jordan Suarez (Minisink Valley, senior)
2. Eric Tigue (Port Jervis, sophomore)
3. Matt Romano (Valley Central, senior)
4. Brian Lombardi (Minisink Valley, junior)
5. Dan Downs (Monroe Woodbury, junior)
This weight class is loaded! The top 3 kids have been to the state tournament in Albany a collective five times! Suarez won Kittatinny and is undefeated so we’ll keep him at #1 followed by Tigue who dropped down to 138 and placed 2nd at the Bethlehem Tournament in PA. Romano looked sharp in placing 3rd in a tough weight at the Mid-Hudson and is our #3 at 138. Lombardi won the Pearl River Tournament and is at #4 followed by MW junior Dan Down who cracks the rankings after a strong showing at Massapequa which included a win over Middletown’s Josh Sam. We still need to keep an eye on Red Hook’s Alex Lopez and on Kingston’s Christian Francisco Agostin who will both contend at this weight!

145 Pounds
1. Sean Savacool (Minisink Valley, senior)
2. Jaccob Gonzalez (Minisink Valley, junior)
3. Gabe Galarza (Pine Bush, senior)
4. Ethan Palanca (New Paltz, junior)
5. Aiden Cuppett (New Paltz, senior)
Another very tough weight class to rank! It’s probably the first time we have ever had 4 wrestlers from 2 schools ranked top 5 in a weight! We will go with Savacool at #1 and Gonzalez at #2 for now. Both Warriors are undefeated and having great seasons. Savacool was idle this weekend – Gonzalez won a very tough weight at the Kittatinny tournament. Galarza missed the Mid-Hudson but he takes over at #3 based on his win over #4 Palanca who is having a great year! His teammate Cuppett has not lost to any S9 opponents and has an impressive wbf over Ricter from Kingston who is definitely one to watch here. PB’s Dylan Burgo picked up a win over Richter at Mid-Hudson and will definitely be a contender here as will Red Hook’s Tyler Benincasa who had a great run this weekend and took 2nd place at the Mid-Hudson!

152 Pounds
1. Tommy Askey (Pine Bush, senior)
2. Nick Ross (Onteora, junior)
3. Chris Fini (Goshen, senior)
4. Andrew Filip (Minisink Valley, freshman)
5. Levi Wyn (New Paltz, senior)
The Mid-Hudson finals at 152 was awesome…two state placers – best D1 kid vs best D2 kid – Askey vs Ross! The #1 spot is Askey’s after a convincing 10-5 win over Ross where the PB senior scored 5 takedowns! The match was intense and very heavy handed – great battle between two wrestlers who will land high on the podium in Albany! Goshen’s Fini was idle and is our #3 followed by a new wrestler to the rankings – Andrew Filip. The MV freshman won 152 at the Pearl River Tournament and had a head-to-head win over our #5 Levi Wynn from New Paltz. MW’s Mike Zrelak is having a great year and will contend for a S9 medal as will Highland’s Logan Smith.

160 Pounds
1. Joey McGinty (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
2. Patrick Ross (Onteora, junior)
3. Jace Hirsch (Minisink Valley, junior)
4. Elijah Timbrouck (Kingston, junior)
5. Adian Maduro (Highland, junior)
McGinty loses to a MA stud in Massapequa Tournament but he’s still #1 here. The MW senior is having a great win and should place very high in NYS! Our new #2 is Patrick Ross as he and brother Nate have swapped weight classes. Pat was dominant in taking home the title at the Mid-Hudson. Our new #3 is MV junior Jace Hirsch who has only lost to McGinty and just won the Kittatinny tournament in convincing fashion! Kingston’s Timbrouck is our #4 and we have a new #5 as Maduro drops down from 170! Gibbons from Warwick has been out so he’s off the board for now but will definitely contend here when he returns. Goshen’s Elijah Price and Ports’s Bryce Horner should not be overlooked here at 160!

170 Pounds
1. Nate Ross (Onteora, senior)
2. Joe Velazquez (Middletown, senior)
3. Marcus Brown (Monroe Woodbury, junior)
4. Chris McLaughlin (Minisink Valley, senior)
5. Alden Hathaway (Wallkill, senior)
Nate Ross bumps up to 170 and becomes our new #1! He looked great at the Mid-Hudson finishing in second place behind S11 hammer James Araneo. Velazquez looks awesome – he’s only losses are to nationally ranked Cooper Kropman from S5 and to two out-of-state opponents. Marcus Brown from Monroe is having a great year and is #3 and he is followed by MV’s McLaughlin who was a finalist in Kittatinny. Choosing a #5 was not easy – Gennaro from Washingtonville, Patterson from NFA, or Hathaway from Wallkill? Hathaway placed 5th at Mid-Hudson and avenged an early season loss to Patterson by pinning him in the medal match so we will go with him for now! Peters from Eldred, Douthit from Burke, and Tanner from Kingston are worth keeping an eye on here!

182 Pounds
1. Ethan Gallo (Minisink Valley, freshman)
2. Jeremy Mazzella (Warwick, senior)
3. Logan Michael (New Paltz, senior)
4. Mike Paravati (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
5. Graeme Knisell (Saugerties, senior)
Gallo won the Linn Crawn in Kittatinny, NJ and he remains undefeated on the season! MW’s Wernicki has not wrestled since the first week of the season so he’s off the board for now and Warwick’s Mazzella slides into the #2 spot followed by Logan Michael from New Paltz who took 3rd at Pearl River. MW’s Paravati moves up to #4 and our new #5 is Graeme Knisell from Saugerties. Knisell has bounced back from a few early season losses and looked good in the Mid-Hudson placing 4th. Others to watch at 182 include Banegas from NFA, Quick from Port, and Lyle from Wallkill.

195 Pounds
1. Joe Russell (NFA, junior)
2. Carson Henry (Minisink Valley, junior)
3, Scott Geysen (Minisink Valley, junior)
4. Brian Giacchi (Middletown, senior)
5. Steve Felice (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
The 195 D1 weight class in Section 9 is going to be great to watch – it is arguably the most wide-open weight with about a half dozen wrestlers in contention for the title. Russell from NFA has made a strong case for being the front runner with his 1st place showing at the Mid-Hudson. MV juniors Henry and Geysen are our #2 and #3 – both finished in 3rd at Kittatinny at 220 and 195 respectively. Giacchi has moved up to to #4 in the rankings and we may be selling him short. The Middletown senior took 1st place in a strong field at the Massapequa tournament. MW’s Felice is having a very good season and he’s our #5 but we cant forget about James I. O’Neil’s Connor Boyer and Kingston’s Zavier Bennet. Boyer took 3rd and Bennet 6th at the Mid-Hudson. Swart from Highland, Laurey from Saugerties, and Siracusa from Goshen add even more depth to this very tough weight class!

220 Pounds
1. James Oosterom (Port Jervis, senior)
2. Maxx DeCapua (NFA, senior)
3. Armel Duke (Middletown, senior)
4. Stephon Holmes (Kingston, senior)
5. Christopher Clark (Red Hook, senior)
Major changes at 220! Section 9 has two absolute studs at 220 – Maxx Decapua in D1 and James Oosterom in D2 – both are NYS place winners! For this week’s ranking we are going with Oosterom at #1 and Decapua at #2! Oosterom won the title at the very competitive Bethlehem Holiday Tournament and Decapua finished 2nd at the historic Mid-Hudson. I think everyone would like to see this D1 vs D2 showdown at the Eastern States Classic. Third ranked Armel Duke will be right in the mix too ! The Middletown senior just finished 3rd at the Massapequa tournament. Kingston’s Stephon Holmes placed 4th at the Mid-Hudson and takes over #4 here and our new #5 is Red Hook senior Christopher Clark who is putting together a very solid year!

285 Pounds
1. Adam Fenner (Minisink Valley, junior)
2. Stephan Monchery (Middletown, 8th)
3. Frankie Hernandez (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
4. Bruce French (Middletown, senior)
5. Logan Hickey (Warwick, senior)
Minisink junior Fenner is leaving little doubt about who is top dog at 285 in S9 but Monchery is definitely creating some buzz. Fenner won Kittatinny in dominating fashion and Monchery electrified the crown at Massapequa when he pinned Sean Shaller from Connetquot in the finals to win the title! Monchery’s teammate French placed 6th at Massapequa but he is our #4 because he was defeated head-to-head by MW senior Frankie Hernandez who placed 4th andis our new #3 in S9. Warwick’s Logan Hickey has a common opponent win over Chester’s McGovern so he takes over as #5 and pushes McGovern to honorable mention. Let’s also watch Highland’s Shamar Gittens and Jon Perez as both had solid showings at the Mid-Hudson.

Nearly every program in Section 9 is competing at a tournament this weekend – the vast majority of them are entered in the Mid-Hudson Tournament which takes place on Friday and Saturday at Arlington High School. NYS wrestlers have received the greatest gift of all…their 2 pound growth allowance! Who stays up? Who drops down? Results and highlights will be posted as soon as they are received!

Friday 12/27
Linn Crawn Memorial @ Kittatinny Regional HS (NJ)
Minisink Valley crowned 7 champions, had 2 seconds, and 2 third place finishers at the 2019 Linn Crawn Tournament in Kittatinny, NJ! The Warriors cruised to the team title with 249 points over West Morris (Mendham) and Kittatinny who tied for 2nd place with 139 points! Pequannock (130.5) and Roxbury (109) rounded out the top 5 in the team race. Taking home titles for Minisink Valley were Nick Picariello (126), Zack Ryder (132), Jordan Suarez (138), Jaccob Gonzalez (145), Jace Hirsch (160), Ethan Gallo (182), and Adam Fenner (285). Sofia Macaluso (120) and Chris McLaughlin (170) took 2nd place for the Warriors while Scott Geysen (195) and Carson Henry (220) finished 3rd!

Friday 12/27 & Saturday 12/28
Mid-Hudson Tournament @ Arlington HS (Section 1)
Congratulations to Tommy Askey, Pat Ross and Joe Russell for taking home individual titles at the 2019 Mid-Hudson Tournament! Askey, a senior from Pine Bush, defeated fellow state place winner Nick Ross from Onteora by a score of 10-5 to take home the gold at 152 and he was voted Senior MOW by the coaches! Nick’s twin brother Pat took home the crown at 160 while NFA’s Joe Russell picked up a pin over Cameron Durant from Guilderland to win the title at 195! Other Section 9 finalists were NFA’s Jackson Merli (106), VC’s Nik Ricciuto (113), Red Hook’s Matt Morris (126), Red Hook’s Tyler Benincasa (145), Onteora’s Nate Ross (170), and NFA’s Maxx Decapua (220). NFA was Section 9’s highest placing team finishing 6th out of 28 teams. Congratulations to Marlboro senior John Antonelli for recording his 100th career win on Saturday!!!

Christmas City Tournament @ Bethlehem Catholic HS (PA)
Port Jervis took 5th as a team at the 52nd Annual Christmas City Tournament in Bethlehem, PA. James Oosterom was the Champion at 220 lbs. Eric Tigue (138) and Trevor Tufano (106) captured 2nd place finishes while Joey Amato (132) took 3rd. Erik Quick finished 4th at 182, Jacob Southard placed 4th 220, and Bryce Horner came in 6th at 160.

Windsor Christmas Tournament @ Windsor HS (Section 4)
Eldred Liberty Sullivan West is the lone Section 9 team heading up to Lower Tier for the Windsor Christmas Tournament.

Saturday 12/28
Massapequa Holiday Tournament @ Massapequa HS (Section 8)
Middletown crowned 3 champions and came in 5th in the team race at the Massapequa Holiday Tournament. Taking home titles for the Middies were Justin Morales (106), Brian Giacchi (195) and Stephan Monchery (285). Monroe Woodbury had two 2nd place finishers in Santos Ocasio (120) and Joey McGinty (160) and finished 7th as a team. Hauppauge won the team title followed by Connetquot, Long Beach,and Massapequa.

2019 Massapequa Holiday Tournament – Full Brackets

Michael O’Connell Tournament @ Pearl River HS (Section 1)
New Paltz, Chester, and a Varsity B team from Minisink Valley headed down to Rockland Country to compete in The Michael O’Connell Tournament!

MV – B Results
Minisink Valley took 3rd place as a team
99 Anthony Tresch 2nd
132 Rory Hamilton 4th
138 Brian Lombardi 1st
152 Andrew Filip 1st
152 George Racz 3rd
160 Devin Doty 4th
220 JC Cabera 2nd

New Paltz Results
New Paltz finished 4th in the team race.
Elliot Crocco 2nd at 120
Ethan Palanca 1st at 145
Levi Wyns 2nd at 152
Logan Michael 3rd at 182
Evan Jansen 2nd at 285

Scauzillo Duals @ Mahopac HS (Section 1)
Monticello is the lone Section 9 team competing in this year’s Scauzillo Duals!

Nearly every local team will hit the mat this weekend in a very busy weekend for Section 9 wrestling! Among the tournaments are two local dual meet events – the Wildcat Duals at Warwick and the Jim Wilson Duals at Minisink Valley! Any errors or omissions can be sent to sectionixwrestling@gmail.com.

Friday 12/20
Onteora’s Ross Brothers Make History at Midnight Madness
Onteora went 4-1 and finished as co-champions in the team race due to criteria at the 9th Annual Midnight Madness at Oneonta. Section 9 history was made, however, when Onteora’s Patrick Ross notched career victory 100 and became the 5th brother in his family to pass the 100 win plateau! Pat, still only a junior, joins brothers Austin (Weigel), Dillon, Nate, and his twin Nick becoming the first family in Section 9 history with five brothers surpassing 100+ career wins. The Paddock brothers from Section 5 Warsaw are the only other NYS family to accomplish this impressive feat! Also of note from Midnight Madness was the highly anticipated showdown between state medalists Nate Ross and Jacob Null from Section 3 Dolgeville. In a pretty controversial match with some questionable missed TDs and near fall points, it was Null coming away with the 7-4 victory. Null, who finished 2nd in NYS last year, has already notched a 5-1 win over MW’s Joey McGinty this year. Might we see Ross vs Null – Part 2 in the state finals in February???

Onteora 48 Oneonta 36
Onteora 36 Dolgeville 33
Onteora 54 Eldred Liberty Sullivan West 30
Onteora 54 Monticello 21
Sidney 37 Onteora 36
Dolgeville 42 Eldred Liberty Sullivan West 24
Eldred Liberty Sullivan West 48 Monticello 12
Oneonta 48 Eldred Liberty Sullivan West 15
Sidney 36 Eldred Liberty Sullivan West 30

Friday 12/20 & Saturday 12/21
Tony Carlucci Duals

MW 70 Harrison 15
MW 74 Irvington 12
MW 72 Edgemont 18
MW 54 North Rockland 27
Fox Lane 41 MW 36

Saturday 12/21
Wildcat Duals @ Warwick Valley High School
Newburgh went 5-0 at the Wildcat Duals! Warwick junior Drew Greco recorded his 100th career win! Congratulations Drew!!!

NFA 64 Clarkstown South 21
NFA 54 Yorktown 22
NFA 42 Tottenville 28
NFA 75 Our Lady of Lourdes 12
NFA 57 Roy C. Ketcham 21
Port Jervis 48 Yorktown 41
Port Jervis 46 Tottenville 39
Port Jervis 60 Roy C. Ketcham 30
Port Jervis 48 Our Lady of Lourdes 25
Port Jervis 57 Clarkstown South 30
Tottenvile 62 Goshen 22
Goshen 48 Clarkstown South 39
Goshen 48 Our Lady of Lourdes 33
Roy C. Ketcham 48 Goshen 33
Yorktown 51 Goshen 28

Jim Wilson Duals @ Minisink Valley High School
Minisink Valley completely dominated the competition today going 4-0 while outscoring their opponents 324-16 in winning the team title at the Jim Wilson Duals. Minisink Valley senior Jordan Suarez was voted MOW by the coaches and teammate Jaccob Gonzalez won the aggregate pin award with 4 pins in 2:46. Suarez and teammate Sean Savacool also notched their 100th career wins today…in back to back matches during the dual against Cornwall!!! Congratulations to Jordan and Sean!!!! Washingtonville went 2-2 on the day and finished in 4th place while Cornwall went 2-2 and took 5th.

Minisink Valley 81 Pearl River 6
Minisink Valley 84 Cornwall 0
Minisink Valley 90 Plainedge 0
Minisink Valley 69 Manhasset 10 – finals
Manhasset 64 Washingtonville 24
Plainedge 60 Washingtonville 24 – 3rd/4th place

RCS Lewis Johnson Memorial Duals

Kingston 69 Greenville 18
Kingston 41 Watervliet 33
Kingston 48 Valley Central 34
Kingston 46 Unadilla Valley – Unatego 36
Ravena Coeymans Selkirk 42 Kingston 41

Saugerties Results (click here for all box scores)
Saugerties 82 Cairo 6
Bethlehem Central 48 Saugerties 36
Ravena Coeysman Selkirk 72 Saugerties 12
Saugerties 42 Beekmantown 35
Saugerties 45 Valley Central 41

Lancer Invite in CT
Middletown won the team title at the Lancer Invite in Waterford Connecticut. Southington Connecticut finished 2nd.

Individual Champions for the Middies:
Justin Morales – 106
Josh Sam – 132
Brian Giacchi – 195
Armel Duke – 220
Stephan Monchery – 285 (pinned his way through the tournament!)

3rd place
113 – Kenny Santiago and Jacob Roger (tied due to 5 match rule)
132 – Moises Diaz
160 – Bryson Tibbs
170 – Joe Velazquez
182 – Jakoy Harvey – also won the tournament’s aggregate pin award!

Cuneen-Doane Holiday Tournament
Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West take to the mat in a tournament of mostly Section 4 schools as well as one PA program!

Pawling Round Robin
Pine Bush took 2nd in the team race finishing 5 points behind Arlington.

Champion
138 Braydon Pennell

2nd Place Finishers
99 James Duffy
106 Richie Urena
113 Nicky Croce
120 Ayden Maldonado
132 Tyler Joy
170 Cristain Arroyo

3rd Place Finishers
99 Danny Trojahn
106 Brooke Tashis
170 AJ Levato
285 Victor Cruz

Nanuet Conklin Memorial Tournament
Red Hook went 5-0 and won the crown! Red Hook senior Matt Morris notched his 100th career victory and was also voted as the tournament MOW! Congrats Matt!

Red Hook 54 Scarsdale 29
Red Hook 45 Nanuet 33
Red Hook 72 Nyack 6
Red Hook 54 Putnam Valley 24
Red Hook 66 Babylon 12

Clarkstown North Tournament
Wallkill went 4-1 at the Clarkstown North Tournament. This tournament has a non-traditional format in that it is a dual tournament that keeps track of individual results and awards individual placing! The Panthers finished 2nd out of 6 teams. They picked up wins over Clarkstown North, John Jay EF, West Islip, John Jay CR and lost a close one to New Rochelle. Wallkill moves to 5-3 on the season. Individual results were as follows: Rocco Futia-2nd at 99, Matt Davis-1st at 120, Marco Martini-2nd at 126, Jerome Futia-1st at 132, Will Pushman-3rd at 138, George Thomas-3rd at 145, Cael Atkins-3rd at 160, Alden Hathaway-3rd at 170, Justin Lyle-2nd at 182, Tyrell Augustus-3rd at 220 and Matt Starr-3rd at 285. Special congratulations to Wallkill’s 120 pound champ Matt Davis who was selected MOW of the tournament! Congrats Matt!!!

Wallkill 54 Clarkstown North 33
Wallkill 78 John Jay East Fishkill 9
Wallkill 45 East Islip 31
Wallkill 47 John Jay Cross River 45
New Rochell 45 Wallkill 36

Monday December 16
Wallkill 87 FDR Hyde Park 0

Wednesday December 18
Middletown 46 Monroe Woodbury 28
Saugerties 58 Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West 30
Saugerties 72 Burke 18
Port Jervis 71 Chester 12
Valley Central 43 Cornwall 27
Minisink Valley 90 FDR Hyde Park 0
Goshen 43 Wallkill 36
Newburgh Free Academy 63 Highland 10
Kingston 40 Pine Bush 35
New Paltz 72 Monticello 6
Washingtonville 42 Warwick 30

Wednesday’s Highlights….
Our spotlight dual was Middletown vs MW and it was the Middies that prevailed 46-28! Picking up key wins for Middletown were Joe Velazquez who recorded a wbf over Marcus Brown at 182 and Brian Giacchi who picked up a major of Mike Paravati at 195! The Crusaders got a nice win from Dan Downs who defeated Josh Sam 4-2 at 145. Kingston defeated Pine Bush in the dual meet but a huge congratulations to Pine Bush senior Tommy Askey for recording career win #100 tonight! Great job Tommy! NFA’s Jaden Hansen picked up his second win over Peter Bender in a week! NFA’s Luke Fischer picked up an impressive 4-2 win over Marlboro’s John Antonelli and James I. O’Neil’s Connor Boyer had a win by fall over Highland’s Ben Swart!

Thursday December 19
Red Hook 66 Fallsburg/Tri-Valley 0
Red Hook 66 Rondout Valley 15
Onteora 60 Fallsburg/Tri-Valley 6

Friday December 20
Pine Bush 50 New Paltz 30
Newburgh Free Academy 41 Wallkill 30

Friday Highlights…
PB’s Galarza with a 4-2 win over Palanca from New Paltz…Paterson from NFA with a solid 8-5 win over Wallkill’s Hathaway!

We have a few weeks of wrestling in the books so let’s see what kind of changes there are in our individual rankings!!! These will be the last rankings before the 2 pound growth allowance is applied – often a wrestler’s favorite Christmas gift! As always, respectful feedback is welcomed and encouraged at sectionixwrestling@gmail.com.

99 Pounds
We are still going to wait to do rankings for our 99 pound weight class until there are more results and we see who drops down…but we definitely have a few 99 pounders who are off to great starts! We should definitely keep our eyes on kids like Manny Saenz (Middletown), Marco Giumarra (Cornwall), Rocco Futia (Wallkill), Anthony Tresch (Minisink Valley), Kevin Segail (NFA), and Mason Ketcham (Washingtonville).

106 Pounds
1. Justin Morales (Middletown, senior)
2. Jordan Brown (Monroe Woodbury, freshman)
3. Jackson Merli (NFA, sophomore)
4. Alex Greco (Warwick, freshman)
5. Sebastian Vidacovich (Valley Central, freshman)
Morales, a 2X state qualifier, has already competed at 106 so he takes over the top spot! Brown has wins over Merli and Greco so he moves into the 2nd spot followed by Merli at #3 and Greco at #4. Vidacovich only loss is to Greco and has wins over Ortiz from Pine Bush and Tufano from Port Jervis who will both contend this year!

113 Pounds
1. Andrew Marchese (Washingtonville, sophomore)
2. Jaden Hansen (NFA, junior)
3. Nicolo Ricciuto (Valley Central, junior)
4. Luke Greiner (Minisink Valley, 8th grade)
5. Peter Bender (Highland, junior)
Marchese has been dominant with his only loss coming to 2X NYS champ Stevo Poulin! Hansen picked up wins over Bender and another NYS qualifier Crawford at the New Paltz Duals and ascends to the 2nd slot followed by Ricciuto who has only lost to Marchese. Greiner has lost two matches to state qualifiers but has looked sharp and comes in at #4 followed by Bender who was the S9 D2 champ last season. Other wrestlers to watch here are Cornwall’s Kevin Rourke whose only loss on the season is by decision to Morales and Middletown’s Kenny Santiago who is having a very solid year! Red Hook’s Brandon McKay has been wrestling tough this year and will definitely contend in the small school tournament this February.

120 Pounds
1. Santos Ocasio (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
2. Elliott Crocco (New Paltz, senior)
3. Sofia Macaluso (Minisink Valley, sophomore)
4. Gabriel Giumarra (Cornwall, junior)
5. Robert Drost (Saugerties, junior)
This was probably the most difficult weight class to rank because there are probably 8 or 9 wrestlers who could beat one another on any given day. Ocasio has the most impressive wins so far so he’s #1 followed by an undefeated Crocco from New Paltz. Sofia Mac has proven that last year’s 3rd place S9 finish was no fluke – she was a few seconds away from notching a win over Ocasio at the MV vs MW dual. Guimarra and Drost are both off to great starts but we cannot forget about Ryan Ross from Port Jervis, Erik Nilson from Warwick, Matt Davis from Wallkill, Ivan Colon from Middletown, Rocco Deaveiro from Rondout Valley, and Tyler Reed from Cornwall!

126 Pounds
1. Nick Picariello (Minisink Valley, senior)
2. Jacob Chenier (Kingston, senior)
3. Austin Maddox (Washingtonville, junior)
4. Joey Curreri (Eldred, junior)
5. Devin Greer (Pine Bush, sophomore)
Picariello and Chenier are clearly the top two here. Both wrestlers went to the state tournament last season and both have the potential to place in Albany this February. Maddox and Curreri are having solid seasons are hold the #3 and #4 slots while Pine Bush sophomore Greer cracks the rankings and is our new #5 at 126!

132 Pounds
1. Zack Ryder (Minisink Valley, 8th grader)
2. Matt Morris (Red Hook, senior)
3. John Antonelli (Marlboro, senior)
4. Luke Fischer (NFA, senior)
5. Eli Weinstein (Goshen, senior)
The top 4 stay the same here but we have a new #5! Ryder has been an absolute buzz saw! The MV 8th grader was a state finalist last year and he is 7-0 this season with six pins and one win by forfeit. One of his wins was a second period wbf over our #2 Morris who placed 6th in NYS D2 last year. Antonelli has been very good this season as has Fischer whose only loss is to former S9 wrestler Nikko Walsh who now wrestles for S2 Columbia. By virtue of his head-to-head win over Warwick’s Drew Greco, Goshen’s Eli Weinstein is our new #5! This is a very deep weight and some others to watch here include Warwick’s Greco, VC’s Travis Phillips, Port’s Caleb Harrison, Kingston’s Joe Ferro, MV’s Mia Macaluso, Middletown’s Moises Diaz, and Washingtonville’s Jacob Poppe!

138 Pounds
1. Jordan Suarez (Minisink Valley, senior)
2. Matt Romano (Valley Central, senior)
3. Josh Sam (Middletown, senior)
4. Brian Lombardi (Minisink Valley, junior)
5. Joey Amato (Port Jervis, senior)
Suarez is a perfect 7-0 with six pins and a win by forfeit. We swapped Romano and Sam at the #2 and #3 spots because of Romano’s pin over Kingston’s Christian Francisco-Agostin whom Sam only narrowly defeated 5-3. Lombardi can wrestle with all of these guys and stays at #4 followed by #5 Amato whose only loss is to Romano. Francisco-Agostin form Kingston and Alex Lopez from Red Hook will definitely contend here.

145 Pounds
1. Sean Savacool (Minisink Valley, senior)
2. Eric Tigue (Port Jervis, sophomore)
3. Ethan Palanca (New Paltz, junior)
4. Gabe Galarza (Pine Bush, senior)
5. Aiden Cuppett (New Paltz, senior)
Savacool, like teammates Ryder and Suarez, is a perfect 7-0 with 6 pins and a win by forfeit! Tigue’s only loss was a 10-5 decision to Pine Bush’s Askey up at 160 pounds so he stays at #2 here and Palanca’s only blemish this season is to Section 1 state qualifier Brendan Carroll so he remains in the #3 slot. Galarza has looked very sharp and stays at #4 and we have a new #5 in Cuppett. The New Paltz senior picked up a pin over previously ranked Gavin Richter who will still be a contender here.

152 Pounds
1. Tommy Askey (Pine Bush, senior)
2. Nick Ross (Onteora, junior)
3. Jaccob Gonzalez (Minisink Valley, junior)
4. Christopher Fini (Goshen, senior)
5. Levi Wyns (New Paltz, senior)
Askey has been a hammer! He is 7-0 with five pins, one tech, and a 10-5 decision over a 2X S9 champion (Tigue). So he’s the clear cut #1 right….not so fast! Sitting at #2 is a 3X S9 D2 champ who placed 3rd in NYS last year – Nick Ross! Then right behind Ross we have MV junior Gonzalez who is absolutely tearing through the competition with a 7-0 record including five pins and two techs! Fini’s only loss is to Tigue and he’s our new #4 followed by our new #5 at 152 Levi Wyns from New Paltz! Highland’s Logan Smith, Red Hook’s Tyler Benincasa, Pine Bush’s Dylan Burgos, Wallkill’s James Hubbard, and Monroe Woodbury’s Mike Zrelak should not be discounted here as they are all off to great starts this season!

160 Pounds
1. Joey McGinty (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
2. Nate Ross (Onteora, senior)
3. Evan Gibbons (Warwick, senior)
4. Elijah Timbrouck (Kingston, junior)
5. Jace Hirsch (Minisink Valley, junior)
McGinty suffers his first loss of the season but he stays #1 here – no shame losing to Section 3 hammer Jake Null. Null finished 2nd in NYS last year – iron sharpens iron! Nate Ross remains at #2 and Evan Gibbons, although inactive since opening night against MW, will stay at #3. Bursting into the rankings at #4 is Elijah Timbrouck from Kingston who is undefeated and has wins of previously ranked wrestlers Pablo Garcia from Middletown and Bryce Horner from Port Jervis. Our new #5 is Minisink Valley junior Jace Hirsch who has looked very tough and has only lost to state medalist McGinty this season. Goshen’s Elijah Price is a great athlete and will contend here!

170 Pounds
1. Patrick Ross (Onteora, junior)
2. Joe Velazquez (Middletown, senior)
3. Marcus Brown (Monroe Woodbury, junior)
4. Chris McLaughlin (Minisink Valley, senior)
5. Vincent Gennaro (Washingtonville, senior)
No change in the top two as Ross and Velazquez have dominated the competition! Brown defeated McLaughlin and Patterson from NFA who easily could be ranked here so Marcus is our new #3 followed by McLaughlin and Gennaro…we’ll make Patterson 5A! Peters from E/L/SW is also a tough contender as is Adian Maduro from Highland, Alden Hathaway from Wallkill, Burke’s Brendan Douthit, and Meijas Tanner from Kingston!

182 Pounds
1. Ethan Gallo (Minisink Valley, freshman)
2. Max Wernicki (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
3. Jeremy Mazzella (Warwick, senior)
4. Logan Michael (New Paltz, senior)
5. Mike Paravati (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
This weight class rankings completely blew up! Gallo has been awesome and stays at #1 but we have a new #2 in Wernicki. Mazzella only lost to Max by a point so he’s at #3 for now followed by Logan Michael from New Paltz who’s only loss is to Section 2 stud Altomer. Paravati has weighed in at 182 so we’ll rank him at #5. Former #2 Knisell was pinned by Goshen’s Karystinakis who is having a great year and should be watched as should NFA’s Darwin Banegas, Justin Lyle from Wallkill, and Erik Quik from Port Jervis.

195 Pounds
1. Joe Russell (NFA, junior)
2. Carson Henry (Minisink Valley, junior)
3. Scott Geysen (Minisink Valley, junior)
4. Steve Felice (Monroe Woodbury, senior)
5. Brian Giacchi (Middletown, senior)
NFA junior Russell is having a great season and keeps the top spot at 195! Carson Henry is undefeated for MV and is our new #2 and we will put his teammate Geysen at #3! Felice has losses to Henry and Russell and comes in at #4 while Giacchi notched a nice win over Kingston’s Zavier Bennet and takes over at #5. Bennet is still one to watch as is Ben Swart from Highland, Craig Laurey from Saugerties, and Dominick Siracusa from Goshen!

220 Pounds
1. Maxx DeCapua (Newburgh Free Academy, senior)
2. James Oosterom (Port Jervis, senior)
3. Armel Duke (Middletown, senior)
4. Connor Boyer (James I. O’Neil, junior)
5. Jonathan Perez (Highand, senior)
No changes to the top 3. A match-up between #1 DeCapua and #2 Oosterom would be one of the most highly anticipated matches of the year! Duke has looked great and stays at #3 but we have a new #4 in Boyer from O’Neil who is undefeated. Perez from Highland comes in at #5 but we should also watch Dylan Bullock from Chester here!

285 Pounds
1. Adam Fenner (Minisink Valley, junior)
2. Stephan Monchery (Middletown, 8th grade)
3. Devin McGovern (Chester, senior)
4. Bruce French (Middletown, senior)
5. Stephon Holmes (Kingston, senior)
Fenner is a returning state medalist and has mauled his competition this season – 7-0 with 7 first period pins! Monchery has also been very business-like – 6-0 with 3 pins and 3 forfeits! McGovern’s only loss is out of Section 9 and we have a new #4 in French by virtue of his 4-2 win over previously ranked Logan Hickey from Warwick. Holmes from Kingston has looked great and sits in the #5 slot for this week! Others to watch at heavyweight include the aforementioned Hickey, Frankie Hernandez from Monroe Woodbury, Shamar Gittens from Highland, and Jake Southard from Port Jervis.

Although about half of our local teams are taking the weekend off from competition, there are still several exciting tournaments to follow including two right here in Section 9! Let’s take a look at where our locals will be battling this weekend!

New Paltz Duals
NFA went 5-0 and took home the team title! NFA junior Jaden Hansen defeated two 2019 state qualifiers (Peter Bender, Highland and Christopher Crawford, Beacon) and was selected as tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler!!!
NFA 55 Columbia 25
NFA 69 Beacon 15
NFA 60 Walt Whitman 18
NFA 63 Highland 15
NFA 48 Saratoga Springs 27
Warwick 42 New Paltz 33
Walt Whitman 38 New Paltz 27
Saratoga Springs 49 New Paltz 30
New Paltz 54 Beacon 18
Columbia 51 New Paltz 33

Cornwall Duals
Cornwall 40 Pearl River 30
Cornwall 86 East Ramapo 0
Cornwall 74 Horace Greeley 9

Wrangle on the Plains
Monroe Woodbury brought 13 wrestlers to the Wrangle and had a very strong showing highlighted by Joey McGinty who placed 2nd in the 160 pound Elite pool. The Monroe Woodbury senior won his first 3 matches my major decision before dropping a 5-1 match in the finals to last year’s NYS D2 finalist Jacob Null from Dolgeville. Washingtonville was also at the tournament and had a Elite pool finalist in Andrew Marchese. The Washingtonville sophomore ripped through his first 3 matches with a pin and two techs before falling to 2X NYS state champion Stevo Poulin in the finals by a score of 18-3.

Mamaroneck Tournament
Wallkill Results ….
Wallkill finished 3rd out of 15 team today at the Tiger Invitational held at Mamaroneck HS. Individual results were as follows: Rocco Futia 3rd at 99, Matt Davis 2nd at 120, Marco Martini 6th at 126, Jerome Futia 1st at 132, Will Pushman 5th at 138, James Hubbard 5th at 152, Cael Atkins 3rd at 160, Alden Hathaway 5th at 170, Justin Lyle 2nd at 182, Chris Betcher 5th at 195, Tyrell Augustus 6th at 195 and Jackson Fakler 5th at 285.
Chester Results…
Chester placed 5th out of 15 at the Mamaroneck Tournament. They had eight kids place: Devin McGovern (285), Dylan Bullock (220) and Teddy Szymanski (195) all placed 2nd. Mark Bruckenstein (132), Bryan Sahad (152) and Cole Greco (182) placed 4th. Kwalin Gonzalez (170) & Nick Dicurcio (160) both took 6th.

Doc Davis Duals
Ellenville will take to the mat against Albany (S2), Duanesburg (S2), Warrensburg-Bolton (S2), Schuylerville-Greenwich (S2), and Our Lay of Lourdes (S1).

Woodlands Tournament
Minisink Valley crowned eight champions and had two 2nd place finishers in a dominating performance at the Woodlands. Minisink Valley senior Mia Macaluso was voted tournament MOW!!!

First Place
99 Anthony Trecsh
106 Zack McKernan
126 Grace Pauls
132 Mia Macaluso
138 Brian Lombardi
152 George Racz
160 Andrew Filip
285 JC Cabrera

2nd Place
138 Rory Hamilton
160 Devin Doty

After a very busy weekend, our Section 9 teams will have no time to rest as we have a very busy slate of duals this week highlighted by Wednesday’s tilt between Newburgh Free Academy and Monroe Woodbury at MWHS! Let’s take a look at the entire week’s schedule as well as some potentially great individual match-ups that might happen if the line-up Gods are on our side!

Tuesday 12/10
New Paltz 69 FDR Hyde Park 6

Wednesday 12/11
Monroe Woodbury 40 NFA 27
Washingtonville 41 Valley Central 40
Port Jervis 55 Pine Bush 24
Minisink Valley 71 Warwick 10
Red Hook 60 Saugerties 27
Middletown 54 Kingston 24
Chester 72 Ellenville 18
Onteora 57 Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West 18
Goshen 77 Monticello 6

Thursday 12/12
Chester 78 Croton Harmon 6
Burke 36 Croton Harmon 24
Highland 48 Fallsburg/Tri-Valley 22
Highland 51 Rondout Valley 9

Friday 12/13
Middletown 48 Cornwall 25

Highlights….
The MW/NFA dual lived up to the hype with the Crusaders coming out on top this year by a score of 40-27! MW jumped out to a 18-0 lead but NFA clawed their way back into the dual 18-15 after 8 matches. Next at 106 we saw a great match between two of Section 9’s best lightweights end with a 3-1 decision for Brown over Merli! NFA’s Jaden Hansen then gets the quick wbf to tie it after 10 matches 21-21! MW would then run off wins in 4 of the final matches to bring us to a MW 40-27 win! In other spotlight match-up we had D2 power Port Jervis beating Pine Bush 55-24 where we saw Askey beat Tigue 10-5 and Ortiz defeat Tufano! Washingtonville and VC had a barn burner with the Wizards eventually coming out on top 41-40! Phillips over Poppe by fall was a key match-up keeping this one close!

After a very quiet opening weekend with only a few local teams in action, this weekend was jammed with action!!! Nearly every wrestling program in Section 9 competed at a tournament and several teams had stellar showings! Let’s take a look at the results from Weekend #2!

Tri-State Holiday Duals @ Port Jervis HS

The Port Jervis Wrestling team went 5-0 and claimed the team title. Warwick was the runner ups. The Raiders were led by Ryan Ross 5-0, Eric Tigue 5-0 and James Oosterom 5-0. Warwick’s Alex Greco, Valley Central’s Matt Romano, Goshen’s Eli Weinstein, Elijah Price, Chris Fini, Max Winkler, and Dominick Siracusa all went 5-0. Port Jervis Wrestling Head Coach Eric Hartmann picked up his 100th win.

Port Jervis 5-0
Warwick 4-1
Goshen 3-2
Valley Central 2-3
Monticello 1-4
Ellenville 0-5

Port Jervis 36 Warwick 31
Port Jervis 48 Valley Central 33
Port Jervis 46 Goshen 30
Port Jervis 84 Monticello 3
Port Jervis 90 Ellenville 0
Warwick 52 Valley Central 30
Warwick 47 Goshen 33
Warwick vs Monticello
Warwick 90 Ellenville 0
Goshen 43 Valley Central 39
Goshen 78 Monticello 6
Goshen 72 Ellenville 12
Valley Central 72 Monticello 15
Valley Central 72 Ellenville 12
Monticello 36 Ellenville 34

Patriot Tournament
Kingston won the 10 team Patriot Invitational at John Jay East Fishkill High School Saturday evening. Four Tigers made the finals with three winning individual championships! Jake Chenier 126lbs, Christian Agostin-Francisco 138lbs, and Zavier Bennet 195lbs won their respective weight classes. Stephon Holmes was 2nd at 285lbs. Placing 3rd for the Tigers were Joseph Ferro 132lbs and Elijah Timbrouck 160lbs. Coming In at 4th places for Kingston were John Mera 99, Nakib Barak 106, Noah Warneke 132, Makeil Scott 138, Gavin Richter 145, Myles Gordon 152, and Tanner Mejias 170. Freshman Nick York took 5th at 182 Lbs. Jacob Chenier captured his 100th career win with a 1st period pin in his finals match.

New Paltz took 2nd place in the Patriot Tournament this weekend as well while only representing 11 out of the 15 weight classes. Championship wins were taken by Elliot Crocco at 120 lbs and Logan Michael at 182 lbs. The Huguenots also had three 2nd place finishers in Cole Cuppett at 106 lbs, Ethan Palanca at 145 lbs and Levi Wyns at 152 lbs. Capturing a 3rd place finish was Aidan Cuppett at 145 lbs and a 5th place finish by Finn Gibson.

Wallkill took 3rd in the team race and had the following placewinners: Rocco Futia 2nd @ 99, Ben Buchalter 5th @ 99, Oliver Spearman 5th @ 106, Matt Davis 2nd @ 120, Marco Martini 4th @ 126, Jerome Futia 2nd @ 132, James Hubbard 5th @ 152, Justin Lyle 2nd @ 182, Chris Betcher 4th @ 195, and Jackson Fakler 4th @ 285!

Horace Greeley Duals
Washingtonville went 4-0 and took 1st place at the 2019 Horace Greeley Duals. The undefeated wrestlers for the Wizards were Mason Ketcham, Andrew Marchese, Austin Maddox (including a win over a returning S1 finalist, Jack Baumkirschner, and Vincent Gennaro.

Washingtonville 48 Mamaroneck 28
Washingtonville 60 Horace Greeley 24
Washingtonville 38 Edgemont 37
Washingtonville 47 North Rockland 33

Ballston Spa Duals
Minisink Valley completely steamrolled the competition up at the Ballston Spa Duals going 5-0 and outscoring their opponents by a score of 360 to 39! The following Warriors finished the day a perfect 5-0: Nick Picariello, Zack Ryder, Jordan Suarez, Sean Savacool, Jaccob Gonzalez, Jace Hirsch, Ethan Gallo, Carson Henry and Adam Fenner. Red Hook had a solid showing going 2-1 in pool matches before dropping their two crossover duals and finishing 2-3 on the day.
Minisink 58 Ballston Spa 22
Minisink 74 Attica-Batavia 6
Minisink 69 Niskayuna 7
Minisink 77 Glens Falls 4
Minisink 82 Red Hook 0
Ballston Spa 63 Red Hook 20
Attica-Batavia 51 Red Hook 29
Red Hook 46 Niskayuna 24
Red Hook 51 Glen Falls 30

Battle at the Beach
Monroe Woodbury crowned 2 champions and took 4th place in the team race at the very competitive Battle at the Beach at Long Beach HS in Long Island. Jordan Brown was the champion at 106 and Joe McGinty took home the title at the loaded 160 pound weight class. McGinty picked up wins over two state medal caliber opponents, Will Carano and Jeremy Scutellaro, and was awarded MOW for his efforts! Other placewinners for the Crusaders were Dan Connelly 6th at 106, Santos Ocasio 3rd @ 120, Dan Downs 5th @ 145, Marcus Brown 4th @ 170, and Frank Hernandez 3rd @ 285.

Columbia Duals
NFA went 4-1 at the Columbia Duals on Saturday! Going 5-0 for the Goldbacks were Maxx DeCapua, Joe Russell, Luke Fischer, Jackson Merli, and Kevin Segali. Jaden Hansen went 4-1 with his only loss being a 5-2 heart breaker to one of the top 113 pounders in Section 11!

NFA 73 Ichabod Crane 15
NFA 69 Whitehall Fort Ann 16
Miller Place 37 NFA 25
NFA 68 Beekmantown 15
NFA 81 Schuylerville-Greenwich 6

Mark Stephens Classic

Middletow went 6-1 and finished 3rd in a round robin tie breaker between Penfield and #13 ranked Horseheads.

Team Scores:
Penfield 49 Middies 34
Middies 78 Cortland 0
Middies 66 Horseheads Blue 12
Middies 42 Horseheads White (#13 NYS) 36
Middies 45 Camden 26
Middies 55 Waverly 30
Middies 67 South Seneca 10

Top performers for the Middies
Justin Morales went 6-0 and earned the tourney MVP award!!!
Joe Velazquez went 6-1 and took home the pin chain (he leads the way with 7 pins). Stephan Monchery went 7-0 (now holds the record for wins by a Jr High Varsity Wrestler with 36)
Brian Giacchi went 6-0
Armel Duke went 6-0
Josh Sam went 6-1
Jayden Norris went 6-1
Kenny Santiago went 6-1
Jacob Roger went 4-0
Manny Saenz and Jakoy Harvey each won 5 matches!

Titan Duals
Pine Bush went 5-0 and took home the team title at the Titan Duals on Saturday! Going undefeated for Pine Bush were James Duffy (99), Rey Ortiz (106), Javier Bravo (120), Brayden Pennell (138), Gabe Galarza (145), Tommy Askey (152), and Dylan Burgos 160.

Pine Bush 43 Tappan Zee 39
Pine Bush 84 Rye 6
Pine Bush 63 Nanuet 24
Pine Bush 75 Nyack 6
Pine Bush 78 East Ramapo 12

Bethlehem Round Robin
Onteora will head up to Bethlehem to take on teams from Sections 1, 2, and 4…could we see a showdown between Onteora’s Nick Ross and Arlington’s Dennis Robin???

Clyde Cole Invitational
Hunter Roberts was the lone placewinner for Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West at the this year’s Clyde Cole. Roberts went 2-2 and took 4th place at 220 lbs! Brackets Here

Queen of the Mat
Fallsburg/Tri Valley will be represented at the Queen of the Mat in Copiague, Long Island. This is an all-girls tournament!