Author: Mike Carey
STWC NY/NJ Needs a Few Youth Wrestlers for Dual Tournament
The Youth Scrap & Scramble Duals is one of the events at this year’s Journeymen/Asics Northeast Collegiate Duals. Mike Skokos, owner of STWC NY/NJ is looking for wrestlers for the following weights: 68, 115, 132, 144. Anyone interested should contact Mike at (845)405-9535.
Saugerties Grad Bethel Earns Recognition
SUNY Oneonta freshman James Bethel, a 2014 Saugerties graduate, has been selected as the Rookie of the Week for the Eastern Collegiate Wrestling Conference. Bethel, who wrestles at 285, is currently 5-1 on the season with his only loss coming by decision to a wrestler ranked in the top 10 nationally. Congratulations James!
Click HERE for the article posted on the SUNY Oneonta wrestling website.
Busy Week In College Wrestling For Section 9 Alums
Wyoming Seminary Post Grad Stramiello Entered in Bearcat Open
Pine Bush graduate Johnny Stramiello is having busy weekend scheduled! On Saturday he took on teammate Tristan Hanshaw in the team’s annual Blue vs. White Intrasquad Scrimmage. Stramiello won the match by a score of 5-2. On Sunday, Stramiello will be competing in the Bearcat Open at SUNY Binghamton where he could run into competition from wrestlers of Division 1 powers such as Cornell, Penn State, Hofstra, Lehigh, Rutgers, and Old Dominion.
Stramiello at Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open
Rd. 1 – bye
Rd. 16 – Stramiello dec Bobby Vedda (Cleveland State) 8-7
Quarters – Ben Willeford (Cleveland State) wbf Stramiello 3:37
Consie – David White (Binghamton) wbf Stramiello 2:50
Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational
The Army Black Knights have four finalists including 165 pound champion Chandler Smith in the Brockport/Oklahoma Invitational. Army finished 4th as ateam behind Ohlahima, Lock Haven, and Kent State. Onteora graduate Austin Weigel, the 184 pound starter for Buffalo, finished in 7th place!
Army Finalists
149: Dan Neff (Lock Haven) dec. Andrew Mendel (Army) 6-2
157: Justin Deangelis (Oklahoma) dec. Russell Parsons (Army) 11-5
165: Chandler Smith (Army) dec. Clark Glass (Oklahoma) 3-1 … Congrats Chandler!
174: Caleb Marsh (Kent State) dec. Brian Harvey (Army) 12-9
Weigel’s Medal Match
184: 7th place – Austin Weigel (Buffalo) dec. Mike Vollant (Kent State) 3-2
Other Army placerwinners:
Christan Doyle 7th @ 133; Logan Everett 3rd @ 141; Mark Marchetti 5th @ 149; Lincoln Mallinger 8th @ 149; Craemer Hedash 5th @ 157; Javier Rodriguez 7th @ 157; Coleman Gracey 3rd @ 165; Jack Wedholm 5th @ 174; Tony Risaliti 8th @ 174; Austin Wilding 3rd @ 184; Samson Imonode 6th @ 184; Stephen Snyder 6th @ 197; Trevor Smith 5th @ 285
Ithaca Invitational
Several former Section 9 wrestlers are entered in this event. Please contact me at sectionixwrestling@gmail.com if I have overlooked anyone. Brackets
Dylan Booth – SUNY Sullivan, 125 (Port Jervis)
Ramkishun (Oswego) dec Booth 7-5
Jordan (Johnson & Wales) dec Booth 5-4
Mark Milisci – SUNY Oswego, 149 (Washingtonville)
Milisci – bye
Milisci dec Perrine (Stevens Institute) 4-2
Gaffney (Ithaca) dec Milisci 8-2
Milisci dec Farley (Centenary) 6-5 …. Mark still alive in wrestlebacks!
Milisci dec Perrine (Stevens) 3-1
Gaccione (Johnson & Wales) dec Milisci 5-2 … Mark wrestling for 5th
Strohman (Springfield) dec Milisci 8-1 …Mark takes 6th….Nice Job Mark!
Frankie Hernandez – Johnson & Wales, 149 (Minisink Valley)
Joseph (Springfield) tech fall Hernandez 16-0
Pinto (Springfield) dec Hernandez 8-3
AJ Voelker – SUNY Sullivan, 157 (Monroe Woodbury)
Voelker – bye
Voelker maj dec Henriquez (Johnson & Wales) 16-5
Voelker dec Sow (Oswego) 10-7 ….AJ is in the semis!!!
Jazikoff (NYU) maj dec Voelker 13-5
Caracoppa (Johnson & Wales) maj dec Voelker 15-6 …AJ wrestling for 5th
Voelker mff last match so he finishes in 6th place! Good job AJ!
Sean Prell – Johnson & Wales, 165 (Warwick)
Prell dec Silverthorn (Oswego) 8-5
Caserta (Stevens) wbf Prell 1:58
Prell tech fall Rathbun (Alfred State) 20-5
Prell dec Gibson (Norwich) 7-3
Prell dec Navickas (Stevens) 5-3 sv
Caserta (Stevens) wbf Prell 1:41
Brett Johnson – SUNY Sullivan, 165 (Cornwall)
Gibson (Norwich) dec Johnson 7-2
Johnson wbf Carroll (Springfield) 2:50
Pistone (Oswego) wbf Johnson 1:31
Johnny Grandson – SUNY Sullivan, 165 (Middletown)
Velez (Ithaca) tech fall Grandson 16-1
Ward (Springfield) tech fall Grandson 19-4
Ruggirello pins opponent but Hofstra falls to Lehigh
VC graduate Cody Ruggirello, the starting 149 pound wrestler for D1 Hofsta, started off his 2014-2015 season in style with a first period pin of Lehigh’s Drew Longo. Ruggirello is currently 2-0 on the season. Lehigh 27 Hofstra 9
Bethel, Diesel Hope To Lead Teams at John Reese Duals
Saugerties graduate James Bethel placed 2nd in his first collegiate event, the 2014 Monarch Invitational last weekend. Diesel placed 3rd in the same event with his only loss coming by a 3-2 margin to the evnetual champ. This weekend Bethel and Diesel hope to lead their teams to a successful showing at the John Reese Duals in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Mongiello 2nd at Golden Eagle Invitational
Washingtonville grad and SUNY Brockport sophomore Bryan Mongiello placed second recently at the Golden Eagle Invitational. Golden Eagle Invitational
Saugerties Grad Bethel Impressive in College Debut
The following is an excerpt from the SUNY Oneonta wrestling website. Great job James!
The SUNY Oneonta wrestling team began its season today with its annual trek to King’s College to participate in the Monarch Invitational. The Red Dragons finished the day with 42.5 points, which was good enough for an eighth place finish overall. Roger Williams University took home the team title, scoring 140 points overall, which was 20 points more than second place York College.
The highlight for the event was the performances of a couple of rookies for Oneonta, as freshman Anthony Messina (Farmingville/Sachem East) and James Bethel(Saugerties/Saugerties) impressed in their collegiate debuts. Bethel finished second at 285 lbs. while Messina knocked off three seeded wrestlers during his day at 133 lbs.
Bethel earned a No. 6 seed for his opening tournament and easily defeated his first opponent, David Wilks of Wilkes University 6-0. He then knocked off third-seeded, Samuel Batchelor, of Lycoming with a 5-4 decision to advance into the semifinals of the championship bracket.
Bethel faced the No. 2 seed, Mike Spencer of York, in the semifinals and earned a pin in four minutes. In the championship match, he went up against the top seed, Lance Moore of SUNY Cortland, who was also a preseason top-10 wrestler. Unfortunately his run would end with a 11-5 defeat.
Minisink Valley graduate Kyle Diesel finished 3rd at 174 in the tournament. His only loss was a 4-3 decision to eventual champion Tyler Rhodes of York. Great job both guys!
Section 9 Preview
For anyone who missed the Section 9 preview that I put together for New York Wrestling News, click below! Practice starts next week!!! Let’s go Section 9 Wrestling….Last year was special…Let’s make this season even better!!!
SUNY Sullivan 2014-2015 Schedule & Roster
Highlights Include Appearances at NYS Collegiate Championships and the Grapple at the Garden
In only their second year as a program, SUNY Sullivan’s wrestling program is already started to make some noise! Head Coach Jared Kahmar has released this year’s schedule which includes an appearance at the NYS Collegiate Championships at Cornell University as well as a match at the Grapple at the Garden in Madison Square Garden.
Competing in the NYS Championships will allow SUNY Sullivan wrestlers the opportunity to possibly lock horns with some of the best wrestlers in the county from Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3! This tournament will take place on Sunday, November 23. There will be over a dozen former Section 9 wrestlers entered in this field and www.sectionixwrestling.com will be providing updates on their results throughout the course of the tournament.
The Grapple at the Garden promotes “the world’s greatest sport at the world’s greatest arena!” The Grapple, only in it’s third year, is quickly becoming a sought after tournament from many of the best teams in the nation. This year’s event will take place on Sunday, December 21 and will include D1 powerhouses Cornell, Northern Iowa, Edinboro, Lehigh, and Maryland. Here the SUNY Sullivan Generals will take on Middlesex CC in a dual meet on Mat #5 on Round 1. Also competing at the Grapple at the Garden will be Army (located in Section 9), Hofstra (Cody Ruggirello at 149), and Southern Maine (coached by Middletown grad Joe Pistone). Sectionixwrestling.com will likely be at the event and provide round by round updates on all things Section 9!!!
SUNY Sullivan head wrestling coach Jared Kahmar would like to see a large Section 9 contingent down at the Grapple at the Garden! He has tickets available and anyone interested in attending should contact Coach Kahmar at jkahmar@pjschools.org or (845) 258-0862.
Click HERE for the 2014-2015 SUNY Sullivan Wrestling schedule.
SUNY Sullivan Wrestling
Wrestler Home Town High School
Dylan Booth Port Jervis Port Jervis HS
Austin Ingraham Highland Highland HS
Richard Dennison Port Jervis Minisink Valley HS
AJ Voelker Monroe Monroe Woodbury HS
Johnny Grandson Middletown Middletown HS
Bret Johnson Cornwall Cornwall HS
Tyshawn Baker Bronx HS For Excellence
Deon Edmond Kingston Kingston HS
Jonathan Cirino Middletown Middletown HS
Quincy Jones Bronx HS For The Arts
DJ Shindler Jeffersonville Sullivan West
NYS Flexes Some Muscle at Super 32 Challenge
The Super 32 Challenge, the toughest preseason HS tournament in the country, is in the books and once again NYS showed that our caliber of wrestling is among the best in the nation. NYS finished with 13 place winners including 3 finalists and one champion, Yianni Diakomilhalis from Section 5! Only Pennsylvania and Ohio had more medal winners. PA was as dominating as always with 22 place winners and 5 champions. Ohio had 16 medal winners but had no champions. New Jersey also did well with 8 place winners however they also had no champions. Great job NYS…maybe next year we will have a Section 9 wrestler climb the podium!
NYS wrestlers who placed in the top 8 at the 2014 Super 32 Challenge:
Thomas Cox (Deer Park, S11) 2nd at 106
Dane Heberlein (Alexander, S5) 3rd at 106
Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge, S11) 8th at 106
Jay Albis (John Jay EF, S1) 8th at 113
Yianni Diakomihalis (Hilton, S5) Champion at 120!!! Beats #2 in nation Daton Fix!
Nick Piccininni (Ward Melville, S11) 4th at 126
Ben Lamantia (St. Anthony’s, CHSAA) 7th at 126
Mike D’Angelo (Commack, S11) 2nd at 132
Trevor Allard (Mexico, S3) 4th at 170
Tom Lane (Garden City, S8) 6th at 195
Christian Araneo (Ward Melville, S11) 7th at 195
Youssif Hemida (Mamaroneck, S1) 2nd at 220
Vin Feola (Walt Whitman, S11) 7th at 220
Super 32 This Weekend…Up To Date Results For Barczak and McShea
Barczak and McShea Ready To Take On Nation’s Best
The Super 32 Challenge has, without question, become the premier high school preseason tournament in the nation. This year’s event has approximately 1,500 wrestlers registered including several nationally ranked wrestlers in each weight class. Some weights, 120 pounds for example, have so many studs entered that we will likely see nationally ranked wrestlers lose….in the Round of 16!!!
Section 9 has two of our very best entered. Monroe Woodbury wrestlers Evan Barczak and Nick McShea will make the trip down to Greensboro, NC and lay it on the line against the best high school wrestlers in the country. Barczak, still only a sophomore, is entered at 132 pounds where there will be at least 150 other wrestlers entered. Crusader junior Nick McShea is entered at 195 pounds where he can expect to see at least 50 other wrestlers at his weight.
SectionIXWrestling.com will be following the tournament all weekend and will provide match by match updates for our Section 9 competitors. Best of luck Evan and Nick!!!
Evan Barczak (Monroe Woodbury, 132)
Jared Prince (FL) maj dec over Barczak 12-2…Prince is ranked #5 in nation by Flo!
Justin Ruffin (GA) dec over Barczak 6-0
Nick McShea (Monroe Woodbury, 195)
Steven Allen (OK) wbf over McShea 3:01
McShea wbf over Conor Myers (PA) 3:14
McShea over Hunter Goulart (VA)
Lane (NY, S8) dec over McShea 8-3