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Hudson Valley Challenge Satellite Weigh-in Locations
Hudson Valley Challenge
Satellite Weigh-ins
Saturday, October 12, 2013 (times below)
At the following Locations
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Albany Area |
New Jersey Central/North |
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New Jersey Central/South
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Long Island |
Web Star Recruits – Hudson Valley Challenge
Web Star Recruits will provide Online Recruiting Profile Books for college coaches to access at the 12th Annual Hudson Valley Challenge!
The tournament will take place at Port Jervis High School, Port Jervis, NY.
Click the link below to build your FREE Online Recruiting Profile to help maximize your exposure to college coaches. College coaches will receive the Online Recruiting Profile Book prior and during the tournament .
With the athlete’s online profile, they can upload matches, a picture, transcripts, and write up a bio about themselves for college coaches to view. This software will help navigate the athlete through the process. It will allow them to: send invites to college coaches, keep track of what college coaches viewed and bookmarked their profile, have access to our college coaches’ database that has every current head coaches’ contact information at the entire collegiate level, NCAA Recruiting Calendar, Digital NCAA Eligibility worksheets, add their Competition Schedule, and an Athlete’s Recruiting Diary to track their recruiting process and status.
Our staff is comprised of former NCAA Division 1 coaches, athletes, and All-Americans. Our staff has coached and wrestled at Ohio State, Hofstra University, Army, Rutgers, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Lock Haven, and the NYAC. Some of their credentials include NCAA All-American’s, NCAA Runner-up, NCAA Champion, and a 4th place finish 2010 World Team Trials.
Warwick Looking For 1 Team To Fill Wildcat Duals
Warwick Valley is looking for one more team to for its dual meet tournament on December 14. Every team will be receiving 5 matches. If interested please contact Phil Szumlaski at Coachszumlaski@gmail.com.
Bouzakis Family Needs Our Support
2-Year Old Son Of Troy Bouzakis Has Inoperable Brain Tumor
Nearly two months ago Greco Roman Bouzakis, the youngest son of 3X NYS champion and Pine Bush graduate Troy Bouzakis, was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, an inoperable brain stem cancer found in children. The diagnosis occurred only a month after the family moved to the Tampa, FL area. Click on the link below to read the story about how the wrestling community of Steinbrenner High School is pulling together to help the Bouzakis family. Let’s make this story go viral.
Steinbrenner High School Shows Support For Bouzakis Family
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Minisink Valley Still Needs 1 Team For Jim Wilson Duals
Jim Wilson Duals
Location: Minisink Valley High School
Date: Saturday, December 14
Teams: Minisink Valley, Port Jervis, Massapequa (Section 8), Plainedge (Section 8),
William Floyd (Section 11), Nanuet (Section 1), Schalmont (Section 2)
Format: Dual meet tournament; 2 pools of 4 teams with a crossover match for placement
so every team is guaranteed 4 matches
Contact: Scott Hendershot shendershot@minisink.com
2013 Journeymen Classic Recap
The 2013 Journeymen Classic definitely lived up to the hype! Over 200 wrestlers from 24 states competed; some wrestlers made the trip from as far away as California and Arizona! Congratulations to tournament director Frank Popolizio on doing an outstanding job in running this incredible event. We are already looking forward to next year’s Classic!
Section 9 Results
Vinny Vespa (106) – The Monroe Woodbury junior finished the day 2-2. He began with a controlling 7-1 victory over 2X NJ youth champion freshman Gianni Ghione. In his next bout, Vespa dropped a 7-2 decision to NY state qualifier Josh Logiudice from Section 2 then rebounded with a workman-like 1-0 victory over NY D2 state placer Theo Powers from Section 3. In his final match of the day, a banged-up Vespa was pinned by Long Island wrestler Peter Pappas.
Evan Barczak (120) – With his 3-1 performance at the Journeymen, Barczak’s name is now on the state radar for NYS freshmen to watch! Barczak defeated two California wrestlers, Jacob Gardiner (10-1) and Mark Climaco (5-3 ot) and dominated Long Island freshman Hunter Dusold 6-0. His only setback of the day came to a much improved Jon Errico of Section 1 by a 11-0 margin.
Michael Raccioppi (135) – With the exception of 15 seconds….Raccioppi looked awesome! The Minisink Valley freshman started the day with a hard fought 5-3 overtime victory over PA state qualifier Kyle Lukowich. In his next match Raccioppi received a win by forfeit over NYS eighth grade phenom Frankie Gissendanner who was injured in his first match. Raccioppi beat Gissendanner at last year’s Eastern States Classic. In his final bout of the day, Raccioppi was in control and beating FL state place winner Elijah Cleary by 2 points with about 15 seconds left before being reversed and tilted putting him on the wrong side of a 6-4 decision.
Port Jervis wrestlers Dylan Booth and Dan Decarlo withdrew and did not wrestle.
Full Tournament Results
106 Champion – Matteo Devincenzo – The Long Island sophomore who placed 2nd in the state in D2 last year defeated Josh Loguidice 6-5 in the finals for the title.
113 Champion – Yianni Diakomihalis – The nationally ranked freshman (#7 @ 106) from Hilton HS in Section 5 cruised through the event with impressive victories over Kyle Lindner (11-0), Jonathan Haas (wbf 4:49) and Vito Arujau (6-1). He capped off his day with a 6-2 victory over Section 11’s Jesse Dellavecchia in the finals.
120 Champion – Nick Piccininni – Tournament MOW – Piccininni looked awesome! The Section 11 junior, ranked 4th in the nation by Flo, recorded victories over Cameron Kelly, Logan Griffin and Troy Gassaway before defeating Florida’s Radley Gillis in the finals by a 10-2 major decision.
125 Champion – Tommy Stokes – The PA state placer beat NC state champion Troy Gregor 4-3 in the finals for the title. Stokes defeated NJ placer Ryan Pomrinca, Prep National champ Mason Smith from MI, and multiple time GA state placer Caleb Mariakis in pool competition.
130 Champion – Travis Passaro – The Hofstra bound senior from Section 11’s Eastport South Manor navigated through an extremely tough 130 pound weight class for the title. Passaro notched victories over Mike D’Angelo, Zach Valley (PA placer), and Jacob Grigg (NC state champ) in pool competition. He defeated multiple time NC placer Payton Shuford in the finals 6-0.
135 Champion – Chase Zemenak – State placer from PA recorded victories over Sal Profaci (NJ), Connor Caffery (CT), Hunter Mandley (VA) and fellow PA place winner Kent Lane in the finals.
140 Champion – Clay Walker – South Carolina stud beats Dane Robbins (VA), Joe Oliva (NJ), and Joe Ghione (NJ) before beating NY’s Sam Ward in the finals by a 6-1 margin.
145 Champion – Gary Dinmore – 145 was crazy… New Jersey’s Dinmore (#16 FloRanked) actually lost in pool competition to Section 1’s Blaise Benderoth yet still won the title! Dinmore beats Carrozza (PA), Carrozza beats Benderoth, Dinmore beats Parker (NY), Dinmore beats Restrepo (NY) ot in finals, Carrozza beats Lapi (NY), Lapi beats Palmer (PA), Palmer beats Parker…you get the idea. Great pools…great finals at 145!
152 Champion – Louis Hernandez – FloWrestling has Hernandez from Section 8 on Long Island as the 12th ranked 152 pounder in the nation. In pool matches he defeated fellow Islander Dennis Ferro, VT champ Nolan Viens, and MA stud Fritz Hoehn. In his final bout he bested Suffolk County state placer Thomas Dutton by a score of 7-3.
160 Champion – Corey Rasheed – FloRanked at # 9 for 160, Rasheed was dominating! He pinned NC’s Logan Farlowe and decisioned Jesse Porter (NY) and Andrew LaBrie (RI) in pool matches before defeating NJ All American Christian Stackhouse 7-2 in the finals.
170 Champion – Luke Fariano – The NJ All American scored wins over Brad Drover (MA), Nick Weldon (AL) and Logan Dean (VA) before eeking out a 3-2 victory over NY state place winner Steven Schneider. 170 was a very even weight class. Finalist Schneider lost a pool match to Beat the Street wrestler Adis Radoncic however advanced to the finals on criteria after Radonicic lost a pool match as well.
182 Champion – Joe Balboni – FloRanked at # 17, Balboni of Brearly , NJ rolled through the competition with convincing victories over Brett Perry (NY), Phil Woods (NJ), and Austin Price (VT).
195 Champion – Christian Dietrich – A 2X NYS place winner, Dietrich is the #15 ranked sophomore in the country according to FloWrestling. He breezed through pool matches with a pin, tech, and a 6-0 decision. In the finals he locked horns with Nicholas Costa, a state place winner from NJ power Brick Memorial. Although the final score was only 6-3, the outcome of the match was never in doubt…Dietrich was very impressive throughout the entire tournament.
220 Champion – Richard Sisti – FloWrestling ranks Sisti, a defending state champ, as the #15 220 pound wrestler in the nation. In his first two matches the Monsignor Farrell senior defeated both opponents (Jeff Velez, NJ and Yousiff Hemida, NY) by the same 9-2 score. In his final bout he downed multiple time New England place winner Ian Butterbrodt by a 8-3 margin.
285 Champion – Connor Calkins – In perhaps the biggest upset of the tournament, Calkins, who finished 5th in NYS D2 last year, defeated 2X defending high school national champion Jesse Webb of Vermont. Webb, FloRanked at #9 at 285, won the high school nationals in VA Beach as a freshman and a sophomore!
Journeymen Classic
Section 9 Well Represented At The Prestigious Invite-Only Event
The Journeymen Classic has quickly become one of the premier preseason high school wrestling tournaments in the US. The event, which requires an invitation for admission, takes place this Sunday, September 29th, at Niskayuna High School. The tournament has even earned the designation of “FloMajor” which means that the winners of some of the weight classes will receive an automatic entry into the FloNationals, perhaps the toughest high school wrestling tournament in the nation.
Several Section 9 wrestlers received invitations to compete at this year’s Classic. SectionIXWrestling.com will take the trip up to the Capital District and will provide updates as soon as possible.
Vinny Vespa
Monroe Woodbury
Junior
106 pounds
2X State Qualifier
5th NYS @ 99 in 2013
Evan Barczak
Monroe Woodbury
Freshman
120 pounds
2013 State Qualifier @ 106
Dylan Booth
Port Jervis
Senior
120 pounds
5th NYS @ 113 in 2013
Michael Raccioppi
Minisink Valley
Junior
132 pounds
2X State Qualifier
8th NYS @ 126 in 2013
Dan Decarlo
Port Jervis
Senior
160 pounds
2X State Qualifier
6th NYS @ 152 in 2013
Johnny Stramiello (Pine Bush), Austin Ingraham (Highland), and James Bethel (Saugerties) also received invitations to compete in this year’s Journeymen Classic however they are unable to compete.
Hudson Valley Challenge Update
Satellite weigh-in locations for the Hudson Valley Challenge will be announced on October 5th. Satellite weigh in sites should collect the entry fee when the wrestler weighs in and bring it with them on Sunday morning.