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“Team 9” Open House
Wednesday May 15th
Pee Wee – 5:00 – 6:30
HS Elite – 6:45 – 8:15 Click here for more information!
Final results will be posted as soon as the brackets are available!!!
Evan Barczak finishes 5th at 115
PJ Smoot finishes 8th at 125
Nick McShea finishes 3rd at 189
Special thanks to Coach Gartiser for the updates!
Cornwall 145 pounder Brett Johnson finished 5th while Cornwall alum Rich Mann competed in the open division but did not place.
Middletown also had three wrestlers and two coaches compete at the tournament. Oscar Lainez went 1-3 at 93. Tim Rodriguez went 2-2 at 111 and Pedro Rosales went 2-2 at at 118. In the open division Coach Leazard went 1-2 at 150 and Coach Lichtenstein went 4-2 and finished in 4th place at 295.
Congratulations to everyone who competed….great job!!!
On Wednesday, May 15th Delaware Valley High School will host an all star dual meet tournament featuring many of the top wrestlers in the area. For the second consecutive year, one of the teams competing will be a Section 9 All Star Team. Host Delaware Valley will enter a team of their own that will be very competitive. Fans can also expect two other teams in the field from either Easton (PA), Apex (NJ), Olympic (NJ), or SIR (NJ). As soon as a schedule is confirmed, it will be posted on this site. Congratulations to all of the wrestlers who have been selected to participate.
Section 9 All Star Team
106 – Chris Cuccolo – Pine Bush
113 – Vinny Vespa – Monroe Woodbury
120 – Dylan Booth – Port Jervis
126 – PJ Smoot – Monroe Woodbury
132 – Michael Raccioppi – Minisink Valley
138 – Chris Truglio – Minisink Valley
145 – Brett Johnson – Cornwall
152 – Frankie Hernandez – Minisink Valley
160 – Daniel Decarlo – Port Jervis
170 – Tanner Sexton – Port Jervis
182 – Rob Cuomo – Saugerties
195 – Aiden Mathews – Marlboro
220 – Rob Kelly – Monroe Woodbury
285 – Isaac Serrano – NFA
The following S9 wrestlers have also been selected to compete in the event:
113 – Pedro Rosales 120 – Evan Barzcak 126 – Da’mani Burns 138 – Dan Storer
145 – Ryan Ferro 152 – Alec Guevera 160 – Johnny Grandson 170 – Tyler Blasko
220 – James Bethel 220 – Sam Weigner 285 – Brandon Mascaro
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Congratulations to Army assistant coaches Dan Mitcheff and Enock Francois for their impressive performances this past weekend at the US Open in Las Vegas. Mitcheff and Francois have both qualified for the World Team Trials being held in Stillwater, OK on June 21-23.
Coach Mitcheff, wrestling at 60 kg, placed 6th. In his quarterfinal match, Mitcheff gave 2012 Olympic Bronze Medalist Coleman Scott all he could handle but was defeated in three periods 0-2, 1-1, 1-1. Wrestling at 84 kg, Coach Francois was equally impressive finishing in 7th place and defeating two national champions, Max Askren and Cam Simaz, along the way !
Congratulations and good luck to both wrestlers at the trials. Section 9 is very fortunate to have such talented coaches right in our back yard! If you want to take advantage of what they have to offer, you may want to seriously consider checking out the:
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Champions receive singlets!
Runner-ups get hoodies! Pop & Flo Website
Third place awarded trophies!
Like many of us, Vincent Barber has been affected by cancer; within the past few years the 2010 Highland graduate has lost an aunt and his grandmother to the disease. In an effort to do his part in finding a cure, Barber has joined a rapidly growing cause within the wrestling community.
Pin Cancer is an organization founded by Dan Tramontozzi, Jared Ferriera, and Will Livingston. Pin Cancer’s slogan says it all…”The World’s Toughest Sport Is Taking On The World’s Toughest Opponent!” Wrestlers who participate in the Pin Cancer campaign, ask for people to pledge money for each takedown, win, or pin that they earn throughout the season.
Anyone interested in helping Vincent Barber do his part to Pin Cancer should contact him directly at either vincentbarber@aol.com or (845)391-1490. Barber has wrestled for two seasons at Oneonta however is considering a transfer to Centenary in NJ. Centenary happens to be the school where another S9 Alum, Port Jervis graduate JD Zitone, just finished a tremendously successful career capped off by his 2nd place finish at the NCAA D3 Championships a few weeks ago. Great job Vinny and best of luck in this upcoming season!
PrimoSports in Florida, NY will be starting a wrestling school this May. As a way to promote the school, they have decided to host a FREE clinic on Saturday April 20th. The clinic will be conducted by Mitch Clark. Many in the wrestling community consider Mitch the best “legs” clinician in the country. The goal of this clinic will be to teach you how to dominate your opponent from the top position! There will be two sessions. clinic flyer
Youth (Ages 6-12) – 4:00pm – 5:30pm Elite (HS eligible) – 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Mitch Clark
NCAA Champion
2X Big Ten Champion
Olympic Trials Finalist
2X NYS Champion
High School National Champion
Two of the biggest postseason events of the high school wrestling season took place this weekend at the NHSCA HS Nationals in VA Beach and the FloNationals in Indiana, PA. Section 9, our surrounding region, and our entire state did a great job!
NHSCA High School Nationals
Approximately 20 local wrestlers competed this weekend … below are just some of the highlights!
Matt Wagner (DV, Soph., 195) – All-American 6th place!!!
Jalen Palmer (DV, Jr., 132) – All-American 7th place!!!
Frank Carrozza (DV, Soph., 138) – All-American 8th place!!!
Mike Raccioppi (MV, Soph., 126) – 2-2; 1-point losses to the 3rd & 4th place finishers
Chris Truglio (MV, Soph., 132) – 4-2; very “shaky” call keeps him from the medal round
Johnny Stramiello (PB, Jr., 113) – 3-2; losses to the 3rd & 8th place finishers
Travis Edwards (PJ, Sr., 160) – 3-2; tough loss to AA Niven
NY State Individual Champions
Middle School Freshman Junior Senior
127 – Mack Berkowitz 132 – Chris Mauriello 138 – Renaldo Rodriguez-Spencer 126 – TJ Fabian 165 – Travis Race 152 – Jordan Torbitt 152 – Corey Rasheed
Just in case you haven’t received the memo yet…New York wrestling has arrived!!! The NHSCA tournament also keeps a “team state” score. New York State finished:
1st in the Middle School Division,
1st in the Freshman Division
3rd in the Sophomore Division NHSCA High School Nationals Brackets
1st in the Junior Division
3rd in the Senior Division.
FloNationals
The only local wrestlers to compete at the ultra competitive FloNationals were Onteora senior Austin Weigel and High Point, NJ sophomore Jason Gaccione. Unlike the High School Nationals, the FloNationals are not age banded. Austin, who wrestled at 160 during the season, competed at 170 at Flo. He wrestled tough but was unfortunately eliminated after two bouts. Gaccione also wrestled hard finishing 3-2 and was two victories away from the medal round. Congratulations to both young men.
As a state, New York wrestled quite well. The tournament was completely dominated by PA, however NY was able to place 6 on the medal stand with Nick Piccininni, Travis Passaro, Nick Kelley, Joe Mastro, Tyler Grimaldi, and Christian Dietrich earning All-American honors. Great job guys!!! FloNationals Results