Top 8 Seeds for Section 9 D1 Tournament

Take a look at the top 8 seeds for this weekend’s Section 9 Division 1 Tournament being held a Monroe Woodbury High School.

Wrestling will begin on Friday at 4:45 and continue through the quarterfinals.  Semifinals will begin at 10:30 am on Saturday and finals are scheduled to begin at approximately 5:15.

99 Pounds
1. Justin Morales – Middletown
2. Colby Amell – Saugerties
3. Christian Prokosch – Cornwall
4. Nick Picariello – Minisink Valley
5. Jordan Suarez – Pine Bush
6. Jacob Chenier – Kingston
7. Chris Del Rio – Washingtonville
8. Derek Ellison – Wallkill

106 Pounds
1. Dylan Earl – Monroe Woodbury
2. Ryan Burgos – Monroe Woodbury
3. Greg Fischer – Newburgh Free Academy
4. Kevin Urena – Pine Bush
5. Hunter Brown – Warwick
6. Cameron Green – Middletown
7. Jacob Lyle – Wallkill
8. Jordan Pinskey – Warwick

113 Pounds
1. Marco Vespa – Monroe Woodbury
2. Matthew Romano – Valley Central
3. Jimmy Heinlein – Saugerties
4. Avery Ellison – Wallkill
5. Lucas Fischer – Newburgh Free Academy
6. Tyler Dellatore  – Newburgh Free Academy
7. Bryan MacDougall – Warwick
8. Dylan Tierney – Goshen

120 Pounds
1. Tyler Lynch – Minisink Valley
2. James Faison – Wallkill
3. Patrick Owens – Monticello
4. Joe McGinty – Monroe Woodbury
5. Tommy Askey – Pine Bush
6. Chris Bouton – Kingston
7. Brandon Delarosa – Newburgh Free Academy
8. Carson Sauschuck – Port Jervis

126 Pounds
1. Connor Greiner – Minisink Valley
2. Andrew Davis – Wallkill
3. Cameron Wernicki – Monroe Woodbury
4. Nick Albornoz – Minisink Valley
5. Ishmael Alicea – Middletown
6. Emanuel Ward – Monroe Woodbury
7. Derek Magsamen – Pine Bush
8. Najee Shackleford – Monticello

132 Pounds
1. Vinny Vetrano – Minisink Valley
2. Robert Satriano – Valley Central
3. Bradley Bonner – Wallkill
4. Anthony Sountis – Monroe Woodbury
5. Nick Florin – Pine Bush
6. Xavier Autry – Middletown
7. Luke Horton – Pine Bush
8. Asher Pelton – Port Jervis

138 Pounds
1. Dominic Vetrano – Minisink Valley
2. Louis Libutti – Monroe Woodbury
3. Robert Randall – Newburgh Free Academy
4. Dylan Greer – Pine Bush
5. Rob Estevez – Monroe Woodbury
6.. Tyler Matos – Middletown
7. Kyle Ripa – Wallkill
8. Lucas Pennel – Pine Bush

145 Pounds
1. Brandon Bobe – Washingtonville
2. Shaun Burgos – Pine Bush
3. Tom Fini – Monroe Woodbury
4. Steven Gazzillo – Cornwall
5. William Harrison – Port Jervis
6. Joe Pushman – Wallkill
7. Justyn Kelly – Monticello
8. Ray Napolitano – Valley Central

152 Pounds
1. Evan Barczak – Monroe Woodbury
2. Nijee Noble – Kingston
3. Tyler Serafini – Newburgh Free Academy
4. Mike Kubik – Goshen
5. Zakair Artis – Middletown
6. Nathaniel Garcia – Middletown
7. Colin Cummings – Valley Central
8. Kraig Thomas – Wallkill

160 Pounds
1. Ryan Ferro – Warwick
2. Timmy Ganuncio – Minisink Valley
3. Owen Daly – Pine Bush
4. Tom Cook – Cornwall
5. Lester Larkai – Washingtonville
6. Zachary Beam – Valley Central
7. Graeme Knissel – Saugerties
8. Brennan Gary – Middletown

170 Pounds
1. Adonis Morano – Middletown
2. Mark Ohanian – Valley Central
3. Maxx DeCapua – Newburgh Free Academy
4. Jason Butler – Port Jervis
5. Demetrius Moore – Minisink Valley
6. Brian Mascaro – Wallkill
7. Tajh Ali – Middletown
8. Ben Santapia – Washingtonville

182 Pounds
1. Mike Fekishazy – Wallkill
2. Joey Yanis – Minisink Valley
3. Henricus VHO – Washingtonville
4. William Leonard – Cornwall
5. Kyle Strauss – Monroe Woodbury
6.  Alex Miller – NFA
7. Tyler Marzarago – Kingston
8. Sam Santander – Monroe Woodbury

195 Pounds
1. Kendall Elfstrum – Monroe Woodbury
2. Andrew Covais – Minisink Valley
3. Alex Leonty – Washingtonville
4. Thomas Kearns – Goshen
5. Tom Keller – Cornwall
6. Billy Kras – Wallkill
7. John Cassidy – Cornwall
8. Hayden Barley – Kingston

220 Pounds
1. Ryan Ellefsen – Goshen
2. Samson Perez – Monroe Woodbury
3. James Ball – Saugerties
4. Scyler Phillips – Port Jervis
5. Andrew Slagle – Minisink Valley
6. Julius Oquendo – Middletown
7. Harrison Parrelli – Warwick
8. David Strauss – Monroe Woodbury

285 Pounds
1. Andrew Fenner – Minisink Valley
2. Norris Gipson – Middletown
3. Peter Leser – Saugerties
4. William McCartney – Newburgh Free Academy
5. Horace Duke – Middletown
6. Austin Taylor – Warwick
7. Bryce Moore – Valley Central
8. Owen Astigarraga – Cornwall

Section 9 Division 2 Seeds

Take a look at the top 4 seeds in every weight for this year’s Section 9 Division 2 Championships.  The tournament takes place on Sunday February 12 at SUNY Ulster.  Wrestling will begin at 12:15 and finals are slated to begin at 5:30.

Please note that some of these seeds may, and likely will, change.  Best of luck to everyone competing!

99 Pounds
1. Nikko Walsh – Rondout Valley
2. Matt Morris – Red Hook
3. Aiden Cuppett – New Paltz
4. Anakin Luna – Highland

106 Pounds
1. Wade Harris – Red Hook
2. Pat Ross – Onteora
3. John Antonelli – Marlboro
4. Timmy Rereira – Rondout Valley

113 Pounds
1. Liam Bullock – Chester
2. Nick Ross – Onteora
3. James Long – Chester
4. Dan Adams – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West

120 Pounds
1. Nick Conetta – Chester
2. Justin Quiles – Chester
3. Mitchell – Gibson – New Paltz
4. Montana Wells – Red Hook

126 Pounds
1. Nate Ross – Onteora
2. Chris Massaro – New Platz
3. Nick Curreri – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West
4. Nanuk McBride – Red Hook

132 Pounds
1. Ian Houck – Rondout Valley
2. Brad Acevedo – Highland
3. Chris Hiesel – New Platz
4. Ceaser Luna – Highland

138 Pounds
1. Shane Gulliksen – New Platz
2. Matt Malherio – Highland
3. Brendan Douthit – Burke
4. Brian Reilly – Red Hook

145 Pounds
1. Hayden Baker – Rondout Valley
2. Zach Chartrand – Onteora
3. Joe Decker – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West
4. James Deaveiro – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West

152 Pounds
1. Dillon Ross – Onteora
2. Tristen Schiafo – Red Hook
3. Andrew Salerno – Chester
4. John Miller Highland

160 Pounds
1. Noah Curreri – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West
2. Brayan Duque – New Platz
3. Mike Kenny – Red Hook
4. Austin Harris – Red Hook

170 Pounds
1. Matt Shields – Onteora
2. Larry Oliver – Highland
3. Ryan Hobson – Red Hook
4. Tyler Sooknanan – Chester

182 Pounds
1. Brody Harris – Chester
2. Ben Cuppett – New Paltz
3. Jeff Kiluba – Red Hook
4. River Loundsbury – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West

195 Pounds
1. John Goodell – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West
2. Austen Eighmey – Ellenville
3. Chris Benincasa – Red Hook
4. Dany Ruiz – Tuxedo

220 Pounds
1. John Perez – Highland
2. Mahmoud Hefnawy – Red Hook
3. Dean Trevisano – Chester
4. Brandon Cox – Ellenville

285 Pounds
1. Angel Lemus – Onteora
2. Colin Canfield – Highland
3. Will Sutherland – Rondout Valley
4. Liam Dietrich – Red Hook

SUNY Ulster Update

The Senators split their final two dual meets of the season falling to Mt. St. Vincent and defeating Farmingdale. Mohammed Khan, Lakell Martin, Patrick Carroll and Alex Munoz all picked up wins on the day for Ulster.

The Senators finish their first season back since 1979 with a record of 4-3. The team travels to Mercyhurst NE to compete in the Eastern District Championships on 2/12.

2017 JV Championships Results

Congratulations to Monroe Woodbury for winning the team title at the 2017 JV Championships which took place at Warwick on Saturday.  The Crusaders had 14 wrestlers place in the top 6 including 5 champions.  Minisink Valley had 3 champions and edged out Middletown for 2nd place followed by Valley Central and Newburgh Free Academy.

2017 JV Championships Brackets

 2017 JV Championships – Team Scores

Section 9 Rankings #5

With the Section 9 Championships less than two weeks away, things are really starting to get interesting!  Kendall Elfstrum from Monroe Woodbury and Connor Greiner from Minisink Valley have returned to action and it looks like they have no signs of rust!  Several wrestlers have still yet to decide which weight class they will enter for sections – and if history is any indication of what to expect, we won’t know until the 11th hour!

As always it’s worth mentioning that these rankings are just for fun and their purpose is to create conversation, “a buzz,” about our sport.  Please keep in mind that rankings are not the same as seedings.  Rankings are merely the opinions of a small group of people and they are subjective.  Seedings for the Section 9 tournaments are done by a formula and they are completely objective.  Respectful comments and suggestions are always welcomed at sectionixwrestling@gmail.com. Enjoy!

99 lbs.
1. Justin Morales – Middletown, freshman
2. Nick Picariello – Minisink Valley, freshman
3. Jordan Suarez – Pine Bush, freshman

4. Colby Amell – Saugerties, sophomore
5. Christian Prokosch – Cornwall, junior
6. Jacob Chenier – Kingston, freshman
I feel like a broken record but I truly believe that this is the deepest, most talented 99 pound weight class we have seen in Section 9 in quite some time!  Morales is your new #1 with his 6-4 win over Picariello while Picariello has a close win over Suarez.  Amell is definitely worth watching here.  He seems to be improving every week and recently pushed state ranked Dennis Robin from Section 1 to the limit before losing 11-8.  Prokosch and Chenier are both having great seasons as are D2 favorites Nikko Walsh from Rondout Valley and Matt Morris from Red Hook.  We also need to keep our eye on MW freshman Nicky Scancarello who went in the utb before dropping a heart breaker to #2 Picariello.  

106 lbs.
1. Dylan Earl – Monroe Woodbury, junior
2. Ryan Burgos – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore
3. Greg Fischer – NFA, junior
4. Kevin Urena – Pine Bush, sophomore
5. Cameron Green – Middletown, freshman
6. Ethan Palanca – New Paltz, 8th grade

Earl is still our #1 and it looks like his closest competition may come from his teammate Burgos who is our new #2 after defeating NFA’s Fischer.  Urena won the title at the Big 10 and has looked tough. Middletown freshman Cameron Green defeated Wade Harris at the Gene Brigham and becomes out new #5 one spot over New Paltz 8th grader Palanca who has also defeated Harris but has been inactive of late.  The D2 race should be very fun to watch with four legit title contenders in Palanca, Harris, Marlboro’s Antonelli, and Onteora’s Pat Ross!

113 lbs.
1. Marco Vespa – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore
2. Matthew Romano – Valley Central, freshman
3. Jimmy Heinlein – Saugerties, sophomore
4. Liam Bullock – Chester, junior
5. Avery Ellison – Wallkill, senior

6. Lucas Fischer – NFA, freshman
Vespa notched his 2nd win over Lynch this season in dramatic fashion by winning a 3-1 sv decision in the final match to give his team the win over MV at the inaugural “Brawl for the Belt.” The match took place at 120 which is where Lynch will now be ranked. VC freshman Romano recently won the Beacon Bulldog and he’s yet to lose to a S9 opponent at 113; he’s your new #2.  Heinlein took 3rd in Beacon and his only local loss at 113 has been by decision to Romano.  Bullock lost a 11-10 decision in the finals of the Big 10 for his first defeat of the season and moves up to #4.  Ellison has been steady and strong all year and just went 5-0 at the NFA Duals.  Lynch’s departure opens the door for NFA freshman Lucas Fischer to return to the board at #6.

120 lbs.
1. Tyler Lynch – Minisink Valley, senior
2. James Faison – Wallkill, freshman
3. Nick Conetta – Chester, senior
4. Patrick Owens – Monticello, senior
5. Joe McGinty – Monroe Woodbury, freshman
6. Tommy Askey – Pine Bush, freshman
This was definitely the most difficult weight class to rank.  Lynch is a returning Section 9 champion and he placed 6th at the Eastern States Classic.  He did however suffer a recent loss to Owens at the Gene Brigham.  Owens has losses to #2 Faison and #3 Conetta who both look very strong right now! It looked like Lynch was nursing an injured elbow so we’ll keep him at #1 for now but this weight will definitely be interesting to follow.  MW’s McGinty has been very tough all year as has PB frosh Askey.  Bouton from Kingston and Savacool from MV aren’t in the top 6 here but definitely have the potential to finish high on the medal stand at sections! This is a great weight to follow.

126 lbs.
1. Connor Greiner – Minisink Valley, junior
2. Robert Satriano – Valley Central, senior
3. Andrew Davis – Wallkill, senior
4. Cameron Wernicki – Monroe Woodbury, senior
5. Nick Albornoz – Minisink Valley, sophomore

6. Nate Ross – Onteora, freshman
2X defending Section 9 champ Greiner returns to action and debuts at #1 followed by VC senior Satriano.  Andrew Davis from Wallkill has been solid and is at #3 followed by Wernicki from MW at #4. MV sophomore Albornoz has looked great at 126 and came in 2nd at the Gene Brigham with his only loss coming to Greiner in the finals.  Nate Ross has looked very good all year but has not wrestled much since ESC so we have him at #6.

132 lbs.
1. Vinny Vetrano – Minisink Valley, junior
2. Ian Houck – Rondout Valley, junior
3. Brad Bonner – Wallkill, senior

4. Anthony Sountis – Monroe Woodbury, senior
5. Robert Estevez – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore

6. Tyler Matos – Middletown, senior
Vinny Vetrano has been on fire!  Within the past two weeks he has posted victories over Houck (5-0), Sountis (7-3), and Satriano (7-1…who may be going 132) so he is our new #1!  Houck, Bonner, and Sountis are all having great seasons and are at 2, 3, and 4.  Estevez does not have a great record however most of his matches have been outside of S9 against very tough kids!  He does have a 7-0 win over #6 Matos from Middletown.

138 lbs.
1. Dominic Vetrano – Minisink Valley, junior
2. Louis Libutti – Monroe Woodbury, senior
3. Dylan Greer – Pine Bush, junior
4. Robert Randall – NFA, senior

5. Kyle Ripa – Wallkill, senior
6. Mat Malherio – Highland, sophomore
Dom Vetrano has looked very tough at 138 and he remains our #1.  Libutti had a nice win over #4 Randall and came in 3rd at the Ridgefield CT tournament and is at #2. Greer posted a win over Matos plus he finished 3rd at the Big Ten up in Albany and remains #3.  Randall looked good at NFA Duals going 4-1 and Ripa went 3-2 at the same event so we’ll keep them at 4 and 5.  Malherio is having a great year and looks to be the favorite at 138 for D2.

145 lbs.
1. Brandon Bobe – Washingtonville, senior
2. Shaun Burgos – Pine Bush, junior
3. Tom Fini – Monroe Woodbury, senior

4. Tyler Serafini – NFA, sophomore
5. William Harrison – Port Jervis, sophomore

6. Mike Kubik – Goshen, senior
Bobe has been rolling right along!  He notched a few very impressive wins including one over former state placer Zach Lawrence and he pushed state ranked Kiernen Shanahan from Shen to the limit before losing 5-2. Harrison suffered a loss to Cornwall’s Gazzillo and drops a few spots. Gazzillo has a few very nice wins this year (Harrison, Pushman, Randall) and is definitely one to watch. Burgos pinned Fini in a dual and is now #2 with Fini right behind him at #3.  Serafini went 5-0 at NFA Duals.  Kubik looked good at the Gene Brigham finishing 3rd with his only loss being a 9-7 decision to the eventual champ from Guilderland.

152 lbs.
1. Evan Barczak – Monroe Woodbury, senior
2. Lucas Wightman – Warwick, senior
3. Nijee Noble – Kingston, senior
4. Dillon Ross – Onteora, junior
5. Nathaniel Garcia – Middletown, senior
6. Tristen Schiafo – Red Hook, junior
Barczak has been a buzzsaw this year and has his sights set on nothing less than a state title.  Wightman backed up his ESC placing by going 5-0 at NFA Duals.  Noble still looks very tough at 152 and will definitely make some noise here. Ross notched another win over Schiafo in a recent dual and stays at #4 but Garcia beat Schiafo in a great match at the Gene Brigham so they flip spots.

160 lbs.
1. Ryan Ferro – Warwick, senior
2. Noah Curreri – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West, senior
3. Timmy Ganuncio – Minisink Valley, junior

4. Owen Daly – Pine Bush, senior
5. Zachary Beam – Valley Central, senior
6. Lester Larkai – Washingtonville, senior

Ferro has pinned his last 10 opponents and still sits firmly at #1 in Section 9 at 160.  Curreri beat Ganuncio in the finals of the Gene Brigham so he returns to #2 and the MV junior is now #3.  Daly has picked up a few nice wins over Garcia (#5 at 152) and MW’s Vargas so he stays at #4 while Beam and Larkai are right behind him at #5 and #6.

170 lbs.
1. Mark Ohanian – Valley Central, senior
2. Adonis Morano – Middletown, junior
3. Maxx DeCapua – NFA, freshman

4. Brian Mascaro – Wallkill, junior
5. Jason Butler – Port Jervis, junior
6. Jeffery Kiluba – Red Hook, senior

This definitely going to be one of the most interesting weights to follow for the Section 9 D1 tournament.  Earlier in the year is seemed as though Ohanian and Morano were the clear top 2 however there are several others who have recently shown that they can contend for the title.  DeCapua, Mascaro and Butler keep rolling along and we definitely need to watch for MV’s Moore who recently lost a 5-4 nailbiter to top ranked Ohanian in a dual.  Moore actually drops out of our top 6 here due to his loss to Kiluba at the Gene Brigham.  Kiluba seems to be the favorite on the D2 side.

182 lbs.
1. Kendall Elfstrum – Monroe Woodbury, senior
2. Mike Fekishazy – Wallkill, senior
3. Joey Yanis – Minisink Valley, junior
4. Brody Harris – Chester, senior

5. Ben Cuppett – New Paltz, senior
6. Kyle Strauss – Monroe Woodbury, senior

2X Section 9 champion Kendall Elfstrum has made his return and debuts at #1.  Although he finished 4th in NYS at 182 last year, placing him at #1 was not a “no-brainer” because our #2 ranked wrestler here is Mike Fekishazy from Wallkill.  Fekishazy finished 6th in NYS at 170 and has several very impressive wins this season including two over Evan Frank who defeated Elfstrum for 3rd in NYS last year in Albany.  MV junior Joey Yanis is a pinning machine and should not be overlooked here.  Cuppett is a 2X Section 9 D2 champ and is having another good year however he was beaten by Brody Harris from Chester at the Big Ten…we definitely need to watch Harris!  Strauss from MW and VHO from Washingtonville are also having strong seasons!  Cornwall’s Leonard is also having a nice year and will contend for a medal here.

195 lbs.
1. Andrew Covais – Minisink Valley, senior
2. Samson Perez – Monroe Woodbury, senior
3. Billy Kras – Wallkill, senior
4. James Ball – Saugerties, senior
5. Tom Kearns – Goshen, senior
6. Alex Leonty – Washingtonville, senior

Covais has been wrestling very well and is looking like the #1 at 195.  He defeated #2 Perez in the “Brawl for the Belt” by a score of 7-1 and defeated #5 Kearns 9-2 at the Gene Brigham.  Kras is the new #3 after an impressive win over #4 Ball who hung hight with state ranked Davis from Beacon.  Ball also notched a win over Phillips form PJ who is #3 at 220.  Leonty looked good at the Wizard Duals with his only loss coming to Davis from Beacon.  Cornwall has two wrestlers who may compete here – Keller and Cassidy.  We have ranked Cassidy at 220 for now.

220 lbs.
1. Ryan Ellefsen – Goshen, senior
2. Horace Duke – Middletown, senior
3. Scyler Phillips – Port Jervis, senior
4. John Cassidy – Cornwall, senior

5. Andrew Slagle – Minisink Valley, senior
6. Tyler Bohenko – Valley Central , senior

Ellefsen has looked awesome!  He pinned #2 Duke in the Gene Brigham finals and #3 Phillips in a dual.   We have moved Cassidy to #4 at 220 for now but he may end up at 195.  MV’s Andrew Slagle enters the rankings.  He has been looking great recently including a pin over #6 Bohenko.  Harrison Parrelli from Warwick has been wrestling tough too and needs to be watched here!

285 lbs.
1. Andrew Fenner – Minisink Valley, junior
2. Norris Gipson – Middletown, senior
3. Will McCartney – NFA, senior

4. Austin Taylor – Warwick, senior
5. Max Kissack – Washingtonville, junior
6. Will Sutherland – Rondout Valley, senior

Fenner keeps winning. Since our last ranking he has recorded a pin over Gipson, and wins over Kissack, Moore, Sutherland, and Havison.  Gipson took 4th at a tough weight at the Peter Caruso in Mahopac and stays #2. McCartney has been wrestling well and slides up to #3 while Taylor is right behind him at #4.  Kissack has now beaten Leser 2X and enters the rankings at #5 and Rondout Valley senior Sutherland is our new #6!  Leser from Saugerties, Moore from VC, Smith from PB, and Havison from MW are all capable of placing in the D1 tournament.

Section 9 Rankings # 4

It’s been a busy few weeks capped off by the Eastern States Classic.  Most wrestlers are at the weights where they will be in the post season, however I’m certain we’ll see some last minute jockeying around for position!  I decided to rank 6 wrestlers per weight for this edition. Greiner and Elfstrum are still out but I have a feeling we’ll see them on the next rankings!  As always, respectful comments are welcomed at sectionixwrestling@gmail.com.  Enjoy!

99 lbs.
1. Nick Picariello – Minisink Valley, freshman
2. Jordan Suarez – Pine Bush, freshman

3. Colby Amell – Saugerties, sophomore
4. Christian Prokosch – Cornwall, junior
5. Justin Morales – Middletown, freshman
6. Jacob Chenier – Kingston, freshman
Pine Bush freshman Jordan Suarez makes the drop to 99 and gets right into the mix at #2 here. Suarez lost a close decision to #1 Piccarello at the MV vs PB dual a few weeks ago and had a wbf over now #6 Chenier.  Picareillo, Prokosch, and Morales all 1-2 at Eastern States and Amell with a wbf over #6 106 Harris.

106 lbs.
1. Dylan Earl – Monroe Woodbury, junior
2. Greg Fischer – NFA, junior
3. Ryan Burgos – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore
4. Kevin Urena – Pine Bush, sophomore
5. Ethan Palanca – New Paltz, 8th grade

6. Wade Harris – Red Hook, senior
Earl and Fischer still hold on to the top two spots respectively however Fischer made a strong case for taking over #1 with his strong showing at ESC which included a win over Queensbury’s Antoine Grace. Burgos and Urena drops to 106 and grabs the #3 and #4 spots while New Paltz 8th grader Ethan Palanca enters the rankings at #5 with his win over #6 Wade Harris.  Harris avenged a Mid Hudson Tournament loss to Pat Ross by pinning the Onteora 8th grader to grab the #6 spot.

113 lbs.
1. Marco Vespa – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore
2. Tyler Lynch – Minisink Valley, senior

3. Matthew Romano – Valley Central, freshman
4. Jimmy Heinlein – Saugerties, sophomore
5. Avery Ellison – Wallkill, senior

6. Liam Bullock – Chester, junior
Lynch drops down to 113 and has a great showing at Eastern States placing 6th. Vespa dnp at Eastern States but has a head to head over Lynch at 120 earlier in the season so he keeps the #1 spot.  Avery Ellison picked up a couple of nice wins at the ESC and enters the board at #5 while Chester junior Liam Bullock is undefeated this season and grabs the #6 position!

120 lbs.
1. James Faison – Wallkill, freshman
2. Joe McGinty – Monroe Woodbury, freshman
3. Nick Conetta – Chester, freshman
4. Tommy Askey – Pine Bush, freshman
5. Chris Bouton – Kingston, senior
6. Patrick Owens – Monticello, senior

Faison has a breakout weekend and is the new #1 at 120.  The Wallkill freshman went 3-2 at the ESC and notched wins over Tyler Albis (ranked #8 by NYWN) and state qualifier Tony Negron.  McGinty went 1-2 at ESC and stays at #2 for now but Chester frosh Nick Conetta is 15-0 with a win over #6 Owens and is right on his heels. Number 4 Askey had a big win over  #5 Bouton in a dual…Bouton has looked very tough since making the cut to 120 including a 6-4 win over MV’s Savacool at the ESC.

126 lbs.
1. Robert Satriano – Valley Central, senior
2. Andrew Davis – Wallkill, senior
3. Cameron Wernicki – Monroe Woodbury, senior
4. Nate Ross – Onteora, freshman
5. Chris Massaro – New Paltz, senior

6. Nick Albornoz – Minisink Valley, sophomore
This is tough weight to rank…126 is deep and will get deeper if MV’s Connor Greiner returns to action this week.  Satriano, Davis and Wernicki are all very talented and could probably beat each other on any giver day.  Ross has a head to head over Massaro who looked very tough at the ESC.  Albornoz has looked good since cutting to 126 but this final spot could have easily gone to MW’s Emanuel Ward who recently was defeated by another contender here, Middletown’s Ishmael Alicea.

132 lbs.
1. Ian Houck – Rondout Valley, junior
2. Brad Bonner – Wallkill, senior

3. Anthony Sountis – Monroe Woodbury, senior
4. Vinny Vetrano – Minisink Valley, junior
5. Robert Estevez – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore

6. Tyler Matos – Middletown, senior
Houck goes 0-2 at Eastern States but still no reason to drop him from the top spot. Bonner, Sountis, and Vinny Vetrano all did well at ESC and could potentially battle it out for the D1 crown in February.  Estevez enters the rankings via his impressive win over #6 Matos at the Massapequa Tournament.

138 lbs.
1. Dominic Vetrano – Minisink Valley, junior
2. Louis Libutti – Monroe Woodbury, senior
3. Dylan Greer – Pine Bush, junior
4. Robert Randall – NFA, senior

5. Kyle Ripa – Wallkill, senior
6. Mat Malherio – Highland, sophomore

Dom Vetrano drops to 138 and takes over the #1 spot here however previous #1 Libutti from Monroe is having an outstanding season and plans on making me eat my words by dropping him to #2.  Pine Bush junior Dylan Green made his return to action in style by winning the Shoreline so we put him at #3. Robert Randall from NFA has been solid all year and very tough since dropping to 138.  Ripa is having a great year and has posted 2-point wins over #6 Malherio and next in line Pasquale Satriano from VC.

145 lbs.
1. Brandon Bobe – Washingtonville, senior
2. William Harrison – Port Jervis, sophomore
3. Tom Fini – Monroe Woodbury, senior

4. Shawn Burgos – Pine Bush, junior
5. Tyler Serafini – NFA, sophomore
6. Mike Kubik – Goshen, senior
This weight just became very interesting.  Bobe drops down and becomes the new #1 but seemed to get injured at the ESC after looking very strong on his opening round win.  Harrison and Fini are still rolling along as are Burgos and Serafini.  Kubik from Goshen enters the rankings at #6 but it was a toss-up between him and Justyn Kelly from Monticello who has looked great since dropping to 145.

152 lbs.
1. Evan Barczak – Monroe Woodbury, senior
2. Lucas Wightman – Warwick, senior
3. Nijee Noble – Kingston, senior
4. Dillon Ross – Onteora, junior
5. Tristen Schiafo – Red Hook, junior
6. Nathaniel Garcia – Middletown, senior
Barczak cemented his #1 spot at 152 by storming to the finals of the Eastern States Classic.  The Drexel commit lost in sudden victory of the finals to 2X state finalist Peter Pappas from S8.  Wightman made a statement by placing 8th at the ESC and notched a few impressive wins along the way.  Shiafo and Ross both went 1-2 at ESC but Ross avenged his loss to Schiafo at the Mid Hudson by defeating him 4-2 at the Jamie Mormile so we’ll go Ross #4 and Schiafo #5.  Nijee’s title at the Mid Hudson keeps him over them for now.  Garcia won the title at the Henrick Hudson Tournament and enters the rankings as our #6.

160 lbs.
1. Ryan Ferro – Warwick, senior
2. Timmy Ganuncio – Minisink Valley, junior

3. Noah Curreri – Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West, senior
4. Owen Daly – Pine Bush, senior
5. Zachary Beam – Valley Central, senior
6. Lester Larkai – Washingtonville, senior

Ferro was a late scratch at the ESC but the defending state champ has a pretty secure hold on the top spot at 160 in Section 9.  Ganuncio has been wrestling great!  He lost a regular decision to Ferro in a dual and at the ESC he notched a win over Munch from Commack who finished 5th. He did not place however his two losses where to the Cuomo (champion) and Loew (3rd). Curreri entered the ESC as the #3 seed however he did not place after suffering heart breaking losses to the kids who ended up finishing 4th and 5th.  Ganuncio’s common win over Curerri (Munsch) is the reason for them flipping #2 and #3 positions.  Daly, Beam, and Larkai have all been very solid and they round out 4-6.

170 lbs.
1. Mark Ohanian – Valley Central, senior
2. Adonis Morano – Middletown, junior
3. Maxx DeCapua – NFA, freshman

4. Brian Mascaro – Wallkill, junior
5. Jason Butler – Port Jervis, junior
6. Demetrius Moore – Minisink Valley, senior

Fekishazy moves up to 182 so VC’s Ohanian takes over the top spot at 170.  He had a very solid ESC. He dnp but his two losses were to the eventual champion Tyler Barnes (7-5 sudden victory) and state qualifier Austin Trombley (2-1). Morano was 2-2 at the ESC and was one sv loss away from placing as was DeCapua who is now at 170.  Marcaro is super solid as is Butler who went 1-2 at the ESC.  MV senior Moore returns to the board at #6 but has MW’s Santanter and Middletown’s Ali nipping at his heels!

182 lbs.
1. Mike Fekishazy – Wallkill, senior
2. Joey Yanis – Minisink Valley, junior
3. Ben Cuppett – New Paltz, senior
4. Kyle Strauss – Monroe Woodbury, senior
5. Henricus Van Heedstede Obelt, senior

6. Will Leonard – Cornwall, sophomore
Fekishazy looked awesome at ESC making it to the finals where he medically forfeited out to a 2nd place finish.  Yanis had a nice ESC tournament making it to Day 2 before suffering losses to Louis Deprez (#2 in USA) and state placer Tyreek Bromley. Cuppett went 1-2 while VHO and Leonard both went 0-2.  Strauss at #4 has been very tough since dropping from 195.

195 lbs.
1. Andrew Covais – Minisink Valley, senior
2. Samson Perez – Monroe Woodbury, senior
3. Tom Kearns – Goshen, senior
4. Alex Leonty – Washingtonville, senior
5. John Cassidy – Cornwall, senior
6. Thomas Keller – Cornwall, senior
For the time in a row, 195 was the most difficult weight to rank.  It seems like there are about 7 or 8 wrestlers who might be the best here on any given day.  Covais has the best total body of work so we’ll return him to the #1 spot.  Perez drops to 195 and picks up a close win over Kearns at ESC.  Leonty has been idle for a while but will still be a contender here.  Cassidy, who placed at ESC, and his teammate Keller seem to be very equal.  Middletown’s Oquendo, Wallkill’s Kras, and ELSW’s Goodall are also very tough here.

220 lbs.
1. Ryan Ellefsen – Goshen, senior
2. Horace Duke – Middletown, senior
3. Scyler Phillips – Port Jervis, senior
4. James Ball – Saugerties, senior
5. Tyler Bohenka – Valley Central, senior

6. David Strauss – Monroe Woodbury, sophomore
Although he was probably expecting a better finish, taking 4th at the ESC is outstanding and Ellefsen is still the clear #1 here and a contender for a state title in February.  Duke has been excellent with his only S9losses coming to Ellefsen.  Phillips was a late scratch at ESC but holds at #3 as does Ball at #4.  VC senior Bohenka had a nice win over #6 Strauss in their dual versus MW so he enteres the rankings at #5.

285 lbs.
1. Andrew Fenner – Minisink Valley, junior
2. Norris Gipson – Middletown, senior
3. Guy Soumah – New Paltz, senior
4. Austin Taylor – Warwick, senior
5. Will McCartney – NFA, senior
6. Peter Leser – Saugerties, senior

Gipson placed at ESC and Fenner did not but we keep Fenner #1 and Gipson #2 because of the head to head wbf by Fenner.  No reason to move Soumah, Taylor, or McCartney and we add #6 Leser to the board here.

Weekend Schedule and Results

Union Endicott Duals – Monroe and Minisink 
(click for link to live updates page)

Russ Cordell Rotary – Saugerties and E/L/SW
Noah Curreri of Eldred/Liberty/Sullivan West was the 160 pound champion notching a pin, tech fall,and a major decision in the finals. Noah was selected as the upper weights MOW for the tournament! Saugerties finished in 6th place as a team with Colby Amell (3rd @ 99), Jimmy Heinlein (3rd @ 113), Nate Cantwell (4th @ 132), and Jimmy Ball (2nd at 195) all finishing in the top 4.

Saugerties Results     

2017 Monticello Invitational 
(click for link for tournament summary)

Shoreline Tournament – Warwick and Pine Bush
Team Scores:
1. Fox Lane 157
2. Warwick 142
3. North Rockland 138.5
4. Pine Bush 138
5. Bellmore Kennedy 126.5

Warwick had 3 champions in Lucas Wightman (152), Ryan Ferro (160) and Harrison Parrelli (195).  Ferro pinned NYS placewinner Grant Cuomo in the finals and was named MOW of the tournament.  Austin Taylor took 3rd at 285 and Andrew Wierzbicki (170), Hunter Brown (106), and Drew Greco (99) all finished in 4th place.

Pine Bush’s Dylan Greer took home the title at 138 while Kevin Urena finished 2nd at 106. Jordan Suarez (99), Derrick Magsamen (126), and Shaun Burgos (145) all finished 3rd while Tommy Askey (120) took 4th.

Chris Hernandez Tournament – Newburgh Free Academy
NFA had four wrestlers finish in the top 4 at the Chris Hernandez Memorial Tournament.  Luke Fischer was crowned champion at 113, Matt Slepoy took 3rd at 99, and Connor Leggett (152) and Diego Wilson (195) finished 4th.

2017 Chris Hernandez Memorial Final Brackets

 

Stan Elinsky Tournament – Rondout Valley
Rondout Valley placed 4 wrestlers in the top 4 and finished 2nd in the team race behind Massapequa.  Ian Houck finished 2nd at 132 after losing 5-2 in the finals to tournament MOW Cooper Hall from Deposit Hancock.  Frank Cincotta (170) and William Sutherland (285) also came in 2nd place for Rondout Valley.  Nikko Walsh (99) and Hayden Baker (145) finished in 3rd place while Tim Pereira (106) and Kevin McColgan (285) took 4th.

                                      2017 Stan Elinsky Brackets 

 

Jamie Mormile Invitational – Red Hook and Onteora
Section 9 Team Standings
Red Hook 5th 128
Onteora 6th 121

Champions:
145 – Zach Chartrand, Onteora  MOW -middle weights
170 – Matt Shields, Onteora
182 – Jeff  Kiluba, Red Hook

2nd place
113 – Nick Ross, Onteora
126 – Nate Ross, Onteora
152 – Dillon Ross, Onteora

3rd Place
106 – Wade Harris, Red Hook
152 – Tristen Schiafo, Red Hook
220 – Mahmoud Hefnawy, Red Hook

4th Place
99 – Matt Morris, Red Hook
160 – Mike Kenny, Red Hook
170 – Ryan Hobson, Red Hook
195 – CJ Benincasa, Red Hook

 

Mat Wars – Goshen, Washingtonville, Kingston, Middletown, New Paltz, and Highland
JJEF 48 Washingtonville 41                 Ketcham 45 Washingtonville 41
Washingtonville 38 East Rampo 37   Kingston 40 Washingtonville 32
Washingtonville 57 Highland 21       Washingtonville 45 New Paltz 42
Arlington 61 Washingtonville 21      Washingtonville 51 Goshen 18
Middletown 63 East Ramapo 12        Middletown 70 Goshen 9
Middletown 82 Highland 3                 Middletown 62 JJEF 18
Middletown 48 Kingston 24                Middletown 74 New Paltz 3
Middletown 67 Ketcham 6                  Kingston 44 Ketcham 36
Kingston 51 New Paltz 24                   Kingston 43 JJEF 42
Kingston 63 Highland 12                    Kingston 54 Goshen 27
East Ramapo 42 Kingston 40             Arlington 64 Kingston 16

FRIENDS OF S9 NEEDS YOUR HELP FOR THE EASTERN STATES CLASSIC NEXT WEEKEND

Parent of Section 9 Wrestlers:

As we get ready to embark on running NY States Premier Tournament: The Eastern States Classic, it will not be business as usual this year.

157 teams, 600 wrestlers, 9 mats and 20 officials will be there,

Your team and your table workers will be there, but some key personnel will not be there. Some key members of our staff have retired (as their kids have graduated) or due to jobs and physical conditions, they cannot put in the same amount of time that they have in the past. We have hired full time trainers but there are still areas we need help with.

The help needs to come from Section 9 Parents (or even from Coaches whose team is not competing):  We are doing a planning meeting on Sunday January 8th at SCCC at 2:00 pm and then continuing it at the Pizza Hut in Liberty at 2:45-3:00 pm.  .

A job summary is as follows:

Hours:
Thursday 1/124:00-10:00 pm
Friday 1/13- 6 am to 10 pm
Saturday 1/14- 6 am to 7pm

Needed for Friday/Saturday-Jan 13-14th:

3 or 4 full time servers at the Hospitality room
(setting up food, cleaning up, constantly stocking drinks and coolers,)

Hospitality room door guard-to allow people with bracelets in and the others out
(all day Friday and up till 2pm Saturday)

2  people at the ticket booth

2 people for weigh-in’s  Friday and Saturday morning (to enter wrestlers weights as they weigh in)

2 people to run the copy machine to print, collate, and distribute bracket sheets
(Friday morning, Friday night, and Saturday afternoon)

1 or 2 people to help supervise Minisink Mat maids in printing and updating the wall charts.

2 to 5 people for mat and clock set up on Thursday night  (1/08) from 4 to 10 pm –approximate

1 or 2 general administrative “floaters” to be near the head table to assist with whatever various jobs need to be done.

Or just let us know days and times you are available and we can find a way for you to help.

Please reply back to: JeffCuilty@GMail.com if you would like to help out.

Eastern States Classic Walkthrough and Meeting

Our walkthrough meeting for the Eastern States Classic wrestling tournament is this Sunday at SUNY Sullivan at 2pm. There will be a follow up meeting at Pizza Hut in Liberty at 2:45 pm. Anyone who can volunteer their time to help us set-up or run the tournament is invited to attend. Thank you in advance.

The Friends of Section 9

Week 6 Schedule & Results

Tuesday January 3, 2017
Saugerties 54 Goshen 19
Wallkill 72 Roy C. Ketcham 15

Wednesday January 4, 2017
PJ 66 Monticello 6           New Paltz 48 Red Hook 27
NFA 54 Kingston 24         Rondout 45 Onteora 42
MW 47 Middletown 27    VC 50 Washingtonville 31
MV 70 Pine Bush 6           Highland 60 Ellenville 16

Thursday January 5, 2017
Goshen 54 Chester 15

Friday January 6, 2017
Port Jervis 56 Red Hook 27
NFA 49 Warwick 25