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Well it’s that time of the the year wrestling fans!  We are less than a week away from the beginning of the 2016-2017 Section 9 wrestling season so I say it’s time we roll out some preseason individual rankings!

Please keep in mind, these ranking are just for fun.  They are posted for the sole purpose of generating some “buzz” about the upcoming season.  As you can imagine, preseason rankings are the toughest to complete accurately.  There is little to no recent body of work to use as a barometer, plus kids often move up a few weights from one season to the next – not everyone handles the jump in weight as well as others.

I welcome any and all comments about these rankings – as long as they are done in a respectful manner.  Please feel free to email me at sectionixwrestling@gmail.com. Enjoy!

Section 9 will be represented by 25 former wrestlers from 16 local high schools at Sunday’s NYS Intercollegiate Championships at Cornell University…very impressive!

Match-by-match results will be posted below!  Good luck men!

“A” Division
133 – Vinny Vespa (Hofstra, Monroe Woodury)
Vespa maj. 8-0 Ocasio (RIT)
Vespa maj 16-6 Sisco (Oneonta)
Vespa dec 7-3 Kelly (Columbia)
Eckles (Niagara CC) wbf 6:57 Vespa…Vinny takes 2nd!!!
165 – Ryan Sebesta (Niagara CC, Wallkill)
Wallace (Oneonta) maj 14-6 Sebesta
Lombardi (Oswego) dec 9-3 Sebesta
174 – Daniel DeCarlo (Oneonta, Port Jervis)
Garcia (Cornell) maj 10-2 DeCarlo
Lupicello (Brockport) dec 6-4 DeCarlo
174 – Austin Weigel (Buffalo, Onteora)
Weigel dec 8-6 Arkow (LIU)
Heller (Hofstra) dec 7-3 Weigel
McBryde (Buffalo) dec 6-4 Weigel
285 – James Bethel (Oneonta, Saugerties)
Bethel wbf 2:27 Paterson (NYU)
Bethel dec 5-0 Walter (Merchant Marine)
Bethel dec 5-3 O’Brein (Ithaca)
Ryan (Columbia) dec Bethel 8-5…James takes 2nd!!!
285 – Sam Weinger (RIT, Washingtonville)
Raigoza (Merchant Marine) dec 8-6 Weinger
Weinger inj def Haddad (Hofstra)
Farr (Army) dec 4-2 Weinger

“B” Division
125 – Johnny Stramiello  (Finger Lakes WC, Pine Bush)
Haas (Brockport) dec 7-4 Stramiello
Stramiello wbf 2:00 Berge (Jamestown CC)
Lauricella (Brockport) wbf 1:58 Stramiello
125 – Mohammed Kahn (Ulster, New Paltz)
Hetrick (Army Prep) wbf :19 Kahn
Meloni (Nassau) maj 18-5 Kahn
133 – Kevin Kelly (Binghamton, Monroe Woodbury)
Kelly wbf 1:19 Ray (Sullivan)
Damon (Hofstra) dec 5-2 Kelly
Kelly dec 8-5 Demuner (RIT)
Kelly maj 10-0 Raymond (Oneonta)
Walsh (LIU) dec 12-8 Kelly
Kelly fft Damon (Hofstra)…Kevin takes 5th place!!!
141 – Josh Santiago (Ulster, Rondout Valley)
Kutsepau (Oswego) wbf 1:59 Santiago
Rioux (RPI) wbf 6:35 Santiago
141 – Brian Vaughn (Sullivan, Pine Bush)
Miers (Columbia) wbf 1:48 Vaughn
Wilson (RPI) tech 16-0 Vaughn
149 – Richard Dennison (Unrostered, Minisink Valley)
Prince (RIT) dec 3-1 Dennison
Dennison dec 7-5 LaRuffa (Brockport)
Schoenherr (Cornell) maj 15-2 Dennison
149 – Michael LaRuffa (Brockport, Monticello)
Ward (Columbia) wbf 2:12 LaRuffa
Dennison dec 7-5 LaRuffa (Brockport)
149 – Dominick Massaro (Ulster, New Paltz)
Phelps (Niagara CC) wbf 4:53 Massaro
Gross (Oneonta) wbf 2:44 Massaro
157 – Patrick Carroll (Ulster, Kingston)
Jean (Niagara) wbf 2:34 Carroll
Nolan (Jamestown) wbf 2:20 Carroll
157 – Kyle Torre (Oswego, Red Hook)
Palmer (Brockport) dec 5-0 Torre
Fano (Ithaco) wbf 2:08 Torre
157 – Karl Linneman (Cortland, New Paltz)
McMillan (Army) tec 17-1 Linneman
Linneman maj 19-7 Ritterback (Brockport)
Jean (Niagara CC) dec 8-4 Linneman
165 – Mike DeCapua (Oswego, Newburgh Free Academy)
Farrar (Cortland) dec 7-5 DeCapua
DeCapua wbf :28 Cipolla (LIU)
Carr (Finger Lakes WC) tech 20-1 DeCapua
174 – Mark Milisci (Oswego, Washingtonville)
Karmen (Finger Lakes WC) dec 7-1 Milisci
Dolorit (NYU) dec 6-5 Milisci
174 – Miles Whitmore-Parr (Ulster,  New Paltz)
Calderelli (Buffalo) wbf :46 Whitmore-Parr
Oliver (NYU) wbf :43 Whitmore-Parr
174 – Lakell Martin (Ulster, Kingston)
Karmen (Finger Lakes WC) wbf :52 Martin
Southwick (Oswego) wbf :35 Martin
184 – Travis Kelly (Sullivan, Monticello)
Kelly tech 16-0 Cortes (Ulster)
Dean (Finger Lakes WC) wbf 2:07 Kelly
Kelly mff Munoz (Ulster)
Paterson (NYU) wbf 2:26 Kelly
184 – Javier Cortes (Ulster, Ellenville)
Kelly tech 16-0 Cortes (Ulster)
Pease (LIU) wbf 2:09 Cortes
184 – Alex Munoz (Ulster, Saugerties)
Pease (LIU) wbf 2:42 Munoz
Kelly mff Munoz (Ulster)
197 – Kevin Morgans (Cortland, Liberty)
Messare (RIT) dec 4-0 Morgans
Morgans dec 5-0 McKeown (St. Vincent)
Shoop (Army) wbf 6:38 Morgans

Barczak, Elfstrum, and Ellefsen All Crack the Top 20!

For the first time in recent memory, Section 9 has three wrestlers who are ranked in the top 20 in the nation at their respective weight class.  FloWrestling ranks Monroe Woodbury senior Evan Barczak at the #18 152 pounder in the nation while his teammate, Kendall Elfstum, is ranked #20 at 182 by The Open Mat.  Last but not least is Goshen senior and recent Clarion commit Ryan Ellefsen who is #20 at 220 according to Intermat! Congratulations to all three young men!

Jonathan Kaloust Bearcat Open
Section 9 was very well represented here with several S9 alum as well as wrestlers from Army, Army Prep, and SUNY Sullivan.  At 133, Pine Bush grad Johnny Stramiello went 1-2 wrestling for the Finger Lakes Wrestling Club while Monroe Woodbury grad Vinny Vespa went 0-2 wrestling at the same weight for Hofstra.  Another MW grad, Nick McShea, wrestled in the Bearcat going 2-2 at 197 for Maryland. SUNY Sullivan was perhaps the only 2 year school at the tournament and the 5 young men wrestled hard but were unable to notch a win going a combined 0-10.  Army wrestling had four placewinners at the Bearcat in Cael McCormick (4th at 157), Lance Peters (6th at 133), Anthony Risaliti (6th at 184) and Bennett Baulson (6th at 197).

Journeymen Wrestling Collegiate Classic
Three former Section 9 wrestlers competed in the inaugural Journeymen Wrestling Collegiate Classic.  Similar to the preseason HS event, The Journeymen Classic, this tournament is a pooled individual tourney.  Onteora graduate Austin Weigel went 3-0 and won the 184C pool wrestling for Buffalo.  NFA grad Da’mani Burns went 0-3 at 141D and MW alum Rob Kelly went 1-2 at 285D.  Burns and Kelly both wrestle for SUNY Cortland. As part of High School All-Star matches, MW senior Evan Barczak defeated Florida’s Jake Brindley 5-1.  Brindley is the 13th ranked 145 pound wrestler on the nation according to FloWrestling!

Electric City Duals in Scranton
SUNY Oneonta heavyweight James Bethel went 4-0 with four pins.  The Saugerties grad is currently ranked #2 in the Division III rankings at 285! Port Jervis graduate Dan DeCarlo went 2-1 wrestling for Oneonta at 174 pounds.

Roger Williams Invitational
Minisink Valley graduate AJ Aeberli came in 4th place at 165 wrestling for the Coast Guard Academy.  Aeberli was the 160 pound NYS champion during his senior year in high school.

Trine Invitational
Freshman Liam Heslin wrestling at D3 Baldwin-Wallace wrestled at the Trine Inviatational @ Trine University going 3-2 on the day coming up one match short of placing.  Heslin placed 6th in NYS last season wrestling for Chester!

SUNY Ulster Duals
The resurrected SUNY Ulster wrestling program opened up their 2016-2017 campaign by hosting the SUNY Ulster Duals.  Results will be posted shortly.

125: Nick Suriano (PSU) maj 15-4 Trey Chalifoux (Army)
133: Jered Cortez (PSU) maj 14-1 Austin Harry (Army)
141: Jimmy Gulibon (PSU) maj 17-6 Logan Everett (Army)
149: Zain Retherford (PSU) tech 21-3 Matt Kelly (Army)
157: Jason Nolf (PSU) wbf 2:19 Russ Parsons (Army)
Halftime: Penn State 23 Army 0
165: Vincent Joseph (PSU) tech 21-6 Andrew Mendel (Army)
174: Geno Morelli (PSU) dec 6-4 Ben Harvey (Army)
184: Bo Nickal (PSU) wbf :27 Samson Imonode (Army)
197: Matt McCutcheon (PSU) dec 4-2 Rocco Caywood (Army)
285: Nick Nevills (PSU) tech 17-2 David Farr (Army)
Final: Penn State 45 Army 0

 

Great Opportunity For Wrestling Fans!!!

Tonight, Friday November 11th at 8:00pm, the Army Black Knights will take on the defending national champion Nittany Lions from Penn State! The dual meet will take place inside Christl Arena on the campus of the United States Military Academy at West Point!  Tickets are still available!  Click here for ticket information.  For those of you who cannot make it there tonight, match-by-match results will be posted here at sectionixwrestling.com!

15 Black Knights Place Top-6

Congratulations to Russell Parsons for taking home the title at 157 at the Southeast Open with a 4-2 decision over 2X national qualifier BJ Clagon from Rider! Parsons went 5-0 on the day and did not allow a single offensive point scored against him! The Black Knights had 5 other wrestlers finish in the top 6 in the Open division and 9 placewinners in the Freshman/Sophomore division.  Ben Harvey took home the 174 title in the Freshman/Sophomore division.  Great job Army West Point!  Army’s next match will be this Friday,  November 11th when they take on defending national champions Penn State at  West Point!

Army Placewinners
Open Division
133: Austin Harry 4th
141: Logan Everett 2nd
157: Russell Parsons 1st
165: Andrew Mendel 6th
174: Jack Wedholm 6th
197: Rocco Caywood 2nd

Freshman/Sophomore Division
125: Trey Chalifoux 2nd
149: Lucas Weiland 5th
157: Cael McCormick 6th
174: Ben Harvey 1st
184: Alex Hopkins 4th, Chris Morgan 5th
197: Jeremiah Imonode 2nd, Trevor Parker 4th, Gavin Berkley 6th

Several
Section 9 Wrestlers
Set to Compete

 

 

Southeast Open – VA Tech – Sunday
Nick McShea (Maryland, 197)
Trevor Parker (West Point) wbf 1:38 McShea
McShea dec 18-7 Demazio Samuel (Appalachian State)
Jacob Tomlinson (VMI) wbf 3:30 McShea
Terrence Cheeks (Edinboro, 285)
Cheeks wbf 3:36 Ricky Benson (Benson WC)
Cheeks dec 5-4 Cody Davis (King University)
Ray O’Donnell (Princeton) tf Cheeks 15-0
Corey Daniel (UNC) maj 11-2 Cheeks

Ithaca Invitational – Ithaca College – Friday and Saturday
Mike DeCapua (Oswego, 165)
R16 – Colin Navickas (Stevens) wbf 6:34 DeCapua
Consie – DeCapua dec 2-1 Vince Drago (Rhode Island College)
Consie – Adrian Gonzalez (J&W) wbf 6:06 DeCapua
Mark Milisci (Oswego, 174)
R32 – Milisci wbf 4:51 Jack Wagner (New England College)
R16 – Tyrone Dudley (Greensboro College) dec 6-2 Milisci
Consie – Milisci dec 8-4 Josh Nelson (Western New England)
Consie – Milisci dec 7-4 Josh Smith (Stevens)
Consie – Nick Vogel (Ithaca) dec 4-3 Milisci
Justin McLee (Springfield, 197)
R16 – McLee tech 17-2 Chris St. Denny (RIT)
Quarters – AJ Kowal (Stevens) wbf 1:58 McLee
Consie – Joe Messare (RIT) dec 9-6 McLee
Sam Weinger (RIT, 285)
R16 – Weinger wbf 3:44 Connor Drouin (Norwich)
Quarters – Johan Aurelio (J&W) inj 0:00 Weinger
Consie – Mike Larm (J&W) inj 0:00 Weinger

Monarch Invitational – Kings College, PA – Saturday
Anthony Stramiello (York, 125)
Stramiello wbf 4:13 Wayne Yuan (NYU)
Nick DePierri (Scranton) wbf :46 Stramiello
Brandon McDonough (York) dec 8-7 Stramiello
Da’mani Burns (Cortland, 141)
Burns maj 12-4 Quinten Bernhard (Muhlenberg)
Burns wbf 1:23 Jarrett Ziegler (Camden CCC)
Burns wbf :52 Kyle Medrow (Wilkes)
Burns wbf 3:36 Evan Drill (NYU)
Jesse Lopez (Wilkes) wbf 4:49 Burns…Da’mani takes 2nd place!
Daniel Decarlo (Oneonta, 174)
Decarlo wbf :49 Austin Oliver (NYU)
Decarlo maj Branon Dufour (Roger Williams)
JP Puca (Cortland) wbf 1:53 Decarlo
Francis Krauss (York) maj 12-4 Decarlo
Decarlo mff E. Morales (Camden CCC)… Danny takes 5th place!
Kevin Morgans (Cortland, 197)
Keegan Connelly (Scranton) dec 6-1 Morgans
Jack Lacorte (NYU) dec 5-2 Morgans
James Bethel (Oneonta, 285)
Bethel dec 7-2 Sal Montuori (Scranton)
Bethel wbf :44 J. Kruger (Roger Williams)
Bethel dec 7-2 Nick Lupi (Cortland)
Bethel dec 4-2 Kyle Foster (Roger Williams)…James is your champ!!!
Rob Kelly (Cortland, 285)
Kelly dec 7-3 Jacob Huling (Wilkes)
Ralph Bernardo (Kings) dec 2-1 Kelly
Kelly dec 4-3 Sal Montuori (Scranton)
Adam Patsun (Roger Williams) wbf 2:27 Kelly

Dragon Duals – North Penn HS, PA – Saturday
Gerard Daly (Sacred Heart, 133)
Garrett Hancock (Gardner Webb) dec 6-4 Daly
Daly wbf Mike Hafer (Shippensburg)

Golden Eagle Open – SUNY Brockport – Saturday
Michael LaRuffa (Brockport, 149)
Zack Bendick (Brockport) maj 15-3 LaRuffa
Jordan Kayes (Brockport ) wbf 2:53 LaRuffa

Ben McMullen Open – Muskegon, MI – Saturday
Ryan Sebesta (Niagara CCC, 165)
Sebesta maj 19-7 Sean Kalisiak (Ferris State)
Alex Gonzalez (Lincoln CCC) dec 8-2 Sebesta
Sebesta dec 7-5 Milo Root (unattached)
Kyle Roberts (Olivet) dec 12-10 Sebesta

 

 

Below is a running list of Section 9 wrestlers who will be wrestling in college next year.  An email was sent to the coaches so this list will be updated as new information is received.  Feel free to email any information to sectionixwrestling@gmail.com.

Minisink Valley
Richard Dennison – SUNY Oneonta
Frankie Hernandez – Johnson & Wales, RI
Michael Raccioppi – East Stroudsburg, PA
Gerard Daly – Sacred Heart, CT
AJ Aeberli – Coast Guard Academy
Deonte Moore – SUNY Sullivan

Monroe Woodbury
Vinny Vespa – Hofstra
Nick McShea – Maryland
Kevin Kelly – SUNY Binghamton
Rob Kelly – SUNY Cortland
Anthony Stramiello – York, PA

Port Jervis
Hunter Curreri – Coe College, IA
Nathaniel Cohen – University of Scranton, PA
Daniel DeCarlo – SUNY Oneonta

Saugerties
James Bethel – SUNY Oneonta
Ethan Stanley – Navy
Brian Bucci – SUNY Ulster

Newburgh Free Academy
Terrence Cheeks – Edinboro
Da’mani Burns – SUNY Cortland
Mike DeCapua – SUNY Oswego

Washingtonville
Justin McLee – Springfield, MA
Mark Milisci – SUNY Oswego
Sam Weinger – RIT

Pine Bush
Johnny Stramiello – FLWC
Brian Vaughn – SUNY Sullivan

Monticello
Michael LaRuffa – SUNY Brockport
Travis Kelly – SUNY Sullivan

Wallkill
Ryan Sebesta – Niagara Community College

Liberty
Kevin Morgans – SUNY Cortland

Highland
Mike Feliciano – SUNY Ulster

New Paltz
Thoedore Chazkel – Ithaca College

Goshen
Justin Michaelson – Ashland University, OH

Cornwall
Anthony Torres – Alfred State

Onteora
Austin Weigel – Buffalo

Chester
Liam Heslin – Baldwin Wallace