As many of you already know, former Valley Central wrestling coach Bob Zifchock will be entering the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Upstate New York Chapter this year. The induction ceremony will take place on Sunday, September 18th in Syracuse. Below is the registration information for anyone interested in attending the ceremony. Congratulations Coach!
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2016 Waterway Duals Information
The Waterway Duals are just around the corner! This year’s tournament will take place on Saturday, September 10th at Oxford Area HS in Oxford, PA. Year in and year out this is a great event with top notch competition from NY, NJ, PA, DE, and beyond!
Who else would love to see a S9 All Star Team enter the tournament???
NYS Well Represented On FloWrestling National Rankings
Barczak Moves Up To #18 @ 145!!!
Take a look at the number of NYS wrestlers who have cracked the national rankings! As a side note – 11 of the 13 wrestlers listed below competed in last year’s Eastern States Classic…7 won titles!
FloWrestling Ranked NYS Wrestlers
106 – Greg Diakomihalis (Hilton, S5) #13
113 – Adam Busiello (Eastport SM, S11) #8
126 – Vito Arujau (Syosset, S8) #1 … #5 P4P Rankings
132 – Jacori Teemer (Long Beach, S8) #4
138 – Yianni Diakomihalis (Hilton, S5) #1 … #2 P4P Rankings
145 – Connor Melbourne (John Jay CR, S1) #15
145 – Evan Barczak (Monroe Woodbury, S9) #18
152 – Frankie Gissendanner (Penfield, S5) #7
152 – Hunter Richard (Holland Patent, S3) #8
170 – Louie Deprez (Hilton, S5) #4
182 – Jake Peru (Falconer, S6) #12
220 – Terron Robinson (Walt Whitman, S11) #18
285 – Andrew Tanner (Adirondack, S3) #15
Section 9 Results from NUWAY Summer Nationals; Barczak MOW
Several Section 9 wrestlers took to the mat this weekend for the NUWAY Summer Nationals held in Long Branch, NJ. The event featured a dual meet tournament as well as an individual event. The dual meet was won by Team NYWAY whose 155 pound wrestler was Monroe Woodbury senior Evan Barczak. The team also featured nationally-ranked NY studs Yianni Diakomihalis, Vito Arujau, and Greg Diakomihalis. Barczak had a great tournament going 5-0 including wins over NJ state qualifier Evan Deluise (5-1), PA AA state placer Chase Anklam (8-1), and OH D1 state placer Eric Beck (4-0). Evan was voted MOW of the tournament!
Apex wrestling, based out of NJ, entered two teams into the dual tournament, Apex Black and Apex Red. Goshen seniors Ryan Ellefsen and Mike Kubick as well as recent New Paltz grad Theo Chazkel wrestled for Apex Black who finished tied for 3rd in the team race. Ellefsen, a NYS runner-up last year, finished 2-2 for the day while Kubick was 1-3 and Chazkel went 3-1.
Goshen wrestling was well represented on Apex Red by Nick Fea, Frank Fea, and Tom Kearns. Both Fea brother went a perfect 4-0 while Kearns went 3-1 for the tournament! Great job guys!
In the HS individual tournament Section 9 had only one place winner as Frank Fea finished in 4th at 117. Tom Kearns went 2-2 at 220 and was a win away from winning while Ellefsen suffered a 2-1 loss to the eventual winner at HWT but needed to injury default out of the tournament in his next bout. Nick Fea was the champion at 85 pounds for the MS tournament.
The tournament also had a girls division and Section 9 was very well represented by the Venom Girls Wrestling Club based in Otisville (Minisink Valley School District). Several of the girls fared very well in their individual tournament brackets however they really shined in Sunday’s team tournament where they took home the team title! Great job girls!!!
Super 32 Qualifier
Eastern PA Super 32 Challenge High School Qualifier
at John Deitrich Field House, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
Saturday, August 20th, 2016
2300 Liberty St, Allentown, PA 18104
Section 9 Results from Fargo
Junior Freestyle
132 – Anthony Sountis (Monroe Woodbury)
Prelim: Keaton Geerts (IA) TF 10-0 Sountis
Con: Sountis dec 8-5 Alex Lucas (OH)
Con: Sountis inj Triston Lara (IA)
Con: Shawn Orem (MD) TF 10-0 Sountis
145 – Evan Barczak (Monroe Woodbury)
Prelim: Barczak TF 11-0 Preston Bunty (ID)
R64: Barczak WBF 2:17 Noah North (SC)
R32: Phil Conigliaro (MA) dec 13-7 Barczak
Con: Gabriel Dinette (CO) TF 14-3 Barczak
182 – Kendall Elfstrum (Monroe Woodbury)
Prelim: Elfstrum TF 11-1 Chris Collins (FL)
R64: Elfstrum dec 8-0 Logan Rill (MD)
R32: Matthew Waddell (GA) TF 14-4 Elfstrum
Con: Elfstrum TF 12-0 Henry Rossiter (TX)
Con: Elfstrum TF 12-0 Hatcher (AK)
Con: Elfstrum inj 0:00 James Handwerk (OH)
Con: Max Lyon (IA) TF 10-0 Elfstrum
220 – Nick McShea (Monroe Woodbury)
R64: McShea TF 12-0 Ricardo Atkinson (GA)
R32: Zane Black (PA) WBF 5:48 McShea
Con: McShea dec 12-7 Henry Willoughby (TX)
Con: McShea WBF 1:58 Gunnar Cash (OK)
Con: McShea inj 0:00 Jared Campbell (OH)
Con: Brandon Reed (KY) WBF 2:21 McShea
Cadet Freestyle
120 – Marco Vespa (Monroe Woodbury)
Prelim: Vespa TF 10-0 Matt Richardson (MD)
R64: Phil Moomey (NE) TF 14-4 Vespa
Con: Vespa TF 10-0 Mathew Jun (MD)
Con: Tylor Triana (IN) WBF 2:45 Vespa
170 – Adonis Morano (Middletown)
R64: Gillermo Escobedo (CA) TF 10-0 Morano
Con: Morano TF 12-1 Rockne Hurnley (IN)
Con: Morano WBF 1:36 Justin Segarra (FL)
Con: Morano TF 11-0 Jackson Punzel (IL)
Con: Waggonner (KS) TF 15-2 Morano
Junior Greco
126 – Chris Bouton (Kingston)
R64: Gabe Townsell (IL) TF 10-0 Bouton
Con: Bouton TF 11-0 Simon Potter (KS)
Con: Dante Tacchia (IA) dec 18-16 Bouton
132 – Anthony Sountis (Monroe Woodbury)
Prelim: Shawn Orem (MD) TF 10-0 Sountis
Con: Sountis WBF 2:55 Wyatt Gaspar (WA)
Con: Jacob Butler (OK) TF 10-0 Sountis
Cadet Greco
113 – Dylan Earl (Monroe Woodbury)
R64: Antonio Saldate (NV) WBF 1:24 Dylan Earl
Con: Kyle Kantola (MI) TF 10-0 Dylan Earl
170 – Adonis Morano (Middletown)
R64: Adonis Morano TF 13-2 Lincoln Coakley (IA)
R32: Quinn Simard (CA) WBF 1:27 Adonis Morano
Con: Adonis Morano TF 15-4 Aidan Hicks (OK)
Con: Adonis Morano dec 14-13 Ryan Vedner (IL)
Con: Gillermo Escobedo (CA) TF 13-2 Adonis Morano
Barczak Ranked #20 in Nation by FloWrestling!
Congratulations to Monroe Woodbury’s Evan Barczak for being recognized by FloWrestling in their most recent rankings of the top wrestlers in the nation. Barczak, who is a 2X NYS placewinner, was selected as the #20 ranked wrestler in the nation at 145 pounds. The senior-to-be will have an opportunity to ascend up the rankings in a few weeks when he takes the trip to Fargo where he will likely face several other nationally ranked studs! Congratulations Evan!
Summer Mat Club in Washingtonville
Excelsior United at NHSCA National Duals
Excelsior United, a team made up of mostly S9 wrestlers, traveled to VA Beach to compete in the NHSCA National Duals. Coached by Cory Ferguson (Burke Catholic) and assistant Bryan Mongiello (Washingtonville) the team went 2-4 overall. Wallkill senior Ryan Sebesta led the team going 6-0 for the weekend with impressive pin, tech, and OT victories. He was joined by teammates Brad Bonner (3-3) and Avery Ellison (1-4). Washingtonville’s wrestlers were Chris Martin (5-2), Brandon Bobe (4-1), Max Kissack (1-5), Chris Zappolo (1-3), Gino Giacoio (0-5), Noah Cruz (0-3), Lester Larkai, and Henry Van Heemstede Obelt. Burke Catholic’s Logan Ewanciw (1-4) and Chester’s Liam Bullock joined the team as well.
The team scores were:
Blue Claw WC Red-41, Excelsior United-27
Ragin Raisins Split-63, Excelsior United-3
Buxton Broken Hearts-57, Excelsior United-13
SEPA White-46, Excelsior United-26
Excelsior United-51, 84 Athletes-15
Excelsior United-45, Chesapeake Elite Hawk-33
4 Locals Join Team SIR at NHSCA National Duals
Wightman, Curreri, Yanis, and Goodell Make the Trip to VA Beach
SIR Wrestling, a wrestling club in Lafayette, NJ, put together a team which included 4 Section 9 wrestlers to compete in this weekend’s ultra competitive NHSCA National Duals in Virginia Beach, VA. Lucas Wightman (Warwick), Joey Yanis (Minisink Valley), Noah Curreri and John Goodell (both from Eldred) joined their NJ teammates and battled to a 2-4 record for the weekend. SIR went 2-1 on Saturday beating Grand Strand Hurricanes 49-3 and Ragin Raisins Green 52-15 after dropping their opening dual to Renegade Elite 50-10. On Sunday Team SIR battled hard but dropped all three matches so they are eliminated from the tournament. The scores were Shore Thing CFWA 49 SIR 10, Nauman Teal 39 SIR 22, and Wrestling Addix St. Green 50 SIR 14.
Yanis lead the S9 contingent by going 3-3 including and OT loss to the kid who finished 3rd in NJ this year! Wightman and Curreri were 2-4 for the tournament while Goodell battled every match but went 0-6. Great job men!!!