SECTION 9 WRESTLING

Monday – December 18, 2023
Goshen 60 Beacon 12

Wednesday – December 20, 2023
Minisink Valley 60 Valley Central 11
Middletown 42 Monroe Woodbury 31
Beacon @ Saugerties
Burke vs Eldred
Burke 25 Sullivan West 15
Chester 71 Ellenville 5
Cornwall 54 Monticello 6
Onteora @ Fallsburg/Tri-Valley
Pine Bush 42 FDR/Hyde Park 36
Red Hook 48 Highland 27
NFA 60 Kingston 15
New Paltz 59 Liberty 12
Port Jervis 66 Our Lady of Lourdes 3
Washingtonville 40 Warwick 33

Thursday December 21, 2023
Highland @ Rondout Valley

Friday December 22, 2023
NFA 44 Monroe Woodbury 24
Port Jervis 58 Red Hook 12
Our Lady of Lourdes 39 Liberty 30
Girls Wrestling Multi-Meet @ Chester

Better late than never! Let’s take a look at the first edition of the Section 9 Rankings.

Annual Disclaimer….
These rankings are for fun. In the grand scheme of things, rankings mean absolutely nothing! They DO NOT factor into how a tournament is seeded. Rankings are posted to create a “buzz” and discussion about the sport that we love – nothing more, nothing less. I can almost guarantee that I have made a few glaring mistakes and/or omissions. I can assure you that it was nothing personal. Respectful comments and questions are always welcome at sectionixwrestling@gmail.com.

Enjoy!

101 Pounds – Division 1
1. William Soto (NFA, 9)
2. Kelly Sullivan (Monroe Woodbury, 8)
3. Garrett Judd (Warwick, 9)
4. Anthony Noboa (Middletown, 9)
5. Griffyn Alfalla (Pine Bush, 8)

101 Pounds – Division 2
1. Matteo Walsh (Rondout Valley, 7)
2. Justin Jones (Port Jervis, 7)

108 Pounds – Division 1
1. Cooper Merli (NFA, 10)
2. Marco Futia (Wallkill, 10)
3. EJ Vass (Valley Central, 8)
4. Gabe Simpson (Minisink Valley, 10)
5. Jared Lupian-Reyes (Middletown, 11)

108 Pounds – Division 2
1. Charlie Wylie (Port Jervis, 10)
2. Carmello Massey (Red Hook, 9)

116 Pounds – Division 1
1. Gianni Gennaro (Washingtonville, 9)
2. Santiago Chrisjohn (Saugerties, 9)
3. Greg Schaefer (Goshen, 10)
4. Gabriel McNally (Pine Bush, 11)
5. Colin Matone (Minisink Valley, 9)

116 Pounds – Division 2
1. Lorenzo Caserto (Marlboro, 9)
2. Andrew Roberts (Port Jervis, 8)

124 Pounds – Division 1
1. Brady Judd (Warwick, 11)
2. Myles Amell (Saugerties, 10)
3. Jordan Busby (NFA, 11)
4. Luke Dakin (FDR-Hyde Park, 10)
5. Vincent Coppola (Minisink Valley, 9)

124 Pounds – Division 2
1. Bradley Gatto (Highland, 11)
2. Cole Corcoran (Port Jervis, 9)

131 Pounds – Division 1
1. Luke Satriano (Valley Central, 11)
2. Matthew Mercado (NFA, 11)
3. Viktor Banda (Wallkill, 12)
4. Nate Racz (Minisink Valley, 10)
5. Elijah Brown (Monroe Woodbury, 8)

131 Pounds – Division 2
1. Justin Harrison (Port Jervis, 11)
2. Ewen Celestine (Red Hook, 11)

138 Pounds – Division 1
1. Richie Degon (Valley Central, 12)
2. Griffin Petzold (Warwick, 11)
3. Wyatt Boice (Minisink Valley, 9)
4. Jacob Roger (Middletown, 12)
5. Joseph Uhrig (Minisink Valley, 9)

138 Pounds – Division 2
1. Reece Greathouse (Marlboro, 12)
2. Thomas Shields (Onteora, 12)

145 Pounds – Division 1
1. Anthony Tresch (Minisink Valley, 11)
2. Daniel Aviles (Middletown, 10)
3. Maximus Smith (Valley Central, 9)
4. Evan Weeden (Goshen, 10)
5. Michael Cantania (Valley Central, 10)

145 Pounds – Division 2
1. Anthony Theodore (Port Jervis, 11)
2. Luke Potter (Eldred, 9)

152 Pounds – Division 1
1. Luke Greiner (Minisink Valley, 12)
2. Mason Ketcham (Washingtonville, 11)
3. Logan Pennell (Pine Bush, 11)
4. Anastasios Tzezailidis (Warwick, 10)
5. Jack Bucci (Saugerties, 12)

152 Pounds – Division 2
1. Justin Coiteux (New Paltz, 12)
2. Patrick Nolan (Ellenville, 10)

160 Pounds – Division 1
1. PJ Duke (Minisink Valley, 11)
2. Dan Weeden (Goshen, 12)
3. Matteo Morell (NFA, 10)
4. Isaiah Hockx (Saugerties, 12)
5. Liam Dakin (FDR-Hyde Park, 10)

160 Pounds – Division 2
1. Ryan Ross (Port Jervis, 12)
2. Michael Franco (Chester, 12)

170 Pounds – Division 1
1. Quinten Morgan (Minisink Valley, 12)
2. Anthony Annacone (Wallkill, 12)
3. Musa Aljamal (Washingtonville, 12)
4. Jonathan Subocz (Monroe Woodbury, 12)
5. Tray Bilyou (FDR-Hyde Park, 12)

170 Pounds – Division 2
1. Frankie Shaw (Burke, 12)
2. Elvin Momanyi (Chester, 10)

190 Pounds – Division 1
1. Zachary Filip (Minisink Valley, 10)
2. Johnny Accardo (Warwick, 12)
3. Kyle Kubik (Goshen, 12)
4. Luis Rodas-Paz (Monroe Woodbury, 11)
5. Ryan Calfe (Valley Central, 12)

190 Pounds – Division 2
1. Ivan Figueroa (Port Jervis, 12)
2. Maddox McCormick (Port Jervis, 11)

215 Pounds – Division 1
1. Bryson Tibbs (Middletown, 12)
2. Christopher Leggett (NFA, 11)
3. Ashton Capen (Monroe Woodbury, 10)
4. Christian Lemus (Wallkill, 12)
5. Timmy Duke (Minisink Valley, 10)

215 Pounds – Division 2
1. Matt Oosterom (Port Jervis, 12)
2. Kwadwo Osei-Kwanin (Chester, 11)

285 Pounds – Division 1
1. Stephan Monchery (Middletown, 12)
2. Rahmiere Bradley (Middletown, 12)
3. Kevin Crowe-Bailey (Minisink Valley, 11)
4. Julian Aviles (Wallkill, 10)
5. Patrick Curran (Pine Bush, 10)

285 Pounds – Division 2
1. Mark Paschal (Red Hook, 12)
2. Nick Oosterom (Port Jervis, 9)

Beast of the East
106 – Cooper Merli (NFA)
Rd 64: Merli (NFA) wbf 1:09 Mann (Timberlane, NH)
Rd 32: Merli (NFA) dec 3-0 Yordy (Gettysburg, PA)
Rd 16: Merli (NFA) dec 5-4 Boyce (Conwell Egan, PA)
Quarters: Bachmann (Faith Christian Academy, PA) maj 15-5 Merli (NFA)
Blood Round: Wolford (N. Lebanon, PA) dec 2-1 Merli (NFA)

126 – Luke Satriano (Valley Central)
Rd 64: Satriano (VC) maj 8-0 Walther (Conwell Egan, PA)
Rd 32: Satriano (VC) maj 14-0 Menickella (St. Marks, DE)
Rd 16: Spaulding (Camden Catholic, NJ) dec 4-2 sv Satriano (VC)
Consi 16 #2: Paino (St. Joe’s Regional, NJ) dec 2-0 Satriano (VC)

Jim Wilson Duals at Minisink Valley High School
Minisink Valley went 4-0 and defeated Plainedge in the finals to win the Jim Wilson Duals! The Warriors received key pins from Timmy Duke at 215 and Gabe Simpson at 108 to help secure the victory. Anthony Tresch’s win over Kyle Carter was also a huge win for Minisink! Minisink Valley’s PJ Duke, the P4P #1 ranked wrestler in the country, was voted by the coaches as the Frank Carrozza MOW. PJ finished the day 4-0 with 4 pins. Duke’s teammate Zack Filip won the Don Simmons Aggregate Pin Award notching 4 pins is 3:57!

Rd 1
Plainedge 54 Washingtonville 24
Minisink Valley 73 Cornwall 0
Maine Endwell 46 Brooklyn Tech 24

Rd 2
Maine Endwell 45 Cornwall 25
Minisink Valley 72 Brooklyn Tech 6
Pearl River 69 Monticello 6

Rd 3
Washingtonville 56 Monticello 6
Minisink Valley 74 Maine Endwell 0
Plainedge 64 Pearl River 12

Rd 4
Plainedge 76 Monticello 0
Washingtonville 42 Pearl River 34
Brooklyn Tech 40 Cornwall 21

Medal Round
1st Place: Minisink Valley 39 Plainedge 25
3rd Place: Maine Endwell 48 Washingtonville 29
5th Place: Brooklyn Tech 37 Pearl River 26
7th Place: Cornwall 57 Monticello 9

Clarkstown North Tournament
Wallkill posted a 5-0 record today winning the Clarkstown North Tournament in Section 1!
Wallkill 42 Warwick 34
Wallkill 49 West Islip 21
Wallkill 48 Clarkstown North 30
Wallkill 48 Lakeland Panas 24
Wallkill 48 John Jay Cross River 27
West Islip 42 Warwick 30
Warwick 42 Clarkstown North 30
Warwick 35 Lakeland Panas 30
Warwick 37 John Jay Cross River 27

Thomas Chickanis Memorial Tournament
Middletown’s Stephan Monchery won the tournament defeating the #7 wrestler in NYS in the finals! That victory was his 158th career victory which sets the new all-time wins record for the school!

Middletown outpaced #14 Carthage 298.5 to 257 to win the team title!
101 – Anthony Noboa 🥇
108 – Jared Lupian 🥇
108 – Israel Rosales 🥈 (knocked off NYS #9 in Semis!)
116 – Andrew Smith 🥈
124 – Miguel Nieves 4th
131 – Justin Noboa 5th
138 – Jacob Roger 🥈
145 – DJ Aviles 🥈
160 – Jacob Estevez 🥇
190 – Julani Graham 🥈
215 – Bryson Tibbs 🥇
285 – Stephan Monchery 🥇
285 – Rahmiere Bradley 🥉

Middletown results for the Thomas Chickanis Memorial Tournament

Liberty results for the Thomas Chickanis Memorial Tournament

Conklin Memorial Nanuet Tournament
Somers/North Salem 48 Red Hook 30
Scarsdale 38 Red Hook 33
Red Hook 48 Nanuet 30
Red Hook 51 Nyack 33
Babylon 54 Red Hook 21

Pawling Round Robin
Chester came in 2nd place as a team with 171 points.
All 10 wrestlers that competed placed top 4:

101- Matt Thonus (2nd)
116- Giacomo Abatte (1st)
124- Dereck Chavez (3rd)
131- Trent Edwards (4th)
138- Karsten McLaughlin (3rd)
152- Dominick Jean-Pierre (4th)
160- Michael Franco (1st)
170- Elvin Momanyi (2nd)
190- Tyler Santangelo (3rd)
215- Kwadwo Osei-Kwanin (1st)

Cuneen Doane Tournament
Pine Bush finished in 4th out of 16 teams.
1st Logan Pennell 152
2nd Griffyn Alfalla 101
2nd Patrick Curran 285
3rd Gabe McNally 116
4th Ethan Conrow 170
6th Ed Morley 190

Port Jervis crown two champions and had two other finalists at the Cuneen Doane Tournament. Ryan Ross was the champion at 160 while Matt Oosterom took the title at 215! Charlie Wylie placed second at 108 as did Justin Harrison at 131.

Full Results for Port Jervis at the Cuneen Doane Tournament

Girls Beast of the East
Congratulations to Pine Bush’s Brooke Tarshis for going 4-1 and taking home 5th place honors at the 2nd Annual Girls Beast of the East!

Girls Only Multi-Match at Port Jervis

U-E Tradesman Girls Tournament – Minisink Valley results
Minisink Valley won the team title!!!!
🥇Keira Filip: 107 lbs
🥇Sara Pauls 114 lbs
🥇Sophia Franco-Coelho 120lbs
🥇Jaida Macaluso 132 lbs

🥈Amelia Petzel: (bumped to 100lbs)
🥈Patricia Dealandes-235

🥉Makenna Matone: 100lbs
🥉Madyson Thorpe: 107 lbs
🥉Brooke Besson 145 lbs

4th place:
Autumn O’Connor 126 lbs
Anastasia Albonoz 132 lbs (tied)
Avery Wingen 132 lbs (tied)
Aria Marrero 138 lbs

5th place:
Leighla Colon 120 lbs
Ryleigh Jennings 126 lbs

6th place:
Vanessa Tepper 114 lbs
Leah Lofstedt 165 lbs
Ava Semco 185 lbs

8th place:
tied for 8th at 114 lbs Kenzie Welch & Peyton Matone
Alyssa Burns 120 lbs

Monday 12/11/23
Saugerties 40 FDR Hyde Park 28

Tuesday 12/12/23
Minisink Valley 47 Wallkill 23
Burke @ Liberty

Wednesday 12/13/23
Beacon @ Kingston
Port Jervis 68 Chester 6
Eldred @ Highland
Ellenville @ New Paltz
Our Lady of Lourdes 54 Fallsburg-Tri-Valley 12
Goshen 42 Valley Central 24
Middletown 44 Saugerties 24
Pine Bush 57 Monticello 7
Onteora 45 Red Hook 30

Thursday 12/14/23
NFA 55 Washingtonville 18

Friday 12/15/23
Red Hook 66 Ellenville 10

**First Ever Girls Only Multi-Meet @ Port Jervis HS**

Ironman – Girls Division
Minisink Valley wrestlers Sara Pauls and Jaida Macaluso competed in the inaugural Girls Division of the Walsh Ironman Tournament in Ohio. Congratulations to Jaida for finishing in 7th place at 130 pounds and Sara wrestled very well in an extremely tough 115-pound bracket and finished 1-2. Great job ladies!!!

Mamaroneck Tournament – Wallkill and Burke
Wallkill Results: Anthony Annacone (170 lbs), Christian Lemus (215 lbs) and Julian Aviles (285 lbs) all claimed gold. 8th grader, Ty Patterson secured 3rd place.
Burke Results: Aaron Lonstien 4th at 138, Justin Mazzie 4th at 152, Frankie Shaw 4th at 170 (inj. Default), and Dylan Miralle 4th at 190

Patriot Invitational – Competing without several of their top wrestlers, Middletown still crowned three champions and finished 2nd at the Patriot Invitational. Valley Central finished 5th in the team race while Rondout Valley placed 6th as a team!

101 Pounds
1st: #1-Christian Martino (JJEF) DEC #3-Matteo Walsh (Rondout) D 3-2
3rd: #2-Anthony Noboa (Midd) WBF #4-Jude Smith (Midd) F 0:40
5th: #6-Brendan Hansen (Arlington) WBF #5-Liam McGill (ESW) F 4:05
108 Pounds
1st: #1-EJ Vass (Valley Central) WBF #3-Israel Rosales (Midd) F 3:17
3rd: #2-Jay Akasofu (Arlington) DEC #6-Olivia Schmidt (Valley Central) D 5-2
5th: #4-Evan Bryant (Middletown) DEC #5-David Olmedo (Arlington) D 7-5
116 Pounds
1st: #1-Andrew Smith (Midd) WBF #2-Dennis Byrne (Arlington) F 0:44
3rd: #5-Carlos Deoleo (Yonkers) WBF #4-Matt Russo (JJEF) F 3:36
5th: #7-Jack Keohane (Yonkers) WBF #3-Bryce Reilly (OLL) F M FOR
124 Pounds
1st: #1-Ryan Fitzpatrick (JJEF) WBF #3-Miguel Nieves (Midd) F 0:35
3rd: #2-Kevin Panzer (Pawling) DEC #4-Steven Weber (JJEF) D 2-1
5th: #8-Sebastian Pickett (VC) WBF #7-Ruben Lemus-Villeda (HH) F 0:59
131 Pounds
1st: #3-Justin Noboa (Midd) WBF #4-Chris Mollicone (JJEF) F 3:13
3rd: #7-Michael Hann (Arlington) DEC #1-Aiden Soto (Pawling) D 7-0
5th: #8-Carlos Contreras (Midd) WBF #2-Nick Laskowski (RV) F M FOR
138 Pounds
1st: #2-Giovanni Gioio (Hendrick Hudson) WBF #1-Rich Degan (VC) F 1:21
3rd: #3-Gage Merkhofer (JJEF) DEC #5-Jackson Barcone (Rondout) D 4-1
5th: #8-Colin Kinsley (Valley Central) DEC #6-Oscar Franco (Midd) D 7-2
145 Pounds
1st: #1-Kevin Murphy (JJEF) WBF #2-Shawn OMara Jr. (HH) F 0:25
3rd: #4-Max Smith (Valley Central) DEC #3-Ben Kushnir (HH) D 7-6
5th: #7-Mike Cantania (Valley Central) DEC #8-Antonio Quinones (Arl) D 8-7
152 Pounds
1st: #2-Brandon DellaPia (JJEF) WBF #1-Luke Amuso (Pawling) F 2:37
3rd: #3-Mike Giannoni (Valley Central) WBF #5-Michael Turner (Arl) F 3:56
5th: #8-Tristan McCormack (OLL) WBF #6-Kenneth Mora (HH) F 3:47
160 Pounds
1st: #2-Stephan Durandisse (Arl) WBF #1-Ismael Andrade (HH) F 1:40
3rd: #6-Jacob Estevez (Middletown) DEC #7-Evan Rossi (JJEF) D 3-2 OT
5th: #4-Josh Simon (Middletown) DEC #5-Ivan Heunis (OLL) D 4-2
170 Pounds
1st: #1-Xavier Realmuto (Arl) DEC #3-Matthew Finnerty (Monticello) M 13-2
3rd: #4-Joseph Perez (Rondout) DEC #8-Zach Bickham (Liberty) M 11-3
5th: #6-Danny Morrison (JJEF) DEC #2-Arturo Benedicto (Monticello) D 8-6
190 Pounds
1st: #1-Kyle Peske (Hendrick Hudson) DEC #2-Logan Mohl (JJEF) D 9-3
3rd: #7-Ryan Calfe (Valley Central) WBF #8-Shawn Bickham (Liberty) F 1:37
5th: #5-Mica King (Rondout Valley) WBF #3-Joe Lowe-Celaya (JJEF) F 0:20
215 Pounds
1st: #1-Michael Mauro (JJEF) WBF #2-Julani Graham (Middletown) F 1:55
3rd: #3-Timmy Irving (JJEF) WBF #5-Yamil Melendez (HH) F 4:21
5th: #7-Armani Bush (Arlington) WBF #8-Luis Santella (HH) F 2:30
285 Pounds
1st: #1-Rahmiere Bradley (Middletown) WBF #2-Mason Deitz (HH) F 2:42
3rd: #3-David Perez (HH) DEC #7-Imhotep Qadaar (Yonkers) D 7-6
5th: #4-Cameron Whiley (Midd) WBF #5-Aaron Villalobos (Pawling) F 1:04

President’s Challange – Congrats to Minisink Valley’s Varsity B team for battling hard and taking home the team title at the 2023 President’s Challange at FDR!
Minisink Valley 50 Kingston 17
Minisink Valley 60 Highland 12
Minisink Valley 48 FDR Hyde Park 24
Minisink Valley 61 Red Hook 12
Minisink Valley 39 Saugerties 28
FDR Hyde Park 57 Reh Hook 17
Red Hook 46 Highland 30
Red Hook 54 Kingston 21
Saugerties 45 Red Hook 30

Yorktown Duals
NFA 59 Sleepy Hollow 11
NFA 40 Lakeland Panas 30
NFA 59 Carmel 9
Yorktown 38 NFA 36

Bernie Miller Tournament – Beacon

Cornwall Duals – Cornwall and Warwick

Tri-State Holiday Duals – Port Jervis, Goshen, Pine Bush, Washingtonville

Wrangle on the Plains – Monroe Woodbury

Wednesday – 12/6
Valley Central 46 Beacon 24
Our Lady of Lourdes 42 Burke 21
Chester 48 New Paltz 24
Newburgh Free Academy 57 Cornwall 9
Rondout Valley 42 Eldred 6
Liberty 36 Fallsburg-Tri Valley 24
FDR Hyde Park 42 Kingston 33
Middletown 50 Goshen 17
Minisink Valley 64 Pine Bush 9
Monroe Woodbury 35 Wallkill 31
Washingtonville 41 Monticello 36
Port Jervis 62 Onteora 6
Warwick 61 Saugerties 12

Mark Stephens Tournament
Middletown finished 5-1 and placed 2nd while Monroe Woodbury went 4-2 at the 14th annual Mark Stephens Classic. Results

Middletown 56 Horseheads B 9
Middletown 35 Horseheads 30
Canisteo Greenwood 37 Middletown 36
Middletown 72 Sayre Area 3
Middletown 64 Ithaca 9
Middletown 33 Bolivar Richburg 12

Monroe Woodbury 57 Bolivar Richburg 15
Canisteo Greenwood 48 Monroe Woodbury 21
Monroe Woodbury 52 Ithaca 24
Monroe Woodbury 76 Sayre Area 0
Horseheads 39 Monroe Woodbury 26
Monroe Woodbury 63 Horseheads B 12

Battle at the Beach
Valley Central crowned two champions and had one other finalist at the 2023 Battle at the Beach tournament. EJ Vass won the title at 108 by taking out 2023 state place winner Ethan Andruela from Long Beach in the finals. 2023 state champion Luke Satriano dominated the competition notching four pins and a tech fall on his way to the title at 131! At 138, Richie Degon made it all the way to the finals before falling to last year’s state finalist at 126, Joe Clem from Wantagh. Great job boys!

Bethlehem Round Robin
Wallkill had 4 Champions crowned this weekend with a total of 9 top 3 place-finishers at the Bethlehem Round Robin Tournament…
101: Ty Patterson 🥈
108: Marco Futia 🥇
124: Devin Strother 🥈
131: Vik Banda 🥇
138: John Naparano 🥉
160: Omar Martinez 🥉
170: Anthony Annacone 🥇
215: Christian Lemus 🥉
285: Julian Aviles 🥇

Port Jervis had three champs, three second place finishers, and one wrestler finish in third place. Justin Jones was the champ at 101, Ryan Ross took the title at 160 while Matt Oosterom was the top dog at 215! Charlie Wylie, Maddox McCormick, and Justin Harrison placed 2nd for Port Jervis while Nick Oosterom took the bronze!

Reese Greathouse from Marlboro took home the title at 138 while Quin Jones from Highland placed 2nd at 160. Highland’s Bradley Gatto and Trucker Vett both placed 4th while Lorenzo Caserto from Marlboro took 5th.

Columbia Blue Devil Duals
Newburgh Free Academy went 7-0 and were crowned team champions at the Columbia Blue Devil Duals. Going a perfect 7-0 for NFA were William Soto, Cooper Merli, Matt Mercado, and Chris Leggett! Congrats Goldbacks!!!

Newburgh 38 Beekmantown 27
Newburgh 77 Ichabod Crane 0
Newburgh 78 Watervliet Cohoes Heatley 0
Newburgh 59 Niskayuna 6
Newburgh 38 Columbia 36
Newburgh 57 Tamarac 15
Newburgh 63 Guilderland 12

Lance Golubinski Duals
Warwick went 5-0 and won the Lance Golubinski Duals. Going undefeated for Warwick were Garret Judd, Brady Judd, Griffin Petzold, and Johnny Accardo. Petzold was voted Tournament MOW! Goshen went 3-2 and had three wrestlers go undefeated – Jacob Perales, Evan Weeden, and Dan Weeden!

Warwick 38 Tappan Zee 36
Warwick 42 Nanuet 24
Warwick 36 Goshen 36 (Warwick wins 37-36 by criteria, 7 matches won)
Warwick 45 Saugerties 30
Warwick 1 Longwood 0 (Longwood checked-in a wrestler who weighed-in at 2 weights below the contested weight)

Goshen 42 Saugerties 31
Longwood 45 Goshen 24
Goshen 51 Tappan Zee 20
Goshen 60 Nanuet 18

Ballston Spa Duals
Minisink Valley went 5-0 and won the Ballston Spa Tournament!

Minisink Valley 55 Shaker 12
Minisink Valley 47 Saratoga Springs 13
Minisink Valley 48 Hudson Falls 24
Minisink Valley 55 Warrensburg 9
Minisink Valley 54 Ballston Spa 9

White Plains Duals
Pine Bush went 4-1 and finished 3rd at the White Plains Duals! Going undefeated for Pine Bush were Gabe McNally, Richard Urena, and Bryan Alzamora.

Pine Bush 43 Beacon 30
Pine Bush 54 Pawling 18
Pine Bush 42 White Plains 33
Scarsdale 33 Pine Bush 33 (Scarsdale wins 34-33 criteria, 7 wins)
Pine Bush 34 Rye 33

After taking a few months off, www.sectionixwrestling.com is back!!! I will be posting weekly schedules, results, and of course, rankings!! Let’s have a great season Section 9! Sincerely, Mike

5 FOR 5
Section 9 had five women entered in the 2023 USMC Women’s National Championship in Spokane, Washington …. All FIVE ARE COMING HOME AS ALL-AMERICANS!!!! Congratulations to GiGi Sullivan, Sara Pauls, Charlie Wylie, Sofia Macaluso, and Mia Macaluso for making it to the podium at this year’s tournament!

Gigi Sullivan (Monroe Woodbury – 14U, 85 pounds) – CHAMPION
Quarters: Gigi Sullivan f :36 Caitlyn Kendall (Oregon)
Semis: Gigi Sullivan tf 11-0 Emma Grimes (Pennsylvania)
Finals: Gigi Sullivan tf 10-0 Zoe Roddis (Oregon)

Sara Pauls (Minisink Valley – 14U, 110 pounds) – 7th Place
Rd 16: Sara Pauls dec 16-13 Kezra McKenzie (Nevada)
Quarters: Olivia Bezdicek (Idaho) tf 10-0 Sara Pauls
Blood Round: Sara Pauls f 3:24 Malia Riojas (Washington)
Consi 4: Malia Ottow (Washington) tf 10-0 Sara Pauls
7th/8th Place: Sara Pauls f 1:29 Noemi Cordero (California)

Charlie Wylie (Port Jervis – 17U, 46 KG) – 4th Place
Rd 16: Charlie Wylie tf 10-0 Eyvori Jacquez (Colorado)
Quarters: Carlie Wylie tf 10-0 Monee Cordero (California)
Semis: Rianne Murphy (Indiana) dec 8-2 Charlie Wylie
Consi Semis: Charlie Wylie dec 12-4 Joely Slyter (Idaho)
3rd/4th Place: Nakayla Dawson (Michigan) fft over Charlie Wylie

Sofia Macaluso (Minisink Valley/East Stroudsburg – 20U, 57 KG) – 3rd Place
Rd 16: Sofia Macaluso dec 7-0 Joanna Vanderwood (Washington)
Quarters: Sofia Macaluso dec 7-5 Jaclyn Dehney (New Hampshire)
Semis: Christelle Rodriguez (California) dec 10-6 Sofia Macaluso
Consi Semis: Sofia Macaluso tf 11-0 Joanna Vanderwood (Washington)
3rd/4th Place: Sofia Macaluso dec 6-4 Jennifer Soto (California)
**Sofia qualifies for the 20U World Team**

Mia Macaluso (Minisink Valley/East Stroudsburg – 23U, 55 KG) – 4th Place
Quarters: Mia Macaluso tf 12-2 Alisha Narvaez (California)
Semis: Elana Evaldi (California) f 4:07 Mia Macaluso
Consi Semis: Mia Macaluso DQ over Vayle Baker (Pennsylvania)
3rd/4th Place: Gabrielle Skidmore (Wisconsin) dec 10-1 Mia Macaluso

On Wednesday, March 29, 2023, The Friends of Section 9 hosted their annual Banquet of Champions. The event was held at Spruce Lodge in Montgomery and was attended by nearly 240 people! Financial limitations due to COVID (no Eastern States Classic in 2021 or 2022) nearly caused us to once again hold a less formal event in a high school auditorium. Thanks to the encouragement of Valley Central parent Vinnie Satriano, we decided to hold a regular banquet. The 2022-2023 season was a special season and many of these kids have missed so much over the past few years. The only way it would work was if each attendee paid their own way. We sold every available ticket and did not hear a single complaint about the cost. Thank you Vinnie for the “nudge.”

At the banquet, certificates were awarded to the top 6 Division 1 place winners, the top 4 Division 2 place winners and the top 3 place winners in the Girls Division. Several others received “Special Awards” so let’s take a look at those who were honored by the Friends of Section 9!