Starting on Wednesday November 21, the West Point Wrestling Club we be offering “Satellite Clinics!” That’s right….they come to your facility!!! Clinics are available Monday and Wednesday nights from November 21 until December 19 (9 sessions total) from 6:00 pm until 7:15 pm. Book your session now! For more information, contact:
Enock Francois
Head Club Wrestling Coach and Volunteer Assistant
Army Wrestling
(845) 938-1029 – office
(561) 319-6717 – mobile
Event Will Feature USA vs. Russia Freestyle Dual, 60KG Olympic Team Wrestle-Off, Exhibitions Matches and More!!!!
This Thursday, June 7th, at the Duffy Square section of Times Square in NYC, Beat the Streets will host their 2012 Gala – The Grapple in the Big Apple! For the past few years, fans who attend this event walk away saying that it will be impossible for the BTS organizers to “top” what they just watched…..each year, they have been wrong! This year’s event is no exception.
The 2012 Beat the Streets Gala will feature an exciting freestyle dual meet between the US and Russia, an Olympic team wrestle-off at 60kg, exhibition matches including one with 3X NCAA champion and NY native Kyle Dake, and an Awards and Reception Banquet at the famed Roseland Ballroom.
TENTATIVE BEAT THE STREETS GALA COMPETITION SCHEDULE
1:00 PM – U.S. Olympic Trials Wrestle-off at 60 kg – Humphrey vs. Scott preliminary
3:00 PM – Beat the Streets youth wrestling exhibition matches
6:00 PM – U.S. Olympic Trials Wrestle-off at 60 kg – Bunch vs. Humphrey/Scott winner
6:10 PM – 55 kg women’s freestyle exhibition – Maroulis vs. Hudson
6:40 PM – USA vs. Russia freestyle dual meet – 55 kg, 60 kg, 66 kg matches
7:10 PM – 74 kg men’s freestyle exhibition – Dake vs. Gentry
7:25 PM – U.S. Olympic Trials Wrestle-off at 60 kg – Match 2 – Bunch vs. Humphrey/Scott winner
7:40 PM – USA vs. Russia freestyle dual meet – 74 kg, 84 kg, 96 kg, 120 kg matches
8:20 PM – U.S. Olympic Trials Wrestle-off at 60 kg – Match 3 – Bunch vs. Humphrey/Scott winner
USA vs. Russia match-ups and biographies (themat.com)
Beat the Streets website including ticket info
Live Webcast Beginning at 6:00 PM
Link to Intermat Wrestling – Coverage Provided NBC/Universal Sports
Warwick senior Shane Connolly has recently learned that he has received appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Connolly is one of only four wrestlers to win five Section 9 titles; he plans on joining the Army Black Knights wrestling squad as a walk-on. On behalf of the entire Section 9 wrestling community …. congratulations and good luck Shane!!!
PENN STATE DOMINATES!
With six All-Americans including three national champions, the Penn State Nittany Lions clinched the 2012 NCAA Wrestling Championships team title before the finals had even started. Under the leadership of 3rd year head coach Cael Sanderson, the Nittany Lions have won the last two team titles.
Cornell’s 157-pound wrestler Kyle Dake (Lansing, NY – Section 4) becomes the first wrestler in NCAA history to win national titles in 3 different weight classes!
Finals Results
125 Pounds Matt McDonough (Iowa) dec 4-1 over Nico Megaludis (Penn State)
133 Pounds Logan Stieber (Ohio State) dec 4-3 over Jordan Oliver (Ok. St.)
141 Pounds Kellen Russell (Michigan) dec 6-4 OT over Montell Marion (Iowa)
149 Pounds Frank Molinaro (Penn State) dec 4-1 over Dylan Ness (Minnesota)
157 Pounds Kyle Dake (Cornell) dec 4-1 over Derek St. John (Iowa)
165 Pounds David Taylor (Penn State) tech fall 22-7 Brandon Hatchett (Lehigh)
174 Pounds Ed Ruth (Penn State) mdec 13-2 over Nick Amuchastegui (Stanford)
184 Pounds Steve Bosak (Cornell) dec 4-2 over Quentin Wright (Penn State)
197 Pounds Cam Simaz (Cornell) dec 7-5 over Chris Honeycutt (Edinboro)
285 Pounds Tony Nelson (Minnesota) dec 4-1 Zach Rey (Lehigh)
SectionIXWrestling.com has provided updates on our local wrestlers at this weekend’s NCAA D1 Wrestling Championships in St. Louis, MO. For complete tournament coverage including up-to-date brackets go to www.intermatwrestle.com.
All-American Joe Kennedy finishes in 8th …. CONGRATS
197 Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) Delaware Valley, PA
Rd. 1 – bye
Rd. 2 – Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) dec 3-1 over Richard Perry (Bloomsburg)
Rd. 3 – Cayle Byers (Oklahoma State) dec 5-2 over Joe Kennedy(Lehigh)
Cons. Rd. 2 – Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) dec 3-4 over Keldrick Hall (Oklahoma)
Cons. Rd. 3 – Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) dec 6-1 over Cody Reed (Binghamton)
Cons. Rd. 4 – Joe Kennedy (Lehigh) dec 10-3 over Brent Hayes (Missouri)
Cons. 1/4’s – Sonny Yohn (Minnesota) dec 2-0 over Joe Kennedy (Lehigh)
Medal Match – Micah Burak (Penn) dec 2-1 OT over Joe Kennedy (Lehigh)
NY Wrestlers who earned All-American status:
125 – Steve Bonanno (Hofstra) – Wantagh – finished 8th
133 – Steven Keith (Harvard) – SWR – finished 8th
141 – Mike Nevinger (Cornell) – Letchworth – finished 7th
149 – Donnie Vinson (Bing) – Whitney Point – finished 3rd
157 – Kyle Dake (Cornell) – Lansing – 2X Champ…will wrestle St. John (Iowa) in finals!!!
285 – Nick Gwiazdowski (Bing) – Duanesburg – finished 8th
133 Jamie Franco Hofstra
Rd. 1 – bye
Rd. 2 – Chris Dardanes (Minn) wbf 2:43 over Jamie Franco (Hofstra)
Cons. Rd. 1 – Matt Nelson (Virginia) dec 6-2 over Jamie Franco (Hofstra)
133 Jordan Thome Army
Rd. 1 – bye
Rd. 2 – Jordan Thome (Army) wbf 4:20 over Garrett Drucker (Ore. St.)
Rd. 3 – Logan Steiber (Ohio State) wbf 1:17 over Jordan Thome (Army)
Cons. Rd. 2 – Jordan Thome (Army) dec 2-1 OT over Bryan Ortenzio (Penn)
Cons. Rd. 3 – AJ Schopp (Edinboro) dec 7-5 over Jordan Thome (Army)
165 Coleman Gracey Army
Rd. 1 – bye
Rd. 2 – Coleman Gracey (Army) dec 3-2 over Mike Ottinger (Central Mich.)
Rd. 3 – Bekzod Abdurakhmono (Clarion) m dec 11-3 over Coleman Gracey (Army)
Cons. Rd. 2 – Nick Sulzer (Virginia) dec 10-8 over Coleman Gracey (Army)
197 Derek Stanley Army
Rd. 1 – bye
Rd. 2 – Mario Gonzalez (Illinois) dec 6-1 over Derek Stanley (Army)
Cons. Rd. 1 – Derek Stanley dec 5-2 over Ryan Smith (Cal. Poly)
Cons. Rd. 2 – Cody Reed (Binghamton) dec 4-2 OT over Derek Stanley (Army)
Brackets for the Division 1 NCAA Wrestling Championships have been released and Section 9 is rather well represented. Below is a chart of the wrestlers with local ties who will be competing next week at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO. I have also provided a link to the brackets for all 10 weight classes.
Wrestler College/Weight Local Connection 2012 Record First Round Opponent
Jamie Franco Hofstra / 133 2009 MW graduate 21-11 #10 C. Dardanes (Minn)
Derek Stanley Army / 197 2008 Saugerties graduate 23-15 #7 Mario Gonzalez (Ill)
#12 Joe Kennedy Lehigh / 197 2008 DV (PA) graduate 21-5 Richard Perry (Bloom)
Jordan Thome Army / 133 Army wrestler 26-11 Garrett Drucker (Or. St)
Coleman Gracey Army / 165 Army wrestler 24-12 Mike Ottinger (C.Mich)
2012 NCAA Wrestling Championship Brackets
Congratulations to Jamie Franco (Monroe Woodbury, 2009) and Derek Stanley (Saugerties, 2008) for earning automatic births to the 2012 NCCA Division 1 Wrestling Championships. Franco, who wrestles at 133 for Hofstra, finished 2nd at the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament on Saturday. Stanley, who wrestles at 197 for Army, finished fifth in his conference tournament (EIWAs) to earn his pass to the NCAAs. Stanley’ s teammate Coleman Gracey, only a freshman, has also qualified for the nationals by finishing 3rd at 165. This year’s NCAA Championships are being held on March 15-17 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO.
Also of local interest, Delaware Valley (PA) graduate Joe Kennedy, who wrestles at 197 for Lehigh, will be competing at the NCAA D1 tournament for the 3rd consecutive year.
Congratulations to all three wrestlers….Section 9 will be rooting hard for you!!!!
There are several NCAA Conference Championships taking place this weekend. These tournaments serve as qualifiers for the NCAA Championships held later this month in St. Louis, MO. Check out the links below to follow the action!
CAA Tournament (Franco takes 2nd!!!)
EIWA Tournament (Army Wrestling, Stanley @ 197, Kennedy @ 197)
ACC Tournament (Steve Garland is Head Coach of Virginia)
EWL Tournament (Parlier @ 197)
Big Ten Tournament (Minnesota takes lead over Iowa, PSU!)
Coverage of all conference champioships at Intermatwrestle.com!!!
JD Zitone (pictured on left in blue and white), captured his second consecutive Metropolitan Conference Championship this weekend for Centenary College. JD will be competing in the NCAA National Championships in LaCrosse, Wisconsin on March 9th and 10th. Zitone enters the tournament ranked 4th in the nation (Division III). He is currently undefeated at 25-0 on the season. Check out http://www.centenarycollege.edu/cms/en/athletics/wrestling/ for more information on JD and the Cyclones.
This week’s edition of the Section 9 Wrestling Talk show will be be very special. Yes we will, of course, spend a great deal of time discussing the up-coming Section 9 Wrestling Championships. The show will also have a special guest who is about to start something very significant for the sport of wrestling…specifically women’s wrestling.
Ellenville graduate Anibal Nieves has received approval to launch the first ever women’s college wrestling program in New England. Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA will have a women college freestyle wrestling team. They will be a part of the Woman College Wrestling Association (WCWA). STCC will be the first college in the Northeast & New England to have a women’s college team. They will join 18 other colleges nationwide plus Canada to be part of the WCWA. Anyone interested contact Anibal Nieves at anibalnieves@sprint.blackberry.net or (413) 221-5633.
To get all of the information, tune into tonight’s broadcast at www.kjbroadcasting.com at 7:00PM to hear the show live. If you miss it, the show will be archived by tomorrow for on-demand enjoyment.
Congratulations to Saugerties graduate Derek Stanley for winning the 197 pound title at the All-Academy Championships held in Colorado Springs on Sunday. Derek finished 3-0 including a victory by pin over Tyler Russell from Merchant Marine Academy. Teammate Cole Gracey also won an individual title at 165. As a team, Army came in forth of eight teams finishing behind Navy, Air Force, and the Citadel. Click below for complete article including full results from the Army Wrestling website.
Army Fourth at All Academy Championships