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Warriors shine at East Stroudsburg Open; Biddle 3rd, Diesel 4th

Minisink Valley graduates Jeremiah Biddle and Kyle Diesel placed 3rd and 4th, respectively, at Saturday’s East Stroudsburg Open. Biddle, a red-shirt senior, wrestles at 133 pounds for Division 1 Bloomsburg University. The 2007 Minisink graduate was a 2X state qualifier in high school. Diesel, a 174 pound true freshman, wrestles for Merchant Marine Academy. Kyle finished second at the NYS high school championships this past February after losing in the finals to Warwick graduate Mitch Wightman. It is the only time that two Section 9 wrestlers have met in a state final. Congratulations to Jeremiah and Kyle for their outstanding performances! Both of you have once again made Section 9 proud!!! To view the completed brackets of The 2011 East Stroudsburg Open click on the link below.

2011 ESO Brackets

Port grad Zitone excelling at Centenary

Port Jervis graduate JD Zitone is currently a junior at Centenary College in Hackettstown,

NJ. He is the #4 ranked 285 lbs wrestler in NCAA Division III. JD finished his sophomore year with 21 victories and earned a trip to the NCAA DIII National Tournament via winning the Metropolitan Conference. JD just earned his first tournament championship of 2011 – 2012 season with a victory over #9 ranked Matt Mahon of Ithaca at the Ithaca Invitational. Zitone tallied 5 victories including three by way of pin! Congratulations JD….keep up the good work!

Army edged by Rider 16-15

The Army Wrestling team lost their first match of the season on Tuesday to Rider by a

Collin Wittmeyer is now 3-0 for the season at 174 including victories over two opponents ranked in the top 15 in the country.

score of 16-15 in a match held at Christl Arena. Army, who dropped to 2-1 for the young season, received victories from Connor Hanafee(141), Daniel Young(149), Alex Smith(165), Collin Wittmeyer(174), and Will Brown(184). Hanafee, Young, and Wittmeyer all ran their records to 3-0 for the season. Brown is now 2-0. Wittmeyer now has victories over two wrestlers currently ranked in the top 15 by InterMat Wrestling (Meys, Boston, #15 and Resnick, Rider, #13). Full story and all individual results can be view by clicking on Army Wrestling – Army Results. The Black Nights return to action on Saturday, November 12 at the Oklahoma-Gold Classic held in Rochester, NY.

Army Opens With Wins Over #24 Iowa State and Boston University

Army Wrestling kicked-off their 2011-2012 season in style on Sunday by winning both of their matches at the Nor’Easter Duals in Boston, MA. In their first dual, the Black Nights upset 24th-ranked Iowa State 23-22 behind pins from Jordan Thome at 133 and Daniel Young at 149. Later in the evening Army pushed their record to 2-0 with a convincing 28-9 victory over host Boston University. The Black Nights received bonus points at 184 from Will Brown (WBF 3:46) and at 141 from Connor Hanafee (WMD 10-1). Full articles as well as all individual results are available by going to Army Wrestling – Army Results in the menu bar. Army’s next dual meet is Tuesday November 8 at 7:00 when the Black Nights host Rider University in Christl Arena at West Point, NY.