Wednesday’s Results

Minisink Valley 42 Cornwall 23          Monroe Woodbury 40 Middletown 37
Warwick 60 Valley Central 12             Washingtonville 63 Goshen 24
Eldred-Fallsburg 41 TriValley 32       Ellenville 48 TriValley 26  
Ellenville 39 Eld/Falls 36                    Red Hook 48 Liberty 12   
Red Hook 42 Tuxedo 18                      Rondout Valley 41 Highland 39  
Onteora 63 Chester 12                         Onteora 69 Burke Catholic 12
Saugerties 66 Wallkill 15                     Rondout Valley 39 New Paltz 27

Section 9 Grads Zitone and Barber finish 1st and 2nd at Will Abele Invitational

 

Vinny Barber 2010 Highland

Congratulations to Port Jervis graduate Joe Zitone and Highland graduate Vinny Barberfor finshing 1st and 2nd, respectively, at the Will Abele Invitational hosted by Ursinus.  The two heaveyweight grapplers never actually wrestled as Barber had to medically forfeit out of tournament due to an injury sustained during his semifinal victory.  Click here for complete brackets.  Great job guys! 

Section 9 Rankings # 7; Busy Week Ahead Could Shake Things Up!

The Eastern States Classic has come and gone and our sectional tournaments are less than a month away.  Now is the time when Section 9 wrestlers are making their final preparations for the big prize….a ticket to the New York State Wrestling Championships. 

Before we look at the new rankings, let’s take a look at some of the potential match-ups for the week ahead.  Who knows, we may see some of these matches again in February???     This Week’s Section 9 Wrestling Schedule

Wednesday:  Middletown @ Monroe…Brown vs. Murphy, Jackson vs. Baum
                        Cornwall @ Minisink…Sweeney vs. Raccioppi, Kreider vs. Rambrose
Friday:  Kingston @ Monroe Woodbury…Edmond vs. Kelley
               Cornwall @ Port Jervis….Sweeney vs. Booth

Section 9 Rankings # 7

           99                            106                               113                               120                              126
1. Daly – MV             1. Stramiello – PB          1. Kreider – Corn          1. Corradino – War        1. Murphy – MW
2. Cuccolo – PB        2. Raccioppi – MV         2. Rambrose – MV       2. Hodes – RV                2. Brown – Midd
3. Vespa – MW        3.  Smoot – MW              3. Baum – MW              3. Mongiello – Wash    3. Derham – NFA
4. Rivera – NFA      4. Ingraham – High        4. Andreakis – Wash    4. Johnson – Corn        4. Gomez – Mont

          132                          138                               145                                152                               160
1. Roth – Corn          1. Connolly – War      1. Wierzbicki – War        1. Bedross – War           1. Sause – PB
2. Dimler – RV         2. Muller – PJ             2. Sauschuck – PJ          2. Weston – PB             2. DeCarlo – PJ
3. Robles – PB          3. Morse – RV             3. Voelker – MW            3. Sommer – RV           3. Milano – MW
4. Circelli – MW       4. Milisci – Wash       4. Fennell – MV              4. Edwards – PJ           4. Weigel – Ont

        170                            182                               195                                  220                             285
1. Casey – Wash        1. Sannella – MV       1. Edmond – King           1. Gorelov – War          1. Stanley – Saug
2. Nelson – Midd      2. Hasan – VC           2. Kelly – MW                  2. Corcoran – Eld/Fall    2. Stauble – King
3. Mayo – MV            3. Sakac – War          3. Leavell – War              3. Winters – Wall         3. Cheeks – NFA
4. McGuire – NFA    4. Seth – MW             4. Giese – Corn                4. Vasco – MW             4. Smith – Midd

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Individual State Rankings #3

                                         New York State Combined Individual Rankings # 3
                                                                      January 16, 2012   
                           
                        99                                                             106                                                        113
1. Kyle Kelly Chenango Forks – 4        1. Nick Piccininni Ward Melville – 11    1. Mark Raghunandan LB – 11
2. Jose Rodriguez Wantagh – 8           2. Anthony Orefice Lockport – 6            2. Dylan Realbuto Somers – 1
3. Jonathan Haas Spencerport – 5      3. Eric Orellana Brentwood – 11             3. Pat Skinner Kellenberg – C
4. Nick Barberia New Rochelle – 1      4. Justin Cooksey MacArthur – 8          4. Corey Jamison Hunt. – 11
5. Bryan Lantry Wayne – 5                    5. Simon Greebel Hewlett – 8                5. Brandon Lapi Amsterdam – 2
6. Gerard Daly Minisink Valley – 9     6. Mike Parise Brewster – 1                     6. William Koll Lansing – 4
7. Steve Sewkumar Long Beach – 8     7. Lucas Malmberg Marathon – 4          7. Jacob Green Ch. Forks – 4
8. Joe Calderone Walt Whitman – 11  8. Freddy Dunau St. Anthony’s – C        8. Austin Keough Warsaw – 5

                      120                                                      126                                                                 132
1. Tristan Rifanburg Norwich – 4     1. Sam Speno Fox Lane – 1                      1. Nick Kelley Shenendehowa – 2
2. Sam Recco Lyndonville – 5           2. Maverick Passaro Eastport SM  11  2. Jamel Hudson  St. Anthony’s – C
3. TJ Fabian Shoreham WR – 11      3. Nick Tighe  Phoenix – 3                       3. Nick Mauriello Hauppauge – 11
4. Mark West Hauppauge – 11          4. Dylan Caruana Kenmore West – 6    4. Tom Page Eden – 6
5. Sean McCabe Connetquot – 11     5. Al Dierna Webster Schroeder – 5       5. Tom Dutton Rocky Roint – 11
6. Matt Leshinger Sayville – 11         6. Corey Dake Lansing – 4                       6. Joey Gates Connetquot – 11
7. Chris Araoz Wantagh – 8              7. Justin Seim Hackley – Prep                 7. Jacob Goddeua Peru -7
8. Rocco Russo Frontier – 6             8. Noah Valastro Husdon Falls – 2         8. Wes Blanding Chitt. – 3    

                  138                                                        145                                                                152
1. Quinton Murphy – Holley – 5           1. James Kloc Iroquois – 6                   1. Dylan Palacio Long Beach – 8
2. James Dekrone John Glenn – 11
     2. Dale White John Jay EF – 1            2. Brian Realbuto Somers – 1
3. Sam Schwartzapfel Haup. – 11        3. Tyler Button Phoenix – 11                3. Derek Pfluger Sandy Creek – 3
4. Malik Rasheed Longwood -11         4. Evan Wallace Columbia – 2            4. Tristan Hamner Medina – 6
5. Anthony Finocchiaro Canast. -3     5. Mike Caputo North Rockland – 1  5. John Keck Shoreham WR – 11
6. Jake Srednicki Mahopac – 1             6. Corey Rasheed Longwood – 11      6. Steven Maier Specerport – 5
7. Alexis Blanco Brentwood – 11          7. Harley Kusse Web. Sch. – 5            7. Nick Hall Longwood – 11
8. Shane Connolly Warwick – 9          8. Nate Silverthorn Gen. Brown -3    8. Ben Haas Salamanca – 6

                 160                                                               170                                                      182
 1. Chris Nevinger Letchworth – 5       1. Zack Zupan Canastota – 3                1. Tony Lock Pioneer – 6
2. Frank Affronti  Wayne – 5                2. Nick Mitchell Frewsburg – 6           2. McZiggy Richards Wingate – P
3. Aaron Dudley Hudson Falls – 2      3. Burke Paddock Warsaw – 5             3. Tim Schaefer Warsaw – 5
4. Tyler Grimaldi HHHW – 11             4. Troy Seymour Peru – 7                      4. Jacob Berkowitz  Scarsdale – 1
5. Matt Pasqualani Fox Lane – 1         5. Dan Spurgeon Plainedge – 8             5. Keegan Cerwinski Greene – 4
6. Connor Sutton LaSalle – 2               6. Joe Piccolo HHHW – 11                     6. Matt Lashway Queensbury – 2
7. Joe Cataldo MacArthur – 8              7. Dylan Seybolt Longwood – 11           7. Andrew Jones Plainedge – 8
8. Mike Beckwith Greene – 4               8. Marcus Dwaileebe Olean – 6            8. Alex Wedel Wantagh – 8

                 195                                                            220                                                             285
1. Tony Fusco Shenendehowa – 2       1. Kyle Stanton Greene – 4                  1. Kacee Sauer Holly – 5
2. Austyn Hayes Phoenix – 3               2. Nick Lupi – Huntington – 11           2. Ethan Stanley Saugerties – 9
3. Reggie Williams John. City – 4       3. Derrick Dalton Indian River – 3    3. Cole Lampmann Shen. – 2
4. Zack Deikel Whitehall – 2                4. Josh Lackey Fairport – 5                4. El Shaddai Gilmore VanHoesen Col. – 2
5. Jesse Kozub Brockport – 5               5. Dom Devita Somers – 1                   5. Sean Barry Hen. Hudson – 1
6. John Nickerson Maple Grove – 6   6. Andrew Cole Uniondale – 8           6. Evan Kappatos Syosset – 8
7. Deon Edmond Kingston – 9             7. Max Antone Niagara Wh. – 6        7. Brandon Lanthrop Ken. West  6
8. Mike Spinelli Mahopac – 1               8. Pat Kopczynski Brook. Tech. – P  8. James Merritt Owego – 4 

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Sem Dominates ESC…Seven S9 Wrestlers Place Top 8!

Wyoming Seminary made their Eastern States Classic debut in style!  The prep school from northeastern PA crowned five champions and outscored runner-up Shenendehowa by 89 points.  Quite simply, they were dominating.  They brought 13 wrestlers to the tournament…12 of them placed in the top eight.  No other team placed more than 5!

Seven Section 9 wrestlers stepped on the podium led by Ethan Stanley’s third place finish.  The Saugerties heavyweight’s only loss was 1-0 decision (illegal clasp) in the semifinals to eventual champion Michael Johnson of Wyoming Seminary.   Other local wrestlers who placed were Gerard Daly (Minisink Valley, 6th @ 99), Michael Raccioppi (Minisink Valley, 7th @ 106), TJ Kreider (Cornwall, 8th @ 113), Bret Sauschuck (Port Jervis, 7th @ 145), Jesse Corcoran (Eldred/Fallsburg, 8th @ 220), and Seth Stauble (Kingston, 7th @ 285).

                                        2012 Eastern States Classic Final Brackets 

Wyoming Seminary in Control After Day 1 at ESC….13 of 13 Advance to Quarters

Wyoming Seminary has quickly answered any and all questions about what kind of impact they would have at the Eastern States Wrestling Classic.  After Day 1 of the 10th annual ESC, #8 ranked team in the nation has taken firm control of the team race by sending an astonishing 13 of 13 wrestlers into the quarter-final round….that’s right, not a single Sem wrestler has yet to lose a match!

Local wrestlers who have advanced to Saturday morning’s quarters include:
99 – Gerard Daly (Minisink Valley) & Vinny Vespa (Monroe Woodbury)
106 – Michael Raccioppi (Minisink Valley)
195 – Deon Edmond (Kingston)
285 – Ethan Stanley (Saugerties) & Seth Stauble (Kingston)

Quarter-finals are scheduled to begin at 9:00AM on Saturday.  If you can’t be there in person, follow the action through updated brackets courtesy of Escape Sports.  PAWRVideo will also be providing videos of select matches.  Links to both are provided below.
                                      2012 ESC Brackets                    2012 ESC Videos

Calm Before The Storm…

The day is finally upon us.  The 10th Annual Eastern States Wrestling Classic is set to get underway at 10:40 this morning at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake…580 wrestlers representing 101 schools covering 4 states!  This tournament has rapidly grown in size and quality and is now considered one of the toughest high school wrestling tournaments in the country.  For the second straight year it has earned the designation of being a FloMajor thus all winners receive an automatic birth to the prestigious FloNationals.  The mats are rolled out and we’re almost ready to go!!! 

Click on the link below for updated brackets throughout the tournament courtesy of Escape Sports.  SectionIXWrestling.com will provide a Day 1 summary and will post quarter-final matchups at the completion of today’s wrestling.  Here we go!!!!!

                                       2012 Eastern States Classic Brackets

Eastern States Classic All-Star Team: 2003 to 2011

The Eastern States Wrestling Classic has quickly become one of the toughest high school wrestling tournaments in the country.  With the addition of several top-notch teams, including national powerhouse Wyoming Seminary, this year’s event will be tougher than ever!  The two-day tournament has 101 teams entered and begins Friday, January 13 at 10:30AM at SUNY Sullivan in Loch Sheldrake.  Below are a few links that will provide some helpful and interesting information about the 10th Annual Eastern States Wrestling Classic!

Teams and Schedule    Tournament Preview    Fan Information   

SectionIXWrestling.com has decided to put together an Eastern States Classic All-Star Team from the first nine years of the tournament (2003 – 2011).  This year’s weight class changes made it an ideal time to do this.  The number of big-time, marquee-name wrestlers who did not make this “team” is astonishing!  Please feel free to comment.  Enjoy!  

Weight                        Name / School / Championship Year(s) 

   96                        Jamie Franco – Monroe Woodbury (2005, 2008, 2009)
   103                      Arik Robinson – Peru (2009, 2011)
   112                       Lou Ruggirello – Valley Central (2004, 2005)
   119                       Steven Keith – Shoreham Wading River (2007, 2008, 2009)
   125                      Corey Jantzen – Shoreham Wading River (2006, 2007)
   130                      Cody Ruggirello – Valley Central (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
   135                       Andrew Lenzi – Fordam Prep (2010)
   140                      Mike Roberts – Colonie (2003, 2004)
   145                      JP O’Connor – Oxford Academy (2005, 2006)
   152                      Gregor Gillespie – Webster Schroeder (2005)
   160                      Dave McCarty – LaSalle (2004, 2005)
   171                       Tyler Beckwith – Greene (2009, 2010)
   189                      Austin Meys – Shenendehowa (2005, 2008, 2009)
   215                      Nick Gwiazdowski – Duanesburg (2011)
   285                     Terry Tate – Tyrone, PA (2003, 2004, 2005)

   ** BOLD indicates the year(s) the wrestler won the title in the weight class he has been selected**
 
Here is a list of all of the champions….make up your own team and submit it to us through comments!

New Section 9 Rankings…Eastern States Classic begins Friday!

With the Eastern States Wrestling Classic only a few days away, we can safely assume that Section 9 wrestlers have been training hard, watching their diet, and getting primed for a two-day battle up in SUNY – Sullivan!  In preparation for the event, many of our athletes competed in some top-notch tournaments over the past weekend….others have decided to rest some nagging injuries.  Let’s take a look at the final Section 9 Wrestling Rankings prior to the ESC, and perhaps, the final “combined” ranking for the season!  Enjoy!

           99                            106                               113                               120                              126
1. Daly – MV             1. Smoot  – MW          1. Kreider – Corn          1. Corradino – War        1. Murphy – MW
2. Cuccolo – PB        2. Stramiello – PB      2. Rambrose – MV       2. Hodes – RV                2. Brown – Midd
3. Vespa – MW        3. Raccioppi – MV      3. Ferro – War              3. Ginley – War              3. Andreakis – Wash
4. Rivera – NFA      4. Ingraham – High    4. Vargas – Mont          4. Mongiello – Wash     4. Derham – NFA

       132                              138                              145                                 152                               160
1. Roth – Corn          1. Connolly – War      1. Wierzbicki – War        1. Bedross – War           1. Sause – PB
2. Dimler – RV         2. Muller – PJ             2. Sauschuck – PJ          2. Weston – PB             2. DeCarlo – PJ
3. Robles – PB          3. Morse – RV             3. Voelker – MW            3. Sommer – RV           3. Milano – MW
4. Circelli – MW       4. Milisci – Wash       4. Fennell – MV              4. Vandercliff – MW    4. Weigel – Ont

        170                            182                               195                                  220                             285
1. Casey – Wash        1. Sannella – MV       1. Edmond – King           1. Gorelov – War          1. Stanley – Saug
2. Nelson – Midd      2. Hasan – VC           2. Kelly – MW                  2. Winters – Wall         2. Stauble – King
3. Mayo – MV            3. Sakac – War          3. Leavell – War              3. Ortiz – Midd              3. Cheeks – NFA
4. Gagnon – Corn     4. Seth – MW             4. Giese – Corn                4. Vasco – MW             4. Smith – Midd

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SectionIXWrestling.com’s Individual State Rankings #2 (Combined D1/D2)

NYS Combined D1/D2 Individual Ranking #2 
Updated January 9, 2012

                  99                                                                    106                                                               113 
1. Kyle Kelley Chenango Forks – 4         1. Nick Piccininni Ward Melville – 11     1. Dylan Realbuto Somers – 1
2. Gerard Daly Minisink Valley – 9        2. Anthony Orefice Lockport – 6              2. Corey Jamison Hunt. – 11
3. Jonathan Haas Spencerport – 5         3. Eric Orellana Brentwood – 11               3. Mark Raghunandan LB – 8
4. Jose Rodrigues Wantagh – 8              4. Justin Cooksey MacArthur – 8             4. Pat Skinner Kellenberg – C
5. Steve Sewkumar Long Beach – 8       5. Shawn Berman Albany – 2                     5. William Koll Lansing – 4
6. Nick Barberia New Rochelle – 1         6. Simon Greebel Hewlett – 8                    6. Jacob Green C. Forks – 4
7. Joe Nelson Oxford – 4                          7. Lucas Malmberg Marathon – 4            7. Austin Keough Warsaw – 5
8. Joe Calderone W. Whitman – 11        8. Freddy Dunau St. Anthony’s – C           8. Jeff O’Lena E. Roch. – 5

                      120                                                                     126                                                            132
1. TJ Fabian SWR – 11                              1. Nick Tighe Phoenix – 3                           1. Nick Kelley Shen. – 2
2. Tristan Rifenberg Norwich – 4          2. Dylan Caruana Kenmore West – 6       2. Jamel Hudson St. Ant. – C
3. Santo Curatolo Tottenville – P           3. Sam Speno Fox Lane – 1                         3. Tom Page Eden – 6
4. Justin Corradino Warwick – 9           4. Maverick Passaro Eastport SM – 11    4. Tom Dutton Rocky Point 11
5. Sean McCabe Connetquot – 11           5. Al Dierna Webster Schroeder – 5        5. Joey Gates Connetquot – 11
6. Chris Aaroz Wantagh – 8                    6. Sam Recco Lyndonville – 5                    6. Jacob Goddeua Peru – 7
7. Brandon Lapi Amsterdam – 2            7. Noah Valastro Hudson Falls – 2           7. Nick Mauriello Haup. – 11 
8. Rocco Russo Frontier – 6                    8. Corey Dake Lansing – 4                         8. Wes Blanding Chitten. – 3

                     138                                                                 145                                                              152
1. Quinton Murphy Holley – 5              1. James Kloc Iroquois – 6                       1. Brian Realbuto Somers – 1
2. David Almaviva Shen. – 2                 2. Nick Hall Longwood – 11                    2. Dylan Palacio Long Beach – 8
3. Tom Grippi Fox Lane – 1                   3. Evan Wallace Columbia – 2               3. Derek Pfuger Sandy Creek – 3
4. James Dekrone John Glen – 11        4. Jake Srednicki Mahopac – 1               4. Tyler Button Phoenix – 3         5. Shane Connolly Warwick – 9            5. Kyle Weirzbicki Warwick – 9             5. John Keck SWR – 11
6. Dan McDevitt Wantagh – 8              6. Dale White John Jay EF – 1                6. Steven Maier Spencerport – 5
7. Alexis Blanco Brentwood – 11          7. Harley Kusse Web. Sch. – 5                 7. Tristan Hamner Medina – 6
8. Anthony Finocchiaro Can. – 3         8. Nate Silverthorn Gen. Brown – 3       8. Ben Haas Salamanca – 6

                  160                                                                        170                                                         182
1. Chris Nevinger Letchworth – 5        1. Zack Zupan Canastota – 3                   1. Jacob Berkowitz Scarsdale – 1
2. Connor Sutton LaSalle – 2               2. Nick Mitchell Frewsburg – 6              2. Tony Lock Pioneer – 6
3. Jorge Jimenez Grand St. – P           3. Burke Paddock Warsaw – 5                3. Matt Lashway Queensbury – 2
4. Tyler Grimaldi HHHW – 11             4. Troy Seymour Peru – 7                       4. McZiggy Richards Wingate – P
5. Aaron Dudley Hudson Falls – 2      5. Mike Beckwith Greene – 4                  5. Andrew Jones Plainedge – 8
6. Frank Affronti Wayne – 5                 6. Dan Spurgeon Plainedge – 8             6. Nick Ballanza John Glenn – 11
7. Joe Catalaon Lake Shore – 6            7. Dylan Seybolt Longwood – 11            7. Alex Wedel Wantagh – 8
8. Matt Pasqualani Fox Lane – 1         8. Chris Loew Wantagh – 8                    8. Keegan Cerwinski Greene – 4

                        195                                                           220                                                             285
1. Tony Fusco Shen. – 2                             1. Kyle Stanton Greene – 4                  1. Cole Lampman Shen. – 2
2. Reggie Williams Johnson City – 4      2. Nick Lupi Huntington – 11             2. Kacee Sauer Holley – 5
3. Austyn Hayes Phoenix – 3                    3. Derrek Dalton Indian River – 3     3. Ethan Stanley Saugerties – 9
4. Zack Deikel Whitehall – 2                    4. Pat Kopczynski Brook. Tech – P    4. El Shad Gilmore-Vanhoesen Col – 2  
5. Jesse Kozub Brockport – 5                   5. John Lackey Fairport – 5                5. Sean Barry Hen. Hudson – 1
6. John Nickerson Maple Grove – 6       6. Andrew Cole Uniondale – 8            6. Evan Kappatos Syosset – 8
7. Deon Edmond Kingston – 9                 7. Max Antone Niagara Wh. – 6         7. Brandon Lanthrop Ken. W.  6
8. Mike Spinelli Mahopac – 1                  8. Tyler Lilly New Rochelle – 1            8. James Merritt Owego – 4

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