NCAA wrestling – SECTION 9 WRESTLING

Beat the Streets Gala In Times Square Set For Thursday 6/7 Live Webcast Starting at 6:00 PM (Link Below)

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

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2012 NCAA Championships

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)

Franco, Stanley punch tickets to NCAAs!!!

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!!!!