9:18 Gotta write my story now. I’ll be back tomorrow with a wrapup. 9:04 Section 1 has a second champion! Brundage beats Neidhart 17-10. 8:59 Brundage appears to have Neidhart pinned but the ref sticks his hand under and says no. Still, the near fall gives him a 12-3 advantage…. Read More →
4:10 They kicked us out of the arena while they rearranged the floor, including the media seating. But I’m back for the duration. The latest Division I team standings are follows: Section 11 – 219.5 Section 1 – 178.5 Section 2 – 177 Section 8 – 148 Section 9 –... Read More →
Turns out I was overly optimistic about the internet at the Times Union Center. It was on and off all day. Mostly off. For some reason the computers around me got better reception, although theirs wasn’t perfect either. I ended up calling results into the office, which my editors then… Read More →
Huge day for Section 1. The hugest, in fact. Never in the 67-year history of the state wrestling tournament has Section 1 been poised to do as well as it is right now. Eleven wrestlers have guaranteed themselves a place finish, even if they don’t win another match. That’s already… Read More →
In Division 2, only six of the 17 local wrestlers made it out of the first round. The lucky ones were Anthony Calvano of Nanuet, Ryan Osleeb of North Salem, Genta Murayama of Edgemont, Derrick Longo of Ardsley, Will Carter of Westlake and wild card Chris Orlando of Putnam Valley…. Read More →
I haven’t had much luck getting internet at high schools this year. Check that—make it any luck. Pace only had limited access. I have higher hopes for the Times Union Center. If it does indeed have internet, and I have a place to put my computer (less likely), I’ll provide… Read More →
In terms of facing proven opponents in the first round, Section 1 lucked out. Only four locals—Ryan Osleeb, Dan Manley, Greg Canaparo, Kevin Davidson—will see first-round opponents that placed in the state last year. Two of them, however, are state champions. Kevin Davidson drew the toughest assignment. His prize for… Read More →
I added everybody’s seed. In parenthesis after the opponent’s name is their school and section number. If there is an A1-A4 after that it means the kid was a wild card. I’ll be back with more thoughts on the matchups later. Divison I 96 – No. 8 ASHER KRAMER VS… Read More →
Here are all seeded wrestlers from Section 1, fresh off the pen of Eric Romanino. The state hasn’t released full brackets yet. All we get for now is the seeds. Division I 96 KRAMER 8 103 REALBUTO 5 112 RODRIGUES 2 119 FLAMIO 2 119 STAUBER 5 130 GRIPPI 4… Read More →
The first of our three contest winners, 10591, sent me his guest blog post, which I posted below. It should be noted that he almost didn’t win. His original picks only had 11 winners, but he went back and resubmitted a new ballot that had 12. So now 10591 has… Read More →
The state DI and DII tournaments are seeded just like any other. Those seeds are being determined today. Section 1 coordinator Eric Romanino is in Albany this morning to participate in the process, which is done entirely by a formula. I will get those seeds out when I get them,... Read More →
Nineteen people entered our Call the Champions contest. Out of a possible 15 points, the highest score was 12. The lowest was 8. Not bad. Nobody screwed the pooch. This is the part where I announce the winner with a flourish. Problem is there isn’t a winner. Three people scored… Read More →
People were still voting on the old poll today, even though it was about who would win sectionals. Talk about Monday-morning quarterbacking. Joe Grippi won that one, which asked who was the biggest lock to win sections. Impressive since he was a write-in candidate. Of course all four names that… Read More →
State wild cards weren’t supposed to be known until tomorrow. How surprised was I to find them sitting in my email inbox a minute ago. Section 1 has been awarded six big-school wild cards and two small-school wild cards. That 6-2 ratio is roughly equal to the ratio of big-... Read More →
Matt had plenty of extra thoughts on the small-schools championships. This is what he had to say: “Out of the 15 small-school champions, only three of them were non-No. 1 seeds. The two No. 2 seeds that won title were Ardsley’s Drew Longo in the 96 and Nanuet’s Greg Caneparo…. Read More →
There were a ton of good angles at the sectional champions. Hopefully, between the three articles in today’s paper, we covered most of them. Matt Ng took on the small schools tournament. He focused on Penn Gottfried’s fourth title, family titles for the Longo brothers, Ray Wang’s quest to place… Read More →
Reader “Pleasantville fan” asked for the link to the looping broadcast of the sectional finals. You can watch it on our website here.
Seven-hundred-and-thirty-five down, 30 to go. The season is over for 96% of the wrestlers in Section 1 (or thereabouts, I’m estimating the numbers a little bit). For the 4% left, now begins the impossible dream of a state championship. It really has been impossible in recent years for Section 1… Read More →
Will Carter was MOW. Team key and scores: 1. Ardsley (A) 216; 2. Edgemont (Ed) 213.5; 3. Pleasantville (Pv) 174.5; 4. Westlake (Ws) 172.5; 5. Nanuet (N) 160; 6. Putnam Valley (PV) 85; 7. Woodlands (Wd) 127.5; 8. Pawling (Pw) 85; 9. Dobbs Ferry (DF) 68; 10. Croton-Harmon (CH) 40;... Read More →
Hauser was MOW. Back later with some thoughts. Team key and scores: 1. Fox Lane (FL) 172.5; 2. 2. John Jay (JJ) 164; 3. Carmel© 120; 4. North Rockland (NRk); 5. Arlington (Arl) 108.5; 6. Suffern (Sf) 96; 7. Ossining (O) 94.5; 8. Mahopac (M) 82; 9. Beacon (Be) 66.5;... Read More →
96- Aslanian 103-Calvano 112- Gottfried 119-Osleeb 125-Caneparo 130-Murayama 135-Manley 140- Talesnik 145-Longo 152-Carter
96 – Asher Kramer 103 – Brian Realbuto 112 – Steven Rodrigues 119 – Justis Flamio 125 – Mike Rose 130 – Joe Grippi 135 – Kevin Davidson 140 – Joe Hauser 145 – Luke Speno
Heres the results: Small school Third place 96 – Scott Longworth (A) dec. Max Abramsky (Ed), 8-5; 103 – Jimmy Kyreakedes (DF) pin. Elder Calim (Wd), :44; 112 – Michael Taino (Pv) pin. Chris Madera (Pv), 3:24; 119 – Jesse Rahimzadeh (N) dec. Teddy Kyreakedes (DF), 4-2; 125 – Michael… Read More →
