Bonilla-Bowman loses first match
Jon Bonilla-Bowman was decisioned by Chattanooga’s Joseph Knox, 15-12, in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. He will wrestleback against West Virginia’s Ryan Goodman tonight.
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High School Wrestling in the Lower Hudson ValleyNCAA individual rankings
In the earlier post I referred to national rankings by WrestlingReport.com. I thought you might be interested in the full rankings for every weight class. 125: 1) Paul Donahoe-Edinboro-Sr (EWL – 1st) 2) Troy Nickerson-Cornell-Jr (EIWA – 1st) 3) Angel Escobedo-Indiana-Jr (Big X – 1st) 4) Brandon Precin-Northwestern-Jr (Big X… Read More →
Bonilla-Bowman enters NCAAs off rib injury and illness
The NCAA wrestling tournament begins tomorrow at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis. One of the participants will be Pomona’s own Jonny Bonilla-Bowman. Bonilla-Bowman, a redshirt junior from Hofstra, is making his third NCAA appearance. He recently claimed his second Colonial Athletic Association championship at 157 pounds. In two years… Read More →
Hayes Yorks passes away
Former Pearl River coach Hayes Yorks, 71, passed away early yesterday morning. He suffered a stroke while vacationing in Florida with wife Jane that sent him into a coma. His son and three daughters were called down to be at his bedside. He was then taken off life support. It… Read More →
Class of ’68 to be honored by Greeley
Greeley coach Mike DeBellis asked me to pass along some information about his team dinner. In addition to the usual festivities (honoring the seniors, telling stories, stuffing their faces with eggplant Rollatini) they will have special guests: the 1968 Greeley wrestling team. The fightin’ 68ers went 12-1 and placed second… Read More →
Youth tournaments
There are three youth tournaments happening in the north country over the next three weekends. They’re for young wrestlers in grades K-8. The first is at Beacon’s Rombout Middle School on Saturday. The following weekend is at Carmel High School followed by Brewster on the 21st. Additional information is available… Read More →
Championship Saturday in pictures
Vinnie DiGravio was minding his own business when Joey Grippi fell from the ceiling. Steve Rodrigues gets his world turned upside down. Stephen Dutton keeps Andrew Lenzi firmly on bottom. The antelope is fast, but not fast enough to avoid the lion’s pounce. Ever wonder what the bottom of Genta… Read More →
Two LoHud links
A couple championship-related links to pass along. First is the new Gameface poll, which only features athletes who have won a championship in the last week. Realbuto and Brundage are on there as two of the better ones. But my vote is going to Albertus girls basketball player Alaina Walker…. Read More →
Exceeding expectations
It’s funny when people still vote in the old poll even after the answer has been determined. The last poll asked who would go furthest in states. Turned out to be Brundage and Realbuto. Now, those two were doing well in the poll anyway, along with Joe Grippi. But after… Read More →
Check, check, check, and check
Bill Swertfager and the Section 1 coaches set four numerical goals when they brought the kids together for practice last week. 1) Two state champions: Check. First Brian Realbuto won the 103-pound title and James Brundage the 160-pound title in Division I. Realbuto’s was the first finals match for Section… Read More →
