A few days ago I posted about Ben Villaret, the Monsignor Farrell senior who became the winningest wrestler in New York City history with 149. Turns out that may not be true. A Horace Mann wrestler, Cameron Wertheimer (pictured left), apparently got his 158th win last winter. At least that’s… Read More →
John Jay dropped a dual meet on Wednesday to Fairfield Warde, 38-34. Just got the box score. 096 DAN YABLON (JOHN J) FOR 0-0 FF (FFWRD) 103 P EATON (FFWRD) PIN 4:06 ALEX LAMBIOTTE (JOHN J) 112 C STUPA (FFWRD) PIN 4:30 ANTHONY PATTI (JOHN J) 119 BILLY WATTERSON (JOHN… Read More →
What’s everyone’s Christmas wish this year? I’m not talking New Year’s resolutions. I mean if you could have any one wish come true, related to wrestling or not, what would it be? In fact, let’s make this the poll question. Everyone add whatever answer you want. I’ll go with….let’s see….well… Read More →
Today featured the debut of Back Points, the new weekly wrestling notes where I look “back” on the “points” of interest that week. Get it, back points? Genius I know. I used this first one to let a broad audience know about two guys who’ve made headlines recently: Andrew Lenzi… Read More →
Tappan Zee and Suffern haven’t met very often. Suffern is too big and usually goes looking for similarly-sized competition. When they have faced off, the Mounties come out on top. Suffern is, along with North Rockland, the historical big daddy of Rockland wrestling. So when I started asking people after… Read More →
Tappan Zee 42, Suffern 31 At Suffern 96 — Alex Oliveto (Sf) dec. John Miller 6-0; 103 —Sergei Meyer (TZ) won by forfeit; 112 — Asher Kramer (Sf) pin. Ryan Heaton, 1:06; 119 — Nick Oliveto (Sf) tech fall Nick Altomare, 24-7; 125 — Justin Artrip (Sf) dec. Charles Garcia,... Read More →
Mahopac at Brewster, 4:30 p.m. Tappan Zee at Suffern, 4:30 p.m. Pearl River at North Rockland, 4:30 p.m. Woodlands at Dobbs Ferry, 4:30 p.m. Nyack at East Ramapo, 4:30 p.m. Nanuet at Clarkstown South, 6 p.m. Looking forward to that Mahopac-Brewster score.
Eastchester 60, Hastings 12 At Eastchester 171 — Blaise Ridulfo (Es) pin Tom Carmody, 1:11; 189 — Nick Coco (Es) pin Chris Minozzi 1:28; 215 — double forfeit; 285 — Joe Sestito (Hs) pin Ofvaldo Romero 0:30; 96 — Double forfeit; 103 — Rob Lalli (Es) won by forfeit; 112… Read More →
Section 1, you have a new wins leader. Beacon’s Ryan Tompkins today broke the section’s all-time wins record by picking up two victories at a double dual. The senior stands at 193-29 including 18-0 this year. The record of 192 had stood since Mahopac’s Joe Mazzurco set it in 2001…. Read More →
Irvington at White Plains, 4:30 p.m. Hastings at Eastchester, 4:30 p.m. Mahopac at Carmel, 4:30 p.m. John Jay-East Fishkill at Panas, 4:30 p.m. Woodlands at Byram Hills, 4:30 p.m.
Stepinac AD Mike O’Donnell informs me that his school has created a wrestling program for the first time in school history. Rick Lee, a White Plains police detective and former assistant coach at White Plains High, will take the reins. Twenty three kids have signed up already. Right now they… Read More →
Monsignor Farrell senior Ben Villaret became the all-time winner in New York City history, and he did so at the expense of some local teams. Farrell went 4-0 at the CHSAA Duals on Saturday, beating Fordham Prep, Salesian, Mount St. Michael, and host Iona Prep. And all four were ugly…. Read More →
All meets at 4:30 p.m. Mount Vernon at Sleepy Hollow Port Chester at Rye Eastchester at Pleasantville
Here are the box scores from John Jay’s three closest matches at the NCN Duals, courtesy of Bill Swertfager. JJ-Brewster 096 DAN YABLON (JOHN J) PIN 3:43 MCGILL (BRW) 103 PARISE (BRW) PIN :42 ALEX LAMBIOTTE (JOHN J) 112 DUNCAN (BRW) PIN 1:47 CHARLES BOCKLET (JOHN J) 119 GONSKA (BRW)... Read More →
Big news out of Yorktown today as John Jay failed to win the NCN Duals for the first time in six years. The Indians were unseated 42-34 in the championship by Brewster. Was anybody there that can fill us in on what happened? The MOW still went to a John… Read More →
It’s a round-robin event so there’s no team scoring. Pleasantville had the most medalists: five. 6th Annual Clarkstown North Wrestling Tournament Teams: Clarkstown North(CN), Clarkstown South(CS), West Islip(WI), Pleasantville(PV), Newburgh Free Academy(NFA), Yonkers(Y), Horace Mann(HM) 96 lbs. 1st= Dean Guevarra (CN) 3-0 2nd= Tyler Walsh (WI) 2-1 3rd=Andrew Rivera (NFA)... Read More →
North is hosting a four-round round robin dual meet tourney on Saturday starting at 9:30 a.m. The following teams will be attending: West Islip (Section 11), Newburgh Free Academy (Section 9), Chaminade (CHSAA), Pleasantville, Pawling, Yonkers, Horace Mann, and North. North coach Tony Mellino said 112 and 152 look to… Read More →
The North County News Holiday Wrestling Championships kick off today at 4:30 at Yorktown. The dual meet tournament is in its seventh year. There are two rounds today, then four more tomorrow starting at 9 a.m. The 12-team field is divided into two pools of six, with each team wrestling… Read More →
Clarkstown North continues to exceed expectations. The Rams beat Nanuet 46-35 today to move to 5-1 on the season. A couple of weeks ago I talked to Coach Tony Mellino about the state of the team. He damped down expectations by calling this season basically the prequel to next year…. Read More →
Brunswick 60, Hackley 10 At Brunswick 285 — Jack Wiliams (Br) pin Ben Jurcic, 1:30; 103 —Barnett (Br) dec. Dan Shaw, 3-2; 112 — Cooper Sith (Br) won by forfeit; 119 — Justin Seim (Hk) maj. dec. Baldwin, 15-3; 125 — Corey Kupersmith (Br) won by forfeit; 130 — Hadjipaperaf… Read More →
Ardsley’s Penn Gottfried achieved his dream of wrestling for a D1 college when Columbia accepted his early decision application. He will be a member of one of the oldest college programs in history, one that’s working on its second century. You’ll be hearing the 119-pounder’s name plenty more times as… Read More →
Today’s dual meet between Brewster and Fox Lane has been postponed, as have all after-school activities at Fox Lane. Fox Lane High School was evacuated at 10:45 this morning after an anonymous threat against the school was made in an internet chat room. You can read the Journal News’s coverage… Read More →
Pleasantville 69, Iona Prep 18 At Iona Prep 112 — Michael Kar (Pv) pin Sean Mullins, 1:13; 119 — Andrew Serino (Pv) pin Mike Fanelli, 0:44; 125 — Chris Madera (Pv) pin Jack Walsh, 1:16; 130 — Blake Artuso (Pv) pin Connor Ready, 3:39; 135 — A.J. Brugger (Pv) pin… Read More →
