A weighty six champions for North Rockland, which won for the third time in four years.
I plucked this passage from her story:
The match of the day went to Dan Pragdat of Clarkstown South in the 145-pound final against Suffern’s Vinny Giella.
With the score tied 3-3 late in the match, Pragdat escaped to get the decision. He was up 3-1 going into the third period.
“I’m a junior and in the three years of working so hard for that title I said, ‘It’s two minutes away, simple as that,” Pragdat said. “Even though I let him get the reversal, I said, ‘You know what? The score’s tied and I’m still in control of the match. This is probably the greatest win I’ve ever had in my life.”
Team scores and key — 1. North Rockland (NRk) 225.5; 2. Suffern (Sf) 193.5; 3. Nanuet (Nan) 146.5; 4. Tappan Zee (TZ) 145; 5. Clarkstown North (CN) 117; 6. Clarkstown South (CS) 108; 7. Pearl River (PR) 86.5; 8. East Ramapo (ER) 72.5; 9. Nyack (Nk) 54.
Finals
96 — Matt Caputo (NRk) pin. James Dunn (NRk), 3:09. 103 — Asher Kramer (Sf) maj. dec. Lucien Severe (ER), 14-5. 112 — Nick Oliveto (Sf) tech. fall Paul Fields (CN), 21-6. 119 — Justin Artrip (Sf) maj. dec. John Morato (Nan), 11-2. 125 — Mike Caputo (NRk) pin. Joe Lieberman (PR) 1:29. 130 — Gregg Caneparo (Nan) dec. Joe Maniscalco (TZ), 3-1. 135 — Joe Slane (NRk) maj. dec. Jesse Rahzimzadeh (Nan), 16-1. 140 — Brandon Kafka (Sf) dec. Matt Pragdat (CS), 2-0. 145 — Dan Pragdat (CS) dec. Vinny Giella (Sf), 4-3. 152 — Marc Diaz (Nrk) maj. dec. John Sullivan (TZ), 9-1. 160 — Christian Bouquet (CN) dec. Mike Valdez (TZ), 3-2. 171 — Tim Coyne (TZ) dec. Joe Cummings (Nk), 8-3. 189 — Ronald Fermin (NRk) dec. James Kesecki (Sf), 8-3. 215 — Pat Cahill (NRk) dec. Anthony Paratore (Nan), 3-2. 285 — Jimmy Emsworth (PR) dec. Nico Matos (CS), 3-0.
Consolation finals
96 — Alex Oliveto (Sf) dec. Eli Goley (ER), 8-1. 103 — Matt Dillon (Nan) dec. Brian McLiverty (CS), 5-3. 112 —Anthony Calvano (Nan) dec. Proshant Thakur (Nk), 8-6. 119 — Adit Thakur (Nk) dec. Anthony Simini (NRk), 4-2 OT. 125 — Tim Boyle (Nan) maj. dec. Charlie Garcia (TZ), 11-2. 130 — James Georges (ER) dec. Mike Calabria (NRk), 1-0. 135 —Nick Giella (Sf) maj. dec. Mark DaRosa (NRk) 12-2. 140 —Keith Baez (NRk) pin. Dan Seligson (CN), 1:48. 145 — Bruce Rubin (CN) dec. Joe Rutkowski (TZ), 10-6. 152 — Matt Oliva pin. Mike McWilliams (PR), 3:40. 160 —Kenta Umezaki (PR) dec. Mike Freeman (NRk), 8-2. 171 — Adam Becker (CN) pin. Rich Berkery (Nan), 2:26. 189 — Gabe Guardarramas (TZ) pin. Kyle Hartigan (PR), 1:22. 215 — Nick Ohrynowicz (CS) pin.. Justin Vega (TZ) 1:54. 285 —Steven Maldonado (Nk) dec. Rich Santana (NRk), 4-3.
Semifinals
96 — Matt Caputo (NRk) pin. Joe Joyce (Nan) 1:02; James Dunn (NRk) dec. Dean Guevarra (CN) 3-0. 103 —Asher Kramer (Sf) pin. Matt Dillon, 2:41; Lucien Severe (ER) dec. Colby Kasn (CN) 7-2. 112 — Nick Oliveto (Sf) tech. fall Anthony Calvario (Nan) 27-12; Paul Fields (CN) pin. Proslliant Makur (Nk) 5:35. 119 — Justin Artrip (Sf) pin. Adit Thakur (Nk), :24.8; John Morato (Nan) tech. fall. Nick Altomare (TZ) 16-0. 125 — Joe Lieberman (PR) dec. Charlie Garcia (TZ) 6-2; Mike Caputo (NRk) dec. Tim Boyle (Nan) 14-9. 130 — Gregg Caneparo (Nan) dec. James DeSimone (Sf) 6-0; Joe Maniscalco (TZ) dec. James Georges (ER) 9-5. 135 — Joe Slane (NRk) dec. Nick Giella (Sf), 8-2; Jesse Rahimzadeh (Nan) dec. Mike DeRosa (NRk), 6-4. 140 — Brandon Kafka (Sf) maj. dec. Cameron Bruzzi (PR) 10-2; Matt Pragdat (CS) dec. Dom Grasso (TZ) 10-7. 145 — Vinny Giella (Sf) tech fall Joe Rutkowski (TZ) 17-2; Dan Pragdat (CS) dec. Bruce Rubin (CN) 9-2. 152 — Marc Diaz (NRk) pin. Matt Oliva (CS) :24; John Sullivan (TZ) pin. Mike McWilliams (PR), 2:28. 160 — Christian Bouquet (CN) dec. Matt Freeman (NRk) 9-3; Mike Valdez (TZ) dec. Kenta Umezaki, 2-1 3OT. 171 — Joe Cummings (Nk) dec. Rich Berkely (Nan) 5-1; Tim Coyne (TZ) pin. Adam Becker (CN) :49. 189 — James Kesecki (Sf) dec. Gabe Guardarramas (TZ) 1-1 (1-0 OT); Ron Fermin (NRk) dec. Sean Galette (ER) 3-2. 215 — Anthony Paratore (Nan) dec. Nick Ohrynowicz (CS) 4-2; Pat Cahill (NRk) pin. Victor Lleshaj (CN) 3:03. 285 — Nick Matos (CS) dec. Steven Maldonado (Nk) 3-2 OT; Jimmy Emsworth (PR) pin. Rich Santana (NRk), :23.7.
7 Comments
at 285 Emsworth pinned Matos at 3:20.
alright i have to disagree withthe match of the day i have to go with cummings vs. coyne. the 171 weight class was shaken up by a dominant win over cummings by coyne. 8-3 where coyne controlled the match the entire time.
I agree with wrestling fan pragdat giella not that exciting
What was the best match
what was fields thinking when he got in oliveto’s face. i liked how after that oliveto taught him a lesson.
The Pragdat match was boring, boring, boring. Only someone who does not follow the sport of wrestling would think that was the match of the night. The Atrip-Morato match had a lot of fire and even the Caneparo-Maniscalco match was more interesting. I think the officials got too involved with Fields and Oliveto. It was a physical match, not dirty at all. Oliveto pushed Fields around and Fields just stood his ground at one point but he was beaten by a wrestler who is on a different level. Cummings looked shot in the 3rd period and Coyne kept the pressure on, simple as that. But overall, in my many years following the tournament, these were fairly mundane matches and the least exciting finals in quite a while.
Coyle. LOL.