Section 1 finishes fifth in DI and sixth in DII. Not as good as last year for DI but not bad. The Section had one more place finisher than last year. Division I 280.5 11 192.0 8 136.5 6 131.5 5 121.0 1 115.5 C 114.5 2 108.0 9 91.5… Read More →
UPDATE 8:34: One of the blog readers pointed out that Fox Lane had two state finalists last year, which I skipped over when talking about Ardsley. I fixed the mistake below. Thanks to reader “Spoof” for the correction. UPDATE 8:04: So that’s it for the LoHud at this state tournament…. Read More →
UPDATE 2:10: This blog post isn’t saving for some reason. I’m switching to a new blog post. UPDATE 2:07: Castro indeed lost and will wrestle for fifth. Just Gecaj left for the consi semis. UPDATE 1:59: Another low-scoring affair for Wang, but this time he gets away with it and… Read More →
These guys all lost one match but rebounded to advance through the wrestlebacks into Day 2. Win once more and they’re guaranteed to place top-6 in the state. Division I 96 – Matt Caputo, North Rockland 103 – Sam Speno, Fox Lane; Asher Kramer, Suffern 112 – Nick Oliveto, Suffern… Read More →
…you’re stayin alive. These are the 13 kids whose state championship hopes are still alive. Division I 96 – Mike Parise, Brewster 112 – Brian Realbuto, Somers 119 – Billy Watterson, John Jay 125 – Steve Rodrigues, Fox Lane; Justis Flamio, Mahopac 135 – Andrew Lenzi, Fordham Prep 145 –... Read More →
UPDATE 9:57: Myer loses 3-2. That’s the last of it. Time to bang out my story and go home. Home being the Holiday Inn Express. UPDATE 9:53: Gecaj pins Longwood’s Benjamin Lee in 3:21. UPDATE 9:51: Gecaj and Myer just started. The arena is almost empty at this point. UPDATE… Read More →
The storm of the season couldn’t have come at a worse time for wrestling fans. Albany has already declared a snow emergency after getting blanketed yesterday and today. It will remain in effect through 8 p.m. Friday. New York is supposed to get another storm on Thursday evening that lasts… Read More →
The New York Public High School Athletic Association has entered into a partnership with TicketLeap, a Philadelphia-based company, to sell state championship tickets online. Fans can now purchase tickets with a credit card, which I believe was not possible before. You can also avoid waiting in ticket lines, although I… Read More →
Yesterday was the NY/NJ regional qualifier for the National Prep tournament. Four Hackley kids and three Rye Country Day kids placed in the top four, which earns a berth at Lehigh University on Friday. Qualifiers for Rye Country Day were Chibueze Nwakeze, who placed second at 160, Mike Pollinger, who… Read More →
I was just informed by the mother of David Occhipinti that her son, a Croton 119-pounder, was named a Division II wild-card alternate. David was left out of the earlier wild card post.
According to the results of the last poll, a vast majority of you think Division II would have 1-3 champions if they wrestled in Division I. Time for the next poll. Now that the state brackets are out and you can trace everyone’s path to the finals, who do you… Read More →
State tournament brackets are now up! View Division I here. View Division II here. The brackets are in a new format that looks kind of complicated but isn’t too bad once you stare at it for a while. The locals are seeded as follows: Division I 96 – 2) Mike… Read More →
For a reminder about what happened at last year’s sectional tournament follow this link. A few finalists from last year will be facing familiar foes. For Brian Realbuto it won’t be Damon McQueen, who he beat in last year’s championship. McQueen jumped to 119. That leaves Johnson City’s Sean McCormick,... Read More →
If you want to check up on who else around the state is headed to the state tournament, follow these links. Section 2 Section 3 (upper right hand corner) Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 (DI) and (DII) Section 9 (DI) and (DII) Section 10 (Sorry… Read More →
The state championships are Friday and Saturday, Feb . 26-27 at the Times Union Center in Albany. Wrestling begins at 10:30 a.m. on Friday. To get the full schedule check this website. There is a large private parking facility to the right of the arena.
The winner of our Pick the Champions contest was former Put Valley wrestler Christopher Brothers. His prize for winning was the right to submit his own blog post. This is what he sent me: After seeing the sectional results and the post saying that section one is sending 13 wild… Read More →
Section 1 coach Bill Swertfager was hoping for 10-12 wild cards between the two classes. Turns out he got more than he hoped for. Section 1 will send 13 extra kids to the state tournament. Included in the group are two third-place finishers—Jimmy Duckham and Tony Ferranti. Pleasantville, which won… Read More →
The eternal question ever since the state created a small-school tournament. If everyone was still together and the small schools didn’t get their own tournament, how many of the DII champions would still be champions. As a reminder when you vote, here are the matchups. 96 – Trey Aslanian vs… Read More →
There were 20 entries in the contest to pick the sectional champions. The winner was “cb157.” He picked 11 of the 15 Division II champions correctly. As far as picking Division I goes, five people tied at the top by picking 9 of 15 correctly. Here are the full standings:... Read More →
Team Scores: 1. St. Anthony’s – 287.5 2. Monsignor Farrell – 225.5 3. Chaminade – 208.5 4. Kellenberg – 144.5 5. St. Joes Collegiate – 89 6. Fordham Prep – 73.5 7. Mount St. Michael – 66 8. St. Peter’s – 48.5 9. Xavier – 44 10. St. Francis –... Read More →
Before I get into the individuals, the teams, the injuries and the controversies, here’s the first thing you need to know about the 2010 sectional championship. Only six No. 1 seeds were crowned champions today at Pace. That’s a tiny number. Last year there were 13. In 2008 there were… Read More →
The MOW was who else but Penn Gottfried, Section 1’s first five-time champion. Pleasantville won the team title despite not having a champion. Nanuet had three champs and finished second. Mike Dougherty has the story. Team key and scores — 1. Pleasantville (Pv) 255; 2. Nanuet (Nt) 232.5; 3. Edgemont… Read More →
John Jay was the team champ for the first time ever. A ton of surprises today. S-Rod over Flamio, Speno over Kramer, Parise over Caputo, Stauber over Figueroa, Myer over Panken, and Slane over Swertfager in a controversy. I’ll be back with details after I file my story. Team key… Read More →
