The LoHud Wrestling Blog

Without much wrestling going on this week, the latest wrestling notebook focused on a strong early season showing from several teams in Rockland county. While there are only nine teams in the county, many of them are among the elite in Section 1. North Rockland looks like the favorite in… Read More →

Semifinals 99 – Alfredo Olmedo (Arlington) dec. Kyle Davis (Beacon), 6-0; Chris Cuccolo (Pine Bush) pin Randy Earl (John Jay-EF), 2:25. 106 – Kevin Rodriguez (Port Chester) pin Brady Robin (Arlington), 2:35; Tyler Lynch (Valley Central) pin Andrew Fang (Hewlett), 1:02. 113 – John Stramiello (Pine Bush) pin Jake Smith… Read More →

North Rockland (144 points) captured the Michael O’Connell Tournament at Pearl River. Warwick (126 points) finished in second, Tappan Zee (114 points) was third and Pearl River (104 points) was fourth. More team scores to follow. Semifinals 101 — James Kelly (PR) pin Anthony Sulla (Nr):33; Alex D’Angelo (Nrk) dec…. Read More →

Welcome back everyone! Hope you all had a great Christmas! We have two pretty big tournaments set to take place during this holiday week, but the weather is already taking its toll. Mid-Hudson tourney director Dave Ryley texted me this afternoon informing me that their start time has been pushed… Read More →

With the Section 1 Dual Meet Championships having been concluded and about three weeks worth of season in the books, this seemed like a great time to release my dual meet power rankings. The early portion of the season is usually heavy with dual meet competition before teams shift their… Read More →

This week’s notebook focuses on the strong start from the Yonkers wrestling program. Six schools in the city of Yonkers — Lincoln, Gorton, Yonkers, Saunders, Roosevelt and Riverside — came together to make one team six years ago, but coming into this season, the combined program had yet to take… Read More →

With a 42-33 victory over Pawling on Thursday, Croton-Harmon coach Sam Occhipinti earned his 200th career win as head coach of the Tigers. I asked him to put the milestone into perspective. “Longevity certainly has its place when reaching milestones,” Occhipinti said. “My hope is that I have been able… Read More →

Tappan Zee 65, East Ramapo 18 At Tappan Zee 99 — Brendan Henry (TZ) by disqualification Trey Wardlaw. 106 — Patrick Henry (TZ) by forfeit. 113 — Jason Girolami (TZ) by forfeit. 120 — Jonathon Ortiz (ER) pin Ziad Cenanjanin, 0:41; 126 — Sergei Neyer (TZ) pin Maham Dorne, 0:48…. Read More →

Here is this week’s press release from the Iowa Style Wrestling club: Reno Tournament of Champions Sam Speno (Fox Lane HS), a true freshman for NC State, had a great tournament this weekend. Speno took third place at 133 lbs. at the Reno Tournament of Champions, where his only loss… Read More →

There are some good ones on tap today, most notably Section 1 D1 duals champ North Rockland visiting third-place finisher Fox Lane. The Foxes are probably the best dual meet team from Section 1 that the Red Raiders have yet to see, and there will be some very interesting matches… Read More →

Thanks again to everyone who stopped by the chat tonight. It will be the first of many this season. Click here for a full replay in case you missed it. Here are the results that we’ve received so far from Wednesday: Hackley 57, Dalton 19 At Hackley 106 – Julio… Read More →

Vincent Z. Mercogliano’s LoHud Wrestling Chat

Before we get to Wednesday’s schedule, I wanted to remind everyone that I will be hosting our first live LoHud Wrestling Chat of the season tonight at 7:30. I’ll be taking all of your questions until around 9 p.m., so be sure to stop by and join in the discussion!... Read More →

I’ll be back in a little while with videos and reaction from North Rockland’s 37-28 win over Nanuet today, but here are the box scores that we’ve received so far in the meantime: Arlington 51, Mahopac 30 At Mahopac 99 — Alfredo Olmedo (Arl) pin Abigail Bunyea, 2:44. 106 —... Read More →

I’ll be at Nanuet today for one of the more highly anticipated dual meets of the season. The D2 champs will host D1 dual meet champ North Rockland, and there should be a bunch of really competitive and intriguing matches. It’s conceivable that Nanuet will give the Red Raiders more… Read More →

Our first LoHud Wrestling live chat of the season is set to take place on Wednesday night beginning at 7:30. The chats got to be pretty popular last year, and I’m hoping to continue that trend. I’ll be hosting and taking all of your questions until around 9 p.m. through… Read More →

Finals Team results and key: 1. Mattituck (Mat) 197.5; 2. Tappan Zee (TZ) 179; 3. Arlington (Arl) 157; 4. Ossining (O) 149; 5. Sayville (Say) 140.5; 6. Irvington (I) 116.5; 7. Hackley (Hk) 95; 8. Pawling (Pw) 78; 9. Westlake (Ws) 59; 10. Port Chester (PC) 32. 99—Alfredo Olmedo (Arl)... Read More →

I hope everyone had an enjoyable weekend. I’m back, and have some more results from around the section. Brian Heyman covered the Chase Media Group Dual Meet tournament at Yorktown yesterday, where the host edged out Brewster to claim the title. I also wanted to post the link for my… Read More →

This is Brian Heyman filling in today. There has been talk about Yorktown being a top contender for a sectional title this season, and the Huskers showed these last two days that the talk is justified. They won their five round-robin matches and then beat Brewster Saturday in the final… Read More →

There are four local tournaments going on this weekend, with several other teams traveling outside of Section 1 to seek out competition. I’ll be out of town for a prior engagement, but my colleague Brian Heyman will be covering the Chase Media Group Dual Meets at Yorktown on Saturday. For… Read More →

Here are the results that we’ve received so far tonight: Edgemont 42, Ardsley 27 At Edgemont 99 — Double forfeit. 106 — Double forfeit. 113 — 120 — Max Worobow (Ed) by forfeit 126 — John Aslanian (Ed) forfeit. 132 — Jeremy Kogan (Ard) pin Rikesh Mistry, 1:07. 138 —... Read More →