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 of their own tournament, the ninth annual Yorktown/Chase Media Group Holiday Wrestling Championships. It marked the first time the host team has won it.
The Huskers’ big four, returning sectional champs Steven Sabella and David Varian and runner-ups Joe Mastro and Tom Murray, all had pins in the championship round. But a lot of guys contributed to this. For instance, Alec Tapia and Jimmy Kaishian both went 6-0. Kyle Santucci won his 152-pound final via pin, good for his 100th victory. He was named Most Outstanding Wrestler.
“We’ve been shooting for it this year,” Sabella said about this team title. “We have a lot of mini goals leading up to our final goal, obviously the section title, better yet, the state title. … I feel like today we showed how dominant we can be when we all do our part.”
My article will be on LoHud.com and in The Journal News Sunday.
Also, Hen Hud’s Lance Perlmutter won the Matt Zeller Sportsmanship Award.
Here’s how it went after the round robin was completed:
Championship: Yorktown 45, Brewster 30
Third place: Sleepy Hollow 39, Hen Hud 35
Fifth place: Putnam Valley 56, Carmel 30
Seventh place: Croton-Harmon 45, Scarsdale 39
Ninth place: John Jay 70, Byram Hills 9
11th place: Dobbs Ferry 36, Somers 30
Here are some of the box scores from the tournament:
Championship match
Yorktown 45, Brewster 30
99 — John Burns won by forfeit; 106 — Grant Cuomo (Bw) pin. Anthony Altimari :35; 113 — Tyler Gonska (Bw) pin. David Guerrero-Suarez 1:51; 120 — Thomas Kozal (Bw) dec. Chris Varian 5-2; 126 — Jimmy Kaishian (Yk) dec. Nick McGill 3-1; 132 — Liam Erickson (Bw) pin. Mark Guartam 4:15; 138 — Jesus Hernandez (Yk) dec. Patrick McGill 6-1; 145 — Alec Tapia (Yk) dec. Joe Petrogallo 7-5; 152 — Kyle Santucci (Yk) pin. Gino Gioielli 4:45; 160 — Joe Mastro (Yk) pin. Ryan Ford 1:18; 170 — Joe Buonadonna (Bw) dec. Connor Brown 4-3; 182 — Tom Murray (Yk) pin. Mark Larm :41; 195 — Nick Havrilla (Yk) won by forfeit; 220 — Steven Sabella (Yk) pin. Frank Golinello 1:36; 285 — David Varian (Yk) pin. Vince Nardini :58.
Fifth place
Putnam Valley 56, Carmel 40
99 — Edward Tomaskovic (Ca) pin. Mikey Bruno 4:31; 106 — Noah Kelvas (PV) pin. Kevin Knox 1:28; 113 — Jared Eliopoulous (PV) won by forfeit; 120 — Greg Purdy (Ca) won by forfeit; 126 — A.J. Mirabal (PV) pin. Ahken Chu :27; 132 — Chris Bruno (PV) pin. Dominic Caporale 2:45; 138 — Kyle Kelvas (PV) tech. fall over Brendan Dehn 15-0; 145 — Sam Honors (PV) dec. Alex Leone 18-11; 152 — Kelmend Muriqi (PV) won by forfeit; 160 — Angelo Zegarelli (PV) tech. fall over John Guercio 21-5; 170 — Will Messinger (PV) pin. Jonathan French :35; 195 — Denis Kelly (PV) won by forfeit; 220 — Anthony Schneider (Ca) won by forfeit; 285 — Steven Youssef (Ca) won by forfeit.
Seventh place
Croton-Harmon 45, Scarsdale 39
132 — Daniel Baruch (Sc) dec. Dan Guido, 7-4. 138 — Mike Hodges (Sc) by forfeit. 145 — Andrew Horan (CH) dec. Phillip Goldberg, 4-2. 152 — Andrew Braun (Sc) by forfeit. 160 — Andrew Elsner (Sc) by forfeit. 170 — Joe Koshakow (Sc) pin. Sam Goldsmith, 0:48. 182 — Matt Seputro (CH) by forfeit. 195 — Devin Lewis (CH) by forfeit. 220 — Alek Pavloff (CH) pin. George Bobolakis, 1:20. 285 — Ethan Raff (Sc) by forfeit. 99 — Thomas Barsuch (CH) by forfeit. 106 — Michael DeBramo (Sc) by forfeit. 113 — Andrew Barsuch (CH) pin. Robert Keltz, 1:26. 120 — Rob Corveddu (CH) by forfeit. 126 — Tom Schulze (CH) pin. Daniel Kestenbaum, 3:48.
Round robin
Brewster 65, Croton-Harmon 15
113 — Andrew Barsuch (CH) dec. Tyler Gonska, 8-2. 120 — Tom Kozal (Bw) dec. Tom Schulze, 6-2. 126 — Nick McGill (Bw) by forfeit. 132 — Liam Erickson (Bw) dec. Dan Guido, 10-3. 138 — Patrick McGill (Bw) by forfeit. 145 — Andrew Horan (CH) pin. Joey Petrogallo, 5:45. 152 — Gino Gioielli (Bw) by forfeit. 160 — Joseph Buonadonna (Bw) by forfeit. 170 — Ryan Ford (Bw) pin. Sam Goldsmith, 4:53. 182 — Mike Larm (Bw) tech. fall Devin Lewis, 15-0. 195 — Matt Seputro (CH) by forfeit. 220 — Frank Galinello (Bw) pin. Alek Pavloff, 1:47. 285 — Vincent Nardini (Bw) by forfeit. 99 — Grant Cuomo (Bw) pin. Thomas Barsuch, 3:30. 106 — John Burns (Bw) by forfeit.
Croton-Harmon 54, Byram Hills 18
126 — Tom Schulze (CH) pin. Daniel Koster (BH) 1:36. 132 — Dan Guido (CH) by forfeit. 138 — double forfeit. 145 — Benjamin Ratner (BH) by forfeit. 152 — Andrew Horan (CH) pin. Sean John O’Connell (BH) 1:12. 160 — Matthew Percellop (BH) by forfeit. 170 — Sam Goldsmith (CH) by forfeit. 182 — Devin Lewis (CH) dec.Decon Cummings (BH) 5-1. 195 — Matt Seputro (CH) by forfeit. 220 — Alek Pavloff (CH) by forfeit. 285 — double forfeit. 99 — Thomas Barsuch (CH) by forfeit.106 — Jon Errico (BH) by forfeit. 113 — Rob Corveddu (CH) dec. Anthony Alexandrou (BH) 11-4. 120 — Andrew Barsuch (CH) pin. Holden Summers. (BH) 1:29.
Croton-Harmon 42, Somers 20
120 — Rob Corveddu (CH) by forfeit. 126 — Tom Schulze (CH) by forfeit. 132 — Dylan Realbuto (S) technical fall Dan Guido (CH) 0:00 17-2. 138 — Larry Courtien (S) by forfeit. 145 — Liam Heine (S) dec. Andrew Horan (CH) 7-0. 152 — double forfeit. 160 — double forfeit. 160 — double forfeit. 170 — Mark Lasar (S) pin. Sam Goldsmith (CH) 0:39. 182 — Matt Seputro (CH) by forfeit. 195 — Devin Lewis (CH) by forfeit. 220 — Alek Pavloff (CH) by forfeit. 285 — double forfeit. 99 — Thomas Barsuch (CH) by forfeit. 106 — double forfeit. 113 — Andrew Barsuch (CH) by forfeit.
Round robin, Friday
Hen Hud 55, Croton-Harmon 24
106 — Joseph Ledwin (HH) by forfeit. 113 — Andrew Barsuch (CHS) pin. Samuel Zilker, 0:37. 120 — Mark Grant (HH) maj. dec. Tom Schulze, 15-4. 126 — Jack Wagner (HH) by forfeit. 132 — Dan Guido, (CH) pin. Santiago Forero, 3:57. 138 — Jordan Artope (HH) by forfeit. 145 — Kevin McDermott (HH) pin Andrew Horan, 3:18. 152 — Josh Perlmutter (HH) by forfeit. 160 — double forfeit. 170 — Lance Perlmutter (HH) by forfeit. 182 — Devin Lewis (CH) by forfeit. 195 — Kyle Mallory (HH) pin. Matt Seputro, 1:30. 220 — Dareen Belvu (HH) pin. Alek Pavloff, 1:24. 285 — Chris Dreier (CH) by forfeit. 99 — Mike DiPietro (HH) dec. Thomas Barsuch, 5-1.
Carmel 48, Croton-Harmon 41
99 — Edward Tomaskovic (Ca) pin. Thomas Barsuch, 5:14. 106 — Kevin Knox (Ca) by forfeit. 113 — Andrew Barsuch (CH) pin. John Knox, 0:50. 120 — Greg Purdy (Ca) pin. Rob Corveddu, 3:49. 126 — Tom Schulze (CH) tech. fall Nick Tarantelli, 17-2. 132 — Dan Guido (CH) pin. Dominic Caporale, 3:00. 138 — Tyler McMath (Ca) by forfeit. 145 — Andrew Horan (CH) pin. Alex Leone, 1:24. 152 — Robert Schaniel (Ca) by forfeit. 160 — Lee Hurley (Ca) by forfeit. 170 — John Lamonica (Ca) pin. Sam Goldsmith, 1:42. 182 — Devin Lewis (CH) pin. Jonathan French, 3:33. 195 — Matt Seputro (CH) by forfeit. 220 — Alek Pavloff (CH) pin. Anthony Schneider, 1:18. 285 — Steven Youssef (Ca) pin. Chris Dreier, 1:41.
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Somers brought 4 kids to a dual tournament????? Oh how the mighty have fallen. Kinda sad that a program that was good for 20+ years can go to nothing in just 2 years.
Easily explained, Coach DiSanto! Mahopac will be great for the next 20.
Anyone have the score between Murray and Messenger?
not close messinger dominated, also pinned gosset at 195
Hope all the folks at Somers responsible for DiSantos ouster are happy now. This program is a disgrace and should be disbanded immediately.
Total disrespect to the other 11 teams in attendance to have the gall to show up with 3 wrestlers. The AD should have some ‘splainin’ to do as well.
Score was 10-6 messinger looked great murray,looked sick all weekend, expect both to place in
States
Nice work Town! All of the crop is proud of you guys and its the first town has this tourney under this name but we won in 97 when it was just the Yorktown Duels beating Mahopac and somers
So with every post somers numbers got lower. They had six. Their weights only allowed 5 to wrestle. Guys forfeit to them. Had a few guys out with injuries, still a mess though
In only dual posted its 4 kids, 132, 138, 145, 170 that’s 4
Has Somers even had worse than a .500 season since 1969? This is very sad to see
Pardone me, I stand corrected they wrestled 4(see above) vs Croton. Still a disgrace!
There were 6. I believe two 132s. Two 138, a 145, and a 160. Why lie about six lol some people do more than read box scores. Talk to a coach. They have guys Out. Not enough that they will ever have a full lineup. Which is a joke. But to me its just funnier that the number kkept going down
Let’s not jump the gun on Somers.
They certified 23 wrestlers in November
•7 Freshman
•1 Soph
•13 Juniors
•2 Seniors
How many are not eligible? From Scholastics, skin checks or team discipline issues
But if the program has dropped off that many students off the team
Alumni have to ask –Why?
Then you have to look at the feeder programs
The youth or pee-wee – check if they still have a modified and what their numbers are.
And see if it can be turned around quickly.
Its still early in the season- and I think Somers can still be a factor
yes Jack, Somers still has a youth as well as a modified program.
Don’t blame the feeder programs. Note that only one sophomore was certified in November, while 7 fresmen were. It has been reported that the atmosphere in the wrestling room last year was not the greatest, especially for freshman. It looks like it drove some away. Well we had a pretty good run for over 40 years. Not too shabby. It was nice while it lasted.
Jack- I think it is normal for a Somers alumni to ask what is going on in Somers when they are 0-15 and they haven’t had a losing season in decades. I am sure there is plenty of blame to go around but from what i heard the youth program has been decimated.
Brewster will visit Somers on Tuesday….what to expect….everyone from Brewster gets a forfeit except maybe 5 wrestlers? We can do this match over the phone….why even waist the time of the Brewster team? This is just disgraceful!!!
i heard the youth program was being run by Max. The modified program is still around.
just wondering if there are any more box scores coming from yorktown?
I don’t hate the people that drove out Coach DiSanto! I just pity the fools!i