The LoHud Wrestling Blog

Here is this week’s press release from ISW: D3 NCAA National Championships Joey Grippi (Fox Lane HS) of Springfield started off strong beating his first two opponents to make it to the semifinals at 141 lbs. Grippi then lost his next three matches and took sixth place, improving on his... Read More →

The polls for the Rockland wrestler of the year have closed, with Pearl River junior John Muldoon receiving 63 percent of the vote for a convincing win. Now that we’ve completed the polls for both Westchester/Putnam and Rockland wrestlers of the year, I’ll take the next week or so to... Read More →

Here is this week’s college update from Iowa Style Wrestling Club: ISW D1 Wrestlers Compete for a Spot at NCAAs Big 10 Championships Steven Rodrigues (Fox Lane HS) of Illinois lost to eventual sixth place finisher Paquale Greco of Northwestern and eventual seventh place finisher Camryn Jackson of Michigan at 141 lbs. Rodrigues... Read More →

My colleague Dan DeFrancesco, who does a great job running @LoHudCollege on Twitter, focused his notebook this week on a few local wrestlers who are looking to go out on top in their senior seasons: Not many athletes get to go out on top, to be crowned a champion before... Read More →

About a week and a half ago, I asked you all to vote for who you thought should be the Westchester/Putnam wrestler of the year. It sparked a lot of debate, as there were a handful of deserving candidates – two state champs, in particular –but the Edgemont faithful came... Read More →

Here is this week’s press release from Iowa Style Wrestling Club: D3 and NCWA Wrestle to Qualify For Nationals Last weekend both D3 wrestlers and NCWA wrestlers competed in the NCAA qualifying tournament. The top three in each weight class for the D3 tournaments qualify for nationals. Next week, D1... Read More →

Three major award winners were announced at Sunday’s all-Section wrestling brunch at Doral Arrowwood in Rye, with Ossining junior Alex Delacruz claiming the Division 1 Section 1 wrestler of the year honors, Edgemont senior Trey Aslanian being named the Division 1 Section 1 wrestler of the year, and Nanuet coach... Read More →

The all-Section brunch will be held on Sunday beginning at 11 a.m. at Doral Arrowwood in Rye to honor the top wrestlers from Section 1. Unfortunately, I will be away this weekend (have to take advantage of the few weekends I have before baseball starts), but I want to extend... Read More →