|
 New York City schools move another step closer in competing with the top level high school programs in NYS. The Eastern States Classic is a national premier event that annually attracts over 60 high schools from six states. This one had 67!
NYS rules allow each individual wrestler an opportunity for a school to send their top wrestlers to these types of events rather than the entire team.
In a program that is developing quite rapidly with more and more wrestlers and teams each year, the new rule change will be helpful to the mission of expanding wrestling in New York City.
Wrestlers grow and mature quite differently in adolescence with some maturing more quickly than others. We want all of them to be able to compete at the level they are physically and psychologically ready for as the program expands with more and more opportunities.
Over the weekend, 6 wrestlers became ready to compete at the highest level in New York State.
In training kids, many coaches use this milestone as an opportunity to motivate these types of kids. After receiving their "bronze medals" a short question would be asked by the coach. "Do you want to turn that Bronze to GOLD?" Naturally what competitor who just took a bronze medal would not want a gold medal! In education, it is referred to "as a teachable moment". A great time to "tug" the hook that trained professional coaches wait for with every kid in their room.
That opportunity is becoming a reality in New York City more quickly that many of us ever imagined while planning the Beat the Streets Wrestling Program! It is all about "repetitions, repetitions and more repetitions and time management.
Eastern States Classic
(at Sullivan CCC, Loch Sheldrake)
Team standings: 1. Port Jervis 151; 2. Shenendehowa 145.5; 3. Timberlane, N.H. 137; 4. Wayne 133.5; 5. Valley Central 131.5; 6. Amsterdam 117; 7. Monroe-Woodbury 113.5; 8. Minisink Valley 107; 9. Hayfield, Va. 101; 10. (tie) Duanesburg, MacArthur and Penfield 91. Monsignor Farrell High School placed 28th out of 67 teams.
Finals
96 pounds: Bob Dierna (Wayne) d. Arik Robinson (Peru) 5-0; 103: Mike Vespa (Monroe-Woodbury) d. Luke Popolizio (Shenendehowa) 7-2; 112: Steven Keith (Shoreham Wading River) pin Jake Benedetto (Islip) 5:20; 119: Cody Ruggirello (Valley Central) d. Brian Borst (Duanesburg) 10-1; 125: Jamie Franco (Monroe-Woodbury) d. Drew Bloss 3-1 OT; 130: Dom Oddo (Mahopac) d. Andrew Lenzi (Fordham Prep) 5-2 . 135: Nic Stella (Sweet Home) d. Shane Strumwasser (Massapequa) 5-1; 140: Zach Clemente (LaSalle) d. Sean Floor (Port Jervis) 12-5; 145: Jeff Goff (Penfield) d. Shawn Mazzarone (Sayville) 4-3. 152: Cinque Mandela (Newburgh Free Academy) d. Steven Ours (Hayfield, Va.) 6-5; 160: John Paris (Amsterdam) d. Chris Marvin (Wayne) 6-5; 171: Austin Meys (Shenendehowa) tech. fall Ross Hansen (Minisink Valley) 23-8, 5:17. 189: Hunter Meys (Shenendehowa) d. Steven Butler (Port Jervis) 9-0; 215: Robert Eskander (Webster-Thomas) d. Ken Altarac (LaSalle) 6-3; 285: Corey James (Kingston) d. Brian Nicoll (Timberlane, N.H.) 3-2
Third-/fourth-place consolations
96: James Montante (Penfield) d. Zach Bridson (Timberlane) 2-1; 103: Cam Sullivan (Timberlane, N.H.) d. Rich Benigno (Monsignor Farrell) 10-4 ; 112: Mike Rose (Carmel) d. Justis Flamio (Mahopac) 5-4; 119: Raymond Borja (Hayfield, Va.) d. T.J. Popolizio (Shenendehowa) 8-5. 125: Garrett Morabito (Susquehanna Valley) d. Dan Riggi (Scotia-Glenville) 10-0. 130: Mike Doria (Massapequa) d. Brian Benton (Amsterdam) 1-0. 135: John LaMonica (Islip) d. Giuseppi Lanzi (Amsterdam) 6-3. 140: Mike D'Amato (Valley Central) d. Mitch Wightman (Warwick) 4-2. 145: T.J. Neidhart (Shoreham Wading River) d. Eliah Golding (Colonie) 4-0. 152: Ronnie Tetreault (Ludlow, Mass.) pin Keith Perry (Wallkill) 2:19. 160: James Brundage (Ossining) won by forfeit over Keith Corley (Valley Central); 171: Kevin Lashway (Peru) d. Matt Parlier (Port Jervis) 4-2. 189: James Brain (Minisink Valley) d. Pat Maloney (Webster-Thomas) 5-2. 215: C.J. Floor (Port Jervis) d. Anthony Jones (Schenectady) 13-7; 285: J.D. Zitone (Port Jervis) d. Brendan Byrne (Minisink Valley) 4-2.
Fifth-/sixth-place consolations
96: Alex Grant (MacArthur) d. John Khoury (Long Beach) 4-3; 103: Ryan Black (Washingtonville) d. John Moriarty (Port Jervis) 9-5; Justin Esposito (Farmingdale) d. Sean Kempf (MacArthur) 9-5; 119: Dave Leberth (Wayne) d. Rick DuFresne (Amsterdam) 14-9; 125: Derak Heyman (Tioga) d. Ben Villaret (Monsignor Farrell) 6-1; 130: Ali Hasan (Valley Central) d. John Cataldo (MacArthur) 9-3; 135: Joshua Manuel (Tioga) won by forfeit over Matt Doolittle (Middletown); 140: J.J. Andersen (Colonie) won by forfeit over Victor Corondado (Harpursville); 145: Paul Martin (Burnt Hills) d. Jarad Smith (Timberlane, N.H.) 10-4. 152: Josh Simmons (Colonie) won by forfeit over Wes Coppolo (Duanesburg); 160: Kris Stafford (Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton) d. Bryan Bonville (Peru) 3-1. 171: Dan Mills (Hayfield, Va.) d. Austin Fallon (Westfield, Va.) 7-3; 189: Conor Pryor (Ward Melville) won by forfeit Karl Ehlers (Monroe-Woodbury); 215: Carl DeVito (Gouverneur) d. Ryan Talcott (Tioga) 4-3; 285: Sawyer Solis (Roy C. Ketcham) pin Chris Corkery (Cornwall) :33.
Seventh-/eighth-place consolations
96: Shane Connoly (Warwick) d. Joe Francolino (Monsignor Farrell) 8-3 ; 103: Luke Alber (Farmingdale) won by forfeit over Brandon Gambino (Saugerties); 112: Danny Gormley (Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton) d. Peter Morales (Grand St. Campus) 18-6. 119: Kaare Stockdal (Kingston) d. Charley Costanzo (Danbury, Conn.) 5-0; 125: Ryan Ahearn (Yorktown) d. Mike Roselli (Wayne) 8-2; 130: Vinnie DiGravio (Wayne) won by forfeit over Tyler Hutchens (Westfield, Va.); 135: Steve Burger (Wallkill) d. Travis Pitre (Sayville) 7-4. 140: Ronnie Ours (Hayfield, Va.) d. Tucker Schaefer (Danbury, Conn.) 9-3. 145: Rob Preiss (Cornwall) d. Tevin Bowman (Newburgh Free Academy) 2-0. 152: Ethan Wilson (Burnt Hills) pin Pat Moore (Harpursville) 3:15. 160: T.J. Ferraiolo (Cornwall) d. Jimmy Neal (Glens Falls) 5-1. 171: Eric Petrillo (Timberlane, N.H) d. Andrew Greenlaw (Warwick) 4-1. 189: Jared Rosado (Middletown) won by forfeit Anthony Daly (MacArthur). 215: Cody Hinrichs (Islip) d. Paul Rauch (Red Hook) 10-4; 285: Ben Hoffman (Gouverneur) d. James Shormis (Middletown) 3-0.
The 6th wrestler was Matt Goldberg, Brooklyn Poly Prep who went 3-2 at the tournament. He drew the New York State runner-up in the first round and was up 4-2 and lost a close one. He wrestled back and won 3 matches losing to the 3rd place finisher and was eliminated. He wrestled very well and displayed high level technique. His goal is within reach of winning the National High School Prep Championships at Lehigh University in March.
Matt attended the John Smith wrestling camp and Coach Smith would have been proud. He took Population down twice with the Low Single!
|
