PLAINEDGE WINS NASSAU COUNTY TOURNAMENT​​​

NCAA finalist and 4-time All-American Jacori Teemer of Long Beach HS is top ranked at 157 pounds for the Iowa Hawkeyes this year. He transferred from Arizona State.

NORTH BABYLON WINS SUFFOLK  ​​​​

​In the  AWN HSRankings, PJ Duke (Minisink Valley) is top-ranked at 157 pounds.

At the Super 32 Classic - three NYS champions earned medals:

Dunia Sibomana (LB) - 6th -  @ 113 pounds

Gavin Mangano (SWR) - 6th @ 132 pounds

Liam Carlin (Burnt Hills) 

4th @ 165 pounds

HOFSTRA BEATS DUKE 21-12 IN SEASON OPENER

Key wins from Dylan Acevedo-Switzer, Chase Liardi (Massapequa HS) and Ross McFarland (Phoenix HS)

Dunia Sibomana (LB) wins the JR        Men's Freestyle Championship   over Ayden Todd (OH), 8-2, @ 113​

Gavin Mangano (47-1) of Shoreham Wading River won the 131-pound Suffolk crown and was voted the MOW.  Mangano, a freshman, would win a NYS title and later add a NHSCA crown to his ledger.

NHSCA CHAMPIONS

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SENIOR DIVISION:

285 pounds - Stephan Monchery (Middletown, NY) pinned Naa'sir Edmonds (VA) 4:12

JUNIOR DIVISION:

152 pounds - PJ Duke (Slate Hill, NY) pinned Ryan Lawler (PA) 3:32

SOPHOMORE DIVISION:

152 pounds- Griffin LaPlante (North Tonawanda, NY) dec. Gage Wentzel (PA) 3-1

FRESHMAN DIVISION:

106 pounds- Anthony Lagala-Ryan (Longwood, NY) dec. Mason Bauer (OH) 4-3

126 pounds- Gavin Mangano (SWR, NY) dec. Greyson Music (PA) 5-1

MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION:

80 pounds- Marcello Mannello (Hawthorne, NY) dec. Joseph Colardo (RI) -3 OT

100 pounds- Ethan Andreula (Long Beach, NY) dec. Jacob Carr (PA) 5-1

Other Long Island NHSCA All-Americans:

106- Connor Sheridan (Hauppauge) - runner-up

113- Dunia Sibomana-Rodriguez (Long Beach) - 5th

126- Anthony Clem (Wantagh) - 6th

132- Joseph Clem (Wantagh) - 7th

145- Jason Kwaak (Brentwood) - 3rd

152- Joe Manfredi (Herricks) - 5th

170- Devin Downes (Plainedge) - 4th

195- Greyson Meak (Cold Spring Harbor) - 4th

220- RJ Tinyes (Lynbrook) - 4th

220- Chris Ayala (Brentwood) - 8th 

285- Landon Lee (Chaminade) - 8th

Gable Steveson is back for Minnesota. The former NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist is the top ranked heavyweight.

NEW YORK STATE DREAM TEAM OF NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONS​

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PENN STATE WINS THE 2024 NCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS ​​​​

 JOHN GLENN WINS SUFFOLK DIVISION II TOURNAMENT​​​ ​

2024

NEW YORK STATE

GIRLS CHAMPIONS:

YIANNA FOUFAS (MEPHAM),

JULIANA HERNANDEZ (ROCKY POINT)

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CORNELL WINS EIWA ​​​​​

2024​

NYSPHSAA 

Wrestling

Championships​

TEAM USA

OLYMPIC WRESTLING​

- SARAH HILDEBRANDT (50 kg) and AMIT ELOR (68 kg) WIN WOMEN'S OLYMPIC GOLD -

​- Kennedy Blades wins (76 kg)  and Spencer Lee (57 kg) win Olympic Silver -

- Kyle Dake (74 kg), Aaron Brooks (86 kg) and Helen Maroulis (57 kg) win Olympic Bronze. -​​​

CLARKE WINS NASSAU COUNTY DIVISION II WITH 3 CHAMPS

North Babylon's Elijah Meyers works for a takedown on Connetquot's Kyle McLaughlin in semi final action at the Suffolk County Division I Tournament held at Stony Brook University. Meyers won this 215 pound battle by fall as North Babylon locked up the tournament .

​​​​​​​  1. Penn State
  2. Iowa
  3. Nebraska
  4. Oklahoma St
  5. Minnesota

  6. Virginia Tech

  7. South Dakota St 

  8. Cornell 

  9. Missouri 

10. Northern Iowa​​​​​​​​​​

NY STATE TEAM SCORES:

1. Minisink Valley (88.5 pts.)

2. Plainedge (86)

3. St. Francis (83)

4. Newburgh (72.5)

5. Middletown (66)

6. Wantagh (64.5)

​7. Long Beach (58)

8. Valley Central (57)

9. Hilton (51.5)

10.Burnt Hills (42)​​

Anthony Donatelli, MD 

Board Certified Family Medicine Physician

Penn St 41  Drexel 3

Okla St 36  Oregon 3

Mich St 22  Ohio 19

Mich 26  Columbia 9

Ohio St 40  Edinboro 4

GMU 26  Clarion 9

Northwestern 29  N. Ill 8

Stanford 33  Cal Poly 12

Va Tech 23  Missouri 10

Iowa 49  Bellamine 0

NC State 34  App St 12

Nebraska 34  UNC 3

Iowa St 29  Navy 9

Columbia 27  Cleve St 15

​Hofstra 33  SHU 12

Lock Haven 48  Blooms 0

Iowa 32  Stanford 9

​Illinois 30  Binghamton 10

​Brockport 30  Oswego St 17

Oklahoma 32 Air Force 3 Millersville 32  York 11​

Penn State's Carter Starocci is ranked first at 184 pounds.

Long Island Wrestling

     TEAM SCORES:

  1. North Babylon (166 pts)

  2. Lindenhurst (114.5)

  3. Islip (110)

​  4. Hauppauge  (103.5)

  5. East Islip  (100)

​  6. Northport  (90)

​  7. Smithtown East (87.5)

  8. Smithtown West (83.5)

​  9. Sachem North (83)

​10. Brentwood (81)

​   LONG ISLAND STATE

CHAMPIONS

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DIVISION I

​131- Joseph Clem (57-3)

Wantagh-8

170- Devin Downes (54-2)

Plainedge-8

​DIVISION II

131- Gavin Mangano (51-1)

Shoreham Wading River-11

​138-Brayden Fahrbach (39-0)

​Mt. Sinai-11

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190- Greyson Meak (41-1)

Cold Spring Harbor-8​​​​​​​​​​​​

SOME OF THE TOP MATCHES OF ALL TIME IN THE NEW YORK STATE TOURNAMENT FINALS

      TEAM SCORES:

  1. Plainedge (239.5 pts)

  2. Long Beach (182)

  3. Wantagh (180)

​  4. Freeport  (139.5)

  5. MacArthur  (135)

  6. Farmingdale (127)

​  7. East Meadow (116)

  8. Oceanside (115)

  9. Calhoun (108)

10. Hewlett (90.5)

Lock Haven's two-time All-American and semifinalist Anthony Noto of Honeoye Falls - Lima HS, is ranked 11th at 133 pounds.

Anthony Severino (34-1) of Lindenhurst won the 116 pound Suffolk County title. Severino was voted the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler (Rick Hermann Award) and helped the Bulldogs finish second in the team scoring behind North Babylon.

2024 NEW YORK STATE 

 NCAA RANKINGS 

125- Stevo Poulin - 7th

 (No. Colorado)

- Shenendehowa HS

125- Greg Diakomihalis -13th (Cornell)

- Hilton HS

  133- Anthony Noto - 11th (Lock Haven)

- Honeoye Falls-Pima HS​

  157- Jacori Teemer - 1st

(Arizona St)

- Long Beach HS​​

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Daniel Jeran, DPM​

​​Your Feet Will Thank You​​

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NASSAU COUNTY TOURNAMENT​​​

PLAINEDGE WINS NYS DUAL MEET TOURNAMENT​​​

PENN STATE WINS BIG 10 ​​​​​

PENN STATE LEADS THE 2024 NCAA WRESTLING RANKINGS AHEAD OF IOWA AND NEBRASKA​​​​

SUFFOLK COUNTY TOURNAMENT​​​

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In Memoriam

John Glenn's Tommy Aiello (30-5) won the 108 pound Suffolk Division II crown. Aiello, the returning state champion, also won the Champion of Champions award.

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