1. Farmingdale (195pts.)

  2. Long Beach (187)

  3. Massapequa (164.5)

​  4. MacArthur (161.5)

  5. Oceanside (146)

  6. Clarke (140)

​  7. Wantagh (129)

  8. Calhoun (125)

  9. BJFK (112)

10. Freeport (93.5)

​​​JOHN GLENN WINS DIVISION II ​

 1.  Pennsylvania

 2.  New Jersey

 3.  Ohio

 4.  Illinois

 5.  California

 6.  Iowa

 7.  New York

 8.  Wisconsin

​ 9.  Minnesota

​10. Michigan/Oklahoma​​​

FARMINGDALE WINS NASSAU CHAMPIONSHIPS ​

  1. Hauppauge (120 pts.)

  2. Sachem North (109)

  3. Lindenhurst (108.5)

​  4. Connetquot (102.5)

  5. Bellport (96)

​  6. Smithown East (95.5)

​  7. North Babylon (92)

  7. Longwood (87)

​  9. William Floyd (80.5)

​10. East Islip (80)

Carter Starocci (Erie,PA) - Five-Time NCAA Champion -

Cornell's Meyer Shapiro (11-1) works for his reversal in the Ivy League's 157-pound final. Shapiro won by technical fall and was voted the Outstanding Wrestler.  Cornell won the inaugural Ivy League tournament over Penn, Columbia and Princeton. Shapiro made All-American again placing 5th at the NCAA Tournament in Philadelphia.

 LEHIGH WINS THE EIWA

Hofstra crowns 2 champs:

Kyle Mosher (165) & Ross McFarland (184)

CJ Composto (24-3) from Penn won the 141 pound Ivy League crown. Composto went on to earn All-American honors placing fourth in the NCAA Tournament.

CORNELL WINS THE IVY LEAGUE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS​​​

Massapequa's Jon Tutka (50-1), an 8th-grader, was the sixth-seed and upset the #1 seed in the New York State finals to win his first state title at 101 pounds. He drew the #2 seed at the Middle School NHSCA Tournament.

JOHN GLENN WINS NYS DUALS​​​​​​​​​

Long Beach's former 2022 New York State champion, Dunia Sibomana-Rodriquez (49-2), is back on top again as he won his second state crown at 116 pounds. He is #1 seeded at the Jr. NHSCA Nationals in Virginia Beach.

SOME TOP MATCHES OF ALL TIME IN THE NYS TOURNAMENT FINALS

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Hauppauge's Gino Manta scores a takedown on Commack's Vinny Augello. The senior Manta (28-2) won this 124-pound semifinal bout and won in the finals. The Eagles went onto crown two champions and win the team title in the Suffolk County Championships over Sachem North and Lindenhurst.

 NASSAU COUNTY

TEAM SCORES D-I​​​

​​​​​​​​​​  1. Penn State (177 points)
  2. Nebraska (117)
  3. Okla State (102.5)
  4. Iowa (81)
  5. Minnesota (51.5)

  5. Ohio State (51.5)

  7. Cornell (50)

  8. NC State (46.5)

  9. Northern Iowa (45.5)

 10.Illinois (44.5)

​​​PLAINEDGE WINS DIVISION II ​

 PENN STATE WINS BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP  ​

152 - John De La Rosa (35-1) of Brentwood posted a tech fall in the finals at 152 pounds. De La Rosa's only loss was to teammate, Jason Kwaak. De La Rosa was voted the Champion of Champions Award. 

2025 NCAA CHAMPS​

Anthony Donatelli, MD 

Board Certified Family Medicine Physician

​2025 LONG ISLAND

NEW YORK STATE

CHAMPIONS

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DIVISION I

 101 - Jon Tutka - 8th 

(Massapequa - 8)

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116 - Dunia Sibomana - Jr. 

(Long Beach - 8)​

138 - Camryn Howard - Fr.

​(Bellport - 11)

160 - Jason Kwaak - Sr.

​(Brentwood - 11)

​DIVISION II​

108 - Colton Schmiesing - Fr.

​(Oyster Bay - 8)

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116 - Tommy Aiello - Sr. 

(John Glenn -8)

138 - Gavin Mangano - So.

(Shoreham Wading River-11)

152 - Luke Nieto - Sr.

​(Plainedge - 8)

​190 - Devin Downes - Jr.

(Plainedge - 8)

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215 - Greyson Meak - Sr.

(Cold Spring Harbor-8)

​GIRLS DIVISION​

Haley Gonzales - Jr.

(Hicksville - 120)

Julianna Hernandez - Fr.

​(Rocky Point - 126)

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Long Island Wrestling

 USA TOP TEN STATES

NEW YORK STATE DREAM TEAM OF NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONS

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Jason Kwaak (41-0, 162-8 career) from Brentwood won his first New York State crown at 160 pounds. Kwaak will take his mat skills to NC State next season. He  hopes to join Brentwood  legends, Carl Adams, Bob Antonacci and Pete Galea on NCAA accolades.

​​​NEW YORK STATE

NCAA QUALIFIERS

125- Stevo Poulin - R-Jr.

 (N. Colo) - Shenendehowa HS

NCAA All-American - 8th

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125- Max Gallagher - So. 

(Penn) - Bayport-BluePt HS

133- Tyler Ferrara - Fr.

(Cornell) - Chenango Forks HS

  133- Anthony Noto - R-Sr.

(Lock Haven) - H Falls-Lima HS

141- Jordan Titus - R-Jr. 

(WVU) - Cent Moriches HS

149- Willie McDougald - Jr.

(Oklahoma) - Niagara Falls HS​

149- Colin Realbuto - R-Sr. 

(Northern Iowa) - Somers HS

149- Jordan Soriano - Jr.

(Drexel) - Clarke HS

149- Jayden Scott - R-So.

​(UNC) - Rush-Henrietta HS

  157- Jacori Teemer - Gr-St. 

(Iowa) - Long Beach HS​​

157- Tommy Askey - R-Sr. 

(Minnesota) - Pine Bush HS

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165- Kyle Mosher - Gr-St.

(Hofstra) - Southside HS

184 - Ross McFarland - Gr-St.

(Hofstra) - Phoenix HS

184- Kole Mulhauser - So.

(Princeton) - C Sq-Moore HS

184- Dennis Robin - R-Sr.

(WVU) - Arlington HS

285- Cory Day - Gr-St.

(Binghamton) - Iroquois HS

285- Stephen Monchery - Fr.

(App St) - Middletown HS​

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Daniel Jeran, DPM​

​​Your Feet Will Thank You​​

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Brody Franklin (38-7) of Long Beach works for a takedown and decision to advance  in the semifinals at 131 pounds. Franklin went on to win in the finals and Long Beach finished second in the team scoring.

SUFFOLK COUNTY

TEAM  SCORES D-I​​​

HAUPPAUGE WINS SUFFOLK CHAMPIONSHIPS  ​​​

-125 pounds-

 Vincent Robinson (NC State)

-133 pounds-

 Lucas Byrd (Illinois)

-141 pounds-

Jesse Mendez (Ohio State) 

-149 pounds-

 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)

-157 pounds-

 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska)

-165 pounds-

 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn St)

​-174 pounds-

 Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State)

-184 pounds-

Carter Starocci (Penn State)

-197 pounds-

Stephen Buchanan (Iowa)

-285 pounds-

​ Wyatt Hendrickson (Okla St)​​​​

SECTION IX WINS NEW YORK STATE TOURNAMENT OVER SECTIONS: 

XI, CHSAA, V, AND VIII ​

Cornell's All-American, Chris Foca (19-1) used this bear hug throw overtime to win the 184 title. The win secured the team title for Cornell. Foca placed 5th at the NCAA's.

Top ranked freshman Camryn Howard  (52-2) of Bellport won his third Suffolk crown and added this year's New York 138 pound state crown. He is top-seeded in the freshman NHSCA Nationals at 145 pounds.

Farmingdale's Eric Wolf (36-5) works for a fall. Wolf went on to win the 152 pound Nassau crown and the Champion of Champions Award. He led the Dalers, who crowned two champions to the team title in the Section VIII Championships over Long Beach and Massapequa. The last Nassau County title for Farmingdale was in 1972.

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