WINTER PREVIEW WRESTLING
Korn, Evan. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 12 Dec 2010
SUFFOLK
The fates finally appear to be aligned for Longwood. After third-place Suffolk finishes the last two years, the Lions – who return seven All-County wrestlers from last year – are poised to make a run at the team title.
“It would mean a lot to me for the kids,” coach Mike Picozzi said. “These kids have dedicated themselves and, in my opinion, deserve to win. Now, they just have to get it in their minds that they will do this.”
The All-County returnees include Corey Rasheed, who finished fourth at 103 pounds last season and will settle in at either 112 or 119. Casey Brice and Malik Rasheed (runner-up at 112 pounds) should compete for individual titles at 125 and 130 pounds. Nick Hall will move up to 140 or 145 after a fourth-place showing at 135 in 2009.
Picozzi now must find a way to piece together the rest of his lineup. “Trying to get everyone in the lineup is our big thing,” he said. “We have so many kids that have really dedicated themselves to wrestling that you want to give them as many matches as you can.”
Longwood 60 Farmingdale 21
December 18, 2010
96 – Mundiya, Danish (Far) by FFT
103 – D’Onofrio, Anthony (LW) pinned Marlow, Casey (Far) 1:12
112 – Restrepo-Bcnet, Jacob (LW) pinned Jawed, Ahad (Far) 2:55
119 – Rasheed, Corey (LW) pinned Depalma, Joe (Far) :48
125 – Lopez, Alanzo (LW) pinned Phelps, Chris (Far) 3:15
130 – Rasheed, Malik (LW) For Forfeit (Far) 0-0
135 – Nicosia, Raymond (LW) pinned Schultz, Vincent (Far) 1:54
140 – Jennings, Eddie (LW) pinned Rosen, Harrison (Far) 3:41
145 – Hall, Nick (LW) dec. Concepcion, Jovanny (Far) 7-0
152 – Renck, Ricky (LW) dec. Jeannoute, Josue (Far) 4-2
160 – Jennings, Pat (LW) pinned Soto, Richy (Far) :54
171 – Seybolt, Dylan (LW) pinned Vasquez, Aaron (Far) 1:33
189 – Rosen, Ben (Far) dec. Bulluck, Anthony (LW) 9-6
215 – Rosales, Conrad (Far) pinned Evans, Tim (LW) 3:12
285 – Tenny, Brendan (Far) pinned Bonce, Jowan (LW) :38
LONGWOOD 46, BRENTWOOD 18 Palmer quick study His big pin changes the momentum, delivers victory From football field to mat, he has a knack for it
Korn, Evan. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 08 Jan 2011
Longwood heavyweight wrestler Omari Palmer ambled to the mat with his team facing a 9-0 deficit inside Brentwood’s gym. The momentum, two matches into a Suffolk League I dual meet, belonged to the hosts.
Then, Palmer decided to flip things around.
His pin of Brentwood’s Josue Iglesias at 3:13 narrowed the deficit to three, and by match’s end, the Lions had rolled to a 46-18 win Friday night.
“It was a great adrenaline rush,” Palmer said.
A two-way lineman on the football team, the junior has been wrestling for only a month, slimming down from upward of 320 pounds to make the 285 limit. “I talked to my assistant principal [Adam DeWitt], and he said it would be great for football,” Palmer said. “I then talked to coach [Mike] Picozzi, and he said we can always use extra guys.”
After lifting with the wrestling team during the offseason to cut some weight, he gave it a try.
To no one’s surprise, the big guy with a knack for tackling in the backfield picked up this wrestling thing like a natural.
“He moves very well,” Picozzi said. “We knew that he wanted to learn. He has been learning new things every day.”
With Palmer’s pin an ideal jumping-off point, Longwood took a 10-9 lead in the 96-pound bout, when Anthony D’onofrio took a 10-9 decision from Danny Murray. Corey Rasheed’s 59-second pin of Eric Orellana, 14-2 entering the match, at 112, extended the lead to 22-9.
With Longwood leading 31-9, two of the Island’s top grapplers, the Lions’ Malik Rasheed and Brentwood’s Alex Gomez, matched up at 130. After a scoreless first period, Gomez, a natural 125-pounder, broke the deadlock on a two-point takedown in the second.
Tied at 2, Gomez took the lead on a stalling penalty with a minute remaining in the third and held on for the win.
“My motto is: to beat the best, you have to wrestle the best,” Gomez said.
Gomez’s win did not blunt the Lions’ momentum, which began with Palmer’s out-of-nowhere tour de force.
After his pin, with his teammates yelling and backslapping, the wrestling newbie walked back to the sideline with the slightest of grins.
“Inside, I was pretty much screaming and jumping up and down,” Palmer said. “But sportsmanship … you gotta have it.”
Credit: EVAN KORN [email protected]
Longwood 46 Brentwood 18
January 7, 2011
96 – Donofrio, Anthony (LW) md. Murray, Danny (Bwd) 8-0
103 – Restrepo-Bcnet, Jacob (LW) pinned Cardona, Michael (Bwd) 3:48
112 – Rasheed, Corey (LW) pinned Orellana, Eric (Bwd) :59
119 – Lopez, Alanzo (LW) pinned Gonzalez, Marc (Bwd) 1:36
125 – Nicosia, Raymond (LW) dec. Chaverra, David (Bwd) 9-3
130 – Gomez, Alex (Bwd) dec. Rasheed, Malik (LW) 3-2
135 – Brice, Casey (LW) dec. Garcia, Humberto (Bwd) 4-0
140 – Blanco, Alexis (Bwd) dec. Jennings, Eddie (LW) 6-3
145 – Hall, Nick (LW) dec. Joseph, Julien (Bwd) 6-1
152 – Renck, Ricky (LW) md. Toribio, Carlos (Bwd) 10-2
160 – Jennings, Pat (LW) TF Hernandez, Anthony (Bwd) 5:20
171 – Romero, Misael (Bwd) dec. Seybolt, Dylen (LW) 5-4
189 – Hudson, Jared (Bwd) dec. Bulluck, Anthony (LW) 5-2
215 – Stevenson, Jean-Gilles (Bwd) pinned Gutierrez, Brian (LW) 3:35
285 – Palmer, Lomari (LW) pinned Iglesias, Josue (Bwd) 3:13
Smithtown Tournament at Smithtown East
January 8, 2011
Team Scores
Longwood 345.5
Connetquot 301
Smithtown East 202
Smithtown West 185.5
Calhoun 107.5
Half Hollow Hills East 107
Grand Street Campus 106 – PSAL
Half Hollow Hills West B 17
Wingate 83 – PSAL
Brackets
Championship Finals
96 – Anthony D’onofrio (Lwd) md. Josh Antoine (GSC), 14-2
103 – Jakob Restrepo (Lwd) pinned Anthony Scaffedi (Con), 2:45
112 – Sean McCabe (Con) pinned Steven Bulzomi (Con), 8-3
119 – Alanzo Lopez (Lwd) dec. Brandon Drexler (Cal), 4-0
125 – Anthony Abidin (HHHE) md. Stephen Drew (Con), 11-2
130 – Malik Rasheed (Lwd) dec. Joey Gates (Con), 7-1
135 – Andrew Stock (Lwd) dec. Luke Outcault (SmE), 2-1
140 – Eddie Jennings (Lwd) dec. Nick Pascullo (Lwd), 2-0
145 – Nicky Hall (Lwd) pinned Casey O’Malley (SmE), 1:41
152 – Ricky Renck (Lwd) dec. Shaun Gillen (Con), 7-0
160 – Patrick Jennings (Lwd) dec. Nick LoBue (Con), 5-0
171 – John Zullo (Con) dec. Sam Gorinsky (Cal), 6-2
189 – McZiggy Richards (Win) pinned Rha-meen Fisher (Win), 5:01
215 – Kenny Drew (Con) pinned Jernard Rosemond (Cal), 5:46
285 – Mike Hughes (SmW) pinned Rami Saad-El-Din (HHHE), 2:55
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Patrick Jennings (Longwood, 160)
Most Pins Least Time: McZiggy Richards (Wingate, 189) 4 in 7:16
Consolation Finals
96 – Nicholas Hoffman (SmW) TF Darius Caporaso (SmE), 15-0
103 – Chris Ardizone (SmW) dec. Mario Arcinega (Lwd), 5-2
112 – Joe Giamis (SmW) dec. Justin Burns (SmE), 2-0
119 – Branson Berger (SmE) pinned Brendan Dent (Con), 1:37
125 – Ray Nicosia (Lwd) pinned Deuly Espinal (GSC), 1:55
130 – Casey Brice (Lwd) pinned Matt Haenel (HHHE), 1:33
135 – Ahmed Elsayed (Win) def. Bow Brice (Lwd), by dflt
140 – Eric Binder (SmE) pinned Kevin Blieka (Con), 4:54
145 – Mike Cella (Con) dec. Joe Hunsucker (SmW), 6-2
152 – Jesse Bader (Cal) dec. Nick Reed (Lwd), 7-3
160 – Joe Nappi (SmW) pinned Nick Oliveri (SmE), 1:00
171 – Dylen Seybolt (Lwd) pinned Santiago Gonzalez (Con), 1:56
189 – Chris Golonowski (HHHW) pinned Nick Pititto (Cal), 2:49
215 – Brian Gutierrez (Lwd) dec. Julio Medina (GSC), 3-1
285 – James Robert (Lwd) pinned Jordan Alperin (SmE), 3:57
Longwood 69 Ward Melville 9
January 13, 2011
96 – Piccininni, Nick (WM) dec. Donofrio, Anthony (LW) 8-4
103 – Restrepo-Bcnet, Jacob (LW) dec. Donnelly, Donald (WM) 6-0
112 – Rasheed, Corey (LW) pinned Hoppey, Jackson (WM) 1:49
119 – Lopez, Alanzo (LW) by FFT
125 – Brice, Casey (LW) pinned Piccininni, Anthony (WM) 2:33
130 – Rasheed, Malik (LW) dec. Kim, Taesung (WM) 5-0
135 – Pascullo, Nick (LW) dec. Greco, John (WM) 5-1
140 – Jennings, Eddie (LW) pinned Lefkowitz, Sam (WM) 1:15
145 – Hall, Nick (LW) def. Battey, Michael (WM) by dflt
152 – Renck, Ricky (LW) pinned Tella, Anthony (WM) 4:57
160 – Jennings, Pat (LW) pinned McKenna, Brian (WM) 1:18
171 – Seybolt, Dylen (LW) TF Tangen, Erik (WM) 17-2
189 – Bulluck, Anthony (LW) pinned Bursztuh, Christopher (WM) 0:51
215 – Curran, Pierce (WM) by FFT
285 – James, Robert (LW) pinned Nilsson, Daniel (WM) 5:30
BIG 10: Gregg Sarra picks the top 10 winter sports teams on Long Island
Sarra, Gregg. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 17 Jan 2011:
3) LONGWOOD WRESTLING The Lions showed why they’re the top team on Long Island by winning the prestigious Eastern States Tournament at Sullivan CC this weekend. Corey Rasheed led the way with a second-place finish at 112 pounds. Longwood also had three third-place finishers in Nicky Hall (145), Ricky Renck (152) and Patrick Jennings (160). The Lions have a dual-meet winning streak of 53
Longwood 48 William Floyd 21
January 19, 2011
96 – Donofrio, Anthony (LW) pinned Valladares, Andrew (WF) 1:02
103 – Bradice, Mat (WF) dec. Restrepo-Bcnet, Jacob (LW) 7-0
112 – Penna, Jonathan (WF) dec. Arciniga, Mario (LW) 5-2
119 – Rasheed, Corey (LW) md. Palminteri, Daniel (WF) 9-0
125 – Lopez, Alanzo (LW) pinned Mannix, Dennis (WF) 3:46
130 – Rasheed, Malik (LW) dec. Salandra, Stephen (WF) 9-3
135 – Gerle, Thomas (WF) dec. Stock, Andrew (LW) 10-9
140 – Jennings, Eddie (LW) dec. Lomenzo, Nick (WF) 4-2
145 – Hall, Nick (LW) dec. Paquette, RJ (WF) 6-2
152 – Renck, Ricky (LW) pinned Rooney, Kevin (WF) :50
160 – Jennings, Pat (LW) TF Keegan, Zach (WF) 4:38
171 – Seybolt, Dylen (LW) pinned Petitca, Bastien (WF) :33
189 – Bulluck, Anthony (LW) pinned Doran, Devin (WF) :45
215 – Faison, Shaquille (WF) by FFT
285 – Innance, Chris (WF) pinned Palmer, Lomari (LW) 2:51
Longwood 67 Commack 19
January 21, 2011
96 – D’Angelo, Mike (Com) Tb Donofrio, Anthony (LW) 1-0
103 – Gully, Brian (Com) by FFT
112 – Rasheed, Corey (LW) md. Spencer, Jim (Com) 14-0
119 – Katz, Jay (Com) md. Arciniga, Mario (LW) 18-5
125 – Brice, Casey (LW) pinned Reim, Kyle (Com) 1:40
130 – Nicosia, Raymond (LW) pinned Demarco, Andrew (Com) 3:24
135 – Stock, Andrew (LW) pinned Staffieri, Jake (Com) 1:12
140 – Jennings, Pat (LW) pinned Sandberg, Matt (Com) 1:35
145 – Hall, Nick (LW) pinned Pesce, Nick (Com) 1:00
152 – Pike, Matthew (LW) pinned Gargano, Mike (Com) 3:56
160 – Jennings, Eddie (LW) pinned Hake, Pat (Com) 1:08
171 – Seybolt, Dylen (LW) pinned Triosi, Steve (Com) 1:14
189 – Bulluck, Anthony (LW) dec. Keyles, Alex (Com) 5-4
215 – Rubino, David (Com) by FFT
285 – James, Robert (LW) pinned Babijko, Robert (Com) 2:12
BIG 10: Gregg Sarra picks the top 10 winter teams on Long Island
Sarra, Gregg. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 24 Jan 2011
3) LONGWOOD WRESTLING The Lions have a dual-meet winning streak of 56 after crushing Floyd and Commack in League I meets. Longwood also won the Gene Brigham Memorial Tournament at Minisink Valley (Section IX) with 167 points. Despite missing several starters, Longwood crowned eight individual champions: Anthony D’Onofrio (96 pounds), Corey Rasheed(112), Casey Brice (125), Ray Nicosia (130), Ed Jennings (140), Nicky Hall (145), Ricky Renck (152) and Dylan Seybolt (171).
Longwood 60 Patchogue-Medford 13
January 27, 2011
96 – Anthony Donofrio (LW) pinned Wegmann, Derek (PM) 1:15
103 – Jacob Restrepo-Bcnet (LW) dec. Ashe, Corey (PM) 6-4
112 – Mario Arciniga (LW) pinned Kazaks, Brian (PM) :54
119 – Alanzo Lopez (LW) pinned Estrada, Kevin (PM) 5:57
125 – Hendrickson, Armani (PM) pinned Vinny Dizon (LW) 4:26
130 – Casey Brice (LW) pinned Lynch, Thomas (PM) 2:56
135 – Andrew Stock (LW) pinned Mazzoli, Mike (PM) 1;24
140 – Eddie Jennings (LW) md. Rodriguez, Kevin (PM) 16-2
145 – Nick Hall (LW) TF Sebor, Zach (PM) 16-0
152 – Altrui, Joe (PM) dec. Nick Reid (LW) 15-9
160 – Pat Jennings (LW) pinned Guardascione, Pasquale (PM) :40
171 – Dylen Seybolt (LW) pinned Horton, Jake (PM) 1;30
189 – Rashon Stacker (LW) dec. Brooks, Andrew (PM) 6-3
215 – Clemente, Joe (PM) md. Brian Gutierrez (LW) 2-10
285 – Omari Palmer (LW) dec. Sokol, Patrick (PM) 6-5
Longwood 40 Sachem East 23
January 28, 2011
96 – Donofrio, Anthony (LW) pinned Iadanza, Doug (SacE) 1:09
103 – Florian, Mark (SacE) dec. Restrepo-Bcnet, Jacob (LW) 5-4
112 – Rasheed, Corey (LW) md. O’Hara, Conor (SacE) 10-0
119 – Monsees, Tyler (SacE) dec. Lopez, Alanzo (LW) 4-2 SV
125 – Messina, Anthony (SacE) TF Dizon, Vinny (LW) 17-1
130 – Brice, Casey (LW) dec. Mordente, Jackson (SacE) 6-1
135 – Stock, Andrew (LW) pinned Merone, Billy (SacE) :59
140 – Pistone, Anthony (SacE) dec. Jennings, Eddie (LW) 5-3
145 – Hall, Nick (LW) dec. O’Malley, Sean (SacE) 4-2
152 – Renck, Ricky (LW) dec. Seder, Robert (SacE) 7-1
160 – Jennings, Pat (LW) pinned Nobre, Zachary (SacE) 1:24
171 – Merante, Frank (SacE) dec. Seybolt, Dylen (LW) 10-9
189 – Casali, Steven (SacE) Mfor Corso, Seth (LW) 2:05
215 – Gutierrez, Brian (LW) dec. Marchello, Mike (SacE) 5-2
285 – Palmer, Omari (LW) by FFT
Feb 12, 2010 – Longwood wins league title
THE HALFTIME SHOW: Wrestling with their big goal County Preview
Sarra, Gregg. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 09 Jan 2011
MALIK RASHEED
LONGWOOD
130 pounds, junior
It’s been a gradual ascent to the top for Longwood’s Malik Rasheed. He won the Suffolk League I title the past three years. He lost to Huntington’s Nigel McNeil for the county title at 112 pounds. Then Rasheed battled his way through the state tournament to meet McNeil in an All-Suffolk final in Albany. McNeil overpowered Rasheed for an 11-2 win and the state crown.
“He ran into a guy that beat him twice,” Longwood coach Mike Picozzi said. “But he’s moved on and his goal is to win the county crown first. He’s not looking past people to get back to the state title. If he looks too far ahead, he’ll lose sight of what’s in front of him. There are too many good wrestlers to beat just to get there.”
Rasheed surpassed the 100-win milestone last year. The two-time county runner-up hopes to avoid anyone from Huntington in the final. His loss in 2009 came at the hands of the Blue Devils’ Damon McQueen, another eventual state champion.
“Yeah, he only loses to the best guys,” Picozzi said.
Thcis year, Rasheed wants to be the best.
Suffolk League I Finals – At Patchogue-Medford
February 5, 2011
Team Scores
Longwood 233.5
Brentwood 211.5
Sachem East 210.5
William Floyd 118
Ward Melville 94
Patchogue-Medford 93.5
Commack 88
Bracket
Championship Finals
96 – Nick Piccininni (WM) pinned Mike D’angelo (Com) 5:08
103 – CJ Labate (Com) pinned M Bradice (WF) 2:56
112 – Cory Rasheed (LW) dec. Eric Orellanna (Bwd) 6-4
119 – Tyler Monsees (SacE) dec. Marc Gonzalez (Bwd) 2-0
125 – Alex Gomez (Bwd) dec. Armani Hendrickson (PM) 10-4
130 – Casey Brice (LW) dec. Malik Rasheed (LW) 6-0
135 – Alexis Blanco (Bwd) dec. Billy Merone (SacE) 5-1
140 – Edward Jennings (LW) dec. Anthony Pistone (SacE) 1-0
145 – Sean O’malley (SacE) dec. Nicky Hall (LW) 4-3
152 – Rob Seder (SacE) dec. Ricky Renck (LW) 6-4
160 – Patrick Jennings (LW) pinned Zach Keegan (WF) 3:28
171 – Frank Merante (SacE) dec. Dylen Seybolt (LW) 7-6
189 – Jared Hudson (Bwd) dec. Steve Casali (SacE) 6-3
215 – Joe Clemente (PM) dec. Stevenson Jean-Gilles (Bwd) 6-0
285 – Chris Innace (WF) dec. Omari Palmer (LW) 7-3
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Sean O’malley (Sachem East, 145)
Most Pins Least Time: Ricky Renck (Longwood, 152) 3 In 5:37
Consolation Finals
96 – Anthony D’onofrio (LW) dec. Don Donnelly (WM) 8-1
103 – Mark Florian (SacE) def. Corey Ashe (PM) by FFT
112 – Conor O’hara (SacE) pinned Jimmy Spencer (Com) 2:48
119 – Rob Kraus (WM) dec. Jayson Katz (Com) 4-0
125 – Anthony Messina (SacE) dec. Steve Kalogeras (PM) 5-3
130 – David Chaverra (Bwd) dec. Humberto Garcia (Bwd) 3-1
135 – Andrew Stock (LW) def. Tom Gerle (WF) by FFT
140 – Nick Lomenzo (WF) dec. Mark Traecy (SacE) 5-1
145 – Julien Joseph (Bwd) dec. Rj Paquette (WF) 3-2
152 – Carlos Toribio (Bwd) pinned Anthony Stella (WM) 3:12
160 – Zach Nobre (SacE) dec. Dan Fiorvanti (Com) 7-2
171 – Eric Tangen (WM) dec. Misael Romero (Bwd) 3-2
189 – Alex Keyles (Com) pinned Andrew Brooks (PM) 1:40
215 – Shaq Faison (WF) dec. Rashaad Addison (Bwd) 4-2
285 – P Sokol (PM) dec. Josue Iglesias (Bwd) 5-2
Longwood finishes atop winter’s Big 10
SUFFOLK WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Longwood takes team and two individual titles
Sarra, Gregg. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Feb 2011
Longwood‘s Nicky Hall said the pictures in the team wrestling room are constant reminders of the stars who have passed through those walls. His father, Nick, a two-time county champion in 1990-91 and a state champ in 1991, is one of them.
“All the pressure is gone, lifted completely off my shoulders,” Hall said after he captured the 145-pound class with a 4-0 win over Sachem East’s top-seeded Sean O’Malley. “I wanted to win so badly and have my name up there with his and the rest of the great Longwood wrestlers.”
Longwood, the team champion with 191 points, crowned a second county champ when Patrick Jennings turned in a 5-0 win over Connetquot’s Nick LoBue at 160. Jennings improved to 33-2 with his win over LoBue, who had 110 career wins.
WINTER FINAL BIG 10: Gregg Sarra picks the top 10 winter sports teams on Long Island
Sarra, Gregg. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 30 Mar 2011
1) LONGWOOD WRESTLING Longwood confirmed its No. 1 ranking as the Lions won the Suffolk Division I tournament for the first time since 1997. Longwood dominated the tournament with 10 All-County wrestlers including champions Nicky Hall (145 pounds) and Patrick Jennings (160). Hall (fourth), Patrick Jennings (fourth) and Corey Rasheed (fifth) earned All-State honors at the intersectional tournament in Albany. Longwood has not lost a dual meet since 2008 and finished the season with a 58-win dual-meet streak.
| Dr. L Robert “Doc” Fallot Memorial Suffolk County Division 1 Wrestling Championship Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY February 13-14, 2011Team Score Longwood191.0 Ward Melville31.0John Glenn134.0 William Floyd29.0Huntington110.0 Central Islip28.0Connetquot109.5 Walt Whitman27.0Sachem East85.5 Miller Place26.0Mt. Sinai85.0 Half Hollow Hills West23.0Kings Park81.5 Sayville22.0Islip81.0 Copiague21.0Hauppauge80.0 Smithtown West18.0Brentwood67.0 Amityville16.0Eastport-South Manor63.5 Bay Shore16.0Westhampton Beach54.5 Smithtown East15.0Commack48.0 Comsewogue14.0West Babylon45.0 Newfield14.0Rocky Point40.5 Riverhead12.0Sachem North38.0 East Hampton10.0Half Hollow Hills East36.5 Bellport9.0Lindenhurst36.5 Patchogue-Medford8.0Deer Park36.0 North Babylon4.0Shoreham-Wading River32.0 Centereach0.0East Islip31.0 Harborfields0.0Northport31.0 West Islip0.0  Photo Courtesy of Photo courtesy of Ray Nelson Brackets: Division 1 Brackets (pdf) Championship Finals 96 – Nick Piccininni (Ward Melville, 8th) maj dec. Andrew Roden (Kings Park, Jr.), 13-0 103 – CJ Labate (Commack, So.) pinned Chris Powers (Mt. Sinai, So.), 1:22 112 – Sean McCabe (Connetquot, Jr.) dec. Corey Rasheed (Longwood, Fr.), 5-3 SV 119 – Nigel McNeil (Huntington, Sr.) dec. Giovanni Sanchez (Central Islip, Jr.), 5-1 125 – Anthony Abidin (Half Hollow Hills East, Sr.) maj dec. Maverick Passaro (Eastport-South Manor, Jr.), 10-0 130 – James Dekrone (John Glenn, Jr.) dec. Casey Brice (Longwood, Sr.), 3-1 SV 135 – Ken Meinsen (John Glenn, Sr.) dec. Conner Bass (Westhampton Beach, Sr.), 4-0 140 – Adam Lepkowsky (Hauppauge, Sr.) dec. Mike Dimartino (Islip, Sr.), 4-2 145 – Nicky Hall (Longwood, So.) dec. Sean O’Malley (Sachem East, Sr.), 4-0 152 – Kyle Wade (Islip, Sr.) maj dec. John Keck (Shoreham-Wading River, Jr.), 16-4 160 – Patrick Jennings (Longwood, Sr.) dec. Nick LoBue (Connetquot, Sr.), 5-0 171 – Chanse Menendez (Hauppauge, Sr.) dec. Frank Merante (Sachem East, Sr.), 3-2 189 – Joe Giaramita (John Glenn, Sr.) dec. Frank Abbondanza (Mt. Sinai, Sr.), 5-3 SV 215 – Warren Bosch (Kings Park, Sr.) dec. Nick Lupi (Huntington, So.), 6-1 285 – Reggie Robinson (West Babylon, Jr.) dec. Greg Martin (Kings Park, Sr.), 4-2 TB Rick Herrmann Most Outstanding Wrestler: Sean McCabe (Connetquot, 112) Champion of Champions: Anthony Abidin (Half Hollow Hills East, 125) Most Pins Least Time: Duncan Murchison (Huntington, 189), 3 in 5:47 Bill Knapp Team Champions Award: Longwood Consolation Finals 3rd/4th 96 – Mike D’Angelo (Commack, 8th) dec. Anthony D’onofrio (Longwood, So.), 3-2 103 – Travis Passaro (Eastport-South Manor, Fr.) TF Sean O’Hagan (Sachem North, Fr.), 15-0 112 – Steven Bulzomi (Connetquot, So.) def. Mark West (Hauppauge, So.), by FFT 119 – Vinny Punzone (John Glenn, Sr.) pinned Dave Dellavecchia (East Islip, Sr.), 4:19 125 – Alex Gomez (Brentwood, Sr.) dec. Stephen Drew (Connetquot, Sr.), 12-6 130 – Malik Rasheed (Longwood, Jr.) dec. Mike Milanese (Walt Whitman, Sr.), 5-2 135 – Alexis Blanco (Brentwood, Jr.) dec. Dan Romanczyk (Northport, Sr.), 5-3 140 – Eric Kogel (Mt. Sinai, Sr.) dec. Mark Jerrick (Amityville, Sr.), 5-3 145 – Matt Ross (Rocky Point, Sr.) dec. Zach Bass (Westhampton Beach, Sr.), 5-4 152 – Ricky Renck (Longwood, Sr.) dec. Thomas Wilson (Huntington, Sr.), 9-3 160 – Rich Lugo (Deer Park, Sr.) dec. Joe Nappi (Smithtown West, Sr.), 8-3 171 – Lou Puca (Huntington, Sr.) TF Clinton Boone (Copiague, Sr.), 18-2 189 – Duncan Murchison (Huntington, Sr.) pinned Zack Conner (Islip, Jr.), 2:38 215 – Joe Bilello (Deer Park, Sr.) dec. Connor Stroh (Mt. Sinai, Sr.), 3-0 285 – Evan Wildberger (Lindenhurst, Sr.) pinned Chris Innace (William Floyd, Sr.), 2:53 Consolation Finals 5th/6th 96 – Chris Mauriello (Hauppauge, 7th) dec. Joe Calderone (Walt Whitman, Fr.), 5-1 103 – Mat Bradice (William Floyd, So.) pinned Steven Bair (Smithtown East, So.), 2:16 112 – Eric Orellanna (Brentwood, Jr.) maj dec. Matt Leshinger (Sayville, So.), 13-5 119 – Thomas Dutton (Rocky Point, 8th) pinned Jorge Barreiro (West Babylon, Jr.), 3:16 125 – John Steiger (Miller Place, Jr.) dec. Sam Rachman (John Glenn, Jr.), 3-2 130 – Joey Gates (Connetquot, Jr.) dec. Ronan Seltenreich (Westhampton Beach, Sr.), 4-0 135 – Zak Mullen (Shoreham-Wading River, Jr.) dec. Andrew Stock (Longwood, Sr.), 6-0 140 – Anthony Pistone (Sachem East, Jr.) dec. Edward Jennings (Longwood, Jr.), 6-5 145 – Rashaad Gray (Bay Shore, Sr.) dec. Tyler Grimaldi (Half Hollow Hills West, So.), 6-1 152 – Rob Seder (Sachem East, Sr.) dec. Matt Mazarakis (Westhampton Beach, Sr.), 5-0 160 – Kevin Massa (John Glenn, Sr.) def. Nick Bellanza (John Glenn, Jr.), by FFT 171 – Dylen Seybolt (Longwood, Jr.) dec. John Zullo (Connetquot, Sr.), 5-2 189 – Gio Santiago (Sachem North, So.) pinned Ryan Cutler (Eastport-South Manor, Sr.), 4:13 215 – Ryan Kelly (Miller Place, Jr.) pinned Mike McCarthy (Sachem North, Sr.), 2:01 285 – Karl Rindfleisch (Newfield, Jr.) dec. Dan Hayden (East Islip, So.), 2-1 TB |
SUFFOLK WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Connetquot’s McCabe wins title First county champ for school since 1999 Longwood takes team and two individual titles
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 15 Feb 2011:
An exhausted Sean McCabe found solitude in the open air behind the Indoor Sports Arena at Stony Brook University. McCabe had stepped from the confines of the arena and into the cooling comfort of a 35-degree night to soak in his greatest triumph.
McCabe, who was named most outstanding wrestler, sent the capacity crowd into a frenzy with a spectacular takedown 46 seconds into overtime to edge Longwood’s Corey Rasheed, 5-3, to capture the 112-pound Suffolk County Division I wrestling championship last night before 3,400 fans in Stony Brook.
As McCabe, only a junior, sucked in the cold air, the moment seized hold of his emotions, and tears rolled down his face. The accomplishment, the one all wrestlers dream about, was finally his.
“I stayed away from his long shot and got myself in a good position to score,” McCabe said. “I thought I was patient in overtime. When I finally broke his grip, I got behind him and hooked his heel for the takedown and the win.”
McCabe looked up at the official for confirmation that the title was his, before he released Rasheed. Connetquot which has won a league title in seven of the last eight years, crowned its first county champion since Joe Patrovich earned the 160-pound title in 1999.
“Three of the toughest kids I ever coached live in the same house,” laughed Connetquot coach Bill Santoro, who has guided the Thunderbirds for the past 33 years. “His father Kevin was an All-County wrestler in 1982, and his brother James was All-County last year. It was like real good, better, and best.”
Ward Melville eighth-grader Nick Piccininni beat Kings Park’s Andrew Roden, 10-0, to open the championship round at 96 pounds. Piccininni is the first champion at Ward Melville since Cole Ferraro won the 285-pound county crown in 2000. He’s also the first eighth-grader to win a county title in Suffolk Division I since Jesse Jantzen of Shoreham-Wading River earned the crown at 91 pounds in 1995.
Huntington senior Nigel McNeil earned his second county title with a 5-1 win over Central Islip’s Giovanni Sanchez at 119 pounds. McNeil, the top ranked wrestler in the state, improved to 36-0 and extended his winning streak to 76 bouts.
Longwood’s Nicky Hall said the pictures in the team wrestling room are constant reminders of the stars who have passed through those walls. His father, Nick, a two-time county champion in 1990-91 and a state champ in 1991, is one of them.
“All the pressure is gone, lifted completely off my shoulders,” Hall said after he captured the 145-pound class with a 4-0 win over Sachem East’s top-seeded Sean O’Malley. “I wanted to win so badly and have my name up there with his and the rest of the great Longwood wrestlers.”
Longwood, the team champion with 191 points, crowned a second county champ when Patrick Jennings turned in a 5-0 win over Connetquot’s Nick LoBue at 160. Jennings improved to 33-2 with his win over LoBue, who had 110 career wins.
Glenn also crowned three champs in James DeKrone at 130 pounds, Ken Meinsen at 135 and Joe Giaramita at 189 as the Knights finished second in the team scoring with 130 points.
In the Division II tournament, the persistence of Center Moriches heavyweight Connor Murphy paid off. The two-time county runner-up added a Suffolk title to his achievements when he edged Harrison DeSousa of Bayport-Blue Point, 1-0, to win the 285-pound crown.
“It was three years in the works,” Murphy said. “I dedicated my season to a Suffolk police officer, John Baldwin, who died last year. He used to come and work out with me. He’d be proud.”
Bayport-Blue Point scored a record 359.5 points, led by the tournament’s most outstanding wrestler Jeff Purdy at 135 pounds. Purdy was one of six champions for the Phantoms. Babylon’s Matt Rodriguez had the most pins in least amount of time with four in 3:16 at 135 pounds. And Mattituck’s Thomas Filipowski was voted the champion of champions after winning the 160-pound crown.
WINTER ALL-STARS COACHES OF THE YEAR
CODY DERESPINA. Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 17 Apr 2011:
Wrestling
MIKE PICOZZI
Longwood
Picozzi led a Longwood team that won League I and Suffolk titles in addition to having three All-State wrestlers. The Lions have a dual-meet win streak that now stands at 58 and won every tournament they competed in this season.