Wrestling Preview
Longwood – After an 11-season absence, iconic coach Mike Picozzi could lead a resurgence at Longwood. Picozzi coached Kerry McCoy, John Lange, Nick Hall to state titles in the early 1990s. Three- time Suffolk placewinner Chris McAleese seeks to conclude his career with a county title. Dec. 9
Cliff Clark Classic – at Bay Shore
96 – Gomez (Brentwood) p. Shellenbach (Longwood), 1:51. 103 – Garcia (Br) d. Kenda (Bay Shore), 19-9. 112 – A. Troy (Whitman) d. Schnetter (L), 4-2. 119 – Hainey (Br) d. R. Troy (W), 6-4. 125 – LoPresti (Division) d. M. Irizzari (Br), 6-3. 130 – Moley (L) d. Romano (Bethpage), 12-2. 135 – Macaleese (L) p. C. Snow (Bellmore JFK), 1:17. 140 – Kaden (W) d. Toro-Segarra (Br), 8-4. 145 – Maher (BJFK) d. Scalice (L), 11-1. 152 – J. Mills (BJFK) d. Cartagena (Br), 5-3. 160 – Santana (BS) d. Laurino (BJFK), 6-5. 171 – M. Mills (BJFK) d. Pettas (Br), 9-3. 189 – Tricarico (L) d. McDonnell (Be) by TF, 5:52. 215 – N. Thode (W) d. Matus (Br) by TF, 5:52. 275 – Butler (D) p. Morrison (Be), 1:06. MOW: Chris Macaleese (Longwood, 135). Most Pins, Least Time: Butler (Division, 275), three in 4:27. Quickest pin: Rob Troy (Whitman, 119), 29 seconds. Dec. 18
Mid-Hudson Tournament – at Arlington (Section I)
96 – Cabbibo (RCK) p. Schnellenback (L), 4:37. 103 – Bloss (Corn) p. Baskin (R), 3:14. 112 – Wilkerson (R) d. Oddo (Mah), 5-2. 119 – Piaquadio (NFA) p. Nekos (Ont), 1:00. 125 – Colagiovanni (Mah) d. Chatham (NFA), 12-6. 130 – Fox (L) d. Williams (Ba), 5-1. 135 – Bennett (R) p. Nielsen (Br), 5:38. 140 – McAleese (L) d. Shanker (Cob), 3-2. 145 – Smith (Corn) p. Capelletti (Mah), 2:53. 152 – Shakin (Oss) d. Flamio (Mah), 4-2. 160 – Graff (A) d. Hale (R), 6- 5. 171 – Nevins (K) d. Bertino (Oss), 4-1. 189 – Tricarico (L) p. Johnskon (K), 1:48. 215 – Clarke (A) p. Fergus (K), 3:21. 275 – Columbo (Mah) p. James (K), 4:43. Team scores – Longwood 237 1/2, Cornwall (Section IX) 197 1/2, Riverhead 180 1/2, Mahopac (I) 176, Newburgh Free Academy (IX) 127 1/2, Kingston (IX) 124, Arlington (I) 123 1/2, Baldwin 111, R.C. Ketchum (I) 106 1/2, Ossining (I) 103, Red Hook (IX) 71, Brewster (I) 50, John Jay-East Fishkill (I) 44, Highland (IX) 33, Cobleskill (II) 32, Onteora (IX) 31, Millbrook (IX) 21 1/2. Dec. 30
Longwood 41, Ward Melville 33
96 – Arent (WM) p. Schnellenbach 1:52. 103 – Gray (WM) def. Sheppard 4:39 by TF. 112 – Schnettler (L) p. Kraus 1:15. 119 – Goady (L) p. Rahner 1:26. 125 – Fechter (L) p. Goldenberg 2:58. 130 – Belvedere (WM) d. Moley 12-4. 135 – McAleese (L) d. Frey 9-7. 140 – Fox (L) p. Lucciadello 4:49. 145 – Scalice (L) p. Intrabartola 2:49. 152 – Papalia (WM) p. Parks 1:22. 160 – Feliciano (L) d. Routi 11- 5. 171 – Enden (WM) p. Goldberg 5:15. 189 – Tricarico (L) def. Izzo 5:47 by TF. 215 – Pryor (WM) p. Bennavides 1:49. Forfeits: – none. Jan. 6
Patchogue-Medford 33, Longwood 32
96 – Schnellenbach (L) d. Minardi, 5-0. 103 – Ketcham (PM) d. Sheppard, 10-0. 112 – Smith (PM) d. Schnettler, 11-1. 119 – Anello (PM) d. Goady, 136. 125 – Wulff (PM) p. Fechter, 1:09. 130 – Fox (L) d. Haufe, 13-1. 135 – Moley (L) p. Boles, 3:30. 140 – McAleese d. Deo, 14-1. 145 – Crothers (PM) d. Scalice, 9-2. 152 – Henderickson (PM) p. Vitucci, 2:28. 160 – Feliciano (L) p. Roman, 1:31. 171 – Goldberg (L) p. Sacko, 1:20. 189 – Tricarico (L) d. Callery, 7-1. 215 – Defriaia (PM) p. Bennavides, 1:09. Jan. 7
Smithtown Invitational Tournament – Finals
96 – Keith (SWR) d. T. Daly (SE), 12-1. 103 – Levy (SW) d. Flynn (HHHE), 2-1. 112 – Schnettler (L) p. Herlihy (SW), 2:26. 119 – N. Cucciniello (SW) p. Bulzomi (C), 4:17. 125 – T. Cucciniello (SW) p. Sorentino (SWR), 1:18. 130 – Jantzen (SWR) def. Donofrio (L), by technical fall, 5:50. 135 – R. Daly (SW) d. Keck (SWR), 5-0. 140 – Curiacopoulos (HHHE) d. McAleese (L), 2-1. 145 – Guerrier (HHHE) d. Genova (NB), 15-7; 152 – D’Accolpi (HHHE) d. Tripodi (C), 4-3; 160 – Coward (SW) d. Butler (SWR),7-2; 171 – Charles (HHHE) def. Brockmiller (C) by TF, 5:45; 189 – Tricarico (L) p. Bret (HHHE),4:45. 215 – Cangiano (C) d. Murphy (SW), 4-2. 275 – Byrne (HHHE) p. Mucciolo (SWR), 5:30. Team scores: 1. Half Hollow Hills East 325.5; 2. Connetquot 298; 3. Longwood 257.5; 4. Smithtown West 222.5; 5. Shoreham-Wading River 210.5; 6. North Babylon 128; 7. Smithtown East 92.5; 8. Grand Street Campus (Brooklyn) 33. MOW: Corey Jantzen (SWR, 130). Most Pins, Least Time: Brett Goldberg (Longwood, 4 pins in 4:44, 171). Champion of Champions: Chris Coward (Smithtown West, 160). Jan. 8
Longwood 29, Floyd 28
103 – Sforza (F) d. Shepard, 3-1. 112 – Hays (F) p. Khlystof, 3:44. 119 – Goady (L) d. Ford, 7-6. 125 – Viscio (F) d. Feckter, 4- 3. 130 – Quesada (F) d. D’Onofrio, 7-4. 135 – Moley (L) d. Wells, 9- 1. 140 – McAleese (L) d. Mast, 11-2. 145 – Locke (F) d. Vitucci, 7- 4. 152 – Scalice (L) p. Diaz, 4:00. 160 – Clay (F) d. Feliciano, 12- 2. 171 – Goldberg (L) p. Love, 2:11. 189 – Tricarico (L) p. McKee, 3:41. 215 – Doran (F) p. Fanning, 3:44. Jan. 12
Long Island Classic – at Longwood
96 – T. Daly (Smithtown East) d. Adwar (Smithtown West), 4-0. 103 – Wilkinson (Riverhead) d. Reyes (West Babylon, 11-5. 112 – Schnettler (Longwood) d. Arcuri (Queensbury, Section II), 7-6. 119 – N. Cucciniello (SW) p. R. Troy (Whitman), 1:59. 125 – Gillespie (Long Beach) d. T. Cucciniello (SW), 5-1. 130 – Moley (Longw) d. Hruby (Bellport), 9-4. 135 – MacAleese (Longw) d. Astone (LB), 8-4. 140 – Kaden (Wh) d. Laurent (Goshen, IX), 12-2. 145 – Scalice (Longw) p. Dominguez (Kellenberg), 1:13. 152 – Hale (R) p. Candito (Bethpage), 3:06. 160 – Coward (SW) d. Myhreberg (Q), 7-2. 171 – Kopiske (SE) d. Meisse (K), 4-2 (OT). 189 – Kelly (WB) p. Elbert (Q), 1:25. 215 – Thode (Wh) d. T. McCormack (LB), 5-1. 275 – Morrison (B) d. Mims (Wh) by inj. def., 1:00. MOW: Fred Wilkinson (Riverhead, 103). Most Pins, Least Time: Brett Goldberg (Longwood, 171) had five in 12:23. Jan. 16
Longwood 62, Lindenhurst 12
119 – Schnettler (Lo) p. Bilozur, 0:32. 130 – Moley (Lo) d. Pappas, 16-4. 135 – D’Onofrio (Lo) d. Quinn, 15-4. 140 – McAleese (Lo) p. Lopresti, 0:51. 145 – Vanborgoundien (Li) d. Scalice, 9-8. 171 – Goldberg (Lo) p. Romeo, 1:02. 189 – Tricarico (Lo) p. Marxs, 2:33. 215 – Brandenberger (Li) d. Fanning, 7-2. 275 – Walsh (Li) p. Viviciano, 4:48. Forfeits: Li (103, 112, 125, 152, 160). Jan. 19
Longwood 29, Sachem East 28
103 – O’Malley (SE) d. Sheppard, 9-5. 112 – Schnettler (L) p. DiLorio, :58. 119 – Goady (L) d. Nguyen, 14-6. 125 – D’Nofrio (L) d. Cataldi, 6-1. 130 – Fox (LW) d. Rocha, 16-3. 135 – Perez (SE) d. Moley, 5-0. 140 – McAleese (LW) d. Giordano, 10-3. 145 – Vitucci (L) d. Martino, 8-5. 152 – Martino (SE) p Scalice, 4:43. 160 – J. Ferber (SE) d. Feliciano, 15-7. 171 – Goldberg (L) p. Lacagnina, 3:44. 189 – Sciacca (SE) p. Tricarico 2:35. 215 – M. Ferber (SE) p. Fanning, 1:06. Jan. 26
Longwood 63, Hampton Bays 14
119 – Goady (L) p. Davila, 1:03. 125 – Fetcher (L) p. Altman, 2:25. 130 – Moley p. Hoslya, 1:19. 135 – Layman (H) d. Fox, N/A. 140 – McAleese (L) p. Jarrett, 5:35. 145 – Pooznlakov (H) d. Bitucci, NA. 152 – Scalice (L) p. Landale, 1:04. 160 – Feliciano (L) p. Lloyd, 2:31. 215 – Perez (H) d. Fanning, 5-3. Forfeits: H (103, 112, 171, 189).
Longwood 66, South Side 6
125 – D’Onofrio (L) d. Prellar by TF, 4:00. 130 – Fetcher (L) p. Pepito, 1:26. 135 – Moley (L) p. Rodriguez, 2:48. 140 – Beck (S) d. McAleese, 4-3. 145 – Bitucci (L) d. Morgan, 10-1. 152 – Scalice (L) d. Rafferty, 12-8. 160 – Herzog (S) d. Feliciano, 11-10. 171 – Goldberg (L) p. Jackman, 2:41. Forfeits: SS (103, 112, 119, 189, 215).
Longwood 31, Mount Sinai 28
96 – J. Hoge (MS) p. Schnellenbach, 2:41. 103 – Pierce (MS) d. Sheppard, 7-0. 112 – Schnettler (L) p. Lewis, 2:28. 119 – C. Hoge (MS) d. Goady, 8-3. 125 – Rueda (MS) d. D’Onofrio, by TF, 5:00. 130 – Snyder (MS) d. Fetcher, 7-3. 135 – Moley (L) d. Michitsch, 6-4. 140 – McAleese (L) d. Miller, 5-0. 145 – Bitucci (L) d. Attridge, 17-4. 152 – Scalice (L) d. Manna, 9-0. 160 – Feliciano (L) p. G. Yablonski, :51. 171 – S. Yablonski (M) p. Goldberg, 2:32. 189 – Tricarico (L) d. Dick by TF, 4:00. 215 – Diskin (M) d. Fanning 7-6. Jan. 29
EYE ON THE ISLAND: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 02 Feb 2006:
Call it Championship Friday. Two Suffolk League dual-meet wrestling titles are on the line tomorrow night.
In League I, Brentwood (5-0) travels to Longwood (4-1) at 6 p.m. Twelve years removed from the last time he coached Longwood‘s varsity, Mike Piccozi has returned to his old school to put the Lions in position to tie for the dual-meet crown. From 1991-95, Longwood sent 10 wrestlers to the state finals, and eight emerged as champions. If Brentwood wins, it takes the title with an undefeated league season.
An intriguing matchup could be the 145-pound bout between Brentwood’s Leslie Khalfani and Longwood‘s Anthony Scalice.
Brentwood 37, Longwood 18
103 – R. Gomez (B) p. Shepard, 2:13. 112 – Hainey (B) d. Schnettler, 13-5. 119 – Murray (B) d. Goady, 9-6. 125 – M. Irizarry (B) d. D’Onfrio, 7-6 (2 OT). 130 – Fox (L) d. F. Irizarry, 4-2. 135 – Moley (L) d. Salazar, 7-5. 140 – Toro-Segarra (B) d. McAleese, 7-2. 145 – Leslie (B) d. Vitucci, 9-3. 152 – Scalice (L) p. Cartagena, 5:38. 160 – Kuhlmeier (B) p. Feliciano, 3:58. 171 – Mendez (B) d. Goldberg, 13-11 (OT). 189 – Tricarico (L) p. Marsh, 5:01. 215-Matos (B) p. Fanning, 4:33. Feb. 4
BRENTWOOD 37, LONGWOOD 18, Team’s the thing for Indians: [NASSAU AND SUFFOLK Edition]
CHRIS ANTONACCI. STAFF WRITER.
Newsday, Combined editions; Long Island, N.Y. [Long Island, N.Y]. 04 Feb 2006:
Warren Murray could hardly get a few words out before the mob arrived.
Just as Brentwood’s 119-pound wrestler began to describe the bout he rallied to win to clinch a second Suffolk League I dual-meet title in the past three years, almost his entire team gathered in a circle around him.
“Tell him …”
“Don’t forget about …”
“And it was a big win …”
Any encounter with a Brentwood wrestler, even an interview after a match, is an intense experience. That became apparent Friday night as visiting Brentwood won nine of the 13 bouts in a 37-18 victory over Longwood.
“From the first minute of practice, we stress the importance of the team,” Brentwood coach Ralph Napolitano said. “Everyone supports each other.”
Even though the match ended with teammate Fernando Irizarry (130) allowing a last-second takedown in a 4-2 loss to Dan Fox, this was truly a victory the Indians (10-2, 6-0) savored.
It became possible after Manny Matos (215) started a five-bout winning streak, pinning Mike Fanning in 4:33 to give the Indians the lead for good at 21-15. Once that occurred, Brentwood’s dominant lightweights did the rest.
Ricardo Gomez (103) followed with a pin over Sam Shepard in 2:13. Shawn Hainey (112) major-decisioned Garrett Schnettler, 13-5, after he landed three near-fall points to complete a five-point move as the second period expired to take a 9-2 lead.
After trailing 6-2, Murray had a five-point move midway through the second period and an early third-period reversal to key a 9-6 decision over Victor Goady.
“I just had to stay focused and do what I had to do to come out on top,” Murray was able to say. “We have been hoping for this since the beginning of the season.”
Irizarry’s brother Martin (125) ended the spurt and made it 37- 15 by squirming free 10 seconds into a 30-second rideout period for a 7-6 double-overtime win over Silvio D’Onfrio.
“They have a great team all-around,” said Longwood coach Mike Picozzi, whose team fell to 7-3, 4-2. “We had a couple of close matches that we needed to win, and it hurt us when we didn’t do that.”
Such as when Brentwood’s Brandon Toro-Segarra (140) landed two near-fall points with 1:06 left to cap a five-point spurt for a 7-2 decision over Chris McAleese in the second bout.
And when Josue Mendez (171) spun around Brett Goldberg for an overtime takedown in a 13-11 decision after allowing three near- fall points as regulation expired.
“It was exciting,” Mendez said. “This whole night was just great.”
Suffolk League I finals – at Longwood
96 – Garcia (B) d. O’Malley (SE), 5-2. 103 – R. Gomez (B) d. Ketcham (PM) by TF, 4:52. 112 – Smith (PM) d. Hainey (B), 16-9. 119 – M. Irizarry (B) d. Anello (PM), 12-6. 125 – D’onofrio (L) d. Cataldi (SE), 4-2. 130 – Belvedere (WM) p. Tymvios (SE), 3:54. 135 – Perez (SE) d. McAleese (L), 7-2. 140 – Toro-Segarra (B) p. Vitucci (L), 3:54. 145 – Locke (F) d. Crothers (PM), 6-4 (OT). 152 – Merante (SE) d. Hendrickson (PM), 5-1. 160 – J. Ferber (SE) d. Kuhlmeier (B), 7- 2. 171 – Romeo (L) d. Mendez (B), 7-1. 189 – Sciacca (SE) d. Tricarico (L) by TF, 3:48. 215 – M. Ferber (SE) p. DeFraia (PM), 2:34. 275 – Brawley (SE) d. Gatto (F), 5-2. Team scores – Sachem East 241 1/2, Brentwood 225 1/2, Patchogue-Medford 155, Longwood 147, Ward Melville 136, Floyd 131, Lindenhurst 42. MOW: Eric Smith (Patchogue-Medford, 112). Most Pins, Least Time: Matt Ferber (Sachem East, 215) had three in 3:55.
Third place
96 – A. Gomez (B) d. Boew (F), 18-4. 103 – Hayes (F) p. Gray (WM), 1:05. 112 – Schnettler (L) d. Murray (B), 11-4. 119 – Goady (L) d. Ford (F), 8-3. 125 – Wulff (PM) d. Viscio (F), 5-0. 130 – Quesada (F) d. F. Irizarry (B), 1-0. 135 – Moley (L) d. Frey (WM), 8- 4. 140 – Munn (PM) d. Solomito (SE), 5-2. 145 – Martino (SE) d. Leslie (B), 3-1. 152 – Papalia (WM) d. Cartagena (B), 6-0. 160 – Clay (F) d. Spagnoli (WM), 2-1. 171 – Enden (WM) p. Goldberg (L), 5:30. 189 – Habib (SE) d. Pryor (WM), 10-8. 215 – Matos (B) d. Doran (F), 5-1. 275 – Napolitano (WM) p. Walsh (L), 1:56. Feb. 12
Suffolk Division I Tournament – at Stony Brook U
96 – Benedetto (EI) d. Garcia (Br), 4-1. 103 – Gomez (Br) d. Wilkinson (R), 4-1. 112 – Mashkow (I) d. Hainey (Br), 5-4. 119 – Piccirillo (Com) d. Troy (W), 6-3. 125 – Jantzen (SWR) d. Cucciniello (SW), 12-6. 130 – Iorio (SN) d. Belvedere (WM), 6-2. 135 – Ingram (EI) d. Fennell (Com), 9-2. 140 – Vaeth (I) d. Keane (WI), 5-1. 145 – Broccoli (WH) d. Piccolo (RP), 2-1. 152 – Wade (I) d. Hale (R), 7-0. 160 – Patrovich (I) def. Gee (EI) by TF, 4:51. 171 – Gandolfi (N) d. Vavricka (EI), 11-3. 189 – Tricarico (Lo) p. Kelly (WB), 1:29. 215 – Ferber (SE) p. Gallo (Say), 1:35. 275 – Yanson (N) d. Mucciolo (SWR), 5-3. Team scores: 1. East Islip 179; 2. Islip ‘; 3. Sachem East 125; 4. Brentwood 105; 5. Hauppauge 79; 6. Smithtown West 78; 7. Half Hollow Hills East 74; 8. Shoreham-Wading River 73; 9. Riverhead 65; 10. Northport 65; 11. Sayville 65; 12. Longwood 61; 13. West Islip 59; 14. Commack 54; 15. Connetquot 50.
Third place: 96 – Escobar (RP) d. Keith (SWR), 12-0. 103 – Reyes (WB) d. Levy (SW), 1-0. 112 – Pereira (Hu) d. Nunez (DP), 9-0. 119 – Oschmann (Hau) d. Fauntleroy (Cop) by inj. def., 1:41. 125 – D’Onofrio (Lo) d. Mazzola (Har), 9-5. 130 – Cammaroto (Am) d. Tymvios (SE), 8-6. 135 – Perez (SE) d. Haas (Say), 6-0. 140 – Kaden (W) d. Swezey (EI), 1-0. 145 – Guerrier (HHHE) d. Hendrickson (Hu), 8-3. 152 – Sassone-McHugh (MP) d. Merante (SE), 10-3. 160 – Santana (BS) d. Clay (F), 8-7. 171 – DiPaola (EI) d. Romeo (Li), 6-2. 189 – Sciacca (SE) d. Gibson (EI), 12-11. 215 – Novacek (Hau) d. Cangiano (Con), 5-4. 275 – Adamic (New) d. Wintons (I), 3-2 2OT. Fifth place: 96 – Gomez (Br) d. Gonzalez (WI), 10-8. 103 – Colgan (SWR) p. Volpe (RP), 3:20. 112 – Hromada (HHHE) d. Smith (PM), 10-4. 119 – Irizarry (Br) d. Bulzomi (Con), 6-4 OT. 125 – Collado (Hau) d. Wulff (PM), 3- 2. 130 – Jimenez (Har) d. Acosta (WI), 3-1 OT. 135 – R. Daly (SW) d. McAleese (Lo), 2-0. 140 – Curiacopoulos (HHHE) d. Toro-Segarra (Br), 6-5. 145 – Locke (F) d. Chambers (EI), 4-3. 152 – Hendrickson (PM) d. D’Accolti (HHHE), 4-1. 160 – Coward (SW) d. J. Ferber (SE), 5-2. 171 – Berretta (ESM) d. Kobus (WHB), 3-2. 189 – Hope (Con) p. Reiter (Riv), 4:40. 215 – Murphy (SW) d. MacIneirghe (EI), 6-2. 275 – Byrne (HHHE) d. Napolitano (WM), 5-1. Awards: MOW: Mike Piccirillo, 119, Commack. Champion of Champions: Ryan Patrovich, 160, Islip. Most Pins, Least Time: Matt Ferber, 215, Sachem East, four pins in 6:07. Feb. 19