Minisink Valley advanced 11 wrestlers into Saturday night’s final including junior 145-pounder Nick Albornoz, who defeated top-seeded Steve Gazzillo of Cornwall 6-2 in the semifinal.
Albornoz will wrestle teammate Vinny Vetrano, a 2017 132-pound section champion, in the final.
Minisink Valley senior Tim Ganuncio advanced to his second straight section final with a 5-3 win over Matt Bucci of Saugerties. Ganuncio scored the winning takedown with 10 seconds left in sudden victory.
Valley Central sophomore Matt Romano, the fourth seed and returning state qualifier, won by injury over top-seeded James Faison of Wallkill at 126. The match was stopped with 22 seconds left in the first period.
Monroe-Woodbury junior Sam Santander pinned Newburgh Free Academy sophomore Maxx DeCapua, the top seed, in 4:26 to advance to the final.
Valley Central junior 220-pounder Mark Crisfield is headed to his first section final after a 3-2 win over Anthony Owen of Saugerties in the ultimate tiebreaker.
Section 9 Division I championships
(at Monroe-Woodbury HS, Central Valley)
Semifinals
99 pounds: Justin Morales (Middletown) d. Andrew Filip (Minisink Valley) 5-4; Christian Prokosch (Cornwall) d. Andrew Marchese (Washingtonville) 11-1.
106: Greg Fischer (Newburgh Free Academy) d. Drew Greco (Warwick) 10-0; Nick Picariello (Minisink Valley) pin Jake Chenier (Kingston) 3:40
113: Dylan Earl (Monroe-Woodbury) pin Moises Diaz (Middletown) 1:31; Jordan Suarez (Minisink Valley) d. Hunter Brown (Warwick) 9-4
120: Marco Vespa (Monroe-Woodbury) pin Jake Minnies (Monroe-Woodbury) :38; Bryan MacDougall (Warwick) d. Brandon DeLaRosa (Newburgh Free Academy) 6-2.
126: Matt Romano (Valley Central) won by injury default over James Faison (Wallkill); Sean Savacool (Minisink Valley) d. Tom Maddox (Washingtonville) 10-3.
132: Connor Greiner (Minisink Valley) tech. fall Jimmy Heinlein (Saugerties) 15-0, 2:22; Tommy Askey (Pine Bush) d. Luke Fischer (Newburgh Free Academy) 7-0
138: Dom Vetrano (Minisink Valley) pin Logan Schmalfuhs (Warwick) 3:42; Joe McGinty (Monroe-Woodbury) pin Robert Guimarra (Cornwall) 1:23
145: Nick Albornoz (Minisink Valley) d. Steve Gazzillo (Cornwall) 6-2; Vinny Vetrano (Minisink Valley) d. Nick Florin (Pine Bush) 7-0
152: Tyler Serafini (Newburgh Free Academy) pin Dan Heffner (Cornwall) 4:22; Joe Pushman (Wallkill) pin Carter Stewart (Monroe-Woodbury) 2:41
160: Shaun Burgos (Pine Bush) d. Henry Searle (Warwick) 13-4; Collin Cummings (Valley Central) d. Destin Morano (Middletown) 11-7
170: Brian Mascaro (Wallkill) pin Will Noteboom (Warwick) 4:54; Tim Ganuncio (Minisink Valley) d. Ryan Bucci (Saugerties) 5-3, sudden victory
182: Joey Yanis (Minisink Valley) pin Ben Santarpia (Washingtonville) 1:56; Chris Tremper (Pine Bush) d. Alex Miller (Newburgh Free Academy) 1-0
195: Sam Santander (Monroe-Woodbury) pin Maxx DeCapua (Newburgh Free Academy) 4:26; Anton Juncaj (Minisink Valley) d. Elijah Babb (Middletown) 12-5
220: Will Leonard (Cornwall) d. Adam Fenner (Minisink Valley) 1-0; Mark Crisfield (Valley Central) d. Anthony Owen (Saugerties) 3-2, ultimate tiebreaker
285; Preston Havison (Monroe-Woodbury) d. Max Kissack (Washingtonville) 8-1; Andrew Fenner (Minisink Valley) pin Bryce Moore (Valley Central) 4:27
