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Monthly Archives: February 2008
State Division II wild-cards
Here are the state-tournament Division II wild-cards. No Section 9 wreslters received a wild-card.
96 pounds: 1. Ryan D’Arcy (Newark Valley-4, Fr.) 73; 2. Austin
Keough (Warsaw-5, Seventh-grader) 62; 3. Dylan Kavanaugh (Vernon-Verona
Sherrill-3, Fr.) 59; 4. Dan Haughton (Dolgeville-3, Fr.) 53.
103 pounds: 1. Kyle Crisafulli (Phoenix-3, Soph.) 152; 2. Ken
Eaton (Adirondack-3, Jr.) 98; 3. Teddy Kyreakedes (Dobbs [...]
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Division I wild-cards
Here as promised are the list of state-tournamet wild-cards.
Division I
96 pounds: 1. Matt Ross (Rocky Point-Section 11, Fr.), 81 points;
2. James Montante (Penfield-5, Soph.) 74; 3. Rocco Rosso (Greece
Olympia-5, Sr.) 69; 4. Nick Kelley (Shenendehowa-2, Seventh-grader) 62.
103 pounds: 1. Jose Vasquez (Huntington-11, Sr.) 130 points; 2.
Nick Meinsen (John Glenn-11, Soph.) 97; 3. Anthony Finocchiaro
(Baldwinsville-3, Eighth-grader) [...]
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Official wildcards
Noon has past and four Section 9 wrestlers have earned state tournament wild-cards.
Cornwall senior 125-pounder Drew Bloss
Valley Central senior 140-pounder Mike D’Amato
Middletown senior 215-pounder Jared Rosado
Port Jervis junior 285-pounder J.D. Zitone
D’Amato earned the most points of any Division I wild-card with 215 points.
Wallkill senior Steve Burger is a second alternate at 135.
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Wildcards
Although not official until Thursday at noon, Varsity 845 has learned
Cornwall senior 125-pound Drew Bloss, Valley Central senior 140-pound
Mike D’Amato, Middletown senior 215-pounder Jared Rosado and Port
Jervis junior 285-pounder J.D. Zitone are expected to receive Division
I wild-card berths into the state tournament on March 8 and 9 at Blue
Cross Arena in Rochester.
All four were Section [...]
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Doolittle-Burger section final
The Section 9 Division I 135-pound final between Middletown’s Matt
Doolittle and Wallkill’s Steve Burger was one of the most exciting
matches Saturday.
Doolittle, a senior, won his first section title 9-8. Burger got a
two-point reversal late but couldn’t put Doolittle to his back.
To see the match in its entirety, check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBp0nB93t2k
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Double-entry for Section tournament
This is probably a subject I should have touched on before the Section 9 Division I tournament.
I glanced over the Section 11 (Suffolk County) Division I championship results and saw two Huntington kids wrestled for third place at 103 pounds. Some sections allow teams to enter two wrestlers per weight class in the postseason.
Section 9 does not. [...]
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State wildcards
I’ve been getting a lot of questions which Section 9 wrestlers might earn a wildcard berth into the state tournament.
So I figured I’d explain the format and formula of how the wildcards are determined. There are four wildcards per weight class.
Wildcard hopefuls earn points in three ways
1. Current season record: Wins minus losses. A maximum [...]
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Section 9 Division I finals
Section 9 Division I tournament finals
96 pounds: Shane
Connolly (Warwick)
won by overtime criteria over Gary Wolff (Monroe-Woodbury).
103: Mike Vespa (Monroe-Woodbury) pinned Ryan Black (Washingtonville)
1:28.
112: Taylor Laraia (Newburgh Free Academy) d. Nic Smith (Valley Central) 7-3.
119: Cody Ruggirello (Valley Central) d. Kaare Stockdal (Kingston) 1-0.
125: Jamie Franco (Monroe-Woodbury) d. Drew Bloss (Cornwall) 3-1.
130: Kyle Piaquadio (Newburgh Free [...]
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Smith wins Pat D’Aliso award
Valley Central sophomore Nic Smith was given the Pat D’Aliso Award before the finals as the Section 9’s most improved wrestler.
Smith is 33-12 in his first varsity season.
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Section 9 wrestlers’ first-round state matchups