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Sal Interdonato

Award-winning writer Sal Interdonato has been on the Army football beat since 2007. He’ll take you inside the huddle and into the lives of the Black Knights.

Dapper Dan Classic matchups

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 16, 2010 | 0 Comments
Newburgh Free Academy 130-pounder Taylor Laraia will meet Frank Martellotti of Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh at the Dapper Dan Classic Saturday in Pittsburgh, Pa. Martellotti, who will walk on to Penn State’s wrestling team in the fall, won a state title at 103 pounds as a freshman. Team New York wrestles an all-star team from the [...]
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Friends of Section 9 wrestling awards

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 15, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Friends of Section 9 wrestling held its banquet at The Meadowbrook in New Windsor Sunday night. Here are the awards, which were recognized: Troy Bouzakis Senior Wrestler of the Year: Cody Ruggirello, Valley Central D’Aliso Most Improved Wrestler: Trent Costello, Kingston D’Aliso Scholarship Award: Xavier Clair, Valley Central Cpt. Stephen Leslie Most Courageous Award: Mike Vespa, Monroe-Woodbury Comeback of [...]
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Palmer takes third in Pa.

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 13, 2010 | 0 Comments
Delaware Valley (Pa.) sophomore 112-pounder C.J. Palmer defeated Dereck Enders 3-1 to take third place Saturday night at the Pennsylvania Class AAA championships in Hershey, Pa. After falling to Enders of Big Spring 4-2 in a quarterfinal, Palmer reeled off three straight wins in the wrestlebacks to wrestle for third place. Palmer’s finish is the second-best by [...]
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Koonz going home

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 9, 2010 | 0 Comments
Bob Koonz, who wasn’t rehired after 13 seasons at Marlboro, will be the offensive coordinator at Wallkill this fall. Koonz, a 1978 Wallkill graduate, coached under his brother, Jeff, and Steve Barone at the school before leaving for Marlboro. He led Marlboro to the Section 9 Class B title game in 2004 and 2006. Marlboro was 9-1 [...]
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Collins to coach Kingston boys lacrosse

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
Jeramie Collins is the new Kingston boys’ lacrosse coach, athletic director Glen Maisch said Thursday afternoon. Collins, the school’s football coach, was slated to take over the boys’ golf team this spring. That was until Mike Fratto, who was entering his second season as Kingston’s varsity coach, resigned Wednesday from his coaching position. Fratto, a 2000 Middletown position, [...]
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Making the grade: Middletown wrestling

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 4, 2010 | 0 Comments
The Middletown wrestling team has earned its first-ever New York State Public High School Athletic Association scholar-athlete award, coach Jason Lictenstein said. The award is given to teams, which have 10 student-athletes with a combined 90.5 grade-point average of better. Middletown’s top 10 were senior David Abt, juniors Brendan Gonzalez, Adam Velazquez and Justin Benbow, sophomores Jesse [...]
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Section 9 Division I state match-by-match

By Sal Interdonato | Published: March 3, 2010 | 0 Comments
Division I 96 pounds Pine Bush eighth-grader John Stramiello (0-2) Round of 16: L 8-6, No. 9 seed  Kyle Kelly (Chanango Forks-4) First-round wrestleback: L, 7-3 to Nathan Marshall (Massena-10) 103 pounds Cornwall sophomore T.J. Kreider (0-2) Round of 16: L 8-0, No. 1 Mike Soria (Kings Park-11) First-round wrestleback: L, pin 3:53 by Isaiah Perry (Massena-10) 112 pounds Warwick sophomore Shane Connolly (1-2) Round of [...]
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Afterthoughts: State tournament

By Sal Interdonato | Published: February 28, 2010 | 0 Comments
Tough tournament for Section 9 wrestling. Section 9’s Division I team scored 108 points, its lowest total since the state tournament went to two divisions in 2004. For the second straight season, the section didn’t bring back a state title. Expected Valley Central senior Cody Ruggirello to go out a champion. Think Fordham Prep’s Andrew Lenzi definitely [...]
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State finals

By Sal Interdonato | Published: February 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
Division I 96 pounds: Mark West (Hauppauge-11) d. Eric Lewandowski(Lancaster-6) 2-1 103: Al Dierna (Wayne-5) d. Joe Barbato (Wantagh-8) 9-2 112: Nigel McNeil (Huntington-11) d. Malik Rasheed (Longwood-11) 11-2 119: Damon McQueen (Huntington-11) d. Grant Greene (St. Anthony’s-CHSAA) 9-7 125: Nick Arujau (Syosset-8) d. Justis Flamio (Mahopac-1) 7-5 130: Nick Meinsen (John Glenn-11) d. Taylor Laraia (Newburgh Free Academy) 6-0 Meinsen takedown [...]
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Wrestleback results: McGrath takes fourth

By Sal Interdonato | Published: February 27, 2010 | 0 Comments
Kingston’s Mike McGrath placed fourth at 189 pounds. Both of McGrath’s losses here were to Penfield’s Brandon Contreras. Contreras defeated McGrath 5-4 in the third-place match. McGrath scored a takedown with two seconds left to defeat Chris DiIorio of Sachem East 6-5 in the consolation semifinals. Monroe-Woodbury’s Mike Vespa finally earned a medal in his fourth trip to [...]
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