March 2, 2023
• The 16th Annual Richie Anderson Memorial Youth & Middle School Wrestling Tournament March 4, 2023 is FULL and no more registrations will be taken
February 6, 2022
• Port Jefferson Jr., Frank D’Elia, received his 100th win at the Port Jefferson Multi Meet last Wednesday
• Mason Mangialino of Comsewogue hit 100 wins in the League 5 finals yesterday
• North Babylon 118lb Senior, Vincent Romano, earned his 100th varsity win on Saturday during the Section 11 League 4 Wrestling Tournament
January 29, 2022
• Mount Sinai 132 lb junior, Brayden Fahrbach, earned his 150th career win last Wednesday with a win over Miller Place
• Miguel Lozano, Connetquot 126lber, earned his 100th career win on Saturday January 28th at the Wes Dolson Invitational
January 28, 2022
• NYSPHSAA Girls Invitational Results
• NYSPHSAA State Dual Meet Championships Scores(Full results on thge right side of the page with links to the detail)
• Shoreham-Wading River Junior, 118 lb wrestler, Chris Colon earned his 100th career win Saturday at the Jeff Cuilty Newburgh Duals
• JT Mankowich of Sachem North collected his 100th win today at 132lbs at the Paul DiIorio Memorial Tournament at Sachem East
January 3, 2022 Long Island Elite and Beginner Championship January 29, 2023
• Ted DiPasquale is looking for a Tournament Director to run thge NY-USA Wrestling Suffolk County Youth Championships at Bay Shore HS on February 5, 2023. Must be run on either Trackwrestling or Floarena. If interested contact Ted at 516-449-0961.
December 28, 2022
• Justin Shayew of East Islip had his 100th win today at the 1st day of the Joe Davidson Memorial Tournament at Sachem North with 4 falls and 1 decision
On Friday night March 10th the Copiague Athletic Department honored
the life and legacy of Anthony V. Cipriano with
the dedication of the
Anthony V. Cipriano
Wrestling Room
The athletic director, Mr. William Bennett, along with numerous school admistration, Former wrestlers and the Cipriano family
were on hand to pay tribute in memory of former wrestling Coach Anthony Cipriano. An
honorary bench, pictured below, was unveiled celebrating Coach Cip's contributions to the students and community of Copiague.
Afterwards those in attendance adjourned to the wrestling room
to see the opening of the Anthony V. Cipriano Wrestling Room
Charlie Blanda, the Great Neck North Head Coach, is facing the bout of his life, literally. Our wrestling community has always comne through when one of our own needs our support. If possible we need your monetary support for a dedicated and passionate coach that helps every wrestler in the room reach their potential.
Charlie just started undergoing chemo treatment for Hodgkin's lymphoma, detected early last month. Even more unfortunate, Charlie is a leave replacement at GNN and contractually not paid for days he is out. This compounds the physical burden that comes with this turn of events for Charlie.
Looking to collect any
old Section 8 County Wrestling Tournament filled in brackets. If you have been
looking to clean out your attic or garage and don't know what to do
with your old programs here is the answer. Mail them to Steve Meehan
117 Dale Dr, Oakdale NY 11769 or drop them off @ 117 Dale Dr, Oakdale
NY 11769 or give me a call and I'll come pick them up if you have
more than a few.
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