Long Island Wrestling Association

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117 Dale Dr
Oakdale, NY 11769

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Steve Meehan
stevemeehan0809 @ gmail.com

2019-20 Wrestler of the Week

Wrestler of the Week: Each full week of the season that competition takes place we will attempt to name a Wrestler of the Week. You can send your nominations with detailed reasons for your nomination to WOW@longislandwrestling.org.

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The LIWA Wrestler of the Week, for the week ending January 19th, 2020, is 160lb junior, Gaven Bell of Cold Spring Harbor.

Fresh off of a 3rd place finish at the Eastern States Classic, the returning NYS D2 4th place finisher, remained on fire, going 4-0 on the week, including a pin over 2019 Nassau D2 bronze medalist, Roarke Creedon/Locust Valley, a 5-3 decision over 2019 Nassau D1 4th/currently ranked 2nd, Jack McCusker/Manhasset and a 7-2 decision over 2x Suffolk D1 3rd/currently top-ranked Jack Spahn/Islip

Congratulations Gaven !

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Mission Statement

The New Ken Cellan/Tom Riccio Memorial Award

The Suffolk Wrestling Officials Association is renaming the annual awards they will by giving out from now on. They will now be known as the Ken Cellan/Tom Riccio Memorial Award. We set up a GoFundMe page to seek contributions. The link to the GoFundMe page is below. Please help the SWOA build this fund up to honor these two gentlemen who are no longer with us and who gave so much over the years..

GoFundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/ken-cellantom-riccio-memorial-wrestling-award?utm_medium=email&utm_source=product&utm_campaign=p_email%2B7002-thank-you-instructions-v5

Milestones

• Hills West junior Dakota Asuncion recorded his 100th varsity win at the Kujan Brothers Memorial Tournament at William Floyd on January 18, 2020.

• St. John the Baptist HS senior Stephen Crisci recorded his 100 varsity win at the SJB Cougar Pride Tournament on January 18, 2020.

• Glen Cove senior Isaiah Jackson recorded his 100th career varsity win at Plainedge on January 15, 2020.

• Senior CJ Riccobono from Sewanhaka East won his 100th match at the Baldwin Tournament on Saturday January 11, 2020.

• Farmingdale senior, Matthew Cestare, recorded his 100th career win at the Eastern States on January 11, 2020.

• MacArthur senior, Thomas Szilagyi, recorded his 100th career win at the Eastern States on January 11, 2020.

• Mephan senior, Matt Hegi, notched his 100th career win last night, January 8, 2020, versus Calhoun.

• St. John the Baptist HS senior Izac Garcia recorded his 100 varsity win at the Herricks Holiday Tournament on January 4, 2020.

• Westhampton Beach Junior Jackson Hulse got his 100th career victory on Saturday January 4th at the Cory Hubbard duals.

• Patchogue-Medford Junior Danny Horton got his 100th career victory on Saturday January 4th at the Cory Hubbard duals.

• Farmingdale Senior Nicholas Franco recorded his 100th career win at the Ted Peterson Tournament on January 4th.

• Northport senior Jack Marlow notched his 100th career victory on Saturday night, January 4, 2020 at the Battle for the Belt Tournament at Syosset. Marlow edged William Floyd senior Cosmo Stoia in the 138 lb. weight class finals, 2-0.

• Mt. Sinai senior Joseph Goodrich got his 100th win on Saturday January 4, 2020 at the Rocky Gilmore tournament hosted by East Islip.

• Hauppauge junior Andrew Maiorini got his 100th win on Friday January 3, 2020 against Cold Spring Harbor.

• Seaford senior Tom Lynch earned his 100th career varsity victory on Friday, January 3, 2020 in a dual meet against Locust Valley.

• Smithtown East's Connor Malley got his 100th win at the Raider Invitational on December 28, 2019.

• Shoreham-Wading River Coach Joe Condon earned his 200th career victory on Friday, December 27, 2019 when the Wildcats defeated current #1 NY state D2 ranked Central Valley Academy by a score of 41-35.

• Peter Magliocco from Northport got his 100th win at the Northport Holiday Duals on December 27, 2019.

• Kyle Klein Jr. of Miller Place broke the school record that was previously held by Carl Korpi (2008) by getting his 127th win on December 21, 2019.

• Josh Leidig of Bellport recorded his 100th win at home during the Rick Herrmann Memorial Tournament on December 21, 2019.

• Alex Constantis of Miller Place got his 100th win on December 21, 2019.

• Thomas DiResta of Kings Park got his 100th victory on December 18, 2019 against Islip

• Coach Chris Messina of Hauppauge HS (Class of 1972) getting his 500th dual match victory on Wednesday, December 18, 2019

• Cold Spring Harbor wrestler, senior, Kolton Gagnon pinned his opponent in the 1st round of the Battle at the Harbor to notch his 100th career varsity match on Saturday, December 21, 2019 vs. North Shore.

• Seaford Junior Jake Murphy won his 100th career varsity match on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 vs. Island Trees.

• Jared Weinhaus of Sachem East got his 100th win tonight Wednesday, December 18, 2019 vs. William Floyd.

• Zach Redding, Eastpoirt-South Manor, recorded his 200th career win at the North Babylon tournament on Saturday December 7, 2019.

• Dan Gibson, junior from Port Washington, got his 100th win at the Hank Paris tournament on December 7, 2019.

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College Wrestling Home Schedule

Jan 26, 2020	Hofstra vs LIU	2:00pm Mack Arena

Jan 31, 2020	Hofstra vs Davidson	4:30pm PEB
	LIU vs Columbia	5:00pm Pratt RC

Feb 1, 2020	Hofstra vs Franklin and Marshall	4:30pm PEB
	Hofstra vs Columbia	6:00pm PEB

Feb 12, 2020	USMMA vs Coast Guard	6:00pm Liebertz Gymnasium

Feb 15, 2020	NJCAA Regional at Nassau CC	12:00Noon NCC Gym

Feb 16, 2020	LIU vs Brown	11:00am Pratt RC
	Hofstra vs Havard	11:00am Mack Arena
	LIU vs Harvard	1:30pm Pratt RC
	Hofstra vs Brown	1:30pm Mack Arena

Feb 22, 2020	LIU vs Sacred Heart	11:00am Pratt RC
	Hofstra vs Sacred Heart	1:00pm Mack Arena

Hofstra Full Schedule
LIU Full Schedule
Kings Point Full Schedule
Nassau CC Full Schedule

Directions

Updated Oct 21, 2008

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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.

Mission Statement

The Long Island Wrestling Association is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering, promoting and encouraging the sport of amateur wrestling on Long Island as a means of building character, physical health and well-being, sportsmanship, self-confidence, self-esteem, and positive attitudes about dedication, persistence, intensity and hard work among the younger generation in order to fit them more adequately for their future role in society.

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The Purposes of the Long Island Wrestling Association, Inc.:

To assist young people to compete in the sport of amateur wrestling by sponsoring tournaments and competitions for wrestlers and clinics for wrestlers and coaches.

To assist and facilitate the creation, development and enhancement of youth wrestling programs.

To assist and facilitate the dissemination of information about wrestling events and activities to wrestlers, coaches, parents and fans.

To assist and facilitate the creation of a travel club to allow wrestlers to attend wrestling camps, clinics, competitions and tournaments in other geographic areas.

To assist wrestlers in obtaining USA Wrestling membership cards to allow them to participate in USA Wrestling sponsored events.

To assist and facilitate the creation and development of work programs, summer and part-time internships with various Long Island and New York City corporate sponsors.

To assist and facilitate the creation and development of a foreign student/wrestler exchange program.

To encourage parents and fans to volunteer their time to assist in the development of youth wrestling programs.

To assist and facilitate the dissemination of information to the general public about the sport of wrestling.

To enhance and support media coverage of wrestling events.

To assist Long Island wrestlers in attending the Olympic training camp and in competing on a national and international level.

To offer membership to the general public in the Long Island Wrestling Association, Inc. and to collect membership dues and other contributions from such membership.

To solicit and collect contributions from individuals, groups, business and social organizations, corporations, foundations and governmental entities in order to finance the activities of the corporation.

HS Alumni Days/Nights

Friday January 31 Holy Trinity Alumni & Sr Match - St. John the Baptist vs Holy Trinity at 7:00pm.

Friday January 31 Deer Park Alumni Match - Deer Park vs Amityville at 7:00pm

Friday January 31 Alumni Night for Smithtown East and West on Friday January 31. The match will be held at Smithtown East starting at 6:30. Alumni please arrive by 6:15.

HS Schedule

When you see a ? in the list of teams, it means the coach has been asked who is in their tournament and hasn't responded.
Events will remain listed here until individual tournament results are sent to me or dual results are entered in Trackwrestling and sent.

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2019-20

1/25 (Saturday)
9:00am Section VIII D1 DMC Quarterfinals at Clarke HS
11:00am Section VIII D2 DMC Semifinals at Clarke HS
1:00pm Section VIII D1 DMC Semifinals at Clarke HS
3:00pm Section VIII D2 DMC Finals at Clarke HS
5:00pm Section VIII D1 DMC Finals at Clarke HS
8:30am Wolf Pack Duals at Center Moriches
(Bellport, Brentwood, Center Moriches, Copiague, Deer Park, Sayville, Westhampton Beach, William Floyd)
9:00am Peter Caruso Memorial Invitational at Mahopac
(Carmel-Sec 1, Darien-CT, Greenville-Sec 2, John Glenn, Mahopac-Sec 1, Middletown-Sec 9, Our Lady of Lourdes-Sec 1, Peekskill-Sec 1, Pine Bush-Sec 9, Putnam Valley-Sec 1, Rondout Valley-Sec 9, Roy C Ketcham-Sec 1, Smithtown East, Somers-North Salem-Sec 1, Yorktown-Sec 1)
10:00am Riverhead at East Islip
12:00pm Section XI D1 DMC Semifinal Rd at Bay Shore
2:30pm Section XI D1 & D2 DMC Finals at Bay Shore
10:00am Martin Luther Tournament
(Churchill-Pvt, Collegiate-Pvt, Dalton-Pvt, Fordham Prep-Pvt, Hempstead, Huntington, Kings Park, LI Lutheran-Pvt, Martin Luther-Pvt, Poly Prep-Pvt, Storm King-Pvt, Trinity-Pvt)
9:00am CHSAA Dual Meet Championship at Msgr. Farrell

1/26 (Sunday)
9:00am CHSAA Dual Meet Championship at Msgr. Farrell

Unreported Results

12/14 (Saturday)
Jericho Cup Duals
(Hills West vs Westbury)

12/21 (Saturday)
Battle at the Harbor at
(North Shore vs Warren Harding, Westbury vs Warren Harding)

1/4 (Saturday)
Herricks New Years Invitational
(Herricks, Huntington, ?)

1/7 (Tuesday)
Hempstead at Freeport
North Shore at Roslyn

1/8 (Wednesday)
Sewanhaka East at Freeport

1/11 (Saturday)
Harold Earl Duals
(GN South vs VS Central)
Warrior Duals at Comsewogue
(WM vs Coms B)

1/16 (Thursday)
Hicksville at Westbury

1/17 (Friday)
Baldwin at Freeport
East Meadow at Great Neck South
Hempstead at Lawrence ?
Plainview JFK at Calhoun
Sewanhaka East at Port Washington

1/18 (Saturday)
Uniondale Duals
(Hewlett vs Division, Farmingdalke vs Division)
25th Annual Herricks Highlander Tournament (Herr. Comm. Ctr.)
(Edgemont, Hempstead, Herricks, Jericho, Longwood, Massapequa B, VS North)
Lindenhurst Round Robin
(Babylon, Bayport-Blue Point, Central Islip, East Islip, Hampton Bays, Lindenhurst, Miller Place, Sayville)

1/19 (Sunday)
9:00am Gene Brigham at Minisink Valley
(Bethpage, Burke Catholic-Sec 9, Burnt Hills-Sec 2, Fallsburg-Sec 9, Huntington, Minisink Valley-Sec 9, Onteora-Sec 9, Rondout Valley-Sec 9, Shaker-Sec 2)

1/20 (Monday)
Busby Classic Duals at Port Washington
( Port Washington vs Sewanhaka West)

1/22 (Wednesday)
5:30pm Amityville at West Babylon (Senior Night)

1/23 (Thursday)
Section VIII D1 DMC Prelims at Higher Seed
(Missing Hicksville vs Glen Cove, Division vs Syosset, Hewlett vs East Meadow)
Section VIII D1 DMC Rd16 at Higher Seed
(Missing Freeport vs Mineola, Wantagh vs Calhoun, Massapequa vs Mepham)
4:30pm Tri-Meet at Stony Brook
(Centereach vs Stony Brook)

1/24 (Friday)
Comsewogue at Bayport-Blue Point
East Hampton at Copiague (Copiague MS)
Hills West at Hills East
Holy Trinity at Babylon
Walt Whitman at West Islip

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