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43nd Annual New York State Intercollegiate Wrestling Championships

Hosted by Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

January 21-22, 2012

2012 Team Results 2012 Individual Champions 1. Army - 162.5 points 2. Cornell - 144.5 points 3. Columbia - 135 points 4. Buffalo - 117 points 5. Nassau - 102 points 6. Cortland - 84.5 points 7. Hunter - 63 points 8. Ithaca - 62.5 points 9. Brockport- 56.5 points 10. Niagara - 48.5 points 11. RIT - 34 points 12. Oneonta- 28.5 13. NYU - 16 points 14. Jamestown - 6 points 15. Oswego - 3.5 125 Bricker Dixon (Cornell) 133 Jordan Thome (Army) 141 Kevin Smith (Buffalo) 149 Mac Malderelli (Nassau) 157 Jake O'Hara (Columbia) 165 Coleman Gracy (Army) 174 Jake Waste (Buffalo) 184 Michael Gorman (Army) 197 Jace Bennett (Cornell) HWT Kevin Lester (Columbia)

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2012 NYS Wrestling Hall of Fame Inductees

Dr. David Hirsch (Cornell Unversity)
Frank Millard (SUNY Delhi)
Tony Smith (SUNY Brockport)

1/23/12
Marty Nichols (Coach), Kyle Dake (Wrestler), Brian Bistis (Freshman) honored at NYS Tournament


Marty Nichols (left) receives Coach of the Year award from Mike Howard

Mike Howard, president of the New York State Collegiate Wrestling Coaches Association, had the pleasure to present the Coach, Wrestler, and Freshman of the Year awards at the annual NYS Intercollegiate Wrestling Championship held at Cornell University last weekend. Below are short biographical descriptions of this season's recipients.

Marty Nichols

Kyle Dake

Brian Bistis

1/11/12
Oswego falls to Lycoming and King's College after ferocious fights

Photo Gallery
Courtesy of Oswego Athletics

Wrestling at the NY/PA duals last Friday, the Oswego Lakers fell short of beating Lycoming and King's College, but staged two very good matches.

One highlight of the day for the Lakers was the 133-pound Omar Santiago, who won two consecutive matches: a 8-2 decision against Lycoming and a 12-2 major decision against King's College.

Full results are posted below.

Lycoming 15, Oswego State 14
125 - Michael Gentilcore (OSW) def. Stephen Hinton (LC), 6-4
133 - Scott McGregor (OSW) def. Andrew Lewis (LC), 2-1
141 - Chris Payne (OSW) def. Mike Maurer (LC), 5-4
149 - Isaiah Britton (LC) def. Blake Fisher (OSW), 9-2
157 - Colton Eyer (LC) def. Nick Rodgers (OSW), 4-2
165 - Marc Collins (OSW) def. David Smith (LC), 5-4
174 - Cameron Mills (OSW) def. Jefferson Thomas (LC), 6-2
*Each team lost a point following the 174-pound match due to unsportsmanlike conduct.
184 - Troy Hayre (LC) def. Danny Sutherland (OSW), 14-5, major decision
197 - Kyle Crouthamel (LC) def. Kevin Shirley (OSW), 5-1
285 - Russel Korbul (LC) def. Joe Pesce (OSW), 2-0

Oswego State 41, King's College 5
125 - Michael Gentilcore (OSW) won by forfeit
133 - Omar Santiago (OSW) def. Richard Biesadesky (KC), 4-0
141 - Chris Payne (OSW) def.Anthony Dietrick (KC), Pin, 2:14
149 - Blake Fisher (OSW) def. Christian Mazzocchi (KC), 4-0
157 - Nick Rodgers (OSW) def. Tommy Desir (KC), Pin, 6:35
165 - Marc Collins (OSW) def. Frank Marinucci (KC), 6-3
174 - Cameron Mills (OSW) won by forfeit
184 - Mike Reilly (KC) def. Danny Sutherland (OSW), 16-1, tech. fall, 3:58
197 - Kevin Shirley (OSW), 5-1 def. Kyle Matis (KC), 17-1, tech. fall, 5:41
285 - Joe Pesce (OSW) def. Kevin Trant (KC), 8-5

Source: Oswego Athletics

1/9/12
Profiles of Mitch Brown, John Clark, Wayne Catan, Gene Mills, Tony Controneo, Leland Rogers, and Andy Schwab added to the Hall of Fame

1/9/12
Documents about 2012 NYS Tournament posted (links above)

1/3/12
Division III Individual Rankings Updated (link above)

1/3/12
Profiles of Leo Johnson, Jim Davey, Dr. Peter Capone, and Al Sosa added to the Hall of Fame

1/3/12
Cornell Takes Fourth at the Southern Scuffle


Kyle Dake's final bout

Watch more video of 2012 Southern Scuffle on flowrestling.org

Multiple Reds claimed titles competing at the annual tournament in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that took place last weekend. Junior Kyle Dake (157 lbs.) won his third-in-a-row championship in a close bout (3-0) against Penn State's Dylan Alton. Other notable winners, also struggling against Penn State, were Steve Bosak (184 lbs.), who placed second after losing the final to Quinton Wright, and Frank Perrelli (125 lbs.), who won a 6-4 decision against Nick Megaludis.

More info: Cornell Reds


12/21/11
Three profiles added to the Hall of Fame

Thanks to the cooperation with the coach from Binghamton University and the administration from Clarkson University, profiles for Stephen Erber, Jack Hantz, and Mark Gumble were added to the site. We encourage other coaches to send us pictures and biographies of the inductees to the Hall of Fame from their programs as well.

12/19/11
SUNY Buffalo and Niagara County CC face off at a quad meet

The two NYS teams were pitted against each other at a quad meet held in Sanborn, NY. The results are posted below.

Buffalo 47, Niagara County Community College 3

125	Sean Walton (Buffalo) FALL Dwann Hall (Niagara Community College) 5:44.	6.00	0
133	Taylor Golba< (Buffalo) DEC Caleb Green (Niagara Community College) 6-2.	3.00	0
141	Kevin Smith (Buffalo) FALL Ryan Baer (Niagara Community College) 2:31.	6.00	0
149	Chris Conti (Buffalo) DEC Stephen Liebler (Niagara Community College) 7-2.	3.00	0
157	Clay Reeb (Buffalo) FALL Irvin Buck (Niagara Community College) 5:47.	6.00	0
165	Mark Lewandowski (Buffalo) TECH FALL Kris Schimek (Niagara Community College) 5:45 20-4.	5.00	0
174	Jake Waste (Buffalo) FALL David Lyons (Niagara Community College) 5:30.	6.00	0
184	Zach Ward (Buffalo) FALL Joe McGrath (Niagara Community College) 3:29.	6.00	0
197	Justin Heisermen (Buffalo) FALL Aireol Harper (Niagara Community College) 0:20.	6.00	0
285	Lance Moore (Niagara Community College) DEC Jedd Mason (Buffalo) 7-3.	0	3.00

For more information about the duals wrestled that day, please visit the websites of respective schools:

Buffalo Bulls
Niagara Thunder Wolves

12/7/11
Three NYS teams compete in the Annual RIT Tournament

Courtesy of Joe Venniro - Director of Sports Information

Final Brackets

The Rochester Institute of Technology, the host program of the tournament held last Saturday, finished the day with the best record out of the three NYS teams competing. RIT, awarded with 114.5 points, was directly followed by SUNY Oswego (106 points) and SUNY Oneonta (103 points).

For more information, please see the respective school sites:
RIT Tigers
Oneonta Red Dragons
Oswego Lakers

12/7/11
Lewnes, former Cornell and NYS grappler, qualifies for Olympic Trials

The Men's Freestyle Olympic Trials Qualifier took place on Saturday at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Twenty-one wrestlers, top three in each of the seven weight classes, earned a spot in the Olympic Team Trials to be held at the Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, April 21-22.

Lewnes, a former Cornell three-time All-American with the total of 150 victories, qualified from the second place in the 84 kg. category. Congratulations and wishes of further success.

Source: Cornell Reds

11/29/11
NCAA Division III Rankings updated (link above)

11/29/11
Lou Montano of Columbia selected for the CA Hall of Fame

Former Lions coach Lou Montano led the team from 1991 to 2000. He was one of Columbia's most effective wrestling instructors, demonstrated by the team records of 1994-95 (10-4), 1996-97 (12-6), and 1998-99 (10-6). The overall record of the team under his leadership was 69-46-1.

His biography can be accesed here.

The 2012 California Wrestling Hall of Fame Banquet will be held on May 12, 2012, at the Bakersfield Marriott at the Convention Center in Bakersfield, California.

Source: Columbia Lions

11/16/11
Hunter and Alfred State compete at Ursinus Fall Brawl

Full Brackets

Grapplers from New York State's Hunter College and Alfred State wrestled in the tournament that wasn't team-scored.

Hunter: At 141, Sean Messina won the second place after losing a 3-5 decision.

Alfred State: James Barlow, wrestling in the same weightclass of Messina, finished the tournament in 5th place.

Alfred State: Tyler Peet (149 lbs.) placed 2nd after forfeiting the final because of an injury.

Hunter: The 157-pounder Matt Cartusciello finished as the runner-up.

Hunter: Ken Albert (125) and Alan Djokic (184) both ended the day in 5th place.

Hunter Athletics

Alfred Athletics

11/7/11
Three NYS teams participate in Ithaca Invitational

Final Brackets

Alfred State, NYU and the host Ithaca College represented NYS at the annual Ithaca Invitational tournament that took place on Friday and Saturday, November 4-5. All the teams mentioned above came home with trophies to mark their respective champions.

- At the 125 lbs. weight class, Dominick Giacolone of Ithaca beat Janik Santana-Quintana of NYU 8-5.
- At 141, Seth Ecker of Ithaca won by technical fall over Sean Byham of Thiel.
- The 149 final involved Tyler Peet of Alfred and Don Miller of Centenary. Peet won by a 8-3 decision.
- David Rice of NYU beat Nicolas Sanko of Ithaca at 165 lbs. after a very closely-fought bout (9-8).
- At 197, Steve Massey of NYU topped William Miller of Centenary 7-5, thus winning the title.
- Ithaca's Matthew Mahon claimed the championship at 285 after teching Kyle Sheridan of Oswego 15-0.

Congratulations to all champions from NYS and to Ithaca College for superb organization of the tournament.