March 28, 2018
• Wantagh / Vougar (VHW) Freestyle Team Wrestling Tournament May 6, 2018 - New Date
• NBAC Wrestling will be holding a Satelite weighin for the MAWA North Region Qualifier at Middletown High School. All wrestlers must be preregistered through www.wrestlereg.com prior to weighing in. The weigh-ins will be hosted at North Babylon High School from 7 - 9 p.m. on Friday, April 6th. Enter school through North Gym entrance located off Old Deer Park Ave. Questions call Dashanti Seabury 631-741-8706.
March 15, 2018
• Islip Wrestling will also be holding a Satelite weighin for the MAWA East Region Qualifier at Fair Lawn. All wrestlers must be preregistered through www.wrestlereg.com prior to weighing in. The weigh-ins will be hosted at Islip High School from 8 - 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 17th. Enter school through the “W” entrance (south side of the school) any Questions contact KC Beach at 631-365-1061.
March 11, 2018
• Section XI USAW will be hosting a Freestyle/Greco clinic at Copiague HS on Wednesday March 14, 2018 at 7:00 PM. All athletes, coaches and parents are welcome to learn the rules and/or become a USAW referee.
March 10, 2018
• Manhasset Wrestling will be holding a Satelite weighin for the MAWA East Region Qualifier at Fair Lawn. All wrestlers must be preregistered through the www.wrestlereg.com prior to weighing in. The weigh-ins will be hosted at Manhasset High School from 9 - 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 17th. Enter school through back entrance. Questions call Stephon Sair 631-897-7417.
February 5, 2018
• John DeRidder of Carle Place recorded his 150th career win at the D2 qualifiers on Friday
• Jack Ward of Locust Valley recorded his 150th varsity win at the D2 qualifiers on Friday
• Garrett Gibbons of Massapequa recorded his 150th win in the finals of the Massapequa qualifier
January 25, 2018
• The "King of the East" tournament has extended their registration deadling until Thursday January 25th at 10:00PM
• Chris Delisle of Islip earned his 100th victory on January 3rd in the dual vs Rocky Point
January 23, 2018
• Section 8 D1 Individual Ranking as of 1-22-18
• Section VIII to sell tickets for post season events through GoFan online website and phone app. See the box in the top middle of the homepage
January 15, 2018
• Mike Marcy of Holy Trinity recorded his 100th win at Eastern States
• Rafael Lievano of Ward Melville HS earned his 100th career victory at Eastern States
• Francis Finn of Saint John the Baptist has reached his 100th win earlier this month and is now at 106
• Christian Gannone of Eastport-South Manor earned his 100th varsity career win last week
• Joey Evangelista of Port Jefferson won his 100th match this past weekend
• Section 11 Team Ranking as of 1-15-18
January 5, 2018
• Mahopac Youth Tournament January 28, 2018
• Stefan Major of Kings Park earned his 100th career varsity win back in early December and is now at 112
• Matt Campo of Mt. Sinai earned his 100th career varsity win back in on December 22nd and is now at 105
January 3, 2018 Sun 01/07/2018
10:30AM Brentwood vs Locust Valley at LIU Post
12:00PM Patchogue-Medford vs Farmingdale at LIU Post
2:30PM Mattituck vs North Babylon at LIU Post
January 1, 2018
• Jake Silverstein, of Hauppauge HS, won his 200th career match in his first match at the Massapequa tournament. He defeated JP Bourgelais from Monsignor Farrell
• Danny Mauriello, of Hauppauge HS, won his 100th career match in the finals against Joe McGuinty from Monroe Woodbury at 138lbs
There is more sad news to report tonight. After a short illness and a late discovery of a rare form of lymphoma, Walt Whitman Coach, Vinny Altebrando has passed away early Friday evening, April 20th.
No further information is available at this time. When we know anything relating to services or fund raising it will be posted here.
Please keep his wife Kristie and daughters Anjelia, Gionna, Natalia, and Mirabella in your thoughts and prayers.
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old Section 8 County Wrestling Tournament filled in brackets. Also looking for past NYSPHSAA State Tournament
programs and NCAA Wrestling Championship programs. 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
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Duals That Still Need to be Checked for Completeness Sat 01/20/2018 9:00AM Busby Classic Duals at Port Washington (Cop vs PW-B, Coms vs PW-B, GNS vs PW-B)
Sat 01/27/2018 9:00AM South Side Dual Meet Tournament (Clarke, Garden City, South Side, Uniondale)
10:00AM Timmy Collins Memorial Duals at Farmingdale (Bellmore JFK, Bellport, Brentwood, Copiague, Farmingdale, Harborfields, Hewlett, MacArthur, Northport, Walt Whitman)
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