Brewster, Put Valley, Croton, B/BH/V/W All Repped at States By Tony Pinciaro Joe Tornambe grew up on a wrestling mat as his father, John, coached the Yorktown varsity wrestling team and his uncle, Steve, was the Pleasantville assistant and now
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Yorktown’s Tornambe, Carmel’s Venables 3-Peat as Champs; Somers’ Ball Repeats By Tony Pinciaro WHITE PLAINS – Neil Paulercio had the best start to his high school wrestling career, winning a Section 1 Division I (large school) title his freshman year
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By Tony Pinciaro PEEKSKILL senior Martin Palomeque will always remember his performance in his first Westchester County Wrestling Championships. The 160-pounder came into the prestigious tournament as the second seed and dominated on his way to winning the title, punctuated
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By Tony Pinciaro Once the 2023 Section 1 Division I Dual-Meet Championship brackets were released, top-seeded YORKTOWN focused on the opening two matches. A Yorktown and Mahopac victories in the first two rounds would set up a quarterfinal-round match. This
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2023 Runner-Up Mahopac Hungry to Reclaim its Past Greatness By Tony Pinciaro MAHOPAC enters the 2023-24 Varsity wrestling season as a hungry team. Last year, coach Steve Tornambe’s team had an excellent season, but runner-up finishes in the Section 1
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Leo Venables learned a valuable lesson last year in his first trip to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Wrestling Championship that helped him prepare for the 2023 edition. “States is a whole different
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By Tony Pinciaro FREEDOM PLAINS – Josh Hametz completed a meteoric rise to his HORACE GREELEY wrestling career. The senior, who began wrestling his freshman year and had one win, is now a sectional champion. Hametz exerted himself 20 seconds
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Zeiler, Ramirez, Morris Crowned Champs; Yorktown’s Tornambe, Carmel’s Venables Finish No.1 By Tony Pinciaro Mahopac was not going to allow any teams to steal the spotlight from it at the Mahopac Memorial Tournament. The Indians had 10 place-finishers, highlighted by
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By Tony Pinciaro Pleasantville opened the 2022-23 varsity wrestling season by giving veteran Coach Bob Bernarducci a well-deserved honor. The Panthers defeated Putnam Valley, in the Section 1 Division II Dual-Meet semifinal, for Bernarducci’s Section 1 record-setting 430th win. This
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Pleasantville Places 3rd in Small School Meet, Put Valley 4th By Tony Pinciaro The Tornambe name has been synonymous with Section 1 wrestling. The brothers – Anthony, John and Steve – all had successful wrestling careers for Ossining in the
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