By Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays GRAPPLIN’ NOTES BYRAM HILLS junior Nick Fortugno is now a Section 1 wrestling legend after he secured his third Section 1 championship, doing so at 116 pounds this season, taking a 15-8 decision
Read MoreBy Ray Gallagher, Examiner Sports Editor @Directrays D-II Grappling Sectionals While it was Nanuet that snagged its third straight Section I Division II wrestling championship behind five individual champions, several Examiner-area teams and grapplers found their way to the podium
Read MoreSteuber, Ball Crowned Champs; Other Locals Exceed Expectations By Tony Pinciaro Time was winding down in the third period of the Westchester County Wrestling Championships 108-pound title match and Somers’ Ethan Steuber was facing a pivotal situation. Iona Prep’s Fotis
Read MoreBy Tony Pinciaro Neil Paulercio saw promise in the BRIARCLIFF/BYRAM HILLS/VALHALLA/WESTLAKE wrestling program when he started his freshman year. “We had the potential because Coach Joe and Coach Pete knew we had talented kids and we just needed to work,”
Read MoreBrewster, 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
Read MoreYorktown’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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read More2023 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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