Rutgers' Nick Soriano works for a fall at 133 pounds. Soriano ranked third in the country picked up the pin at 1:51 to lead Rutgers to a 40-3 win.

125- Nick Piccininni (2nd - Okla State - Ward Melville HS)


133- Vito Arujau (15th - Cornell - Syosset HS)


141- Yianni Diakomahalis (1st - Cornell - Hilton HS)


         Bryan Lantry (18th - Buffalo - Wayne HS)


149- Frank Garcia (20th - Binghamton - Norwich HS)


157- Mike D'Angelo (20th - Princeton - Commack HS)


184- Shakur Rasheed (6th - Penn State - Longwood HS)


         Lou DePrez (17th - Binghamton - Hilton HS)


197- Ben Honis (18th - Cornell - Jamesville-DeWitt HS)

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285- Youssif Hemida (4th - Maryland - Mamaroneck HS)

NCAA Champion

Yianni Diakomihalis

Front row: Zach Redding (ESM), Adam Busiello (ESM), Luke Bokina (Mattituck),

Chris Gomez (Patchogue-Medford), Mike Zariff (Mt. Sinai), Jack Bokina (Mattituck).

Back row: Jacori Teemer (Long Beach), Jake Silverstein (Hauppauge), Jon Loew (Wantagh),

Elijah Rodriguez (Long Beach), Deonte Wilson (Amityville).

   NCAA TOP TEN

  1. Penn State

​  2. Ohio State 

  3. Oklahoma State

  4. Iowa    

  5. Michigan

  6. Arizona State

  7. Missouri

  8. Lehigh 

  9. Minnesota

10. Cornell 

CURRENT

NCAA

RANKINGS

FROM INTERMAT


 

Rutgers' Shane Metzler edged Hofstra's Dylan Ryder 5-3 at 125 pounds.

Long Island Wrestling

 Adam Busiello 

(Eastport South Manor)

LONG ISLAND CROWNS 11 CHAMPIONS AT LAST YEAR'S NYS CHAMPIONSHIPS

NEW YORK STATE HAS

TEN WRESTLERS RANKED IN 

NCAA DIVISION I TO START

THE 2018-2019 SEASON

Anthony Ashnault ranked second at 149 pounds uses his bar arm en route to a fall at 3:59 to remain unbeaten at 6-0.

COLLEGE SCHEDULE:

11/16

Hofstra v. Rutgers 6pm


12/9

Hofstra v. N Colo, VMI 1pm

USMMA Duals 10am


12/15

LIU v. Kutz and ESU noon

Nassau CC Open 10am


HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULE:​

12/1

Commack Duals 9am


12/8

Clark Duals Bay Shore 9am

Hewlett Tournament 8am


12/15

Bloom Tourn-Wantagh 9am


12/21

Lind at Conn (Alum) 6:30p


12/27

Sachem North Tourn 8am


12/28

​Sachem North Tourn 8am

Massapequa Tourn. 8am


12/29

Mellino Tourn.-WI 8:30am


New York State

2018

NCAA All-Americans


1st-Yianni Diakomihalis

(Hilton HS)

Cornell - 141 lbs.


7th-Shakur Rasheed

(Longwood HS)

Penn State - 197 lbs.


6th-Michael Hughes

(Smithtown West HS)

Hofstra - 285 lbs.


8th-Youssif Hemida

(Mamaroneck HS)

Maryland - 285 lbs.

#23 RUTGERS LED BY NATIONALLY RANKED SORIANO AND ASHNAULT HAND HOFSTRA THEIR FIRST LOSS TO START THE DUAL MEET SEASON

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​NCAA HOST SITES

     2019- Pittsburgh, PA

     2020- Minneapolis, MN

     2021- St. Louis, MO

     2022- Detroit, MI​​​​

SUFFOLK COUNTY RETURNS TWO NEW YORK STATE CHAMPS:

​ZACH REDDING & ADAM BUSIELLO

OF EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR 

Nezar Haddad picked up the only decision for Hofstra winning the 197 pound bout 6-4 over Max Wright.

FOUR RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS

FROM NEW YORK

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