1.  Pennsylvania

 2.  Ohio

 3.  New Jersey

 4.  Illinois

 5.  California

 6.  Iowa

 7.  New York

 8.  Michigan

​ 9.  Oklahoma

​10. Minnesota

​       Virginia/Wisconsin​

Gable Steveson (3-0, 90-2 career) is back for Minnesota. The former NCAA champion and Olympic gold medalist is one of the top heavyweights in the country again. After losing in the state finals as an 8th-grader, he reeled off four Minnesota state titles. He currently has a 54 NCAA match win streak.

​In the  AWN HSRankings, PJ Duke (Minisink Valley) is top-ranked at 157 pounds.

At the Super 32 Classic - three NYS champions earned medals:

Dunia Sibomana (LB) - 6th -  @ 113 pounds

Gavin Mangano (SWR) - 6th @ 132 pounds

Liam Carlin (Burnt Hills) 

4th @ 165 pounds

NCAA finalist and 4-time All-American Jacori Teemer (2-0, 89-17) of Long Beach HS is top ranked at 157 pounds for the Iowa Hawkeyes this year. He transferred from Arizona State.

In the recent Iowa - Iowa State dual, Teemer had to injury default to Paniro Johnson. The Hawkeyes prevailed over the Cyclones, 21-15.

East Islip Vasilios Dimou (26-5) works for his takedown at 160 pounds and picked up a solid 11-6 decision.

NEW YORK STATE DREAM TEAM OF NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONS​

​

 #1 CONNETQUOT  WINS GRAY/FITZGERALD TOURN ​​​​​

Islip's Jack Whitehouse is in deep on a single leg on Sayville's Brett Lennihan. Whitehouse, ranked 5th in Suffolk County, picked up a third period fall at 138 pounds.

Lock Haven's two-time All-American and semifinalist Anthony Noto (91-16 career) of Honeoye Falls - Lima HS, is ranked 11th at 133 pounds.

​​SACHEM NORTH BEATS EAST ISLIP (39-18) AND ISLIP (46-18) TO WIN THE KRIS McDONALD ISLIP CUP​​​​​​

Penn State's Carter Starocci (8-0, 84-2 career) is ranked first at 184 pounds.

NC STATE  at OKLAHOMA STATE ​

MONDAY, JAN. 13th @ 8 PM

ISLIP BEATS JOHN GLENN 41-27​​​​​​

Sachem North's Jack Cusamano is in control at 131 pounds and posted a first period fall. Cusimano led Sachem North to a solid win over East Islip. In the final, they defeated Islip, 46-18, to win the Islip Cup.

Sayville's Alex LaBella battles Islip's Aiden Nassire at 190 pounds. LaBella picked up the fall and clinched the win for the Golden Flashes.

Sachem North's Joe Marotta works for a takedown on East Islip's Noah Hodge. Marotta won this 145 pound bout 18-6 . The second ranked Sachem North squad went onto to win in the dual meet final over Islip, 46-18, and will be in the hunt for the Suffolk Dual meet title.

Islip's Cartier Perez works for a takedown en route to a decision at 131 pounds as Islip beat John Glenn at the Islip Cup.

KRIS McDONALD ISLIP CUP

John Glenn's Dylan Bulger picked up the fall at 170 pounds.

​NYSPHSAA ​

WRESTLING RECORDS​

​

​​​​​​​  1. Penn State (8-0)
  2. Iowa (7-0)
  3. Oklahoma State (7-0)
  4. Ohio State (10-0)
  5. NC State (8-0)

  6. Minnesota (4-1)

  7. Virginia Tech (4-2)

  8. Michigan (3-1)

  9. Northern Iowa (8-0)

10. Illinois (7-1)

       Nebraska (4-1)

​      ​​​​​​​​​​

Sayville's Ayden LaBella works for a takedown on Islip's Nico Fallacaro at 108 pounds. LaBella scored a 15-0 technical fall. At the Joe Davidson Memorial Tournament, LaBella edged Sano Restrepo (Sachem East), 3-2, to win his weight class and improved to 17-0 on the year.

Anthony Donatelli, MD 

Board Certified Family Medicine Physician

 CORNELL 23   LEHIGH 19

Top ranked Meyer Shapiro (157) leads Big Red

Long Island Wrestling

SAYVILLE UPENDS

​ISLIP 40-30 ​​​​​​​

  1. Connetquot (11-0)

  2. Sachem North (13-1)

  3. Bellport (12-0)

​  4. East Islip (13-3)

  5. Pat-Medford (14-3)

​  6. Commack (11-3)

​  7. North Babylon (9-1)

  8. Sayville (12-1)

​  9. Lindenhurst (8-2)

​10. Longwood (6-4)

2023-2024​

LONG ISLAND

NEW YORK STATE

CHAMPIONS

​

DIVISION I

​131- Joseph Clem (57-3)

Wantagh-8

170- Devin Downes (54-2)

Plainedge-8

​DIVISION II

131- Gavin Mangano (51-1)

Shoreham Wading River-11

​138-Brayden Fahrbach (39-0)

​Mt. Sinai-11

​

190- Greyson Meak (41-1)

Cold Spring Harbor-8​​​​​​​​​​​​

SOME OF THE TOP MATCHES OF ALL TIME IN THE NEW YORK STATE TOURNAMENT FINALS

  1. Farmingdale

  2. Long Beach

  3. MacArthur

​  4. Oceanside

  5. Calhoun

  6. Massapequa

​  7. Wantagh

  8. Freeport

  9. East Meadow

10. Garden City/Manhasset

​​2024 NEW YORK STATE 

 NCAA RANKINGS 

125- Stevo Poulin - 7th

 (N. Colo) - Shenendehowa HS

125- Greg Diakomihalis - 9th (Cornell) - Hilton HS

125- Max Gallagher - 18th

(Penn) - Baypt-Bluept HS

  133- Anthony Noto - 16th

(Lock Haven) - H Falls-Lima HS

141- Jordan Titus - 11th

(WVU) - Cent Moriches HS

149- Willie McDougald - 21st

(Oklahoma) - Niagara Falls HS​

149- Colin Realbuto - 17th

(Northern Iowa) - Somers HS

  157- Jacori Teemer - 1st

(Iowa) - Long Beach HS​​

157- Tommy Askey - 7th

(Minnesota) - Pine Bush HS

184 - Brock DelSignore - 17th

(Lit Rock) - Shenendehowa HS

​​...

​

Daniel Jeran, DPM​

​​Your Feet Will Thank You​​

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 NASSAU COUNTY

TOP TEN - DIVISION I​​​

KRIS MCDONALD ISLIP CUP

Iowa 21 Iowa State 15

Penn State 41 Missouri 3

Okla St 34  Virg Tech 9

Mich St 22  Ohio 19

Mich 26  Columbia 9

Ohio State 24  Illinois 9​

Cornell 26 Missouri 12

Va Tech 23  Missouri 10

NC State 20  Cornell 18

North Iowa 24 Nebraska 9

Iowa St 29  Navy 9

Columbia 27  Cleve St 15

​Army WPoint 42 Morg St 6

Hofstra 21 Duke 12

Iowa 32  Stanford 9

​Binghamton 25 Columb 16

​Brockport 30  Oswego St 17

N Carolina 20 Virg Tech 17  Millersville 32  York 11​

SUFFOLK COUNTY

TOP TEN - DIVISION I​​​

THE MAT SLAP'S NCAA PREVIEW AND RANKINGS​​​​​​​​

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