Adriano Ochoa of North Babylon won this 138 pound bout 9-5.
Alex Seger secured the win for North Babylon with an 8-1 victory at 285 pounds.
North Babylon's Timothy Pescatore is on the attack in 116 pound action in the Suffolk Division I Dual Meet Championship Finals. Pescatore (26-2) beat Connetquot's Julian Medina 11-2 as North Babylon beat Connetquot 29-22.
Jayden Medina (32-1) of Connetquot won this 145 pound battle 11-0 over North Babylon's Jack Rowland.
North Babylon (16-1, their lone loss to a top NJ team) edged Connetquot (20-1) before a packed crowd at Bay Shore HS, in a dual meet that was hotly-contested by two of Suffolk County's elite teams. The opening bout saw a battle of returning all- county grapplers. NB senior TimothyPescatore (26-2) recorded a solid 11-2 major decision over junior Julian Medina (24-6) in the 116-pound bout. Head coach Vinny Innes is now in his 7th year at the NB helm and has able assistants; the legendary Terry Haise (58 years, including many at Freeport HS) and veteran Anthony Ciolino.
The T'Birds Jayden Medina (32-1) used a series of double leg takedowns en route to a 11-0 shutout at 145 pounds. At 152 pounds, NB's PeterBianculli scored with a reversal and near fall to eke out a 6-3 verdict over highly-regarded Roman Obert-Thorn (27-6), in perhaps the most exciting bout of the dual. Other key wins for NB were posted by Joel Lomax (27-1) at 190 and Alex Seger (26-2) at 285 pounds.
101- Ethan Hauser (Conn) pinned James Catalono 1:46
108- Joey Kokolakis (Conn) won by injury default over Xavier Seabury
116- Timothy Pescatore (NB) maj.dec. Julian Medina 11-2
124- James Figuerora (NB) dec. Rauri Moore 2-1
131- Michael Kerr (Conn) dec. RJ DeJesus 5-3 OT
138- Adriano Ochoa (NB) dec. Zach Carlson 9-5
145- Jayden Medina (Conn) maj.dec. Jack Rowland 11-0
152- Peter Bianculli (NB) dec. Roman Obert-Thorn 6-3
160- Isiah Gutierrez (NB) maj.dec. Kai Shapiro 11-3
170 - Dante Oleaga (NB) dec. Nicholas Theodoulou 8-7 OT
190- Joel Lomax (NB) pinned Connor D'Ambrosio 1:51
215- Kyle McLaughlin (Conn) dec. Elijah Meyers 10-5
285- Alex Seger (NB) dec. Michael Feramola 8-1
2024 SUFFOLK DIVISION I DUAL MEET TOURNAMENT
Connetquot's Kyle McLaughlin won at 215 pounds with a 10-5 decision.
North Babylon
North Babylon's Joel Lomax (27-1) works his head and arm throw to a first period pin at 190 pounds.
NORTH BABYLON 29
CONNETQUOT 22
"Tribute to Jumper Leggio"
North Babylon's Dante Oleaga won this 170 pound overtime battle 8-7.