| MASSAPEQUA WINS CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT |
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| Massapequa coach Gary Mims, in his last season, won the Christmas Tournament with 237 points and four individual champions. The Chiefs have hosted the annual event the past 44 years, making it the oldest running invitational tournament on Long Island. The capacity crowd was witness to Massapequa celebrating its' 50th year of wrestling excellence when dozens of alumni converged matside prior to the start of the finals. Massapequa locked up the team title early putting seven into the finals and outpointing runner-up Hauppauge which had one champ and 195 points. Monroe-Woodbury traveled from upstate and finished with 3 champs and 190.5 points. Rounding out the top five were, Connetquot with one champ and 170.5 points, followed by Long Beach with 3 champions and 146 points. Jamie Franco, wrestling for Monroe-Woodbury, was awarded the outstanding wrestler after he beat Wantagh's John Greisheimer 11-3 in the finals at 112 pounds. Eduardo Delgado of Long Beach pinned all four of his opponents, including a first period pin in the 140- pound final. FINALS 96- Vogt(Mep) d. Friscia(Wan) 11-10 103- Liguori(Wan) tf. Broughton(Beth) 16-1 112- Franco(M-W) d. Greisheimer(Wan) 11-3 119- Oschmann(Haup) d. Rahimzadeh(Nan) 13-6 125- Berkowitz(Nan) d. Doria(Mass) 8-2 130- P.J. Gillespie(LB) d. Christensen(M-W) 8-2 135- Spero(Mass) d. Davis(LB) 13-7 140- Delgado(LB) p. Driscoll(Mass) 1:24 145- Farina(LB) p. Gasbarre(M-W) 5:13 152- Mundo(Mass) d. Schratweiser(Mass) 12-1 160- Varon(Mass) p. Ehlers(M-W) 2:57 171- Van Houten(M-W) d. Jansen(Wan) 7-5 189- Hope(Conn) p. Moran(LB) 2:19 215- Bittner(Mass) d. Cangiano(Conn) 4-3 275- Dollbaum(M-W) p. Morrison 3:41 |
| The 2005 Massapequa Christmas Tournament Champions lineup after Massapequa crowned four champions in the oldest running wrestling tournament on Long Island. Coach Gary Mims, coaching in his last season, was paid a touching tribute by all the alumni in attendance, including 1970 alums, Rudy Fiorvanti & Gary Jaeger and others from the past wrestling teams. |