| 2009 NASSAU COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS |
| SEMIFINAL RESULTS at Davis S. Mack Sports Complex 96-Thomas Manning (MacArthur) pinned AJ Muller (Seaford), :50. Will Montgomery (Seaford) ded. Joe Barbato (Wantagh), 3-0. 103-Chris Perez (Mac) dec. Marvin Amazan (Uniondale), 4-0. Alex Grant (Mac) major dec. Rudy Lanzilotta (Massapequa), 10-0. 112-Sean Kempf (Mac) pinned Tiago Pereira (Clarke), 3:21. Anthony Facchini (Seaford) dec. John Pellegrino (LevDiv), 2-0 119-Dylan Palacio (Long Beach) pinned Matt Schmelzinger (GCity), 3:02 Joe Cusimano (Plainedge) dec. Luke Alber (Farm), 3-2 OT. 125-Nick Arujau (Syosset) pinned Vincent Andriotti (Farm), 3:25. Mike Walker (Union) dec. John Khoury (LBeach), 11-5. 130-Nick Fitzmaurice (Want) major dec. Tom Liguori (Lynbook), 16-6. Ariel Guerrero (Mac) dec. Kelly Palmer (Clarke), 9-7. 135-Paul Liguori (Want) pinned Anthony Evangelista (Mass), :53. Joe Chaiffitella (Calhoun) dec. Adam D'Auguste (LBeach), 4-3. 140- Andre Berry (Union) dec. Quimes Delacruz (Want), 9-5. Matt Eberlein (Island Trees) dec. Daniel Cataldi (GNS), 9-3. 145-Brian Herold (Mac) major dec. Brandon Guastafeste (Sy), 10-0. Mac Maldarelli (Calh) dec. Tyler Dunne (Mac), 7-4. 152-John Greisheimer (Want) pinned Eric Kaufman (Mass), 2:18. Troy Sterling (Union) dec. Josh Maddock (Mass), 5-5, ride-out OT. 160-Anthony Minicci (Plain) pinned Joe Chamish (Jericho), 3:41. Rob Grabher (North Shore) dec. Kevin Kennedy (Plain), 10-2. 171-Joe Kavanaugh (Want) dec. Thomas Jackson (Farm), 5-1. John Daddino (SewEast) dec. Joe Giametta (Mac), 6-0. 189-Matt Loew (Want) dec. Kevin Gardrvits (GlenCove), 21-8. Eric Walordy (LBeach) dec, Conor Wetzel (Mass), 9-4. 215-Connor Horl (GCity) dec. Ajith Anthony-Sylvester (Union), 5-1 Tom Hall (Want) dec. Andrew Danzinger (EMeadow), 4-3. 285-Chris Williams (Sy) pinned Sajjad Chagani (SewWest), 1:10. David Agu (Freeport) dec. Joe Denovellis (NShore), 3-2. Mat Notes... Both squads, MacArthur and Wantagh advanced six wrestlers into the championship bouts. At 103 pounds, the Generals are guaranteed a champion and bonus points, as senior Alex Grant (25-4) will face sophomore teammate Chris Perez (27-2). An interesting head-to-bout will occur at 130, as top-seeded Nick Fitzmaurice (24-5) of Wantagh is pitted against second-rated Ariel Guerrero (35-5) of MacArthur. That bout could impact the team title. MacArthur has the state's top-ranked 112-pounder with unbeaten Sean Kempf (35-0), he will meet county finalist Anthony Facchini (31-7) of Seaford in the final.The Warrriors are strong favorites for titles at 135 and 152, with their pair of state kings, Liguori and Greisheimer. Freshman Dylan Palacio (27-0) of Long Beach, the top seed at 119 pounds is matched with Plainedge's Joe Cusimano (26-4), who advanced with a controversial, 3-2 overtime victory, over Luke Alber (Farmingdale). Other top-rated grapplers that advanced to the gold medal matches were MacArthur teammates, Thomas Manning (22-3) at 96, Brian Herold (37-3) at 145, along with junior Matt Loew (35-0, 19 pins) of Wantagh at 189, Connor Horl (36-0) of Garden City at 215 and Syosset's Chris Williams (28-2) at 285 pounds. At 160, top-ranked Joe Chamish (42-2) of Jericho was caught in a cement mixer and pinned in 3:41 by Plainedge's Anthony Minicci (30-5). An intriguing final at 140 pounds, features two county finalists, as Andre Berry (18-2) of Uniondale will meet Matt Eberlein (40-1) of Island Trees. The winner should get a seed at the state meet and the runner-up a wild card berth. Uniondales' Troy Sterling advanced to the final with an overtime ride-out victory over Josh Maddock (34-5) of Massapequa at 152 pounds. The team title should go back-and-forth in the finals, stay tuned... Team Scores... 1.MacArthur (209.5) 2.Wantagh (208) 3.Long Beach (133) 4.Uniondale (131) 5.Syosset (102) 6.Plainedge (91) 7.Seaford (79) 8.Massapequa (74) 9.Calhoun (72) 10.Clarke (65.5) |