| EAST MEADOW WINS NASSAU COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS |
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| Long Beach's P.J. Gillespie works his overhead cradle against Seaford's Blake Fisher. Gillespie (37-0, 210-29) went on to win his fourth Nassau County title at 145 pounds and was voted the Outstanding Wrestler. |
| NASSAU COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS East Meadow won the team title at the Nassau County Championships with 183 points over runner-up Plainedge which finished with 143. The Jets crowned one champion Tom Rispoli (36-3) at 135 pounds. Defending state champions that successfully defended their titles were Paul Liguori of Wantagh (43-0) at 112 and Eduardo Delgado of Long Beach (36-0) at 152. Other defending county champions, Shane Strumwasser (25-1) of Massapequa at 125, P.J. Gillespie (37-0, 210-29 career mark) of Long Beach at 145 and Maciej Jochym (40-0) of Herricks at 215, won Nassau titles again. Gillespie won his fourth title and was voted the Outstanding Wrestler in the tournament. In Division II, Mike Gomez (39-0) of Locust Valley at 112, also won his fourth consecutive title and Grant Greene (96 lbs.) of Cold Spring Harbor was voted as Outstanding Wrestler. Division I Finals 96-Arnel(Syo) d. Pannullo(EM) 5-3 103-Arujau(Syo) d. Rich(Plainedge) 9-4 112-Liguori(Want) d. Cogan(BK) 4-2 119-Bonanno(Want) d. Sterling(Un) 7-4 125-Strumwasser(Mass) d. Greisheimer(Want) 11-2 130-Doria(Mass) d. Davis(LB) 3-2 135-Rispoli(EM) d. Cervini(Plain) 6-5 140-Williams(Bald) d. Pagano(Cal) 3-1 145-Gillespie(LB) p. O'Brien(Plain) 3:46 152-Delgado(LB) d. Hanna(EM) 4-3 160-Maurice(Un) p. Isnardi(Beth) :43 171-Mahoney(MacA) d. Thomas(EM) 8-4 189-Daddino(SewE) d. Gill(Lyn) 6-3 215-Jochym(Herr) d. DeSena(GC) 3-2 275-McCormack(LB) d. Vailes(Un) 7-2 MOW-P.J. Gillespie (Long Beach) COC-Eduardo Delgado (Long Beach) PINS-Tim McCormack (Long Beach) Teams: 1. East Meadow..................183 2. Plainedge........................143 3. Long Beach....................136 4. Uniondale.......................134 5. MacArthur......................129.5 6. Syosset............................95.5 7. Wantagh..........................93.5 8. Garden City.....................92.5 9. Seaford............................90 10. Massapequa......................88.5 Division II Finals 96-Greene(CSH) p. Morgan(OB) 3:26 103-Kelly(Man) d. DeStefanis(LV) 7-4 112-Gomez(LV) tf. Forero(Wh) 4:23 119-Creedon(LV) d. McCormack(CSH) 5-4 125-Ardito(Man) p. Tsourovakas(OB) 1:58 130-Santibanez(OB) d. Krumholz(Min) 12-6 135-Meditz(Man) p. Love (CSH) 2:29 140-Barilla(CP) d. Santiago(Min) 3-1 145-Pullman(OB) p. Marques(Min) 3-1 152-Centeno(Wh) d. Cloninger(LV) 6-1 160-Imburgia(OB) d. Alfano(LV) 5-3 171-Wray(Man) p. Tlyaloglu(LV) 5:33 189-Piscatello(LV) p. Wojcik(CSH) 4:37 215-Boultadakis(LV) d. Roo(Min) 7-6 275-Ojeda(OB) p. Haghighi(Wh) 2:24 MOW-Grant Greene (Cold Spring Harbor) COC-Steven Meditz (Manhasset) PINS-Andrew Ardito (Manhasset) Teams: 1. Manhasset......................293 2. Locust Valley..................268.5 3. Oyster Bay .....................160 4. Mineola...........................155 5.Cold Spring Harbor...........152.5 |
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| Long Beach's Eduardo Delgado works a quarter-nelson on Dan Germann of East Meadow in the semifinals. Delgado won 14-0 and went on to the 152 pound title as well as being crowned Champion of Champions. |
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| Paul Liguori of Wantagh used double arm bars in the semis and won his second consecutive title capturing the 112 pound Nassau crown. |
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| Massapequa's Shane Strumwasser holds down Junior Amazon of Uniondale in their 125 pound semifinal. Strumwasser won 1-0 and successfully defended his Nassau title. |
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| East Meadow's Tom Rispoli works a single leg for a takedown. Rispoli won the 135 pound Nassau crown and helped his team take home the top honors. |