40th annual

NYSPHSAA State Championships

Varsity Wrestling Tournament
@ Onondaga County War Memorial, Syracuse, NY

Friday & Saturday, March 1-2, 2002

Team Final

 1. Section 11 (Suffolk County) .......................................... 256 points

 2. Section 8 (Nassau County) ............................................ 194.5

 3. Section 4 (Southern Tier - Binghamton) ............................... 187.5

 4. Section 6 (Western New York - Buffalo) ............................... 155

 5. Section 3 (Central New York - Syracuse) .............................. 154.5

 6. Section 5 (Genesee Valley - Rochester)................................ 150

 7. Section 2 (Capital District - Albany, Schenectady) ................... 136

 8. Section 9 (Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Ulster Counties - Catskills)...  71.5

 9. CHSAA (Catholic Schools - NYC, Long Island, Buffalo) .................  62

10. Section 10 (St. Lawrence Area) .......................................  55

11. Section 7 (Champlain Area - Plattsburgh) .............................  44

12. Section 1 (Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, Westchester Counties) .........  40

13. PSAL (New York City) .................................................   4

Championship Final

 96 - Tom Finnerty (Brentwood-11, Sr) d. Scott Prutzman (Valley Central-9, So), 8-7
103 - Troy Nickerson (Chenango Forks-4, Fr) p. Thomas Magnani (St. Anthony's-C, Fr), 3:07
112 - Patrick Flynn (Huntington-11, Sr) d. Gregor Gillespie (Webster-5, Fr), 3-0
119 - J.R. Roberts (Medina-6, Sr) d. Lucas Magnani (St. Anthony's-C, Sr), 11-6
125 - Steven Palacios (Huntington-11, Sr) d. Jason Chase (Rush-Henrietta-5, Sr), 7-5 OT
130 - Ryan Needle (Newfane-6, Jr) d. Trevor Chinn (Canadaigua-5, So), 7-4
135 - Chris Hand (Whitney Point-4, So) p. Josh Herzig (Lowville-3, Sr), 2:35
140 - James Strouse (MacArthur-8, Sr) d. Nick Hawrylchak (Guilderland-2, Sr), 8-6
145 - Stephon Sair (Huntington-11, Sr) d. Chris Horning (Baldwinsville-3, Sr), 9-7
152 - Jose Viera (Central Islip-11, Sr) p. Dwayne Hash-Barberis (Scotia-Glenville-2, Jr), 3:42
160 - Matt Herrington (LaSalle-2, Sr) d. Carlos Patrick (Freeport-8, Sr), 8-3
171 - Greg Lawrence (Calhoun-8, Sr) d. Ben Haradon-Keane (Corning-4, Sr), 3-2
189 - Chris Weidman (Baldwin-8, Sr) d. Chris Parris (North Babylon-11, Sr), 2-1 OT criteria
215 - Jim Nelson (Southwestern-6, Sr) d. Mike Patterson (Wayne-5, Jr), 7-5
275 - Anthony Chamorro (Sydney-4, Sr) d. Charles McCullough (Glen Cove-8, Sr), 3-1

MOW - Matt Herrington (LaSalle, 160)
MPLT - Nate Mumbulo (Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton, 119), 3 in 3:02
QP - JP O'Connor (Oxford, 96), 0:31

Consolation Final (3rd/4th)

 96 - J.P. 0'Connor (Oxford-4, 8th) d. John Payne (Queensbury-2, So), 7-0
103 - Corey Farnham (Baldwinsville-3, Sr) d. Jason Lapham (Beekmantown-7, So), 4-2
112 - Lorne McCallum (Lancaster-6, Jr) d. Walter Sosnowski (Massapequa-8, Sr), 11-4
119 - Nate Mumbulo (Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton-4, Sr) p. Rob Vaccaro (East Islip-11, Sr), 0:33
125 - Joe Jewett (Indian River-3, Sr) d. Joe Whitaker (Queensbury-2, So), 3-3 OT criteria
130 - Dan Song (Hauppauge-11, Sr) d. Scott Aronowitz (Clarkstown North-1, Sr), 6-3
135 - Chris DeLuca (East Meadow-8, Sr) d. Jaymee Minner (Salamanca-6, Jr), 9-4
140 - Dan Miracola (Shoreham-Wading River-11, Sr) d. Derek Ostrowski (Lancaster-6, Sr), 6-4 OT
145 - Tom Cuppernell (Canandaigua-5, Jr) d. Adam Molano (MacArthur-8, Jr), 5-2
152 - Sherwood Fendryk (Greene-4, So) by default over Cory Lawrence (Hornell-5, Jr)
160 - Tom Sforza (Lindenhurst-11, Sr) d. Adam Ezell (Holley-5, Sr), 3-1 OT
171 - Sean Coffin (Smithtown-11, Sr) d. Brandon Scott (Gouverneur-10, Sr), 9-3
189 - Ryan Feltz (Springville-6, Sr) d. Wayne Foster (Carthage-3, Sr), 4-3 OT criteria
215 - Gian Villante (MacArthur-8, Jr) d. Jon Andriac (Port Jervis-9, Sr), 2-2 OT criteria
275 - Chris Cowen (Mexico-3, Jr) p. Phil McGeough (Shenendehowa-2, Sr), 2:45

Consolation Final (5th/6th)

 96 - Matt DeLorenzo (MacArthur-8, Jr) d. Joel Ahern (Herkimer-3, So), 2-1
103 - Andy Franco (Monroe-Woodbury-9, Fr) d. Mike Tutunjian (Longwood-11, Jr), 3-0
112 - Brad Malark (Northern Adirondak-7, So) d. John Witzenbocker (Chaminade-C, Jr), 4-3
119 - Stephen Sutton (LaSalle-2, Jr) p. Jamie Sgaglione (Plainedge-8, Jr), 1:13
125 - Eric Decker (Unatego-4, 8th) by default over Jesse Woods (Massena-10, Jr)
130 - Josh Stenglein (Colonie-2, Jr) d. Chris Algieri (St. Anthony's-C, Sr), 10-0
135 - Stephen Anastasia (Patchogue-Medford-11, Sr) d. Jody Ashline (Ausable Valley-7, Jr), 5-1
140 - Josh Glenn (Johnson City-4, Jr) d. Treavor LeBlanc (Morrisville-Eaton-3, So), 10-3
145 - Eric Biccum (Port Jervis-9, Sr) p. Chris Terranova (Lancaster-6, Sr), 2:01
152 - Gene Lang (Baldwinsville-3, Jr) d. Charlie Clark (Canton-Potsdam-10, So), 4-0
160 - Dan Murrer (Williamsville East-6, Jr) d. Jordan Burger (Ilion-3, Jr), 5-4
171 - Derek Wayman (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake-2, Sr) d. Jeff Peebles (Lowville-3, Sr), 8-4
189 - Joe Fingler (Fairport-5, Sr) by default over Taury Seward (Woodlands-1, Sr)
215 - Derrick Whitfield (Islip-11, Sr) d. Chris Minogue (St. Anthony's-C, Sr), 4-2 OT
275 - Justin Crisci (William Floyd-11, Sr) by default over Don Mullin (Gouverneur-10, Jr)

Semi-Finals

 96 - Tom Finnerty (Brentwood-11) d. John Payne (Queensbury-2), 11-4
      Scott Prutzman (Valley-9) d. Joel Ahern (Herkimer-3), 4-1
103 - Tom Magnani (St. Anthony-CHS) d. Corey Farnham (Baldwinsville-3), 6-4
      Troy Nickerson (Chenango Forks-4) d. Andy Franco (Monroe-Woodbury-9), 7-2
112 - Pat Flynn (Huntington-11) d. Lorne McCallom (Lancaster-6), 10-8
      Greg Gillespie (Webster-5) d. Walt Sosnowski (Massapequa-8), 10-4
119 - J.R. Roberts (Medina-6) d. Nate Mumbulo (B-G-Afton-4), 21-10
      Lucas Magnani (St. Anthony-CHS) d. Rob Vaccaro (East Islip-11), 7-6
125 - Jason Chase (Rush-Henrietta-5) d. Jesse Woods (Massena-10), 7-5
      Steve Palacios (Huntington-11) d. Joe Jewett (Indian River-3), 7-1
130 - Ryan Needle (Newfane-6) d. Dan Song (Hauppauge-11), 6-5
      Trevor Chinn (Canandaigua-5) d. Chris Algieri (St. Anthony-C), 7-0
135 - Josh Herzig (Lowville-3) d. Steve Anastasia (Patchogue-11), 7-5
      Chris Hand (Whitney Point-4) d. Chris DeLuca (East Meadow-8), 13-8
140 - Nick Hawrlchak (Guilderland-2) d. Treavor LeBlanc (Morrisville-Eaton-3), 7-1
      James Strouse (MacArthur-8) d. Dan Miracola (Shoreham-WR-11), 4-3
145 - Chris Horning (Baldwinsville-3) d. Tom Cuppernell (Canandaigua-5), 10-5
      Stephon Sair (Huntington-11) d. Adam Molano (MacArthur-8), 3-1
152 - Dwayne Hash-Barberis (Scotia-2) d. Dan Lang (Baldwinsville-3), 7-5, OT
      Jose Viera (Central Islip-11) p. Charles Clark (Canton-10), 0:38
160 - Matt Herrington (Troy LaSalle-2) d. Adam Ezell (Holley-5), 23-9
      Carlos Patrick (Freeport-8) d. Tom Sforza (Lindenhurst-11), 3-2
171 - Ben Haradon-Keane (Corning-4) d. Sean Coffin (Smithtown-11), 11-6
      Greg Lawrence (Calhoun-8) d. Brandon Scott (Gouverneur-10), 4-1
189 - Chris Parris (North Babylon-11) d. Ryan Feltz (Springville-6), 9-5
      Chris Weidman (Baldwin-8) d. Wayne Foster (Carthage-3), 12-4
215 - Mike Patterson (Wayne-5) d. Gian Villante (MacArthur-8), 3-2
      Jim Nelson (Jamestown SW-6) d. Derrick Whitfield (Islip-11), 3-1 OT
275 - Anthony Chamorro (Sidney-4) p. Justin Crisci (Wm. Floyd-11), 1:26
      Charles McCullough (Glen Cove-8) d. Dan Mullin (Gouverneur-10), 15-5

Sportsmanship Awards

Section  1 - Manny Castaing (Ossining)
Section  2 - Josh Stenglein (Colonie)
Section  3 - Josh Herzig (Lowville)
Section  4 - Josh Adamow (Norwich)
Section  5 - Joe Fingler (Fairport)
Section  6 - Ryan Needle (Newfane)
Section  7 - Jacob Rivers (Beekmantown)
Section  8 - Greg Lawrence (Calhoun)
Section  9 - Mike Vicchiarello (Port Jervis)
Section 10 - George Kennedy (Ogdensburg FA)
Section 11 - Chris Parris (North Babylon)
CHSAA - Michael Corigliano (Chaminade)