SUFFOLK COUNTY DUAL MEET CHAMPIONSHIPS
QUARTERFINALS
Sachem North 36 Brentwood 24
North Babylon 54 Hauppauge 16
Bellport 42 Connetquot 30
East Islip 53 Rocky Point 18
nassau COUNTY DUAL MEET CHAMPIONSHIPS
PRELIMINARY ROUND
#1-Massapequa 70 Port Washington 6
#2- Long Beach 51 East Meadow 17
#3- BJFK 57 Lynbrook 22
#4- Oceanside 54 South Side 41
QUARTERFINALS
Massapequa vs Garden City
Long Beach vs Wantagh
Bellmore JFK vs Manhasset
Oceanside vs Farmingdale
kris mcdonald memorial islip cup duals on saturday 9:00 am
FIRST ROUND RESULTS:
East Islip 34
Hauppauge 33
Deer Park 44
Islip Purple 32
Islip Gold 45
Central Islip 23
Sachem North 67
John Glenn 12
MAT NOTES:
Defending Suffolk Div. I dual meet champion Sachem North (10-0) upended Div. II reigning champ John Glenn, 67-12. They were paced by potential county titlists,Thomas Vecchio (27-0) at 175 and Valdey Pierre (285). In an exciting and entertaining dual, East Islip (11-1) beat Hauppauge (5-1), 34-33. Islip improved to 15-5 with their first round win.
Joshua Thomas of Sachem North picks up the fall at 144 pounds. The second ranked Thomas lead the top ranked Arrows to a 67-12 victory over John Glenn.
John Glenn's CJ Cook is in control at 138 pounds, Cook ended up winning the match by fall.
John Glenn's Peter Bell works for a fall at 157 pounds over Sachem North's Jose Cabrera.
Luke Unverzagt of Sachem North lift's Karim Rafiq of John Glenn. Unverzagt picked up the pin at 165 pounds.
Sachem North's Logan Spinella secured the fall over Glenn's Jack Divers at 190 pounds.
CLIFF CLARK CLASSIC DUALS at BAYSHORE HS
Bay Shore 47 West Islip 34
Bay Shore 33 Central Islip 31
East Islip 72 Copiague 7
East Islip 59 Lynbrook 22
East Islip 40 Pat-Med 34
East Islip 38 Sayville 34
Pat-Med 46 Lynbrook 30
Pat-Med 60 Copiague 11
Sayville 36 Central Islip 32
Sayville 38 West Islip 33
Sayville 46 Bay Shore 36
Suffolk power East Islip (6-0) won the Cliff Clark Classic and was paced by 8th-grade phenom Jace Rooney (8-0) with a 44 second fall at 103 .
Patchogue-Medford's Aiden Jacobellis picked up a 10-4 decision over EI's Jacob Kiernan at 110 pounds.
Ayden LaBella (104 career wins) of Sayville secured a key 6-0 win over Joe Gorman from West Islip at 126 pounds.
Eliezer Sanchez of Central Islip works for a takedown. The second ranked Sanchez picked up the fall over Bryant Fields of Bay Shore at 138 pounds.
West Islip's Paul Vasaturo attacks Sayville's Brayden Foster and secured a fall at 132 pounds.
LONG ISLAND HIGH SCHOOL PREVIEW
Massapequa's NYS champion and returning Nassau champ Jon Tutku, was 50-1 last year. He returns as a freshman at 110 pounds and currently has a 9-0 mark on the season.
Dunia Sibomana is a two-time NYS champion from Long Beach. Sibomana is currently ranked 15th in the nation. Sibomana (11-0) will compete at 126 pounds this season.
Bellport's Camryn Howard (14-0) is a returning NYS champion and entering his sophomore year. He defeated Wyatt Medlin (Illinois) 7-6 in the recent Who's Number 1 competition and is the top ranked 157 pounder in the nation. Currently he is the #2 high school recruit in Flo Wrestling's top 100 wrestlers for the class of 2028 behind #1 Samuel Sanchez (113) from Esperanza, CA.
Penn State commit junior Gavin Mangano of Shoreham Wading River, a returning state champion is nationally ranked at 144 pounds.
Long Beach's Ethan Andreula a 2024 Nassau champion and state medalist will be at 118 pounds.
Hauppauge junior Trevor Patrovich, is a returning Suffolk champion and NY state placer will be at either 110 or 118 pounds.
THE MAT SLAP'S 2025 LONG ISLAND PREVIEW
Long Island Wrestling returns five state champions. They are:
* Jon Tutku (Massapequa) - 110
* Dunia Sibomana (Long Beach ) - 126
* Gavin Mangano (SWR) - 144
* Camryn Howard (Bellport ) - 157
* Devin Downes (Plainedge ) - 215
MAT NOTES:
At the first NYS Intersectional Championships, Section Eight (Nassau County) won the sectional team title and crowned five champions held at Cornell University in 1963. Currently, Section Eleven (Suffolk County) is the state leader with 26 sectional team titles. Section Nine (Catskills) has won the last four team titles (2022-2025). The last LI sectional team crown was in 2020 when Nassau edged Suffolk, 224.5 to 210 points. At the 2026 state meet, those three aforementioned sectional teams will vie for the team championship. Once again, Minisink Valley-9 will field a strong squad.
The 31st annual Ironman Wrestling Tournament is scheduled for Friday (Dec. 12th) and Sat. (Dec. 13th) at Walsh Jesuit HS in Cuyahoga Falls, OH. It is tabbed as the best high school wrestling tournament in the nation. Five NY prepped wrestlers will be in action in this prestigious competition. They are:
* Tanner Catrabone (16th seed at 113) - St. Francis-C
* Christopher Noto (8th seed at 132) - Honeoye Falls- Lima-5
* Gavin Mangano (4th seed at 144) - Shoreham-Wading River -11
* Griifin LaPlante (5th seed at 157) - St. Francis-C
* Devin Downes (9th seed at 215) - Plainedge-8
The defending team champion is Faith Christian Academy, PA.
The Cliff Clark Classic Duals at BayShore HS is being held Saturday, December 13th and features the following teams:
* Bay Shore
* Central Islip
* Copiague
* East Islip
* Lynbrook
* Pachogue-Medford
* Sayville
* West Islip
The wrestling is scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM.
