Quick Hits on Opening Weekend

• Army places 16 total at the Princeton Open, with four capturing titles.
• Cornell greyshirts show out with six placers (one champ) at the Clarion Open.
• Binghamton places five at the Navy Classic, with Nate Lucier and Marco Albanese notching wins over returning NCAA qualifiers along the way.
• Buffalo places three at the Clarion Open, with Rafael Knapp earning runner-up honors.
• Hofstra places two at the Princeton Open with Columbia placing four (one on the men’s side, three on the women’s).
• Army Prep / USMAPS puts eight on the podium at the ESU Open, with three earning titles.
• Carmen Bishop (Groton) and Tatiana Alexander (Eastchester) place at the ESU Open and Princeton Open while still being in high school.
• Teegan Sibble (Bolivar-Richburg) captures the ESU Open title in her first college event.
• Mia Collins (Ballston Spa), Maia DeLaCruz (Shaker), Maddie Westerberg (Waterloo) and Emily Dudar (Shaker) all place in their first college open.

NWCA All-Star Classic

Each year the NWCA All-Star Classic signals the start of the new college wrestling season. New York was represented well at this years event, which was held at Jersey Mike’s Arena in Piscataway, New Jersey. Buffalo natives in Zaynah McBryde and Latifah McBryde would represent New York on the girls side, while Minisink Valley graduate Zack Ryder and Cornell’s Simon Ruiz would represent the state on the boys side.

Zaynah McBryde (Life University) would wrestle Katie Lange (Grand Valley) in a battle of returning NAIA versus NCAA champions from a year ago, where McBryde would drop that match 11-3.

Shortly after her sister Latifah McBryde (Life University) would wrestle Bella Mir (North Central) in what would be a “rubber match” of previous years. Both McBryde and Mir are ranked #1 in the country in the NAIA and NCAA polls, however, Mir would bump up a weight from 145lbs to 160lbs to make that happen. Mir would end up becoming victorious, winning 2-2 on criteria.

On the boys side of things, returning NCAA All-American Simon Ruiz (Cornell) would get us going as he squared off against Lenny Pinto of Rutgers (formerly at Nebraska). Pinto has made the blood round twice at the NCAA tournament. Ruiz would get dug into a 6-2 hole early as he gave up two first period takedowns, but would end up clawing his way back in the second and third period. Driven by a second period rideout and a set of swipes, he would then escape in the third period and ice the match with a late takedown. He’d ultimately emerge victorious, 9-6.

To close out the night, Minisink Valley graduate Zack Ryder would don a new singlet this year as he is now representing the Cowboys of Oklahoma State. The redshirt freshman would wrestle against returning NCAA All-American Jaxon Smith (Maryland), who is currently ranked 4th in the country, in what would be his first test of his collegiate career. “Re-attack Zack” would put on a clinic, ultimately stringing together four takedowns en route to a 14-4 major decision victory over the All-American!

Open Results

Clarion Open
125 – Marcello Milani (Cornell) 3rd
125 – Anthony Knox (Spartan Combat) 5th
133 – Tyler Ferrara (Cornell, Chenango Forks) 2nd
133 – Isaiah Cortez (Spartan Combat) 3rd
141 – Elijah Cortez (Spartan Combat) 1st
149 – Jaxon Joey (Cornell) 2nd
157 – Benny Rodgers (Cornell) 2nd
157 – Kaleb Burgess (Buffalo, Palmyra-Macedon) 5th
157 – Ryder Yoshitake (Cornell) 6th
165 – Louie Cerchio (Cornell), 2nd
165 – Alessio Perentin (Spartan Combat) 3rd
174 – Rafael Knapp (Buffalo) 2nd
184 – Christian Hansen (Cornell, Cold Spring Harbor) 3rd
184 – Marcus Petite (Buffalo) 4th
197 – Jude Correa (Spartan Combat) 5th
285 – Ashton Davis (Cornell) 3rd
285 – Jay Henderson (Cornell) 4th
285 – Rocco Dellagatta (Spartan Combat) 5th

Princeton Open (Men)
125 – Charlie Farmer (Army) 4th
133 – Ethan Berginc (Army) 2nd
133 – Jake Crapps (Army) 6th
141 – Braden Basile (Army) 2nd
141 – Lorenzo Frezza (Columbia) 3rd
149 – Mason Barvitskie (Army) 4th
157 – Joey Antonio (Army) 1st
157 – Kellen Smith (Army) 2nd
157 – Frank Volpe (Hofstra, Hauppauge) 3rd
165 – Gunner Filipowicz (Army) 1st
165 – Dakota Morris (Army) 4th
165 – Jake Slotnick (Hofstra) 5th
174 – Andrew Christie (Army) 4th
197 – Wolfgang Frable (Army) 3rd
197 – Jackson Van Kley (Army) 6th
285 – Brady Colbert (Army) 1st
285 – Austin Kohlofer (Army) 3rd
285 – Brenton Russell (Army) 4th
285 – Sebastian Garibaldi (Princeton, White Plains) 6th

Princeton Open (Women)
103 – Tatiana Alexander (Eastchester) 6th
117 – Clare Booe (West Point) 1st
138 – Mia Collins (Columbia, Ballston Spa) 3rd
138 – Maia DeLaCruz (Western New England, Shaker) 6th
145 – Noa Omessi (Columbia) 6th
207 – Kaylie Musard (Columbia) 3rd
207 – Emily Dudar (Western New England, Shaker) 4th

Navy Classic
125 – Carson Wagner (Binghamton) 4th
141 – Jordan Soriano (Drexel, Clarke) 5th
149 – Nate Lucier (Binghamton) 5th
165 – Marco Albanese (Binghamton) 4th
184 – Will Ebert (Binghamton) 4th
285 – Caden Bevis (Binghamton) 6th

East Stroudsburg Open | Men
125 – Cadell Lee (Army Prep) 1st
125 – Johnny Green (New York Military Academy) 2nd
133 – Anthony Clem (Sacred Heart, Wantagh) 2nd
133 – Joseph Ramirez (Nassau CC, Mahopac) 4th
133 – Isaak Arevalo (Army Prep) 5th
141 – Richie Wood (Bloomsburg, Brockport HS) 5th
149 – Easton Broxterman (Army Prep) 3rd
157 – Anthony Tresch (Army Prep, Minisink Valley) 2nd
157 – Connor Doherty (Army Prep) 6th
174 – Evan Roudebush (Army Prep) 3rd
184 – Nash Banko (Army Prep) 1st
285 – Charles Weldman (Army Prep) 1st

East Stroudsburg Open | Women
110 – Teegan Sibble (East Stroudsburg, Bolivar-Richburg) 1st
110 – Abby Duke (Elmira, Carmel) 2nd
131 – Gianna Amendola (East Stroudsburg, Rocky Point) 3rd
131 – Carmen Bishop (Groton) 4th
131 – Alex Viera (Sacred Heart, Rocky Point) 5th
138 – Ragan Retell (East Stroudsburg, Tamarac) 5th
160 – Maddie Westerberg (East Stroudsburg, Waterloo) 3rd

Southeast Open | Freshman/Sophomore
133 – Logan Alexander (West Virginia, Stepinac) 4th
141 – Leo Mongiello (F&M, Sayville) 4th
184 – Dylan Shelton (F&M, North Rockland) 4th

Southeast Open | Open Division
149 – Willie McDougald (West Virginia, Niagara Falls) 2nd
165 – Anthony Conetta (App State, Massapequa) 6th

Dual Match Results (New York Natives)

125 – Riley Rowan (Duke) dec Joe Clem (Sacred Heart, Wantagh HS) 2-0
125 – Ayden Smith (Rutgers) dec Jace Schafer (Bloomsburg, Palmyra-Macedon) 5-1
125 – Jace Schafer (Bloomsburg, Palmyra-Macedon) dec Tyson Lane (Gardner-Webb) 5-3
125 – Jace Schafer (Bloomsburg, Palmyra-Macedon) tech Jack Thode (Centenary) 17-2
141 – John Hildebrandt (Sacred Heart) dec Raymond Adams (Duke, Calhoun HS) 3-2
149 – Joe Innamorato (Centenary) maj Cael Raines (Bloomsburg, Churchville Chili) 12-4
165 – Ryan Ford (Rutgers) maj Braidon Woodward (Bloomsburg, Palmyra-Macedon) 13-4
165 – Nathan McCartney (Gardner-Webb) dec Braidon Woodward (Bloomsburg, Palmyra-Macedon) 3-1
165 – Braidon Woodward (Bloomsburg, Palmyra-Macedon) maj Hunter Cleaver (Centenary) 12-2
184 – Gaetano Console (Duke) tech Eric Wolf (Sacred Heart, Farmingdale HS) 21-5
184 – Brock DelSignore (Little Rock, Shenendehowa) dec Branson Britten (Central Oklahoma) 4-2
197 – Chris Delena (Sacred Heart, Lourdes HS) dec Owen McGrory (Duke) 10-6
197 – #18 Remy Cotton (Rutgers) dec Coy Raines (Bloomsburg, Churchville Chili) 7-1
285 – Coy Raines (Bloomsburg, Churchville Chili) maj Jonathan Martinez (Centenary) 9-1