Friday, January 4, 2008

Free style Wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is an Olympic event. Under international rules any fair hold, trip, or throw is permitted. Forbidden are: kicking, punching, butting with the head, and holding the costume. Wrestlers are cautioned for irregularities, and three cautions mean disqualification. The bout is supervised by a referee on the mat, a mat chairman, a judge, and a timekeeper. A fall is awarded when one contestant holds both of his opponent's shoulders to the mat for one second.
Freestyle wrestling appeared in the 1904 olympic games. The first world championship took place in Helsinki, in 1951



This is another type of wrestling.

Wrestling's origins go way back in time. In fact when the ancient Games of the Olympiad were born, wrestling was already an ancient game.
Widely recognized as the world's oldest competitive sport, wrestling appeared in a series of Egyptian wall paintings as many as 5000 years ago. When the Games began in 776 BC, more than two millenniums later, it included wrestling, and, in the years that followed, wrestling featured as the main event.

The sport would return in a similar role when the Olympic Games returned after a 1500-year absence in 1896. Organizers, seeking direct links to ancient times, found a natural in the sport that had enjoyed popularity across much of the ancient world, from Greece, Assyria and Babylon to India, China and Japan. They resurrected Greco-Roman wrestling, a style they believed to be an exact carryover from the Greek and Roman wrestlers of old.
In Greco-Roman wrestling, the wrestlers use only their arms and upper bodies to attack. They can hold only those same parts of their opponents.

Over the years, Europeans have dominated Greco-Roman wrestling. The latest and most impressive example is Russian heavyweight Alexander Karelin. He was looking to become the first man to win four straight gold medals in the sport at the Sydney 2000 Games. Alexander lost to his American opponent Rulon Gardner in the final by a score of 1-0. Considered one of the strongest men ever to compete in the Olympic Games, he specializes in picking up opponents — heavyweight opponents — and tossing them over his head.


This one of the different types of wrestling.

2007-08 Section IX Wrestling Rankings as of 12/30/07
WT 1ST 2ND 3RD
96 Gary Wolff
Monroe Woodbury
Shane Connolly
Warwick
Luke Roth
Cornwall
103 Mike Vespa
Monroe Woodbury
Ryan Black
Washingtonville
Brandon Gambino
Saugerties
112 Taylor Laraia
Newburgh
Ross Potter
Minisink Valley
Nick Wolff
Monroe Woodbury
119 Cody Ruggirello
Valley Central
Kaare Stokdal
Kingston
Scott MacGregor
Newburgh
125 Drew Bloss
Cornwall
Robert Bailey
Valley Central
Eliezer Riquelme
Newburgh
130 Jamie Franco
Monroe Woodbury
Mike Corletta
Minisink Valley
Ali Hasan
Valley Central
135 Matt Doolittle
Middletown
Vinny DeBenedetto
Washingtonville
Nick Maccarulo
Newburgh
140 Mike D'Amato
Valley Central
Kyle Piaquadio
Newburgh
Vinny Brugaletta
Monticello
145 Sean Floor
Port Jervis
Mike Santalla
Warwick
Steven Burger
Wallkill
152 Mitch Wightman
Warwick
Evan Muller
Port Jervis
Andrew Carroll
Valley Central
160 Keith Perry
Wallkill
Cinque Mandela
Newburgh
Cameron McLaurin
Washingtonville
171 Ross Hansen
Minisink Valley
Keith Corley
Valley Central
Andrew Greenlaw
Warwick
189 Steven Butler
Port Jervis
Jared Rosado
Middletown
James Brain
Minisink Valley
215 CJ Floor
Port Jervis
Paul Rauch
Red Hook
Shaun Bacchiocchi
Monroe Woodbury
275 Corey James
Kingston
JD Zitone
Port Jervis
Simon Ojulo
Newburgh

TEAM:
1. Monroe Woodbury
2. Valley Central
3. Port Jervis
4. Newburgh
5. Minisink Valley

Michael O'Connell tournament

12-27-07

Michael O'Connell Tournament, @ Pearl River High School

Team standings and key -
1. Fox Lane (FL) 177.5 points; 2. Washingtonville (Wv) 123; 3. Middletown (Mid) 112; 4. Pearl RIver (PR) 72.5; 5. Clarkstown South (CS) 67; 6. Nyack (Nk) 66.5; 7. tie, Yorktown (Yk), Warwick (Ww) 57; 9. East Ramapo (ER) 54; 10. Ellenville (Ell) 47.5; 11. Nanuet (N) 45; 12. Hen Hud (HH) 43; 13. Tappan Zee (TZ) 42; 14. Pawling (Pw) 27; 15. Millbrook (Mb) 11; 16. Peekskill (Pk) 2.5; 17. Woodlands (Wd) 0.

2008

12-20-07
Middletown 69 Goshen 15
96- Juan Martinez (M) FF
103- Brendan Gonzalez (M) FF
112- Dennis Brigman (G) WBF Jay Amin (M) 1:37
119- Evan Search (G) WBD Eddie Donohue (M) 3-0
125- David Abt (M) WBF Joe Migneco (G) 3:03
130- Ryan Miller (M) FF
135- Matt Doolittle (M) WBF Raphael Benitez (G) 2:45
140- Bryan Frain (M) WBF Nick Zappier (G) :51
145- Rob Illenberg (M) WBF Anthony Papa (G) 1:15
152- Jon Rivera (M) WBD Ty Sutherland (G) 14-9
160- Jon Parsons (M) FF
171- Nick Majewicz (G) WBF Josafat Acevedo (M) 3:29
189- Jared Rosado (M) FF
215- Tyrik Walrond (M) FF
285- James Shormis (M) FF
Middletown: 3-5; Goshen 1-2

12-18-07

Port Jervis 57 Middletown 6
96- Isaiah Gillian (PJ) FF
103- John Moriarty (PJ) WBF Brandon Gonzalez (M) 1:16
112- Ian Gardner (PJ) WBD Jay Amin (M) 5-1
119- Zach Dunn (PJ) WBF Eddie Donohue (M) 7-0
125- Rob Rogers (PJ) FF
130- Kyle Schall (PJ) WBD Ryan Miller (M) 16-12 OT
135- Matt Doolittle (M) WBF Brian Balch (PJ) 1:16
140- No Match
145- No Match
152- Sean Floor (PJ) WBF Rob Cassidy (M) 1:30
160- Andrew Smith (PJ) WBF John Parsons (M)
171- Matt Parlier (PJ) WBF Josafat Acevedo (M) 2:24
189- Steven Butler (PJ) WBD Jared Rosado (M) 2-0
215- CJ Floor (PJ) WBF Tyrik Walrond (M) 3:01
285- JD Zitone (PJ) WBF James Shormus (M) 2:57
JV Matches:
Tyler Kowinsky (PJ) WBF Colton McKenny (M) 1:29
Christian Roldan (M) WBF Cort Morgazn (PJ) 3:39
Jason Ford (PJ) WBF Tim Maloney (M) 5:05
Devon Simpson (PJ) WBF Tyrik Rodriquez (M) 1:11

12-15-07
South Glens Falls Duals

South High 44, Middletown 18
145 — Cook (SGF) dec. DiGenero, 10-3.
152 — Rivera (M) dec. G. Carta, 4-2.
160 — Sanders (SGF) dec. Cassidy, 7-1.
171 — Palmer (SGF) dec. Josafat Acevedo, 18-5.
189 — Hunsdon (SGF) dec. Jared Rosado, 9-8.
215 — Drew (SGF) pinned Waldron, 1:55.
285 — James Shormis (M) pinned Johnson, 2:21.

96 — Charpentier (SGF) by forfeit.

103 — Rivera (M) dec. Mumblo, 11-8.
112 — Murphy (SGF) dec. Jay Amin, 15-3.
119 — Rivers (SGF) dec. Donahue, 12-6.
125 — Lemery (SGF) pinned McKinney, 1:21.
130 — B. Carta (SGF) dec. Abt, 7-4.
135 — Matt Doolittle (M) pinned Lyons, 3:26.
140 — Ghulam (SGF) dec. Bobby Illenburg, 10-7