Articles by Bill Miller
On Sunday Strong Island hosted their first annual wrestling tournament at Nassau community college. It was well attended by Suffolk, Nassau, City, and New Jersey wrestlers.
A very skilled and powerful Paul Liguori defeats a very formidable opponent, Jamie Franco, by the score 3-1 in the finals of the Massapequa Holiday Tournament on December 29, 2007.
Here’s your chance to select the top five team place finishers for Suffolk county in 2009.
Here’s your chance to select the top five team place finishers for Nassau county in 2009.
Nassau Community College 2008-2009 wrestling schedule.
Jen Chapman of Flow Wrestling interviews the Central Michigan University freshman on what it’s like to be training in college.
The very exciting 2006 Nassau county championship wrestling finals @145lb weight class.
Section 11 preseason high school wrestling rankings as of October 18th 2008. Top six wrestlers ranked in each weight class.
152 – Ryan Patrovich (Islip-11, Jr.) dec. Mark Bloom (Geneva-5, Sr.), 7-1
140 – Chris Wade (Islip-11, Sr.) dec. Mike Cucolo (Fox Lane-1, Sr.), 8-4
145 – Gregor Gillespie (Webster Schroeder-5, Sr.) tf. Michael Chaires (C.B.A-.2, So.), 15-0; 2:52
160 – Alton Lucas (West Babylon-11, Sr.) dec. David McCarty (LaSalle-2, Sr.), 7-6
Paul Fiorio (LaSalle-2, Sr.) dec. C.J. Rodriguez (North Rockland-1, Sr.), 8-7. New York state wrestling championships 2005 at Pepsi Arena in Albany.
Troy nickerson wins 5th New York State title at the 125lb weight class in the Pepsi Arena at Albany NY.
112 – Lou Ruggirello (Valley Central-9, Jr.) pinned Shaun Farnham (Baldwinsville-3, Sr.), 1:04
1991 World Championships – Gold Medal Match
Zeke Jones vs 4-time World champion Valentin Jordanov of Bulgaria
Nassau county preseason high school wrestling rankings. Top three wrestlers ranked in each weight class.
Lighthouse Wrestling is the source for Long Island Wrestling News. As we all know, wrestling is an under-covered and under-appreciated sport for our local mainstream media sources. Our aim is to cover the local high school and college wrestling scene with interviews, rankings, in-depth coverage, live reporting, and results.

