Hey everyone…It’s been a while since I had the opportunity to sit down and write one of these Matt’s Corner journal entries. However, now that my first semester of graduate school has officially been wrapped …

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After a much lengthier absence than anticipated I am back to officially put a cap on what proved to be a great 2008-2009 season by awarding the first set of what I hope will …

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I am back after taking a few weeks off to get some personal ducks in a row (mostly graduate school and family obligations). Anyhow, with the start of the 2009 NCAA DI National Wrestling …

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With the NY high school season on temporary hiatus until NHSCA Nationals, I figured now would be as good a time as any to refocus on my passion, the collegiate scene. Last week, the …

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Sorry, no cool foreign language greetings this week.  I am sick in bed, so the enthusiasm to be quirky simply is not there today.  I will return next week after the NYS tournament with …

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It’s been an interesting week for LHW.  As you may have already noticed, Cornell Coach, Rob Koll, has decided to contribute to the content published on the site.  Unbeknownst to us, Coach Koll has been …

Section VIII/Nassau County Tournament (Finals)—-Saturday February 21st, 2009:
096- Thomas Manning (MacArthur) defeats Joe Barbuto (Wantagh)
103- Chris Perez (MacArthur) defeats Alex Grant (MacArthur)
112- Sean Kempf (MacArthur) defeats Anthony Fachini (Seaford)
119- Dylan Palacio (Long Beach) defeats Luke Alber (Farmingdale)
125- Nick Arujau (Syosset) defeats Dean Shmuely (North Shore)
130- Nick Fitzmaurice (Wantagh) defeats Dan Lofrese (Garden City)
135- Paul …

Guten Abend Everyone.
Postseason is finally here, and is already off to a great start with last weekend’s Suffolk League finals, as well as the Nassau/Suffolk, NYC, and Buffalo CHSAA League tournaments.  If the intensity shown last …

Section XI/Suffolk County Tournament (Finals)—-Saturday February 14th, 2009:
096- Nick Mauriello (Hauppauge) defeats Corey Rasheed (Longwood)
103- Damon McQueen (Huntington) defeats Malik Rasheed (Longwood)
112-  Ken Collado (Hauppauge) dec Dan Gray (Ward Melville)
119- Steven Keith (Shoreham-WR) defeats Alex Gomez (Brentwood)
125- Nick Meinsen (John Glenn) defeats Adam Troy (Walt Whitman)
130- Matt Fusaro (John Glenn) defeats Dan O’Malley (Sachem East)
135- Stephen Dutton (Rocky Point) defeats …

Buona Sera Everyone.
The calendar has officially  hit February, which means that my favorite part of the wrestling season, the postseason, is imminent… Every year, at all of the tournaments that I attend regularly, I am amazed at all …

CHSAA Nassau/Suffolk League Tournament (Finals)—Sunday February 8th, 2009:
096- Chris Brienza (St. Anthony’s) defeats Robert Wallace (Chaminade)
103- Jimmy Morris (St. Anthony’s) defeats Zach Indovino (Kellenberg)
112-  Grant Greene (St. Anthony’s) defeats Glen McKenna (Chaminade)
119-  Ryan Neugebauer (Chaminade) defeats Tom …

Featured Duals—Friday January 30th, 2009:
#7 Illinois vs. #25 Purdue
125- BJ Futrell (Illinois) dec Akif Eren (Purdue) 3-0 Illinois
133- #3 Jimmy Kennedy (Illinois) dec Carson Beebe (Purdue) 6-0
141- Ryan Prater (Illinois) dec Matt Hemry (Purdue) 9-0
149- #7 …

 Konnichiwa Everyone.
Before I get started, I admit that “hello” (or more accurately, “good afternoon”) is the only word in japanese that I know.  I took latin in high school and espanol in college…and pretty much …

Predictions for the weekends big match-ups beginning Friday, January 23, 2009.

Sorry it took me so long to get this week’s column out. The past few days have been on the crazy side. My older brother finally got his heat back after three days of freezing, and then the very next day, his electricity goes out. Therefore, I’ve been babysitting for my nephew a lot this week. Plus, the dreaded cold that I had around the time of the Long Island Challenge, has reemerged. Hence, as I sit down to write this journal entry, I need to stop every five minutes or so to attend to health matters. However, to borrow from a few cliche phrases, the show must go on, and it’s better late than never.

2008/2009 CHSAA Duals- Saturday January 17th @ Monsignor Farrell
-Round #1:
Monsignor Farrell (NYC) defeats St. John The Baptist (LI)
Chaminade (LI) defeats St. Francis (Buffalo)
St. Anthony’s (LI) defeats Fordham Prep (NYC)
Kellenberg (LI) defeats St. Joseph’s …

Before I get too deep into my journal entry for the week, I wanted to let you all know that this column will be undergoing a bit of change. Instead of releasing all four parts in a single shot, we at LHW have decided that it will be better if we unveil each piece of the weekly blog, day-by-day for three consecutive days. That way, none of you will get burned out or lose interest by the time you reach page three. Heck, if I had to do what I was asking all of you to do, I think I’d be completely bored out of my mind by the half way mark too. My apologies for that. Hopefully, you will find the new format to be more pleasing and enjoyable to read.

Happy 2009 All !!!
I hope everyone enjoyed a very safe and joyous New Year. I spent a solid portion of mine trying to recharge the old battery following an extremely busy week of wrestling action….As …

Good Morning everyone!!! I hope that you had a very blessed and joyous holiday. I spent a good portion of mine in pjs trying to kick the cold/cough bug, a battle that I continue to lose as I sit down to write this week’s column. However, it’s going to take much for than just a little tickle in my throat to keep me from attending this year’s Long Island Challenge, starting tomorrow (Tues. December 30th) at 10a.m. on the campus of General Douglas MacArthur High School in Levittown. If you are off from high school, college, and/or the regular 9-5er, be sure to get yourself into the ole car and make he trip to L’Town to see a full day of fantastic wrestling featuring some of the Island’s (and with the inclusion of Monsignor Farrell, the city’s) finest talent.

Happy Holidays everyone !!!  I hope that all of you have been a lot smarter than me and have managed to finish all of your shopping.  I am about 97 percent complete.  However, I still …

Happy Monday everyone,

I am back with another edition of the column I know you all love (LOL). As you can see, I have decided to change the title a little bit. While I will continue to base a large portion of this weekly blog towards the the collegiate scene (it is after all my specialty; Plus Irlo and Bill already do a great job handling the what’s what in high-school wrestling), I figured that after last week where I spent almost no time talking about college wrestling, it would be wise to remove “college” from the title so as to free myself up to deviate whenever I feel it is warranted.

I am back with the fourth installment of “This Week in College Wrestling”. I must admit, the time I spend sitting down and writing this column is among the best moments of my week.

As promised, Matt’s official top-10 rankings at each weight class will debut this week. More than likely, what I will do, is sandwich the rankings in between the “weekly recap” and “featured dual” sections…That way, all of your Mattism will be contained in a single post. This is the first time I’ve ever attempted to do rankings (for any level) in my life. Therefore, if they stink, do not hesitate to offer feedback and/or suggestions as to who you want to see moved up or down.

Hola mi amigos.
With Hofstra on a break until their December 12th dual against Binghamton, I didn’t have much in the way of wrestling related entertainment this week. I did however spend a large portion of …

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The Hofstra loss to Missouri on Saturday left me in a rather melancholic mood for the majority of the weekend.  In watching the replay of the dual on Missouri All-Access (which I better remember …

After spending the past 48 hours celebrating Hofstra’s 18-15 victory over the #7 Penn State Nittany Lions, I felt the need to do some writing. Since I have not done any significant reading in the past few weeks, I promise, this blog will not be a book report. However, there will be more of those as soon as I find a piece of wrestling literature that meets my golden standard.

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I had a few hours to kill before “House”, “Dancing With the Stars” (Yes, I watch that), and the Duke/Georgia Southern basketball game came on, so I thought I’d do a little writing to …