This is the forth release of the Section 8 individual and tournament team rankings.

Post game interviews with players and coaches after the Plainedge vs Wantagh Dual meet at Wantagh High School.

This is the second release of the Section 8 individual; dual meet and tournament rankings.

All I can say is finally ! For those of you who loyally read all of these recruiting press releases, you know that in the past two years, I have written about just about every demographic possible; I’ve covered a Minnesota kid taking his act to Buffalo; I’ve highlighted back-to-back #1 recruits opting to become [...]

The latin phrase “Veritas Christo et Ecclesiae”, translated as “truth for Christ and the Church,” may not mean much to many of us, but today it takes on a much greater significance for one of our native sons, Wantagh High School senior Joe Barbato. As the motto of Harvard University, this is a slogan [...]

Section VIII Division I wrestling teams are ranked for Dual Meet and Section Tournament competitiveness for the 2010/11 season.

Friday July 9th was a good night for Hofstra University Head Wrestling Coach, Tom Shifflet, as he learned that the Pride had just picked up their first recruit from the class of 2011 when 2010 NYS DI 171-pound State runner-up/2x Nassau County Champion Joe Kavanagh of Wantagh High School informed the fourth year coach of his decision to [...]

It’s always exciting heading up to Albany to see the New York State high school wrestling championships. Long Islanders are used to being leaders at the annual state wrestling party.

A weight-by-weight analysis of the 2010 section VIII wrestling championships with a team analysis as well.

This is the Seventh and final release of the Section VIII (Nassau County) individual rankings. Wrestlers have been ranked at the weight classes they competed at in their qualifying tournaments.

This is the Sixth release of the Section VIII (Nassau County) individual rankings for the 2009-2010 season.

This is the Fifth release of the Section VIII (Nassau County) individual rankings.

This is the Fourth release of the Section VIII (Nassau County) individual rankings. Wrestlers have been ranked at the lowest weight class where they competed at in results as of 1/16/2010. [#] indicates the rank of the wrestler in the previous release.

This is the Third release of the Section VIII (Nassau County) individual rankings. Wrestlers have been ranked at the lowest weight class where they competed as of 1/7/2010.

Dual Meet and Tournament Results for week 52, 2009 (December 21 through December 26).

Section VIII wrestling results for week 50 2009

Section VIII results for week 49 of 2009.

It’s that time of the year again. No it’s not Thanksgiving or Christmas. Good guess. It’s Wrestling Season. Let’s get the dust off the headgear and put the singlet on. Section 8 has had some dramatic changes, and we will address them. The Pre-season rankings appear way off with wrestlers in the wrong weights, but that’s a story for another day.

This is a baseline Section VIII (Nassau County) ranking for the 2009/2010 season. Preseason rankings are generally way off. They serve as a starting point for discussion around weights and competition.

Early this afternoon, journalists from The Open Mat broke the news that 2x defending NYS DI Champion, Nick Arujau, had contacted the coaching staff at Hofstra University to inform them that he would be retracting the verbal commitment that he gave to the Hempstead, NY based school back in May…LHW contacted the #46 recruit and was [...]

All Section VIII Division I teams are ranked for tournament competitiveness for the 2009-2010 season.

All Section VIII Division I teams are ranked for dual meet competitiveness for the 2009-2010 season.

Early this morning, I received a message stating that rising Wantagh senior, Matt Loew, was expected to give a verbal commitment to Hofstra University following the conclusion of the Asics/Vaughan Cadet/Junior National Tournaments, to be contested under the FargoDome, commencing this coming weekend. However, in true breaking news fashion, LHW just learned that the 2009 NYS DI [...]

Early Thursday morning, the nationally recognized amateur wrestling website, InterMat, released its top-100 recruits list for the class of 2010. Included on this list were a quintet of student-athletes who call New York State home….With the rising senior class already being hailed as one of the deepest and talent rich in the past decade, inclusion [...]

LHW presents the 1970 Section 8 County Championship on video.

Section XI resumed its state domination this weekend after a three year respite as they took the 2009 New York State DI Championship Sectional Title outscoring, the second place section, Section II by a score of 237.5 to 191. Winning six Sectional Championships in the decade of the millennium, finishing second twice, and third and forth once, Section XI is once more New York State’s section of the decade. Congratulations Section XI on another outstanding season of wrestling.