Like any sport, wrestling is a pyramid where only the very elite are able to successfully make the jump to the next level. For this reason, it is a major honor when a school, town, or for that matter a wrestling club is able to send even one student-athlete to the NCAA Division I level. [...]

This is the presaons Section XI (Suffolk County) individual ranking for 2010-11.

A weight-by-weight analysis of the 2010 Section XI high school wrestling championships.

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

All Section XI Division I teams are ranked for dual meet competitiveness for the 2009-2010 season. To rank the teams, the following factors were taken into consideration.

A battle tested Sayville Wrestling club continue the Spring march at the Northeast Regional – Freestyle & Greco Roman Championships (Kids & Cadet) at Broom County Community College. The Golden Flashes earn 8 top 4 medals at the Northeast Regional Championship.

The Sayville WC has their best NYS Greco Roman & Freestyle Tournament ever with 10 wrestlers earning All State Honors. Each of the 12 Wrestlers brought home a coveted NYS Championship Medal. This is at least twice the number of place winners the WC has ever compiled in previous years.

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.

Friday’s NYS Championship coverage.

103lbs Brian Realbuto Somers- vs. Damon McQueen Huntington

Section XI 2009 League and Sectional tournament results.

After a day when every competitor put it all on the line for their dreams, I left the arena that evening in awe of all the athletes: winners and losers. Everyone one of these boys came to wrestle their hearts out, and if you were present on Friday, you were privileged to witness an exciting day of wrestling from the opening pigtail round to the final whistle of the 285 pound wrestle backs.

The final Section XI individual rankings based on results as of February 7, 2009

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 Jesse Marro (Hauppauge)
140- Nick Terdick (John Glenn) defeats Ryan Connell (Mattituck)
145- Anthony Volpe (Rocky Point) defeats Dan Gorman (Northport)
152- Chris Carlucci (John Glenn) defeats Mike Powers (Mount Sinai)
160- TJ Neidhart (Shoreham-WR) defeats Billy Coggins (Rocky Point)
171- Josue [...]

The Suffolk County League III wrestling championship was held at Smithtown East High School on February 7, 2009. The Redmen from East Islip, winner of each of their dual meets during the season (7-0) battled its league opponents, Smithtown East (6-1), Newfield (5-2), Centereach (4-3), West Islip (3-4), Half Hollow Hills East (2-5), Copiague (1-6) and North Babylon (0-7). The league championships offer wrestlers from each school opportunities for redemption and confirmation as many of the wrestlers met during the current season and in seasons past.

League 5, Section XI qualifier @ Harborfields High School.

The Suffolk County League III wrestling championship is scheduled to be held at Smithtown East High School on February 7, 2009. The Redmen from East Islip won each of their league dual meets during the season and its coaches as well as the coaches from the other teams in league III, Smithtown East (6-1), Newfield (5-2), Centereach (4-3), West Islip (3-4), Half Hollow Hills East (2-5), Copiague (1-6) and North Babylon (0-7) look to send a number of their wrestlers to the Suffolk County Championships scheduled to be held at Hofstra University on February 13 and 14, 2009. There is sure to be tough competition in each weight class and the following wrestlers (listed in no particular order) will most likely be in the mix (weight classes are subject to change):

League 5 finals to be broadcast live Saturday afternoon.

Long Island rankings from results as of January 31, 2009.

Section XI dual meet team rankings as of results from January 31, 2009.

Suffolk county individual rankings as per results up to January 31, 2009.

For those of you who made it to Hauppauge tonight or tuned into Lighthouse Wrestling’s live coverage of the battle for the League 5 championship, you had the privilege of watching perhaps the most exciting dual meet of 2009, in a season where there has been no shortage of great matches.

Section XI results from Monday January 26 through and including Saturday, January 31, 2009.

On Friday, January 30, 2009, the Huntington Blue Devils ranked number eleven ( 11 ) by Matslap visit the Hauppauge Eagles ranked number two ( 2 ) for a 6:00 P.M. showdown.

Tune into LHW Friday evening at 6PM when we broadcast the dual meet between the Huntington Blue Devils and the Hauppauge Eagleas live at Hauppauge.

It’s a large responsibility for an eighth grade varsity wrestler, but Nick Hall is no ordinary wrestler — even for a prodigy. In the last match of a hotly contested dual meet against Brentwood, Section XI’s perennial powerhouse, where Longwood held the lead only once, it was up to Nick Hall to deliver a victory for his team.