Bethpage places 3 at the Nassau County 2009 wrestling championships…Meza gets wild card as an entry to the NY State tournament.

Senior German Meza placed 3rd at 145 avenging his only loss of the season in his 3rd place match by pinning Tyler Dunne of Macarthur. His reward was a wild card entry to the NYState tournament in Albany. Congrats to German!

Sophomore Jermain John placed 3rd at 152 pounds and Senior Christian Toscano placed 4th at 119 pounds.

Bethpage placed 12th as a team in this year’s D1 county tournament.

Bethpage qualifies 9 for the Section wrestling tournament. German Meza won the qualifier so he will recieve a top 6 seed…most likely 3rd seed.

Nassau Qualifying Tournament
Finals at Garden City
February 14, 2008
Team Scores
Wantagh 413
Garden City 262
North Shore 205.5
Bethpage 199
Sewanhaka East 135
Great Neck South 100.5
Port Washington 79
Championship Finals
  96 – Barbato (Wan) pinned Jones (GC), 0:21
103 – Dlugniski (SewE) dec. D. Grabher (NS), 6-4
112 – M. LoFrese (GC) dec. Albert (Wan), 6-4
119 – Schmelvinger (GC) pinned Toscano (Beth), 2:29
125 – Schmuely (NS) dec. Friscia (Wan), 5-4
130 – Fitzmaurice (Wan) dec. D. LoFrese (GC), 6-5
135 – Liguori (Wan) pinned Wefer (NS), 2:33
140 – Delacruz (Wan) TF Cataldi (GNS), 17-0
145 – Meza (Beth) pinned Richards (SewE), 3:08
152 – Greisheimer (Wan) pinned John (Beth), 0:47
160 – R. Grabher (NS) pinned Dowling (GC), 1:45
171 – Daddino (SewE) dec. Kavanagh (Wan), 6-4
189 – Loew (Wan) TF Ferro (GC), 4:25
215 – Horl (GC) dec. Hall (Wan), 11-4
285 – DeNovellis (NS) pinned Yeu (Beth), 0:49
Most Outstanding Wrestler: John Daddino (Sewanhaka East, 171)
Most Pins, Least Time: John Greisheimer (Wantagh, 152), 3 in 1:43
Consolation Finals 3^rd/4^th
  96 – Houston (Beth) dec. Reina (GC), 5-3
103 – Eulau (GC) pinned McDevitt (Wan), 1:36
112 – Bello (GC) pinned Aroz (Wan), 0:27
119 – Wittman (GC) dec. Tonekaboni (GNS), 3-2
125 – Connolly (Wan) dec. Klumpp (PW), 2-1
130 – Gonzalez (Beth) dec. Burr (Wan), 2-1
135 – Hayes (Beth) dec. Bartilucci (Wan), 9-8
140 – Zorn (SewE) dec. Faglione (NS), 10-6
145 – Shore (NS) dec. Saint Macary (SewE), 6-4
152 – Smith (GNS) def. J. Kavanagh (Wan), by Dflt
160 – Kule (Wan) dec. Castillo (GNS), 8-1
171 – Romanelli (Beth) pinned Sanchez (Wan), 2:07
189 – Schriber (Wan) dec. McCarthy (NS), 13-8
215 – O’Brian (PW) pinned Bolbe (Beth), 2:49
285 – English (Wan) pinned D’Aversa (PW), 4:53
Nassau Class B Dual Meet Championships
Quarterfinal
North Shore 34, Bethpage 30
February 5, 2009
103 – Grabher (NS) pinned Houston 4:57
112 – Dromme (NS) pinned LaMontanaro 1:45
119 – Toscano (Beth) dec. Ragusa 17-2
125 – Figueroa (Beth) dec. Wahler 15-3
130 – Shmuely (NS) dec. Gonzalez 18-4
135 – Wefer (NS) dec. Hayes 9-4
140 – Janssen (NS) pinned Aspesi 5:46
145 – Meza (Beth) pinned Faglione 5:05
152 – John (Beth) dec. Shaw 14-8
160 – Grabher (NS) pinned Mastaduno 0:55
171 – Tornberg (NS) dec. Boudouris 20-16
189 – Romanelli (Beth) pinned McCarthy 0:48
215 – Volpe (Beth) pinned Manzione 1:50
East Meadow 37, Bethpage 21
January 31, 2009
103 – Pannullo (EM) dec. Houston (Beth) 8-6
112 – Marinello (EM) dec. LaMontanaro (Beth) 10-2
119 – Toscano (Beth) pinned Falco (EM) 5:23
125 – Figueroa (Beth) dec. Dolan (EM) 12-4
130 – Whitenack (EM) dec. Massaro (Beth) 4-2
135 – Cohen (EM) pinned Gonzalez (Beth) 5:28
140 – Hayes (Beth) dec. Hyder (EM) 14-6
145 – Meza (Beth) dec. Mancino (EM) 2-1
152 – John (Beth) dec. Jeshiva (EM) 11-2
160 – Calderaro (EM) pinned Boudouris (Beth) 2:58
171 – Buttafuoco (EM) dec. Romanelli (Beth) 6-3
215 – Danziger (EM) pinned Volpe (Beth) 1:40
285 – Yeu (Beth) dec. Soto (EM) 8-3
Forfeits: Bethpage (189)

Bethpage 45, Lynbrook 27
January 21, 2009
103 – Warshall (Lyn) pinned Skya 5:00
112 – Salamone (Lyn) pinned LaMontanaro 1:41
119 – Toscano (Beth) pinned Ferral 0:58
125 – Figueroa (Beth) pinned Warshall 1:19
130 – Liguori (Lyn) pinned Gonzalez 3:32
135 – Aspesi (Beth) pinned Kennedy 5:15
140 – Hayes (Beth) pinned Commando 5:49
145 – Meza (Beth) pinned Mehr 2:50
152 – Curcio (Lyn) pinned John 0:42
171 – Romanelli (Beth) pinned Mashkuli 1:03
189 – Rivera (Lyn) dec. Dudley 13-7
215 – Volpe (Beth) dec. Covo 3-1
Bethpage 47, Locust Valley 25
January 17, 2009
103 – Houston (Beth) dec. Lombardo 7-6
112 – Heney (LV) pinned Lamontenero 0:57
119 – Toscano (Beth) pinned Mejia 2:30
125 – Figueroa (Beth) dec. Dougherty 9-0
130 – Gonzalez (Beth) pinned Minicozzi 2:38
135 – Hayes (Beth) pinned Hochberg 3:15
140 – Aspesi (Beth) pinned Dituro 3:21
145 – Guerriero (LV) pinned Batista 4:39
152 – Meza (Beth) pinned Casalino 2:56
160 – John (Beth) pinned Baierwalter 4:18
171 – Romanelli (Beth) dec. Casalino 14-4
189 – Alfano (LV) pinned Dudley 1:39
215 – Tiyaloglu (LV) dec. Volpe 2-1
285 – Khawaja (LV) dec. Yeu 12-3
Bethpage 34, Glen Cove 30
January 14, 2008
103 – Houston (Beth) dec. Sodhi 12-4
112 – NIcholas (GCv) dec. LaMontanaro 13-5
119 – Toscano (Beth) pinned Liang 1:06
125 – Figueroa (Beth) pinned Nath 1:47
130 – Iannetta (GCv) pinned Aspesi 2:17
135 – Paez (GCv) dec. Hayes 7-6
140 – Cook (GCv) TF Batista 5:49;
145 – Meza (Beth) pinned Bogdanich 3:53
152 – John (Beth) pinned McAdams 1:31
160 – Bogdanich (GCv) pinned Boudouris 1:37
171 – Romanelli (Beth) dec. 6-2
189 – Gardrvits (GCv) pinned Dudley 1:01
215 – Volpe (Beth) dec. Belfiore 7-4
Waiting for results from the St. Anthony’s duals, but Bethpage went 3-1 losing to Ward Melville in the finals.
David Yeu traveled to the Wheatley Invitational and took 2nd place while the rest of the team was at the St. Anthony’s duals.

Meza wins and Yeu 2nd at prestigious Massapequa Holiday tourney.

Massapequa Holiday Tournament
December 27, 2008
Team Scores
Hauppauge 263
Monroe-Woodbury 199
Connetquot 179
Massapequa 171
Wantagh 146
Long Beach 120
Bethpage 68
Brackets
Championship Finals
  96 – Nick Mauriello, (Haup) dec. Joe Barbato, (Wan), 5-0
103 – Sean McCabe, (Con) dec. Tyler McGann, (Haup), 6-0
112 – Vaquan Kelly, (MW) pinned Mike Faraglia, (LB), 1:43
119 – Kenneth Collado, (Haup) TF Nick Wolff, (MW), 5:25
125 – Jamie Franco, (MW) dec. James Cameron, (Con), 8-3
130 – Mike Vespa, (MW) TF Nick Fitzmaurice, (Wan), 4:51
135 – Paul Ligouri, (Wan) pinned Anthony Evangelista, (Mass), 1:27
140 – Quimes Delacruz, (Wan) dec. Kevin Panebianco, (Haup), 6-4
145 – Germain Meza, (Beth) dec. Patrick Morgan, (Mass), 6-4
152 – John Greisheimer, (Wan) MD Joshua Maddock, (Mass), 22-8
160 – James Ondris, (Mass) dec. Chanse Menendez, (Haup), 6-4
171 – Nick Isnardi, (Mass) dec. Will Shuesller, (MW), 5-7
189 – Matt Loew, (Wan) dec. Joe Pellegrino, (Con), 9-3
215 – Eric Wooley, (Haup) dec. Shaun Bacchiocchi, (MW), 7-4
285 – Scot Munro, (Haup) dec. David Yeu, (Beth), 9-2

Bellmore JFK 33, Bethpage 32
December 23, 2008
103 – Mahr (JFK) dec Conway, 14-2
112 – McDermott (JFK) TF Lamontenero, 5:27
119 – Toscano (Beth) TF Carr, 4:31
125 – Snow (JFK) dec Hayes, 7-2
130 – Laurie (JFK) dec Figueroa, 4-2
135 – Goldberg (JFK) pinned Gonzalez, 3:43
140 – Carney (JFK) pinned Aspesi, 3:25
145 – Roocke (JFK) pinned Batista, 2:58
152 – Meza (Beth) pinned Smith, 0:45
160 – John (Beth) dec Terrill, 5-1
171 – Romanelli (Beth) pinned Casson, 1:39
189 – Dudley (Beth) pinned Zagarino, 4:24
215 – Volpe (Beth) pinned Jellinek, 0:38

Bethpage with 2 champs and 4 in finals at Bethpage Dad’s Club Tourney.

Bethpage Dad’s Club Tournament
December 13, 2008
Teams Entered
John Glen
Locust Valley
Bethpage
Uniondale
Oyster Bay
Herricks
Uniondale
Manhasset
Farmingdale
Championship Finals
  96 – Anthony Salmonese (JG) dec. Jack Leguelaff (OB)
103 – Sam Rachman (JG) dec. Ken Massa (JG)
112 – James Dekrone (JG) dec. Rober Morgan (OB)
119 – Matt Gannon (JG) dec. Luke Alber (Farm)
125 – Nick Meinsen (JG) dec. Vincent Andriotti (Farm)
130 – Tyler Sinisgalli (JG) dec. Kevin Mass (JG)
135 – Matt Fusaro (JG) dec. Ken Meinsen (JG)
140 – Nick Terdick (JG) dec. Sean Hanrahan (JG)
145 – Mike Ortiz (Farm) dec. Greg McDermott (JG)
152 – German Meza (Beth) dec. Mike Bosco (JG)
160 – Chris Carlucci (JG) dec. Jarid Cheatham (JG)
171 – Jesse Kuhn (JG) dec. Nick Romanelli (Beth)
189 – Thomas Jackson (Farm) pinned Robert Alfano (LV)
215 – Kivanc Tiyanloglv (LV) dec. Joe Mazzola (JG)
285 – David Yue (Beth) dec. Dom Volpe (Beth)

Hank Paris Tournament
December 6, 2008

Bethpage placed 3rd as a team behind Plainedge and Calhoun. German Meza, returning all county arrives late due to the SAT schedule…allowed to wrestle in the wrestlebacks he takes 3rd at 152. Christian Toscano, expcted to do well this season with all county possibilities withdrew after an recurring shoulder injury in the semifinals. Word is he should be OK. Freshman 96 pounder Alex Houston makes it to the finals but gets pinned. He will grow into a full sized 96 or 103 pounder next year and he will be a good one. Should be a competitive year for him this season. Dennis Gonzales places 2nd also at 130 pounds and loses a tight 4-3 match. 285 pounder Dom Volpe also loses in the finals by a pin. He will improve as this season progresses. We also have another 285 pounder Ivan Dunitz who should do well this season.

Bethpage Dad’s Club tourney is this weekend…Saturday Dec 13th.

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Congratulations to 2 All-County Bethpage Wrestlers!
Greg Miller 4th place at 160 lbs.
German Meza 5th place at 140 lbs.

Bethpage finished 14th as a team 1st thru 6th place results:

Bethpage 30, Locust Valley 27
January 19, 2008
103 – 112 – Destefanis (L) dec. Massaro 16-2
119 – Toscano (B) dec. Dougherty 9-0
125 – Broughton (B) t.f. Martucci 4:00
130 – McKillen (L) dec. Hayes 9-1
135 – Creedon (L) dec. Widdmann 13-7
140 – Guerrieo (L) pinned Nardone 5:27
145 – Meza (B) pinned Lomonaco :38
160 – Miller (B) dec. Cloninger 8-3
171 – Alfano (L) dec. Isnardi 5-2
189 – Piscitello (L) dec. Candito 8-6
215 – Tiyaloglu (L) dec. Yeu 8-0
Forfeits: L (103, 152) Bethpage 35, Mepham 24
January 19, 2008
112 – Shamier (M) pinned LaMontenaro :33
119 – Klougher (M) dec. Toscano 11-10
125 – Broughton (B) dec. Martin 13-0
130 – Sutherland (M) dec. Hayes 12-0
140 – Sannella (M) pinned Conway 0:32
145 – Meza (B) dec. Christie 13-4
152 – Romonelli (B) dec. Papillo 7-6
160 – Miller (B) dec. Trampakonlos 9-4
171 – Candito (B) dec. Anderson 5-4
189 – Isnardi (B) pinned Hovanec 1:19
215 – Collins (M) pinned Yeu 3:26
* 1 team point deducted from Mepham for unsportsmanlike conduct
Forfeits: M (103, 135)
 Garden City 33, Bethpage 27
January 18, 2008
103 – Barbato (G) dec. Massaro 8-4
112 – Lofrese (G) pinned Lamontanaro :32
119 – Toscano (B) dec. Wittman 3-0
125 – Roth (G) dec. Broughton 4-2
130 – Widman (B) dec. Zingalli 7-0
135 – Nardone (B) dec. Fasano 5-1
140 – Gill (G) pinned Conway 5:58
145 – Meza (B) pinned Lord 1:44
152 – Marino (G) pinned Romanelli 5:49
160 – Miller (B) pinned Dowling 3:01
171 – Isnardi (B) pinned Ronzetti 1:33
189 – Horl (G) dec. Candito 3-1
215 – DeSena (G) pinned Yue 1:31
 

Massapequa Holiday Tournament
December 29, 2007
Team Scores
1. Hauppauge 252
2. Monroe Woodbury 204 – Sec 9
3. Connetquot 171.5
4. Massapequa 148.5
5. Wantagh 144
6. Bethpage 121
7. Syosset 90
8. Long Beach 41.5
Championship Finals
  96 – McCabe (Con) dec. Lepkowsky (H) 5-4 OT
103 – Arnel (S) dec. Collado (H) 5-3
112 – Arujau (S) pinned Cameron (C) 3:44
119 – Bonanno (W) pinned Gribbin (C) 5:00
125 – Liguori (W) dec. Franco (MW) 3-1 (Broughton, Bethpage 3rd place)
130 – Dutton (H) dec. Doria (M) 13-3
135 – Strumwasser (M) dec. Collado (H) 6-0
140 – Meza (B) dec. Maddock (M) 3-2
145 – Greisheimer (W) dec. Senese (H) 6-3
152 – Scheim (H) dec. Kuzuch (C) 11-3
160 – Miller (B) dec. Okerblom (C) 8-6 OT
171 – Isnardi (B) dec. Loew (W) 5-3 OT (Candito, Bethpage 3rd place)
189 – Wooley (H) def. Ehlers (MW) by FFT
215 – McGarry (H) dec. Bacchiocchi (MW) 4-2
285 – Mendez (MW) dec. Munro (H) 3-1
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Paul Liguori (Wantagh, 125)
Most Pins In Least Time: James Isnardi (Bethpage, 171) – Three in 8:34 Bethpage 38 Bellmore JFK 16
103- Maher (bjfk) dec. Massaro (bethpage) 7-3
112- Frank (bjfk) dec. Hayes (bethpage) 1-0
119- Toscano (bethpage) pinned Lurie(bjfk) 
125- Cogen (bjfk) maj. Hayes (bethpage) 8-0
130- Broughton (bethpage) dec. Snow (bjfk) 4-4 (4OT) 
135- Widmann (bethpage) dec. Carney (bjfk) 10-6
140- Lombardi (bjfk) pinned Conway (bethpage) 
145- Meza (bethpage) maj. Rooke (bjfk) 16-4
152- Romanelli (bethpage) dec. skolnik (bjfk) 6-2
160- Miller (bethpage) maj. Schwartz (bjfk) 16-2
171- Candito (bethpage) pinned. Dadra (bjfk) 
189- Isnardi (bethpage) pinned Pachernikov (bjfk) 
215- Yeu (bethpage) dec. Lyons (bjfk) 7-0
 Nassau Cup – at East Meadow
96- Barbarto (GC) d. Grant (Mac) 7-2.
103- Pecora (Bald) p. Rispoli (EM) 1:07.
112- Kempf (Mac) d. Arnel (S) 3-0.
119- Arujau (S) p. Guerrero (Mac) 3:56
125- Evangelista (Mass) d. Romeo (EM) 6-3.
130- Doria (Mass) d. Toori (Mac) 11-7.
135- Stumwasser (Mass) d. Cataldo (Mac) 6-4.
140- Herold (Mac) d. Meza (Beth) 5-1.
145- Famularo (Bald) inj. def. Quinn (Bald).
152- Mullholland (Mac) d. Cohen (Bald) 6-4.
160- Williams (Bald) d. Germann (EM) 7-3.
171- Candito (Beth) d. J Isnardi (Beth) 8-3.
189- Daly (Mac) d. Piscitello (LV) 5-3.
215- DeSena (GC) p. Yeu (Beth) :22.
285- Williams (S) p. DiBenedetto (F) 2:42.
Team scores: MacArthur 332, Massapequa 257, Baldwin 206, Syosset 178, East Meadow 164, Bethpage 148, Garden City 129, Long Beach 103, Farmingdale 88, Locust Valley 82, Manhasset 38. Most outstanding wrestler: Sean Kempf (MacArthur). Most pins least time: Vin Pecora (Baldwin), 4 pins in 4:23.
East Meadow 39  Bethpage 23 December 11, 2007
103 – Falco (E) pinned Massaro (B) 1:34
112 – Pannullo (E) pinned Skya (B) 1:27
119 – Krimmer (E) dec. Toscano (B) 9-3
125 – Gitlin (E) pinned Gonzalez (B) 3:01
130 – Romeo (E) dec. Broughton (B) 9-6
135 – Widmann (B) dec. DiCaprio (E) 12-5
140 – Rohde (E) pinned Conway (B) 3:39
145 – Meza (B) dec. Jeshiva (E) 13-5
152 – Conway (E) dec. Romanelli (B) 12-6
160 – Germann (E) pinned Grasser (B) 3:49
171 – Isnardi (B) dec. Buttafuoco (E) 13-3
189 – Miller (B) pinned Danziger (E) 1:39
215 – Candito (B) pinned Cross (E) 1:44  Bethpage Dads Club Tournament
December 8, 2007
Team Scores
 1. MacArthur 262
 2. John Glenn 239
 3. Farmingdale 136
 4. Syosset 124
 5. Bethpage 111
 6. Locust Valley 107.5
 7. Herricks 84.5
 8. Long Beach 49
 9. Sewanhaka West 39
10. Hicksville 27
11. Uniondale 25
12. Mineola 22
13. Sewanhaka East 0
Championship Finals
  96 – Alex Grant (Mac) dec. John Khoury (LB), 4-3
103 – Nick Meinsen (JG) dec. Dan Arnel (Sy) 5-2
112 – Sean Kempf (Mac) dec. Luke Alber (Farm)
119 – Nick Arujau dec. Matt Fusaro (JG) 16-3
125 – Tyler Siniscali (JG) dec. Ryan Chimon (Sy) 10-5
130 – Nick Terdick (JG) pinned Bryan Farrel (Her) 1:24
135 – Mike Castellano (JG) dec. John Cataldo (Mac) 6-4
140 – Brian Herold (Mac) dec. German Meza (Beth) 9-3
145 – Tyler Dunne (Mac) dec. Jason Milk (Mac) 3-2
152 – Chris Carlucci (JG) pinned Frank Perillo (Herr) 2:42
160 – Matt Cloninger (LV) dec. Miguel Ponce (Sw) 6–3
171 – Greg Miller (Beth) dec. James Isnardi (Beth) 10-2
189 – Anthony Daly (Mac) dec. Rob Piscitello (LV) 10-4
215 – Louis Flaherty (Herr) pinned David Yeu (Beth) 1:11
285 – Nick Dibenedetto (Farm) pinned Kamran Khawaja (LV) 2:19
Most Outstanding Wrestler: Nick Arujau (Syosset, 119)
Consolation Finals 3^rd/4^th
  96 – Tom Manning (Mac) Wbf Dashaun Kelly (UN )
103 – James Dekrone (JG) dec. Sam Galasso (Sy)
112 – Justin Esposito (Farm) dec. Dillon Palacio (LB) 15-7
119 – Matt Gannon (JG) pinned Ariel Guerrero (Mac) 1:53
125 – Vinny Coiro (Mac) pinned Vincent Andriotti (Farm) 4:59
130 – Jay Widman (Beth) dec. Sean Hanrahan (JG) 6-3
135 – Mark Oritz (Farm) pinned Giovanni Cenzuales (Mac) 4:44
140 – Joe Giaramita (JG) pinned Dylan Burtis (Farm) 4:26
145 – Mike Bosco (JG) Tf Mike Granath (Min) 15-0
152 – Michael Dembinski (Hick) dec. Angelo Dimitrikakis (Farm) 8-7
160 – Zachary Fallah (Sy) dec. Alex Rosenberg (JG) 9-3
171 – Anthony Macaluso (Mac) pinned John Wright (LV) 2:00
189 – Thomas Jackson (Farm) pinned Marc Candito (Beth) 2:16
215 – Drew Roberst (LV) dec. Matthew Cho (Sy) 11-7
285 – Sjjad Chagani (SW) dec. Joe Gianetti (SW) 15-5

www.BethpageCommunity.com
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www.LighthouseWrestling.com
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www.IntermatWrestle.com
Good site for national college wrestling news and results.

Hi everyone, now that we are coming to the middle of football season you know wrestling season is around the corner…so that means a few emails from me. Seriously though…the money we raised last season helped send groups of Bethpage wrestlers to the notorious and intense J-Rob camp in Minnesota, The Bruce Baumgartner Heavyweight camp and of course the Hofstra team camp.

In other off-season news several Bethpage wrestlers committed to college wrestling programs as they become alumni themselves. Dave Broughton will be wrestling at Oneonta, Marc Candito at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) and Jim Isnardi at Centenary College.

Mark your calendar for Alumni Day & Night 2009. We will use the same format as last year with a Quad Meet at Bethpage High School starting at 9:30 AM on January 17^th. Then we will gather after the meet for food, drink and perhaps even more exaggerated stories and outright fabrications than in prior years. Details for Alumni Day are to follow soon.

Don’t forget about our web site: http://bpawrestling.wordpress.com/

We’ll be posting new information on the upcoming season as well as alumni announcements.

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2007 Greeting…

Greetings again to all Bethpage wrestling alumni. I think this email may be going out a bit late this year, but better late than never. We are less than 2 months away from the opening of the Bethpage wrestling season and the Hank Paris tournament – an expanded version of the old Mid Island tournament that some of you may remember.   

FUNDRAISING SUCCESS

Thanks to last year’s successful fundraising efforts and your generosity, the Alumni club has been able to fund a few very important initiatives:                                                                                                                                               - The Light is Shining: The mat spotlight that we purchased for this coming season is installed and operational. We may have to coax coach Abbs to shift a couple of home matches to night matches so we can see this spotlight and the drama/intensity it adds a wrestling match. I have seen several matches under this light in Suffolk County, and I can tell you it is a treat for the wrestlers and the fans.                                                                                                                                                       -Finalist Singlets were designed and purchased over the summer and they look great. We went back to the old traditional gold singlet with the new Eagle head mascot logo on the chest, “Eagles” inscribed in blue with a gold trim on the bottom of the thigh and ”BHS” bold letters again in blue with gold trim diagonally placed on the back of the singlet. We may see coach Abbs break these babies out for special dual meets.                   - Camp and Clinic Financial Aid: Thanks to a couple of very special alumni donations we still had enough funds available so coach Abbs could send several of our young talent to wrestling camps and clinics at Hofstra. In fact we had 7 or 8 Bethpage wrestlers attend Hofstra team camp over the summer in addition to many other camps, clinics and competitive events. As a team we were more active this off-season than I have ever seen in all my years following Bethpage wrestling. Please be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this email for details on this year’s membership fundraising drive and how to support the Alumni program in any way you can.  As always, the member donation is not mandatory, we just ask you donate whatever you can and it will be appreciated.  

2007-2008 Bethpage Wrestling Alumni Night

This year’s Alumni Night Celebration should be a good one since we will have more time to kick back and relax after the Bethpage wrestling match. The night will be held on Saturday January 26^th. Bethpage hosts a wrestling quad that day with Long Beach, Uniondale and Seaford. Since the quad will end by about 4:30 PM we will be able to schedule Alumni Night to begin at an earlier time …perhaps 5:30 PM instead of rushing to the bar after a night match as we have done in the past. So mark your calendar for a day of wrestling and a night of celebration and reminiscing by wrestling alumni.   Details for Alumni night will follow in November/December. Last year we honored Ron Abatelli for his long tenure and success as our coach. This year we’d like to honor the coaching regime that many of us “classic wrestlers” participated in. So Al Blau/Frank Melone get ready for a night of honor (and some serious ribbing I’m sure). The initial plan is to do our traditional Alumni announcements at about 2PM just before the last Bethpage match of the quad.  

Help us find more Alumni!

We have done our best to find and attract more wrestling alumni to attend alumni night and stay involved in this great sport. It is special when we can get a mix of classic (not using the word “old”) and younger alumni. So please do what you can to reach out to alumni and get me an email address for each so I can include them on our email announcement list. I have heard some ex-wrestlers who do not receive these emails feel that they are not invited to our events. That is NOT the case. All it means is that I do not have their email address or I do not have a correct/current address. So anything you can do to keep me informed as to changes of email address and new addresses is much appreciated.  

2007-2008 Bethpage Wrestling schedule (no finalized starting times right now so I will send an updated schedule before the start of the season)

Dec 1:     Hank Paris Tournament (at Plainedge)                                                                            
Dec 8:     Bethpage Dad’s Club Tournament (Home)                                                                      
Dec 11:   at East Meadow                                                                                                           
Dec 20:   at Bellmore JFK                                                                                                            
Dec 29:   at Massapequa Holiday Tournament                                                                             
Jan 3:     Island Trees (Home)                                                                                                    
Jan 5:     at Octorara, PA Dual Meet Tournament                                                                        
Jan 9:     Plainedge (Home)                                                                                                        
Jan 11:   at Wantagh                                                                                                                    
Jan 12 & 13:    at Center Moriches Tournament                                                                                    
Jan 16:    at Lynbrook                                                                                                                
Jan 18:     at Garden City                                                                                                             
Jan 19:     Mepham, Locust Valley, Syosset (Home Quad)                                                            
Jan 26:    Long Beach, Uniondale, Seaford (Home Quad) –ALUMNI NIGHT – festivities to start around 2PM at Bethpage High School                                                                                             
Feb 1 & 2:    Nassau Dual Meet Playoffs (Site TBA)                                                                             
Feb 16:        Nassau County Tournament Qualifier-Conference Tournament (Site TBA)                           
Feb 23 & 24:  Nassau County Section 8 Tournament (CW Post or Hofstra)                                           
Feb 29/Mar 1:    NY State Tournament                                                                                                       ———————————————————–

2007-2008 Membership Fundraising Drive                                                                                           We ask that you contribute whatever you feel comfortable with for this year’s membership fundraising drive. Member donations start at $25 per person. Alumni Night Celebration is also $25 per person to attend. Guests are welcome.  

Name:
Graduation Year                                                                                                                                 Email Address: 
Membership Fee/Donation:    $25_____       $50_____        $100_____      Other $______        
Alumni Night Celebration: $25 per person:   # of people attending ______           
Total Enclosed (Member Fee/Donation + Alumni Night Celebration): ______     
Please make checks payable to: Bethpage Wrestling Club. Mail this form completed along with your check to Lou Candito, Wrestling Alumni, 14 Sherman Avenue, Bethpage NY 11714                                       ——————————————————- 

Projected Varsity line-up
Mike Massaro 103 lbs
Carlos Figueroa 112 lbs
Christian Toscano 119 lbs
Dave Broughton 125 lbs
Jay Widman 130 lbs
Matt Nardone 135 lbs
German Meza 140 lbs
Ed Conway 145 lbs
Nick Romanelli 152 lbs
Greg Miller 160 lbs
Marc Candito 171/189 lbs
Jim Isnardi 171/189 lbs
David Yeu 215 lbs
Josh Alhadiff 275 lbs