The Wantagh Warrior Middle School Wrestling Team improved to Four ( 4 ) wins and no ( 0 ) losses on the year. The team defeated Merrick Avenue 63-0 pitching a shutout.  The next match is scheduled for Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 10:00 A.M. vs Plainedge away.
Whatever the coaching staff is giving the team please save some for the rest of the wrestlers and share the wealth… What a great job. Our entire Coaching Staff from the Varsity to the Middle School to the Kids Program is top notch. THANK YOU…
Sign up’s …

Under the Head Coaching of Ray Hanley Jr. and Chris Hughes, the Wantagh Warriors ( Middle School ) improved to 3-0 with a victory over Hicksville, 59-9.  So far, the squad has defeated Seaford and Bethpage this season. The next match is scheduled for Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 4:30 P.M., at the Merrick Avenue, Middle School. Wantagh has been undefeated for the last year and a half. I will post a team list when I get it. The referee from the match was quoted as saying that Wantagh had a great …

The 3 Style Club will be having sign ups this Monday, March 8, 2010, starting at 6:00 P.M. at the Wantagh Middle School Gym. Please get the word out. This club is for the little wrestler all the way up to the advanced one. The cost is low. Our coaches are running this. We will have College Wrestlers as well as guests being brought in to run practice. We use this money to pay the college coaches. It is very important that everyone on our team sign up. If you play …

The Wantagh Warriors finished 3rd in New York State in their attempt to repeat as State Champions. Wantagh had three second place finishes and secured a few points with another win. Rocky Point had three champions at 140, 160 and 171 and took 1st while Huntington finished second with two champions and one second place finish at 112, 119 and 160. Nassau County finished second as a section behind Suffolk County and did a great job. Thank you to all our coaches.
Joe Barbato capped off a remarkable tournament after winning …

The Wantagh Middle School under the leadership of Head Coaches Ray Hanley Jr. and Chris Hughes open the season this Tuesday vs Seaford at
home starting at 4:30 P.M. I will be posting the names of the entire team and posting the results. The match vs Hicksvill scheduled for Thursday was cancelled as Hicksville did not have enough practices in.
Please see all our prior posts reguarding summer camps, tournaments, etc.

The Coaches wanted me to post this information. There are numerous tournaments held over the summer. We will try and attend. I will post the information as well as provide information at our Club. If you are playing another sport, it is very important to attend some practices at Wantagh. The Club will be holding sessions at 7:30 P.M. I think they are on Monday and Wednesaday starting March 9, 2010. As far as the summer camp:
HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY AS A TEAM..
JUNE 27, 2010 – JULY 1. 2010/ $405.00 PER WRESTLER …

Early Session
Sebastian Alborez
Michael Bender
Andrew Califano
Christopher Califano
Thomas Candemeres
Timothy Chaffer
James Charalambous
Marco Copignotto
Jack Conklin
Nicholas Conkilin
Jack Coupe
Matthew Deedy
Thomas Deedy
Jack Gauck
Jake Gelada
Anthony Grogan
Frank Grogan
Nick Guidace
Ryan Harvard
Nate Holmes
Adam Kissinger
Bobby Kittelberger
Tommy Kittleberger
Christopher Laibach
Liam McDermott
Ethan Merone
Noah Merone
Robert Moore
Joseph Moore
Motthew Moreno
Joseph Moritz
Joseph Nicotra
Nick O’Connor
Matthew Perillo
Jack Piccirillo
Nicholas Ross
Don Schaumloffel
Ryan Schaumloffel
Matthew Schneder
Chris Taylor
Justin Vines
John Wason
James Weldon
Late session
George Albert
Anthony Cancellarich
Nicholas Columbi
Joe Conklin
Tyler Cossu
John DeRidder
Ryan Droluk
Nick Errico
Joseph Fitzpatrick
Timothy Grief
Frank Guidice
Scott Henderson
Michael Killard
Nick Killard
Tom Linares
Jonathan Loew
Colm Magner
Charles Maier
Kyle McCarthy
Rory McNulty
Billy McVeigh
Kyle Mosher
Derel Palmer
JT Quirk
Alex Rebuffi
Thomas Rohan
Matt Swanson
Sam Warshall
Andrew Zagorski

The brackets are out:
103: Joe Barbato opens against Isaiah Perry of Massena HS, section 10. If Joe can advance he has the winner of number 1 seed, Mike Soria of Kings Park, section 11 or TJ Kreider, Cornwall HS, section 9.
145: Nick Fitzmaurice opens against Joe Halkias, Townsend Harris, PSAL section 12, NYC. If Nick advances he has either Lance Wade, Islip HS, section 11 or Mike Vespa, Monroe Woodbury, section 9.
171: Joseph Kavanagh has the number 2 seed and opens vs Troy Benjamin, Mexico HS, section 3 ( Joe …

The Warriors put up a great fight in defense of their title … The team scores have not been released. It would be safe to say we are not in the running for first but it appears we can secure a second or third place finish. That is amazing to me with so many young wrestlers getting the chance to represent the black and gold. I know each and every Wantagh Wrestler will make the effort to outwork the other teams for next year. That effort comes from inside each …

It is to close to call after day one… The leader board has Uniondale in 1st followed by Long Beach in second, Wantagh in in third, Massapequa fourth and Syosett in fifth. All the teams are separated by six points. The Warriors have six wrestlers in the semi finals which include:
Joe Barbato, Danny McDevitt, Paul Friscia, Nick Fitzmaurice, Joe Kavanagh and Matt Loew. Thomas Hall and Patrick Connolly both have secured All County place finishes and still have a chance to go for 3rd place. Syosett has seven semi final …