Panthers open section 9 wrestling tournament with win

By Mike Zummo
Posted 1/19/22

The Wallkill wrestling team fell 10 points short of reaching the Section 9 Division I semifinals on Jan. 11 when the No. 11 Panthers were stopped by the No. 3 Middletown Middies, 40-30, on Jan. 11 at …

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Panthers open section 9 wrestling tournament with win

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The Wallkill wrestling team fell 10 points short of reaching the Section 9 Division I semifinals on Jan. 11 when the No. 11 Panthers were stopped by the No. 3 Middletown Middies, 40-30, on Jan. 11 at Wallkill High School.

Marco Futia (102), Rocco Futia (118), Viktor Banda (126), and George Thomas (145) picked up pinfall victories for the Panthers, who were strong at the lower weight classes, but struggled at the upper ones.

After getting off to a 30-13 lead after Marco Martini (152) took a forfeit, the Middies won four straight matches to clinch their spot in Wednesday’s semifinal.

The Panthers opened the tournament with a 35-25 win over the No. 6 Saugerties Sawyers. It also doubled as the Panthers and Sawyers’ Mid Hudson Athletic League meeting.

Rocco Futia (118), Logan Stipak (132) and Thomas (145) picked up pinfall victories for the Panthers.
In another opening round match, the No. 6 Cornwall Dragons eliminated the No. 10 Pine Bush Bushmen, 36-24.

The No. 9 Valley Central Vikings were part of the other half of the bracket at Newburgh Free Academy. They were eliminated in their first-round match, 53-19 to the No. 8 Warwick Wildcats, who were in turn, routed, 72-0 in the quarterfinals by the top-seeded Minisink Valley Warriors.

Section 9 Duals
at Wallkill Quarterfinals

No. 3 Middletown 40, No. 11 Wallkill 30
102: Marco Futia (W) pinned Anthony Noboa, 5:00
110: Justin Noboa (M) def. Liam McCarthy, 14-3.
118: Rocco Futia (W) pinned Joseph Torres, 5:19
126: Viktor Banda (W) pinned Jayden Norris, 3:13
132: Jacob Rober (M) pinned Logan Stipak, 5:24.
138: Pedro Godines (M) def. Matt Rizzo, 9-5.
145: George Thomas (W) pinned Andrew Sgambati, 3:42.
152: Marco Martini (W) won by forfeit.
160: Jacob Sintron (M) def. Jai Barnett, 9-5.
172: Jalen Charles (M) pinned Brandon Lantos, 1:51.
189: Bryson Tibbs (M) pinned Christian Lemus, 0:34.
215: Robert Wilson (M) pinned James Rizza, 1:53.
285: Stephen Monchery (M) won by forfeit.


First Round
No. 11 Wallkill 35, No. 6 Saugerties 25
102: Marco Futia (W) tech. fall Savannah Tittelbeck, 15-0, 6:00
110: Cooper Grossi (W) def. Tyler Sinnott, 6-1.
118: Rocco Futia (W) pinned Zachary Burns, 1:03
126: Isaiah Hockx (S) def. Viktor Banda, 5-2
132: Logan Stipak (W) pinned Nikolas Rappoport, 0:36
138: Vance Dyke (S) def. Matt Rizzo, 15-3.
145: George Thomas (W) pinned Zakary Jurkowski, 0:53
152: Marco Martini (W) def. Christian Hockx, 7-3
160: Jai Barnett (W) def. James Burns, 9-5
172: Brandon Lantos (W) def. Lucas Pipitone, 10-4
189: Sean Sasso (S) pinned Christian Lemus, 3:05
215: Jonathan Lent (S) pinned James Rizza, 1:24
285: Zane Grant (S) won by forfeit.