Greeley wrestlers beat Port Chester

Next home game: Wed. Feb. 1, main gym, against Pville
Brent Lobien
Brent Lobien; more photos inside
January 20, 2012
by Coach Mike DeBellis

Horace Greeley came out victorious in a close match against league rival Port Chester, 39-37 on Thursday evening to secure second place in the league.

The match started with Greeley going down 12-0 due to forfeits in the 99 and the 106 weight classes. 

113-pounder Kirby Atlas stepped on the mat and beat senior, Captain Joey Rodriquez 3-2.  It was a well-wrestled match by Kirby against a great Port Chester wrestler.

Bing Bing Xie, 120 pounds, just came back from a knee injury to wrestle one of Port Chester’s toughest wrestlers.  Unfortunately, he lost by pin in :55 seconds.

Jon Russo, 126 pounds, disposed of Dan Dipippo in 1:26.  Jon’s wrestling has been improving throughout the season and he is peaking at the right time.

Freshman Elijah Kim filled in at 132 pounds and lost by pin to Odell Alexander in :49 seconds.

At 138 pounds, Kolbe Jendzejec came up huge for the team by pinning Giovanni Borrayes in 5:34.  Kolbe had the match of his life.  He was down by several points with a minute left in the match and turned his opponent to his back for the pin.  Some guys just compete better when all the pressure is on them.  Kolbe is one of those people.

Mike Orbeta at 145 pounds had a tough loss by decision 7-12.

Liam Mercer also had a hard fought battle at 152 pounds and lost by decision 4-16.

Mike Nadler bumped up a weight class to wrestle at 160 pounds and lost by decision 7-12.

Freshman Brock Cvijanovich continues to wrestle like an upperclassman.  He wrestled his heart out and had his opponent on his back several times but could not put him away.  He ended up losing a close decision 12-15.

Sam Tugendhaft received a forfeit at 182 pounds.

We needed three pins from our last three weight classes to win the match and our heavyweights swept the rest of the way.

Billy Marino, 195 pounds, wrestled Jimmy Lopez and pinned him in 3:36.

Scott Wymbs bumped up to 220 pounds and received a forfeit.

It all came down to Brent Lobien at 285 pounds.  Brent shot a great double leg in the first period and put Christian Zamano on his back and pinned him in 1:09. 

This was a great win for Greeley, propelling us to a 17-6 record for the year.  Our next competition will be this weekend in the Beacon Tournament.

Our next home meet is on Wednesday, February 1st at 4:30 p.m. in the main gym against our rival Pleasantville.  We will also be honoring our seniors and their parents that night.  We would love to see you there.

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Billy Marino

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Brent Lobien

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Jon Russo

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Kirby Atlas

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Kolbe Jendzejec


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