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RAGHUNANDAN 2ND IN NATION
MARK RAGHUNANDAN did it again! He earned his second All-American honor of the week by placing 2nd in the ASICS National Freestyle Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. After going undefeated in the first seven rounds of competition, Raghunandan dropped a 2-1, 6-0 decision to Matt Garelli of Illinois in the final bout. Although he fell short of his goal of becoming a National Champion, Raghunandan became the first LB wrestler to earn dual All-American honors in both freestyle and Greco-Roman. Great job! (July 24)
DELGADO, GILLESPIE AND PALACIO WIN EMPIRE GOLD
All three Long Beach grapplers dominated their weight classes to win the Empire State Games in Buffalo, NY. DYLAN PALACIO won four straight matches and pinned his opponent in the finals. P.J. GILLESPIE defeated his opponent 6-0, 6-0 in the finals and was unscored upon in his four matches. EDUARDO DELGADO also dominated the competition as he defeated Centrals Lamont Fleming in the finals to earn the Gold. Overall, it was a great weekend for Long Beach Wrestling. (July 24)
RAGHUNANDAN IS ALL-AMERICAN
Today in Fargo, North Dakota at the ASICS Junior National Wrestling Championships Mark Raghunandan earned All-American honors by placing 5th in the Greco-Roman Nationals. This past year, he won the 98 lb. Nassau County Championship, placed 3rd in N.Y.S., and won the gold medal at the state Greco-Roman Championships and placed 2nd in freestyle. Mark will be a junior at Long Beach High School in September. He along with teammates Michael Kashyap and Steven Sewkumar will compete in the freestyle portion of the nationals starting Thursday. (July 20)
PALACIO TO WRESTLE IN EMPIRE STATE GAMES
This weekend, Dylan Palacio will represent the Long Island Region at the Empire State Games in Buffalo. This past season, Palacio finished 4th in N.Y.S. as a sophomore and earned All-American honors in folkstyle at the National High School Wrestling Coaches Association National Championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Last year, he was a Greco-Roman All-American in Fargo. Also competing for the Long Island region will be alumni Eduardo Delgado and P.J. Gillespie in the open division. We wish all of the young men the best of luck. (July 20)
LONG BEACH WRESTLING ON SPORTS RADIO 1240 AM WGBB
Tonight, Tuesday July 20th, the LB wrestling program will be featured on the Half-Time Howie Long Island High School Sports Show. The show will run from 8-9 p.m. on 1240 AM WGBB radio. The show will include Head Coach Ray Adams, Gladiators Coach Miguel Rodriguez, and a host of wrestlers from the high school and Gladiator teams. You can tune in on the radio or on the internet. (July 20)
RAGHUNANDAN TO WRESTLE FOR ALL-AMERICAN STATUS
Tuesday morning, MARK RAGHUNANDAN will wrestle an opponent from Montana with the winner earning All-American status at the ASICS Junior National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. STEVEN SEWKUMAR won his first match in dominant fashion in the Cadet division but then dropped decisions to the eventual champion Dylan Lucas of Florida and Dan Newburg of Washington who placed fifth. MIKE KASHYAP lost both of his matches at 105 lbs. and did not place. He looks to join P.J. GILLESPIE, SANDEEP KUMAR (2X), and DYLAN PALACIO as Long Beach grapplers who have earned All-American honors in Fargo the past 7 years. (July 19)
GILLESPIE WINS MATCH-UP AT ADAM FREY CLASSIC
Former LB star P.J. GILLESPIE competed in the Adam Frey Memorial Wrestling Classic in New Jersey on Saturday. GILLESPIE, now wrestling for Hofstra, defeated Ryan LeBlanc of Indiana 3-1 in overtime. The event is named after former Cornell Univesity wrestler Adam Frey who passed away from cancer in December of last year. All proceeds go to the Adam Frey Foundation to help the families who are faced with battling cancer. You can view the video of the match by clicking on link below. (July 18)
http://www.gohiocasts.com/event/main/video/id/237339-2nd-Annual-Adam-Frey-Classic/vid/348315-Ryan-LeBlanc-vs.-PJ-Gillespie
LB DOMINATES BEACH WRESTLING
The Long Beach-USA Wrestling Club dominated the 6th Annual East Coasts Beach Wrestling Championships held in Long Beach today. The club crowned 8 champions in the three age divisions. In the elementary school level, the following GLADIATORS were Champions of their weight classes: ELIJIAH RODRIGUEZ and CAIN TAGLIAGAMBE. Placing were: CHARLIE SPOTA, VINCENT DEALE, TYRESE BYRON, JOE GIORLANDO, NICK GIORLANDO, and NORMAN WILSON. In the high school division, MARVIN MCMOORE, DYLAN PALACIO and JOE BOSCO went undefeated and won their respective weight classes. Placing second was ORAL ALLEN. Placing fourth was FRED MEDINA. In the open tournament COACH MIGUEL RODRIGUEZ captured the title winning all of his matches impressively. It was his third consecutive beach wrestling title. A pair of 2007 LB grads won titles as former NYS Champion EDUARDO DELGADO captured the gold with a 3-0 win over David Foxen of the Iowa Hawkeye Wrestling Club and former NYS qualifier DANE DAVIS captured his second straight title. Finishing in second place was MIKE JIMENEZ. VINCENT HALL, DEONE WILLIAMS, and DAN MITTHAUER placed 4th. It was a great day for wrestling and a day at the beach.(July 17)
OPEN MATS AT M.L.K. CENTER-TUESDAY NIGHTS 7:30-8:30 PM
If you are interested in working out- come down and roll around. (July 13)
LONG BEACH NATIONAL TEAM MEMBERS LEAVE FOR NATIONALS
On Sunday, the four national qualifiers for the Long Beach-USA Wrestling Club left for the one-week training camp in Johnson City, New York. After the training camp, they will leave for Fargo, North Dakota to compete in the ASICS National Wrestling Championships in Greco-Roman and Freestyle. Competing for LB will be MARK RAGHUNANDAN, STEVEN SEWKUMAR, KRISHNA SEWKUMAR, and MIKE KASHYAP. Check back here for their results starting Saturday. (July 12)
PALACIO AND RAGHUNANDAN WIN MASSAPEQUA TOURNEY
On friday night DYLAN PALACIO and MARK RAGHUNANDAN both claimed individual titles at the Massapequa Friday Night Lights Takedown Tournament at Burns Park. Both young men dominated the competition. RAGHUNANDAN buzzed into the finals and won by forfeit over 2010 NYS Champion Mark West of Hauppauge. PALACIO was lights out as he defeated all comers. Also competing for Long Beach were: MATT GRAY and STEVEN SEWKUMAR. (July 9)
RAGHUNANDAN WINS 11 MATCHES AT NATIONAL DUALS
This past season Mark Raghunandan won the Nassau County title at 98 lbs. and
placed 3rd in the New York State Tournament. This spring he has certainly not resting on his laurels. This past weekend he represented TEAM NY at the National Duals in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Overall, Raghunandan posted an 11-4 record. He had some outstanding victories over opponents from Missouri, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Michigan in both the freestyle and Greco-Roman competition. In two-weeks, Raghunandan will lead a contingent of four Long Beach Wrestlers to the National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota. Also qualifying for the National Team are: Krishna Sewkumar, Steven Sewkumar, and Michael Kashyap. Kashyap in the cousin of 2x Fargo All-American Sandeep Kumar (2001 and 2003). (June 30)
8 LONG BEACH GRAPPLERS AWARDED CAMP SCHOLARSHIPS
This week eight Long Beach wrestlers are attending wrestling camps on “full scholarship”. Adam D’Auguste, Matt Gray, Oral Allen, Steven Sewkumar, Edisson Tigre, and Tyler O’Conner are attending the Granby Wrestling Camp in Virginia. This was made possible by a very generous donation made by Mr. Bob O’Conner. He is a major supporter of Long Beach Wrestling and Nassau County wrestling. Mike Kashyap and Joe Bosco were awared “full rides” to the Hofstra University Camp by Mr. Scott Arnel and the Long Island Wrestling Association. The young men are getting a great experience. On behalf of the young men who benefited and the program THANK YOU to these very kind gentlemen.
LONG BEACH WRESTLING CAMP BEGINS ON JUNE 28; DON'T MISS OUT
The Long Beach-USA Wrestling Club Camp will run from June 28- July 2. Click on Events and then on Camp for further information. (June 15)
SIMMONS WINS PRESTIGOUS BRIAN COHEN AWARD; ASTONE AND HALL ALSO WIN AWARDS
At the Long Beach Senior High School Senior Awards night, senior Dequan Simmons was this years recipient of the very prestigous Brian Cohen Memorial Wrestling Award. The award is named in honor of former LB wrestler Brian Cohen who was tragically killed by a drunk driver on Park Ave. The award is given to a deserving senior who has overcome obstacles to succeed in life and in wrestling. Simmons was a League Champion, led the team in pins and was a team captain this year. He has been accepted to SUNY Oneonta to wrestle in the falll. Senior Oliver Astone won the Marines Distinguished Athletes Award for Leadership. Astone was one of the captains that helped lead Long Beach to the 2010 Nassau County Wrestling Championship. He will attend Hunter College in the fall. Vincent Hall, who led the team with 36 wins as a junior, missed this season to injury, but was given the Long Beach High School Spirit Award for continuing to help his teammates in the quest for a championship. He will wrestle at Jamestown Community College next year in upstate NY. (June 7)
DELGADO AND GILLESPIE WIN EMPIRE STATE GAME LONG ISLAND QUALIFIER
When they graduated Long Beach High School in 2007, P.J. Gillespie and Eduardo Delgado were the two all-time win leaders in Nassau County history. Now, Gillespie wrestles for Hofstra University and Delgado competes for Hunter College in New York City. Last weekend, they traveled out to Rocky Point and dominated the competition by winning the Long Island Region Qualifier of the Empire State Games. P.J won the 187 lb. weight class and Eduardo the 167 lb. weight class. They will join current Long Beach wrestling Dylan Palacio in representing Long Beach and Long Island at the games being held in Buffalo at the end of July. (June 6)
PALACIO QUALIFIES FOR EMPIRE STATE GAMES
This past weekend sophomore All-American Dylan Palacio dominated the field by winning the Long Island region of the Empire State Games. Palacio will represent team Long Island in the first Games since 2009. They will be hosted by the city of Buffalo in July. Palacio will also seek to make the Long Island soccer team as well. (May 28)
SEWKUMAR DEFEATS TWO SECTIONAL CHAMPS AT FLO- DUALS
Krishna Sewkumar placed 2nd in the Nassau County Wrestling Championships this past season losing to teammate and cousin Mark Raghunandan in the finals. As a result, he did not get a chance to compete in the state tournament. This past weekend, he once again proved he is one of the top lightweights in the state. Wrestling for VHW (Vougars Honors Wrestling) Team at the Flo-Journey National Duals in Lake Placid, he defeated two sectional champs. In his first bout he beat Section IV champion Kyle Kelly 10-5. Kelly went on to place 4th in the NYS Championships. In his next match, he defeated Section VI champion Steve Michel. He also pinned another opponent and dropped a close decision to an opponent from Pennsylvania. (May28)
ASTONE ACCEPTED TO WRESTLE FOR HUNTER COLLEGE
Oliver Astone has been accepted to wrestle at Hunter College in the fall. Astone will take his talents to the New York City College and wrestle for Head Coach Mike Simon and the Hawks. He will join his brother Zachary Astone and Eduardo Delgado as Long Beach alums on the Hunter roster. Oliver finished in 3rd place in the Nassau County Wrestling Championships and was captain of the 2010 Nassau County Championship team. He is the second senior to go on to wrestle in college next year. Dequan Simmons committed to Oneonta State a few weeks back. Congratulations and best of luck! (May 19)
ANNUAL WRESTLING DINNER A HUGE SUCCESS
This past Tuesday, the Long Beach Wrestling Program held its annual end of the season dinner. This years event was held at the Monterey Restaurant in Long Beach. It was a wonderful night to celebrate the 2010 Nassau County Championship. Besides honoring the Varsity team, the Gladiators youth program and middleschool wrestlers were honored with awards. The evening started out with Coach Miguel Rodriguez presenting participation awards to our elite travel team called the Gladiators. They were also presented beautiful jackets compliments of alum Paul O’Rourke. Coach Anthony Lapenna and Coach Rodriguez then presented awards to three middle school wrestlers. Dylan Kempinski won the Most Dedicated Award, Andrew Luisi the Most Promising Award, and Rameesh Crosely the Most Improved Award. The varsity awards saw Dylan Palacio earn the Wrestler of the Year. He posted 47 wins and earned All-County, All-State, and All-American honors. The following wrestlers received the following awards: Mark Raghunandan- Most Improved, Krishna Sewkumar- Rookie of the Year, Liam Fitzpatrick- Academic Award, Oliver Astone- Leadership Award, Dequan Simmons- Most Pins, and Dylan Palacio- Most Wins. Our seniors were presented with plaques thanking and congratulating them for making it through the program. They were: Oliver Astone, Vincent Hall, Dequan Simmons, Dan Fethiere, Jonathan Vegh and Jovan Rodriguez. We wish them the best of luck. The team was also presented with jackets commemorating the county title compliments of Long Beach High School. In attendance were a number of alumni wrestlers: Luis Palacio (club coach), Wayne Hoffman (club coach), Deone Williams (club coach), Jonathan Masa, Paul O’Rourke, Al Posada, Brian Richards, Gonzalo Farina, Tom Moriarity, Eduardo Delgado, Zach Astone, Vincent Deale, and John Khoury. (May 18)
LONG BEACH WRESTLING DINNER- TUESDAY MAY 18
Just a reminder that the end of the year wrestling dinner will be held on Tuesday May 18 at the Monterey Restaurant on Park Ave, next to Gino's. The dinner will run from 7:30-9:30 P.M Come celebrate the 2010 Nassau County Championship!!!
RAGHUNANDAN DEFEATS SUFFOLK RUNNER-UP O'HARA
On Sunday, Long Beach All-State wrestlers MARK RAGHUNANDAN and DYLAN PALACIO competed in the Sayville Freestyle Dual Meet Tournament with Team Ascend. Both boys turned in excellent performances on the day. RAGHUNANDAN won a key match 1-0, 3-0 over Suffolk County runner-up and NYS qualifier Conor O'Hara of Sachem East High School. (May 16)
RODRIGUEZ WINS KIDS TRIPLE CROWN OF WRESTLING
On Saturday May 15, the Gladiators wrestled in the NYS Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships at Bay Shore High School. The team turned in an exciting performance. Winning state titles were ELIJIAH RODRIGUEZ in freestyle and Greco-Roman. RODRIGUEZ won the triple crown of wrestling as he won the folkstyle, freestyle, and Greco-Roman titles this year. Congratulations! CAIN TAGLIAGAMBE had a great day as he won the Greco-Roman state title and placed 2nd in freestyle. TYRESE BYRON placed 2nd in both styles. VINCENT DEALE placed 3rd in both styles as did JOE GIORLANDO and NORMAN WILSON. (May 15)
RAGHUNANDAN AND SEWKUMAR WIN STATE TITLES; KASHYAP TAKES 2ND
This past weekend, the Long Beach-USA Wrestling Club traveled to Binghamton for the New York State Freestyle and Greco-Roman Championships. In the Greco-Roman competition at 98 lbs., MARK RAGHUNANDAN won the gold medal. He dominated the competition securing four five point throws. Teammate and cousin KRISHNA SEWKUMAR buzzed into the finals against Raghunandan but forfeited in the finals. Sophomore MIKE KASHYAP had an outstanding tournament placing second. Although, he placed second, he did finish ahead of National Champion MIKE SORIA of Kings Park, NY. Also earning All-State honors in Greco were: ORAL ALLEN (4th-112), and STEVEN SEWKUMAR (6th-98). In the freestyle competition, KRISHNA SEWKUMAR won the 98 lb. Class with a forfeit over cousin Mark Raghunandan. MIKE KASHYAP also had a great freestyle tourney dropping his final bout to decision to Soria 6-0, 5-0. Placing 5th was BRETT WILDSTEIN and placing 6th were STEVEN SEWKUMAR, MIKE FARAGLIA , OLIVER ASTONE, and ORAL ALLEN. It was a great job by all. The team placed 5th in the state in club team scores with only 8 guys. The top three finishers in each weight class qualify for the NYS National Team that will attend the National Championships in Fargo, North Dakota in July. The 4-6th place finishers are alternates. (May 9)
SIMMONS ACCEPTED TO ONEONTA AND WILL WRESTLE
Long Beach senior, Dequan Simmons, was accepted today to attend Oneonta State University in upstate NY. Simmons was a 2010 League Champion for the Marines and a 2x county qualifier. This season he was 29-6 with 27 pins. He will join P.J. Gillespie (Hofstra), Eduardo Delgado (Hunter), John Khoury (Brockport), and James Edwards (Jamestown) as current LB wrestlers taking on the task of being a student-athlete. Congratulations! Long Beach is very proud of you. (May 5)
SEWKUMAR DEFEATS ALL-AMERICAN AT EAST COAST DUALS
This past weekend, sophomores Krishna Sewkumar and Dylan Palacio, competed in the East Coast Duals at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Both boys went 3-1 on the day. Sewkumar turned in the days biggest win when he defeated 2x All-American Nkosi Moody of Illinois who placed 3rd in the ASICS Freestyle Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. Moody also placed 4th in the Greco-Roman competition. Krishna was the New York State Champion last year in both freestyle and Greco-Roman and was a member of the New York State National Team that went to Fargo. He finished 2nd in Nassau County this past season. Palacio also wrestled well and defeated a number of state placewinners. Both boys wrestled for the Vougar Honors Wrestling Club coached by Olympic silver-medalist and World Champion Vougar Oroudov. (May 1)
LONG BEACH WRESTLING DINNNER: MAY 18
The Long Beach Wrestling Program will be hosting its end of the year dinner at Monterey Restaurant (next to Ginos) on Tuesday May 18, 2010 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25/person. The Gladiators, Middle School, and High School team members will be honored. If interested, call Coach Adams @ 516-978-6847. (May 1)
GILLESPIE WINS NORTHEAST REGIONALS, QUALIFIES FOR WORLD TEAM TRIALS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
Former LB wrestler P.J. Gillespie, placed first at 185 lbs. at the Northeast Regional Freestyle Championships this past weekend in Brockport, NY. He has now qualified for the U.S. World Team Trials in Council Bluffs, Iowa in June. Gillespie will be entering his junior year at Hofstra University next year.
Watch his championship match- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHT-88hqK6s (May 1)
PALACIO NAMED HERALD SPOTLIGHT ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
This past week, Long Beach Sophomore Dylan Palacio, was named the spotlight athlete of the week for Nassau County by the Herald newspaper. After leading Long Beach to the Nassau County wrestling championship and qualifying for the state championships a second straight year and turning in a All-State performance, Palacio recently placed 5th in the National High School Coaches Association Tournament in Virginia Beach. It was his second straight All-American honor. He won 47 of 53 matches during the 2009-10 campaign and will head into his junior year with 117 career wins and only 23 defeats. (April 29)
RAGHUNANDAN NAMED TO NEWSDAY ALL-LONG ISLAND WRESTLING TEAM
Sophomore Mark Raghunandan was named to the 2nd Team All-Long Island Wrestling Team by Newsday. Raghunandan won the 96 lb. Nassau County Wrestling title and placed 3rd in NYS. (April 20)
LONG BEACH HONORED FOR WINNING COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP
This past week, the Long Beach Wrestling Team was honored for winning the 2010 Nassau County Championship. On April 12, the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce honored the team by presenting beautiful medals to commemorate the County Title. The next evening, the team was recognized by the Board of Education and presented very nice certificates. Finally, on April 19, the Nassau County Legislature, spearheaded by Legislature Denise Ford, honored the team before the County lawmaking body. Each team member was presented with a wonderful certificate for being a member of the team. A big thank you to Denise Ford. (April 19)
SEWKUMAR BROTHERS WIN TITLES AT UNIONDALE TOURNAMENT
Steven and Krishna Sewkumar held down the lightweights and captured first place at the first annual Uniondale Tournament. Steven (96) won two matches by pin on his way to a first place finish and Krishna had two pins as well and a convincing 6-0 win in the finals. (April 17)
KHOURY AND RODRIGUEZ WIN NASSAU COUNTY FREESTYLE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Nick Khoury (Jr.) went 4-0 and won the gold medal at the Nassau County Freestyle Wrestling Championships at the high school level. In the elementary division, Elijiah Rodriguez went 3-0 and defeated Loew of Wantagh for the championship. Finishing in second for LB were: Oliver Astone, Dequan Simmons, and Steven Sewkumar. Matt Gray and Tyrese Byron placed third. All of the boys have now qualified for the NY State Freestyle Championships in Binghamton, NY in May. Good job! (April 10)
LEO PALACIO WINS NASSAU COUNTY WRESTLING ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
Coach Leo Palacio won the prestious Chief Deputy Raymond Downey Assistant Coach of the Year Award at the Nassau County Wrestling Dinner. The award is named after FDNY Fire Chief Downey who was killed in the 9/11 attacks. The award was voted on by the coaches. Congratulations and well deserved!! The nine All-County wrestlers from LB were given jackets and trophies for their accomplishments and were recognized as the Nassau County Champions. (April 7)
PALACIO EARNS ALL-AMERICAN HONORS; PLACES 5TH AT NATIONALS
Sophomore Dylan Palacio won six matches and placed 5th to earn All-American honors at the National High School Coaches Association in Virginia Beach. Four of his wins came against wrestlers who were All-Americans. Palacio dropped an exciting 11-8 decision in the semi-finals to eventual champion Mike Nevinger of New York. Both Matt Gray and Adam D'Auguste won one match each but did not place. (March 26)
RAGHUNANDAN AND PALACIO EARN ALL-STATE HONORS
Nassau County Champion Mark Raghunandan placed 3rd and 2009 County Champion and 2010 wildcard selection Dylan Palacio placed 4th. They helped lead Section 8 (Nassau County) to a second place finish in the tournament. Suffolk placed first. The duo became the 37th and 38th All-State wrestlers in Long Beach history. Both young men had an outstanding tournament. Raghunandan dropped a 7-2 decision in the semis to eventual champion Mark West of Hauppauge but won four matches in the tournament including two pins. Palacio almost pulled off the upset of the tournament when he just missed knocking off defending state champion Steven Dutton of Rocky Point.
Long Beach wins County Title, Knocking Off Defending State Champs
The Long Beach High School wrestling team captured the Nassau County Wrestling Championship at Hofstra University. Long Beach knocked off #1 ranked and defending New York State Champion Wantagh High School 207-189. The Marines had the tournament clinched before the final round began. The Marines pushed five wrestlers into the finals. Mark Raghunandan was the only winner pinning teammate and cousin Krishna Sewkumar. Finishing in second place for LB were: Edisson Tigre, Nick Khoury, and Dylan Palacio. Finishing in third were: Matt Gray, Adam D'Auguste, and Oliver Astone. Oral Allen wrestled a great tournament and placed fourth
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