From the Coach: Greeley Beats P'ville on Senior Night

The Horace Greeley Wrestling Team honored its seven seniors before their match against Pleasantville on Wednesday evening. The seniors wrestled strong and helped propel their team to a 45-27 win.

Senior captain Jon Russo (126) earned a technical fall 16-0 over Jose Nieves, senior Mike Orbeta (145) earned a major decision over Brandon Castro 15-3, and senior Ben Perlmutter wrestled up a weight class at 152 pounds to pin Michael Zakher in a 1:19. 

Also scoring pins for Greeley were: Kirby Atlas (113) over Steven Montes in :38 seconds and Liam Mercer (160) over Mike Nuccio in 3:55. Scoring wins by forfeit were: Scott Wymbs (195) and Billy Marino (220).  Earning decisions for Greeley were: Bing Bing Xie (120) 3-2 over Stephen Paternostro and Mitchell Klein (138) 7-5 over Thomas Marrone. 

This match capped off a great year for the Quakers. We finished 18-6 for the season and finished second in the league behind state-ranked Fox Lane.  

We will be hosting the New York State Championship Divisionals this Saturday, February 4th from 9am to 5pm in the Main Gym at Horace Greeley High School. Teams participating in this event include the Horace Greeley Quakers, the Eastchester Eagles, the Yonkers Bulldogs, the Ossining Indians, the North Rockland Huguenots, the Mount Vernon Knights, the New Rochelle Panthers, the Scarsdale Raiders and the Beacon Bulldogs. The top four place finishers in each weight class will earn the right to compete for the sectional title the following weekend at Clarkstown South on Saturday (February 11^th) and Pace University on Sunday (February 12^th). The public is welcome. Wrestling will be going on throughout the day. Finals are tentatively scheduled to start around 2pm. Admission is $5. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

Please come support our wrestlers! We hope to see you there!