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Calhoun and Kennedy Wrestlers on Top at County Championships
Maldarelli and Chiaffitella claim titles for Calhoun; Kennedy's Person and Maher also place in county wrestling championships.
Mac Maldarelli and Joe Chiaffitella had one last chance to take home a Nassau County wrestling championship Sunday.
And a year after both of the Calhoun High School seniors went down in the championship finals, they each claimed victory at Hofstra University yesterday.
Maldarelli defeated Plainedge's Dan Spurgeon, 7-2, in the 145-pound bracket while Chiaffitella nipped Long Beach's Nick Khoury by a 4-3 decision in the 135-pound contest.
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Fellow Colt Anthony Abidin placed third in the 119-pound division. Abidin edged out East Meadow's Nick Falco, 7-6, in the semi-finals before falling to Farmingdale's Luke Alber, 11-3, in the finals.
Kennedy High's Robert Person captured a third place finish in the 96-pound bracket. Person lost to Long Beach's Krishnad Sewkumar in the semi-finals, but then dominated Plainedge's Connor Sullivan, 6-0, in the consolation round to claim third.
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Cougar Joe Maher placed sixth in the 112-pound bracket.
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