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We're going to be starting off with the lightweights where Longwood seventh grader Cory Rasheed will face Kings Park's Max Sorih.
At 103 Longwood freshman Malik Rasheed will wrestle Westhampton's Conner Bass.
The rest of the semifinals are as follows:
119: Steven Keith vs. Casey Brice
130: Jon Hoeg vs. Dan O'Malley (Sachem East)
135: Stephen Dutton vs. Jordan Colon (West Bab)
145: Anthony Volpe vs. Jermaine Jacons (Amityville)
152: Mike Powers vs. Jon Goulding (WFloyd)
160: Billy Coggins vs. Chris Dilorio (Sachem East)
T.J. Neidhardt vs. Lou Puca (Huntington)
171: Will Parks vs. Anthony Lupi (Huntington)
189: Zach Buonaiuto vs. Jake Smith (Smithtown West)
215: Ernest James vs. Corey Schweitzer
285: Ben Lee vs. Scott Munro (Hauppauge)
96 Pounds:
Rasheed is down 3-2 after the first period.
Rasheed is still trailing 3-2 after the second period.
Tied at 3 w/1:38 left.
A Rasheed takedown gives him a 5-3 lead, but Sorih ties it a 5 with :55 left.
Rasheed gets an escape and takedown for an 8-5 lead. He'll hold on for the 8-5 win and advance to the finals. He remains undefeated this season.
CORY RASHEED, 8-5, OVER MAX SORIH.
103 pounds:
Malik Rasheed is up 4-1 after 2 periods.
An escape point makes it 4-2 midway through the third.
Malik hangs on 4-2 and advances to the finals along with his brother.
MALIK RASHEED, 4-2, OVER CONNER BASS.
119: Steven Keith wins a 6-0 decision over Brice, giving us three locals in the finals already. Keith didn't score a ton, but was in control throughout the entire match. He was simply too strong too allow Brice to wrestle his match.
STEVEN KEITH, 6-0, OVER CASEY BRICE
Next up is Jon Hoeg at 130 against Dan O'Malley. That match will begin shortly.
130: Here we go. We're underway.
Hoeg and O'Malley are scoreless after one period.
O'Malley takes a 2-0 lead on a reversal. Hoeg ties it at 2 with :43 left in the second.
Hoeg is pinned with 1:30 left. He'll fall to the wrestlebacks and hope to take third. He may also face Kyle Wade, whom he beat in the quarterfinals, again.
DAN O'MALLEY, 3:30, OVER JON HOEG
Now we're up to 135 and Stephen Dutton. This likely won't last long.
Dutton was close to a first-period pin, but Colon did a nice job to hold him off. Still Dutton leads 7-1 after one period.
Dutton takes a 10-1 lead into the third period and is closing in on a tech fall.
Dutton wins 17-2 for the tech fall and advances to the finals.
STEPHEN DUTTON, 17-2, OVER JORDAN COLON
Dutton will face Travis Pitre of Sayville. He's already pinned him twice this year, including at the League V tournament last weekend.
Now we're up to 145 where it's Volpe against Jacobs at 145
Volpe grabs a quick 2-0 lead.
Mike Powers is wrestling at 152 at the same time as Volpe, so we're double dipping.
Powers was down 4-2 and takes a 5-4 lead.
Volpe is up 2-0 after one.
Powers is tied 5-5 after one.
Volpe nearly had a pin at the end of 2 and takes an 8-0 lead into the third.
Powers is down 9-7 going into the third.
Powers ties it a 9 with 1:40 left. But then he's reversed and goes down 11-9 with 1:15 to go. Escape makes it 11-10. Powers goes down 13-10 and falls to the wrestlebacks.
Volpe hangs on 11-2.
JON GOULDING, 13-10, OVER MIKE POWERS
ANTHONY VOLPE, 11-2, OVER JERMAINE JACOBS
We're up to 160 where Coggins and Neidhart are going on separate mats.
Coggins was down 2-1 and took a 3-2 lead going into the second period. Check that, the score has been adjusted to 4-1. An escape point makes it 4-2 late in the second. A Coggins escape makes it 5-2. Coggins makes it 7-2 and wins it 9-2.
BILLY COGGINS, 9-2, OVER CHRIS DILORIO
The one semifinal mat got ahead of the other, so Neidhart has yet to start his match at 160.
Neidhart gets an immediate takedown for a 2-0 lead. Now he goes ahead 4-1. A reversal makes it 6-1.
Will Parks is wrestling his 171 match on the next mat is currently scoreless after one period.
Neidhart hangs on 6-4 in a match that was a little closer than I'm sure he had hoped. But nevertheless, as expected, he and Coggins will face off in the finals.
TJ NEIDHART, 6-4, OVER LOUIS PUCA.
Meanwhile, Parks is still scoreless going into the third period. Now he's down 5-0 and in trouble. He goes down 7-2 and falls to the wrestlebacks.
ANTHONY LUPI, 7-2, OVER WILL PARKS
At 189 Buonaiuto is up 2-0 going into the second period. He gets the pin with 1:13 left. That's his third pin of the tournament.
ZACH BUONAIUTO, 3:47, OVER JAKE SMITH
At 215 Ernest James is looking for his third pin as he faces Schweitzer. James takes a 2-0 lead in the first period. The match has been paused twice in the first because of blood on Schweitzer. At the end of one, it's still James, 2-0. He's been riding on top, but can't flip Schweitzer over. The blood clock is running again on Schweitzer. Now they'll resume with 1:07 left in the second.
It's still 2-0 going into the third period. Schweitzer is hanging around against the top-seeded James, who dispatched his first two opponents in 2:00 flat with pins.
James takes a 3-0 lead is looking to put it away now. He gets two more to go ahead 5-0 is riding on top as time ticks away. James hangs on for the win.
ERNEST JAMES, 5-0, OVER COREY SCHWEITZER
We're down to the last semifinal match where Ben Lee will take on Hauppauge's Scott Munro. This is going to be a tough match for Lee as he faces the League V runner-up. Lee was the runner-up in League I.
Now it's time for the big boy, Ben Lee.
Lee goes down 2-0 on a takedown by Munro. Now it's 3-0.
An intriguing wrestleback is underway at 112 where Nicky Hall is facing Huntington's Nigel McNeil for a chance to wrestle for third/fourth. They're scoreless after one. Lee is down 3-0 after two.
Hall led 1-0 and is down 2-1 in the second. A blood clock has Lee's match held up.
Lee goes down 5-1 and falls to the wrestlebacks.
SCOTT MUNRO, 5-1, OVER BEN LEE
Hall falls in his wrestleback, 5-1, as well and will try to take fifth place.
We're now fully into wrestlebacks.
At 119 Brice is up 5-0 against East Islip's Nick Ventiere in the third period.
Brice wins it 5-0 and will wrestle for third/fourth.
Hoeg is in his wrestleback at 130 is tied at 2 against Hauppauge's Anthony Piscitello after one. Now it's tied at 4 going into the third.
Hoeg wins his match 6-4 and can take either third or fourth.
They just announced updated team standings:
6th: SWR, 62
5th: RP, 85 1/2
4th: Huntington, 91
3rd: Longwood, 113
2nd: Hauppauge, 133 1/2
1st: Glenn, 157
215 Wrestleback
Corey Schweitzer is about to face Joe Clemente for the right to wrestle for third/fourth.
They're scoreless after one period. Still scoreless after two.
Schweitzer takes a 2-0 lead with 1:25 to go in the third. He's riding on top and trying to close it out. It's 2-1 with :22 left. He hangs on and wins it 2-1.
Ben Lee pinned Riverhead's Vinnie Rusowski in 2:39 to advance to the third/fourth match.
CONSOLATION FINALS
Longwood's Casey Brice took third with a 9-1 major decision against Kings Park's Jeff Snair.
Longwood's Nicky Hall took fifth with an 8-2 decision against Hills East's Anthony Abidin.
In a rematch of the 130 quarterfinals, Jon Hoeg faced Islip's Kyle Wade. Hoeg won the first time, but Wade won the second battle, 4-2, to take third. Hoeg settles for fourth.
Schweitzer took third for SWR with a 6-4 win against Deer Park's Joe Bilello.
At 2:45, we're done for now until the finals start at 6 p.m. The arena is going to be cleared out now and fans will come back in at 5:30 to get ready for the Parade of Champions.
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