LIVE: Wrestling County Finals

Back here live at Hofstra University where the Parade of Champions is underway for Division I and II. The fans are still filing in and sound like they're ready to make a lot of noise.

This should be one of the best county finals for our local schools in a long time. We're guaranteed at least one champion when Rocky Point's Billy Coggins faces Shoreham's T.J. Neidhart at 160.

Here are the current team standings:

10: Brentwood, 62

9: Islip, 63

8: West Babylon, 67

7: SWR, 69

6: Kings Park, 83

5: Rocky Point, 85 1/2

4: Huntington, 105

3: Longwood, 138

2: Hauppauge, 157

1: John Glenn 182

Here we go:

96 pounds

Cory Rasheed (Longwood, 35-0) vs. Mike Soria (Kings Park, 32-2)

Still scoreless midway through the first period.

2-0 Soria with the takedown. 

5-0 Rasheed is in trouble early.

5-2. Rasheed gets a reversal and is back in business.

Period 2:

5-3

5-5

6-5 Soria

Period 3:

9-5 Soria.

Rasheed goes down for his first loss of the season. Give the seventh-grade, 13-year-old credit for placing second in the county. 

MIKE SORIA, 9-5, OVER CORY RASHEED

103:

Malik Rasheed (Longwood, 39-2) vs. Damon McQueen (Huntington, 32-0)

1st Period: McQueen takes a 2-0 lead.

McQueen is in control after one period and still maintains a 2-0 lead.

2nd Period: 

McQueen now goes ahead 5-0. McQueen has been the one guy ranked ahead of Rasheed all year so it's no surprise they meet here tonight in the county finals. McQueen is two years older than Rasheed.

At the end of two, McQueen leads 5-0.

Period 3:

McQueen leads 7-0 and they had to run the injury clock for Rasheed.

DAMON MCQUENN, 7-0, OVER MALIK RASHEED

Next up for us will be 119 where Steven Keith will be the favorite against Alex Gomez.

In the meantime at 112, defending state champ Ken Collado will face Westhampton's Pete DeTore.

Before that, the awards will be handed out for the 96-pounders.

Ken Collado won another county title with a 5-3 decision against DeTore. Now it's time for Keith, who is looking for his third straight county title, the first two coming at 96 and 112.

Steven Keith (SWR, 41-0) vs. Alex Gomez (Brentwood, 36-2)

Period 1: Keith takes a 2-0 lead.

Period 2: Keith goes ahead 5-0 and is in good shape early on. Keith is riding on top and not allowing Gomez to get on the offensive. Keith maintains a 5-0 second-period lead going into the third.

An injury timeout has delayed the start of the third. Gomez was bleeding, but he's back on the mat and ready to go.

Period 3:

Just a few seconds into the match Gomez started to bleed again. So another delay.

Still a 5-0 lead as the clock stops again for an injury timeout. This is third one of the match.

Keith hangs on and wins it 5-0 for his third straight county title.

STEVEN KEITH, 5-0, OVER ALEX GOMEZ

Now it's time for the 135 match between Stephen Dutton and Sayville's Travis Pitre. Dutton has two tech falls and a pin en route to the finals. He's looking for county title No. 3. Dutton pinned Pitre in the first period in their last meeting a week ago in the League V finals.

135: Stephen Dutton (Rocky Point, 41-0) vs. Travis Pitre (Sayville, 31-4)

1st Period: No surprise, Dutton rolled out an 11-1 first period, by far the most dominating period we've seen so far in the finals.

2nd Period: Dutton wins by tech fall, 16-1, in completely dominating fashion. You just don't see tech falls that quick in a county finals. Amazing.

STEPHEN DUTTON, 16-1, OVER TRAVIS PITRE

145: Anthony Volpe (Rocky Point) vs. Joe Giaramtia (John Glenn)

1st period: Volpe takes a 2-0 lead.

2nd period: An escape points gives Volpe a 3-0 lead. He's in control of the match, but still leads just 3-0 as the second period expires.

3rd period: Volpe wins it 5-1. He gave up an early escape point in the period, but that was it.

ANTHONY VOLPE, 5-1, OVER JOE GIARAMITA

Next up is one of the more anticipated matchups of the counties. Shoreham's T.J. Neidhart vs. Rocky Point's Billy Coggins. A huge banner is hanging over the railing here at Hofstra that says "Go Neidhart" Clearly some fans here are rooting for T.J.

T.J. Neidhart (SWR) vs. Billy Coggins (RP)

1st period: Scoreless after one.

2nd period: Coggins grabs a 1-0 lead.

3rd period: Neidhart came back in the last second to force overtime after being down 3-1. Coggins take a takedown in OT for the 5-3 win.

Next up is Zach Buonaiuto vs. Marvin Titus-Casseus

1st Period: Buonaiuto rolls out to an 8-0 first period lead and is dominating the match.

2nd Period: Buonaiuto takes a 10-0 lead into the third.

3rd Period: Buonaiuto gets the pin and his second county title.

Now it's Ernest James (Longwood, ) vs. Eric Wooley (Hauppauge)

James pinned the previously unbeaten Wooley in the second period for his first county title.

So that's the end of the tournament for our local wrestlers. We finish with six county champions and three second-place finishers. A fantastic showing.