On Sunday, 2/12/12 at Petrides High School on Staten Island, 30 PSAL wrestlers were crowned city champs and will travel to Albany for the New York High School Wrestling State Championships. 

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There were a number of milestone achievements at this year's tournament:

  • Jorje Jimenez (image at right, in his semi-final match) (Sr. Grand Street Campus, 160 lbs.) became the first 4x state qualifier in PSAL history with his fourth city title.
  • Santo Curatolo (Jr. Tottenville, 113 lbs.) and C.J. Rodriguez (Sr. Curtis, 138 lbs.) each won their third titles.
  • Curatolo was also named Most Valuable Wrestler (MVW) for the Division I Large Schools
  • Adis Radoncic (So. Riverdale-Kingsbridge Academy, 145 lbs) was named MVW for the Division II Small Schools

Individual Champions - Division I Large Schools
Brackets

99 – Josh Antoine, Grand Street Campus
106 – Zin Lynn Htoo, Brooklyn Tech
113 – Santo Curatolo, Tottenville
alt 120 – Keanu Thompson, Grand Street Campus
126 – Mike Gannone, Tottenville
132 – Ahmed Elsayed, Wingate
138 – C.J. Rodriguez, Curtis
145 – Emin Aliyev, Abraham Lincoln
152 – Cristian Masaya, Brooklyn Tech
160 – Jorje Jimenez, Grand Street Campus
170 – Anatoliy Anchakov, Grand Street Campus
182 – McZiggy Richards, Wingate
195 – Andreas Kokkoros, Brooklyn Tech
220 – Patryk Kopczynski, Brooklyn Tech
285 – Leon Gonzalez, FDR

Individual Champions - Division II Small Schools
Brackets

99 – Dolan McColgan, Petrides|
106 – Cheick Ndiaye, Brooklyn International
113 – Edwin Uruchima, Robert F. Wagner
120 – Metin Vrlaku, Petrides
alt 126 – Abubakarr Sow, Brooklyn International
132 – Paul Schoenberg, Baruch
138 – Anthony Padulo, Baruch
145 – Adis Radoncic, Riverdale-Kingsbridge Academy
152 – Max Zhang, Baruch
160 – Tyson Simon, Petrides
170 – Isaiah Blake, Baruch
182 – Nathanael Rose, Eagle Academy
195 – Miguel Perez, Eagle Academy
220 – Christopher Durazzo, Petrides
285 – Elvin Gervacio, Brooklyn International

The Mayor's Cup Results from the Harlem Armory at 143rd Street (January 28th/29th 2012):

Results from the Boys' Tournament

First Place: Monsignor Farrell

Second Place: Grand Street Campus

Third Place: Brooklyn Tech.

Results from the Girls' Tournament

First Place: Curtis High

Second Place: Hunter College HS

Third Place: Wingate Educational Complex

517 wrestlers. 74 Teams. 15 champions to be crowned, on Sunday, January 29th.

And handing out all that hardware will be none other than 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kendall Cross, who is in town to take part in the festivities following the conclusion of the 2012 NYC Mayors Cup Wrestling Championships Varsity and Girls divisions on Sunday, January 29 at the 369th Harlem Armory at 40 W. 143rd St. in Harlem.
 
Kendall is a good friend of Beat the Streets, having been the featured guest clinician at the 2010 BTS summer camp and having attended several of the BTS galas. 
 
Girls preliminary rounds and varsity semifinals are slated to begin at 9:00 AM with girls finals at 1:00 PM and Varsity finals at 3:00 PM.
 
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Kendall shows Wingate Senior Reginald Lominy a foot sweep technique.
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Kendall & Reginald.
 

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