Individual Champions

Saturday, April 27th, 2013 marked an historic day as 107 girls representing 16 teams competed at Brooklyn's Wingate High School in the PSAL's first Girls City Wrestling Championship.  

Champions were crowned in 13 weight classes. Curtis won the team title with 209 points. Canarsie, Brooklyn Tech, the Catch-All Team, and New Dorp rounded out the top five. In addition to winning City Titles, champions at 97, 105, 112, 117, 125, 130, 139, 148, 159, and 172 have qualified to to be a part of the Beat the Streets travel team which will compete at the  Body Bar Women’s National Championships.  

Read more: 13 Champs Crowned at First-ever PSAL Girls City Championships

The Board of Trustees of Beat the Streets Wrestling Inc. (BTSW) has announced the election of Yoshi Nakamura as the newest member of the Board of Trustees. 

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Yoshi to our board and look forward to his enthusiasm and acumen as we move forward at this very exciting time,” said Board Chairman Mike Novogratz.

“I am very happy to be the newest member on the Beat the Streets board,” said Nakamura. “I have been a huge fan for many years and it's an honor to join up with such a great organization. I am very excited to help advance and promote the very important mission of providing opportunities for New York City's youth to participate in wrestling. The sport and its many lessons were driving forces in molding me into the person I am today.  I look forward to helping do great things for our student-athletes.”

Added BTSW Executive Director Jim Fallis, “We are excited to have Mr. Nakamura join our Board.  His background and familiarity with the sport and the wrestling community of New York and the surrounding area will be tremendously helpful as we continue to grow wrestling and the awareness of Beat the Streets.”

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New York City was represented by three Alumni attempting to earn All-American Honors and automatically qualify for the World Team Trials.  One of them, Dimitry Riabchinsky of New Utrecht, was successful.

Riabchinsky, who now trains at the United States Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University and competes for the New York Athletic Club, fell in his openning round match to Nikko Triggas.  He rebounded nicely with two dominant victories in the consolation round to advance to the consolation semifinals.  In that round, he again ran into Triggas and was defeated for a second time.  Riabchinsky then won the 5th Place consolation final against Christian Nielsen of the Army's World Class Athlete Program.

Read more: US Open Update - Riabchinsky takes 5th

The tournament, previously scheduled to take place at Wingate HS in Brooklyn, has been cancelled.

The US Open Wrestling Tournament Opened today in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The tournament is open to all competitors and crowns champions in all Senior Level Weight Classes in Men's Freestyle, Women's Freestyle, and Men's Greco-Roman.  Two New York City alums will compete tomorrow, Friday April 19th, on Day 2 of the tournament.

Kevin Hartnett was a two-time CHSAA Champion for Monsignor Farrell and now competes for the Bloomsburg Huskies.  The Junior finished this past season with a record of 23-8 to up his career record to 71-34.  He will open the tournament at 74 Kg with a match against Ryan Watts of Michigan.  He will need to finish in the top 8 of his 32-man bracket to advance to the second day.

New Utrecht Alum Dmitry Riabchinsky will represent the New York Athletic Club at 55 Kg in Greco-Roman competition tomorrow.  Riabchinsky has been a top competitor in his weight class nationally for the last few years, despite only compteting for one season at New Utrecht. He currently lives and trains out of the United States Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan. Riabchinsky will open the competition against Nikko Triggas, an NCAA All-American for Ohio State.

FloWrestling.com is live streaming the event for Flo Technique Wave Subscribers.

Brackets and results are available on TrackWrestling.com.

Eighteen high school girls, two college-aged coaches, and one alumna competed this past Saturday, April 13th, at the “Revolution in Springfield” Tournament in Springfield, MA.

Read more: Beat the Streets Girls at “Revolution in Springfield”

Last week, three New York City Wrestlers traveled to Indiana University of Pennsylvania to compete in FloNationals.  The tournament, which is open to competitors from all 50 states and does not separate wrestlers based on grade, has proven to be one of the premier high school wrestling events in the country.  New York City was represented in the tournament by Monsignor Farrell Wrestlers Austin Addis, Ralph Maio, and NYSPHSAA 5th place finisher, Andrew Psomas.

Psomas in action at States

Psomas, who recently committed to wrestle at Columbia University, was the headliner for New York City. The 170-pounder won his first two matches to advance to the quaterfinals where wrestled eventual finalist Myles Martin of New Jersey and fell 11-2. From there Psomas wrestled in the All-American round and was defeated by Dakota Juarez of Michigan 9-2.  Psomas finished the tournament in the top 12 of his weight class. You can watch Psomas's quaterfinal match on FloWrestling.

Read more: Monsignor Farrell goes to FloNationals