Long Island Wrestling Association

Lead Stories

December 2, 2013
• Due to a Late Cancellation Baldwin HS Now Has an Opening in its Bruins Cup Duals on December 14, 2013
• The David Bloom Duals on December 21, 2013 Has an Opening for One Team Due to a Late Drop Out

November 27, 2013
• John Gaglione's Wrestler-Power Series #51 Uneven Farmers Walks
• Copiague HS Has an Opening in their Individual Tournament on January 4, 2014

November 25, 2013
• Joe Chaloupka Youth Tournament being held at Plainedge High School coming up soon December 22nd. The deadline for registration is December 13th. The instructions for registering and contact info is on the registration form found on the calendar link on LIWA.

November 22, 2013
• Sewanhaka East is Looking for One or Two Teams for the Sewanhaka East Duals on December 27, 2013
• Herricks HS (Section 8) Has an Opening in its 21st Annual New Year’s Tournament on Saturday, January 11, 2014
• Herricks HS (Section 8) Has an Opening in its 19th Annual Herricks Highlander Tournament on Saturday, January 25, 2014
• Herricks HS (Section 8) is Holding its 5th Annual Ground Hog Wrestling Festival on Saturday, February 1, 2014

November 21, 2013
• Hofstra Travels To Ithaca For New York State Championship

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WANTED

Looking to collect any old Section 8 or Section 11 County Wrestling Tournament programs and filled in brackets. Also looking for past NYSPHSAA State Tournament programs and NCAA Wrestling Championship programs. If you have been looking to clean out your attic or garage and don't know what to do with your old programs here is the answer. Mail them to Steve Meehan PO Box 368, Oakdale NY 11769 or drop them off @ 117 Dale Dr, Oakdale NY 11769 or give me a call and I'll come pick them up if you have more than a few.. (April 7)

Send In Your Digital Photos

The Long Island Wrestling Association would like to publicize your photos on our website. Your photos will appear on our photo page and the picture of the week will be highlighted on the front page. Email your photos as an attachment to rsmeehan1@verizon.net.

HS Alumni Nights

Friday December 20, 2013 at 5:00PM

Chaminade Alumni Wrestling Reunion night. Match vs South Side then dinner in the Conway Lobby. See flyer for details.

HS Schedule

When you see a ? in the list of teams, it means the coach has been asked who is in their tournament and hasn't responded.

Tue 12/3/2013
4:30PM Glen Cove Quad

Sat 12/7/2013
8:30AM Battle at the Beach at Long Beach (Alumni Day)

(Brooklyn Tech-PSAL, Clarke, Clarkstown South-Sec 1, Eagle Academy-PSAL, East Meadow, Farmingdale, Hewlett, Kellenberg, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Massapequa, Oceanside, PSAL-Various, South Side, Syosset, Wantagh)

9:00AM Baldwin Duals

(Baldwin, Bellmore JFK, Bronx Science-PSAL, Chaminade, Kellenberg, St. Anthony's 'B')

9:00AM MacArthur Tourn

(Baruch-PSAL, Division, MacArthur, Mepham, Msgr. Farrell, New Rochelle-Sec 1, Sewanaka East, Suffern-Sec 1, Warwick Valley-Sec 9)

9:00AM Manhasset Invitational

(Cold Spring Harbor, Farmingdale, Garden City, Grand Street Campus-PSAL, Great Neck North, Hicksville, Manhasset, Roslyn, Springfield Gardens-PSAL, Wheatley)

9:30AM Hank Parris Memorial Tourn at Plainedge

(Bellmore JFK, Bethpage, Carle Place, Freeport, Great Neck South, Jericho, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, Plainedge, Plainview JFK, Port Washington)

9:30AM Knights Classic at Uniondale

(Ardsley-Sec 1, Hempstead, Island Trees, Seaford, Uniondale A, Uniondale B, Valley Stream Central, Valley Stream South, Westbury, Yonkers-Sec 1)

10:00AM Herricks Tourn

(?)

9:00AM Wyoming Seminary Duals Kingston PA

(Grp 1 - Malvern-PA, St. Benedict’s-NJ, The Hill School-PA, Wyoming Seminary-PA, Grp 2 - Franklin Regional-PA, Johnson City-Sec 4, St. Anthony’s, Wyoming Valley West-PA)

Tue 12/10/2013

4:30PM Roosevelt at Westbury

5:00PM Farmingdale Tri-Meet

(Farmingdale, Hewlett, Sewanhaka East)

Wed 12/11/2013

4:15PM & 5:45PM & 7:15PM Division Duals

(Division, Sachem East A, Sachem East B, Uniondale)

4:30PM Glen Cove Dbl Dual

4:30PM Carle Place at Roslyn

4:30PM Hempstead at Westbury

5:00PM VS Central at Oceanside

5:00PM East Meadow at Garden City

5:30PM Sachem North at Syosset

6:00PM Bellmore JFK at Seaford

6:00PM Locust Valley at Long Beach

6:30PM VS North at Jericho

7:00PM Holy Trinity at Baldwin

7:30PM Massapequa at Cold Spring Harbor

4:00PM Hills East at Miller Place

4:30 PM Center Moriches at Port Jefferson

6:00PM Hauppauge at Commack

6:00PM Sayville at Bayport

4:00PM Centereach at St John The Baptist

4:30PM MacArthur at St. Anthony’s

5:00PM Kings Park at Kellenberg

Thu 12/12/2013

4:30PM Roosevelt at Wheatley

5:00PM Lindenhurst at Plainview JFK

5:00PM Sewanhaka East at Pt Washington

5:15PM Island Trees at Hicksville

6:00PM Great Neck South at Great Neck North

Fri 12/13/2013

4:30PM Sprig Gardner Tourn at Bellmore JFK

(Babylon, Bellmore JFK, Calhoun, Clarke, East Meadow, Hewlett, Hills East, Lawrence, Mepham, South Side)

5:00PM Carle Place at Baldwin

4:00PM Mt Sinai at Centereach

5:00PM Islip at Smithtown East

5:00PM Lonnie Kittle Tourn at Amityville

(Amityville, Bellport, Copiague, Freeport, Hempstead, Lindenhurst, Long Beach, Roosevelt, University HS-WV)

Sat 12/14/2013

9:00AM Bruins Cup Duals at Baldwin

(Baldwin, Chaminade, Longwood, Shenendehowa, Syosset, TBA)

9:00AM Garden City Duals

(Deer Park, Garden City, Great Neck North, Sewanhaka West, Scarsdale-Sec 1, Suffern-Sec 1)

9:00AM Jericho Cup Duals

(Cold Spring Harbor, Farmingdale, Grand Street Campus-PSAL, Half Hollow Hills West, Jericho, Miller Place, Port Jefferson, Wheatley)

9:00AM Sprig Gardner Tourn at Mepham

(Babylon, Bellmore JFK, Calhoun, Clarke, East Meadow, Hewlett, Hills East, Lawrence, Mepham, South Side)

10:00AM Bethpage Dad’s Club Tournament

(Baruch-PSAL, Bethpage, Farmingdale, Flushing-PSAL, Great Neck South, Herricks, John Glenn, North Shore, Oyster Bay, Plainview, Uniondale)

10:00AM Lynbrook Duals

(Carle Place, Lynbrook, Oceanside, Valley Stream North)

9:00AM Andrew Peers Tourn at Walt Whitman

(Centereach, Commack, North Babylon, Port Washington, Sachem East, Sachem North, Shoreham-WR, Walt Whitman, West Babylon)

9:00AM Autism Duals at William Floyd

(Center Moriches, Eastport-SM, Islip, Msgr. Farrell, Smithtown West, William Floyd)

9:00AM Cliff Clark Duals at Bay Shore

(Bay Shore, Central Islip, Copiague, East Islip, Island Trees, Mattituck, Patchogue-Medford, West Islip)

9:00AM Gray-Fitzgerald Invitational tourn at Sayville

(Brentwood, Brooklyn Tech-PSAL, Connetquot, Locust Valley, MacArthur 'B', Sayville, Smithtown East)

9:00AM Huntington Tourn

(Grand Street Campus, Huntington, Kellenberg, Kings Park, Manhasset, Massapequa, Northport)

9:00AM Lonnie Kittle Tourn at Amityville

(Amityville, Bellport, Copiague, Freeport, Hempstead, Lindenhurst, Long Beach, Roosevelt, University HS-WV)

9:00AM Sprig Gardner Tourn at East Hampton

(Bayport, East Hampton, Hampton Bays, Hauppauge, Riverhead, Southampton, Ward Melville, Westhampton)

9:00AM Steven Malley Tourn at Harborfields

(Comsewogue, Harborfields, Newfield, ?)

9:00AM Duanesburg Duals

(Cobleskill-Sec 2, Duanesburgh-Sec 2, Guilderland-Sec 7, Holland Patent-Sec 3, St. Anthony’s, Warrensburg-Sec 2, ?)

Jenna Burkert
Pursuing an Olympic Dream

To help support Jenna with her Olympic Dream sends checks made out to the Long Island Wrestling Association to Steve Meehan, PO Box 368, Oakdale NY 11769. Write Jenna Burkert in the memo or include a note saying that is what it is for.

Mission Statement

The Long Island Wrestling Association is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering, promoting and encouraging the sport of amateur wrestling on Long Island as a means of building character, physical health and well-being, sportsmanship, self-confidence, self-esteem, and positive attitudes about dedication, persistence, intensity and hard work among the younger generation in order to fit them more adequately for their future role in society.

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The Purposes of the Long Island Wrestling Association, Inc.:

To assist young people to compete in the sport of amateur wrestling by sponsoring tournaments and competitions for wrestlers and clinics for wrestlers and coaches.

To assist and facilitate the creation, development and enhancement of youth wrestling programs.

To assist and facilitate the dissemination of information about wrestling events and activities to wrestlers, coaches, parents and fans.

To assist and facilitate the creation of a travel club to allow wrestlers to attend wrestling camps, clinics, competitions and tournaments in other geographic areas.

To assist wrestlers in obtaining USA Wrestling membership cards to allow them to participate in USA Wrestling sponsored events.

To assist and facilitate the creation and development of work programs, summer and part-time internships with various Long Island and New York City corporate sponsors.

To assist and facilitate the creation and development of a foreign student/wrestler exchange program.

To encourage parents and fans to volunteer their time to assist in the development of youth wrestling programs.

To assist and facilitate the dissemination of information to the general public about the sport of wrestling.

To enhance and support media coverage of wrestling events.

To assist Long Island wrestlers in attending the Olympic training camp and in competing on a national and international level.

To offer membership to the general public in the Long Island Wrestling Association, Inc. and to collect membership dues and other contributions from such membership.

To solicit and collect contributions from individuals, groups, business and social organizations, corporations, foundations and governmental entities in order to finance the activities of the corporation.