New York USA Wrestling

If there was one thing learned from Sunday at the Nittany Valley Sports Centre, it was keep your head high, keep pushing forward, and time to get back to work.

The Ladies representing The Evil Empire dropped all 3 dual meets in the gold bracket:

Charlie Angels Pink: 59-26
CT Whales: 44-42
PA West Black: 51-28

The back end of NY's lineup anchored this year's squad. Pleasantville's Palumbo tallied 3 more wins, making her 6-0 on the weekend, in convincing fashion. Against stiff competition, the Panther Senior left no doubt with 2 falls and 1 tech at 71kg.

***Notable: Adriana pinned Sarah Henckel (CT Whales). Henckel took 3rd at Fargo, 4th at U17 Womens Nationals.

Union Endicott's Teagan McGuiness joined the winning ways, also earning 3 victories on Sunday at 76kg. Marissa Crofoot (Fulton-3, 82kg) and Peyton Mullin (Dundee-5, 105kg), went 1-2 and 2-1 respectively, giving the fab four an impressive 9-3 record the day. Overall, the ANCHORS recorded a 24-8 record and gave the female ghostbusters solid points in each dual meet.

Calhoun's Reese Adams compiled a perfect 4-0 record on the weekend, 2-0 on Sunday. She capped off her perfection with a fall in the finale against Alissa Brooks of PA West Black. Her grit and smarts shined in round 1 while battling Kiiaana Gavere. A back-and-forth battle would end with Adams scoring the final TWO, and securing the victory.

The three lightweights (Schulz, Soto, Tackett) compiled 15 wins against 6 losses. 

Minisink Valley has a knack for producing ABSOLUTE STUDS! Too many to name....but let's add Sara Pauls to that extensive and elite list. Miss Pauls was a bonus point machine, earning 2 falls and 2 techs en route to a 6-2 weekend. The MV phenom will take her talents to the UWW U17 World Beach Championships in Katerini-Pierria, Greece this Thursday. Sara is a 2x NYS Place Winner (3rd in '24, Champion in '23).  

Hats off to the entire team, battling against some of the best competition in the country. It's no shock to the home state that our girls are on the rise, after each competition their confidence is growing. Combine that confidence with our amazing coaching staff, it is a recipe for success.

A SPECIAL THANK YOU GOES OUT TO OUR COACHES:

DIANNA ACORS
TOM AIELLO
MIA MACALUSO
RAY ADAMS

"I am very proud of the team we had. The senior girls did an amazing job with the younger girls. They cheered them on and told them how great they did, win or lose. They hugged them when they cried, colored with them on the side of the mat, and most importantly, they were amazing role models." - Team NY Coach Dianna Acors

Overall Records:

24kg: Sophia Schulz (5-3)
29kg: Victoria Soto (5-3)
32kg: Kynlie Tackett (5-3)
40kg: Oleksandra Shcherban (2-5)
40kg: Sabrina Gabuna (0-1)
43kg: Alexis Smith (4-4)
46kg: Tatiana Alexander (3-5)
50kg: Angelica Smiech (2-6)
53kg: Deliliah Skurnick (0-8)
56kg: Sara Pauls (6-2)
58kg: Reese Adams (4-0)
58kg: Taylor Aiello (1-3)
61kg: Mia Collins (5-1)
61kg/63kg: Vivienne Myers (2-3)
63kg: Delaney Dixon (1-4)
66kg: Gabriella Schechtman (5-3)
71kg: Adriana Palumbo (6-0)
71kg: Melina Georgas (2-0)
76kg: Teagan McGuiness (6-2)
82kg: Marissa Crofoot (3-5)
105kg: Peyton Mullin (7-1)

Team New York Femme Fatales are at it again, this weekend at the Ultimate Club duals, in State College, Pennsylvania.

This year's squad, headed by Coach Ted DiPasquale, traveled to the Keystone State with high ambitions thus proving that the Empire State Women are constantly rising to the occasion!

In Pool A, we would roll to 4 straight victories,, outscoring the opposition by over 100 points (224-220). MGW Death by Chocolate brought the hammer with a 65-19 triumph in the championship bout of the pool. Team NY finished in second place, dropping them to 4-1 overall.

Regardless, it's time to put that loss behind them and move on to day 2 and the first round of the Gold Bracket. Team NY will square off against Charlie's Angels Pink, CAP was winners in Pool B, in a convincing fashion, going 5-0 and winning by an average margin of  45 points.

2024 NYS Champion Peyton Mullin (Dundee-5, 105kg) earned 5 victories on the day, including 2 falls. Reese Adams and Melina Georgas finish the day unblemished, 2-0 respectively, at 58kg and 71kg.

Pleasantville's Adriana Palumbo also went unscathed, a perfect 3-0 at 71kg. Adriana is a 2x NYS PF (1-3), 3x Fargo All-American, 2023 Super 32 Champion, and finished in 5th place in the 2024 Section 1 Division 2 State Qualifier. More impressively, she currently sits at #131 in the NY-USAW Class of 2025 Rankings.

Five women dropped 1 bout on the day; Sophia Schulz (4-1), Victoria Soto (4-1), Sara Pauls (4-1), Mia Collins (4-1), Gabriella Schechtman (4-1).

Team New York Roster:

24kg: Sophia Schulz 
29kg: Victoria Soto 
32kg: Kynlie Tackett 
40kg: Oleksandra Shcherban 
40kg: Sabrina Gabuna 
43kg: Alexis Smith 
46kg: Tatiana Alexander 
50kg: Angelica Smiech 
53kg: Delilah Skurnick
56kg: Sara Pauls 
58kg: Taylor Aiello 
58kg: Reese Adams 
61kg: Mia Collins 
63kg: Delaney Dixon
63kg: Vivienne Myers 
66kg: Gabriella Schechtman 
71kg: Adriana Palumbo 
71kg: Melina Georgas 
76kg: Teagan McGuinness 
82kg: Marissa Crofoot 
105kg: Peyton Mullin