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On this episode we bring on the president of the Upstate NY Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, Carl Koenig.

Carl is a historian of our sport for upstate NY. He shares with us who is being inducted in this year's ceremony as well as some of the high school awards being presented.

One week removed from the NYSPHSAA Championships, Josh Smith(NY-USAW) and I recap the 2025 tournament. Stay tuned for interviews with a few coaches across the state recapping the year.

Josh Smith of NY-USAW and I finish up 2 hrs of our 2025 NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships Preview.

We dove deep into the brackets and hope you all enjoy!!

Josh Smith of NY-USAW and I are back with the annual NYSPHSAA Championship Preview Episode (Part 1) 101-138(D1).

Part 2 will be 138(D2)-285!!

On this episode of MorWrestling I bring on a return guest, Coach Scott Green of Army West Point Wrestling. Coach Green discusses a lot of great topics on his Rokfin page - GoGreen.

Coach and I discuss the importance of supporting your college team. Attendance matters!!! We have just scratched the surface on the important topics in the changing HS and College wrestling landscape.

On this episode I am joined by Hall of Fame Member of the Upstate NY Chapter, Rick Gumble. Rick has been a coach, an official, and has spent many years on several boards(NYSPHSAA & NY-USAW) in NYS.

We discuss the start of girls wrestling in NY and the growth we've seen over the years.

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What started out as a December recap episode turned into a Windsor Christmas Tournament Preview episode. The UNOFFICAL Seeds were dropped in our email minutes after starting the episode so the second half of the episode we dive into the seeds.

Enjoy!!

Great time jumping back on the mic after 8 months of no episodes. On this episode I bring on Josh Smith the man behind the NY-USAW rankings and a very knowledgeable guy in the NYS HS wrestling scene.

Fresh off University at Buffalo announcing Donnie Vinson as their new head coach, Donnie jumps onto MorWrestling to talk about the opportunity. Vinson comes from coaching the past 10 years at two of the nation's top programs, Cornell and North Carolina State. I fully believe Donnie has what it takes to turn Buffalo's program around and lead them in the right direction!!

Its always great to bring on a member of America's Team to the podcast!! 2024 NCAA All-American, Ben Pasiuk, joined the show to talk about his time at the historic Army West Point.

Coach Griswold joins the podcast for the first time in 3 years. Back in March of 2021, the Soaring Eagles were a new program that hadn't competed yet. Griswold has since led them to 3 successful seasons growing a culture and competitive atmosphere at Elmira College. We talk about the growth of Elmira's Women's program as well as the growth of Women's Wrestling at the HS and College level.

Milestone Episode!!! Zakk and I are back to recap the 2024 D3 NCAA's. I was fortunate enough to have gotten a media pass to attend the NCAA's in Wisconsin and what better way to spend episode 100 than to bring on three of our All-Americans on for this episode!!

Do I need to give an introduction for this guest?

Ironman Champ, 2x Super 32 Champ, Fargo Champ, 3x NYS Champ

PJ Duke.

PJ is a great ambassador for wrestlers across the nation but especially in New York. Hours before recording the podcast PJ and Elijah Diakomihalis ran a clinic in the Albany area. The high school junior is committed to wrestle for Penn State.

I don't know how I top this episode for upcoming episode 100 but if you enjoyed the episode give it a share!!

Jumped on the mic for another preview episode this time with Alfred States Coach, Justin Signorelli and St John Fishers Coach, Ryne Morrison for a preview of the upcoming Mideast Regional Tournament at R.I.T.

Without seeing seeds or entries I was going off what the NWCA had for the latest Mideast rankings.

We are brainstorming ideas for the approaching episode 100!!

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Zakk and I are back for a recap of the recent NYSPHSAA Championships in Albany! We appreciate everyone who listened to the preview episodes it helped create a big buzz on the weekend.

Zakk and I are back behind on the mic fresh off the bracket release for the upcoming NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championships. We previewed each bracket from 101-152lbs. Next episode will be 160-285lbs.

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An overdue episode with Coach Hart. Since the announcement was made in September, I've seen Hart and Kellen Devlin up and down the east coast recruiting future Bengal wrestlers. Coach Hart talks about the future of Buffalo State Women's Wrestling from recruitment to facilities.

Instagram- buffstwomenswrestling

The big news this week in NYS has been the talk of NYSPHSAA APPROVING Freestyle wrestling for our Girls Wrestling Championships.

Social Media was flooded with questions. What does this mean for NY? Zakk and I brought on 2 members of the NYSPHSAA Girls Wrestling Committee to further answer questions that have been asked this week.

Head Coach Grant Leeth and BREAKING NEWS --> Associate Head Coach Jimmy Overhiser join the podcast to further discuss Tarleton State Wrestling and the full scope of the situation.

The NCWA and The Texas Collegiate Wrestling Foundation (TCWF) are thrilled to welcome Coach Grant Leeth as the new leader for Tarleton State University's NCWA Intercollegiate wrestling program. The establishment of this new team, chartered just last month, marks a significant development in Tarleton State's skyrocketing academic and athletic growth. The team is set to compete as a proud member of the NCWA, while the TCWF passionately pursues its goal of raising the required $2,000,000. This ambitious fundraising initiative aims to explore the future possibility of a potential wrestling team to Tarleton State's existing NCAA athletic offerings.

Insta-- Tarleton_Wrestling

Tiktok--- Tstatewrestling

Episode 90?! Its been 4 years since bringing Coach Justin Signorelli on for an episode to talk about the Ox Gang down at Alfred State. Along with Coach Signorelli coming on, I also brought on Zach Levey. Levey, who is a transfer student and now one of the leaders heading into his first full season at Alfred State.

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We brought on Coach Tommy Prairie and 2x NCAA qualifier Jayden Cardenas to preview the Red Dragons 2023-24 season.

This is episode two of the 2023-24 season previews. If there's a college you want to hear from leave us a message on social media.

A much overdue episode with Emily Sindoni and Zoe Griffith, two of NY's top girl wrestlers.

Sindoni and Griffith just competed at Fargo where Griffith was a 16u Womens Freestyle National Champ at 138lbs and Emily Sindoni was a runner up in JR Womens Freestyle at 127lbs.

Sindoni is a recent graduate of Tioga and Griffith just finished her sophomore year at Gouverneur.

Sindoni ends her high school career a 2x NHSCA National Champ, 2x Fargo Runner Up and a NYS Girls State Champ.

Griffith adds to her resume with a Fargo National Title and a NHSCA runner up this spring.

Sindoni is attending D'Youville to compete for the Saints in the fall.

A long overdue episode with Coach Joe Uccellini of the Curby Training Center. We are two weeks away from Fargo and Joe is between training camps at the Curby Training Center in Troy NY preparing Team NY.

NY native Brian Vutianitis has an interesting story from starting wrestling in 8th grade to now the head coach for the D1 Presbyterian Women's Wrestling Program. Brian started his journey at Warwick Valley under coach John Canty. He then wrestled in college at SUNY Cortland under Brad Bruhn and Ryan LeBlanc before getting into coaching at his own club, Vision Wrestling Club then Coker College before landing as an assistant at Presbyterian for the Men's and Women's Programs.

Twitter- @Coach_Vut_165

Instagram- @pcwomenswrestling

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I brought on Team NY's Head Freestyle Coach, Kris Harrington and Team NY's 14u Coach, Chris Adams to discuss the upcoming state tournament in Binghamton. Registration closes Friday morning!!

Two days after stepping on the podium at the D1 NCAA Wrestling Championships, Anthony Noto jumps on MorWrestling for a rundown. Anthony was a 4x NYS Champ for Honeoye Falls Lima in Section 5. Noto began his college career at NC State before transferring to Lock Haven where he has won 2 MAC Conference Titles and recently took 4th at the NCAA's as just a sophomore.

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Cam makes a return to the podcast after winning his 1st NYS Title and having his video of doing a "Shoey" go viral on social media. We talk about the highs and lows of the sport of wrestling as well as what Cam's been up to since we last had him on back on Episode 49. 

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Just 10 days off winning his 2nd NYS Title, Ousmane Duncanson joins Dylan for an episode on MorWrestling!! Ousmane is also apart of the 3 other state titles at Tioga this year, NYSPHSAA Football Champs, NYSPHSAA Dual Meet Wrestling Champs, NYSPHSAA Wrestling Team Champs. 

The 2022-23 NYSPHSAA Season is in the books!! Zakk and Dylan are back with the NYSPHSAA Championships Recap episode of this past weekends state championship tournament in Albany.  Give it a listen and a share!

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Cue the Motley Crue and Foo Fighters the NYSPHSAA Championships are here!! Zakk and Dylan jump on the mic for a lengthy episode previewing each weight in the D1 and D2 brackets.  If you've listened to the whole episode please give it a share on social media!! 

Just 2 days from leading his Starpoint Spartans to a NYSPHSAA Dual Meet Title, Coach Hart jumps on the podcast to talk about the rise his program has gone through.  His team has really bought in from losing in the semis last year to knocking off Minisink Valley this year.  It takes a village to do what Starpoint has done, and they certainly have a village behind them.  

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Chris Adams jumps on MorWrestling for the first time since episode 61 when we were on the road back from Fargo with a recap. Chris talks about the upcoming NY-USA Wrestling Folkstyle State Championships in Utica as well as the importance of getting into Freestyle and Greco from an early age.  Chris is the 14u National team coach and the co director for the NY-USAW Youth division. 

Seeds are out for the 1st annual Southern Tier Memorial Tournament. This tournament is similar to what the Jeff Reese was back in the early 2000's. Zakk and Dylan jump on the mic to run through the weights and discuss some of the top wrestlers at each weight. 

On the last episode of 2022 I take a look back at the 20+ guests I brought on over the past 12 months as well as a brief recap of the Windsor Christmas Tournament that was held this week.  

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Zakk and Dylan are back with a preview episode! Fresh off the seeds being released we jump into the weights to discuss some potential matches. 

For the first time since March, Zakk and Dylan are back on the mic!! This weekend is the opening weekend of NCAA Wrestling competition and MorWrestling is here to fill you in on our NY programs!! 

In this episode we discuss a few of the tournaments that are going on this weekend and talk about some of the key returners from out NY programs. 

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Carlene Sluberski joins the podcast to talk about her path through women's wrestling. Carlene is the first female to place at the NYS Wrestling Championships placing 2nd in 2009. She went on to win a Junior National title in Fargo before her competitive career at Northern Michigan and Brock University. Carlene also made 2 national teams for USA wrestling. Her coaching career has brought her to the University of Cumberlands to University of Providence to Eastern Oregon and now she made her way back to NY where she has been named the head wrestling coach for the new program, D'Youville Womens Wrestling Saints. D'Youville is one of 5 NY colleges that have added Womens Wrestling and with the growth of the sport at the high school level, I can't wait for the success of women's wrestling to rise!

The newest head coach for the Brockport State Golden Eagles, Sam Recco!! Recco takes the reins from the legendary coaches of Don Murray and Bill Jacatout. Sam who is a 2012 NYS Champ for Section 5's Lydonville HS comes back to Rochester area after spending his collegiate career at Edinboro and coaching at General McLane HS, Lincoln College and Edinboro. Having a NY and Section 5 native at the helm is just what SUNY Brockport needs!! We are just under a month until the Golden Eagles take the mat!! 

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Instagram- brockportwrestling 

Jon Loew is a 2022 NCAA All-American for the Cornell Big Red. In high school Jon wrestled in Nassau County at Wantagh where he was a NYS Champion. Jon was a 2020 NCAA qualifier who had to miss out on the NCAA Tournament for Covid and as an IVY leaguer he had to sit out for the 2020-21 NCAA season.  Jon is one of 3 returning NCAA All-Americans for the Big Red this year. 

Who better to bring on for International Podcast Day than Jason Bryant! Jason Bryant is a hall of fame sportswriter, broadcaster and announcer. He's announced 6 World Championships, 2 Olympic Games and over 30 NCAA Championships. Jason founded the Mat Talk Online network which you can find his Fargo Almanac and NCAA Preview guides. He is a big reason I got into podcasting, he's a mentor and a friend. 

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Just 24 hours after announcing the additions of Men's and Women's Wrestling programs at Utica University, David Fontaine comes on for an episode to further discuss the decision.  Utica adding both programs will make 332 Men's and Women's Wrestling Teams added since 2000 and 12 in NY since 2013.  With NYSPHSAA announcing the emerging sports status for girls wrestling at the high school level this is exciting to help build the sport at both levels.  Mr. Fontaine further talks the decision in adding both programs and what Utica has to offer. 

Kevin Ward is entering his 9th season at the helm of Army West Point Wrestling. During his time at West Point, Ward and the Black Knights snapped a 17 win-less drought against rivals, Navy. Ward welcomed Scott Green to staff last season and recently added assistants Taylor Venz and Ian Parker. The Black Knights have quite the schedule lined up, with B1G dual as they host the Iowa Hawkeyes in November. 

Go Army, Beat Navy!! 

Check out what America's Team is up to down at West Point. 

Instagram- armywp_wrestling

Facebook- Army West Point Wrestling

Twitter-@ArmyWP_Wres

John Stutzman is going into his 10th year as the head coach of University at Buffalo. Before taking the helm at his alma mater, Stuzman spent 11 years at Bloomsburg, 8 as a head coach. During his time at Bloomsburg, Stutzman had 3 NCAA All-Americans and led his huskies to a top 15 ranked team in the country. While at Buffalo, Stutzman has brought the Bulls to new levels. Last year the Bulls went 12-6 and 7-2 in MAC duals finishing 4th at the MAC tournament. 

Instagram- ubbullswrestling 

Facebook- UB Wrestling 

Twitter- @UB_Wrestling 

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I've realized it's been far too long since I've posted an update/recap kind of episode after the past 7 episodes have been interviews.  After listening to the Bloodround Wrestling Podcast I knew I needed to do an episode right away, plug in Kyle Windover.  Kyle is an assistant coach at Chatfield High and an assistant club coach in Colorado, but his roots are in Lowville NY where he wrestled over 10 years ago.  I enjoyed bringing on someone new to talk wrestling from a different perspective. 

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Connor Lapresi is about to begin his first season as the head coach of Ferrum Women's Wrestling. Connor is one of the most energetic individuals I know in the sport of wrestling. He tells his journey of moving to Lansing NY to further his development in the sport of wrestling and as well as the connections he's made. Lapresi who is a NY state champ and a Cornell wrestling alum has a very positive outlook on the sport of wrestling serving on team VA's staff for Cadet Freestyle/Greco Duals and was on staff for Team NY in Fargo. Like our conversation in Fargo, we could have talked for hours. 

Ryne Morrison is the new head coach of St John Fisher Wrestling. A program that hasn't been around in 38 years. The return of the wrestling program is boosted by a $400,000 gift from alumnus and trustee William J. Pellicano ’80 and Tracy Pellicano to create a state-of-the-art wrestling room. Known as the Joseph Pellicano Wrestling Pavillion. 

You can follow St John Fisher Wrestling on social media, 

Instagram- fisher_wrestling

Facebook- St John Fisher Wrestling

Twitter- SJFC_Wrestling