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Volume 29, No. 12
February 18, 2016
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Photos by Bill Landon
Matteo DeVincenzo, above, controls his opponent on the way to a county title. Below, Joe evangelista takes care of business in a previous match.
Port Jeff crowns three county champs By Desirée Keegan
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For the fourth time in his varsity career, Matteo DeVincenzo has done it. The Port Jefferson wrestler is headed back to states after a 15-0 win at 2:45 over Lajess Sawyer of Center Moriches in the 126-pound final of the Suffolk High School Wrestling Division II championship Saturday night at Center Moriches High School — a win that earned him his fourth county champion title. Teammates Rick D’Elia and Joe Evangelista also took first at 99 and 120 pounds, respectively. Vin Miceli took second at 113 pounds, falling 3-2 to his Mattituck challenger Jack Bokina, and Dallas Brett was pinned by Babylon’s Bryan Larsen at 145 pounds to put him at second atop the podium. As a sophomore, DeVincenzo became the first Long Island wrestler ever to capture a D-II state title when he won at 106 pounds. As a junior, he finished third in the state tournament,
and this is his last year to try for another state title — at Albany, Feb. 26-27. After the disappointing end to his junior season, DeVincenzo is hoping to join Jamie St. John as the only Port Jefferson wrestler to win two state championships in any division. So far this season, DeVincenzo earned a first-place finish at the David Sorenson Memorial Invitational held Jan. 9 at Long Island Lutheran in Brookville, and a week later got a second firstplace crown at the Eastern States Classic, held at Sullivan County Community College in Loch Sheldrake. To earn that latter title, DeVincenzo defeated three other state champions from a field of 60 wrestlers, and was voted Champion of Champions by his peers. DeVincenzo’s winning season continued when he set a school record of 141 career wins during the Armstrong Cup, held in Port Jefferson on Jan. 30. The graduating senior, who will attend Princeton University
in the fall, is now a four-time Armstrong Cup champion, which according to head coach Mike Maletta has never been done before by any wrestler. He surpassed brother Tristin DeVincenzo’s record 137 wins in his first match during the cup competition. Also placing in the consolation finals at the county championship were Brendan Rodgers at 99 pounds, who
pinned his opponent at 2:59; the 106-pound Robert Williams, who outscored his opponent 6-3; Joe Longo at 132 pounds, who was pinned by his challenger; Alex Frohnen, who was defeated by his opponent 2-1, at 138 pounds; Jack Collins, who lost 7-1 at 160 pounds; and Ryan Walsh, who did not have a challenger at 195 pounds. Sports coverage continues on page A14 and A15.