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PUTNAM VALLEY—The Putnam Valley wrestling team traveled to Long Island on Saturday to compete in the Stony Brook Duals, where the Tigers went head to head with Lindenhurst, Albany Academy, The Stony Brook School and Hewlette. Last Wednesday the Tigers faced Lourdes in a league matchup, and rolled to a convincing 70-18 win.

PV’s Kris Castro improved to 32-3 with a win against Lourdes. SKIP PEARLMAN Put Valley started slowly Saturday, losing to Lindenhurst, 55-16, and to Albany, 42-36.

“We came in beat up,” said Coach Will Carano. “We were also missing a few guys due to SAT’s, and the ride up was pretty hectic. So it was hard for us to get it going at first.”

Eventually they did get it going, and beat Stony Brook, 72-13, and Hewlette, 49-22, to finish the day at 2-2.

Dan O’Gorman went 4-0 on the day at 145. “Dan was simply dominant,” said Carano. “He pretty much beat up every guy he faced.”

Putnam Valley’s Dan O’Gorman picked up his 100th career win last week against Lourdes. SKIP PEARLMAN Stephen Velichko, at 125 pounds, also went undefeated, and at 96, A.J. Mirabal went 3-1.

Last Wednesday Putnam Valley was home facing Lourdes, and earned a lopsided win.

“We really came out strong,” said Carano. “I was impressed with how well we did.” The league win was not the only highlight for Put Valley, as O’Gorman notched his 100th win when he pinned Jacob Weigard one minute and 47 seconds into their match. “I’m very proud of Dan,” said Carano. “He works so hard, he deserves it.”

Mirabal at 96 pinned Vinny Testa in 4:18, at 125 Velichko earned a 12-3 decision over Evan Edwards, at 135 PV’s Cisco Reyes pinned Josh Mathews in 2:15, at 140 Ertis Muriqi of Put Valley pinned Tyler Windham in 58 seconds, Evan Kneuer at 160 also won by pin for the Tiger’s, beating Nick Soto in 1:09, Jerry Zimbaldi at 189 took only 17 seconds to pin Jerry Stanford of Lourdes, and Kris Castro at 215 pinned Brian Goodall of Lourdes in 1:09.

AJ Mirabe of PV works toward a win at 96 pounds SKIP PEARLMAN Wayne LaTourette at 103, Chris Bruno at 119, Mike Stell at 152 and Shane Kelly at 171 all earned wins by forfeit for Put Valley.

Tuesday Putnam Valley will host Lakeland/Panas in another league matchup, beginning at 4:30.
Evan York controls his opponent at 160 pounds on way to win. SKIP PEARLMAN
PV’s Steve Velichko earned a win at 125 pounds last week against OLL. SKIP PEARLMAN