Remembering a Special 8 Days of High School Wrestling, Nearly a Quarter Century Ago, Featuring Joe Dubuque, Anthony Montes and Anthony Messina, and the Special Bond Wrestling Provides for a Lifetime
Long after the final whistle sounded, and the cheering ended on a wrestling mat in North Jersey, three friends remain tied to each other, in part due to a weekend nearly 24 years ago, that will forever bond them.This is the story of Joe Dubuque, Anthony Montes and Anthony Messina, wrestlers from neighboring Essex County high schools in Glen Ridge, Nutley and Bloomfield, respectively, who formed a triangle at Passaic Valley High in Little Falls, which has transcended time.It’s what makes high school wrestling, and its subsequent competition, so special. And while the relationship among the trio had begun long before a fateful weekend in...
NYSPHSAA approves freestyle rules for girls wrestling
ALBANY, N.Y. (WETM) – New York State high school girls wrestling will embrace a new way to compete this season. At the executive board meeting in Saratoga Springs Thursday, the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYPHSAA) passed junior freestyle rules and scoring for girls wrestling. The changes will take effect immediately and […]
Three local wrestlers win in D-I intrasquad duals
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) – A trio of local college wrestling talent earned wins in their first live action of the season. Troy native Sheldon Seymour won by decision 7-2 in Lehigh University’s Brown and White Intrasquad Scrimmage Thursday night. Seymour, a two-time PIAA State Wrestling Champion out of Troy High School, is now a fifth-year […]