Suffolk County boys wrestling Division 1 and Division 2 champions 2026
Camryn Howard of Bellport defeated Nicholas Flaherty of Comsewogue at 157 pounds via technical fall 21-6 at the Suffolk Division I finals on Sunday. Credit: Michael A. Rupolo Sr.
Division 1
103 pounds: Santino Pascarella, Half Hollow Hills East
Pascarella dominated the Suffolk tournament a 26-second pin and three technical falls, including in the final against Bay Shore's Benjamin Marino. Pascarella’s father, James, won a Suffolk title for Half Hollow Hills East at 112 pounds in 1992. He upped his record to 37-2.
110 pounds: Xavier Seabury, North Babylon
The junior has a 43-1 record and climbed the ladder in three years in the county tournament, placing fifth in 2024, third in 2025, and now first with a 7-0 win over Connetquot's Ethan Hauser.
118 pounds: Chase Phillips, Ward Melville
He pushed through the action during the bout and needed an escape in the ultimate tiebreaker to win, 3-2, over Newfield's Alex Hernandez. He has a 37-4 record.
126 pounds: Austin Bronco Campsey, East Hampton
He earned the Champion of Champions Award and improved his record to 37-4 with a 4-1 decision over Ward Melville's Jaden Baron in the final. He is his school’s first repeat champion since John Mazzanoble in 1939 and 1940.
132 pounds: Rocco DeStefano, East Islip
DeStefano barely hung on to win this hotly contested match and claim the title, 5-4, over Islip's Matthew Peterson. DeStefano has 172 wins and 101 pins in his career. He has a 39-4 record this season.
138 pounds: Anthony Severino, Lindenhurst
Severino's pin of Bellport's Jayden Tyson in 5:36 gave him his second Suffolk title in three years. He won as a sophomore and took second last season. The two-time state placewinner is 41-2.
144 pounds: Matthew McDermott, Smithtown East
The state runnerup last season pinned Sachem North's Joshua Thomas in 1:07 to move to 41-2 on the season. He is Smithtown East's first repeat champion since Todd Cumming won titles in 1977 and 1978.
150 pounds: Michael McGuinness, Whitman
McGuinness pinned Commack's Niko Marnika in 5:05 to become Whitman’s first Suffolk champion since 2017. He improved to 35-2.
157 pounds: Camryn Howard, Bellport
Howard won all four bouts by technical fall, including 21-6 over Comsewogue's Nicholas Flaherty in the final. He is only the second wrestler to win Suffolk titles in grades 7 through 10. He is 44-0 this season and 186-7 in his career.
165 pounds: Jon Schroff, Sachem East
He had two takedowns and controlled the bout for an 8-2 decision over Islip's Spencer Nassire. He finished third in Suffolk last season. His record is 37-2.
175 pounds: Thomas Vecchio, Sachem North
He dominated the tournament with two pins and two lopsided decisions, including 15-5 over Hills East's Nicholas Sevilla, to improve to 44-0.
His dad Tony Vecchio won a Suffolk title at 167 pounds for Sachem in 1995.
190 pounds: Luca Turano, North Babylon
Turano used an early takedown and a late takedown to win a back and forth match over Floyd's David Gonzalez, 8-6. The sophomore is 44-2.
215 pounds: Josiah Lors, Floyd
He became his school’s first repeat champion since John Barone in 2004 and 2005. Lors decisioned Sayville's Javen Taff, 4-2, and has a 39-3 record this season.
285 pounds: Valdey Pierre, Sachem North
Pierre's victory in the final of Amityville's Erick Mejia Zavala by 4-0 decision gave Sachem North its first Suffolk Tournament team title since 1992. He improved to 37-1.
Division 2
103 pounds: Andrew Dolson, Shoreham-Wading River
The freshman scored an early takedown and rode that to a 6-0 victory against Parker Menechino of Mt Sinai.
110 pounds: Thomas Matias, Shoreham-Wading River
The sophomore was dominant and repeated as the Suffolk DII champion with a 19-3 technical fall win over Bayport-Blue Point's Brady Santora.
118 pounds: Chase Davis, Port Jefferson
His pin of Miller Place's Noah Bloom in 3:32 earned him the Jack Mahoney Champion of Champions award as voted on by the other DII champions.
126 pounds: Aidan Lee, Glenn
Lee repeated as champion with a 4-0 win over Evan Seppe of Miller Place. He is a three-time Suffolk finalist and a four-time place winner. Lee took fourth in the state last season.
132 pounds: Shane Wells, Mt. Sinai
After near misses the last two seasons Wells won his first Suffolk title with an 11-7 decision over TJ Stazzone of Kings Park.
138 pounds: Justin D’Arce, Center Moriches
He escaped in the second period for the bout’s only point in a 1-0 win over Glenn's David Futeran to repeat as champion..
144 pounds: Gavin Mangano, Shoreham-Wading River
Mangano earned the Rick Herrmann Outstanding Wrestler award of the tournament after an 18-2 technicall fall win over Miller Place's Alex Southworth. It is the fourth Suffolk title for Mangano, who also is a two-time defending state champion.
150 pounds: Anthony Perrino, Miller Place
The junior built a 10-1 first period lead en route a 17-2 technical fall win over Mt. Sinai's John Delaney in 3:36.
157 pounds: Kevin Vasquez, Kings Park
The junior’s 14-second pin on Glenn's Ethan Katz is one of the fastest in the history of the Suffolk Division II finals.
165 pounds: Erik Desmond, Babylon
The senior used a takedown to decision Mt. Sinai's Connor Fabian, 3-0, to repeat as champion. He looks to become his school’s first all-state wrestler in 10 years at the state meet in Albany in two weeks.
175 pounds:– Niko Drakopoulos, Glenn
After finishing fourth as a junior he came back to win a crown when he gained a takedown in the final three seconds for a 4-2 win over Kings Park's Jackson Ainsley.
190 pounds: Gage McKigney, Kings Park
McKigney decisioned Port Jefferson's Sam Fabian, 7-2. WIth that win, he and Kevin Vasquez became the first teammates in school history to win Suffolk titles in the same season.
215 pounds:– Lucas Norinder, Babylon
The junior was awarded the title after a shoulder injury stopped Matttuck's Joseph Martocchia in the first period.
285 pounds:– Bradyn Ellis, Miller Place
Ellis has been on a roll as of late. His pin secured the Division II team state title for the Panthers last week and Ellis earned his first Suffolk title this week with a 9-2 decision over Glenn's Luca Palisciano.
Andy Slawson contributed to this report.
Team scores: Sachem North 148.5, Sayville 147, Bellport 128, East Islip 120.5, Ward Melville 118.5, Floyd 112.5, Islip 109, North Babylon 96, Connetquot 95, Hills East 75, Patchogue-Medford 74.
Rick Herrmann Most Outstanding wrestler: Camryn Howard (Bellport, 157)
Jack Mahoney Champion of Champions: Austin Bronco Campsey (East Hampton, 126);
Most pins/least time: Hazem Nasser (Hills West, 157) 5 in 18:31.
Gregg Sarra is Newsday's high school sports editor and has been on the beat since the mid-1980s.
