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Class of 1962 to have 50th Reunion!

Class of 1972 to have 40th Reunion!



Fundraising Status of the Al Bevilacqua Wrestling Room


We need to complete our Fundraising by May 15th, so please send your donation ASAP


The FOMW have pledged to pay for renovation of the wrestling room. In addition to honoring Coach Al Bevilacqua, the renovated wrestling room walls will tell the history of wrestling in Massapequa. The names of State and County champions and place winners, as well as the winners of other individual honors from both Massapequa High School and Berner High School, along with team honors, will be on the walls above the mats. In order to achieve this goal, the Friends of Massapequa Wrestling is reaching out to all Massapequa and Berner alumni and program supporters whose lives were touched by Coach Bevilacqua or the wrestling program and to anybody else who would like to help. The initial estimate for the renovation is in excess of $60,000. To make a tax deductible contribution, please mail a check payable to the “Friends of Massapequa Wrestling Inc", P.O. Box 61, Massapequa, N.Y. 11758





MHS Wrestling Team 1962
May 3, 2012
MHS Wrestling Alumni from the graduating class of 1962 will soon celebrate their 50th class reunion. Congratulations!

For more information, please contact Jim Mott at jjmott@optonline.net



Chiefs receiving Scholarships for 2011-2012
March 30, 2012
Nassau County Wrestling Coaches Association Scholarship:
Andrew Chicoine, Patrick Nash, Tom Donohue

The George K. "Doppy" Doherty Scholarship:
Jake Spero, Justin Paradiso

The Gary & Barbara Mims Family Scholarship:
Matt Gieselmann, Chris Sherlock

The Al Bevilacqua Scholarship:
Neal Vespe, Andrew Hoffman

New York State Scholar Team Athletes:
Andrew Chicoine - 3rd qual, Tom Donahue - 3rd qual, Mike Favloni, Alex Georgalas, Eric Hoffman, Brian Morgan, John Pullman, Nick Roth, Brian Sayrafe, Chris Sherlock - 5th qual, Dominic Sofia, Mike Stashin - 4th qual, Neal Vespe - Qual champ


Former Massapequa Wrestlers Honored as Coaches
April 3, 2012
Congratulations to Mepham Coach Rich Anderson (MHS 1988) on being voted the Section 8 Head Coach of the Year and Plainedge Assistant Coach Peter Marques (MHS 2002) on being voted the Section 8 Assistant Coach of the Year. Both are former standouts and alumni of the Massapequa High School wrestling program.


2012 Sectional Championship Place Winners
February 11, 2012
Coach Catalanotto, Justin Paradiso (Runner-up @132 lbs), Coach Serrano and Chris Broccoli (5th @138 lbs)


2011 - 2012 Season

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Congratulations to Justin Paradiso -- runner-up in the Section 8 Championships at 132lbs. Justin lost in the finals to Freeport's Maurice Irby (voted MOW & COC)who he had beaten twice during the season. Justin injured his ankle in the second period, but managed to finished the match. Congratulations also goes to Chris Broccoli who placed 5th @138 lbs.

Eight Massapequa Wrestlers enter the qualifier with 20+ wins on the season looking to capture the title and a strong seed in the Section 8 Championships. They are Andrew Chicoine (24), Tom Donohue (20), Joe Doria (23), James Girsdansky (22), Adrew Hoffman (25), Justin Paradiso (27), TJ Ragusa (25) and Jake Spero (25).

Massapequa puts eight wrestlers into the finals of the Section 8 Qualifier at Massapequa and crowns five champions: Doria (106lbs), Paradiso (132lbs), Broccoli (138lbs), Vespe (145lbs) and Gungor (285lbs). The Chiefs had a total of fourteen wrestlers qualify for the Section 8 Championships.

Click on the Photo Album Tab to see pictures from this season & the Qualifier.



Justin Paradiso
January 29, 2012
TJ Ragusa
January 29, 2012
Jake Spero
January 29, 2012
Neal Vespe
January 29, 2012
Tim Gungor
January 29, 2012
Eric Breslau
February 29, 2012
School district announces the HS wrestling room will be named after Al Bevilacqua

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Click Here to read TheMat.com article
By:Various Sources / Gary Abbott, Wednesday, January 4, 2012
TheMat.com - © 2012 TheMat.com


Click Here to read the Massapequa Observer article
By:Theresa Caivano, Friday, December 30, 2011
Massapequa Observer - © 2011 Massapequa Observer


Click Here to read the Massapequa Patch article
By:Edward Robinson, Thursday, January 5, 2012
Massapequa Patch - © 2012 Massapequa Observer



National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum announces Class of 2012

November 28, 2011
The Bevilacqua’s –First Father & Son To Make the National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Al Bevilacqua will receive the Order of Merit for his contributions to the advancement of wrestling. Bevilacqua has been coaching and promoting wrestling for 47 years as an organizer, administrator, teacher, and coach at the national and state levels. He is also one of the founders of Beat the Streets New York City wrestling program.

Chris Bevilacqua, a two-time All-American for Penn State, is the founder and CEO of Bevilacqua Media Company, whose mission is to be a principal investor and strategic advisor for media and entertainment assets. Prior to forming BMC, Bevilacqua was the CEO of Creative Artist Agency (CAA) Sports Media Ventures, Co-Founder of CSTV which was sold to CBS Sports in 2005 and Global Director of Negotiations for Nike Inc., from 1994-1999.

Chris is also the son of Al, which makes these honorees the first father and son to be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in the same year.


9th Annual Al Bevilacqua Massapequa Youth Wrestling Tournament

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Three-hundred and fifty nine Bantam, Intermediate, and Novice wrestlers participated in the 9th Annual Al Bevilacqua Youth Wrestling Tournament. The Team Champions were:

Rocky Point 1st Place (51 points), Massapequa 2nd Place (47 points) & Wantagh 3rd Place (35 points)


MOW's by Team:
Joe Conklin - Wantagh
Chase Liardi - Massapequa
Megan Anderson - Island Trees
Alex Hopkins - Bluewave
Wally Sofield - Long Beach Gladiators
Michael Sun - Teeth of the Dog
Jake Podolsky - Bellmore/Merrick
Max Yahre - Bethpage
Sal Jones - Lindenhurst
Gil Rodriguez - Brentwood


Thanks to all the clubs that continue to support this great event!


Thanks to all our volunteers, coaches, wrestlers, mat mates and our booster club for helping host another successful tournament. Special thanks to Laura & Tom Maddock, Rudy Lanzillotta, Tito Marquez, Jackie & Jamie Strumwasser, Tom Lucey, Judy Donahue and Christine.



Coach Greenblatt to be Inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame
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MacArthur Wrestling Coach Howie Greenblatt will be inducted
into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on April 27, 2012.



1960 Squad has 50th Reunion
September 7, 2010
50th Reunion for the class of 1960 Richard (Pete) Hausrath, Joe Ingarozza, Ron Salzman, Richard O'Mara (59), and Mike Angstreich.

1960 MHS Wrestling Team

Mike Angstreich, Jeff Enck, Joe Ingarozza (Co-Capt), Joe Cimenna, Richard (Pete) Housrath, George Young, Joe Giannini, Randy Broger, Ron Salzman (Co-Capt). Missing Richard Warnke and George Rivera.


 


                                                                                   

 




 
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IN MEMORIAM
RUDY M. FIORVANTI
February 13, 1952 - April 13, 2007

Rudy Fiorvanti, a 1970 Massapequa HS alumnus passed away peacefully at his home in East Northport, LI, NY, surrounded by his loving family, his wife Patricia, sons Michael and Patrick, along with his daughters, Annie and Christie. Rudy was stricken with a deadly disease, leukemia, this past year and battled throughout the past months and showed extreme courage before he succumbed, he was 55.

Rudy was a rare three sport athlete, he lettered in football, wrestling and lacrosse in high school. In his senior year, he was the only wrestler to defeat the state champion and finished as a Nassau County Championship finalist. Although Rudy wasn't a state wrestling champion, he was a true champion nonetheless.

He attended Nassau CC, where he was undefeated in wrestling and entered the National Junior Championships, as the second ranked wrestler in the nation. He later attended Hofstra University where he competed in all three sports and was a qualifier at the 1975 NCAA Wrestling Championships.

In his opening bout, he defeated Bob Steele (Wyoming), 6-3. After graduation, he worked as a South Shore lifeguard at Tobay Beach, where he was involved in beach competition teams, including the line pull rescue. He led Tobay to numerous championships against the best squads on Long Island and the Eastern seaboard. Also, at Tobay he captured awards at the Tyler Lynde Memorial Boat Race, with his rowing partner and lifelong friend, Gary Jaeger. He was a lifeguard for the past 37 years.

Rudy also founded Action Fitness, a sports and fitness superstore where he was the president in the family owned business since 1981. Rudy's brother, Ed, is now currently the presiding officer in the company, at the Hauppauge based superstore. Rudy was also the Operations Manager and coordinator for The Mat Slap, a popular wrestling website and annual publication. Rudy is survived by his brothers, Ed, Jack and Thomas, along with his sister, Mary.

The most important part of Rudy's life was his family, which always came first, followed by his close friends. Rudy provided everything for his family and would do anything for his many friends. He was respected, revered and loved by everyone. His legacy is a caring, compassionate and a benevolent person, with a heart of gold. He brought so much to the table, and if you were a friend of Rudy's, it was for a lifetime.

In a book witten by Tom Rath, Vital Friends, The People You Can't Afford To Live Without, the author describes eight vital roles; builder, champion, collaborator, companion, connector, energizer, mind opener and navigator, Rudy possessed all of those characteristics.

We lost a giant of a man, a person that comes along once in a lifetime. Another close friend said, "God will never ask you to carry a stone that is too heavy", but the passing of Rudy Fiorvanti is a huge loss and will be difficult for everyone that knew him. He will be missed tremendously and always be remembered. He will be "Forever in our Hearts". We know that God only takes the best and he took one of the great ones. We will miss you and always love you! May God Bless him and his loving family.

A scholarship fund in Rudy's name has been established. If you would like to donate, please send your contribution to the Tobay Lifeguards, 23 Bonnie Kay Court, Sayville, NY 11782.


written by Jim Nordland
www.thematslap.com



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Massapequa, N.Y. 11758

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