STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Monsignor Farrell, behind a tourney-high four champions, pinned down its third straight Donald Douglas Memorial crown on Sunday, besting 57 other wrestling teams from around the city at Petrides HS.
The Lions accumulated 265.5 points in the two-day event — formerly known as the Mayor’s Cup — which serves as the city championship to topple runner-up James Madison (186 points) of Brooklyn.
Poly Prep (172) of Brooklyn was third and was followed by Tottenville (171.5). Petrides finished sixth with 100 points, Susan Wagner seventh with 98 and St. Joseph by-the-Sea 10th with 93 points.
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Staten Island HS wrestling: Donald Douglas Memorial Tournament, at Petrides Complex
Farrell had a 13-point lead over Madison (120-107) following the first day of competition, then distanced itself from the rest of the field on the second day.
In addition to the Lions’ gold-medal haul, three other Island teams produced one champ apiece, making it a banner day for Island squads.
As a matter of fact, 11 Island grapplers competed in the finals of nine of the 14 weight classes, including all-Island title matchups at 126 and 285 pounds.
In the two all-Island matches, Farrell’s Brennan Sprague beat Tottenville’s Tristan Levin, 12-3, at 126 pounds, while Farrell’s Anthony Lombardi slipped past Petrides’ Luke Burmaster, 3-1, in the super heavy weight class.
Tottenville’s David Khodzhaev captured the 144-pound class by edging Cian Gaughan of Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy, 4-3, in an exciting match that was pulled out by the Pirate on a takedown with 12 seconds remaining in the match.
At 165, Farrell’s Quinn Hunt blanked Hank Weller of Dalton, 3-0, for the gold.
Hunt’s teammate, John Bonura won at 175 pounds, edging Carlos Rohm of Dalton, 8-7.
Justin Stassi was Sea’s lone champ, copping the 190-pound class with a 9-0 triumph over Sunset Park’s Javier Mina-Lewis.
Malik Ayesh of New Dorp captured the 215-pound gold by besting Elijah Desir of Eagle Academy 3-0.
Susan Wagner’s Joshua Zacharia placed second at 118 pounds after suffering a 10-8 defeat to Poly Prep’s Luke Foote in the championship bout.
In the 132-pound title match, Farrell’s Albert Lula succumbed to James Madison’s Eric Ivry, 7-0.
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NOTES: Farrell won this event in 2023, but there was no Mayor’s Cup in 2024 after a heating problem at a city venue caused the cancellation of the event … Poly Prep had three champs and Madison two .. The Lions had another wrestler place fourth, two fifth, four sixth and one seventh to account for the bulk of the scoring … Check out the complete tournament results here: https://www.flowrestling.org/nextgen/events/14273654/team-scores