{"id":104896,"date":"2026-01-19T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104896\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T18:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:37:13","slug":"staten-island-hs-wrestling-farrell-wins-donald-douglas-memorial-tournament-again-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/104896\/","title":{"rendered":"Staten Island HS wrestling: Farrell wins Donald Douglas Memorial Tournament again (photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6A6WPTI7AFEULPU7GONBKOCGS4\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DBUCSMP4PBC75GZK2XB3IIUZXA\">The Lions accumulated 265.5 points in the two-day event &#8212; formerly known as the Mayor\u2019s Cup &#8212; which serves as the city championship to topple runner-up James Madison (186 points) of Brooklyn. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LZA4NTQ755A2DKRN53YM4UK3TU\">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. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/U4GIVPYROZBVTLUOJVQHNIJBJM.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-gallery-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EXAQY6E5HFCVNCSC2NECKML2VY.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1\/151<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-gallery-caption\">Staten Island HS wrestling: Donald Douglas Memorial Tournament, at Petrides Complex<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UAG2MWRSPVETLDCFKN4ED3NYZE\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VLXICFLTVFGBVEEH4VVDGCSMAU\">In addition to the Lions\u2019 gold-medal haul, three other Island teams produced one champ apiece, making it a banner day for Island squads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZGKGRJNUSFF6VAQHWHMKT6RCHY\">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UJRKVTVOY5FTLNGCDM3ADZYCJU\">In the two all-Island matches, Farrell\u2019s Brennan Sprague beat Tottenville\u2019s Tristan Levin, 12-3, at 126 pounds, while Farrell\u2019s Anthony Lombardi slipped past Petrides\u2019 Luke Burmaster, 3-1, in the super heavy weight class.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MFLHONOQHRFTVCLZ5CLOYZ3YFA\">Tottenville\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"K4NNKGXQKJEA3F45TBEC5QYDOA\">At 165, Farrell\u2019s Quinn Hunt blanked Hank Weller of Dalton, 3-0, for the gold.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KTDTV47HKZFCTODIXMMPX74W24\">Hunt\u2019s teammate, John Bonura won at 175 pounds, edging Carlos Rohm of Dalton, 8-7. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SYQWKZFOXRGGZLVJAPTEXCG7Q4\">Justin Stassi was Sea\u2019s lone champ, copping the 190-pound class with a 9-0 triumph over Sunset Park\u2019s Javier Mina-Lewis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q6YYTBYRJJC6HBMRL65RO6QVZU\">Malik Ayesh of New Dorp captured the 215-pound gold by besting Elijah Desir of Eagle Academy 3-0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KZAH2CIQPRBKHJHXNEGSASARQA\">Susan Wagner\u2019s Joshua Zacharia placed second at 118 pounds after suffering a 10-8 defeat to Poly Prep\u2019s Luke Foote in the championship bout. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GN65TBF3ZRETDN2AYKQCJ5X6OM\">In the 132-pound title match, Farrell\u2019s Albert Lula succumbed to James Madison\u2019s Eric Ivry, 7-0. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4MI5GA2KOFDKVGTGFC6ZW2KIQE\">***<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PJTTHA7QJ5FHHD2TDDPPKG4FLY\">NOTES: Farrell won this event in 2023, but there was no Mayor\u2019s Cup in 2024 after a heating problem at a city venue caused the cancellation of the event &#8230; 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 &#8230; Check out the complete tournament results here: <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=126006X1587339&amp;xs=1&amp;xcust=sisiasd%7C&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowrestling.org%2Fnextgen%2Fevents%2F14273654%2Fteam-scores&amp;product_category=Sporting+Goods%3EAthletics%3EWrestling\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.flowrestling.org\/nextgen\/events\/14273654\/team-scores\">https:\/\/www.flowrestling.org\/nextgen\/events\/14273654\/team-scores<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; Monsignor Farrell, behind a tourney-high four champions, pinned down its third straight Donald Douglas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-104896","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}