BTS Places 4th at Long Island Duals

Beat the Streets Wrestling – NYC had a successful showing with a 4-2
record, and 4th place overall finish at the Long Island Duals this
weekend, November 13-14th.

The LI Duals held at Eastport South Manor HS were comprised for 16 teams
from Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. The dual meeting format
tournament was sponsored by Long Islands Razor Wrestling Club.

The BTS team included 30+ student-athletes representing all 5 boroughs.
Jorge Jiminez from Lehman HS in the Bronx was awarded the Outstanding
Wrestler Award for his weight class of 152lbs. Team Co-Coach Steve
Flanagan was quoted as saying "This is a good building block moving into
the HS season and eventually NYS Tournament. We proved this weekend that
NYC not only has individuals that can compete at the highest of levels,
but that we're building stronger teams and growing as a whole."

John Zarcone, Co- Head coach, when asked about his feeling at the
tournaments conclusion said "This is a new NYC. We have more dedicated
coaches than in the past years and the kids are feeding off that energy
of off season work. Hopefully we can keep this momentum moving into the
last part of the HS Season; it's still early."

Mike Torriero, BTS Training Center Manager explained "…this is a good
first step, but it's still only a first step in a long journey. These
kids competed well on the mat this weekend, but there is a lot of work
to be done in the big picture. This is a good feeling and it re-charged
our batteries a bit, but this isn't the finish line; it's merely the
beginning."

New York City was also represented at the event by the Big Blue
Wrestling Club and Lions Wrestling Club.

Team Members Included:

Josh Antoine, Cheick Ndyie, Yeury Tavarez, Dee Georgiou, Nyassa Baker,
Kenton Greaves, Keanu Thompson, Abubakar Sow, Deuly Espinal, Monil Shah,
Samuel Ogawanda, Ahmed Elsayed, Willy Vera, Barry Hart, Jorge Jiminez,
Joshua Thomas, Aron Wander, Allen Cornelius, Victor Ramshukin, Cedric
Stephens, Luis Quispe, Matt Boccio, McZiggy Richards, Brian Garcia,
Rha-Meen Fischer and Kevin Perez.

Coaches:

John Zarcone, Steve Flanagan, Jay Alvarez, and Mike Torriero.