Round 1 bouts are highlighted by Tom Myslinki (Rome) who has been blasting through the competition against Fulton's Dave Lasher who has a strong following; Winner meets the victor of the Manley/Duggan match-up in the quarters
Greene's big 4 all move on, FS's Penree flexes his muscles with two tech falls, NCAA Champ Gwiazdowski battles Olympian Gleasman, Carmenatty & Stanton make statement falls
Comsewogue's Mariano, Ausable's Lapier win twice, Clayton's only rep Ivy wins his second straight, Fulton's Hall Of Fame Coach Mike Conners (Baldwinsville-3) advances into the finale against Van Watkins of Fulton
Fulton's Rogers takes out the Iowa Legend Banach; NH's Dan Perry guarantees himself a spot in the Championship Bracket; Section 6 advances 7 into the final round
Freeport's Medina wins another bout - 1 win away from winning his 5th straight bracket; Section 10 Brutes Slate & Butler narrowly escape with victories; Section 3's Fulton battles back and forth and advances all 3 grapplers - all 3 matches reached the 380 vote plateau with 2 going over 400 votes
Rocky Point advances 4 into the final round - Section 11 bolsters another 9 giving them 13 total; Mepham advances 3 - Section 8 moves forward with 7 total; Long Island as a whole has 20 of the 32 finalists
Hard to overlook the Murphy/Paddock match-up in round 1 - Two of Section 5's all time greats going at it; Both finalists from 1966 (Hardy/Nagel) take on Section 10 hammers Brown and Minckler respectively