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| Younger and much older Louisiana grapplers fare well out-of-state
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| August 11th, 2015| Written by: Editor, Nick
DiGerolamo, Kimberly Lanosga |
| On July 2nd Spencer
Lanosga placed 1st in the USA/Cliff Keen Kids Intermediate
competition winning via a fall in his first match and a 10-0 technical
fall in the finals over Oklahoma's Gunner Wilson. Wilson took the
freestyle title, defeating Lanosga in a close 15-12 finals match. |
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| On July 7th-9th Nicholas DiGerolamo and Richie and Richie 'lil
Richie' Clementi traveled to Las Vegas for the UFC International Expo and kids
wrestling tournament. With
weigh-ins on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, the 8 year olds wrestled up in
competition in the 10U duals.
Nicholas (with Team Cali Elite) placed 1st and Richie (with Ultimate Alliance All-Stars
place 2nd. On Saturday,
DiGerolamo and Clementi (both USAW Louisiana state freestyle champions) wrestle in
both folkstyle and freestyle tournaments.
The 8yr olds both fared well in representing Louisiana and the newly
formed CGA/AirForceWrestling Club (Slidell).
Clementi (54 pounds) won first place in both competitions while DiGerolamo (87/95 pounds)
placed 2nd in folkstyle and 4th in freestyle (10 & under). |
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2015 North American Grappling Association Championships - July 25th in
Orange Beach, Alabama
Later in July five members of the LA wrestling community participated in the NAGA
Nationals in Orange
Beach, this past Saturday. Joining Clementi and DiGerolamo was Landon
Smith. DiGerolamo was first in NoGi Division 9u (80-90 pounds) in both the
Beginner and Intermediate classifications. In the NoGi Expert 9u (50-59
pounds) Clementi took the championship. Competing in the Beginner NoGi
classification (50-59 pounds) Smith found himself in third place on the posium.
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| Champion Richie Clementi |
DiGerolamo on top |
DiGerolamo on top again |
Landon Smith placed third |
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| Clementi, Smith and DiGerolamo |
Instructions from Coach Clementi |
DeGerolamo's championship ninja sword |
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Not to be outdone by the young'ns, Brother
Martin assistant coach James Casadaban (a 2004 and 2006 state champion
for the Crusaders) and Holy Cross assistant coach Chuck Stall (a 2001
and 2002 state runner-up for the Crusaders, but a Lee High Invitational
champion in both those years) participated in the Adult Expert
competitions.
Stall won the Adult Expert GI (photo left) and placed second in
the the Adult Expert NoGi while Casadaban won the Adult Expert NoGi
(photo right, on the right of Coach Stall). |
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