Coach DeGaetano’s wrestling team will be led by two-time All-State Robert Per-son, who finished 5th in NYS last year. The Cougars will be anchored by returning Con-ference Champion Richard Luxmore. The 2012-2013 Cougars will have to work hard to top last year’s record setting performance of 20 dual meet wins and back to back Confer-ence Championships. In order to improve upon last year’s 20-3 dual meet record, Senior Tyler Smith and Junior Roman Esposito must be successful.. Kennedy Wrestling, always looking for ways to improve, will again travel to Suffolk County several times throughout the season to compete amongst the best Long Island has to offer.

Robert Person 5th Place NYS

Richard Luxmore Conference Champion

Tyler Smith All- Conference

Roman Esposito All– Conference

Cougars Gearing for 12-13 Season

Returning All-Stars

Volume 15 Issue 1

GRAPPLIN’ COUGAR

The Official Newsletter Of Kennedy Wrestling

October 2012

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Alumni Day Wednesday, December 19, 2012

BELLMORE JFK VS. Oceanside 7:00 PM

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KENNEDY COLLEGE WRESTLERS 2012-13

Mark Levine Freshman Boston University Spencer Frankel Freshman Oneonta State Tanner Zalud Freshman York College John Luxmore Freshman Nassau CC Matthew Accetta Freshman Nassau CC Jeff Scialo Freshman (football) Brockport

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Former Cougar Wrestler Reggie Jones Jr. Elected to National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Former All-County wrestler Reggie Jones Jr. will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for Lifetime Service. Reggie follows his father (Reggie Sr.), Kennedy legends John Schaefer, Don Jackson, and George Munnich, becoming the 4th Cougar to garner such honors. Reggie was an Assistant Coach at Long Beach HS from 1979-1996 winning numerous team county titles and coached many individual champi-ons (too many to count!). He is currently coaching at Wantagh High School having much success. He was a top wrestling official for many years in Nassau County and has been a life guard for the past 45 years. Congratulations to Reggie on an outstanding wrestling/coaching career. The Hall of Fame Dinner will take place this April at Villa Lombardi’s in Holbrook. More information to follow.

THE COUGAR WRESTLING ALUMNI CLUB CONGRATULATES

COL. STEVEN HUNTE

CLASS OF ‘73

RONALD STEIGER CLASS OF ‘72

ROBERT WIGAND

ASSISTANT COACH

ALAN FLEISHMAN FRIEND OF COUGAR WRESTLING

ON YOUR

JFK HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR WRESTLING PROGRAM HAS HELPED US MAINTAIN OUR STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. AS ALUMNI OF KENNEDY WRESTLING, THE TRADI-TIONS YOU HELPED START ARE STILL GOING STRONG TODAY. THANKS FOR EVE-RYTHING YOU HAVE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO.

On behalf of the Kennedy wrestling team I would like to thank all of our alumni who made contributions

this past season.

Your generous contributions have helped our wrestlers receive quality instruction in the off-season from some of the finest coaches in the country. I truly believe without

your support we can’t succeed.

We hope to build on our success this past season and bring home the long awaited county championship.

COUGAR PRIDE THE SEIDMAN FAMILY

JOSH SETTON

MIKE MORRISON

PHIL DANIELE

THE ETRI FAMILY

THE LAURINO FAMILY

THE D’ALTO FAMILY

LARRY DANIELE

HOWARD SCHUMAN

THE RUSSO FAMILY

THE DURSO FAMILY

THE NOVAK FAMILY

THE GOLDMAN FAMILY

THE MAHER FAMILY

STEVEN WUNDERLICH

PETE CREAMER

J-COLE CONSTRUCTION

THE FRANK FAMILY

TCHAIKOWITZ FAMILY

THE BERNARD FAMILY

THE NANOS FAMILY

ERIC LUBELL

THE SONESON FAMILY

THE ESKENAZI FAMILY

THE GINSBERG FAMILY

RICH LUBELL

RICK WOLFSON

THE CAVAYERO FAMILY

THE SCHWARTZ FAMILY

DAN LUBELL

MICHAEL ABGARIAN

COL. STEVEN HUNTE

THE WEISS FAMILY

SCOTT BECK

MIKE MILLER

THE VANMANEN FAMILY

FRAN LUCKMAN

THE AHRONHEIM FAMILY

PETER SCHMITT

JEREMY ROSEN

THE PINGITORE FAMILY

FLYNN HILL

ALEX ASHLEY

DOMINIC GRECCO

MIKE DUBIN

JEFF AND LORI LUCKMAN

THE MOLINA FAMILY

THE FRIEDBERG FAMILY

REGGIE JONES JR.

CHERYL LUCKMAN-SIMMONS

THE AZRAK FAMILY

DON JACKSON

FRANK MASSARO

THE POPPER FAMILY

MICHAEL PESKIN

JOHN JUTT

ANDREW ZANG

THE SNOW FAMILY

ILYA SHCHERBA

THE EDELSTEIN FAMILY

ALEX DIGIOVANNA

THE WORSDALE FAMILY

DR. STEVEN KAHN

MARK MILLER

JOHN ZUCCHERO

SAL ESPOSITO

ROBERT KAPLAN

MICHAEL TOBACK

JEFF NACHOWITZ

THE HESSLER FAMILY

THE BREMAN FAMILY

DR. AARON BERNARD

ROBERT BERNARD

DEREK BERNARD

PHIL DRAGO

THE ROOCKE FAMILY

BOB WIGAND

KEITH BEHLMER

ALEC KORNFELD

ALAN HIRSCH

SHELDON HIRSCH

THE REEPS FAMILY

GLEN MURPHY

BARAK MERAZ

THE MILLS FAMILY

THE LOMBARDI FAMILY

THE SIEGLER FAMILY

HOWARD & SUSAN SCHWARTZ

THE COGEN FAMILY

THE RASKIN FAMILY

CHIP MORRISON

THE CARNEY FAMILY

KEITH MCDERMOTT

THE PASSARO FAMILY

THE SMITH FAMILY

THE LURIE FAMILY

THE CASSON FAMILY

THE GOLDBERG FAMILY

DYLAN KILKENNY

RYAN TERRILL

BRYAN KAPLAN

JONATHAN SILVERMAN

JACOB SCHWARTZ

ALAN FLEISHMAN

THE KRUG FAMILY

THE PIZZIRUSSO FAMILY

THE TRAUM FAMILY

HARVEY CAVAYERO ESQ.

RON STEIGER

MICHAEL MORRISON

BELLMORE-KENNEDY WRESTLING BUILDING CHAMPIONS FOR OVER 40 YEARS

Dear Alumni and friends of Cougar wrestling: Since 1999, our Cougar Alumni has been giving out a scholarship each year to one of our graduating sen-iors. The criterion for the scholarship has been a senior who excelled in the classroom and on the wrestling mat at Kennedy High School. The scholarship was re-named during the 2000-01 season in memory of Eric Luckman (class of 1985). Eric was a former Division Champion and three sport athlete who died tragically in a car accident. With the help of the Luckman family, and our very supportive alumni, we have been able to give out this scholar-ship to a deserving senior and preserve Eric’s memory as a great wrestler and teammate.

The Cougar Alumni Club along with the Kennedy coaching staff have expanded the scholarship. We have two goals. Our first goal is to keep the scholarship going as long as Kennedy High School is an academic institu-tion. This will insure that all future wrestlers will have an opportunity to win the scholarship. Our second goal is to expand the scholarship to underclassman who aspires to train at camps in the summer and compete at local, regional, and national championships. Each year the sport provides more opportunities for wrestlers to improve on their skills that will help them become a champion. This past summer most of our team traveled to Pennsyl-vania, Minnesota, Ohio, Ithaca, and Virginia at various camps and National tournaments. We will also be hosting our own clinic this summer in which we will be bringing in local NCAA National Champions and All-Americans.

Wrestling is currently the #1 sport at Kennedy and has been consistently the most successful sport. We are the only sport in the school that has support from their Alumni and awards scholarships to their student-athletes. The extra things we do for our wrestlers separate us from the other sports and have motivated our wres-tlers to be at the top of Nassau County wrestling.

Please support us in this effort to promote wrestling at Kennedy High School. If you have any questions,

please call Coach Brian DeGaetano at 516-992-1430. Thank you for your continued support. Please Make checks payable to Cougar Wrestling Alumni

Name: Address: Phone: E-mail: Amount: $25___$50___$100___other____

SHIRT SIZE: XXL___ XL___ LG___ MED___ SM____ Mail to: Brian DeGaetano Wrestling Coach JFK High School 3000 Bellmore Ave Bellmore, NY 11710

BELLMORE-KENNEDY WRESTLING 2012-13 11-20 TUES PARENT NIGHT 7:00 PM 11-24 SAT WEIGHT CERTIFICATION TBA 12-1 SAT BELLMORE DUALS 9:00 AM 12-4 TUES JV ROUND ROBIN @ EM 4:00 PM 12-7 FRI SPRIG GARDNER TOURNAMENT 4:30 PM 12-8 SAT SPRIG GARDNER TOURNAMENT 9:00 AM 12-14 FRI BETHPAGE 5/7:00 PM 12-15 SAT VSS TOURNAMENT (JV) 9:00 12-18 TUES JERICHO* 5/7:00 PM 12-19 WED OCEANSIDE (ALUMNI DAY) 7:00 PM 12-27 THURS HHH TOURNAMENT 10:00 AM 12-28 FRI HHH TOURNAMENT 10:00 AM 1-4 FRI @ GREAT NECK SOUTH* 5:00 PM 1-5 SAT WEST ISLIP DUALS 9:00 AM 1-9 WED HERRICKS* 7:00 PM 1-11 FRI WESTBURY* 7:00 PM 1-12 SAT OYSTERBAY DUALS 9:00 AM 1-16 WED @ WANTAGH* 7:00 PM 1-19 SAT @ SEAFORD 10:00 AM 1-25 FRI NASSAU COUNTY DMT CHAMPIONSHIP TBA 1-26 SAT NASSAU COUNTY DMT CHAMPIONSHIP TBA 1-26 SAT BUSBY DUALS 9:00 AM 2-2 SAT NASSAU COUNTY QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT 9:00 AM 2-9 SAT NASSAU COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS TBA 2-10 SUN NASSAU COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS TBA 2-22 FRI NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TBA 2-23 SAT NEW YORK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS TBA