New York Wrestling News

09/08/2025

Interested in wrestling for Binghamton at the Division I level? Consider going to the Northeast Prospect Camp on Sunday, September 21st in Binghamton’s West Gym.

Clinicians & Counselors:
Lou DePrez - 2x All-American at Binghamton and current Assistant Coach
Brevin Cassella - 4x National Qualifier at Binghamton
Carter Baer - 3x New York State Champ & current Binghamton wrestler
Carson Wagner - U23 All-American & current Binghamton wrestler

Registration:
https://www.bearcatwrestlingclub.com

06/08/2025

The champ is back to again! Buffalo commit Cullen Edwards is locked in for the Grappler Fall Classic once again after storming through the 119 lbs bracket last year.

GFC 🚨 Returning champ and NY hammer Cullen Edwards is back to again! Last year he stormed from the #11 seed, the lowest seed in GFC history to win a title! GrapplerFallClassic.com

05/08/2025

Landyn Shaffer going to at GFC!

GFC 🚨 ALERT ‼️ Another nationally ranked New Yorker on board! Fresh off a Fargo freestyle finals run, Landyn Shaffer is in to GrapplerFallClassic.com

03/08/2025

After putting an individual on every age level world team, the KD Training Center continues to impress. Jayden James (Delbarton, NJ) just beat Iran 9-2 in the U17 World Finals to be crowned World Champion!

The KDTC is now coming home with a World Gold medal with the opportunity to now podium all of their World Team Reps!

As many know, Jayden’s training is primarily in New York with New York partners at the KDTC.

02/08/2025

The New York Military Academy is sending a slew of kids to at the 2025 Grappler Fall Classic 🔥

Those registered so far include:

Cooper Merli - 2x New York State Champ, #5 at 113 lbs by FloWrestling
Kai Plinski - 2x West Virginia State Champ
Braeden Simoneaux - 3x Louisiana State Champ
Aiden Morris - Massachusetts State Placer
Shea Morris - Massachusetts State Placer, New England Prep Runner Up
Andrew McCarthy - Rhode Island State Champ, NHSCA All-American
Landon Herdic - Connecticut State Champ
Anthony Moreno - New Jersey State Qualifier
Waylan Winseman - 2x New York State Placer

02/08/2025

2x State Champ and 3x State Finalist Cooper Merli (New York Military Academy) is heading west and coming to at the 2025 Grappler Fall Classic! Merli is also currently ranked 5th in the country at 113 lbs.

Just 24 hours into registration and we have hammers signed up from over 13 states!

Registration link available below:
https://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/TW_Register.jsp?tournamentGroupId=268599132

02/08/2025

Jayden James (Delbarton, NJ) punches his ticket to the semifinals at the U17 World Championships this morning after a 6-0 win over Uzbekistan.

Although New York does not technically have a rep at U17’s, there are some New York roots as all of Jayden’s training (and most of his training partners) are in New York!

Semifinals will start at 10:00am EST on FloWrestling!

01/08/2025

2025 Grappler Fall Classic Registration is now open! You can register with the link below!

http://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/TW_Register.jsp?tournamentGroupId=268599132

30/07/2025

𝙆𝘿 𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙄𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍: 𝙃𝘼𝙇𝙁 𝘼 𝘿𝙀𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝘿𝙊𝙈𝙄𝙉𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀

New York Wrestling News had the opportunity to sit down with Khaled Dassan, the Founder and Head Coach of the KD Training Center, alongside some highly decorated wrestlers that have came out of the esteemed club.

The KDTC just put a current or former club member on every age level world team in a single training cycle, and has sent over 25 kids to Division I colleges since the club opened its doors. We had the opportunity to pull back the curtain in this in-depth article.

Full Article:
https://www.grapplergold.com/blog/behind-the-curtain---kd-training-center

29/07/2025

New women’s national rankings have been released post-Fargo with 7 girls cracking the national rankings, and 4 of those being ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight!

Photo - Jim Thrall, MatFocus

28/07/2025

𝙋𝙊𝙎𝙏-𝙁𝘼𝙍𝙂𝙊 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙇 𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎

A fresh set of national rankings have been rolled out post-Fargo. Camryn Howard climbs all the way up to #6 after winning 16U’s and Landyn Shaffer makes his first appearance in the national rankings after making the finals!

𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙎
Will Soto - #8 at 106
Dunia Sibomana - #12 at 120
Gavin Mangano - #7 at 138
Landyn Shaffer - #18 at 138
Camryn Howard - #6 at 157
Griffin LaPlante - #11 at 157
Devin Downes - #9 at 215 lbs

24/07/2025

Deposit-Hancock’s Landyn Shaffer is getting high praise from national wrestling outlets after he scorched the competition en route to a national finals appearance.

Willie Saylor (MatScouts) on his Fargo Stock Report was super high on the Section IV standout! All eyes on Shaffer post-Fargo!👀