WRESTLING
Wrestling team signs Suffolk County standout

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Binghamton wrestling team has a national letter of intent from Matt Sganga (Shirley, N.Y.), who is from Longwood High School. He wrestled in the 112-lb. weight class at Longwood and will wrestle in the 125-lb. weight class when he joins the Bearcats next winter.

Sganga is a two-time Suffolk County runner-up. In this year’s finals, he lost to three-time state finalist and two-time champ, Pat Flynn, and as a junior, he was defeated by two-time state champion Rob Vaccaro. Last November, Sganga defeated Jermaine Jones, the top-ranked recruit in the nation, who will attend Ohio State.

"I consider Matt to be the second best wrestler in the state at 112 lbs,” said Binghamton head coach Mike Fusilli. “It's unfortunate that the NYS High Association only allows one kid per section to advance to the state tournament in wrestling. Matt was behind two of Suffolk County's most successful student-athletes of all-time (Rob Vaccaro and Pat Flynn) the past two years. I am confident that Matt's talents are at that same level. His hard work ethic and love for competition will help him to develop into a great college wrestler for Binghamton. I am very excited about Matt becoming a Bearcat.”