CSI/McCown and Brooklyn Tech tied for Team Championship honors at the 2013-2014 PSAL Freshman & Sophomore Wrestling Championships this past Sunday.  CSI had three finalists and two champions—Tyler Kwan, at 113 lbs, and Marlon Kuilon, at 120 lbs—while Brooklyn Tech had two finalists and one champion: Jason Sabatelle, at 138 lbs. Each team amassed 85.5 points overall.

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The 2014 NYC Mayor’s Cup Wrestling Championships will be held at Columbia University’s Levien Gymnasium this weekend. The event brings together the city’s best male high school wrestlers from the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL), Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA), and independent schools in a two-day tournament taking place on January 25^th-26^th.

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The holidays were made a little brighter for some of New York City’s less fortunate this year, thanks to the help of four Beat the Streets alumni. Ben Mensah, Matt Moy, Paul Ma, and Alex Ynoquio spent the days preceding Christmas passing out holiday cards to the homeless in the area between Washington Square Park and 14^th Street.

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The 12^th annual Eastern States Classic was held this past weekend at Sullivan Community College in Loch Sheldrake, NY. Competing in the two-day event were 127 teams, representing six different states from around the United States.

Beat the Streets traveled with a contingent of wrestlers from seven schools across New York City. Head Coach MarcAntoni Macias said it was “a weekend of great sportsmanship, competition, and wrestling all-around.” Represented schools included Benjamin Cardozo, Brooklyn International, Curtis, Eagle Academy, James Madison, MLK, and New Utrecht.

Read more: Eastern States Classic Recap

NOTE: Due to last-minute scheduling conflict, this event has been moved to Wednesday, January 29th.

An evening with Mike Novogratz

presented by
Beat the Streets Wrestling

Join fellow wrestlers for an evening of networking and wrestling history.

When: Thursday, January 30, 2014

Wednesday, January 29th, 2014

6:30 pm - Cash Bar
7:00 pm - Dinner
7:45 pm - Mike Novogratz
8:30pm – 9:30pm - Cash Bar

Where: Cornell Club at 6 East 44th Street, Manhattan

Who: Any one that ever wrestled

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PSAL Wrestling - Win Leaders as of January 7th, 2014

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Amy Furusho, a second-year student-athlete at Beat the Streets, is more than just a wrestler. The seventeen-year-old is a senior at The Bronx High School of Science, a specialized school often considered the premier science magnet in the United States. Admission is based on performance on an entry exam, and includes a culturally and economically diverse range of students. Although math and science are its focus, Bronx Science also emphasizes the humanities and social sciences, and offers a wide variety of classes in multiple areas. Amy, who will graduate in June, likes physics and introduction to organic chemistry the most. “I do pretty well,” she says—her modesty masking the fact that she gets almost all A’s at the prestigious high school.

Read more: Beat the Streets Student Highlight: Amy Furusho