Warwick excels in Hudson Valley football combine

Wildcat’s Finish Second Overall,By Gregory Sirico Warwick - The Warwick Wildcat’s left brought their winter training season to a close with a strong showing in the Hudson Valley Football Combine held in Warwick this past Saturday. The event pitted Section IX football teams against each other in football-related strength and conditioning competitions. The Wildcat’s finished second overall, just 40 points short of Newburgh Free Academy for the overall title. Twelve teams throughout the section competed and more than 455 football players throughout section IX took part in the free football event run by the Warwick Football staff. Team Scores 1. Newburgh 579 2. Warwick 529 3. Cornwall 340 4. Valley Central 254 5. Middletown 215 6. Burke Catholic 116 7. Pine Bush 81 8. Washingtonville 58 9. Marlboro 57 10. James I. O’Neill 36 11. Sullivan West 5 Individual Winners by Weight Class 226 lbs. and Up 1. Owen Frasier, NFA 2. Willie Calhoun, NFA 3. Brian McNally, Cornwall 201 - 225 lbs. 1. Matt Stranski, Warwick 2. Patrick Sweeney, Warwick 3. Adam Washington, Warwick 181 - 200 lbs. 1. John Sala ,Warwick 2. Chris Meinhardt, Warwick 3. David Keene, Warwick 166 - 180 lbs. 1. Isai Reyes, Warwick 2. Dan Brooks, NFA 3. Tom Jagosch, NFA 150 - 165 lbs. 1. Isiah Brown, Pine Bush 2. Mike Loungo, Burke 149 lbs. and under 1. Previn Pearson NFA 2. Sanchez NFA 3. Blaze Chatham NFA Individual Best Efforts by Event Bench Press Patrick Sweeney, Warwick, 29 reps at 155 lbs. Seated Shot Put Owen Frazier, NFA, 23’ 2” Towel Hang Billy Jackson, Warwick, 2 minutes and 7 seconds NFL Agility Shuttle Run Tom Montopoli, Warwick, 4.20 seconds Isai Reyes, Warwick, 4.20 seconds 150-yard Agility Sprint William Loeb, Pine Bush, 24.50 seconds Triple Broad Jump Isai Reyes, Warwick, 28’7” Tug of War Middletown HS; Warwick was a semi-finalist. Sprint Relay Co-champions NFA and Cornwall; Warwick was third. Special thanks to the Warwick Football coaching staff for volunteering their day on Saturday to bring this event to the Hudson Valley. Special thanks to Warwick Recreation Director Ron Introini for funding the trophies and volunteers Derek Hrinya, Shaun Barrett, Mike Conklin, Ryan Darcey and Dan Jacques for their help through out the day. Gregory Sirico is the head football coach at Warwick Valley High School.