East Islip High School’s wrestlers won their third straight Rocky Gilmore Classic title at the 37th annual edition of the tournament, which the school hosted on Jan. 4. East Islip boasted 14 place winners, five finalists and four champions, and totaled 246 team points to earn a well-deserved first place.

Capturing first place overall for East Islip were sophomore Gryffin Alfalla (wrestling at 145 lbs.), senior captain Christopher Coleman (170 lbs.), senior captain Vasilios Dimou (160 lbs.) and junior Christian Horeis (190 lbs.), with another finalist in junior Noah Hodge (145 lbs.). Horeis also won the team’s Most Outstanding Wrestler award for defeating the first- and third-ranked wrestlers in his weight class.

East Islip’s third-place finishers were junior Brian Csoban and junior captain Rocco DeStefano; in fourth place were junior Matt D’Amico, senior Chase Canfora and senior Anthony Liedtke-Merina; finishing fifth overall was freshman Rayan Shehu; and earning sixth place were sophomore Marcos Quinones, sophomore Ty Strychalsky and junior Sean Togher.