As the calendar hurried toward the holidays and school broke for vacation, the Mineola High School sports teams continued to work hard. But as they took a break to breathe in the aromas of holiday goodies, its gives us a chance to bring you up-to-date on how some of the teams are doing.

Dan Guido's wrestling squad is young with only three seniors. But, the coach said the team is much improved from over a year ago. "We have competed in two tournaments so far. We finished fourth out of 11 teams in the Hank Paris Invitational and only four points out of second. Last year, we were 11th out of 12. The boys also finished fifth out of 11 teams at the Ralph Jansen Invitational," said Guido.

Here's how each wrestler did in the aforementioned tournaments (RJ refers to Ralph Jansen Tournament while HP refers to Hank Paris Tournament):

JV Wrestlers and Place Winners

Troy Kearney, 96 lbs. Fr. 3rd place RJ

Paul Krumholz, 119 lbs. Fr. 3rd at HP, Champion RJ

Rich Baierwalter, 125 lbs. Fr.

Mike Goldstein, 130 lbs. Fr.

Mike Granath, 130 lbs. Soph. Champion RJ

Sean Wachter, 135 lbs. Soph.

Nick Kalenzopolous, 140 lbs. Soph. Champion HP

Marco Santiago, 140 lbs. Soph. 2nd place HP

Leonard Dul, 152 lbs. Fr. 3rd place HP and RJ

Mike Reis, 170 lbs. Soph.

Patrick Martorella, 215 lbs. Fr. 2nd place HP, 3rd RJ

Sean Gonzalez, 275 lbs. Fr.

Varsity Wrestlers and Place Winners

Zane Kearney 112 lbs. Jr.

Chris Granath, 119 lbs. Jr. 3rd HP

Gabe Garcia, 125 lbs. Jr.

Nick Tonini, 125 lbs. Sr. Champion HP and RJ

Mike Vasconcelos, 130 lbs. Jr. 3rd place RJ

Max Bankin, 130 lbs. Sr.

Helder Santiago, 135 lbs. Soph.

Andrew Gross, 140 lbs. Jr. 4th place HP

Carl Nunziata, 140 lbs. Jr.

Marco Santiago, 140 lbs. Soph. 2nd place HP

Mike Marques, 145 lbs. Jr. 3rd place HP, Champion RJ

Kevin Brostek, 145 lbs. Jr.

Bryan Gallego, 160 lbs. Sr. 3rd place RJ

Neil Palumbo, 171 lbs. Sr.

Leo Morales, 189 lbs. Sr. Champion HP

Mike Roo, 215 lbs. Jr. 3rd Place RJ

"This year has gone well so far and the team is improving every week. We wrestle in a tougher league than last year. We won the conference last year and are still looking to be successful this season. We have our sights set on the Nassau County Class-B championship," said the coach.

Mustangs Bowling Round-Up

Mineola boys bowling coach Helms Bohringer reports the varsity squad is in fourth place in the conference. The varsity squad is made up of John Carnabucci, and Joe Calvao with Paul Tapais and Matt Ponte having a nice first season on varsity.

The JV team is in fifth place in its conference. The team is comprised of Matt Wojis, Sean Boyle, Tim Pappagiannis, Ricky Gonzalez and Bryan O'Malley.

Girls bowling coach Valerie Liese reports the varsity team was 4-2 heading into the holidays and ranked 14th in Nassau County. Danielle Rivera rolled a 583 series with a 223 first game. Desiree Perez has bowled two 200-plus games.