Thursday, October 1, 2026
The New York State top-ranked Long Beach wrestling program enjoyed a history-making performance at last weekend’s Nassau Division I championships at Hofstra, setting records for points (322.5) and All-County (14) finishers on the way to capturing its first county tournament title in six years.
The Marines crowned four county champs, the most in any season under 20-year head coach Ray Adams, including undefeated sophomore Jacori Teemer (126 pounds) who seeks a third straight state title. Teemer, Shawn Bourne (120), Tyrese Byron (152) and Tyreek Bromley (182) advanced to the state tournament Feb. 26-27 at Albany’s Times Union Center after proving the best in Nassau in their respective weight classes last Sunday night.
“The Long Beach wrestling community is one big family,” Adams said. “All the kids work extremely hard and push each other and themselves to compete at the highest level.
“The support we had all weekend was tremendous,” he added. “We’ve had a very special season and it’s not over yet.”
Long Beach, which repeated as Nassau dual meet champs, qualified 26 for Hofstra, one short of the record-27 sent by Wantagh, after setting a Qualifying Tournament mark with a dozen winners. The Marines had seven county finalists, by far the most of any school.
“Our depth really showed,” Adams said.
Byron (37-4) and Bromley (39-5) knocked on the county title door as sophomores last winter when they came up short in the finals. Bourne, a senior who was fifth a year ago, was voted this year’s Most Outstanding Wrestler and also the Champion of Champions. Byron took the Most Pins/Least Time award with four pins in a combined 7 minutes, 34 seconds.
Bourne (32-12) capped a perfect 5-0 weekend in what was considered one of the toughest weight classes by beating a defending county champ, South Side’s Kyle Mosher, in the title bout, 8-3. “I just needed to make sure he didn’t leg-lock me,” Bourne said.
Mosher squeaked by Long Beach junior Matt Maquet in the semis, 4-3, while Bourne knocked off Wantagh’s Michael Killard, 7-4. “I’m so proud of him,” Adams said of Bourne, who has Teemer and Maquet as workout partners.
Teemer followed Bourne with another dominant performance that upped his record on the season to 45-0. After cruising into the semis with a pair of second-period pins last Saturday, Teemer won by tech fall over East Meadow’s Shawn Regan on Sunday afternoon and put on a clinic against Massapequa’s Garret Gibbons in the evening finals, winning a 17-6 major decision. “We wrestled a close match earlier in the season,” Teemer said. “I knew I had to take more shots this time.”
Adams said there was no stopping Byron, who polished off three of his four opponents in barely over a minute or less. In the finals, East Meadow’s Mike Choi lasted 1:04.
Bromley, a 10-4 winner over Lynbrook’s Zachary Kornberg in the finals, was equally as impressive in Adams’ book. “Tyreek is just a beast,” he said.
Junior Pablo Martinez was runner-up at 99 pounds, junior Charlie Spada was a finalist at 145, and junior Joe Giorlando placed second at 170. Maquet, junior John Colletti (138) and sophomore Elijah Rodriguez (182) took third, junior Jeffrey Alvarez (285) was fourth, junior Brandon DeVivio (160) finished fifth, while freshman Dylan Martinsen (113) and junior Greg Wildstein (160) were sixth.
