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Sachem North's Gio Santiago one of 15 Suffolk wrestlers into state wrestling semifinals

Originally published: February 22, 2013 9:34 PM
Updated: February 22, 2013 11:13 PM
By GREGG SARRA  gsarra@cablevision.com

Sachem North's Gio Santiago walks to his corner

Photo credit: Pat Orr | Sachem North's Gio Santiago walks to his corner after his match against Yorktown's Thomas Murray during their 182 lb match at the NYS Wrestling tournament in Albany N.Y. on 2-22-13.

ALBANY -- Over and over, Gio Santiago pushed Yorktown's Tom Murray across the mat and out of the circle. The Sachem North senior was running out of time in his 182-pound quarterfinal at the state wrestling championships Friday at Times Union Center.

"Gio tried to force the action early in the bout and extended himself and got caught flatfooted and fell behind in the score," Sachem North coach...

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