Developmental League and CHSAA qualifier

The PSAL or public school athletic league, has a plan to make NYC wrestling amazing in the years to come. as of now there are 45 teams in the public league, however for the next 4 years there will be 15 more teams added each year at the high school level and 30 at the middle school level. today was the championship for the developmental league this year. the wrestling was horrible and every team was horrible, but it is a step in a good direction because with more and more schools in the league the more competition there will be and the better the kids will become.

As a former catholic league wrestler i can tell you the public school league will never come close to being anywhere near as competitive as the CHSAA because the PSAL teams lack the strict dicipline needed to have a well oiled machine. In catholic schools coaches can be more strict on practice policies and so on, but in the public schools they do not penalize for lateness or missed practices. that is why they will never be as good as the CHSAA.

also i would like to give much deserved props to the islanders who qualified for the catholic state tournament. Monsignor Farrell is sending 18 wrestlers to the states and had 14 kids in the finals winning 8 weigh classes. that is monumental not only for the catholic league and Staten Island, but it means a lot for NYC because of the reputation were getting as a bona fide city where wrestling is now one of the most popular amateur sports. Congrats Farrell and good luck at the state tournament.