Finley Wrestling Welcomes Newcomers to the Mat
january 13, 2023
The J. Taylor Finley Middle School wrestling team is set for its first week of practice, commencing on Tuesday, January 17 at 3 p.m. in the school gym.
Finley has enjoyed a traditionally strong wrestling team over the years. Coaches Jonathan Oliveri and Jose Alfaro are hopeful this year’s squad will be tough, too.
Practices will be held daily in the school gym from 3:00-4:30 p.m. The sessions will include conditioning, instruction, drilling and scrimmaging. Workouts can be intense, but are always fun.
Finley has home meets scheduled with Copiague, East Northport, Nesaquake, Brentwood North and Northport. Away meets are set with Elwood, Brentwood West, Oldfield, Kings Park and Hauppauge. The season opener is at Elwood on February 8 at 5 p.m. The final meet is at Hauppauge on March 24 at 5 p.m. Home meets will be held in the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School gym.
All seventh and eighth grade boys are welcome to join the team. No previous experience is required. An interest meeting drew 30 wrestlers. More are expected to join by the first day.
Wrestlers should wear at t-shirt, shorts and sneakers at the first practice. If they already have wrestling shoes, they can wear them. Sweatpants and knee pads are fine, too.
For more information contact Coach Oliveri at jonathan.j.oliveri@gmail.com.
Every student needs to get re-qualified by the school nurse for each sport season. The nurse can only clear those who have completed a physical exam within the past 12 months and who present an interval health history form. Questions should be directed to Finley nurse Kay Khokhar at kkhokhar@hufsd.edu.
The following forms must be submitted to the nurse:
• Private Physical Exam Form (link below)
NYS Private Physical Examination Form for Athletes
• Interval Health History Form (link below)
Interval Health History for Sports Participation (English/Spanish)
All Blue Devil sports student-athletes are also required to submit a blue parent permission form to their coach no later than the first day of tryouts/practice.
The form can be found at this link: