So the boys went out to the Cliff Keen Kickoff Classic in Tulsa, Oklahoma this past weekend.  Participating were, Joshua Gobencion, Vincent Andreano, Anthony Russo, Kareem Askew, Kyle Beirdumpfel and Joseph Grello. 

The highlight of the weekend was Joshua "The Dragon" Gobencion, continuing his tear of the World of Wrestling National Series with his second national title of the year.  Joshua also won the Amarillo Nationals in Texas a month ago leading his weight class in the World of Wrestling All-Star Team standings.  The Kickoff Classic was the first tournament that counts towards the coveted, World of Wrestling Trinity Award.  "The Dragon" Gobencion has just two more tournaments to claim one of, if not, the most coveted prize in youth wrestling.  With two of the toughest tournament in the country coming, the Tulsa Nationals in January and the Reno Worlds in April, Johsua still has a tough road ahead of him.  Congrats to Johsua for a great start to the season.  Keep up the hard work.

RESULTS:

Joshua Gobencion- CHAMPION

Vincent Andreano- 2nd place

Kyle Bierdumpfel- 2nd place

Kareem Askew- 3rd place

Anthony Russo- 4th place

Joseph Grello- 4th place

CHAMPIONS:                        2ND PLACE:                        3RD PLACE:

Mike Ilic                                  PJ Gohn                                Mike Ciavarro

        Evan Barczak                          Anthony Girald

        Craig DelaCruz                       Sam Kovacs

      Derek DelaCruz

  Dominic Fano

CHAMPIONS:                                   2ND PLACE:

Jake Bursese                                      Wil Guida
Zach DiGeronimo                                 Tito Colom- Jun 66
Domerick Merola                                 Dean Caravela
Justin Carifi                                         Isaiah McGowan
Jason DalCortivo                                  Danny DalCortivo
Kenny Kerwin                                        Vinny Mainiero
Hector Colom- Mid 69                         Derek DelaCruz
Aaron Dunn
Andrew Merola
James Murdoch                                   3RD PLACE:
Mark DiGeronimo
William Kui                                            Joe Carmichael
Charlie Hudak                                       Hector Colom- Mid 74
Joe Stambouly                                     Tito Colom- Jun 72
Dominick Mainiero
Giani Calo                                               4TH PLACE:
Matt Noble
Anthony Cefalo                                      Danny Percelay
Anthony Arce
Carlo Zazzara
TJ Depasque
Jason Estevez
Sean Soto

SUMMARY

WELL, IT'S MONDAY NIGHT AND WE ARE BACK HOME.  WE GOT IN TODAY AT AROUND 3:00PM AND WE ARE EXTREMELY DRAINED.  I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE FOR NOT KEEPING TO SITE UPDATED WITH THE BOYS RESULTS.  THE DAY ENDED UP BEING EXTREMELY HECTIC AND I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO UPDATE THE SITE ON THE GO.  IT WAS A GREAT WEEKEND OF WRESTLING AND FUN.  THIS HAD TO BE ONE OF THE BEST TRIPS WE HAVE TAKEN SO FAR.  THERE WAS SO MUCH LAUGHTER GOING ON, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

WE WANT TO THANK SOME PEOPLE AT THIS TIME.  WE WANT TO THANK JAY CIAVARRO FOR BEING ONE OF OUR CHAUFFERS THIS WEEKEND.  IT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED.  JAY, WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TIME WITH YOU THIS WEEKEND.  YOU ARE A GREAT GUY AND FATHER AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU HELPED US WITH THIS WEEKEND.

WE WANT TO THANK RON "SASSO" NAUTA FOR JUST BEING RON.  FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT KNOW RON, HE IS THE FATHER OF MAX, ZACHAERY, CAMERON AND LOGAN NAUTA.  RON HAS TO BE ON OF, IF NOT, THE FUNNIEST PEOPLE I HAVE MET IN A LONG TIME.  RON KEPT US LAUGHING THE WHOLE WEEKEND AND KEPT THE MOOD LIGHT.  WITHOUT YOU RON, THE WEEKEND WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO SERIOUS. 

WE WANT TO THANK MARTA GIRALDO, MR. DALCORTIVO, EDGAR GUZMAN, AND RAY BARCZAK FOR SUPPORTING THE BOYS THIS WEEKEND.  RAY, THANKS FOR THE SANDWICHES, I THINK CARLOS AND I WOULD HAVE STARVED IF YOU DIDN'T HOOK US UP.  MARTA, THANK YOU FOR THE PICTURES YOU WERE TAKING OF THE BOYS, THEY LOOKED GREAT AND YOU JUST ADDED TO THE THE SCORPION HISTORY BOOK.  EDGAR THANK YOU FOR BEING YOU.  THERE ISN'T A MORE REAL PERSON WE HAVE MET THAN YOU.  YOU TELL IT LIKE IT IS AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.  MR. DALCORTIVO, THANK YOU ALSO FO YOUR SUPPORT OF THE BOYS AND FOR ALLOWING US TO COACH YOUR SON.  DANNY IS EXTREMELY RESPECTFUL AND A PLEASURE TO BE AROUND.  WE HAVE NEVER SEEN DANNY LAUGH SO MUCH SINCE HE HAS BEEN WITH US.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE WANT TO THANK CARL AND JOANNE BIERDUMPFEL.  THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE HOTEL ARRANGEMENTS FOR US, WE DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE NOT PLANNED IT LIKE YOU DID IT WAS PERFECT.  JOANNE THANK YOU FOR OUR  CONVERSATIONS, IT WAS A PLEASURE. 

FINALLY WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN WAITING FOR, MATCH RESULTSFOR THE  BOYS:

RD 1

KYLE BIERDUMPFEL WINS BY PIN

ANTHONY GIRALDO WINS BY PIN

MIKE CIAVARRO WINS BY TECH FALL 16-0

KAREEM ASKEW WINS 11-0

DANNY DALCORTIVO WINS 10-2

RD 2

EVAN BARCZAK LOSES 6-5

MAX NAUTA WINS BY PIN

ANTHONY GIRALDO WINS 9-0

JUSTIN BIERDUMPFEL WINS 7-0

MOHAMMAD FARHAN WINS BY PIN

KYLE BIERDUMPFEL WINS 7-0

KAREEM ASKEW WINS BY PIN

JUSTIN GUZMAN WINS 6-2

DANNY DALCORTIVO LOSES 3-0

MIKE CIAVARRO WINS 4-2

RD 3

EVAN BARCZAK LOSES 3-1

DANNY DALCORTIVO LOSES 4-2

KYLE BIERDUMPFEL WINS 7-3

KAREEM ASKEW WINS 9-0

MIKE CIAVAROO WINS 4-0

JUSTIN BIERDUMPFEL WINS 11-0

MOHAMMAD FARHAN WINS BY PIN

JUSTIN GUZMAN LOSES BY PIN

MAX NAUTA LOSES 7-0

RD 4

JUSTIN GUZMAN LOSES BY PIN

MAX NATUA WINS 7-2 GOING FOR THIRD

JUSTIN BIERDUMPFEL WINS 4-3 HE'S IN THE FINALS

KYLE BIERDUMPFEL WINS 18-3 TECH FALL IN FINALS (NATION CHAMPION)

ANTHONY GIRALDO LOSES BY PIN

KAREEM ASKEW WINS 3-2 IN FINALS (NATIONAL CHAMPION)

RD 5

ANTHONY GIRALDO LOSES 5-1 (TAKES 4TH PLACE)

MIKE CIAVARRO LOSES IN FINALS BY PIN (2ND PLACE)

MOHAMMD FARHAN LOSES IN FINALS 1-0 (2ND PLACE)

JUSTIN BIERDUMPFEL LOSES IN FINALS 2-0 (2ND PLACE)

MAX NAUTA WINS 13-0 (TAKES 3RD PLACE)

TRAVIS VASQUEZ- DON'T HAVE RESULTS(NATIONAL CHAMPION)

AWARDS

MIKE CIAVARRO NOMINATED AND WON THE BIG HORN NATIONALS CHARACTER AWARD AND WAS NAME TO THE 2009 ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS MIKE.  THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO A DEDICATED, HARDWORKING WRESTLER, NOT NECESSARY THE BEST WRESTLER AND DOES NOT WIN ALL THE TIME.  MIKE DEFINITLEY EXEMPLIFIED THIS OVER THE WEEKEND, ATTENDING HIS FIRST NATIONAL TOURNAMENT WITH US AND MAKING TO HIS FIRST NATIONAL FINALS.  MIKE FOUGHT HARD THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND WON A WELL DESERVED AWARD.  WE ARE PROUD OF THE STRIDES YOU HAVE MADE MIKE.  KEEP UP THE HARD WORK.

SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 8th, 2009

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!  IT'S TIME TO WRESTLE.  RIGHT NOW IT'S 7AM HER IN LOVELAND, COLORADO.  ALL THE BOYS ARE UP AND EATING BREAKFAST AT THE HOTEL AND WE WILL BE HEADING TO THE BUDWEISER EVENT CENTER IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.  THE MOOD OVER HERE IS QUIET, ALL WRESTLERS APPEAR TO BE DEEP IN THOUGHT AND CONCENTRATED.  SOME ARE SMILING WHICH IS A GOOD THING.  SOME APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE NERVOUS, WHICH IS OK.  WE ARE STARTING TO FINISH UPEATING BREAKFAST AS I KEEP YOU GUYS POSTED HERE.  EVERYONE IS STARTING TO TAKE THEIR BAGS AND THING TO THE CARS, CARLOS AND I ARE ON OUR THIRD CUP OF COFFEE...LOL. 

JOANNE IS STANDING NEXT TO ME TALKING ABOUT SCORPION SOCKS, CARL, RAY AND JAY ARE AT THE FRONT DESK TALKING ABOUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT.  ABE IS SITTING IN HIS CHAIR DRINKING COFFEE GAZING AIMLESSLY.  MR. DALCORTIVO AND MR. NAUTA ARE STILL IN THE CAFE FINISHING UP THEIR BREAKFAST.  AND THIS IS IT GUYS, IT'S TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL AND HEAD TO THE ARENA.  TIME FOR BUSINESS.  I WILL BE BACK THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. 

OMAR

SATURDAY NIGHT NOVEMBER 7th, 2009

WELL, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY DOWN IN LOVELAND, COLORADO, GETTING READY TO WRESTLED AT THE BIG HORN NATIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.  SCORPION WRESTLERS HAVE HAD GREAT SUCCESS AT THIS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN THE PAST AND WE HPE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT SUCCESS.  WRESTLING BEGINS TOMORROW, SUN., NOVEMBER 8th AT THE BUDWEISER EVENT CENTER IN LOVELAND, COLORADO.  PARTICIPATING IN THIS TOURNAMENT ARE THE FOLLOWING WRESTLERS:

JUSTIN BIERDUMPFEL, JUSTIN GUZMAN, KAREEM ASKEW, EVAN BARCZAK, MAX NAUTA, KYLE BIERDUMPFEL, TRAVIS VASQUEZ, DANNY DALCORTIVO, ANTHONY GIRALDO AND MIKE CIAVARRO.

STARTING OFF THE TOURNAMENT WILL BE KYLE BIERDUMPFEL WRESTLING IN MATCH #2 AND ANTHONY GIRALDO IN MATCH #5.  I WILL TRY TO KEEP THE WEBSITE UPDATED FOR YOU GUYS TO FOLLOW ON A MATCH BY MATCH BASIS.  PLEASE PRAY FOR THE BOYS AND COACHES THAT THE WRESTLERS WILL WRESTLE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES AND BE FREE OF INJURY THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND FOR THE COACHES TO HAVE CLEAR MINDS AND BE ABLE TO COACH TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.  LET'S GO GET EM BOYS. 

 OMAR

EVERY YEAR, TEAM SCORPION MEMBERS TRAIN HARD, PUT THEIR TIME IN AND OUT OF THE PRACTICE ROOM, IN HOPES THAT COACHES SEE SOMETHING SPECIAL THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO TRAVEL THE SCORPION NATIONAL TOUR.  FOR JOSHUA "THE DRAGON" GOBENCION, TALENT, HEART, HARDWORK, AND A NO QUIT ATTITUDE STARTED HIM ON THE TOUR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

THIS YEAR, JOSHUA STARTED OFF THE TOUR WITH A BANG, WINNING THE WOW(WORLD OF WRESTLING) AMARILLO NATIONALS IN AMARILLO, TEXAS THIS PAST WEEKEND.  JOSHUA ALSO SPARKED HIS WAY TO HIS SECOND WORLD OF WRESTLING ALL-STAR TEAM.  WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE JOSHUA "THE DRAGON" GOBENCION FOR THE HARD WORK AND JOB WELL DONE. 

ALSO CRACKING INTO THE SCORPION TOUR WAS ANTHONY RUSSO.  IN HIS SECOND WOW TOURNAMENT, ANTHONY FOUGHT HARD AFTER A SEMI-FINAL LOSS AND CAME BACK TO WRESTLE FOR SECOND PLACE AND WON.  WE ALL KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO WRESTLE AFTER A LOSS AND IT IS A TESTAMENT TO ANTHONY'S WILL, THE WAY HE FOUGHT AND WRESTLED BACK FOR SECOND PLACE. GREAT JOB ANTHONY.

WORLD OF WRESTLING ROLLER PRODUCTIONS IS HOME TO THE ULTIMATE FOLKSTYLE YOUTH WRESTLING AWARD, THE TRINITY.  TO WIN THE TRINITY AWARD, WRESTLERS MUST CLAIM TITLES AT THE BIG 3; KICKOFF CLASSIC, TULSA NATIONALS, AND RENO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 

With the start of the season almost near, you High School wrestlers need to start hitting some tournaments.  Some of you went down to Super 32, but not enough of you.  Some of you have entered other tournaments, but not enough.  Although we are proud of everyone's efforts and committment to coming into the room and training hard, please for your sake, get in as many tournaments as you can before the season.  Be prepared, set your goals, and do not turn back now.  If you are having second thoughts, this is the time to back out. 

 The 12th Annual Pre-Season National Championships are being heald at Pleasant Valley High School in Broadheadsville, PA on November 14, 2009.  Please make it a point to get out there to this tough preseason tournament to see where you guy are at this point in the preseason.  Most of you have been going hard all summer, and this would be a good gauge to see what things still need to be corrected. 

 For registration information, click on the headline of this post, it is a link to the registration site for the tournament.  This is also a Team Tournament and we would love to have a solid group out in PA to represent Team Scorpion Wrestling.  If there are any questions about this, feel free to email me at scorpionsinfo@aol.com. 

RESULTS FOR THE BOYS

          ANDREW POLIDORE-130 LBS           

          JAMIE WESTWOOD- 171 LBS         

 

          AJ MOTT- 189 LBS         

   

 

We also want to congratulate our Middle School wrestlers who participated and placed at the Super 32 in Greensboro, NC. 

You guys did a great job! 

Keep up the good work!!!

         Craig Delacruz- 7th         

          Anthony Giraldo- 5th         

For full results of the Super 32 Challenge, click on the Headline.

PJ FARINELLA- 3RD

BRYANT LIGHTY- 2ND

BRADY FORD

 CHAMPION (MIDGET DIVISION)

2ND (NOVICE DIVISION)

WIL GUIDA- CHAMPION

ZACH DIGERONIMO- 3RD

DARREN JONES- CHAMPION

VINCENT ANDREANO- CHAMPION

ALEX JONES- 2ND

MARK DIGERONIMO- 2ND

KENNY KERWIN- CHAMPION

DANNY PERCELAY- 4TH

MIKE ANDREANO- CHAMPION

TRAVIS VASQUEZ- 2ND

JERRY JONES- 4TH

          KYLE BIERDUMPFEL- CHAMPION         

                    JUSTIN BIERDUMPFEL- CHAMPION                   

          KAREEM ASKEW- CHAMPION         

                   MOHAMMAD FARHAN- CHAMPION                   

          ANTHONY GIRALDO- CHAMPION         

                  ANTHONY CEFOLO- CHAMPION                   

          WIL GUIDA- 2ND         

     ZACH DIGERONIMO- 3RD    

          HECTOR COLON- 3RD         

     SHANE METZLER- 2ND    

          MARK DIGERONIMO- 3RD         

     DANNY PERCELAY- 3RD    

          DOMINIC FANO- CHAMPION        

     TITO COLON- 2ND    

          MAX NAUTA- 3RD        

    DESALENGE FRIED- CHAMPION    

             VINCENT ANDREANO- CHAMPION          

                    MIKE ANDREANO- CHAMPION         

                    TRAVIS VASQUEZ- CHAMPION          

                   ANTHONY GIRALDO- CHAMPION         

                    MIKE CIAVARRO- CHAMPION          

         DESALENGE FRIED- 3RD        

       VINCENT ANDREANO- CHAMPION      

        MIKE ANDREANO- CHAMPION       

        TRAVIS VASQUEZ- CHAMPION       

       MIKE CIAVARRO- 3RD      

        EMILIANO BENTACOR- CHAMPION       

        DESALENGE FRIED- 2ND       

      

                           

 

Although the NJ High School season has not started yet, let alone any wrestling season, our boys are starting to open up some eyes on the national scene.  Wrestling USA Magazine, USA's #1 Source for Wrestling, has released it's High School National Rankings for the Best High School wrestler of the upcoming 2009-2010 season by grade.

We are extremely excited and proud to have two wrestlers break into the HS national rankings this year, Perth Amboy Senior, Heriberto Quintana ranked #15 and Queen of Peace Sophmore, Pelal Deeb ranked #8.

Heriberto "Berto" Quintana, broke into his first Best HS Seniors national rankings.  Ranked #15 @ 112lbs, for 2009-2010 HS Seniors, Berto finished off one of, if not, his best high school wrestling season.  Berto finished off his Junior season with Perth Amboy finishing 1st in his district, 2nd in his region and an outstanding 3rd place finish at the NJ State Finals in Atlantic City at 112lbs.  Berto could be returning this season at 112lbs and would be the overall favorite to take the title this year if he does.

Pelal Deeb, although going through one of his toughest years his freshman year, not wrestling many matches, has also broken into the Best Freshman/Sophmores national rankings, #8 @ 140lbs. Pelal broke into the national rankings after participating in the prestigous National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Freshman Nationals this past March.  Pelal won the 130lb Freshman National Title and became a High School All-American.

Also breaking into the  Senior national rankings is Queen of Peace wrestler, Jaime Westwood.  Jaime was acknowledged as a Special Mention in the 171lb weight class.  Jaime finished off a great Junior season with the Golden Griffins placing at the NJ State Finals as well placing in the NHSCA Junior Nationals and becoming an NHSCA High School All-American. 

We want to congratulate the boys for their outstanding accomplishments and the hard work that they have put in to be nationally recognized.  Congratulations boys from your second family, Team Scorpion Wrestling.

2009-2010 Best High School Seniors 

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1. Carson Kuhn (Alta, UT)
2. Kory Mines (Maple Heights, OH)
3. Matthew Gurule (Grand Junction Central, CO)
4. Anthony Hawkins (Crown Point, IN)
5. Tanner Moon (Oak Mountain, AL)
6. Charles Zeisloft (Gateway, NJ)
7. Zach Zimmer (Clovis West, CA)
8. Matt Rabinowitz (Airline, LA)
9. Sean Silva (Barstow, CA)
10. Jeremy Schmidt (Rocky Mountain, CO)
11. Max Soria (Kings Park, NY)
12. Logan Arlis (Batavia, IL)
13. Alex Gilpin (Reagan, TX)
14. Kyle McGregor (Tonawanda, NY)

 
     15. Heriberto Quintana (Perth Amboy, NJ)    

  
16. Matt Cavallaris (Neuqua Valley, IL)
17. Matt Correa (Righetti, CA)
18. Travis Laxton (Suwannee, FL)
19. Kyle Crisafulli (Phoenix, NY)
20. Isa Hurtado (Sheldon, CA)
21. Anthony Marino (Liberty, PA)
22. Corey Melo (New Bedford, MA)
23. Billy Gould (High Point, NJ)
24. Josh Heinzer (Lake Stevens, WA)
25. Ben Willeford (St. Michael’s, LA)
26. Ben Matthiesen (Holt, MI)
27. Joe Andrews (Grapevine, TX)
28. Shawn Nagel (Kimball, NE)
29. Ryan Blackwell (Croatan, NC)
30. Terry Dawson (Brandon, FL)

2009-2010 Best High School Freshman/Sophmores

140
1. Brandon Kingsley, 10, (Apple Valley, MN)
2. Gabriel Moreno, 10, (Urbandale, IA)
3. Zac Brunson, 10, (Churchill, OR)
4. Max Schneider, 10, (Chicago Lane Tech, IL)
5. Isaac Jordan, 10, (St. Paris Graham, OH)
6. Brian Brill, 10, (Central Mountain, PA)
7. Rylan Lubeck, 10, (Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln, WI)
                 

     8. Pelal Deeb, 10, (Queen of Peace, NJ)    

 
9. Colton Peppelman, 9, (Central Dauphin, PA)
10. Zane Nelson, 9, (CVCA, OH)
11. Zach Witte, 10, (Cedar Rapids Prarie, IA)
12. Tyler Button, 10, (Phoenix, NY)
13. Eleazor DeLuca, 10, (Phoenix, OR)
14. Brooks Climmons, 9, (Pope, GA)
15. Brady Epperly, 10, (Christiansburg, VA)
16. Gus Duncan, 10, (Lowry, NV)
17. Aaron Benedict, 10, (Solvey, NY)
18. Eli Hinebauch, 10, (Havre, MT)
19. Zeb Wahle, 10, (Lewis Central, IA)
20. Cole Fulk, 10, (Wyoming Seminary, PA)
21. Tanner Lynde, 10, (Delphi, IN)
22. Elijah Hull, 10, (Lewis County, WV)
23. Nick Skonieczny, 10, (Walsh Jesuit, OH)
24. Kirk Johnson, 10, (Perry Meridian, IN)
25. Kyle Begin, 10, (Anoka, MN)
26. Domenic Abounader, 9, (St. Edward, OH)
27. Travis Berridge, 9, (Brandon, FL)
28. Richard Trotta, 10, (Parkland, PA)
29. Adam Kluk, 9, (Highland, OH)
30. John Blankenship, 9, (United, PA)

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Special Mention:
Omar Akel (Long Branch, NJ)
Luis Alba (Cypress Creek, FL)
Braden Atwood (Delphi, IN)
Nick Bayer (Tahoma, WA)
Jonathan Beam (Waynedale, OH)
Billy Coggins (Rocky Point, NY)
Willy Crawford (Fluvanna County, VA)
Jordan DeBus (Mitchell, NE)
Cole Gracey (Tuttle, OK)
Aaron Hartsock (Glasgow, MT)
Dalton Henderson (Owatonna, MN)
Patrick Kissel (Oostburg, WI)
Joe Latham (Bismarck, ND)
John Paul Luckett (Baton Rouge Catholic, LA)
Ryan Olep (Lowell, MI)
Brock Pickard (Polson, MT)
Dennis Raber (Orrville, OH)
Jordan Reiner (Mitchell, SD)
Tyler Russell (Morse, ME)
Patrick Sheehan (Punahou, HI)
Bryan Sternlieb (Toms River East, NJ)
 

   Jamie Westwood (Queen of Peace, NJ)       

Jay Wieller (Wyoming Seminary, PA)
Ty Wilps (Chartiers Valley, PA) 

If you want to see all of the rankings, click on the title headline above.