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Legendary wrestling coach and referee dies.
Vittorio Anastasio met Abram (Alex) Ostrovskiy about a week after he arrived in San Francisco from Latvia. Abram did not speak English at first, but through the international language of wrestling, they were able to communicate on the mat. Abram was a world class...
Riordan Wrestling – Top State Finals Finish in San Francisco History
In Boys Wrestling News - Coach Vic Anastasio's 2013 wrestling team became the first ever San Francisco team to have two state placers in one year as Elijah Davis became the cities first ever State Finalist and Zac Contreras ends his amazing career with a fourth place...
Vittorio Anastasio becomes Riordan’s Interim President
From January 2017 to July 2017 Vittorio Anastasio led Archbishop Riordan High School as both the Principal and the Interim President. As a school leader Vittorio was the first and so far only administrator this century to lead the school with a positive year end cash...
Larry Jackson ’98 receives his high school diploma ’17
When Vittorio Anastasio was the Dean of Students, he was directed (while objecting) by the principal to deliver the bad news to Larry Jackson that he was being dismissed from school three months before graduation. Larry was working as an intern at a Radio station, and...
Tragic loss of Tyrone McGraw ’06
Vittorio Anastasio's former student and close friend tragically passed away from a rare type of cancer. A year before his passing, Vittorio invited Tyrone to be the first ever guest speaker at a Riordan Graduation Ceremony. After Tyrone's speech, he received a...