Norwich ends 19-year drought, wins Class B wrestling title
Evening Sun Report
Wrestling
NORWICH – On the strength of six finalists and three champions, Norwich captured the Section IV Class B wrestling tournament at Norwich High School Saturday afternoon. It was the Tornado’s first Class B championship since the 1994-1995 season ending a 19-year span between class championships.
“Every kid contributed to our championship, and every kid was wrestling the best they have all year long,” said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch. “That’s important this time of year, and I am proud of all of the guys’ effort.”
As expected, returning Section IV champions Tristan Rifanburg (138) and Frank Garcia (152) breezed to titles. Rifanburg had just two matches, and needed two minutes and 10 seconds of mat time to claim his crown.
Garcia, too, was dominant with two pins and a superior decision. Adding the third crown was first-time sectional champion Dalen Geislinger (99, who edged Chenango Valley’s Caleb Wiggins, 4-2, in the finals.
“Frankie and Tristan are leaders on our team, and they knew they needed to go out and get bonus points in their matches to help us win the team title,” Hagenbuch said. “And they did.”
Nailing down runner-up finishes were Zach Mills (106), Cole Rifanburg (120), and Brad Chesebro (220). Five other Norwich wrestlers grabbed top-four finishes giving Norwich 11 entries in the sectional tournament next week, its largest contingent in several years.
“Being at home this weekend was most definitely a big advantage for us,” Hagenbuch said. “Everything worked out perfect.”
Team scores: Norwich 167, Maine-Endwell 151, Windsor 146, Whitney Point 108½, Susquehanna Valley 106, Owego 88½, Oneonta 84, Chenango Valley 78½, Dryden 30.
Finals
(Norwich results)
99: Dalen Geislinger (Norwich) dec. Caleb Wiggins (CV), 4-2. 106: Jacob Lehr (CV) dec. Zach Mills (Norwich), 9-7. 1120: Ryan Kwiatkowski (Owego) pinned Cole Rifanburg (Norwich), 1:09. 138: Tristan Rifanburg (Norwich) pinned Brock Post (M-E), 1:10. 1152: Frank Garcia (Norwich) pinned Brady Wisniewski (M-E), 2:37. 220: Tristan Roche (SV) dec. Bradley Chesebro (Norwich), 8-0.
Third-fourth
99: Ty Rifanburg (Norwich) dec. Paddy Lupole (SV), 14-0. 126: Carter Hubbard (Norwich) pinned Noah Gehring (Owego), 3:18.145: James Longo (Oneonta) pinned Nick Murphy (Norwich), 1:39.70: David Lopez (Owego) dec. Colton Langille (Norwich), 6-5. 182: Jacob Perrone (Norwich) dec. Cordell Woolfolk (M-E), 5-2.
Class C
GREENE – Returning Section IV champions Christian Dietrich of Greene and Chris Cirigliano of B-G/Afton/Harpursville maintained their course toward another Division II championship with dominant title wins at the Class C Tournament Saturday.
Dietrich, a state-runner-up as a freshman last year, remained unbeaten on the season topping Watkins Glen’s Ian Chedzoy in the 182-pound finals, 12-1. Cirigliano, who hasn’t lost since early December, flattened Lansing’s Hunter Oblinski in the 106-pound title bout with a pin in 1:05.
The Bears placed second in team scoring 8 1/2 points behind first-place Tioga. Adding a second title was Jamie Griswold at 145 pounds. Griswold, who has surged since his moved down in weight, pinned Watkins Glen’s Nick Cocola in 3:01.
Greene’s Jeff Pornbeck (195) followed up Dietrich’s victory with his first Class B title edging Tioga’s Mike Melella, 7-4.
The Bears will send 12 wrestlers to the Section IV Division II tourney, while the Trojans had four qualifiers.
Team scores: Tioga 182½, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton/Harpursville 174, Sidney 117, Waverly 96, Unatego 86, Greene 85, Watkins Glen 79½, Lansing 77, Spencer-Van Etten 49, Thomas A. Edison 21.
Local results
(BGAH, Greene)
Finals
106: Chris Cirigliano (BGAH) pinned Hunter Oblinski (Lansing), 1:05. 120: Kaleb Stone (Tioga) pinned Ryan McMahon (BGAH), 1:46. 126: Dan Hosking (Tioga) dec. Kevin Hubbard (BGAH), 11-1. 138: Greg Lee (Lansing) dec. Madison Hoover (BGAH), 3-0. 145: Jamie Griswold (BGAH) pinned Nick Cocola (WG), 3:01. 182: Christian Dietrich (Greene) dec. Ian Chedzoy (WG), 12-1. 195: Jeff Pornbeck (Greene) pinned Mike Melella (Tioga), 7-4.
Third-fourth
99: Brian Sexton (S-VE) pinned Cody Ferrara (BGAH), 4:50. 1113: Josh Lindsey (BGAH) pinned Collin Elston (Tioga), 4:55. 126: Brendan Wheeler (Greene) dec. D.J. Myers (Waverly), 13-0. 132: Jacob Andrews (BGAH) dec. Matt Higgins (Sidney), 5-0. 138: Michael David Robinson (BGAH) dec. Andrew Specht (WG), 7-0. 145: Lucas DeJoy (Unatego) pinned Braxton Howell (Greene), 2:34. 152: Joey Peters (Waverly) dec. Austin Carr (BGAH), 3-1. 170: Colby Foster (BGAH) won by fft 182: Justin Fiske (Tioga) dec. Mitch Weist (BGAH), 13-6. Shane Curtin (BGAH) pinned Colton Arcangeli (WG), 3:15.
Class D
At Odessa-Montour High School, Oxford had four title winners to place second behind Deposit-Hancock at the Class D tournament Saturday afternoon.
Senior Joe Nelson (113) won his third straight Class D championship winning an all-Oxford final. Nelson beat teammate Nate Hansen by technical fall, 16-0.
Oxford had a stronghold in the upper weight classes. Nik Hansen (160) won by pin, Joe Jackson (170) edged Moravia’s Hunter Talbot, 13-10, and freshman Garyn Huntley (220) blanked Deposit’s Zach Gifford, 6-0.
Oxford had six wrestlers qualify for next weekend’s Section IV Tournament at the Binghamton Event Center.
Unadilla Valley did not win a championship, but had six wrestlers gain top-four spots to advance to next week’s tourney.
Team scores: Deposit/Hancock 209, Oxford 152, Candor 141, Walton 135, Unadilla Valley 103, Moravia 102, Delhi 94½, Groton 83, Marathon 56, Southern Cayuga 49, Odessa-Montour 31, Edmeston 20.
(Oxford, Unadilla Valley Results)
Finals
113: Joe Nelson (Oxford) won by tech. fall over Nate Hansen (Oxford), 16-0. 138: Dakota Coffey (Walton) pinned Garrett Sylstra (Oxford), 2:57. 160: Nik Hansen (Oxford) pinned Dawson Beers (Walton), 1:11. 170: Joe Jackson (Oxford) dec. Hunter Talbot (Moravia), 13-10. 220: Garyn Huntley (Oxford) dec. Zach Gifford (D/H), 6-0.
Third-fourth
106: Jacob Howell (Groton) pinned Caleb Barnes (UV), 4:14. :54. 120: Caleb Simons (UV) won by forfeit over Mike Bryden (Delhi). 132: Austin Lewis (UV) pinned Trent Friend (Moravia), 2:04. 195: Devin Hills (Candor) pinned Kurtis Wilson (UV), 2:48. 220: Alex Avolio (UV) dec. Dan Lukas (SC), 11-1. 285: Kordell Huntley (Oxford) pinned Richie Conklin (UV), 2:42.
Section III Division II Tournament
Sherburne-Earlville wins three titles
Sherburne-Earlville won three individual titles and will send five wrestlers on to the Section III, Division II tournament next weekend at Onondaga Community College.
Kevin Dunshee (120), Jack Buell (160), and Garrett DuVall (220) captured Class C titles. Hunter Owen (120) placed second, while Hunter Zybdniewski (106) took fourth.
Dunshee won an all-Sherburne-Earlville final edging his teammate, Owen, 4-2. “It’s tough having teammates wrestle each other, but we knew (having both of them wrestling at 120 pounds) was the best way to get them into sectionals,” said Sherburne-Earlville assistant coach Brian Hicks.
Buell, a third seed, blew through the competition winning his finals match by pin over Canastota’s Anthony Micaroni. DuVall won a nail-biter over General Brown’s Colton Erb, 3-2.
Indoor Track and Field
Division One Championships
ITHACA – Norwich had two athletes move on to the indoor track and field state meet, and constructed a new school record as well in the Section IV Division I sectional meet Saturday at Cornell University.
Defending state champion, Matt Murray, captured two events winning the 300 meters in 36 seconds flat, and doubling up in the 600 meters with a clocking of 1:21.97. Murray beat all comers in last year’s 600 state final.
Brooke Bonney will also move on to the state level. The senior thrower won the shot put with a toss of 37 feet, 6 1/2 inches.
Sydney Chaffee added a third-place finish in the girls’ 300 meters (44.01), and Chaffee teamed with Emily Shattuck, Kristen Slate, and Liz Eddy to set a new school record in the 1,600-meter relay. The quartet finished in 4:30.79 to place third.
Wrestling
NORWICH – On the strength of six finalists and three champions, Norwich captured the Section IV Class B wrestling tournament at Norwich High School Saturday afternoon. It was the Tornado’s first Class B championship since the 1994-1995 season ending a 19-year span between class championships.
“Every kid contributed to our championship, and every kid was wrestling the best they have all year long,” said Norwich coach Terry Hagenbuch. “That’s important this time of year, and I am proud of all of the guys’ effort.”
As expected, returning Section IV champions Tristan Rifanburg (138) and Frank Garcia (152) breezed to titles. Rifanburg had just two matches, and needed two minutes and 10 seconds of mat time to claim his crown.
Garcia, too, was dominant with two pins and a superior decision. Adding the third crown was first-time sectional champion Dalen Geislinger (99, who edged Chenango Valley’s Caleb Wiggins, 4-2, in the finals.
“Frankie and Tristan are leaders on our team, and they knew they needed to go out and get bonus points in their matches to help us win the team title,” Hagenbuch said. “And they did.”
Nailing down runner-up finishes were Zach Mills (106), Cole Rifanburg (120), and Brad Chesebro (220). Five other Norwich wrestlers grabbed top-four finishes giving Norwich 11 entries in the sectional tournament next week, its largest contingent in several years.
“Being at home this weekend was most definitely a big advantage for us,” Hagenbuch said. “Everything worked out perfect.”
Team scores: Norwich 167, Maine-Endwell 151, Windsor 146, Whitney Point 108½, Susquehanna Valley 106, Owego 88½, Oneonta 84, Chenango Valley 78½, Dryden 30.
Finals
(Norwich results)
99: Dalen Geislinger (Norwich) dec. Caleb Wiggins (CV), 4-2. 106: Jacob Lehr (CV) dec. Zach Mills (Norwich), 9-7. 1120: Ryan Kwiatkowski (Owego) pinned Cole Rifanburg (Norwich), 1:09. 138: Tristan Rifanburg (Norwich) pinned Brock Post (M-E), 1:10. 1152: Frank Garcia (Norwich) pinned Brady Wisniewski (M-E), 2:37. 220: Tristan Roche (SV) dec. Bradley Chesebro (Norwich), 8-0.
Third-fourth
99: Ty Rifanburg (Norwich) dec. Paddy Lupole (SV), 14-0. 126: Carter Hubbard (Norwich) pinned Noah Gehring (Owego), 3:18.145: James Longo (Oneonta) pinned Nick Murphy (Norwich), 1:39.70: David Lopez (Owego) dec. Colton Langille (Norwich), 6-5. 182: Jacob Perrone (Norwich) dec. Cordell Woolfolk (M-E), 5-2.
Class C
GREENE – Returning Section IV champions Christian Dietrich of Greene and Chris Cirigliano of B-G/Afton/Harpursville maintained their course toward another Division II championship with dominant title wins at the Class C Tournament Saturday.
Dietrich, a state-runner-up as a freshman last year, remained unbeaten on the season topping Watkins Glen’s Ian Chedzoy in the 182-pound finals, 12-1. Cirigliano, who hasn’t lost since early December, flattened Lansing’s Hunter Oblinski in the 106-pound title bout with a pin in 1:05.
The Bears placed second in team scoring 8 1/2 points behind first-place Tioga. Adding a second title was Jamie Griswold at 145 pounds. Griswold, who has surged since his moved down in weight, pinned Watkins Glen’s Nick Cocola in 3:01.
Greene’s Jeff Pornbeck (195) followed up Dietrich’s victory with his first Class B title edging Tioga’s Mike Melella, 7-4.
The Bears will send 12 wrestlers to the Section IV Division II tourney, while the Trojans had four qualifiers.
Team scores: Tioga 182½, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton/Harpursville 174, Sidney 117, Waverly 96, Unatego 86, Greene 85, Watkins Glen 79½, Lansing 77, Spencer-Van Etten 49, Thomas A. Edison 21.
Local results
(BGAH, Greene)
Finals
106: Chris Cirigliano (BGAH) pinned Hunter Oblinski (Lansing), 1:05. 120: Kaleb Stone (Tioga) pinned Ryan McMahon (BGAH), 1:46. 126: Dan Hosking (Tioga) dec. Kevin Hubbard (BGAH), 11-1. 138: Greg Lee (Lansing) dec. Madison Hoover (BGAH), 3-0. 145: Jamie Griswold (BGAH) pinned Nick Cocola (WG), 3:01. 182: Christian Dietrich (Greene) dec. Ian Chedzoy (WG), 12-1. 195: Jeff Pornbeck (Greene) pinned Mike Melella (Tioga), 7-4.
Third-fourth
99: Brian Sexton (S-VE) pinned Cody Ferrara (BGAH), 4:50. 1113: Josh Lindsey (BGAH) pinned Collin Elston (Tioga), 4:55. 126: Brendan Wheeler (Greene) dec. D.J. Myers (Waverly), 13-0. 132: Jacob Andrews (BGAH) dec. Matt Higgins (Sidney), 5-0. 138: Michael David Robinson (BGAH) dec. Andrew Specht (WG), 7-0. 145: Lucas DeJoy (Unatego) pinned Braxton Howell (Greene), 2:34. 152: Joey Peters (Waverly) dec. Austin Carr (BGAH), 3-1. 170: Colby Foster (BGAH) won by fft 182: Justin Fiske (Tioga) dec. Mitch Weist (BGAH), 13-6. Shane Curtin (BGAH) pinned Colton Arcangeli (WG), 3:15.
Class D
At Odessa-Montour High School, Oxford had four title winners to place second behind Deposit-Hancock at the Class D tournament Saturday afternoon.
Senior Joe Nelson (113) won his third straight Class D championship winning an all-Oxford final. Nelson beat teammate Nate Hansen by technical fall, 16-0.
Oxford had a stronghold in the upper weight classes. Nik Hansen (160) won by pin, Joe Jackson (170) edged Moravia’s Hunter Talbot, 13-10, and freshman Garyn Huntley (220) blanked Deposit’s Zach Gifford, 6-0.
Oxford had six wrestlers qualify for next weekend’s Section IV Tournament at the Binghamton Event Center.
Unadilla Valley did not win a championship, but had six wrestlers gain top-four spots to advance to next week’s tourney.
Team scores: Deposit/Hancock 209, Oxford 152, Candor 141, Walton 135, Unadilla Valley 103, Moravia 102, Delhi 94½, Groton 83, Marathon 56, Southern Cayuga 49, Odessa-Montour 31, Edmeston 20.
(Oxford, Unadilla Valley Results)
Finals
113: Joe Nelson (Oxford) won by tech. fall over Nate Hansen (Oxford), 16-0. 138: Dakota Coffey (Walton) pinned Garrett Sylstra (Oxford), 2:57. 160: Nik Hansen (Oxford) pinned Dawson Beers (Walton), 1:11. 170: Joe Jackson (Oxford) dec. Hunter Talbot (Moravia), 13-10. 220: Garyn Huntley (Oxford) dec. Zach Gifford (D/H), 6-0.
Third-fourth
106: Jacob Howell (Groton) pinned Caleb Barnes (UV), 4:14. :54. 120: Caleb Simons (UV) won by forfeit over Mike Bryden (Delhi). 132: Austin Lewis (UV) pinned Trent Friend (Moravia), 2:04. 195: Devin Hills (Candor) pinned Kurtis Wilson (UV), 2:48. 220: Alex Avolio (UV) dec. Dan Lukas (SC), 11-1. 285: Kordell Huntley (Oxford) pinned Richie Conklin (UV), 2:42.
Section III Division II Tournament
Sherburne-Earlville wins three titles
Sherburne-Earlville won three individual titles and will send five wrestlers on to the Section III, Division II tournament next weekend at Onondaga Community College.
Kevin Dunshee (120), Jack Buell (160), and Garrett DuVall (220) captured Class C titles. Hunter Owen (120) placed second, while Hunter Zybdniewski (106) took fourth.
Dunshee won an all-Sherburne-Earlville final edging his teammate, Owen, 4-2. “It’s tough having teammates wrestle each other, but we knew (having both of them wrestling at 120 pounds) was the best way to get them into sectionals,” said Sherburne-Earlville assistant coach Brian Hicks.
Buell, a third seed, blew through the competition winning his finals match by pin over Canastota’s Anthony Micaroni. DuVall won a nail-biter over General Brown’s Colton Erb, 3-2.
Indoor Track and Field
Division One Championships
ITHACA – Norwich had two athletes move on to the indoor track and field state meet, and constructed a new school record as well in the Section IV Division I sectional meet Saturday at Cornell University.
Defending state champion, Matt Murray, captured two events winning the 300 meters in 36 seconds flat, and doubling up in the 600 meters with a clocking of 1:21.97. Murray beat all comers in last year’s 600 state final.
Brooke Bonney will also move on to the state level. The senior thrower won the shot put with a toss of 37 feet, 6 1/2 inches.
Sydney Chaffee added a third-place finish in the girls’ 300 meters (44.01), and Chaffee teamed with Emily Shattuck, Kristen Slate, and Liz Eddy to set a new school record in the 1,600-meter relay. The quartet finished in 4:30.79 to place third.
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