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Section III and IV Class D tournament results

Section III Class D
BEAVER RIVER – The Sherburne-Earlville 2016-2017 varsity wrestling team stepped back and surprised themselves with a solid team win this past Saturday, at the Section III Class D tournament.
The 12 point win over Dolgeville at 164-152 for S-E came by way of two individual champions – Ethan Eldred (152), and Bailey Walzer (170) – while the Marauders also amassed two second place finishes, two third place finishes, a fourth, two fifths and a sixth. This master performance from S-E saw all 10 entrants into the tournament earn a spot on the podium.
The Otselic Valley Vikings also were present in Beaver River on Saturday, Feb. 4, where they finished 10th out of 14 teams – saw the Vikings place five out of 10 of their wrestlers with one individual champion – Nate Purtell at 99 pounds.
• 99 pounds: Nate Purtell, a junior for the Vikings and number one seeded wrestler at the weight, proved to all why he garnered the top-seed. Purtell snagged a first place championship at 99 pounds for Otselic Valley, going 2-0 on the day. Purtell would see action for just 3:04 for his total amount of time actually wrestling – earning an easy pun over Lucas LoRusso of Cooperstown in the semifinals; before handing out another pin to Andrew Walseman of Copenhagen at 2:17 in the finals.
• 113 pounds: A Marauder seventh grader, Jason Price snagged a solid outing at such a young age – placing sixth overall in the weight. Price earned a draw in the first round where he would face Brandon Carpenter of South Lewis. Carpenter handled Price in two periods of action, when he caught the Marauder in a pin at 3:53. The early loss sent Price to the wrestle-backs – where a win over Brandon Chartrand of Copenhagen came by way of decision at 6-1. Price was then secured a place on the podium with the victory, however, would be sent away from a potential third place with a loss to Riley Dalrymple of Copenhagen – in a tough fought loss at 4-0. Price would earn a rematch with Carpenter of South Lewis for the deciding match between fifth and sixth, to which Price would again suffer a loss by pin at 1:25.
• 120 pounds: An early matchup in the first round of the weight for Otselic Valley's Micah Lyon and S-E's Joe Straight – proved to go in favor of the Vikings as Lyon (sophomore) defeated Straight (freshman), by pin at 3:01. Straight would then be sent to the wrestle-backs where he faced off against OV's other 120 pound wrestler. Dakota Hackett, an OV freshman, sunk to the wrestle-backs following an early win over Logan Kantor of of Cooperstown (9-3 decision) – before succumbing to second-seeded Muhamed Hirkic of Onondaga by a score of 6-2. Lyon would join his fellow Chenango County wrestlers in the wrestle-backs following a loss in the semifinals to top-seeded Joey Powers of Port Byron by pin at just 1:08. Ultimately, OV's Hackett did defeat Straight by technical fall at 19-3 – eventually advancing to the third place spot with an 11-7 win over Kantor of Cooperstown. Lyon would eventually face off against Straight for a rematch at the fifth and sixth place spot – to which S-E would get the better the second time around, securing a 15-7 revenge win.
• 126 pounds: Mike Doeberl, a Sherburne-Earlville junior snagged a solid outing to which he found his way through the wrestle-backs for a third place crown when all was said and done. Doeberl, the fourth seed, claimed an early win over Oscar Lozada of Dolgeville by a major decision of 9-1. Advancing to face the top-seeded Lorenzo Scarano of Little Falls, Doeberl was simply outmatched in skill, when he was shut out by Scarano 16-0 for technical fall loss. This loss, ignited a fire in the Marauder which carried him to two consecutive wins. A pin over Jake O'Brien of Copenhagen advanced Doeberl to face Fred Amacher of Poland for the potential third place finish – which Doeberl rose to the challenge in fashion embarrassing Amacher by a major decision score of 18-5.
• 132 pounds: Jonah VanVoorhis, a junior at the weight snagged a solid fourth place finish going 2-2 on the day. VanVoorhis took the early 7-0 win over Sam Lytel of Cooperstown to advance to the semifinals where second-seeded Anthony Matzler of Copenhagen handed VanVoorhis a loss by pin at 1:20. Sitting at 1-1 and heading to the wrestle-backs, VanVoorhis snagged another early win over Nick Feasel of Little Falls by a tight 3-2 decision. Using up his energy with the 3-2 win, and being outmatched by Dakota Green for the third place spot, VanVoorhis slunked to a fourth place spot with a loss to Green by pin at 1:43.
• 145 pounds: A popular weight for the Sherburne-Earlville wrestlers – S-E saw Jordan Zimmerman grapple his way to a second place finish, while Keith Rood, a sophomore, stood tall at fifth place. Second-seeded Zimmerman raced his way to a finals berth, first pinning Ethan Scanlon of Cato-Meridian at 3:00 – before burying Dalton Currie of Onondaga by pin in the semifinals at just 2:36. With a first and second seed matchup for the finals, it was Zimmerman who came up short in the battle, succumbing to a late pin to Justus Richardson of Dolgeville, who earned the pin with seconds to spare at 5:56. The Marauders also enjoyed Rood find his way to the podium as the 10th grader snagged an early win by pin at 2:59, over Otselic Valley's Creed Ossont in the win or go home round. Sending Ossont home, Rood then suffered a loss to Currie of Onondaga by fall at 1:14 – setting up a wrestle-backs match of Rood against Scanlon – to which Rood prevailed by fall at 4:36. Rood was stuffed by a pin at 1:38 to Andrew Brado, to which he followed the loss up with a redeeming win for fifth pinning Tom Coffin of Mount Markham in just :40.
• 152 pounds: A friendly finals match pitted S-E's Vinny Albertina third-seeded junior against top-seeded S-E wrestler Ethan Eldred. Eldred would prevail over Albertina taking the 6-5 win in the finals. Eldred finished the day 3-0 on the day, with wins coming over EJ Thompson of Port Byron (pin 3:12), Jordan Young of Port Byron (pin 4:28) – followed up by the 6-5 championship win. Albertina dominated the bottom half of the bracket, taking wins over Anthony Servidone of Little Falls (pin 3:30), and second-seeded Will Hogarth of Immaculate Heart Central (pin in overtime at 6:59).
• 170 pounds: Bailey Walzer of Sherburne-Earlville saw what Eldred accomplished and decided to join the party, making the best of his match ups to ensure an upset win in the finals for a first place finish. Walzer snagged a win over Jack Bailey of Onondaga (6-1 dec.) before knocking off second-seeded Tony Chromaczak of Dolgeville (4-3 dec.). Making an appearance in the finals, was already above and beyond what was expected from Walzer, however, another upset ensued, as Walzer snagged the win from top-seeded Rich Baylor of Little Falls (4-0 dec.).
• 182 pounds: Alex Thompson, an S-E freshman proved to the wrestling world that he deserved to be ranked following his performance in the weight. Thompson, a wrestle-in for the weight took his chances, advancing all the way to a fourth place finish. Thompson snagged wins over Trenton Stanford of South Lewis (11-3 dec.), Harold Sherman of Cato-Meridian (9-5 dec.) – all before first tasting defeat in the semifinals when he lost to Jesse Pritchard of Poland by pin at 1:07. In the wrestle-backs, Thompson resumed his form, taking a win over Dolgeville's Riley Deaulieu (pin 1:56), before suffering a loss to Nathan Liscio of Little Falls (loss by pin at 4:16).
• 195 pounds: Otselic Valley's Ashvil Rood, a Viking sophomore, had a rough outing right out of the gates – but recovered well for a sixth place finish in the weight. Rood suffered an early round loss to Justin Kopet (loss by pin 2:47), a loss that sent Rood to the wrestle-backs. Luckily drawing a bye in the wrestle-backs, Rood was then afforded a lock for a podium appearance. Rood went on to suffer back-to-back losses to Nate Pitre of Onondaga (pin :12), and to Malachi Farr of Little Falls (pin 1:25) – officially going 0-3 on the day but managing a sixth place spot out of seven wrestlers.
• 220 pounds: The final Chenango County wrestler to take the mat, proved it was worth the wait, as S-E's Tanner Campbell swung his way to a third place finish. The junior snagged an early win over Gabe Nellis pf Poland (pin :34); before suffering a loss in the semifinals to top-seeded Cody Zubrzycki of Copenhagen (5-0 dec.). This loss sent Campbell on what proved to be a two match winning streak in the wrestle-backs – defeating Mike Krasko of Dolgeville (11-0 maj. dec.), and Jared Makuch of Southern Cayuga (pin 2:58).
Notably, Otselic Valley did have five wrestlers in the tournament who did not earn a placing spot: Creed Ossont (145), Titus Reichard (152), Joe Roodenburg (170), Jolanda Ponce (182), and Trent Oakes (285). Sherburne-Earlville and Otselic Valley will now prepare for their qualified wrestlers to next head to the Section III wrestling championships which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 11, at the SRC Arena, at Onondaga Community College.
Team final standings: Sherburne-Earlville 164, Dolgeville 152, Onondaga 144, Copenhagen 142, South Lewis 136, Little Falls 127, Cato-Meridian 76.5, Mount Markham 72.5, Port Byron 66, Otselic Valley 56.5, Poland 55, Cooperstown 53, Immaculate Heart Central 47, Syracuse Academy of Science 0.
Section IV Class D
UNATEGO – The Class D realm of the Section IV wrestlers would not fare as well in terms as a team title for the three Chenango County teams present (Greene, Oxford, and Unadilla Valley) – however, each did earn multiple place-winners with an individual champion as well.
Odessa Montour would complete the dominating win as a team in the class D side, winning the title over Groton by a score of 180.5-135. Greene would ultimately finish in seventh, besting Oxford who snagged an eighth place spot, as Unadilla Valley (one wrestler) finished in last at 10th with 24 points.
• 99 pounds: Oxford wasted no time in ensuring they would find a Class D champion on the year as Cooper Rice, a senior at the weight, took home a first place finish going 1-0 on the day. Due to a depleted weight class, Rice received a bye until the finals where he easily defeated second-seeded Connor O'Boyle of Deposit-Hancock by pin at 2:55.
• 106 pounds: The weight proved to be quite the spectacle for Chenango County wrestling fans – as Greene's Jordan Taft secured the championship win over Oxford's Brady Smith. The finals match featured two of the top wrestlers at the weight in the Section – first and third seed respectively – as each received a bye until the semifinals. Taft, a junior, earned the quick 'warm up' pin over Ed Sisson of Moravia in the bout; while Smith, a seventh grader snagged a nifty 12-1 major decision over second-seeded Josiah Lynch of Odessa Montour. Taft would enjoy the spoils of the day, taking the first place win in the finals over Smith by way of pin at just 1:22.
• 113 pounds: Once again another depleted weight class – only three wrestlers – saw Hunter Wells an eighth grader from Greene steer his way to a third place finish. Wells locked horns with second-seeded Jacob Stockton of Moravia in the semifinals – to which he ultimately was overcome by a score of 11-6.
• 126 pounds: Unadilla Valley – a team that is staying afloat by their lone wrestler in the 2016-2017 season. Morgan Lakin, will be remembered for keeping the program alive while also keeping himself alive in the postseason hunt, as he took home a first place finish in the weight. Lakin, a freshman, finished 3-0 on the day after finding the early win by pin over Sammy Cole of Unatego at 3:05. This pin propelled Lakin to a 6-0 victory in the semifinals over Castin Ostrander of Deposit-Hancock – before Laking was locked into a solid finals match with second-seeded Dione Martin of Groton. Lakin earned the championship win over Martin by a final score of 8-4.
• 132 pounds: A weight class that had seven wrestlers, Oxford's Paul Baker snagged a sixth place finish for the Blackhawks on the day. Baker, a freshman, suffered an early loss in the quarterfinals to Sidney's Reed Scott by a pin at a quick :31. Baker overcame his early struggles with a win in the first round of the wrestle-backs over Marathon's trenton Ensign by pin at 1:46. Going 1-3 on the day, Baker secured a placing spot but then suffered consecutive losses to Lane Ostrander of Groton (14-1 maj. dec.), and then to Larry Barned of Marathon (pin at :50).
• 138 pounds: Oxford and Greene each had entrants at the weight – as Daren Law a junior at Oxford took home a fourth place finish; and Greene's sophomore Harrison Stone finished in fifth at the weight. Law – although finishing higher – saw a tougher road with an early loss by pin at 1:46, to Collin Haag of Odessa Montour send him to the wrestle-backs early. Stone earned a win over Lucas Gardner of Moravia (12-3 maj. dec.), to advance him to the semifinals. Stone followed up the win with a loss in the semi's to second-seeded David Gannon of Sidney, as Gannon was put to the grinder in the win having to take it to a 5-3 overtime win to take out the determined Stone. Law earned a win in the early parts of the wrestle-backs, when he defeated Groton's Jaden Howell by a 9-0 major decision. Advancing and securing a spot on the podium – it was then Greene pitted against Oxford – as Law battled with an exhausted Stone for the 7-4 win. Stone would finish on top in fifth with another win over Gardner (13-3 maj. dec.); while Law fell to fourth with another loss to Haag (pin at 1:52).
• 145 pounds: Logan Kennedy of Greene – a sophomore – emerged from the tournament with a fourth palace finish, going 2-2 on the day. Kennedy earned a quarterfinals win over Chuck Constable of Sidney (pin :36), before falling in the semifinals to top-seeded Trenton Gloeckler of Unatego (pin 2:51). Following his pattern of wins and losses Kennedy picked up an additional mark in each with an early win in the wrestle-backs over Kyle Gombas of Groton (310 dec.), before succumbing to another loss by pin, this time to Jacob Zimmer of Odessa Montour (pin 1:54).
• 160 pounds: Greene was hoping for a second champion on the day in freshman Noah Kennedy – as the second-seeded Trojan had his sights set on the finals. Kennedy would reach the finals but would ultimately fall short, losing by pin to Jerimiah Lynch of Odessa Montour at 2:50. Kennedy finished the day going 2-1, with wins coming over Wyatt Kiff of Sidney (pin :14), and a semifinals win over Nate Williams of Moravia (10-0 maj. dec.).
• 195 pounds: Five wrestlers in the weight class, two from Chenango County – Oxford junior Dakota Friedel, and Greene junior Ty Nolan. With five spots up for grabs, and all ensured a spot on the podium it was just a mater of figuring out where the 195 pounders would stand. Nolan and Friedel met each other in the semifinals – both received byes to the matchup – to which Friedel made short work of Nolan earning the pin at :47. Friedel advanced to the championship to face top-seeded, Matt Gombas of Groton – falling short of another championship for the Blackhawks when he was caught in a loss by pin at 2:23. Nolan fell to the wrestle-backs, where a second defeat at the hands of Eli Youngs of Unatego awaited. Youngs stuck Nolan at 1:52 to advance and end Nolans day on the mats.
• 220 pounds: Another depleted bracket – only five wrestlers – Oxford's Jon Walker looked to make some moves at the weight, but would fall to an 0-2 record for a fifth place finish. Walker suffered his first loss to Caleb Stewart of Marathon, as Stewart battled down Walker to an eventual pin at 5:35. In the wrestle-backs, Walker faced off against Sidney's Justin Santiago, where he managed a much better mach result – but would once again come up short with a loss to Santiago at 4-2. Winning the weight was former Oxford wrestler Garyn Huntley (Unatego).
Notably, Oxford's Jade SanSourcie did wrestle at the 126 pound weight but was unable to place in the bracket.
Oxford, Greene, and Unadilla Valley will join Norwich and BGAH this coming weekend at the DII Section IV championships. This year the tournament will be split into a DI, DII format, as the DII (smaller schools encompassing Chenango County) will travel to Watkins Glen on Friday, Feb. 10, and Saturday, February 11.
Team final standings: Odessa Montour 180.5, Groton 135, Unatego 133, Sidney 120, Deposit-Hancock 119, Marathon 88, Greene 83, Oxford 76, Moravia 71, Unadilla Valley 24.
Sectional seeds will be announced for Section III and IV wrestlers in a later edition of The Evening Sun. Full results and brackets can be found online at cnywrestling.com.