Wrestling
Chenango Forks 47, Norwich 34
NORWICH – Norwich gave up too big of a lead early to Chenango Forks in losing its first dual meet this season to a Southern Tier Athletic Conference opponent on Tuesday.
Cody Bradbury (171) won by pin, and 215-pounder Kegan Levesque scored a late third-period takedown against Jake DuBois as Norwich hung within 12-9 of the Blue Devils. From there, Forks ran four straight victories – one by forfeit and three by pin – to build a 36-9 advantage.
Norwich was as close as 36-31, but dropped two of the final three matches. “There were a lot of different places we could have picked up a team point here or there,” said Norwich coach Joe Downey. “ The guys were excited and ready to wrestle. We were looking forward to this match for a few days, it just wasn’t our night.”
Norwich mounted its comeback beginning with a pin from Tristan Rifanburg (119) and a follow-up pin by John Marvin. Marvin, at 125 pounds, held a slim lead late in the third before turning Forks’ C.J. Stark to earn the stick with two seconds left in the match. “He’s really been looking a lot better and he’s getting more aggressive on his feet,” Downey said of Marvin. “He’s one of our younger guys, and I hope he keeps doing what he’s doing.”
Frankie Garcia (130) won a decision and Tanner Cummings (135) earned a first-period pin. Eli Oliver had Norwich within five points winning his 145-pound match in overtime. Oliver never led in his match against Jon Colin-Sweeney until pulling off the double-leg takedown in the extra period. “We like to talk about quality wins, and this was a quality win for Eli against a good opponent,” Downey said. “Winning the close matches is the difference between having a winning and a losing team. Eli has had a couple close wins this season like this one.”
Norwich returns to action Thursday at home with back-to-back dual meets against Greene and Sherburne-Earlville. The Tornado open against the Trojans at 11 a.m.
Results
160: Tyler Lusht (CF) pinned Morgan Crawford, 1:25. 171: Cody Bradbury (N) pinned Isaiah Zimmer, 3:52. 189: Ryan Lusht (CF) pinned Morgan Cleveland, 1:43. 215: Kegan Levesque (N) dec. Jake DuBois, 3-1. 285: Tom Knapp (CF) pinned Brandon Godoy, :30. 96: Kyle Kelly won by fft. 103: Carl Rouse (CF) pinned Landon Cummings, :18. 112: Jacob Greene (CF) pinned James Holmes, :42. 119: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Justin Lake, 1:55. 125: John Marvin (N) pinned C.J. Stark, 5:58. 130: Frankie Garcia (N) dec. Cory Sager, 10-0. 135: Tanner Cummings (N) pinned David Samon, :41. 140: Ryan Bronson (CF) tech fall over Matt Thompson, 21-5, 4:40. 145: Eli Oliver (N) dec. Jon Colin-Sweeney, 8-6 (OT). 152: Travis Barnett (CF) pinned Cameron Turner, 4:21.
Delhi 33, Unadilla Valley 21
NEW BERLIN – UV’s Tyler Olson (125), Dustin Badger (135) and Dylan Aikins (152) all had pins, and 2010 Section IV tournament place-winner, Zach Montgomery added a hard-fought 4-2 win over Delhi’s Cody LaFever in Tuesday night’s dual meet loss to Delhi.
Results
119: no match. 125: Tyler Olson (UV) pinned Justin Mattice, 3:00. 130: no match. 135: Dustin Badger (UV) pinned Russell Covane, 3:44. 140: Mike Neumann (D) pinned Dillon Rifanburg, 1:13. 145: William Merwin (D) won by fft. 152: Dylan Aikins (UV) pinned Darren Clark, :41. 160: Kyle Clark (D) dec. Cody Marcinko, 4-3. 171: Zach Montgomery (UV) dec. Cody LaFever, 4-2. 189: Ben Cairns (D) pinned Laurence Gipe, 1:22. 215: Makenz Mattice (D) won by fft. 285: Mike Thomas (D) won by fft. 96: no match, 103: no match. 112: No match.
