Wrestling

Section IV, Class B

WAVERLY – Norwich won four individual titles, and placed a close fourth in the Section IV Class B tournament at Waverly Saturday.

Tristan Rifanburg (126), Tanner Cummings (152), Cody Bradbury (182), and Kegan Levesque (195) were true to their top seeds winning crowns. Frank Garcia (132) and Anthony Vitiello (160) each placed second.

“We have a lot of goals, and hopefully we can come out with at least a couple of champs next week,” said Norwich coach Joe Downey.

Rifanburg beat Waverly’s Austyn Bostwick in the finals, 8-4, Cummings, out of action the past three weeks, blanked Brandon Ellers of Waverly, 8-0; Bradbury cruised to a 6-1 win over Windsor’s Luke Zakrajsek; and Levesque pinned his way to a title flattening B-GA’s Mark Viviano in 54 seconds.

“Tanner wrestled extremely well, and pretty much walked through his weight class,” Downey said. “Tristan wrestled great on his feet and on top; Cody has been out for a month, and he didn’t look like he missed a beat, and Kegan looked incredible. I’ve never seen him wrestle the way he did.”

Garcia closed the gap on Windsor’s Jessy Williams losing 1-0. Garcia dropped a 5-0 final in the STAC tourney a week ago. Vitiello, a senior, moves on to the sectional tournament where he will likely earn the number three seed.

B-G/Afton had one titleist in Austin Carr (99), who beat Owego’s Ryan Kwiatkowski, 7-0, in the finals. The Bobcats had nine other top-four finishers qualify for sectionals.

Team scores (at Waverly): Windsor 178.5, Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton 177.5, Waverly 169.5, Norwich 163.5, Chenango Valley 152.5, Owego 130, Susquehanna Valley 122, Oneonta 119, Dryden 40, Trumansburg 7.

Results

First place: (99) Austin Carr, BGA; (126) Tristan Rifanburg, Nor. (152) Tanner Cummings, Nor. (182) Cody Bradbury, Nor. (195) Kegan Levesque, Nor.

Second place: (132) Frankie Garcia, Nor. (145) Corey Burnett, BGA; (160) Anthony Vitiello, Nor. (195) Mark Viviano, BGA. (285) Billy Holden, BGA.

Third place: (120) Kevin Hubbard, BGA, (132) Justin Cirigliano, BGA; (138) Jesse Griswold, BGA; (145) Jamie Griswold, BGA; (152) Josh Akshar, BGA

Fourth place: (99) Cole Rifanburg, Nor. (113) Brett Hubbard, BGA.

Class C

LANSING – On the heels of its Midstate Athletic Conference team title, Greene added a Section IV Class C team title placing eight in the finals – winning three – Saturday evening at Lansing.

Dan Dickman (152), Keegan Cerwinski (182), and Kyle Stanton all captured titles for the Trojans. Braxton Howell (99), Brandon Wheeler (106), Tyler Dickman (126), Trevor Parish (138), and Joel Roselle (170) all took second. Nine Trojans earned automatic bids to the Section IV tournament, and two-time state tournament qualifier, Mike Beckwith, may earn a wild-card bid into the tournament. Beckwith has missed the last two weeks of action due to injury.

Team scores (at Lansing): Greene 179, Unatego 152.5, Whitney Point 150, Walton 147, Sidney 131.5, Lansing 129.5, Spencer-Van Etten 120.5, Watkins Glen 115, Groton 61, Thomas A. Edison 40.

Results

First place: (152) Dan Dickman, Gr. (182) Keegan Cerwinski, Gr. (220) Kyle Stanton, Gr.

Second place: (99) Braxton Howell, Gr.; (106) Brandon Wheeler, Gr. (126) Tyler Dickman, Gr.. (138) Trevor Parrish, Gr. (170) Joel Roselle, Gr.