Wrestling
Johnson City 63, Norwich 21
NORWICH - Absent a wrestler in every weight above 145 pounds, the Tornado gave up nine forfeits, and dropped its initial match of the 2012-2013 season Wednesday evening.
The Tornado won four matches, three of which came from the Rifanburg brothers. Ty Rifanburg (99) picked up a forfeit, while older brothers Cole (106) and Tristan (138) won by pin. The Tornado’s other victory came at 145 with Frank Garcia blanking the Wildcats’ Nick Bidwell, 6-0. Garcia built a 4-0 lead after two periods earning a late first-period takedown, and a reversal in the final five seconds of the second period. “Frankie has a little bit of an injury, but he was still able to beat one of their better guys,” said Norwich coach Joe Downey. “He wrestled a good match, and he didn’t quit.”
Downey only had six wrestlers available for the first match, but expects to fill some of the empty slots this weekend at the Clyde Cole Wrestling Tournament in Oxford.
Results
(started at 220)
220: Niko Cetic (JC) won by fft. 285: Kyle Begley (JC) won by fft. 99: Ty Rifanburg (N) won by fft. 106: Cole Rifanburg (N) pinned Tyler Brasinski, 2:40. 113: Isaiah Colgan (JC) pinned Carter Hubbard, 2:49. 120: Justin Bidwell (JC) dec. Trey Muserallo, 4-2 (OT). 126: Corey McCormick (JC) won by fft. 132: Marshall Sherwood (JC) won by fft. 138: Tristan Rifanburg (N) pinned Ben Fay, 3:04. 145: Frank Garcia (N) dec. Nick Bidwell, 6-0. 152: Anthony Johns (JC) won by fft. 160: Connor Halliday (JC) won by fft. 171: Devin Taylor (JC) won by fft. 182: Greg Kleinsmith won by fft. 195:  Reggie Williams (JC) won by fft.
Official: Dale Persons. JV: Norwich won 6-3.
Greene 72, Dryden 12
GREENE – Despite missing three-time state tournament qualifier Mike Beckwith, the Trojans had little trouble in season debut win over visiting Dryden Wednesday.
Stacked in the upper weights, the Trojans won every match from 160 to 285 pounds, and were buoyed by the return of freshman Christian Dietrich (195). Dietrich, a 2011 Section IV champion and state place finisher, missed all of last season with an injury. In his first match in nearly two seasons, Dietrich rolled to pin in 1:03 over the Lions’ Dan Atwood. Also garnering pinfall victories were Nate Banks (113), Zach Orzell (126), Brandon Wheeler (132), Tyler Dickman (138), Trevor Parrish (160), Dan Dickman (171), Joel Roselle (182), Nick Adams (220), and Dan Haskell (285).
Results
99: no match. 106: Robert Kozak (G) won by fft. 113: Nate Banks (G) pinned John Mullen-Maques, :21. 120: Ryan Castle won by fft. 126: Zach Orzell (G) pinned conner Johnston, 5:59. 132: Brandon Wheeler (G) pinned Christian English, 2:38. 138: Tyler Dickman (G) pinned Gabe English. 145: Jeremy Andrews (D) pinned Christian Klecha, 1:48. 152: John Vavaynis (D) pinned Tim Foote, 1:29. 160: Trevor Parrish (G) pinned Eric Havington, 1:14. 171: Dan Dickman (G) pined Tyler Andrews, 2:19. 182: Joel Roselle (G) pinned Chad Adams, 1:30, 195: Christian Dietrich (G) pinned Dan Atwood, 1:03. 220: Nick Adams (G) pinned Mike Hubly, 5:08. Dan Haskell (G) pinned Eric Dapp, 2:55.
Boys’ Basketball
Bainbridge-Guilford 61, Hunter-Tannersville 46
DELHI – Bainbridge-Guilford got off to a fast start in its 2012 season-opening game building a 16-point lead en route to a first-round tournament win at Delhi Wednesday.
Brooks Harmon, Corbin Palmer, and Austin Bauerle combined for 17 points in a 25-9 first quarter. Harmon sparked the attack nailing two of his team’s three three-pointers. “We were pushing the ball up in transition well, and we got good looks on the break,” said B-G coach Greg Warren. “We struggled at times in our halfcourt offense, but we consistently played good defense.”
Bauerle posted a double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds. Palmer scored 15, while Harmon tacked on 10. The Bobcats play Delhi in the finals Saturday at 5 p.m.
H-T: Zach Madge, 4 2-4-12; Mike Tarcredi, 1 0-0-2; Zack Hommel, 0 0-2-0; Elijah Ruoff, 3 0-2-7; Dylan Legg, 1 7-8-9; Neil Statts, 5 6-9-16. Totals: 14 15-25-46.
