CHENANGO COUNTY – The powerful Bears of BGAH, Trojans of Greene, Blackhawks of Oxford, Marauders of Sherburne-Earlville, and Vikings of Otselic Valley each saw dual meets in the high school wrestling realm last week.

• Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton-Harpursville, dropped two more teams en route to the Section IV Dual meet this past weekend – which they subsequently won. However, prior to their championship weekend, the Bears trounced both Deposit-Hancock and Chenango Valley to close out the week.

Prior to the Section IV dual meet – BGAH held an overall record of 11-4 going into their Wednesday night, Jan. 25, matchup with Deposit-Hancock.

The Bears rolled over D-H by a score of 60-19, taking 10 of the potential 14 matches – 195 pounds no match was wrestled.

Despite taking the win in a landslide, BGAH would simply win due to a more complete lineup – as they claimed nine of their 10 victories by way of forfeit.

Starting at 145 pounds for the dual, Shane Hoover pinned Levi Wormuth of D-H in 3:07 – this marked the first and last actual match win for the Bears.

With forfeits from 152 pounds all the way through 285 pounds – no match at 195 – BGAH claimed the lead at 42-0. Deposit-Hancock did then battle back with a win over Dylan Decker at 99 pounds, due to a pin in the first period at 1:49. With forfeits at 106 pounds, 126 pounds, and 138 pounds – BGAH had sealed the win, however, dropped losses at 113 pounds, 120 pounds, and 132 pounds to close out the sloppy win.

145 Shane Hoover BGAH pinned Levi Wormuth D/H 3:07, 152 Hayden Lewis BGAH won by forfeit, 160 Madison Hoover BGAH won by forfeit, 170 Bradley Wilson BGAH won by forfeit, 182 Austin Carr BGAH won by forfeit, 195 No match, 220 Mitchell Weist BGAH won by forfeit, 285 Nick Decker BGAH won by forfeit, 99 Connor O'Boyle D/H pinned Dylan Decker BGAH 1:49, 106 Teague Rezucha BGAH won by forfeit, 113 Devin Todd D/H dec. Brody Oleksak BGAH 5-3 SV, 120 Owen Wormuth D/H pinned Haiden Burns BGAH 1:38, 126 Damian Knapp BGAH won by forfeit, 132 Cooper Hall D/H major dec. Austin Eggelston BGAH, 138 Ben Bivar BGAH won by forfeit.

Following the rusty looking team victory on Jan. 25, BGAH wasted no time in correcting some losses the night prior with a solid looking 56-17 win over Chenango Valley on Thursday, Jan. 26.

This road win for the Bears saw much more action than the night prior, as 14 of the 15 weight classes were filled – resulting in only one double-forfeit at 220 pounds.

BGAH started the match out hot right out of the gates with a win at 160 pounds. BGAH's Hayden Lewis snagged a quick pin at 1:25 over CV's Kobe Parks. The Warriors avenged the early loss with a win at 170 pounds as Trent Gates took a 8-5 win over Bradley Wilson – to draw the dual to a 6-3 score.

That is when BGAH truly kicked into gear, Madison Hoover (182) and Austin Carr (195) took two huge wins from CV – as Hoover stuck his opponent early at 1:06, followed by a masterful technical fall win by Carr at 24-9 – taking the team lead to 17-3.

En route to their victory, BGAH enjoyed five additional pins as the dual progressed, while only surrendering three losses at 106 pounds, 120 pounds, and 126 pounds – as the Bears finished on a four match win-streak to seal the win over Chenango Valley at 56-17.

160 Hayden Lewis BGAH pinned Kobe Parks CV 1:25, 170 Trent Gates CV dec. Bradley Wilson BGAH 8-5, 182 Madison Hoover BGAH pinned Nate Aurelio CV 1:06, 195 Austin Carr BGAH TF Jack Riegel CV 24-9 4:48, 220 No match, 285 Mitchell Weist BGAH pinned Will Blewett CV 2:43, 99 Dylan Decker BGAH Dominic Napoli CV :23, 106 Nathan Lehr CV pinned Teague Rezucha BGAH 1:25, 113 Brody Oleksak BGAH pinned Richard Champion CV :39, 120 Dan Tester CV maj. dec. Haiden Burns BGAH 15-4, 126 Caleb Wiggins CV maj. dec. Damian Knapp BGAH 14-3

132 Cody Ferrara BGAH pinned Derek Goga CV 1:47, 138 Austin Eggelston BGAH dec. Brady Hope CV 7-4, 145 Ben Bivar BGAH pinned Nate Aylward CV 3:40

152 Shane Hoover BGAH pinned Mike Mettler CV 1:06.

• Sherburne-Earlville enjoyed two dual meets during the span of last week, as they first fell to Holland-Patent on Jan. 25, by a score of 46-31 before rebounding for a 57-18 team win over Cooperstown on Jan. 26.

Exchanging blows with the Golden Knights, S-E first drew blood in the 195 pound match to take a nice 3-0 lead. Tanner Campbell of S-E stood his ground to record the shutout at 7-0 win over Owen Williams.

H-P responded with a win at 220 pounds, by way of pin at 3:17, as Steve Smyth snagged the win over the Marauders Colby Spavin.

Marauder senior Walter Kiehn corrected the loss in his matchup at 285 to again see a lead change early on in the dual. Kiehn took the pin-fall over Austin Bullock, sneaking in the pin at 5:40 into the match – S-E led three matches in 9-6.

Sherburne-Earlville and Holland-Patent essentially exchanged wins back and forth for the entire dial – however, the four forfeits S-E had to surrender at 99 pounds 106 pounds, 132 pounds, and 138 pounds – resulted in a 24 point swing in favor of the Golden Knights. Without the forfeits S-E earns a solid win as they claimed seven actual match wins to Holland-Patent's four. Due to the incomplete roster this past Wednesday, S-E ultimately fell on the road at 46-31.

195 Tanner Campbell (SE) dec Owen Williams (HP) 7-0, 220 Steve Smyth (HP) pin Colby Spavin (SE) 3:17, 285 Walter Kiehn (SE) pin Austin Bullock (HP) 5:40, 99 Ethan Cassidy (HP) fft., 106 Joe Diana (HP) fft., 113 Jason Price (SE) maj dec Griffin Briggs (HP) 9-0, 120 Garret Craft (HP) pin Joe Straight (SE) 3:04, 126 Mike Doeberl (SE) dec Josh Biron (HP) 9-3, 132 Shawn Yocum (HP) fft., 138 Justin Pianella (HP) fft., 145 TJ Philpotts (HP) maj dec Jordan Zimmerman (SE) 12-0, 152 Ethan Eldred (SE) pin Jacon Sibley (HP) 2:50, 160 Hunter Richard (HP) Hunter Zbydniewski (SE) :44, 170 Bailey Walzer (SE) dec Bryce Dare (HP) 6-2, 182 Alex Thompson (SE) pin Garrett Evans (HP) 2:43.