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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).