OTSELIC – The Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton-Harpursville (BGAH) Bears Wrestling finished second as they went 4-1 Saturday at the fifth annual Vikings Duals at Otselic Valley, their only loss coming against tournament champion Windsor. The Greene/Oxford placed fourth with their 2-3 record and the Vikings ended the day at 0-5.
In the Bears match against Greene/Oxford, BGAH saw five pinfalls to win 57-20. Rocco Arduini pinned G/O’s Abram Parsons at 220 pounds in 1:33 to start the match. Jacob Terpstra needed just 55 seconds to win the 113 pound bout against Jacob Titus.
The third pin of the match was awarded to BGAH’s 138 pound wrestler Brody Oleksak, taking down Hogan Ludolph to the mat and pinning him at the 3:15 mark of the match and Austin Eggleston of the Bears pinned Greene/Oxford’s Jon Thurston at 182 in 27 seconds.
Breaking up Noah Kennedy of Greene/Oxford perfect start to the season, BGAH’s Shane Hoover won by pinfall at 5:30 to stay undefeated.
The Bears’ Joey Florence (99), Brady Buttice (145) and Zach Gardepe (152) won their matches by decision while BGAH won three other weight classes by forfeits.
In the same match, Greene/Oxford’s Brady Smith started of his strong tournament performance with a tech fall win over BGAH’s Dylan Decker.
Prior to Smith’s victory, teammate Tyler Brown pinned the Bears Wayne Lewis. Damien Hitt won the third straight bout in the match when he defeated BGAH’s Trevor Ross. At 106 pounds, Sean Powers of Greene/Oxford earned the first win for the team when he pulled out a 6-5 decision win.
BGAH defeated Port Byron by 57 points as the team saw eight of their bouts end with pinfalls wins. The Bears also defeated Homer by 17, and topped Otselic Valley, 71-15. In the match against the Vikings, BGAH earns seven wins because of forfeits due to the small roster of OV.
