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35th annual
Teike-Bernabi Tournament
Varsity Wrestling Tournament
@ Spencerport High School
Tuesday & Wednesday, December 28-29, 1999
Final Results
Wojtowicz triumphs in OT as Spencerport wins crown
By DAVID WINTERS, Staff Writer
Democrat and Chronicle,
Rochester, NY
Thursday, December 30, 1999
Full Text: Copyright
©
1999 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Company Inc.
Six minutes is a long time to be spending on the mat, especially after competing
in several matches over two days.
Ten minutes seems like an eternity, which most wrestlers dread.
Sudden death is something nobody enjoys, except Spencerport senior Mike
Wojtowicz.
Wojtowicz captured the 130-pound championship with five seconds left in the
tiebreaker last night at the Teike-Bernabi wrestling tournament.
The victory was bittersweet for Wojtowicz, who lost in a tiebreaker at the same
weight class last year.
Trailing 1-0 to Mike Privitere of Johnson City after the second period,
Wojtowicz responded in the third period with an escape to send it into overtime.
Each wrestler was awarded one point during the overtime after being called for
stalling, tying the match at two.
Wojtowicz, who elected to start from the bottom in the tiebreaker, needed to
break free to win the championship. With five seconds remaining, he broke from
the grasp of Privitere.
"It was a great win because I've trained to wrestle in overtime and was ready
for it," said Wojtowicz, who helped the Rangers (199 points) win the tournament
over defending state champion Johnson City (189 points). "It really wasn't
really exhausting because we get used to competing all the time."
Spencerport, which qualified seven wrestlers for the finals, walked away with
four champions.
"It was the greatest effort I've seen my wrestlers put in 19 years," Spencerport
coach Bill Jacoutot said. "I took the guys to keep their swagger and they proved
it out on the mats."
Spencerport's Chuck Olas held on to defeat David Hockenberry of Lewiston-Porter
in the tiebreaker at 119 pounds.
Shawn Hibbs defended his 103-pound title by pinning Brandon Walp of
Lewiston-Porter in 5:02.
Jared Moreland claimed the Rangers' fourth championship at 112 pounds by major
decision over Ryan Felton of Johnson City 17-4.
Mike Bourne (135), Scott Baxter (171) and Nick Laurro (275) each finished second
for Spencerport.
Rush-Henrietta, which finished sixth in the team standings with 82.5 points, had
Dan Chase (160) and Geoff Selleck (152) crowned tournament champions.
Jason Macartney of Gates Chili, which finished in eighth place decisioned Baxter
4-1 at 171.
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