10th Annual

Newark Valley Tournament

Team Final

 1. Blair Academy (NJ) ............ 261 points

 2. Canandaigua Braves ............ 257

 3. Union-Endicott ................ 220

 4. Newark Valley ................. 211
 5. Lansing ....................... 151

 6. Southern Cayuga ............... 103

 7. Cato-Meridian ................. 101

 8. South Seneca Falcons ..........  94

 9. Groton ........................  52

10. Owego .........................  51

11. Elmira Heights ................  49

12. Maine-Endwell .................  43

13. Marathon ......................  31

14. Watkins Glen ..................  23

15. Dryden ........................  11

16. Union Springs .................   7

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Trevor Chinn (Canandaigua), 145
 

Championship Final

 96 - Dan Mandara (Canandaigua) d. Tyler Simmons (NV), 8-2
103 - Travis Blasco (Blair) p. Marcus Payne (NV), 3:34
112 - Tyler Thurgood (Blair) p. Fred Milefski (NV), 0:54
119 - Kyle Ingraham (Canandaigua) d. Jay Giuricich (Blair), 11-4
125 - Brandon Heffernan (C-M) p. Jeremy Hummel (Lansing), 5:43
130 - Adam Frey (Blair) d. Anthony Howe (NV), 11-2
135 - Zach Weisberg (Blair) p. James Hawkins (Canandaigua), :29
140 - Scott Osman (U-E) d. Don Barker (Lansing), 2-2 OTC
145 - Trevor Chinn (Canandaigua) d. Brad Gruwell (U-E), 10-0
152 - Ben Kinerson (Blair) d. Jared Lovejoy (Lansing), 3-2
160 - Tom Cuppernell (Can) won by forfeit over Rob Orleski (M-E)
171 - Alex Maciag (Blair) p. David McCheyne (SS), 3:05
189 - Dana Mather (U-E) d. Will Creeley (NV), 13-2
215 - Dan Jacobson (Canandaigua) d. Adam Kern (SS), 8-7
275 - Arthur Jones (U-E) d. John Kane (Blair), 9-2

Consolation Final

 96 - Kyle Sweazey (Lansing) d. Barry DePersis (U-E), 5-3
103 - Jason Wild (Canandaigua) d. Zach Robertson (U-E), 9-0
112 - Rocco Catalfamo (Canandaigua) p. Shaun Lisk (EH), 0:42
119 - Brad Walker (WG) d. Eric Cornelius (NV), 5-1
125 - Dan Seals (Blair) p. Justin Vollenweider (Canandaigua), 0:34
130 - Greg Gelinas (Canandaigua) d. Adam Burke (Lansing), 8-5
135 - Nate Wallace (C-M) won by forfeit over Robert Vernon (SC)
140 - Chad Kwiatkowski (Owego) won by forfeit over Chris Stout (Blair)
145 - Neil Stevens (SC) won by forfeit over Arron Campbell (C-M)
152 - Zack Weyant (Groton) d. Chuck Hall (C-M), 8-3
160 - Mark Beebe (NV) won by forfeit over Alan Carr (Blair)
171 - Jon Jones (U-E) d. Brian Zaborowski (Lansing), 10-6
189 - Jared Littlejohn (SC) p. Josh Perreault (Groton), 2:32
215 - Josh Bestle (Owego) d. Pat Warner (U-E), 10-8
275 - Curt Porter (NV) d. Jeff Littlejohn (SC), 8-2

Mandara, Ingraham, Chinn, & Jacobsen Win For Canandaigua

By D. Richard Chinn, ArmDrag.com Volunteer Sportswriter

Sunday, December 8, 2002

Just back from the 10th Annual Newark Valley Tournament, a 16-team tournament with teams largely from section IV.  Along with Canandaigua Academy, this year's tournament featured South Seneca from Section V. Also making an appearance was Blair Academy from New Jersey.

Blair won the team title with 261 points, and Canandaigua was 2nd with 257 points. South Seneca finished 8th. Blair had 8 wrestlers in the finals, while CA had 6.

The Braves had 5 individual champions: Dan Mandera @ 96lbs, Kyle Ingraham @ 119 lbs, Trevor Chinn @ 145lbs, Tom Cuppernell @ 160lbs, and Dan Jacobson @ 215lbs. Sophomore James Hawkins finished 2nd at 135 lbs. CA had 12 of 14 wrestlers place.

South Seneca had two individual place finishers: David McCheyne (135) and Adam Kern (215) each placed second.

Chinn was voted the MOW.

At the JV tournament which ran concurrently with this tournament, the CA JV's had an impressive beginning. Shawn Hawkins @ 103, Ben Jones @ 112, Robbie Mack @ 119, Shane Church @ 125, Wayne Hawkins @ 130, and Chris Wittlinger @ 215 all walked off with individual titles and the team far outdistanced the 2nd place team in points.