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Canisteo-Greenwood Redskins 66, Campbell-Savona Panthers 24
SCAA Dual Meet
@ Canisteo-Greenwood High School
Thursday, February 3, 2005
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Canisteo-Greenwood's Devan Bertch, top, wraps up Campbell's Brandon Wood
during their match at 171 pounds Thursday evening in Canisteo. Bertch, a
six-year member of the team with 187 wins, was honored with two other
seniors prior to the dual meet. (Photo by Lynn Brennan,
The Evening Tribune.)
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SCAA Champs: Redskins wrap up title, send off seniors
in style
By DERRICK BALINSKY, Tribune Sports Editor
The Evening Tribune
Friday, February 4, 2005
CANISTEO - The Canisteo-Greenwood varsity wrestling team celebrated Senior Night
in spectacular fashion Thursday evening as the Redskins cruised to an easy 66-23
victory over the visiting Campbell-Savona Panthers.
The Redskins, who were aided by former coach Wayne Hartman's motivational speech
during the Senior Night festivities, won six straight matches by pin, beginning
at the 140-pound weight class, and a total of 10 straight matches overall en
route to the lopsided outcome.
Senior Devan Bertch, who now has a record of 31-1 this season, was most affected
by Hartman's words.
"I started out with Coach Hartman in the seventh grade," Bertch said of the
veteran coach who retired two seasons ago. "He was a real good coach. I liked
having him around and it was nice of him to see me off. It really showed me that
he though highly of me. I really enjoyed that a lot."
Josh Rouse and Ryan Turner, who both ended up with victories by forfeit, also
were honored prior to Thursday's final regular-season home meet.
"It was a real plus sending those guys off with a victory," Mickey Woodworth,
second-year coach of the Redskins said. "The kids wanted to win this to show all
three of them how much they're appreciated. The did a good job of doing it."
"It was especially nice for Devan," Woodworth added. "He's been with the team
for so long. He's a great kid and a definite benefit to Canisteo wrestling. The
other two have been great additions to the team as well. They'll all be missed
in the years to come."
"Devan has been a real big factor in my career," Nick Clark, who wrestles at the
189-pound weight class, said. "We've been wrestling partners over the past few
years. Even Ryan (Turner) - he's always good competition. He and Josh (Rouse)
work together and they've developed into fine wrestlers over the last couple of
years. It was nice that we could pick up this win for them on Senior Night."
In addition to a great senior send-off, the Redskins also wrapped up the
regular-season Steuben County Athletic Association championship. The team
completes season with an in-conference record of 6-0.
"It's a real bonus for our team because we've got four seventh graders and three
eighth graders - a real young team," Woodworth said. "We're kind of getting
beaten up in our non-league matches, but when it comes to our league matches
we're right up there. It's a plus for next year as well. Now that they've
accomplished this while they were young they'll know what the experience was
like and hopefully they'll use that to their advantage down the road."
Bertch, whose six-year career record stands at 187-48, recorded his 31st victory
of the season with a pin over Brandon Wood in a time of one minute and 40
seconds.
"Our league isn't as strong as it has been in the past," said Bertch, who needs
three victories to break the career wins record at Canisteo. "Most of my matches
this year have been like that. I've had a few tougher ones, but like I said the
league is a little bit weaker than it has been."
"The last two years I've pretty much been looking at the states," Bertch added.
"I came up short last year and it was really heart breaking because I know in my
mind that I could have been at least second in the state. From wrestling in the
offseason and seeing all of the people that did go to states while competing
against them I know that I could have been second in the state, but I came in
second in Section V. That is definitely a little disappointing. I blew it last
year, but I want to get back there and go on to win states."
Clark also picked up a pin, defeating Robert DeSalvo in 1:26. Clark's victory
gave the Redskins a 42-12 advantage on the scoreboard after nine matches had
been completed.
"I was wrestling against a big, strong kid out there," Clark said. "He almost
got a shot on me. Luckily, I defended it and got the pin."
Campbell-Savona was forced to forfeit the next four matches in a row, leaving
the Panthers with a 66-12 deficit. In all, the Redskins were the beneficiaries
of 30-forfeit points, a total which proved more than costly in the Panthers'
seventh straight loss of the season.
"We've sort of run into a little change," C-S coach Dominic Scolaro said. "We've
been filling the weights for a lot of years. Now other teams are (filling those
spots) and we're a little down. It's a tit-tat back-and-forth every year as to
who is going to fill out their teams. Small school have up and down years and
this is a bit of a down year for numbers with us. Next year we have a bunch of
younger kids coming up that should probably fill most, if not all, of the
weights next year, but we'll have to wait and see.
"Canisteo has some good wrestlers, but our kids had a lot of fun out there,"
Scolaro continued. "There was a lot of chucking goin' on - we were throwing
everybody around. It was a spirited match. I enjoyed it, it was good for our
kids and it was good competition.
"Canisteo gave us our biggest whipping of the year, but there was some
good-spirited matches out there. Most of other matches have been very close. In
fact, we've lost five matches by one bout. We just haven't been able to pull any
wins out. We have too many holes."
Alec Pratt rebounded from a 4-2 first-period deficit against Luke Schamel in the
152-pound contest to take a 5-4 lead in the second period. Pratt would go on to
pin Schamel in the third period, completing the comeback at the 4:47 mark of the
match.
"It was a good match," Woodworth said. "I really just think Alec outlasted him
on the mat - he seemed to be in better shape than his opponent was. He came
through at the end and finished up strong."
Jayson Ebner opened the evening with a 2:54 pin over Bill Simons at 125 to give
C-S an early 6-0 advantage. Leon Woodworth's win by forfeit at 130 evened the
score at six, but Joe York put the Panthers back on top, 12-6, with a 2:40 pin
over Craig Amidon at 140. Kyle Amidon and Jeremy Smith then started the snowball
effect for the Redskins with pins of 33 seconds and 4:50 at 145 and 152,
respectively.
Steve Black helped the Panthers save face with a near shutout in the 119-pound
contest, the final matchup of the evening. Black earned a 14-1 decision over
C-G's Zach Amidon after taking a 14-0 lead over the first four and a half
minutes of the bout.
"I think Steve is ranked No. 2 in our class among small school wrestlers," said
Scolaro, whose team fell to 0-7 with the loss. "He's been around a long time and
is a very good wrestler. His technique is solid - he's just been there. Not
quite like Devan Bertch, but he's been there. He's an experienced wrestler."
Canisteo, now 6-3 overall, is off until Wednesday when it will take on
non-conference rival Hornell on the road at 6:15 p.m. The Red Raiders have
posted a 7-2 record this season and are coming off of a 59-6 Livingston County
crossover victory over Division III opponent Pavilion. HHS finished second in
the LCAA Division I standings behind regular-season champion Letchworth.
"We don't really match up that well with them," Clark said. "They're
lightweights are pretty amazing and everyone above 152 is either a junior or
senior I think. It'll be a tough one for us, but we should be all right."
Coach Woodworth agreed.
"We might not match up that well with Hornell," he said. "My younger kids are
lighter and Hornell appears to be very strong in their lightweights. We'll have
some good matches there, but this year we're not going to match up. It's going
to be fun getting back and wrestling with them. It's a good time up there."
Even so, Bertch believes it could be closer than expected.
"It's a big rivalry," Bertch added. "They had a lot of good things to say about
us in the paper the other night. But, they've got a real good team. I'm not
going to give anything away, but they should handle us. Still, I think we've got
a lot of good wrestlers as well, and I know we'll give it everything we've got
to try and pull off the upset if we can."
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