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February 21, 2005

Warsaw captures sectional title
Tigers prevail in Class BB; Holley wins in Class BBB
By Bill Bruton Jr., Daily News Sports Editor
Batavia Daily News
Monday, February 21, 2005

Full Text: Copyright © 2005 The Daily News.
Reproduced with the permission of The Daily News.

For one local wrestling team, Saturday's sectional championship was a long time coming.

For another, it was old hat.

Warsaw captured the Section 5 Class BB title at Caledonia-Mumford with 205 points, edging out Bolivar-Richburg (198.5).

It is Warsaw's first sectional wrestling title since 1976, according to Warsaw coach Rob Hirsch.

"It really came down to the entire team wrestling hard," Hirsch said. "The whole team bonded together. They just came together and won it as a team."

Warsaw had three individual champions.

Ian Paddock won the 96-pound title, pinning Kendall's Tanner Bauer in just 54 seconds in the finals.

"He's on a different level right now," Hirsch said. "He's really matured and he's focused.

Paul Paddock won at 145, pinning Bolivar-Richburg's Dustin Pierce in 1:52 in the finals.

"Paul knows what it takes to go to states. He was there last year," Hirsch said. "The kid works hard and it shows on the mat."

At 215, Dan Reger also won by pin for the Tigers, stopping Marion's Matt Mayville in 5:41.

Reger was seeded second, but controlled the match vs. the top-seeded Mayville.

"Reger wrestles with a lot of heart; he's non-stop," Hirsch said.

In addition, Chris Whiting (103) and Brandon Reynolds (275) finished second for Warsaw. Zak Griffith (130) and Billy Romasser (171) oook third, while Jo-Russ Wilkolaski (160) and Garrett Gruendike (189) were fourth.

Kendall finished fourth at 133, while Pavilion was fifth at 126, Perry was seventh at 88.5, Cal-Mum was ninth at 67, Alexander was 10th at 65.5, and Oakfield-Alabama was 13th at 23.5.

Mike Hackett and Tyler Luders brought home titles for Pavilion. Hackett won an 8-6 decision over Steve Black of Campbell-Savona in the finals at 119, while Luders edged Perry's Ben Rice 9-7 in overtime in the finals at 189.

O-A's Cory Kumpf won at 135 with n 8-3 decision over Bolivar-Richburg's Dennis Adams.

Perry's Dan Leitten won at 160 with a 3-1 decision over B-R's Robert Morris.

Wes Snyder of Kendall won at 171 with a pin in 2:30 over B-R's Derrick Dorvitt.

Cal-Mum's Nate Scheidel won a 14-2 major decision over Marion's Nick Mayville in the finals at 152.

In Class BBB at Sodus, Holley won with 260.5 points, giving coach John Grillo and his Hawks their seventh sectional title in the last eight years.

"I knew we had a good team from top to bottom, but I knew we needed to peak at the right time," Grillo said.

Le Roy was second with 203 points while Letchworth was third at 176.5. Pembroke placed fifth at 142.5 and Byron-Bergen was sixth at 121.

"I said we need to wrestle above our seeds and we needed 10 to qualify for supers and we needed 13 to place, and we did just that," Grillo said. "If you paint a perfect picture it was that."

Holley placed eight wrestlers in the finals, and won seven of those matches.

Matt Banks (96) won with an 8-6 decision over Letchworth's Bucky Hendrickson, Justin Widrig (125) had a 15-0 technical fall over Marcus Whitman's Tom Ryan, Key McPherson (145) won a 7-5 decision over Pembroke's Chad Dilimone, Matt Denning (152) won a 10-6 decision over Whitman's Jordan Bean, Rob McElwain (160) won a 10-4 decision over Whitman's Jason Cota, Ron Ryan (215) had an 11-5 decision over Whitman's Josh Wells, and Lucas Doty (275) had a 6-1 decision over Canisteo-Greenwood's Ryan Turner.

Justin Corona (189) was second for the Hawks, while Brett Underwood (103) was third and Abe Miller (119) was fourth.

In the finals at 112, Le Roy's Zac Condidorio upset defending state champion Nick Price of Pembroke with a 3-0 decision.

Letchworth had a pair of champions. Mike Nevinger won a 4-0 decision over Pembroke's Jeff Hathaway at 103, and Joe Hendrickson pinned Le Roy's Kory Cosimeno in the finals at 130.

Byron-Bergen's Mike McInally won a 4-1 decision over Pembroke's Sam Domthongmivanh in the finals at 119, while Steve McInally pinned Letchworth's Matt Hendrickson in 5:32 in the finals at 135.

the top four finishers in each weight class from the six classes qualify for SuperSectionals this weekend.