SOURCE: armdrag.com

January 17, 2023

Week 7 - Monroe County Wrestling
By Craig Kaper, Monroe County Wrestling Chairman

DIVISION 1
Monroe County Wrestling - Week 7

Dual Meets:

This was an extremely busy week for Dual Meets in Monroe County. On Tuesday the big match pitted state ranked #5 Hilton vs #11 Brockport. Hilton came out on top with a 33 - 24 victory. However, Brockport had to give up 3 forfeits in this one - which makes things very interesting going into the Section V Duals as both teams have a legitimate shot in making the finals. If they do meet it could prove to be one of the best Monroe County Duals this season. Churchville Chili punched their ticket into the Section V Duals with a divisional win over Webster Schroeder 42-22, Trevor Weeden of CC picked up a pin at 172 lbs to help lead Churchville. Fairport was victorious over Rush Henrietta 40 to 24. This result means that 3 teams, Fairport, Pittsford, and RH will share the league title. However, a point system was used to determine the two entries into the Dual Meet Championships. The result: Fairport takes the top spot followed by Pittsford. Pittsford defeated Greece 54-22, Thomas Gargan of Pittsford secured a pin at 145 lbs to aid in the victory. Victor was on the road against Penfield and pulled out the victory 42-30. The match of the night here was at 126 lbs between Angelo Attardi of Victor and Penfield's Ryan Parton. The two talented grapplers battled for 6 minutes in a back and forth scrambling affair, in the end Attardi pulled out the hard fought 6-5 decision. Webster Thomas took on Spencerport and captured a 45-21 victory. Kieran Hayden scored a pin at 189 lbs to help lead Thomas to the win. A good one went down at 145 lbs between Cal Russo (S) and Jacob Mendola (WT). It was a low scoring affair as Russo pulled out the narrow 3-2 decision.

A few teams were in action on Wednesday. Penfield picked up a win over Canandaigua by the score of 44-27. Braydon Albro (P) got the pin to help lead the Patriots. Fairport knocked off Attica Batavia 43-24. Brody Wolcott picked up a pin at 126 lbs for the Red Raiders.

On Thursday, Victor and Webster Schroder locked up in divisional action. Victor came out with the 46-21 victory. Drew Aparo got things started at 110 lbs with a sound technical fall.


Section V Duals:

The Division II Section V Duals concluded this week and HFL finished in 3rd place. The Monroe County Rep took out Avon-Geneseo in the quarterfinals before falling to Pal-Mac in the semifinals.

The Division I field is set; Hilton, Fairport, Brockport, Attica/Batavia, Pittsford, and Churchville Chili are the 6 qualifying teams. The preliminary rounds take place next week; Wednesday, Attica/Batavia will travel to Pittsford for a 6:00 pm showdown. On Thursday, Churchville will head north to Brockport for a 6:30 pm battle. The winners of these two duals will join Hilton and Fairport at the FINAL 4 on Saturday, January 21st at Fairport High School. The semifinals will be on 2 mats starting at 10:15 am. The finals are slated for a 12:15 start time.

Eastern States:

The following Monroe County Teams sent wrestlers to the Eastern State Championships in Loch Sheldrake this weekend: HFL, Hilton, Pittsford, Victor, RH and Attica/Batavia. Hilton's Elijah Diakomihalis and Attica/Batavia's Casper Stewart both captured championships at the event. HFL's Nick Noto took home 2nd place honors while his teammates; Chris Noto took 5th, Jazz Spaulding took 6th, Jacob McVige took 8th, and Waylan Winseman also finished in 8th. Pittsford also had two place finishers in Samson McKissick-Staley who took 5th and Jackson Nixon who finished in 6th.


Bradshaw:

Canandaigua hosted its traditional Robert Bradshaw Memorial Tournament on Friday and Saturday. Many Monroe County Schools were represented here and 8 of the 13 weight class champions hailed from the league. Connor Guffey of Webster Thomas claimed top honors at 102 lbs, Kiernan Magee of Penfield won the title at 110 lbs, Try LeChase of Fairport took home the championship at 118 lbs, Thomas's Jacob Mendola won it at 145 lbs, Brady Unger dominated at 172 lbs to win the the title for Fairport, Canandaigua crowned Mason Depew at 189 lbs, Nathan Kasper won it for Hilton at 215 lbs, and Fairport claimed another title at 285 lbs with Jeffery Craddock coming out on top. In the team race; Webster Thomas finished in 2nd place to lead the Monroe County teams.


Other Tournament Action:

The Steve Garland Duals were also held this past weekend and Churchville Chili successfully defended their title, including big wins over Wellsville and Attica/Batavia. Xander Tomaszewski was the tournament's MOW.