Four Red Dragons Win Weight-Class Titles to Open Season at Lycoming Invitational https://t.co/LvuLcBwMIs
— Cortland Athletics (@RedDragonPride) November 2, 2026
WILLIAMSPORT, PA – Four wrestlers claimed weight-class titles as the Cortland wrestling team opened the 2026-27 season at the Lycoming Invitational on Sunday. The Red Dragons competed along with seven other teams, but the invitational featured only individual scoring.
Each weight class was separated into two divisions based on class year. In the junior/senior division, Rocco Futia (Wallkill) won the 141-pound title and Chris Ayala (Brentwood) claimed the 197-pound title. In the freshman/sophomore division, Colton Havens (Canisteo/Canisteo-Greenwood) was the winner at 165 pounds and Jon Schroff (Holtsville/Sachem East) won at 174 pounds.
Futia went 3-0 for the day with one pin, one technical fall, and one major decision. He posted a win by pin in his opening match in just 1:54, and then needed only 2:32 to secure a victory by technical fall in the semifinals. His only match to go the distance for the day came in the 1st-place match, where he posted a 16-6 major decision.
Ayala went 2-0 on the day. He was dominant in a 17-2 technical fall with five takedowns in the semifinals, and had four takedowns and a nearfall on the way to a 15-4 major decision in the 1st-place match.
Havens finished 4-0 with a pin, two technical falls, and one major decision on the way to his victory. The sophomore had a third period technical fall in the semifinals, and claimed another technical fall in the final seconds to secure the title in the 1st-place match.
Schroff had two pins and a technical fall on the way to a 3-0 record in his first collegiate tournament, including a first-period pin in the 1st-place match in 2:53.
Seven other Red Dragons finished with at least two victories on the day. Sophomore Neil Paulercio (Valhalla) was the runner-up at 149 pounds with a 3-1 record, one pin, and one major decision, while freshman Richard King (Westbury/W.T. Clarke) finished third at 133 pounds and went 2-1 with a pin and a technical fall.
Freshman Alex Southworth (Miller Place), freshman Joe Brooks (Massapequa Park/Massapequa), and sophomore Nick Rose (Lindenhurst) were all 3-1 to finish fifth in their respective weight classes. Rose recorded two pins, Brooks had a pin and a technical fall, and Southworth added one major decision.
Tristan Robinson-July (Ossining) finished 2-1 with a pin and a major decision to place fourth at 174 pounds in the junior/senior division, and Jack Pickersgill registered two wins, including one pin, to finish fourth at 165 pounds in the junior/senior division.