Two repeat winners and two first-time titlists gave Section 4 a total of four champions Saturday, Feb. 28 at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association boys wrestling championships at MVP Arena in Albany.
Norwich junior Maverick Beckwith earned his third state title and Tioga junior Declan McKee his second.
Deposit/Hancock junior Landyn Shaffer and Chenango Valley junior Anthony Valls secured the other state titles for Section 4.
All four championships came in Division 2.
Section 4 had four runner-up finishes and four third-place showings in Division 2.
Section 4’s state champions
A recap of Section 4’s wins in finals:
Four from Section 4 placed second
Odessa-Montour/Watkins Glen’s Lucas Hoffman and Newark Valley’s Cadin Creeley joined Clark and Duncanson in placing second in Division 2 for Section 4.
Hoffman lost to Holland Patent’s Andrew Juliano, 9-8, in the 118-pound championship match.
Creeley made it to the 165-pound final as the No. 6 seed. He lost to Coxsackie Athens’ Ryker Cox, 7-4, in the deciding match.
Third-place finishers from Section 4, all in Division 2, were Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin’s Gavin Nordberg (132) and Yanni Drapaniotis (190), Waverly’s Cooper Robinson (157), and Susquehanna Valley’s Trey Parker (285).
Section 4 Division 1 results
103 pounds: Brody O’Hern, Chenango Forks, won 5-4 over Alberto Vicencio Bairan of Minisink Valley; lost by tech. fall 21-4 to Evan Gomez of Valley Central; lost 12-7 to Davon Turgunboev of James Madison.
110: Josh Knapp, Horseheads, lost by medical forfeit to Ethan Steuber of Somers and Justin Cabuhat of Mahopac.
Connor McAllister, Horseheads, won 15-8 over Isa Magomedov of Edward R. Murrow; lost by tech. fall 21-5 to Xavier Seabury of North Babylon; won 5-4 over Evan Bryant of Middletown; won 8-5 over Ethan Steuber of Somers; lost by tech. fall 15-0 to John Winseman of St. Francis; lost by major dec. to Brendan Stoutenburg of Saratoga Springs in seventh-place match.
118: Tanner Knapp, Horseheads, lost by major decision 12-1 to Will Russell of Manhasset; lost by major decision 14-2 to Cameron Crumpler of Niagara Falls.
126: Evan Merrell, Maine-Endwell, lost by pin to Piero DiNicola of Fox Lane in 3:25; lost by pin to Cartier Perez of Islip in 0:50.
Hunter Parker, Elmira, lost by tech. fall 18-1 to Owen Milmore of Washingtonville; lost by tech. fall 19-2 to Jaden Baron of Ward Melville.
132: Gavin Hornsby, Horseheads, won 4-1 over Aiden Vollmer of Webster Schroeder; lost by major decision 15-6 to Brody Franklin of Long Beach lost 3-2 to Chase Allocca of Carmel.
138: Scott Fairbanks, Elmira, lost 18-11 to Giovanni Lang of Whitesboro; lost 9-8 to Luke Dakin of FDR Hyde Park.
144: Lavonte Gibbons, Elmira, lost 6-3 to Johnny DiGiorgio of Massapequa; pinned Mykolas Matyjakowski of West Seneca West-East in 1:23; beat David Khodzhaev of Tottenville 7-3; lost by major decision 14-4 to Marco Provenzano of Fairport.
150: Tyler Ritter, Chenango Forks, lost by pin in 2:32 to Joey Losee of Shenendehowa; pinned Evan Weeden of Goshen in 4:015; lost by pin in 2:42 to Tennis Eiss of Indian River.
Jerry Harman, Maine-Endwell, pinned Logan Willis of West Genesee in 5:51; lost by tech. fall 17-2 to Nick Debellis of Horace Greeley; lost 8-6 to Abduali Mukumov of Sweet Home.
157: William Ackley, Johnson City, lost by major decision 9-1 to Ryan Wood of Sayville; won by tech. fall 17-0 over Beau Bergeron of Grand Island; won 1-0 over Nicholas Flaherty of Comsewogue; won by DQ over Thomas Caufagliione of Wallkill while leading 19-9; lost 8-5 to Joseph Brooks of Massapequa; lost 10-8 to Austin Fesinger of West Genesee in seventh-place match.
165: Zachary Schrage, Horseheads, won 3-2 over Jon Schroff of Sachem East; won by tech. fall 21-3 over Albert Smith of Maine-Endwell in the quarterfinals; lost by tech. fall 19-3 to Griffin Laplante of St. Francis in semifinals; lost 6-5 to Luke Ryan of Fox Lane; won 6-4 over Peter Mikedis of Bellmore in fifth-place match.
Albert Smith, Maine-Endwell, pinned Kai Shapiro of Connetquot in 1:22; lost by tech. fall 21-3 to Zachary Schrage of Horseheads in the quarterfinals; lost by major decision 15-2 to Spencer Nassire of Islip.
175: Quentin Getzin, Ithaca, won 15-0 by tech. fall over Abdo Baraeya of Guilderland; won 14-1 by major dec. over Will Roden of Clarkstown North in the quarterfinals; lost 5-2 to Wyatt Boice of Minisink Valley in semifinals; won by major decision 10-1 over Thomas Vecchio of Sachem North; lost 4-3 to James Capasso of Ballston Spa in third-place match.
190: Griffin McQuade, Maine-Endwell, lost 7-2 to Devin Bierfeldt of Nyack; won 7-0 over Jeffrey Petties of Syracuse; lost by major decision 16-3 to David Gonzalez of William Floyd.
Jaxson Burchard, Horseheads, lost 9-4 to Dylan Fitzgerald of Brockport; pinned Malachi Courtois of Monroe-Woodbury in 0:33; pinned Jack Weber of Mepham in 1:42; lost by pin to Luca Turano of North Babylon in 2:25.
215: Landon Armstrong, Maine-Endwell, lost 7-3 to Mason Earley of Amsterdam; lost 7-2 to Justin Stewart of Pine Bush.
285: Ryan Evans, Maine-Endwell, beat Cashmiere Curtis of FDR 5-1; lost 10-3 to Richard Tinyes of Lynbrook; lost 3-2 to Patrick Curran of Pine Bush.
Section 4 Division 2 results
103 pounds: Drayke Ulrich, Tioga, won 6-0 over Gavin Lovell of Owego Free Academy; lost by tech. fall 17-2 to Max Hanselman of Lowville; lost by pin in 1:00 to Parker Menechino of Mount Sinai.
Sava Gonopolskiy, Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin, lost 6-0 to Brennon Egan of Broadalbin-Perth; won 17-2 by tech. fall over Alyn Capen of Peru; lost 6-3 to Parker Menechino of Mount Sinai.
Gavin Lovell, Owego Free Academy, lost 6-0 to Drayke Ulrich of Tioga; pinned Richard Gonzalez of Eagle Academy in 1:45; won 7-1 over Hunter Rock of Duanesburg/Schoharie; won 11-5 over Brennon Egan of Broadalbin-Perth; lost by pin in 2:53 to Freddy Smith of Sherburne-Earlville; lost 8-3 to Parker Menechino of Mount Sinai in seventh-place match.
110: Declan McKee, Tioga, pinned Nathan Jacoby of Collegiate School in 1:09; won 17-1 by tech. fall over Seth Strain of Adirondack in the quarterfinals; won 4-2 over Wyatt Sartori of Dansville in semifinals; won 10-1 by major decision over Adrian Torres of Southwestern in the final.
Mason Vanderhoff, Thomas A. Edison, lost 10-1 major decision to Seth Strain of Adirondack; won 18-0 tech. fall over Karem Saleh of Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy; pinned Nathan Jacoby of Collegiate School in 2:24; lost by forfeit to Lucas Barbieri of Homer.
Parker Jackson, Tioga, lost by pin in 2:35 to Carmello Massey of Red Hook; lost by tech. fall 16-0 to Colden Friedman of Seaford.
118: Lucas Hoffman, Odessa-Montour/Watkins Glen, won 10-1 over Tristan Bellis of Red Jacket; won 18-3 tech. fall over Chase Davis of Port Jefferson in quarterfinals; pinned Mason Tanner of Jordan-Elbridge-PB-US-CM in 3:30 in semifinals; lost 9-8 to Andrew Juliano of Holland Patent in final.
Logan Bellis, Tioga, lost 8-7 to Joel Davis of Seaford; pinned Kenji Clark of Rye Country Day in 2:21; won 7-4 in SV over Bryce Reilly of Our Lady of Lourdes; lost 4-2 to Chase Davis of Port Jefferson.
Clayton Ritter, Oneonta, won 7-0 over Rocky Molinare of Petrides; lost 5-3 to Andrew Juliano of Holland Patent in the quarterfinals; won 9-0 major decision over Jonah Stevens of Salem/Cambridge; won 14-4 major decision over Joel Diaz of Seaford; lost 16-1 tech. fall to Mason Tanner of Jordan-Elbridge-PB-US-CM in fifth-place match.
126: Anthony Valls, Chenango Valley, won by tech. fall 19-4 over Riley Horsley of Portville; won 13-4 major decision over Aidan Lee of John Glenn in the quarterfinals; won 9-4 over Barrett David of South Seneca in semifinals; won 11-2 by major decision over South Jefferson’s Brock Frederick in the final.
Rhylee Stotler, Waverly, pinned Kelvin Jimenez of Sleep Hollow in 1:29; lost 10-7 to Barrett David of South Seneca in quarterfinals; pinned Colin Logalbo of Little Falls in 2:40; lost 8-1 to Aidan Lee of John Glenn; lost by pin in 3:49 to Peter Filli of Ichabod Crane in seventh-place match.
Kadin Cole, Tioga, pinned Luke Gillis of Hoosick Falls in 3:40; lost 15-10 to Brock Frederick of South Jefferson in quarterfinals; pinned Riley Horsley of Portville in 3:53; won by tech. fall 18-1 over Peter Filli of Ichabod Crane; lost by major decision 17-7 to Barrett David of South Seneca in fifth-place match.
132: Gavin Nordberg, Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin, won 12-2 major dec. over Brendan O’Sullivan of Pearl River; pinned Zakk Larue of Copenhagen in 1:52 in quarterfinals; lost 7-0 to Justin Mullis of Hudson Falls in semifinals; won 10-5 over Cole Clifford of Canton; pinned Dawson Wojtaszczyk of Leroy in 2:31 in third-place match.
Kade Mustin, Oxford/Greene, lost 4-3 to Mason Butler of Camden; won by tech. fall 19-3 over Chase Devins of Beekmantown; pinned Aiden Schurr of Corinth in 1:41; lost 4-1 to Jason Canedo of Deposit/Hancock.
Jason Canedo, Deposit/Hancock, won 9-2 over Thandon Bensink of Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama; lost 7-1 to Justin Mullis of Hudson Falls in quarterfinals; won 4-1 over Kade Mustin of Oxford/Greene; won 6-0 over Zakk Larue of Copenhagen; lost by major decision 10-2 to Dawson Wojtaszczyk of Leroy; lost 4-0 to Cole Clifford of Canton in fifth-place match.
138: Landyn Shaffer, Deposit/Hancock, won by tech. fall 18-3 over Mason Starke of Peru; won 19-3 by tech. fall over Daltton Davis of Waverly in quarterfinals; won 9-2 over Justin D’Arce of Center Moriches in semifinals; won 3-1 over Tioga’s Jayden Duncanson in the final.
Jayden Duncanson, Tioga, pinned Mason Dusharm of Gouverneur in 1:58; won 11-6 over Wyatt Rock of Duanesburg/Schoharie in quarterfinals; won 4-2 over Joe Scott of Letchworth in semifinals; lost 3-1 to Deposit/Hancock’s Landyn Shaffer in the final.
Daltton Davis, Waverly, won 10-4 over Nate Verri of Little Falls; lost by tech. fall 19-3 to Landyn Shaffer of Deposit/Hancock in quarterfinals; won by major decision 12-3 over Vincenzo Rubino of Dolgeville; lost 6-2 to Jayden Acomb of Ravena/Coeymans/Selkirk; won by major decision 16-6 over John Parisi of Nanuet in seventh-place match.
144: Justin Somers, Walton/Delhi (34-3), won 7-3 over Talon Kimball of Camden; lost by pin in 3:59 to James Chase of Avon/Geneseo in quarterfinals; won by major decision 10-1 over Steven McCann of East Rochester; won 6-5 over Jonathan Swartwout of Fonda/Johnstown; won 3-2 over Evan Sheils of Lansing; lost 7-1 to James Chase of Avon/Geneseo in third-place match.
Evan Sheils, Lansing, won by tech. fall 15-0 over Steven McCann of East Rochester; won 4-0 over Cyler Baer of Gouveneur in quarterfinals; lost by tech. fall 16-0 to Gavin Mangano of Syracuse in semifinals; lost 3-2 to Justin Somers of Walton/Delhi; won 3-1 over Alex Southworth of Miller Place in fifth-place match.
Caden Bradley, Tioga, lost 7-0 to Zenon Derocha of Hannibal; lost by major decision 15-2 to Jonathan Swartwout of Fonda/Johnstown.
150: Maverick Beckwith, Norwich, won by tech. fall 17-2 over Liam O’Sullivan of Pearl River; won by tech. fall 17-1 over Nathan Barber of Granville/Whitehall in quarterfinals; won 4-0 over Trevor DellaPenta of Eden in semifinals; won 11-0 by major decision over Lansing’s Owen Clark in the final.
Owen Clark, Lansing, pinned Jacob DeClair of Highland in 0:48; pinned Jayden Thomas of Phoenix in 0:44 in quarterfinals; won by major decision 9-0 over Gene Edwards of Central Valley Academy in semifinals; lost 11-0 major decision to Norwich’s Maverick Beckwith in the final.
Asaac Mead, Deposit/Hancock, lost by major decision 14-3 to Nathan Barber of Granville/Whitehall; won by tech. fall 17-2 over Liam Springer of Schalmont; won 7-1 over Liam O’Sullivan of Pearl River; won by tech. fall 16-0 over Jayden Thomas of Phenix; won by medical forfeit over Anthony Perrino of Miller Place; lost by tech. fall 20-2 to Trevor DellaPenta of Eden; lost by pin in 1:45 to Ryder Reichert of Alexander in fifth-place match.
157: Cooper Robinson, Waverly, won by tech. fall 17-2 over Gunnar Gibbons of Maple Hill; pinned Eli Doxstader of Holland Patent in 1:55 in quarterfinals; pinned by Jacob McVige of Honeoye Falls-Lima in semifinals; won 3-2 over Austin Hall of Canisteo-Greenwood; pinned Logan Sheriff of Southern Hills in 3:34 in third-place match.
Alan Little, Oneonta, lost 9-8 to Mohammad Noor of Cheektowaga; pinned Hayden Bartlemus of Northern Adirondack in 4:43; lost by major decision 11-0 to Austin Hall of Canisteo-Greenwood.
Troy Braman, Oxford/Greene, won by tech. fall 15-0 over Ethan Katz of John Glenn; lost by pin in 3:48 to JD Minckler of Gouverneur; won 9-2 over Erill Soloman of Eagle Academy; won by major decision 10-2 over Ben Miner of Warrensburg/Lake George; lost by pin in 4:14 to Eli Doxstader of Holland Patent.
165: Anthony Weaver, Windsor, lost 4-1 to Miles Sheridan of Sleepy Hollow; won by major decision 15-2 over Christopher Barbera of Oyster Bay; lost 3-0 to Tanner Bellomo of Mexico.
Cadin Creeley, Newark Valley, won by tech. fall 15-0 over Connor Fabian of Mount Sinai; pinned Peter Thompson of Dansville/Wayland-Cohocton in 2:47 in quarterfinals; won 7-3 over Brody Heckman of Alexander in semifinals; lost 7-4 to Ryker Cox of Coxsackie Athens in the final.
Jared Watson, Odessa-Montour/Watkins Glen, won 6-3 over Thomas Mirenda of Seaford; lost by tech. fall 21-4 to Ryker Cox of Coxsackie Athens; won by tech. fall 17-0 over Grady Collins of Our Lady of Lourdes; won by major decision 15-5 over Alex Schiffhauer of Iroquois; lost 4-1 to Colton Wheet of Little Falls.
175: Greg Golden, Thomas A. Edison, lost 14-7 to Glen Sanchez of Jordan-Elbridge/PB/US/CM; lost by major decision 9-0 to Carlos Rhom of Dalton School.
Jaxon Backus, Walton/Delhi, won 11-4 over Niko Drakopolous of John Glenn; pinned by Gabe English of Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Middleburgh in 14 seconds in quarterfinals; lost by tech. fall 19-3 to Paul Minckler of Gouverneur.
Zachary Lamantia, Susquehanna Valley, lost 8-4 to Glen Sanchez of Jordan-Elbridge/PB/US/CM; pinned in 2:10 by Jacob Eaves of Penn Yan Academy.
190: Yanni Drapaniotis, Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin, pinned Brody Blaise-Smith of Peru in 1:18; pinned Aiden Brito of Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy in 3:03 in quarterfinals; lost 6-5 to Tavio Hoose of Southwestern in semifinals; pinned Titus Callahan of Newark Valley in 1:44; won 6-3 in tiebreaker over Trent True of Holland Patent in third-place match.
Titus Callahan, Newark Valley, pinned in 5:44 by Aiden Brito of RKA; pinned Josh Gandelman of Hackley in 1:39; won 2-1 over Colin Pickering of Fonda/Johnstown; pinned Maximus Dyckman of Island Trees in 4:47; pinned Jackson Peet of Caledonia-Mumford in 0:34; pinned by Yanni Drapaniotis of U/UV/F in 1:44; pinned by Patrick Braley of Falconer/Cassadaga Valley in 0:29 in fifth-place match.
Brennen Riquier, Chenango Valley, lost 5-0 to Maximus Dyckman of Island Trees; won 3-0 over Jerry Lapage of Malone; lost 5-4 to Ryan Darcy of Pearl River.
215: Matthias Welles, Waverly, won 8-7 over Nolan Boyles of Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin; lost 4-1 to Cody Alessi of Ichabod Crane in quarterfinals; pinned Lucas Norinder of Babylon in 3:30; pinned Colton Hamilton of CL/Westfield/Panama in 0:39; won 7-3 over Takota Smith of Pioneer; lost 4-3 to Chad Monty of Granville/Whitehall in third-place match.
Nolan Boyles, Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin, pinned Emanuel Celaya Lavariega of Red Hook in 2:49; lost 8-7 to Matthias Welles of Waverly; lost by major decision 13-4 to Hudson Garbarino of Pawling.
Brian Deforest, Marathon, lost 8-4 to Liam Roberts of Locust Valley; won by medical forfeit over Christopher Doshna of Marcellus/Onondaga; lost by pin in 0:34 to Kaydyn Derby of Mount Markham.
285: Troy Beeman, Waverly, won 7-2 over Fredy Lemus of Island Trees; won 4-1 in SV over Jack Brown of Homer in quarterfinals; lost by pin in 2:26 to Zachary Kuelling of Williamson/Marion/Sodus in semifinals; lost by pin in 3:34 to Jim Biccum of South Jefferson; lost 5-1 on tiebreaker to Jack Brown of Homer in fifth-place match.
Trey Parker, Susquehanna Valley, won 4-0 over RJ Townsend of Royalton-Hartland/Barker; won 8-5 over Nick Oosterom of Port Jervis; pinned Kasan Hardy of Salamanca in 4:26 in quarterfinals; lost 8-1 in SV to Jerod Olrich of Southern Hills in semifinals; won 3-2 over Jack Brown of Homer in TB; won 3-2 in ultimate TB over Jim Biccum of South Jefferson in third-place match.
Donte Wrench, Oxford/Greene, lost by pin in 2:38 to James Lin of Horace Mann; lost by pin in 1:40 to John Turner of Palmyra-Macedon.
This article originally appeared on Elmira Star-Gazette: Four from Section 4 capture NYSPHSAA championships in boys wrestling
Reporting by Andrew Legare, Elmira Star-Gazette / Elmira Star-Gazette
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