Top competitors in Section 4 will vie for berths in the New York state tournament when Binghamton’s Visions Veterans Memorial Arena hosts the Section 4 boys wrestling championships Saturday, Feb. 14.
Doors open to spectators at 7:30 a.m., with prelims in Division 1 and Division 2 scheduled to begin at 8:30. Championship finals in both divisions are slated for 5 p.m.
Titlists and those who earn at-large bids will compete in the New York State Public High School Athletic Association championships Feb. 27 and 28 at MVP Arena in Albany.
Among those in action Saturday will be two-time state champion Maverick Beckwith of Norwich and fellow returning state champ Declan McKee of Tioga Central. Both are juniors.
Beckwith, a state champ at 108 pounds in 2024 and 124 last year, is Division 2’s top seed at 150.
McKee is top seed in Division 2 at 110 pounds after claiming the 101-pound title last year.
Waverly’s Troy Beeman, a state champion in 2024, is the No. 1 seed in Division 2 at 285.
Horseheads (Division 1) and Windsor (Division 2) are defending team champions.
Division 1 seeds
103 pounds: 1-Brody O’Hern (Chenango Forks), 2-Cater Soltis (Corning), 3-Raf Haque (Vestal), 4-Vancen Small (Union-Endicott), 5-Nolan Miller (Horseheads), 6-Myles Smith (Maine-Endwell), 7-Greyson Burlingame (Ithaca), 8-Michael Karim (Binghamton).
110: 1-Josh Knapp (Horseheads), 2-Rasheed Scott (Binghamton), 3-Connor McAllister (Horseheads), 4-Carter Mckernan (Elmira), 5-Caiden Hwalek (U-E), 6-Shane Harlacker (Corning), 7-Liam Stanton (M-E), 8-Owen Lay (Vestal), 9-Hendrix Adams (Ithaca).
118: 1-Tanner Knapp (Horseheads), 2-Caleb Bergman (Ithaca), 3-Larry Tull (M-E), 4-Maddox Hubbard (Chenango Forks), 5-Jimmy Sysen (Vestal), 6-Daniel Bretch (Corning), 7-Jesse Clark (Corning), 8-Bryan Brazinski (Johnson City), 9-Nick Johnson (Elmira), 10-Octavian Root (U-E).
126: 1-Hunter Parker (Elmira), 2-Evan Merrell (M-E), 3-Dom DiLuzio (Binghamton), 4-Nate Miller (Horseheads), 5-David Yonker (Ithaca), 6-Keaton Macrabie (Chenango Forks), 7-Caiden Zangerle (Corning), 8-Ayedin Kowalski (U-E), 9-Thomas Jackson (Vestal).
132: 1-Gavin Hornsby (Horseheads), 2-Ryder Depadua Reese (Elmira), 3-Reid Richardson (M-E), 4-Ahmed Al-Aubaidy (U-E), 5-Dominick Becker (Binghamton), 6-Christopher Jett (Ithaca), 7-Reese Mayhew (Corning), 8-Jayden Jones (Johnson City).
138: 1-Scott Fairbanks (Elmira), 2-Liam McQuade (M-E), 3-Kole Zufall (Horseheads), 4-Nicholas Woodcock (Corning), 5-Kayne Hunt (U-E), 6-Kian Watson-Yartey (Vestal), 7-Connor Pearce (Chenango Forks).
144: 1-Lavonte Gibbons (Elmira), 2-Blake Teeter (Corning), 3-Marty Foley (U-E), 4-Jeremiah Potrzebowski (Elmira), 5-Damian Saks (Horseheads), 6-Wes Lunn (M-E), 7-T’Quel Williams (Binghamton), 8-Chase Tuttle (CF), 9-Braedan Moreno (Vestal).
150: 1-Tyler Ritter (CF), 2-Jerry Harman (M-E), 3-Ben Guyette (Elmira), 4-Will Renfer (M-E), 5-Jamari Howard (JC), 6-Colton Graham (Corning), 7-Malcom Dooley (U-E), 8-Trent Woodward (Horseheads), 9-Chase Watts (Vestal), 10-Anas Qasem (Binghamton).
157: 1-William Ackley (Johnson City), 2-Tosh Burlingame (Ithaca), 3-Conor Brubaker (Vestal), 4-Kenzie Burke (Ithaca), 5-Cole Swanson (Elmira), 6-Braddock Yonkoski (M-E), 7-Keegan Vancise (Corning), 8-Aziz Gafsi (Horseheads), 9-Francisco Peguero (Binghamton), 10-Jerry Moore (U-E).
165: 1-Zachary Schrage (Horseheads), 2-Albert Smith (M-E), 3-Clayton Smith (Corning), 4-Edward Peck (Ithaca), 5-Yadier Richard (JC), 6-Arius Bradbury (Elmira), 7-Brayden Wildey (Chenango Forks).
175: 1-Quentin Getzin (Ithaca), 2-Max Policare (M-E), 3-Brysen Fry (CF), 4-Josh Johnson (Elmira), 5-Shazyar Rashid (Vestal), 6-Seth Carlton (Vestal), 7-Aiden Rhode (JC), 8-Braxton Evans (Corning), 9-James Tousley (Horseheads).
190: 1-Griff McQuade (M-E), 2-Jaxson Burchard (Horseheads), 3-Talon Ritter (CF), 4-Kenyon Davidson (JC), 5-Liam Ogden (Elmira), 6-Bodi Hollands (Ithaca), 7-Abdul Jabiry (Binghamton).
215: 1-Connor Warrick (Horseheads), 2-Landon Armstrong (M-E), 3-Tye Jashan (Vestal), 4-Evan Truesdale (CF), 5-Antonio Gardner (Binghamton), 6-Max Hall (Ithaca), 7-Collin Baer (Elmira), 8-Colton Brooks (Corning), 9-Jordan Blakney (U-E).
285: 1-Ryan Evans (M-E), 2-Jayden Harding (Vestal), 3-LeBron Leaver (U-E), 4-Marc-Hendly Jean-Francois (JC), 5-Brock Rosemark (Elmira), 6-Keith Wilkerson (JC), 7-Cason Caiati (CF), 8-Germain Harris (Ithaca), 9-Zachary Kaiser (Horseheads), 10-Aidan Rader (Binghamton).
Division 2 top seeds
103 pounds: 1-Drayke Ulrich (Tioga), 2-Sava Gonopolskiy (Unatego/Unadilla Valley/Franklin), 3-Gavin Lovell (Owego Free Academy), 4-Koltyn Collins (Norwich), 5-Andrew Valls (Chenango Valley), 6-Cael Daly (OFA), 7-AJ Zimar (Deposit/Hancock), 8-Simon Griggs (Moravia).
110: 1-Declan McKee (Tioga), 2-Mason Vanderhoff (Thomas A. Edison), 3-Parker Jackson (Tioga), 4-Linkin Backus (Walton/Delhi), 5-Vitaly Sirotkin (OFA), 6-Andrew Lelik (Newark Valley), 7-Alex Valls (Chenango Valley), 8-Jaxson Polhamus (Susquehanna Valley).
118: 1-Lucas Hoffman (Odessa-Montour/Watkins Glen), 2-Clayton Ritter (Oneonta), 3-Logan Bellis (Tioga), 4-Aiden Branigan (Walton/Delhi), 5-Avery Bowman (Waverly), 6-Hayden Robinson (Walton/Delhi), 7-Nicky Sorce (O-M/WG), 8-Colton Ryan (BGAH).
126: 1-Anthony Valls (CV), 2-Rhylee Stotler (Waverly), 3-Kadin Cole (Tioga), 4-Kohl Muller (Walton/Delhi), 5-Dylan Newman (Windsor), 6-Brogan Lafever (U/UV/F), 7-Evan Johnson (Deposit/Hancock), 8-Owen Mott (Sidney).
132: 1-Gavin Norberg (U/UV/F), 2-Kade Mustin (Oxford/Greene), 3-Rodney Vaow (SVEC), 4-Jason Canedo (D/H), 5-Kyle Kitson (Whitney Point), 6-Oscar Brotherton (Dryden), 7-Cooper Axtell (Windsor), 8-Travis White (CV).
138: 1-Landyn Shaffer (D/H), 2-Jayden Duncanson (Tioga), 3-Daltton Davis (Waverly), 4-Amari Champen (Oneonta), 5-Kamren Westbrook (SVEC), 6-Logan Rhodes (NV), 7-Cassius Hudson (Windsor), 8-John Cornwell (OFA).
144: 1-Justin Somers (Walton/Delhi), 2-Evan Sheils (Lansing), 3-Parker Larson (Waverly), 4-Anthony Cardinale (Windsor), 5-Gavin Canedo (Deposit/Hancock), 6-Caden Bradley (Tioga), 7-Brendan Gumaer (Marathon), 8-Anthony Botte (Sidney).
150: 1-Maverick Beckwith (Norwich), 2-Owen Clark (Lansing), 3-Asaac Mead (D/H), 4-Trenton Koch (SV), 5-Trystan Haywood (Walton/Delhi), 6-Elijah Baker (Whitney Point), 7-Hunter Barrett (O-M/WG), 8-Travis Middendorf (NV).
157: 1-Cooper Robinson (Waverly), 2-Alan Little (Oneonta), 3-Logan Woodin (NV), 4-Isaac Gray (Oneonta), 5-Jonathan McCall (Whitney Point), 6-Mason Colgan (Windsor), 7-Troy Braman (Oxford/Greene), 8-Joey Mack (Waverly).
165: 1-Cadin Creeley (NV), 2-Anthony Weaver (Windsor), 3-Jared Watson (O-M/WG), 4-Jackson Velez (Deposit/Hancock), 5-Jace Schiller (TAE), 6-Aiden Black (Tioga), 7-Aiden Quackenbush (TAE), 8-Brodie Howard (SV).
175: 1-Jaxon Backus (Walton/Delhi), 2-Greg Golden (TAE), 3-Caleb Kohlbach (Windsor), 4-Zach Lamantia (SV), 5-Lucas Weaver (Oneonta), 6-Cooper Zufall (SVEC), 7-Anthony Endres (Moravia), 8-Elijah Williams (NV).
190: 1-Yanni Drapaniotis (U/UV/F), 2-Titus Callahan (NV), 3-Brennen Riquier (CV), 4-Kam Hallock (D/H), 5-James Howey (Tioga), 6-Andrew Infante-Franks (Marathon), 7-Kaden Sims (SVEC), 8-Tallan Davis (Oxford/Greene).
215: 1-Matthias Welles (Waverly), 2-Nolan Boyles (U/UV/F), 3-Patrick Croft (O-M/WG), 4-Trevor Monell (OFA), 5-Brian DeForest III (Marathon), 6-Wyatt Dillow (NV), 7-Patrick Esolen (D/H), 8-Trenton Vinson (Marathon).
285: 1-Troy Beeman (Waverly), 2-Trey Parker (SV), 3-Mark McCane (Tioga), 4-Luke Beattie (Windsor), 5-Donte Wrench (Oxford/Greene), 6-Eli Daggy (Oneonta), 7-Urijah Dibble (Oxford/Greene), 8-Jack Blomberg (NV).
This article originally appeared on Elmira Star-Gazette: Past state champs among top seeds for Section 4 boys wrestling tourney
Reporting by Andrew Legare, Elmira Star-Gazette / Elmira Star-Gazette
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