Section 5 Super Sectionals

State Tournament Qualifier

@ SUNY Brockport

February 25, 1984

Championship Final

(Winners advance to state tournament.)

 91 – Mike Locagnato (Canandaigua) dec. Steve Peterson (Savona), 4-0

 98 – Butch Hibbard (Canandaigua) dec. Mike Siebert (Lyndonville), 5-0

105 – Paul Lamphier (Canandaigua) dec. Bob Zoeke (McQuaid)

112 – Joe Hibbard (Canandaigua) dec. Kevin Bishop (Greece Athena), 17-6

119 – Joe Blauvelt (Brighton) dec. Joel Lamson (Waterloo), 6-4

126 – Marty King (Canandaigua) dec. Elon Ranke (North Rose-Wolcott), 23-3

132 – Tim Quinn (East Rochester) dec. Tom Walter (Fairport), 4-0

138 – Mike Cronmiller (Edison) dec. Mike Braun (Livonia), 10-5

145 – John Suhr (Spencerport) dec. Nick Whitcomb (Fairport), 6-5

155 - Brian Kurlander (Brighton) dec. Kris Petote (Elba), 5-2

167 – Pete Zajkowski (Pittsford) dec. Greg Sadwick (Hilton), 4-3

177 - Chris Schojan (East Rochester) Dave Cutitta (Batavia), 4-0

215 – C.C. Grant (Williamson) dec. Steve Vigliotti (Spencerport), 7-2

250 – Bill Maher (Avon) dec. Bob Rolfe (Rush-Henrietta), 6-0

Quinn and King plot post-season wrestling moves:
Both earn return trip to state tournament

By Gary Fallesen

Democrat and Chronicle, February 27, 1984

Full Text: Copyright © 1984 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Company Inc.

Tim Quinn recently placed a long distance, wrestler-to-wrestler telephone call to Marty King in Canandaigua.

The East Rochester senior wanted some information from King, one of the state’s all-time winningest wrestlers.

In particular, Quinn wanted to know what weight class King was going to dominate this post-season.  King told him 126.

“Marty and I have been wrestling together since we were eight graders,” Quinn said Saturday night after both qualified for a return trip to the state tournament.  “We’re the best of friends.

“We had a talk with each other this year, and we made a deal to tell each other what we’d be doing around sectionals so we shouldn’t clash.”

It’s not that Quinn and King don’t enjoy battling one another.  It’s just that they could see no reason for one state-smart individual to stay home while the other went to Syracuse for the intersectionals.

Paul Lamphier of Canandaigua said Bob Zoeke of McQuaid, two state runners-up last year at different weight classes, ran into that problem.  Both elected to wrestle at 105, making a confrontation in the sectionals and Super Sectionals inevitable.

Lamphier defeated Zoeke, 6-4, in the finals of Saturday night’s state-qualifying meet at Brockport State.  It was only the second loss of the season for Zoeke, and just the 11^th of his four-year varsity career, but it was the McQuaid senior’s last high school bout.

Lamphier, a junior, will be going to Syracuse Friday to wrestle in the two-day state meet.  Zoeke will not.

Quinn, ER’s all-time winningest wrestler, felt “sorry” for Zoeke.  “There probably isn’t another kid in the state who could beat him,” he said.

To avoid such a situation, Quinn worked around King, a defending state champion and All-America selection.

When he discovered that King was going to pursue his record fifth trip to the states at 126, Quinn made his way into the 132-pound class.

The payoff came with a 4-0 decision over Fairport’s Tom Walter in the final of the Super Sectionals.  Walter had defeated Quinn during the regular season, 8-5.

Quinn became one of seven individuals to earn a return to the states.

Canandaigua’s Butch Hibbard (98 pounds), Spencerport’s John Suhr (145), Brighton’s Brian Kurlander (155), and ER’s Chris Schojan (177) also will repeat as Section 5 representatives at the 28th annual intersectional.

Canandaigua placed a record five individuals on the state-bound team.  Included are 91-pound Mike Locagnato and 112-pound Joe Hibbard.

Here’s a weight-class glance at the state qualifiers:

91 – Locagnato, a junior with a 32-5 season record and a 47-8 career standing scored a 4-0 decision in the final over Savona sophomore Steve Peterson (31-2, 75-9).

98 – Butch Hibbard (32-3, 98-9-1), a junior who finished second in the state last year at 98, defeated Lyndonville senior Mike Siebert in the final, 5-0.

105 – Lamphier (29-4, 102-14) avenged a 4-3 loss in the Section 5 Class A final with a two-point victory over Zoeke (33-2, 102-11).

112 – Joe Hibbard, senior with a 124-19-4 career record, handed Greece Athena junior Kevin Bishop (33-1, 88-9-1) his first loss of the season, 17-6.

119 – The first non-Canandaigua qualifier appeared in Brighton senior Jon Blauvelt (32-2, 88-21-2), who scored a last-second takedown to win a 6-4 decision over Waterloo junior Joel Lamson.

126 – King equaled 1961 Irondequoit Tony Cotroneo’s state record for most career victories (164) with a 23-3 superior decision over North Rose-Wolcott senior Elon Ranks (28-3, 77-13).  King (33-0, 164-11-1), the state champion last year at 119, had a cut opened above his left eye when he was elbowed early in the third period.  He finished the match, then stopped at a hospital on his way home for stitches.

132 – Quinn (26-4, 115-33-1) handed Class A champion Walter (28-1, 58-13) his first loss of the season.

138 – Mike Cronmiller, an unbeaten Edison senior (28-0, 50-3-1), defeated Livonia senior Mark Braun in the final, 10-5.

145 – Suhr, a senior (28-2, 112-14) who holds his school’s career victories record, edged Fairport senior Nick Whitcombe, 6-5.  Suhr, second in the state last year at 145, did not meet Brockport rival Phil St. George as expected in the semifinals.  The junior (31-5-1, 82-19-1) lost to Wellsville’s Darrold Brownell in the quarterfinals, 7-5.

155 – Kurlander, an undefeated senior (33-0, 86-8) who placed second in the state last year at 155, scored a 5-2 decision in the final over Elba senior Kris Petote.

167 – Pittsford’s Pete Zajkowski, a senior with a 33-3 season record, avenged a 4-2 loss in the sectional final with a 4-3 decision over Hilton senior Greg Sadwick.

177 – Schojan, a junior (33-0, 96-10) who finished second in the state last year at 177, overcame Cadinal Mooney senior Joe Errigo in the semifinals, 4-3, and Batavia senior Dave Cutitta in the final, 4-0.

215 – C.C. Grant, a once-beaten Williamson senior (31-1) who last year gave up basketball for wrestling, decisioned Spencerport senior and Class A champion Steve Vigliotti (29-2, 75-13-1) in the final, 7-2.

250 – Avon’s Bill Maher, a junior with a 27-5 season record, earned the unlimited position with a 6-0 victory over Rush-Henrietta senior Bob Rolfe.