Genesee Valley Tournament Varsity
Wrestling Tournament
Genesee Valley Tournament sees Indians Take third
By The Daily News Sports Staff GENESEO ― Three Letchworth wrestlers were victorious and two more finished second in their respective weight classes as the Indians placed third in the team competition at the Genesee Valley Tournament Wednesday at Geneseo.
Mike Nevinger defeated Alfred-Almond's Jason Fraser 8-6 in the 103-pound final, Joe Hendrickson nipped Aaron Parks of Hornell 3-2 in the championship match at 135 pounds and Dustin Shearing captured the title at 140 pounds by pinning Byron-Bergen's Andrew Sapienza in 4:39.
Bucky Hendrickson of Letchworth placed second at 96 pounds after dropping a 9-2 decision to Penfield's John DuPont, and Weston Weaver was the runner-up at 112 pounds after a 2-0 loss to Penfield's Ryan Nicoletta.
The Indians collected 190.5 points, putting them behind champion Hornell (206) and runner-up Penfield (202) in the 30-team field.
Holley was fourth with 186 points, Byron-Bergen eighth (118), Pavilion 11th (85), Kendall 16th (59), Batavia 19th (49.5), Perry 26th (35) and Alexander 28th (26).
Ron Ryan picked up Holley's lone individual weight class victory, defeating Hornell's Bill Drake 5-1 in the finals at 215 pounds. Key McPherson (135 pounds) and Rob McElwain (160) were runners-up in their respective divisions.
Byron-Bergen had an individual champion in Mike McInally, who beat Penfield's C.T. Fogle 42 in the 119-pound title match. Steve McInally lost to Kain Franchi of Elmira Notre Dame in the finals at 125.
Pavilion's Tyler Luders defeated Perry's Ben Rice 7-3 at 189 pounds, while Batavia's Ryan Gugel took second at 171 pounds.
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