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State Farm Classic
Varsity
Wrestling Tournament
@ Hornell High School
Saturday, January 22, 2005
Final Results
Letchworth wins State Farm Classic
By Bryan Sick, Spectator Sports
The Spectator
Sunday, January 23, 2005
HORNELL - The Red Raiders took a tournament-high four weight class
championships, highlighted by an Aaron Parks come-from-behind win at 135, but
placed second behind Letchworth in the 2005 State Farm Classic at Hornell High
School.
"I think what hurt us here if I had to look is some of our kids didn't wrestle
back," said Hornell head coach Matt Sheldon. "It was those third and fourths
that we needed. I had quite a few kids that lost ended up going to fifth and
sixth. They need to come back and get those thirds. I always tell the guys,
that's how you win tournaments."
While Hornell placed a tournament-best six wrestlers in the finals, one better
than Letchworth's five, the Indians held a 4-to-1 advantage in wrestlers
competing in third-place matches, just enough of a difference to give Letchworth
the 234-221 advantage in team points.
Parks may have been the biggest surprise among Hornell's champions, coming back
from a 2-1 deficit with 30 seconds remaining against Alfred-Almond's Andrew
Davis.
With time running out, and Davis looking like he would give Alfred-Almond it's
lone champion, Davis was penalized for his third false start of the match,
giving Parks the point he needed to send the match into overtime. That was the
momentum swing he would need, coming up with the two points necessary to put
away Davis.
"I wasn't really expecting to get out of it," said Parks. "He held me down
pretty good there. I guess it's better to be lucky than good. He was tough on
his feet. I got in on his legs a couple times, but I couldn't finish it. I had a
little bit of desperation there diving at him."
Bath-Haverling's Tony Viselli may have pulled off the upset of the tournament,
bettering previously undefeated Devan Bertch, of Canisteo-Greenwood, in the
second overtime en route to being named Most Outstanding Wrestler for the
140-275 weight classes.
With the match tied, 2-2, Bertch gave Viselli the spark he needed on a technical
violation when he grabbed Viselli's head gear in the third period. Bertch would
regain a 4-3 lead but Viselli made an escape just before time expired to send
the match into extra time.
"I was pretty pumped that I got the point," said Viselli, who was previously
winless in two matches against Bertch. "I think that was the big turning point
of the match. It did get me back into it. When I got him to double OT, I knew I
had him beat because not many people can hold me down."
Viselli was the only winner for the Rams, who placed fifth in the team
competition.
Just behind Hornell, in third place, was Bolivar-Richburg, a quickly developing
program that is establishing itself as the power of Allegany County.
The Wolverines placed four wrestlers in the finals, with Tyler and Andrew Taylor
picking up wins.
"The guys did very well," said head coach Rich Schubmehl. "It's the best this
school's ever done. It was a really good tournament for the team and it was
another step in the right direction toward where we're hopefully going in the
end of the season."
Tyler Taylor avenged one of two losses on the season with a 9-6 decision of
Canisteo-Greenwood's Kyle Amidon while Andrew Taylor defeated Hornell's Josiah
Gardner, 5-2, after the two were tied 2-2 heading into the third period, to
improve his record to 28-1 on the season.
"I wasn't wrestling very good today," said Andrew Taylor. "I kind of had to turn
it on there or it wouldn't have ended up the way I wanted it to."
One of the two Wolverines that did lose, Dustin Pierce, went down in one of just
four pins in the finals, falling in 2:55 to Genesee Valley's Caleb Olcott.
"It feels good," said Olcott. "I got beat by one of their guys in the last
tournament, but it was a different guy here. I've got a good team and coach
(Matt Hopkins) does a good job putting the team together."
Other winners for Hornell were Tyler Sick at 152 pounds, Ryan Harrison at 160
and Bill Drake at 215.
Letchworth finished with three winners, Mike Nevinger at 103, Weston Weaver at
112 and Joe Henderson, who took Most Outstanding Wrestler for the 96-135 weight
classes, at 130.
Canisteo-Greenwood, who finished fourth place, received wins from Nick Clark at
189 pounds and Ryan Turner at 275.
Fillmore's Klye Ackerman and Jasper-Troupsburg's Mark Guinnup also picked up
wins at 96 pounds and 119, respectively.
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