Interscholastic Varsity Wrestling Tournament
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Friday & Saturday, February 24-25, 2006

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HHS wrestlers place at states
The Sunday Spectator (Hornell, NY)
Sunday, February 26, 2006

Full Text: Copyright © 2006 Hornell Evening Tribune.

UNIONDALE - Three Hornell varsity wrestlers placed sixth or higher at the state championships at the Nassau Coliseum Saturday.

Aaron Parks advanced to the semifinals of the 140-pound division, where he lost to Derrick Brenon of Immaculate Heart (Sect. 3), 4-1. He bounced back to defeat Hampton Bay's Dom Mutascio, 3-2 to take fifth place.

Andy Drake made it to the semifinals at 135, where he lost to Beaver River's (Sect. 3) Shane Roggie, 4-3. Drake took sixth place after falling 2-1 to Greg Conover of Section IV's Bainbridge-Gilford-Afton.

Dan Rosemier also took home a sixth-place finish after two losses in the semifinals. He was defeated 10-5 in his semifinal match against Dan Randall of Salem (Sect. 2). Section 10 Governor's Chris Fitzgerald pinned Rosemier at the 2:58 mark in the fifth/sixth-place match.

“It was great that they made it to the semifinals,” Hornell coach Matt Sheldon said. “All three of them wrestled very tough matches. They were real close, a couple of them were winning at one point.”

Sheldon said he has never had two wrestlers place at states in the same year.

“To have three of them is great,” he said. “I'm extremely proud of all three of them.”