Kyle Borshoff wins Class AA sectionals;The Pittsford senior remains undefeated at 130 pounds this year
By CRAIG POTTER, Messenger Post Staff
Brighton-Pittsford Post
Thursday, February 16, 2006

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Following Saturday's Section 5 Class AA semifinal round, Spencerport held only an eight-point lead on Brockport for the wrestling title. However, the host Rangers ended up placing 13 wrestlers to the Blue Devils eight, and went on to retain the sectional title.

Spencerport amassed 250 points as Brockport was second with 221 points. Penfield, which will advance nine wrestlers to this weekend Super Sectionals at Fairport High School, took third place with 162 points.

"It was great to be in this atmosphere with the Spencerport fans, " said Penfield head coach John Leone, a former assistant at Spencerport. "We were in several head-to-head matches with them, which was invaluable. We'll take that and learn from that, which will make our kids even better. "

Co-sportsmanship awards went to Penfield's C.J. Fogle and Fairport's Sean Sechrist.

Wrestling coordinator Jason Bovenzi, who also is the Pittsford head coach, was impressed with the tournament this year.

"I was very proud about the finals at the counties and the Class AA sectionals, " he said. "I thought the production (drum line) that Spencerport put on at the start of the ceremony was second to none. It was a first-class production here. A great experience.

"We're excited about the guys who are going to the state qualifier and hopefully we'll put together a nice team for the state tournament. "

Brockport's 215-pounder Alex Nwaehujor won the 145 to 275 weight class Outstanding Wrestler award.

Pittsford's undefeated wrestler, Kyle Borshoff, earned his 38th straight win of the year capturing the 130-pound weight class. He also received the 96 to 140 weight class Outstanding Wrestler Award.

"He's just been so consistent, " Bovenzi said. "He's a four-time Monroe County champion and a four-time class sectional champion. Without wanting to jinx him, we're going for his third Super Sectional title right now. That's what he is focused on right now. He set high goals for himself. He's wrestled some of the top guys in the country and been able to compete with them.

"He's focused right now to try to distinguish himself as one of the great Pittsford wrestlers. He wants to be their fourth New York State champion. "

Placing second for the Panthers were Corey Borshoff at 112 pounds; Kenny Woodward at 275 pounds and CJ Howard at 96 pounds.

Cam Kelly at 103 pounds and Chris Henderson at 171 pounds placed third for Pittsford.

Devin Kelly finished in fifth place at 119 pounds for the Panthers.

The class champions were: 96 - Trevor Irwin (Brockport); 103 - Alex Marianetti (Athena); 112 - Ryan Nicoletta (Penfield); 119 - Torsten Gillespie (Schroeder); 125 - Mark Ranzenbach (Hilton); 130 - Kyle Borshoff (Pittsford); 135 - John-Martin Cannon (Brockport); 140 - Brandon Volpe (Athena); 145 - Justin James (Brockport); 152 - Bryan Bourne (Spencerport); 150 - Eric Schuth (Brockport); 171 - Justin Linville (Spencerport); 189 - Ben Lambiase (Spencerport); 215 - Alex Nwaehujor (Brockport); 275 - Mike Castro (Churchville-Chili).

The top four wrestlers advance to the Super Sectionals this weekend at Fairport. Friday's quarterfinal round starts at 5 p.m. for Classes AA and A. The small schools quarters are at Cal-Mum on Friday.

The semifinals on Saturday at Fairport begin at 10 a.m. for the large schools. The small school semifinals are also at Fairport , scheduled to start 12:30 p.m.

Both the large and small school finals start at 6 p.m. at Fairport.