Photos: Ten Dutch Wrestle to the Next Level
Guilderland finished fourth, with 129 points, in the Class A sectionals Saturday at Bethlehem High School with 10 wrestlers earning a chance to compete at next week’s state qualifiers in Glens Falls. Meanwhile, Berne-Knox-Westerlo wrestlers participated in the Class D sectionals in Whitehall, finishing 11th with 31 points. BKW’s Tyler Goodemote won the 182-pound weight class. Goodemote along with Guilderland’s Zach Harrison, Sean Collins, Justin Lamb, Myles White, Britt Francis, Cameron Durant, Marcus Berroa, Dylan Carl, Zack Hagen, and James Hough will wrestle at Glens Falls, battling for a chance to compete at the state championships, to be held Feb. 28 and 29 at the Times Union Center in Albany.
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Making quick work: Guilderland's Cameron Durant takes down Shen’s Jacob Yang in the quarterfinal 195-pound class in the first period to pin Yang in 59 seconds; he then fell in the finals to Shaker’s Ghassan Chehade.
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Hand battle: Guilderland's Marcus Berroa grapples with Schenectady’s E-Sonne Ponzo in the first period in the quarterfinal 132-pound class. Berroa pinned Ponzo in 2:51 then fell in the finals to Ben Catrambone.
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Air time: Guilderland's Dylan Carl gets lifted by Shaker’s Vincenzo Federici in the quarterfinal match in the 113-pound weight class in the first period. Carl went on to pin Federici in 4:46 then lost in the next round but came back to finish fourth.
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Ready to go: Guilderland's Sam Sosnovsky after shaking hands with Shaker’s Austin Sill prior to their Class A 120-pound quarterfinal match looks ready to pounce. Sosnovsky lost to Sill by pinfall in 52 seconds but battled back to finish sixth.
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Making his moves: Guilderland's James Hough gets ready for a hand battle against Albany’s Muiz Bayewu in the first period in the quarterfinals of the 138-pound match. Hough got pinned by Bayewu in 3:53 but wrestled to a fifth-place finish.
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In the thick of it: Guilderland’s Zack Hagen grimaces as he attempts to break away from a pin by Shaker’s Michael Santore in the 126-pound semifinal match of the Class A sectionals Saturday at Bethlehem High School. Hagen lost, 17-0, but came back to finish fifth. He is one of 10 Dutch wrestlers who earned a chance to compete at next week’s state qualifiers in Glens Falls.
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Making a plan: Guilderland’s Sean Collins backs away from Saratoga’s Justin Garfolo in the first period of the Class A 170-pound class where Collins worked his way to pinning Garfolo in 1:04. He fell in the semifinals but then came back to finish third.
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Finishing his opponent: Guilderland’s Justin Lamb gets Niskayuna’s Evan Meisner’s shoulders to the mat in the Class A 220-pound weight class in 1:43. Lamb fell in the next round but wrestled back to finish third.
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Feeling pain: Guilderland’s Zach Harrison battles against Shaker’s Brian Garrity in the Class A 285-pound weight class in the first period as Garrity bends Harrison’s left wrist back. Harrison lost by pin in 1:31 then Harrison came back to finish fifth.