Photos: Wrestlers Battle Hard On The Mat, Dutch Send Two To States
On Saturday, Feb. 10, Guilderland and Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Middleburgh wrestling teams competed in the 2024 Section 2 wrestling state qualifiers in Glens Falls. BKW-Middleburgh had five compete with two in the top six while the Dutch had four and will be sending two to the New York State Wrestling Championships competition.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Grounded: Bulldogs’ Drew Ballato looks out towards the crowd as he figures out how he will get out of Warrensburg-Lake George’s Men Miner in the first round of their division 2, 152-pound match. Ballato fell by pin in 4:47.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Rocking him to sleep: Guilderland’s Sean Guynup lays on the back of Columbia’s Cole Posniewski in an attempt to roll Posniewski on his back in their division 1, 215-pound first round match. Guynup won 9-7.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Roll back: Bulldogs’ Christian Arsenault looks to use all his weight to push back on Warrensburg-Lake George’s Lucas French in an attempt to get an early pin in Arsenault’s Division 2, 170-pound first-round match. Arsenault fell by pin in 3:14.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Points at the last second: Guilderland’s Konnor Dott uses his strength to try and push Shenendehowa’s Anthony Kennedy’s shoulders to the mat as a mat worker is ready to tell the ref the period is over in the division 1, first round 190-pound match. Dott won 5 to 4.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Bringing the pain: Bulldogs’ Matthew Cyr cranks on the upper body on Hoosick Falls’ Jacob Jones in their division 2, 215-pound first round match. Cyr won by pin in 32 seconds.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Using force: Guilderland’s Abdo Baraeya brings his arm from behind Burnt Hills’ Duncan VanWely in an attempt to put VanWely onto his back in their Division 1, 152-pound quarterfinal match. Baraeya won by pin in 4:55 and qualified for states by finishing second.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Taking a ride: Bulldogs’ Lincoln Snyder gets lifted off the ground by Granville’s Antonio Landon in their division 2, 190-pound quarterfinal match. Snyder fell by pin in 1:19 and battled back to finish 6th overall.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Getting his revenge: Bulldogs’ Matthew Dibble pushes down on Tamarac’s Alex Vaughn’s shoulders to the mat under the watchful eyes of the ref in the quarterfinal matchup in the division 2, 285-pound match. Dibble lost to Vaughn last week and came back to pin him in 1:31 and finished 6th overall.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Biding his time: Guilderland’s Billy Pokeda peers out figuring out his next move while on top of Shaker’s Nicholas Mosher in the division 1 quarterfinal 285-pound matchup. Pokeda won 6-3 and went on to win state qualifiers to advance to states.