On Saturday, Feb. 11, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Middleburgh and Guilderland brought their wrestlers up to the Cool Insuring Arena for the Section 2 state qualifier tournament. All seven Guilderland wrestlers placed, none qualified for states, and BKW fell in the first round.

On Saturday, Feb. 12, seven Guilderland Dutchmen and three Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Middleburgh wrestlers competed against all Section 2 teams to earn a spot at the state competition later this month at the MVP Arena.

On Thursday, Jan 6, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Middleburgh wrestling team took to the mat at Duanesburg High School to face the Eagles. It was a quick match as both teams only wrestled five matches with a lot of forfeits. The Bulldogs lost 60-18.

On Saturday March 13, the Berne-Knox-Westerlo- Middleburgh wrestling team held a wrestling “friendly” against five other schools — Tamarac, Duanesburg-Schoharie, Stillwater-Mechanicville, Coxsackie-Athens, Johnstown-Fonda-Fultonville — where no team scores were kept, just the match scores, as wre

Athletes from Berne-Knox-Westerlo and Guilderland took their talents to the state level this past weekend in wrestling, at Albany’s Times Union Center, on Friday and in gymnastics, at Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island on Saturday.

Ten Guilderland wrestlers along with one Berne-Knox-Westerlo wrestler who competed on Saturday in Glens Falls will be taking the next step toward the state competition on Feb. 28 to 29 at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association state tournament in Albany.

Nine Guilderland and one Berne-Knox-Westerlo wrestlers were among the best in Section 2, hoping to win on Saturday at the Glens Falls Civic Center so they could go on to state competition. None succeeded. Guilderland finished 22nd with 67 points and BKW didn’t score.

The annual tournament, hosted by the Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk wrestling team, is named for an RCS wrestling booster who was 29 when he died of cystic fibrosis in 2010.

Wrestlers from the Guilderland and Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Voorheesville teams battled in Glens Falls on Saturday for the chance to get into next weekend’s state competition in Albany. To earn an automatic bid, the wrestlers must win their weight class or hope to earn a wildcard birth.

Twelve wrestlers from Guilderland and Berne-Knox-Westerlo/Voorheesville, made it to the state qualifiers at the Glens Falls Civic Center this past weekend but will advance no further.