CENTRAL NEW YORK – A clean sweep in each of the seven highest weight classes served as the foundation for the Baldwinsville wrestling team’s 52-18 victory over Fayetteville-Manlius last Wednesday night at the Baker High School gym.
What made those seven wins even more impressive was that all the bouts were contested and that the Hornets fielded a full roster, something the Bees couldn’t do as it forfeited twice.
Fred Pickard, at 215 pounds, required just 15 seconds to pin Jackson Schwab, with Aaron Fredenburg (160 pounds) nearly matching that efficiency as he pinned Nicolai Pavlov in 17 seconds.
At 172 pounds, Judson Ferris finished off Luis Rivera in 78 seconds, with heavyweight Korben Haney pinning Kyle Iannicello early in the second period.
Brandon Levin (145 pounds) and Max Naples (152 pounds) took a bit longer, but earned third-period pins over respectively, Chase Giammichele and Kyle Sykes.
B’ville also won at 110 pounds, where Aidan Cali pinned Sam Reikes in 78 seconds, and 132 pounds, where Keagan Hayes got his fall over Josh Leffkowicz near the end of the first period.
From there, the Bees went to Saturday’s Cazenovia Invitational where, earning 124 points, it rose to second place in a 16-team field, ahead of the likes of Liverpool and trailing only Indian RIver’s top total of 211 points.
Cali fought his way to victory at 110, edging IR’s Tomah Gummow 5-4 in a tense final, while Haney got to the championship bout at 285 pounds before another IR wrestler, Davin Dewane, pinned him in the second period.
Three different B’ville wrestlers had third-place finishes. Ferris pinned Cortland’s Luca Cazano in 58 seconds in his consolation bracket final as Naples had to beat his own teammate, Fredenburg, 5-3, at 152. Levin earned third at 145 by beating Canastota’s Logan Mead 9-1.
Keagan Hayes would equal Fredenbrug’s fourth-place effort at 126 pounds, while Pickard pinned Adirondack’s Isaac Croneiser in 22 seconds for fifth place at 215.
