Many of the area’s high school wrestling teams used the holiday break for early rest and recuperation – but others hit the tournament circuit in search of some glory. Of them, Canastota carried the highest profile, winning three different divisions on its way to an eighth-place finish at the Kenneth Haines Tournament, held Tuesday and Wednesday at SUNY-Oswego’s Laker Hall. Anthony Finocchiaro secured the 130-pound title, shutting out Chenango Valley’s Adam Greene 6-0 in the finals, while Tyler Sirota fought his way to the 160-pound finals, then took care of Fulton’s Nick Woodworth in a 9-2 decision. Best of all, though, was the 171-pound final between the Raiders’ Zach Zupan and Phoenix star Austyn Hayes. For six minutes, the pair battled it out, neither one able to get away – but Zupan just did enough to beat Hayes 6-5. Canastota finished with 140.5 points, far off Fulton’s winning total of 264.5 points, but still better than most of the 19 teams in the field. Helping in the cause was Sam Farfaglia (160 pounds) and Travis Conklin (215 pounds), both of whom had sixth-place finishes. Vernon-Verona-Sherrill joined an elite field at Dolgeville for the Mountain Duals, and had some struggles in the early going. The Red Devils began Tuesday by beating Watervliet 42-30, but quickly fell to Indian River 52-25. VVS did beat New Hartford 66-24 and Rome Free Academy 46-24, but had a 47-42 defeat to Averill Park as it lost the last match by a pin. Wednesday’s action saw VVS go 1-3, only able to beat Camden 45-36. Otherwise, the Red Devils lost to General Brown 45-29, Burnt Hills 46-33 and Amsterdam 40-30. Overall, VVS had a 4-5 mark, which reflected as much on the high quality of the opposition than anything else. Cazenovia would go 3-2 in its appearance at Central Square’s Brett Dixon Memorial Duals. The Lakers, led by Most Outstanding Wrestler Ryan Cook (125-130 pounds), edged Port Byron 39-35, topped Jordan-Elbridge 45-30 and beat East Syracuse-Minoa 48-35, but lost 63-20 to host Central Square and fell to Holland Patent 66-14.