Going into Saturday’s Onondaga High School League Liberty/National tournament at Homer, the Marcellus wrestling team has to be considered a favorite.
The Mustangs have not lost a head-to-head match against any OHSL foe, including last Wednesday night’s 77-7 romp over the combined APW/Pulaski squad.
Of the first five bouts on the card, only one was contested, at 99 pounds, where Colin Scherer managed a pin over Ronnie Dupont in two minutes, nine seconds.
Ryan Moses, at 132 pounds, got a 15-0 technical fall over Alex Currie, but each of the Mustangs’ other five mat victories came through pins.
Tim Okhman started it at 145 pounds with a fall over Mike Janack in 2:43, followed by Quinten Weaver (152 pounds) taking 68 seconds to pin Brynn Pierce.
Zach Grolling, at 170 pounds, pinned Jaiden Harrington in 70 seconds before a 182-pound bout where Paul Okham finished off Mike Kinney in35 seconds.
It took just 51 seconds for Dylan Hood (195 pounds) to pin Jayden Trevett as Kyle Brown (285 pounds), Carl Santiarello (106 pounds), Gavin Ciota (113 pounds), Ethan Ciota (120 pounds), Dylan Price (138 pounds) and Wilvon McKee (220 pounds) claimed forfeits.
As for Jordan-Elbridge, it struggled in last Wednesday’s bout against traditional Class AA power Baldwinsville, the Eagles taking a 62-12 loss to the Bees.
Jared Lawrence won the opening bout at 220 when he pinned Jacob Mitts in 54 seconds, but B’ville claimed every other bout other than a forfeit to Raiden Yale at 170.
Still, a couple of the contests were close, including 120, where Christian Mathews fell 5-2 to Mason Clark, and 126, where Nolan Jackson had a 6-4 defeat to Max Naples as Bryan Tanner (113) lost 12-6 to Aidan Cali.
Facing Oneida on Friday night, J-E was able to again turn things around, defeating the Indians 54-30.
Zach Hill opened at 170 with a 66-second pin over Dan Bartley as Lawrence took 61 seconds to pin Dyllan Delariva before forfeits to Tanner, Mathews and Madyn LaFleur (99 pounds).
Later in the match, Nolan Jackson, at 126, pinned Brent Zeller in 43 seconds as Cameron Prior (132) got a second-period fall over Pete Kouselas. Cole Mullen, at 152 pounds, needed 2:44 to pin Damian Fratello.
Both J-E and Marcellus take part in the league meet as West Genesee, after a two-week break, would host Fayetteville-Manlius on Wednesday and confront Fulton and North Rose-Wolcott a day later.
