Starting on Nov. 15, local high school wrestling teams began their work for the 2010-11 season, with the goals of improvement and, perhaps, a trip to the state championships in Albany late in February on the mind.
On the first Saturday of December, some of them competed for the first time in a handful of meets scattered around the area.
Marcellus went to the Chittenango Invitational and won its first four matches, beating Whitney Point 51-33, routing Red Creek 63-24, topping Onondaga 48-33 and putting together a 54-24 win over New Hartford.
Only in the final match, against host Chittenango, did the Mustangs fall short as the Bears prevailed 45-30 to finish in front. Kyle Tierney, who competed at 171 pounds, was his team’s Most Outstanding Wrestler for the meet.
This year, assorted wrestlers from Solvay and Westhill are working under the CBA/Jamesville-DeWitt banner, and they began with a 4-1 mark at the Morrisville-Eaton Dual Meet.
CBA/J-D beat Cazenovia 51-34, host Morrisville-Eaton 49-33, Cooperstown 60-21 and East Syracuse-Minoa 62-21 before losing the decisive match to Vernon-Verona-Sherrill 43-34. Aaron Benedict beat VVS’s Aaron Prichard 20-8 in that final match.
West Genesee began its season in the Andersen Tournament at Cicero-North Syracuse, while Jordan-Elbridge started with an appearance at the APW/Pulaski Duals.
