Moving into Center State Conference action, the Canastota and Morrisville-Eaton wrestling teams both would notch early-season victories.
For the Raiders, it meant going to Boonville last Tuesday night and, with a late comeback, beating the Adirondack Wildcats by a score of 39-32.
Of the first six matches, Adirondack won five of them, the only break for Canastota coming with a forfeit to Jake Popple at 119 pounds. It was only after Anthony Finochiarro (135 pounds) claimed a forfeit that the rally started.
Billy Rinauto earned a 140-pound decision over Tom Freeman 11-5, after which Anthony Micaroni (145 pounds) pinned James Koperda midway through the third period.
By far, the most important win came in the 160-pound match. Having seen Wyatt Albanese (152 pounds) lose 3-0 to Kevin O’Rourke, Sam Farfaglia went out and, in a classic with Matt Fay, force overtime, then get the winning takedown to win 12-10.
Right after that, Tyler Sirota (171 pounds) pinned Kyle Platt in 1:05 and Fred Sherman won a 189-pound decision over Devin Riegler 8-4 before a forfeit to Zach Zupan clinched the victory.
As for M-E, it found the win column by beating Sherburne-Earlville 50-36, helped by forfeits to Alex Marris (140 pounds) and Mike Vreeland (145 pounds), but still getting enough points elsewhere against the Marauders.
Orin Broulette, at 103 pounds, began a streak by pinning Calvin Minkler in 3:36, as Patrick Ashcraft (112 pounds) got a 16-1 technical fall over Dustin Mosley and Barney Prince (119 pounds) held off Alec Sheddon 3-0.
In back-to-back matches, Mitch VanOrmer (171 pounds) pinned Dalton Sopchak late in the second period and Dylan Perry, at 189 pounds, took just 54 seconds to finish off Brenon Bennett. Brian Schenk (135 pounds) pinned Ryan Wilcox in 1:50 and Jonathan Metz, at 152 pounds, earned his pin over Donovan Gale late in the second period.
