Still in a confident mood following its Jan. 14 victory in the Port Byron Invitational, the Skaneateles wrestling team found more success outside of the confines of the OHSL Liberty division.
When it went to Onondaga Wednesday night, the Lakers claimed all but one of the six contested bouts and, helped by forfeits, defeated the Tigers 57-30. Following a forfeit to Joe Winkler in the 126-pound opener, Christian Daley wrestled at 132 pounds and pinned Dan Corbett just before the first period ended to go to 18-4 on the season.
Two more falls followed as Joey Brillo (138 pounds) finished off Shane Moore in 41 seconds to move to 21-1 on the season, right before Matt Goetzmann made it 22-1 on the winter when he erased a 7-4 deficit to Dalton Currie and pinned him late in the second period.
At 170 pounds, Pat Greenfield won a 10-3 decision over Jack Bailey and now was 18-2 on the season. Ian Frackelton’s 96-second fall over 195-pound opponent Ethan Arroyo improved his mark to 19-3 as Joey McIntyre, at 220 pounds, pinned Nathan Pitre in 86 seconds and moved his mark to 19-3.
James Leubner (152 pounds), Hannah Drake (99 pounds) and J.W. Simmons (106 pounds) didn’t need to wrestle, each of them earning forfeits.
On Saturday, Skaneateles went to Cornell University to take on Moravia in advance of the Big Red’s meet against Missouri. The Lakers had little trouble here, too, defeating the Blue Devils 68-9.
Josh O’Mara opened at 152 pounds by pulling out a tough 9-7 victory over Nick Yowan. Two bouts later, at 170, Greenfield pinned Joe Shoemaker in 73 seconds, and five consecutive forfeits followed to Frackelton, McIntyre (at 195 pounds), Dylan O’Hara (220 pounds), T.J. Greenfield (285 pounds) and Drake.
Simmons, moving up to 113, pinned Jacob Stockton in the second period after Preston Blake (106) lost a 5-3 decision to Ed Sisson. Daley got a 15-0 technical fall over Casey Smith as Robert Danforth, wrestling at 132, pinned Nate Eberhardt in the second period. Brillo and Goetzmann both had first-period pins, with Brillo stopping Tanner Jones in just 19 seconds and Goetzmann needing 83 seconds to finish off Cafter Lucas.
Skaneateles visits APW/Pulaski on Wednesday and then host its own invitational meet this Saturday, welcoming Auburn, Cato-Meridian, East Syracuse Minoa and Oneida to the Lakers’ home gym.
