Possessing a full lineup proved quite important for the West Genesee wrestling team when it took on Marcellus last Wednesday night. The two neighbors were fairly even on the mat, but the Wildcats still prevailed 48-30.

The Mustangs had to forfeit four bouts, amounting to 24 points, more than the final outcome as, in the 10 contested bouts, Marcellus claimed six to WG’s four.

Tim Okhman got Marcellus going at 126 pounds, edging Ejarian Burgin in a 2-1 decision before Cahal Donovan (132 pounds) pinned Patrick Ivery in 2:30 and Jack Santariello (138 pounds) got a second-period fall over Tanner Buza.

At 145 pounds, Riley LaFrance pinned Cole Saxon midway through the third period as Trevor Widrick (152 pounds) got past Eugene Belov 5-1. The Mustangs’ other win came at 99 pounds, with Cole Santariello pinning Jackson Taetsch in 2:35.

WG, aside from the forfeits, had Devin Earl win a tough 160-pund duel with Robbie Seeley 2-0. Gavin O’Neill, at 113 pounds, romped past Ryan Moses 10-2 as Cole Wade (182 pounds) pinned Tom Kinsella in the second period and Cole Arnold (220 pounds) needed just 84 seconds to pin Wilvon McKee.

Marcellus and Jordan-Elbridge both competed in various dual meets on Dec. 2, and each of them had 3-2 records – the Mustangs in the Chittenango Duals, the Eagles in the Rebel Duals hosted by APW/Pulaski.

To get started at Chittenango, the Mustangs routed the host Bears 51-6, starting with Seeley’s 1-0 decision over James Moore.

Plenty of other close decisions followed – Ethan Ciota (99) over Blayde DeBlieux 2-0, Matt Norris (132) over Gage Gifford 3-2, Okhman (over Peyton Denney 7-2 and LaFrance over Devin Myers 9-4.

Carl Santiarello (106) gave the Mustangs its lone pin against Chittenango, finishing off Mark Young early in the third period as McKee stopped Ethan Ferguson 7-1 and Quinten Weaver (120 pounds) blanked Joey Mariani 6-0.

A 54-24 defeat to Gouverneur followed, the Mustangs not winning on the mat until Jack Santiarello pinned Cayden Stowell in 31 seconds. LaFrance pinned Mitchell Shippee in 62 seconds as Widrick held off Mitch Tyler 4-3 and Seeley blanked Tyler Tupper 3-0.

Marcellus edged Galway 39-36 as Widrick clinched that title with an 11-6 win over Riccardo Dery. LaFrance and the Santiarello brothers each got pins, with Tom Kinsella (195 pounds) beating Damian Novack 6-1 and McKee getting a 3-1 decision over Craig Bouchard.

A 60-15 rout of Whitney Point included plenty of forfeits, but also pins by Okhman, Carl Santiarello and Ryan Moses (113 pounds), who needed 87 seconds to pin Mike Krom. Kinsella edged Carter Stone 2-0 and Widrick got a 3-1 win over Weston Underwood.

The Chittenango duals ended with Marcellus falling to Homer 40-31. McKee pinned Casey Moore in 34 seconds. Okhman beat Ryan Opanhoske 5-0 and Norris topped Jakob Denkenberger 3-1. LaFrance blanked Collin Cronk 11-0 as Widrick got past Gabe Cline 3-2 and Seeley took 27 seconds to pin Brandin Creedin.

All of this followed the Dec. 1 Matthew Marino Invitational at Webster Schroeder where Donovan won the title at 126 pounds, defeating Fredonia’s Hector Colom 10-1 in the finals.

As for J-E, it was in the Rebel Duals, and won close decisions over Oswego (42-38), Skaneateles (48-39) and Moravia (45-40) before defeats to APW/Pulaski (54-24) and Canton (57-28).

Most of the bouts against Oswego were forfeits, but J-E got pins from Derek Quigley (120) over Trey Seguin and Marion Quigley (145) over Hugh Randell, but the Skaneateles match had far more mat competition.

Derek Quigley pinned the Lakers’ Preston Blake with 36 seconds left in their bout, with Jared Alpha (126) pinning Jack Torrisi in 87 seconds. Still, J-E clung to a 42-39 lead until the final bout, at 99, where Joey Wells pinned Mason Michel in 40 seconds.

To help the Eagles beat Moravia, Steve Tripp (152) pinned Corey Jackson in the third period and Landry LaFleur (160 pounds) pinned Garrett Kuhn in the second period. Derek Quigley beat Jacob Stockton 18-8 as Alpha got a 16-0 technical fall over Ed Sisson.

Against APW/Pulaski, Alpha beat Dylan Guthrie 3-0, with SteveTripp pinning Zack Cronk in the second period as LaFleur edged Cole Losito 2-1. Jessi Tripp (106) got a pin over Chad Ocmand in 1:40. The loss to Canton saw Alpha, LaFleur and Marion Quigley get pins, with Derek Quigley beating Brock Francis 10-2.

J-E went from there to last Wednesday’s match with Otselic Valley, and won 54-33 with a late surge that began with John Roberts, at 285 pounds, pinning Trent Oakes in 53 seconds.

Forfeits to Tripp, Christian Matthews (113) and Derek Quigley followed, and Alpha took 77 seconds to pin Conner Ossont. Earlier in the meet, Brandon Stoltz (138) pinned Cheyenne Remillard in 42 seconds, with Kamerin Langhorn (182) pinning Jolanda Ponce in 45 seconds. LaFleur also had a pin as Marion Quigley lost a wild 14-12 match to Corbin Learned.