A unique challenge awaits the Liverpool wrestling team that slightly differs from that of other winter sports teams at the high school.
With the gymnasium building project well underway, the Warriors are having all of its meets on the road this winter, and it started last Tuesday with a long trip to Morrisville-Eaton that proved successful.
Liverpool beat that other group of Warriors 48-24, its margin largely based on claiming six of the seven bouts in the upper weight classes.
Jake Ronan, at 220 pounds, pinned Timmy Eaton in 62 seconds. Chris Ianno (170 pounds) and Josh Gatewood (182 pounds) each got second-period falls over, respectively, Matt Schultz and Riley Fogg.
At 152 pounds, Dom Ianno won 6-2 over Jason Scholtzhauer, with Izayiah Haynes (285 pounds) beating Trent Oakes 6-1 and Damianiana Racciatti (160 pounds) claiming a forfeit.
Elsewhere, Lucas Smith (106 pounds) and Jeremy Ianno (126 pounds) earned second-period pins and Jacob Ianno (132 pounds) pinned Troy Brayman in the closing seconds. Hamier Williams-Borges (195 pounds) fell 8-6 to Eric Warner and Rocco Degiormo (120 pounds) lost 5-3 to Blake Perry.
Liverpool won again on Thursday night, venturing to Fairport and, by dominating the higher weight classes, rallying from an early deficit to get a 44-31 win over the Red Raiders.
Jacob Ianno’s pin of Danny Hagreen opened the match. Fairport then won five straight bouts before Chris Ianno’s 13-1 romp over Matt Buttarazzi turned things around.
Gatewood handled Jackson Eigg 11-1 before three consecutive pins from John Worthen (195), Ronan and Williams-Borges, who moved up to 285 and pinned Omar Al-Jendari. Jeremy Ianno finished the meet at 120 pounds by pinning Brady Steingass.
Cicero-North Syracuse had an important week that culminated Saturday with hosting the annual Andersen Tournament, featuring a field of 15.
Three nights earlier, C-NS faced Adirondack and earned 42 points from seven forfeits, the benefit of a full roster the difference in defeating the Wildcats 66-22.
In the contested bouts, Vincent Cicciarelli opened at 138 pounds by pinning Braden Pridgeon in the second period as Adam Brown (152) needed just 24 seconds to pin Aaron Dailey.
Two other times, the Northstars triumphed on the mat. Jared Bradish, at 285, got a second-period fall over Kyle Altrock, while Dan Sweeney (113 pounds) got his pin over Justin Wright in 3:50.
Then it was on to the Andersen Tournament, where C-NS would pick up 74 points, putting them 11th out of 19 teams as Peru (162 points) and Windsor (137 points) finished in front and Marcellus (107.5 points) was the top Section III side.
Sweeney’s pin of General Brown’s Jared Hoard put him in the final at 113, where he ran into Canton’s Matt Haycook and was pinned in the third period. Harrison Portorsnok (138) and Anthony Cicciarelli (99) both had fourth-place finishes.
Meanwhile, Liverpool was at Adirondack’s Captain Bailey Memorial Tournament, where Dom Ianno and Isaiah Cordova both emerged with first-place finishes.
At 152, Ianno pinned Northern Adirondack’s James Lapoint in the second period of their title bout, while at 145 Cordova faced his own teamamte, Paul Marquis, and pulled out a 5-3 decision.
Williams-Borges got to the final at 220 and Jeremy Valerio did the same at 160, while Smith, Jeremiah Paulson (138) and Jeremy Ianno had third-place finishes, Ianno beating Digiormo 10-4 as Noah Smith was fourth at 285.
