When they both appeared Dec. 14 in the Brett Dixon Memorial Duals at Central Square, the Cazenovia and Chittenango wrestling teams would go head-to-head.
And the Lakers got the best of it, prevailing 48-12 over the Bears as it claimed the last eight bouts on the card, whether they were contested or not.
Michael Angus opened for Cazenovia at 132 pounds by defeating Quentin Mohamed 8-3. Then Chittenango claimed all of its points in three consecutive bouts.
Mark Young put the Bears on the board at 138 pound by pinning Lucca Ferreira in 4:10. Then Joe Mariani, wrestling twice, won at 145 pounds over Jedrek Olkowski and 152 pounds over Sam Wilcox.
From there, though, it was all Lakers, staring with Alex Rodriguez’s 60-second pin over Macsen Cameron at 160 pounds, with Blaze Dannon (195 pounds) also taking a minute to pin Jacob Ezzo.
In between, there was forfeits to Kevin Valentine at 170 pounds and Patrick Livingston at 182 pounds, with John Frega (220 pounds) and Luke Rodriguez (113 pounds) also claiming forfeits.
A close 285-pound bout had Cazenovia’s Carter Polhmaus edging John Spencer 6-4, while Shaun Zampetti, at 106 pounds, won when Peyton Denney had to default.
Chittenango went from here to last Monday’s match against APW/Pulaski, where it fell by a score of 48-18.
Spencer pinned Damien West, with Andrew Bailey (145 pounds) taking just 23 seconds to pin Brynn Pierce. Luke Martin (220) claimed the other points in a forfeit as Jacob Ezzo (195 pounds) lost 5-4 to Mike Kinney and Mariani took a 4-2 overtime defeat to Conner Shaw.
Following a 24-hour weather postponement, the Lakers faced Port Byron on Thursday and, by having close to a full roster, earned enough points to top the Panthers 51-28.
Port Byron did win four of the seven contested bouts, and also got close at 106 pounds before Zampetti pulled out a 6-4 decision over Henry Smith. Matt Knutsen won at 132 pounds by pinning Ronald Jones in 77 seconds, and in that exact same time Dannon got a pin over Gillespei Hunter.
Mostly, the Lakers benefited from forfeits to Polhamus, Valentine (182), Luke Rodriguez (113 pounds), Michael Angus (126 pounds), Brad Gagnon (152 pounds) and Jake Tobin (170 pounds).
Chittenango, who lost Dec. 14 to Cazenovia in the Dixon Duals, was unable to get on the scoreboard in its Dec. 19 meet against Marcellus. In the 86-0 defeat, Spencer got closest to a win, but fell 8-5 to the Mustangs’ Kyle Brown.
The Bears join the Lakers next weekend as they travel to SUNY-Oswego next Friday and Saturday for the Kenneth Haines Memorial Tournament.
