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Ilion sophomore Laken Cook is a top seed Saturday as he tries to earn a return trip to New York’s state championship wrestling tournament.
Cook, a four-time sectional class champion, already holds two Division II titles. He won the 96-pound title for Ilion two years ago then placed fourth in the state as an eighth-grader. He won again at 103 pounds while wrestling for Phoenix last year and went on to place fifth in the state.
This time, Cook will compete at 113 pounds. he enters the tournament at Onondaga Community College’s new SRC Arena with a 32-5 record but both of losses within Section III came while bumping up to higher weights; he has been beaten by Dolgeville’s Triston Engle, Saturday’s fourth seed at 126 pounds, and Sherburne-Earlville’s Spencer Franklin, the No. 1 seed at 120.
Cook and Franklin are two of the five Center State Conference’s No. 1 seeds at the tournament. Cody Santiago, Franklin’s Sherburne-Earlville teammate, is the top seed at 220 pounds while Canastota’s Zack Zupan and Anthony Finnocchiaro are No. 1s at 170 and 138, respectively. Alex Herringshaw is the No. 1 seed at 99 pounds for Holland Patent which will be joining the league for 2012-13; his brother Matt is seeded second at 132.
Ilion has six wrestlers in the lineup for Saturday’s tournament, including Cook’s younger brother Landry, a freshman 152-pounder. Andy Coffin, Andrew Burch, Bryan Bennett and Brandon Yager will compete at 106, 120, 145 and 285 pounds, respectively.
Dolgeville has the area’s largest contingent with nine wrestlers making the trip to Syracuse. In addition to Engle, Ben Nastovski is seeded second behind Laken Cook at 113 pounds and Danny Fox is seeded fifth in a 99-pound field that includes teammate Noah Handy. Other Blue Devils competing to extend their seasons are Travis Kopet and Kaleb Smith, the team’s only seniors, at 195 and 152 pounds, along with Jimmy Doolittle (145 pounds), Richard Lyon (160) and Kasey Foster (170).
Two of Mohawk’s three entries drew seeds for the tournament. John Mazza is No. 3 at 126 pounds and Stephen Davis is No. 6 at 285. Rich Rinaldi will compete at 160 pounds for the Mohicans.
Herkimer, Little Falls, Poland and Mt. Markham each has a pair of entries. Ryan Zawtocki and Shane Briggs will compete at 99 and 113 pounds for Herkimer. Little Falls has Andrew Messina at 106 pounds and Tyler McLean at 195. Poland’s entries are Albert Amacher at 113 pounds and Justin Huckabone at 152. Tanner Christian and Colton Dye represent Mt. Markham at 126 and 182 pounds.
Ilion sophomore Laken Cook is a top seed Saturday as he tries to earn a return trip to New York’s state championship wrestling tournament.
Cook, a four-time sectional class champion, already holds two Division II titles. He won the 96-pound title for Ilion two years ago then placed fourth in the state as an eighth-grader. He won again at 103 pounds while wrestling for Phoenix last year and went on to place fifth in the state.
This time, Cook will compete at 113 pounds. he enters the tournament at Onondaga Community College’s new SRC Arena with a 32-5 record but both of losses within Section III came while bumping up to higher weights; he has been beaten by Dolgeville’s Triston Engle, Saturday’s fourth seed at 126 pounds, and Sherburne-Earlville’s Spencer Franklin, the No. 1 seed at 120.
Cook and Franklin are two of the five Center State Conference’s No. 1 seeds at the tournament. Cody Santiago, Franklin’s Sherburne-Earlville teammate, is the top seed at 220 pounds while Canastota’s Zack Zupan and Anthony Finnocchiaro are No. 1s at 170 and 138, respectively. Alex Herringshaw is the No. 1 seed at 99 pounds for Holland Patent which will be joining the league for 2012-13; his brother Matt is seeded second at 132.
Ilion has six wrestlers in the lineup for Saturday’s tournament, including Cook’s younger brother Landry, a freshman 152-pounder. Andy Coffin, Andrew Burch, Bryan Bennett and Brandon Yager will compete at 106, 120, 145 and 285 pounds, respectively.
Dolgeville has the area’s largest contingent with nine wrestlers making the trip to Syracuse. In addition to Engle, Ben Nastovski is seeded second behind Laken Cook at 113 pounds and Danny Fox is seeded fifth in a 99-pound field that includes teammate Noah Handy. Other Blue Devils competing to extend their seasons are Travis Kopet and Kaleb Smith, the team’s only seniors, at 195 and 152 pounds, along with Jimmy Doolittle (145 pounds), Richard Lyon (160) and Kasey Foster (170).
Two of Mohawk’s three entries drew seeds for the tournament. John Mazza is No. 3 at 126 pounds and Stephen Davis is No. 6 at 285. Rich Rinaldi will compete at 160 pounds for the Mohicans.
Herkimer, Little Falls, Poland and Mt. Markham each has a pair of entries. Ryan Zawtocki and Shane Briggs will compete at 99 and 113 pounds for Herkimer. Little Falls has Andrew Messina at 106 pounds and Tyler McLean at 195. Poland’s entries are Albert Amacher at 113 pounds and Justin Huckabone at 152. Tanner Christian and Colton Dye represent Mt. Markham at 126 and 182 pounds.
Competition for divisions I and II gets under way at 10 a.m. Tickets for the tournament are $7.
DIVISION II SEEDS
99 POUNDS — 1, Alex Herringshaw (Holland Patent), 37-4. 2, Ryan O’Rourke (Adirondack), 26-11. 3, Dustin Ouellette (Hannibal), 29-6. 4, Dennis Hilts (Camden), 33-10. 5, Danny Fox (Dolgeville), 23-9. 6, Hunter Richard (Holland Patent), 35-7. Other area entries: Noah Handy (Dolgeville), 22-12; and Ryan Zawtocki (Herkimer), 24-8.
106 POUNDS — 1, Ryan Snow (General Brown), 38-2. 2, Nate Bray (Phoenix), 24-10. 3, Cody Carberry (Chittenango), 28-3. 4, Breven Jacobs (Copenhagen), 28-5. 5, Adam Hutchinson (South Jefferson), 13-14. 6, Matt Bristol (Camden), 29-14. Other area entries: Andy Coffin (Ilion), 9-9; and Andrew Messina (Little Falls), 28-8.
113 POUNDS — 1, Laken Cook (Ilion), 32-5. 2, Ben Nastovski (Dolgeville), 30-4. 3, Mikey Boyle (Cooperstown), 22-10. 4, Connor Gray (Copenhagen), 15-17. 5, Dan Patterson (General Brown), 33-7. 6, Nate Walker (Canastota), 30-10. Other area entries: Shane Briggs (Herkimer), 12-12; Albert Amacher (Poland), 10-13; and Joe Hennessey (Adirondack), 18-18.
120 POUNDS — 1, Spencer Franklin (Sherburne-Earlville), 26-3. 2, Pat Webster (Adirondack), 30-3. 3, Garrett Mitchell (Camden), 37-7. 4, Tyler Field (Onondaga), 29-6. 5, Kasey Proper (Vernon-Verona-Sherrill), 25-14. 6, Kyle Mapley (Cato-Meridian), 29-6. Other area entry: Andrew Burch (Ilion), 18-17.
126 POUNDS — 1, Nick Tighe (Phoenix), 40-2. 2, Natalio McCormick (Camden), 42-2. 3, John Mazza (Mohawk), 29-5. 4, Triston Engle (Dolgeville), 27-6. 5, Hunter Roberts (Morrisville-Eaton), 16-7). 6, Brian Lear (General Brown), 31-11. Other area entry: Tanner Christian (Mt. Markham), 30-7.
132 POUNDS — 1, Wesley Blanding (Chittenango), 33-0. 2, Matt Herringshaw (Holland Patent), 40-4. 2, Alex Potts (Onondaga), 32-2. 4, Cormac Green (Port Byron), 32-6. 5, Dan Wyman (Hannibal), 26-8. 6, Tim Fargo (Lowville Academy), 35-3.
138 POUNDS — 1, Anthony Finnocchiaro (Canastota), 32-4. 2, Isaiah Riccio (Beaver River), 35-1. 3, Nick Koelmel (Immaculate Heart), 32-4. 4, Alex Race (Hannibal), 31-5. 5, C.J. Loomis (Mexico), 26-5. 6, Cody Sullivan (Camden), 39-7.
145 POUNDS — 1, Tyler Button (Phoenix), 35-2. 2, Nathan Silverthorn (General Brown), 43-0. 3, Mitch Janes (Port Byron), 37-1. 4, Jake Benedict (Sandy Creek), 26-6. 5, Wyatt Lyndaker (Copenhagen), 28-8. 6, Zak Field (Onondaga), 32-7. Other area entries: Bryan Bennett (Ilion), 23-7; and Jimmy Doolittle (Dolgeville), 23-18.
152 POUNDS — 1, Derek Pfluger (Sandy Creek), 43-0. 2, Tyler Spann (Adirondack), 32-3. 3, Rowdy Prior (Phoenix), 34-4. 4, Trevor Allard (Mexico), 30-9. 5, Eric Metzger (Homer), 30-6. 6, John Regan (Chittenango), 29-10. Other area entries: Kaleb Smith (Dolgeville), 32-9; Landry Cook (Ilion), 18-11; Justin Huckabone (Poland), 13-16.
160 POUNDS — 1, Tyler Silverthorn (General Brown), 411-1. 2, Matt Fisher (Oneida), 33-2. 3, Daniel Smith (South Jefferson), 32-10. 4, Jared Soule (Sandy Creek), 31-2. 5, Mark Doyle (Homer), 29-7. 6, Tyler Mytych (Holland Patent), 21-4. Other area entries: Richard Lyon (Dolgeville), 24-18; Coty Lutz (Adirondack), 11-18; and Rich Rinaldi (Mohawk), 24-13.
170 POUNDS — 1, Zack Zupan (Canastota), 36-1. 2, Logan LaFlamme (South Jefferson), 35-6. 3, Ben Young (Fabius-Pompey), 27-3. 4, Lane Frost (Vernon-Verona-Sherrill), 18-4. 5, Jaden Grill (Immaculate Heart), 28-8. 6, Mason McNitt (Sandy Creek), 28-12. Other area entry: Kasey Foster (Dolgeville), 27-12.
182 POUNDS — 1, Bill Koelmel (Immaculate Heart), 36-2. 2, Cody Houppert (Beaver River), 31-6. 3, Devin Riegler (Adirondack), 31-5. 4, Zach Vaverchak (Phoenix), 23-6. 5, Joe DeFranco (South Jefferson), 31-9. 6, Jesse Puchales (Canastota), 26-6. Other area entry: Colton Dye (Mt. Markham), 19-8.
195 POUNDS — 1, Austyn Hayes (Phoenix), 35-1. 2, Wyatt Albanese (Canastota), 26-8. 3, Garrett Duval (Sherburne-Earlville), 22-10. 4, Ryan Charlebois (South Jefferson), 28-15. 5, Corey Gaffney (General Brown), 32-9. 6, Steve Fallon (Canastota), 17-9. Other area entries: Travis Kopet (Dolgeville), 28-5; and Tyler McLean (Little Falls), 28-11.
220 POUNDS — 1, Cody Santiago (Sherburne-Earlville), 25-5. 2, Josh Langley (Holland Patent), 33-5. 3, Travis Conklyn (Canastota), 26-6. 4, Drew Wintermute (Tully), 29-2. 5, Jon Cavaretta (Marcellus), 27-5. 6, Scott Hamblin (Copenhagen), 25-9.
285 POUNDS — 1, Brian Ervin (Vernon-Verona-Sherrill), 34-1. 2, Brandon Fayle (Lowville Academy), 32-2. 3, Ian Miller (Sandy Creek), 23-14. 4, Jacob Morris (Canastota), 24-9. 5, Wyatt Morris (Morrisville-Eaton), 19-10. 6, Stephen Davis (Mohawk), 22-9. Other area entry: Brandon Yager (Ilion), 26-14.
Compiled From Times Staff Reports
