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IAC WRESTLING: WAVERLY RALLIES TO TOP O-M / WATKINS GLEN, 36-24 (February 20, 2021)
Valley Sports Report
WATKINS GLEN "" Waverly won the final four weight classes to rally for a 36-24 win over Odessa-Montour / Watkins Glen here Saturday morning in IAC wrestling action.
After neither team sent a wrestler to the mat for the 102- and 110-pound bouts, Waverly 8th-grader Derek Thorp received a forfeit at 118 to give the Wolverines a 6-0 lead.
Sophomore Landon McCarty, who hasn't wrestled since 5th grade, scored a fall over O-M / WG's Bradley Cantineri in 2:38, and sophomore Connor Stotler, a returning Section IV place-finisher, followed with a pin of Brandon Davis in 56 seconds to give the Wolverines an 18-0 lead.
The Seneca Indians won the next four weight classes - falls at 138 and 145, and forfeits at 152 and 160 - to take a 24-18 lead.
Senior Andrew Kimble started the comeback at 172 pounds with a pin of O-M / WG's Tristan Harrington in 2:47 to tie the match at 24-24.
Senior Trevor Meyers gave the Wolverines the lead for good at 189 pounds with a 9-3 decision over Braiden Ventra to give Waverly a 27-24 lead.
Sophomore Gage Tedesco kept it rolling for Waverly, forging a hard-fought 3-2 decision over Joshua Beckley at 215 pounds to extend Waverly's lead to 30-24.
Sophomore Ty Beeman sewed up the win for the Wolverines with a pin of Stephen Barrett in 2:10 in the 285-pound bout.
Extra Matches: Waverly won 10 of the 14 "extra matches," including eight by fall.
Stotler and Kimble each registered a pair of falls, and Meyers won a pair of decisions for the Wolverines. Senior Kam Peters, sophomore Anthony Speers, freshman Braedon Nichols, and Tedesco each won by fall.
Waverly, now 1-1, returns to action Wednesday at Horseheads.
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Waverly 36, O-M / Watkins Glen 24
102: No Match;
110: No Match;
118: Derek Thorp (W) won by forfeit;
126: Landon McCarty (W) by fall over Bradley Cantineri (OMWG), 2:38;
132: Connor Stotler (W) by fall over Brandon Davis (OMWG), 0:56;
138: Mark Waterman (OMWG) by fall over Derek Bartlett (W), 0:41;
145: Gabe Williams (OMWG) by fall over Braedon Nichols (W), 3:43;
152: Dominick Fazzary (OMWG) won by forfeit;
160: Brody Williams (OMWG) won by forfeit;
172: Andrew Kimble (W) by fall over Tristian Harrington (OMWG), 2:47;
189: Trevor Meyers (W) dec. Braiden Ventra (OMWG), 9-3;
215: Gage Tedesco (W) dec. Joshua Beckley (OMWG), 3-2;
285: Ty Beeman (W) by fall over Stephen Barrett (OMWG), 2:10.
EXTRA MATCHES
132: Connor Stotler (W) by fall over Brandon Davis (OMWG) :44;
138: Josiah Lynch (OMWG) by fall over Derek Bartlett (W) :49;
138: Brandon Davis (OMWG) by fall over Derek Bartlett (W) :25;
138: Connor Stotler (W) by fall over Josiah Lynch (OMWG) 3:14;
145: Braedon Nichols (W) by fall over Robert Tuttle (OMWG) 1:20;
152: Dominick Fazzary (OMWG) by fall over Braedon Nichols (W) 1:53;
172: Andrew Kimble (W) by fall over Braiden Ventra (OMWG) 1:05;
172: Andrew Kimble (W) by fall over Casey Keyes (OMWG) 1:18;
189: Trevor Meyers (W) dec Tristian Harrington (OMWG), 7-2;
189: Gage Tedesco (W) by fall over Tristian Harrington (OMWG) :42;
215: Joshua Beckley (OMWG) by fall over Anthony Speer (W) 1:31;
215: Trevor Meyers (W) dec Joshua Beckley (OMWG). 3-2;
285: Kamden Peters (W) by fall over Stephen Barrett (OMWG) :37;
285: Anthony Speer (W) by fall over Stephen Barrett (OMWG) :48.
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