VALLEY SPORTS REPORT: TIOGA'S BAILEY, WAVERLY'S BEEMAN NAMED GRUMPY GRIZZLY "ATHLETES OF THE WEEK" (2023-01-22)
Valley Sports ReportTHE VALLEY — Tioga sophomore Kail Bailey went 3-0 to win her weight class at the first-ever IAC girls wrestling championships, and Waverly senior Ty Beeman beat a previously-unbeaten grappler to win IAC wrestling gold. They are the Valley Sports Report / Grumpy Grizzly “Athletes of the Week,” for the week ending Jan. 21.
TIOGA’S BAILEY NAMED VSR GIRLS “ATHLETE OF THE WEEK”Bailey posted a 3-0 record — all by fall — to win the 132-pound title at the first-ever IAC girls wrestling championships.
Bailey scored a pin of Waverly’s Lily Sickler in 2:10, and Waverly’s Tayanna Andrews in 46 seconds.
She finished off her perfect day with a pin of Whitney Point’s Isabelle Keihle in 59 seconds.
Honorable mentions: Athens’ Hanna Rathbun (wrestling), Tioga’s Emily Sindoni (wrestling), Waverly’s Kennedy Westbrook (basketball), Athens’ Kendall Galasso (wrestling), Waverly’s Rachel Houseknecht (bowling), Waverly’s Lillian Wright (wrestling), and Waverly’s Lillian Sickler (wrestling).
WAVERLY’S BEEMAN NAMED VSR BOYS “ATHLETE OF THE WEEK”Beeman went 4-0 to win the 215-pound title at the IAC wrestling championships Saturday, and was 7-0 on the week.
Beeman opened with a pin of Tioga’s Austin Babcock in 2:53, then beat Newark Valley’s Seth Northrup, 9-3, in the quarterfinals.
After pinning Tioga’s Tate Macauley in 3:19 in the semifinals, Beeman won a wild, 10-9, decision over Groton’s previously-unbeaten Donovan Mitchell, who was 18-0 entering the bout.
Beeman was also 3-0 — all via falls — Wednesday at the Section IV Duals, helping Waverly advance to the finals.
Honorable mentions: Waverly’s Jerrell Sackett (swimming), Tioga’s Tyler Roe (wrestling), Tioga’s Logan Bellis (wrestling), Tioga’s Drew Macumber (wrestling), Tioga’s Gianni Silvestri (wrestling), Waverly’s Kam Hills (wrestling), Waverly’s Matthias Welles (wrestling), Tioga’s Evan Sickler (basketball), Waverly’s Joey Tomasso (basketball) and Waverly’s Jake VanHouten (basketball).
