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Falconer remained the No. 1-ranked Small School as the Wrestling Review of Western New York released its rankings for Week 3 on Sunday.
Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama moved up to No. 5 among Small Schools while Fredonia jumped two spots to No. 6. Randolph moved up a spot to No. 8 and Gowanda dropped out of the top 10.
Individually, Falconer senior Cameron Page continued to hold the top spot at 160 pounds while Maple Grove senior Trevor Micek remained No. 1 at 170 pounds. Fredonia junior Hector Colom is No. 1 at 132 pounds. Also of note, Canisius senior Mason Hoose, who is a native of Lakewood and formerly attended Southwestern, is the top-ranked wrestler at 220 pounds.
Falconer sophomore Jimmy Kramer is No. 2 at 120 pounds and junior teammate Dylan Ingrao is second-ranked at 145 pounds. Southwestern junior Giuseppe Hoose is No. 2 at 152 pounds, Falconer junior Corey Keefe is No. 2 at 182 pounds and Dunkirk/Silver Creek senior Nick Jones is second-ranked at 285 pounds.
Randolph freshman Marcus Evans is No. 3 at 106 pounds, Fredonia freshman is third-ranked at 113 pounds and Falconer junior Dan Torres is No. 3 at 152 pounds.
Honorable-mention selections from the area include Maple Grove junior Shane Hetrick and Jamestown senior Cody Pool at 113 pounds; Randolph junior Matt Evans, Gowanda senior David Poff and Fredonia sophomore Giovani Russo at 126 pounds; Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama sophomore Derek Ecklund and Falconer sophomore Nick Saeger at 132 pounds; Dunkirk/Silver Creek senior Billy Seiders at 145 pounds; Falconer sophomore Robbie Penhollow at 170 pounds; and Randolph junior Nick Becker at 285 pounds.
Maple Grove senior AJ Putt is on injured reserve at 126 pounds as is Falconer senior Jacob Peru at 182 pounds.
Other top-ranked wrestlers include: North Tonawanda sophomore Tyler Bartolomei at 99 pounds, Clarence freshman Aiden Rabideau at 106 pounds, Lockport senior Mitch Seaver at 113 pounds, Tonawanda sophomore Zach Braddell at 120 pounds, Niagara Falls freshman Willie McDougald at 126 pounds, Depew/Cleveland Hill senior Phil Calandra at 138 pounds, Iroquois senior Connor Day at 145 pounds, Lockport senior Steven Kapuscinski at 152 pounds, Niagara Wheatfield senior Matt Cicco at 182 pounds, St. Joe's senior Freddie Nixon at 195 pounds and Lewiston-Porter senior Laith Alsous at 285 pounds.
LARGE SCHOOLS
1. Lancaster; 2. Clarence; 3. Lockport; 4. Niagara Wheatfield; 5. Grand Island; 6. Starpoint; 7. St. Joe's; 8. Niagara Falls; 9. Williamsville North; 10. Hamburg
SMALL SCHOOLS
1. Falconer; 2. Pioneer; 3. Olean; 4. Newfane; 5. Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama; 6. Fredonia; 7. Cheektowaga; 8. Randolph; 9. Depew/Cleveland Hill; 10. Akron
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
99: 1. Tyler Bartolomei (North Tonawanda-10); 2. Antoione Walker (Clarence-9); 3. Jake Harry (Lancaster-11); HM. Carson Alberti (Depew/Cleveland Hill-7), Andy Lucinski (Newfane-8), Zack Russell (Pioneer-8)
106: 1. Aiden Rabideau (Clarence-9); 2. Parker Rozler (Lancaster-11); 3. Marcus Evans (Randolph-9); HM. Nick Bierfelt (Olean-10), Mike Catanzaro (Williamsville North-8), Ryan Forrest (Hamburg-9)
113: 1. Mitch Seaver (Lockport-12); 2. Justin McDougald (Niagara Wheatfield-9); 3. Dalton Gardner (Fredonia-9); HM. Shane Hetrick (Maple Grove-11), Colby Petrie (Medina-9), Cody Pool (Jamestown-12)
120: 1. Zach Braddell (Tonawanda-10); 2. Jimmy Kramer (Falconer-10); 3. Matt Genau (Williamsville South-12); HM. Dontay Gill (Lockport-12), Owen Kissell (Alden-11), Luciano Orsene (West Seneca West-12)
126: 1. Willie McDougald (Niagara Falls-9); 2. Nick Kozolowski (Portville-12); 3. Johnny Putney (East Aurora-10); HM. Matt Evans (Randolph-11), David Poff (Gowanda-12), Giovani Russo (Fredonia-10); IR. AJ Putt (Maple Grove-12)
132: 1. Hector Colom (Fredonia-11); 2. Jake DeWolf (Niagara Wheatfield-10); 3. Warren McDougald (Niagara Wheatfield-10); HM. Derek Ecklund (Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama-10), Nick Saeger (Falconer-10), Jake Vergien (Iroquois-10)
138: 1. Phil Calandra (Depew/Cleveland Hill-12); 2. Ryan Stencel (Lancaster-9); 3. Cory Day (Iroquois-10); HM. Zach Brown (Newfane-11), Charlie Johnstone (Newfane-10), Jacob Page (Eden-12)
145: 1. Connor Day (Iroquois-12); 2. Dylan Ingrao (Falconer-11); 3. Katrell Jackson (Cheektowaga-12); HM. Johnny Fiebelkorn (Akron-11), Brian Ghiandoni (Starpoint-12), Billy Seiders (Dunkirk/Silver Creek-12)
152: 1. Steven Kapuscinski (Lockport-12); 2. Giuseppe Hoose (Southwestern-11); 3. Dan Torres (Falconer-11); HM. Logan Kent (North Tonawanda-11), Icar Simon (Olean-10), Tyl Slaugenhoupt (St. Joe's-11)
160: 1. Cameron Page (Falconer-12); 2. Eric Bartnik (Cheektowaga-12); 3. Garrett House (St. Joe's-11); HM. Blake Aina (Albion-12), Keegen Belleisle (Olean-11), Sawyer Overhoff (Eden-12)
170: 1. Trevor Micek (Maple Grove-12); 2. Jacob Smeader (Hamburg-12); 3. Nick Martone (St. Joe's-12); HM. Julian Nixon (Newfane-11), Robbie Penhollow (Falconer-10), Jake Sarow (Akron-11)
182: 1. Matt Cicco (Niagara Wheatfield-12); 2. Corey Keefe (Falconer-11); 3. Joe Andreessen (Lancaster-11); HM. Steven Daksavitz (Lockport-11), Dillon Knoll (Hamburg-12), Pat Walsh (Olean-10); IR. Jacob Peru (Falconer-12)
195: 1. Freddie Nixon (St. Joe's-12); 2. Lawrence Jenkins (Lake Shore-12); 3. Tyler Smith (Pioneer-12); HM. Ian Baker (Springville-12), Veysal Muktasimov (North Tonawanda-12), Christian Rider (Clarence-12)
220: 1. Mason Hoose (Canisius-12); 2. Mason Mastrangelo (Lancaster-12); 3. Matt Eldridge (Depew/Cleveland Hill-12); HM. Alex Buckley (Lake Shore-11), Jordan McLaughlin (Olean-12), Anthony Robinson (Starpoint-11)
285: 1. Laith Alsous (Lewiston-Porter-12); 2. Nick Jones (Dunkirk/Silver Creek-12); 3. Shaerod Rodgers (Lake Shore-12); HM. Nick Becker (Randolph-11), Jaquan Johnson (Grand Island-11), Sean Kloss (Clarence-12)