BUFFALO — The Falconer/Cassadaga Valley wrestling team finished off a strong opening weekend at the Sweet Home Duals on Saturday afternoon with a 51-29 win over Iroquois in its final match to take home the team title.

The Chiefs entered as the No. 1 ranked Division II team, according to Western New York Athletics while Falconer/Cassadaga Valley carried the No. 3 ranking.

“Things went really well. We were aggressive and I don’t think that we could have wrestled any better considering the practice time we have had this year,” said Falconer/Cassadaga coach Drew Wilcox.

Three different wrestlers finished the weekend with undefeated records: Joey Pillittieri at 126 pounds, Jimmy Kramer at 138 and Robbie Penhollow at 182.

“Joe Pillittieri at 126 has only been wrestling three years now, but he put a lot of time in this summer and it is showing through now,” said Wilcox.

Penhollow finished with a pin of Tyler Almeter while Kramer won via fall over Tyler Barry with Pillittieri earning a decision.

Going 7-1 in the past two days were Nick Saeger at 145, Mack Mikula at 160, Bryce Baglia at 152, Hudson Johnson at 195 and Collin Beichner at 285.

“Hudson Johnson is wrestling outstanding as well and is really fitting in nice at the heavier weight classes. He’s been down around 160 before and his style fits nicely at the upper weights. He’s going to have a great year. Johnson and Beichner are stepping into the varsity lineup and doing an outstanding job for us. Mack sure turned it on when the lights were on. He had a great tournament.”

Beichner ended with a pin of Nate Marion, Baglia’s final victory came via fall over Ryan Current while Mikula picked up a pin against Owen Gagner.

Going 6-2 for the Falconer/Cassadaga Valley were Austin Chase at 99 pounds, thanks to his final pin of Trevor Barry; Brayden Newman at 106; Jordan Dustin at 170 and Chase Johnson at 220.

Dustin passed the career 100-win mark this weekend.

Brody Little and Hunter Teboe finished at 5-3.

Falconer/Cassadaga will host Southwestern on Wednesday.

138: Jimmy Kramer (F) p. Tyler Barry.

145: Jake Vergien (I) d. Nick Saeger, 8-4.

152: Bryce Baglia (F) p. Ryan Current.

160: Mack Mikula (F) p. Owen Gagner.

170: Cory Day (I) p. Jordan Dustin.

182: Robbie Penhollow (F) p. Tyler Almeter

195: Hudson Johnson (F) win via forfeit.

220: Chase Johnson (F) win via forfeit.

285: Collin Beichner (F) p. Nate Marion.

99: Austin Chase (F) p. Trevor Barry.

106: Donovan Bukaczski (I) p. Bradyen Newman.

113: Michael Schiffhauer (I) p. Brodie Little.

120: Jacob Thomas (I) p. Steven Lamb.

126: Joey Pillittieri (F) d. Ryan Sweeney, 7-3.

132: Jacob Jozwiak (I) d. Hunter Teboe, 2-1.

T’BIRDS PLACE SECOND

BERGEN — Pioneer claimed the team title at the 23rd annual Triple-O Mechanical Byron-Bergen Wrestling Invitational with 185.5 points, while Chautauqua Lake finished in second with 160.5.

Martin Ohlsson picked up a pin for Chautauqua Lake in the 99-pound finals in 1:03 over Benjamin Merrill to complete his weekend.

At 112 Trent Burchanowski pinned Trey Leark of Dansville/Keshequa in 5:37, while Austin Bourgeois was a 15-3 major decision winner over Dan Baker Herter of Letchworth at 138.

99: Martin Ohlsson (CL) p. Benjamin Merrill (A), 1:03.

106: Rashawn Bloom (Med) p. Chris Shearing (L), 5:48.

112: Trent Burchanowski (CL) p. Trey Learn (DK), 5:37.

120: Cole Leitten (P) d. Daniel Kirsch (P), 8-1.

126: RJ Beh (I) d. Colby Petrie (M), 5-3.

132: Joe Bianchi (I) d. Frank Ras (P), 5-1.

138: Austin Bourgeois (CL) md. Dan Baker-Herter (L), 15-3.

145: Chase Runfola (L) md. Brendon Ramsey (CL), 18-4.

152: Zach Hannan (BB) d. Derek Woodall (I), 6-1.

160: Brock Conaway (P) d. Jared Fregoe (BB), 4-1.

170: Kaul Runfola (L) d. Mason Bush (P), 7-2.

182: Blake Wolfanger (P) p. Ben Restivo (Al), 3:44.

195: Karam Ali (Dansville/Keshequa) d. Hunter Leach (BB), 9-3.

220: Nick Serce (I) p. Ben Szymanowski (CL).

285: Trevor Smith (Pi) p. Mike Raschiatore (ER).