Chautauqua Lake’s Mason Maring, left, battles with Fredonia’s Dawson Russo at 189 pounds during a wrestling dual meet at Chautauqua Lake High School on Wednesday. P-J photo by Braden Carmen

MAYVILLE — After the girls wrestling match blazed trails on the mats before them, the boys took their turn in a wrestling dual meet between the Chautauqua Lake Thunderbirds and the Fredonia Hillbillies at Chautauqua Lake High School on Wednesday night.

In the end, the Thunderbirds were too experienced and too strong for the Hillbillies to compete with, as Chautauqua Lake came away with a resounding 57-12 victory.

“Whether we’re having an awesome season or not, I always love my guys,” said Thunderbirds coach Ken Rowe. “That wrestling room is full of guys that want to be there. Right now, we’re in a good spot, we’re wrestling well. Hopefully, we finish the season that way.”

The Thunderbirds (3-0) secured four pins and a decision, along with five forfeit wins to account for 57 points. The quickest falls for the Thunderbirds went to Gavin Burchanowski at 102 pounds in 46 seconds over Fredonia’s Cannon LeGrano, and Marty Ohlsson at 132 pounds in 31 seconds over Fredonia’s Julian Ocasio.

Much more competitive battles were seen between Chautauqua Lake’s Jayden Malecki and Fredonia’s Ian Woods at 172 pounds with a pin at 3:48, and at 126 pounds with a pin in 3:25 by Chautauqua Lake’s Jordan Joslyn over Fredonia’s Lucas Hoffman.

“At 126, that was a great match. Jordan (Joslyn) right now is extremely difficult to beat,” said Rowe. “(Hoffman) is their main guy, he’s a scrapper and he’s good. (Joslyn) is just on right now. That entire match he was a step ahead and put himself in good position. A tough kid vs. a tough kid, but our boy happened to have a better day today.”

The Thunderbirds’ Mason Maring secured a 4-0 decision over the Hillbillies’ Dawson Russo, as both regular 189-pounders wrestled up at 215 pounds.

“I’ve been trying to get Maring to open up a little bit. When he does he wrestles better,” said Rowe. “Fredonia is coached well, there is a ton of fight in them. If you don’t wrestle well, at any time they can make it a match and (Russo) definitely did in that one.”

Chautauqua Lake won via forfeit at 110 pounds, 145 pounds, 152 pounds, 160 pounds and 285 pounds. Both teams forfeited at 118 points, accounting for Fredonia’s sixth forfeit.

“We’re just too thin. Even on the best of days, we’re too thin. It’s hard to compete giving up six forfeits,” said Fredonia head coach Joe Santilli. “It’s not so much that having wrestlers at those weights was going to make a difference in the outcome, but for the sport of wrestling, I want to see competitions. … I love the sport and it’s not good for the sport.”

The bright spots for the Hillbillies (1-3) on the night were Cameron Ingram and Dominick Collazo, who each recorded a pin to account for the 12 total points for Fredonia. Ingram’s pin of Robert Head at 138 pounds was in just 21 seconds, while Collazo battled with Caleb Szymanowski at 189 pounds before an eventual pin for Collazo at 3:04.

BEARS BEAT GOWANDA

GOWANDA — Behind three pins and a major decision, Frewsburg held off Gowanda 37-29 in a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association wrestling match on Wednesday.

Recording falls for the Bears were Brandon Francis (215), Jamison Caldwell (285) and Mason Raymond (102). Teammate Logan Fuller recorded a major decision at 110 pounds.

Registering pins for the Panthers were Greg Reid (126), Kaleb Smith (138) and Benjamin Krajewski (189). Nathan Warrior (145) and Michael Horth (152) contributed victories via major decisions.

215: Brandon Francis (F) p. Jayden John, 4:00.

285: Jamison Caldwell (F) p. Alanson Stafford, 2:59.

102: Mason Raymond (F) p. Brendin Diebel, 5:02.

110: Logan Fuller (F) md. Owen Pfaffenbach, 13-1.

118: Jayden Fish (G) d. Drake Beckstrom, 8-2.

126: Greg Reid (G) p. Riley Hawley, 2:00.

132: Kane Logan (F) sv. Faolon Quinn, 10-8.

138: Kaleb Smith (G) p. Tyler Covell, 1:50.

145: Nathan Warrior (G) md. Josh Burch, 12-2.

152: Michael Horth (G) md. Russell Stewart, 12-1.

160: Quinlan Smathers (F) by forfeit.

172: Trenton Benson (F) by forfeit.

189: Benjamin Krajewski (G) p. Hunter Winters, :29.

GOLDEN COUGARS ROLL

DUNKIRK — Falconer/Cassadaga Valley collected six falls and a technical fall on its way to a 71-6 win over Dunkirk.

Recording the pins were Brodie Little (160), Dalton Caldwell (172), Gabe Lundmark (118), Riley Best (132), Patrick Braley (138) and Jacob Clark (152). The technical fall was recorded by Hunter Paulisick at 126 pounds.

160: Brodie Little (F/CV) p. Michael Hanlon, :34.

172: Dalton Caldwell (F/CV) p. Jordin Bautista, 3:59.

215: Christian Hernandez (D) inj. Devyn Morrison.

285: Thi Quelle Vanguilder (F/CV) by forfeit.

102: Dylan Newman (F/CV) by forfeit.

110: Brooklyn Pryll (F/CV) by forfeit.

118: Gabe Lundmark (F/CV) p. Aries Cheverez, 3:49.

126: Hunter Paulisick (F/CV) tf. Issiah Ruiz, 16-1.

132: Riley Best (F/CV) p. Zalisa Rivera, :53.

138: Patrick Braley (F/CV) p. Julianne Warrior, :48.

145: Austin Chase (F/CV) by forfeit.

152: Jacob Clark (F/CV) p. Gaberiel Valentine, :35.

RED RAIDERS PREVAIL

ORCHARD PARK — Sparked by six pins and two major decisions, Jamestown rolled past Orchard Park 44-30 in an Erie County Interscholastic Conference match.

Recording falls for the Red Raiders were Carsen Bane (172), Zane Elifritz (285), Zack Little (102), Nick Melendez (110), Cole Bloomquist (138) and Jason Dembik (145). Posting major decisions were Aidan Senear (126) and Connor Bush (132).

160: Lucas Acuna (OP) by forfeit.

172: Carsen Bane (J) p. Ben Paolercio, 4:21.

189: Jack MacDonald (OP) by forfeit.

215: Brody Stevens (OP) p. Julian Tonkin, 1:49.

285: Zane Elifritz (J) p. Max Landwehe, 3:25.

102: Zack Little (J) p. Aiden Rodriguez, 3:21.

110: Nick Melendez (J) p. Max Roth, 1:13.

118: Blake Papke (OP) by forfeit.

126: Aidan Senear (J) mj. Christian Riccio, 18-7.

132: Connor Bush (J) mj. Mickey Gocella, 12-4.

138: Cole Bloomquist (J) p. Joey Ippolito, 3:13.

145: Jason Dembik (J) p. Dan Campbell, 1:08.

152: Luke Paolercio (OP) by forfeit.

Exhibition

126: Jake Gocella (OP) d. Brenden Farnsworth, 12-10.

138: Bryce Tomlinson (J) d. Landon Shevilin, 6-5.

CARDS DOWN MAPLE GROVE

RANDOLPH — Randolph prevailed over Maple Grove 43-27, highlighted by two pins, a major decision and five forfeits.

Recording the falls for the Cardinals were Domanik Clark (145) and Connor Braley (160), while Joseph Nottingham had a 13-5 major decision.

For the Red Dragons, Kolden McCall (215), Nathan Tomlinson (110) and Daniel Quattrone (152) were credited with pins.

189: Matthew Trim (MG) by forfeit.

215: Kolden McCall (MG) p. Maverick Adams, 1:17.

285: Ryan Carpenter (R) by forfeit.

102: Cameron Anderson (R) by forfeit.

110: Nathan Tomlinson (MG) p. Parker Paterson, 3:10.

118: Calan Gumhalter (R) by forfeit.

126: Jaxon Kraft (MG) d. Dallas Green 11-6.

132: Joseph Nottingham (R) md. Mattias Kraft, 13-5.

138: Caden Inkley (R) d. Mason Kraft, 5-1.

145: Domanik Clark (R) p. Jeremy danielson, 3:28.

152: Daniel Quattrone (MG) p. Clayton Frantze (R), :33.

160: Connor Braley (R) p. Logan Quattrone, 1:43.

172: David Malone (R) by forfeit.