Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer’s Jordan Joslyn battles Tioga’s Deakon Bailey on his way to a pin during the 126-pound bout during the Thunderbirds’ match against the Tigers at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Dual Meet Championships on Saturday at Onondaga Community College’s SRC Arena. Photo courtesy of Michelle Gilbert | MaxPreps

SYRACUSE — Heading into Saturday’s New York State Public High School Athletic Association Dual Meet Championships, it appeared Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer’s pool-play matchup with defending champion Tioga might end up deciding the Division II state title.

That’s exactly how it played out.

In a match that came down to the final weight class, Section IV’s Tigers beat the Thunderbirds 33-24 to eliminate the Section VI champions from the tournament.

From there, Tioga beat Gouverneur 55-15 and Central Valley 49-18 to claim its second straight Division II state crown.

It was nearly Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer in that position.

The Thunderbirds entered the final weight class, 132 pounds, trailing Tioga 29-24. Senior Martin Ohlsson, who entered the match with a 33-3 record on the season, had his work cut out for him with the Tigers sending junior Gianni Silvestri (32-1) to the mat. Ohlsson needed a pin to win or a technical fall to tie, but Silvestri walked away with an 11-2 major decision sending Tioga into the semifinals and Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer home.

Trent Burchanowski opened the matchup with Tioga with a 5-3 decision at 138 pounds, but the Tigers quickly took the lead at 145 pounds with Tyler Roe’s 12-3 major decision. That started a string of 16 straight points for Tioga.

Mason Maring got the Thunderbirds back on the scoreboard with a 6-3 decision at 189 pounds before Ison Shirley (215 pounds) and Gavin Segovia (285 pounds) picked up pins for Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer to take an 18-16 lead.

Logan Bellis then earned a major decision at 102 pounds and Brayden MacWhinnie picked up a decision at 110 pounds to give the Tigers a 23-18 lead. The Thunderbirds already knew they would be giving up 6 points at 118 pounds via forfeit, but Jordan Joslyn kept them alive at 126 pounds with a pin setting up Ohlsson’s win-or-go-home 132-pound bout.

After a first-round bye, Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer beat Cobleskill-Richmondville 49-18 in the second round.

Ohlsson, Jack Bourgeois, John Watson, Jayden Malecki, Maring, Shirley and Segovia wrestled their way to wins for the Thunderbirds. Gavin Burchanowski and Thandon Bensink also won via forfeit.

Starpoint went 2-0 in its pool with victories over Cicero-North Syracuse (54-16) and Fairport (36-35), then beat Wantagh 36-26 in the semifinals before capturing the Division I state title with a 35-27 victory over Minisink Valley.

Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer 49, Cobleskill-Richmondville 18

102: Gavin Burchanowski (CL/W/P/C) won via forfeit

110: Ashten Haley (C-R) won via forfeit

118: Thandon Bensink (CL/W/P/C) won via forfeit

126: Liam English (C-R) d. Jordan Joslyn, 3-1

132: Martin Ohlsson (CL/W/P/C) p. Ben Yorke (C-R), 1:44

138: Luke Yorke (C-R) d. Trent Burchanowski, 8-2

145: Jack Bourgeois (CL/W/P/C) p. Dominic Scolaro, 3:33

152: John Watson (CL/W/P/C) d. Kyber Henry, 4-1

160: Dylan Gallagher (C-R) p. Brad Smith, 2:31

172: Jayden Malecki (CL/W/P/C) p. Connor Wade, 1:13

189: Mason Maring (CL/W/P/C) md. Luke Pryor, 15-5

215: Ison Shirley (CL/W/P/C) p. Carlos Torres, 1:02

285: Gavin Segovia (CL/W/P/C) p. Jake LeSage, :24

Tioga 33, Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer 24

138: Trent Burchanowski (CL/W/P/C) d. Levi Bellis, 5-3

145: Tyler Roe (T) md. Jack Bourgeois, 12-3

152: Caden Bellis (T) p. Brad Smith, 5:12

160: Drew Macumber (T) d. John Watson, 2-1 (OT)

172: Ousmane Duncanson (T) d. Jayden Malecki, 5-2

189: Mason Maring (CL/W/P/C) d. Trent Browne, 6-3

215: Ison Shirley (CL/W/P/C) p. Tate McCauley, 3:14

285: Gavin Segovia (CL/W/P/C) p. Bradley Guiles, :43

102: Logan Bellis (T) md. Gavin Burchanowski, 11-3

110: Brayden MacWhinnie (T) d. Thandon Bensink, 5-0

118: Jayden Duncanson (T) won via forfeit

126: Jordan Joslyn (CL/W/P/C) p. Deakon Bailey, 1:51

132: Gianni Silvestri (T) md. Martin Ohlsson, 11-2

INKLEY NAMED MOW

KENMORE — A pair of area wrestlers claimed first-place finishes at the Ken-Ton Tournament on Saturday at Kenmore West High School.

Caden Inkley of Randolph defeated Amarfio Reynolds of Niagara Falls 5-2 in the 132-pound weight class, while Tavio Hoose of Southwestern defeated Luke Smeader of Hamburg 8-4 in the 172-pound final. For his efforts, Inkley was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Wrestler after handing Reynolds just his third loss of the season.

It was a good day for the Southwestern program overall, too.

Kenji Walters (110 pounds), Carmine Calimeri (118 pounds) and Neves Hoose (160 pounds) claimed second-place finishes, and Brayden Potter (189 pounds) placed fourth.

In other results among area grapplers, Konner Spring of Salamanca (126 pounds) and Ryan Carpenter of Randolph (285 pounds) finished third; and Cole Bloomquist of Jamestown (132 pounds) and Domanik Clark of Randolph (138 pounds) placed fourth.

Niagara Falls won the team title with 176.5 points followed by Southwestern (120) and Hamburg (115). Randolph was 10th with 50.5 points, Jamestown was 13th with 45.5 and Salamanca was 16th with 27 points.

HOFFMAN TAKES 1ST AGAIN

MEDINA — Fredonia/Silver Creek took seven wrestlers to the Gary Gross Memorial Tournament and three returned home as place finishers.

Lucas Hoffman won the 118-pound weight class, his fourth tournament title in a row, with a 5-2 win over Holley-Kendall’s Bruce Rasmusson in the final. Hoffman has now taken first at tournaments in Ripley, Franklinville, Gowanda and Medina.

Jacob Lemke took third at 172 pounds and Dawson Russo took fourth at 189 pounds for the Hillbillies, who placed seventh out of 10 teams with 56.5 points.

Pioneer won the team title with 132.5 points.