Kelley, Fusco lead Plainsmen at Easterns wrestling

Shenendehowa’s unbeaten returning state wrestling place finishers Nick Kelley and Tony Fusco have top seeds at 132 and 195 pounds, respectively, but the Plainsmen will have to battle newcomer Wyoming Sem­inary Prep of Pennsylvania and Long Island’s Long Beach, Longwood and Wantagh for the team title at the Eastern States Classic, which opens this afternoon at Sullivan County CC in Loch Sheldrake.

One week remove from a five-match sweep at the Union-Endicott Duals, Rob Weeks’ team returns to this tough two-day event where it finished second to Longwood a year ago. Fusco was second last year and Kelley sixth, one year after winning at 132.

Shenendehowa has six projected top-eight finishers — Kelley, Fusco, David Almaviva, fourth-seeded Cole Lampman, Corey Ali, Kevin Parker and Jesse Porter. Longwood has five projected top eights, and Long Beach has four.

Wyoming Seminary, which won the Clyde Cole Invitationl the first weekend of the season, shows 10 projected top-eight finishers, with top seeds in Northwestern recuit and reigning National Prep champ Dom Malone (126), West Virginia-bound A.J. Vizcarrondo (220), Evan Botwin (120) and Michael Johnson (285).

State champ Connor Sutton of LaSalle, third last year and seventh as a soph, is the top seed at 160.

Two-time place finisher Zach Diekel of Whitehall is seeded second to Fusco. Noah Valasto (126) of Hudson Falls and LaSalle’s Brendan Goldup are also two-time place finishers.

Amsterdam got a pair of top-eight seeds in state bronze-medalist Brandon Lapi (fourth at 113) and unbeaten 285 Chris Rodriguez; Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake sophomore Joey Butler got the seventh seed at 132; Queensbury state finalist Matt Lashway is seeded second at 182; and Dudley (fourth, 160) joins teammate Valastro as a projected top eight for Hudson Falls.

Mike Green picked up a forfeit at 182, running his record to 24-0, as Cobleskill-Richmondville beat Voorheesville, 51-12, Thursday in the Colonial Council.

Cory Seipp pinned at 138 for his 100th varsity win as Ichabod Crane edged Mechanicville, 39-30, in another Colonial match.

Sheldon Allen, Najee Collins-Coleman and Blamo Keta recorded consecutive falls to lead Green Tech past Canajoharie/Fort Plain, 42-35, in a non-league match.

Granville 285-pounder Josh Mc­Kittrick, who wrestled at Salem last winter, picked up a forfeit to remain unbeaten, but the Golden Horde fell to the Generals in a non-league match, 51-38.

Section II seeded wrestlers at Eastern States Classic

99 — Kevin Parker (Shenenendehow) 9th. 106 Corey Ali (Shenendehowa) 9th; Shawn Berman (Albany) 11th; Tyler Wood (Queensbury) 13th. 113 — Brandon Lapi (Amsterdam) 4th; Kyler Harrington (Hudson Falls) 7th; Jesse Porter (Shenendehowa) 12th; Brandon Winchip (Queensbury) 16th. 120 — Blake Retell (Shaker) 12th; Casey Jones (Queensbury) 14th; Al Aubin (Whitehall) 17th. 126 — Noah Valastro (Hudson Falls) 8th. 132 — Nick Kelley (Shenendehowa) 1st; Joey Butler (Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) 7th; Curt Rowley (Duanesburg) 11th; Zack Winney (Hudson Falls) 15th. 138 — David Almaviva (Shenendehowa) 5th; Brendan Goldup (LaSalle) 7th; John Diekel (Whitehall) 14th.

145 — Phil Bazicki (Colonie) 9th; Gaetano Lanzi (Amsterdam) 15th. 152 — Nick Gallo (Schalmont) 10th; Eli Cooks (Colonie) 12th; Victor Woodworth (Hudson Falls) 17th. 160 — Connor Sutton (LaSalle) 1st; Aaron Dudley (Hudson Falls) 4th; Mike Garrison (Amsterdam) 14th; Josh Veshia (Water­vliet) 15th. 170 — Mike Hewitt (Queensbury) 9th. 182 — Matt Lashway (Queensbury) 2nd; Dallas Mesick (Duanesburg) 10th, 195 — Tony Fusco (Shenendehowa) 1st; Zach Diekel (Whitehall) 2nd. 220 — Jon Babson (LaSalle) 4th; Alex Pontiff (Queensbury) 6th. 285 — Cole Lampman (Shenendehowa) 3rd; Chris Rodriguez (Amsterdam) 7th; Matt Mender (Glens Falls) 11th; Nick Rouse (Queensbury) 12th.

COLONIAL COUNCIL

Cobleskill-Richmondville 51, Voorheesville 12

99 — Double forfeit; 106 — Devin Cooper (C) dc. Tristan Welton, 8-5; 113 — Double forfeit; 120 — A.J. Fletcher (C) pinned Ben Denn, 1:06; 126 — Matt Davenport (C) by forfeit; 132 — Nick Saccocio (V) by forfeit; 138 — Zac Cooper (C) pinned Cory Markus, 2:38; 145 — Nick Rehberg (C) pinend Chris Ranc, 1:25; 152 — Schuyler Broadwell (C) pinned Claude Rodrigue, 2:57; 160 — Cole Davey (C) by forfeit; 170 — Double forfeit; 182 — Mike Green (C) by forfeit; 195 — Tanner Shufelt (C) by forfeit; 220 — Double forfeit; 285 — Don Case (V) pinned Zach McFarland, 1:38.

Ichabod Crane 39, Mechanicville 30

99 — Double forfeit; 106 — Chris Palladino (IC) by forfeit; 113 — Double forfeit; 120 — Ryan Block (IC) dec. Iaaac Haner, 6-4; 126 — Derek Boyer (IC) pinned Taylor Pettis, 3:04; 132 — Aram Erno (M) by forfeit; 138 — Cory Seipp (IC) pinned Chris Kaw­ola, 1:35; 145 — David Minor (M) pinned Peter Picard, 1:39; 152 — Dustin Olsen (IC) dec. Joe McBride, 6-2; 160 — Joe Groat (IC) by forfeit; 170 — Adam Day (IC) dec. Matt Coreno, 2-1; 182 — Noah Perras (M) pinend David Daly, 3:15; 195 — Keone Lanier (IC) by forfeit; 220 — Zach Parras (M) pinned Justin Brown, 3:24; 285 — Brandon Farrell (M) pinned John Hermann, :55.

NON-LEAGUE

Green Tech 42, Canajoharie/Fort Plain 35

99 — Double forfeit; 106 — Cody Freeman (C) by forfeit; 113 — Gordon Trahan (C) by forfeit; 120 — Double forfeit; 126 — Tyriek McGraw (G) pinned Soren Hudyncia, 1:22; 132 — Emijoel Lantigua (G) by forfeit; *138 — Nick Lilley (C) pinned Steven Davis; 145 — Saed Dixon (G) by forfeit; 152 — Sheldon Allen (G) pinned Jordan Griswold, 3:17; 160 — Najee Collins-Coleman (G) pinned Josh Cechnicki, :26; 170 — Blamo Keta (G) pinned Tobias Nixdorf, 1:41; 182 — Austin Moore (C) pinned Kiante Gordon, 1:35; 195 — Ken Holland (C) pinned Nashawn Joseph, :18; 220 — Gene Ryan (C) pinned Tavaris Bibbs, 3:45; 285 — Rob Coley (G) pinned Dillen Moak, 1:36.

Salem 51, Granville 28

99 — Luke Fronhofer (S) by forfeit; 106 — Kyle Cleveland (S) pinned Joe Bogart, 3:45; 113 — Carter Merecki (S) pinned Jesse Owens, 1:41; 120 — Steve Cohan (G) dec. Josh Eastman, 13-9; 126 — Damian Duffy (G) dec. Levi Cummings, 15-6; 132 — Nathaniel Palmer (G) pinned DevinThibdeau, 3:16; 138 — Osmar Vigil (S) pinned Ryan Wilcox, 1:11; 145 — Hayden Miller (G) pinned Trevor Morrison, :53; 152 — Robert Tobin (S) dec. Christian Carr, 7-3; *160 — Brad Perry (G) dec. Dustin Humphrey, 3-2 (tb); 170 — Kyle Eastman (S) pinned Zach McClellan; 182 — Tyler Morris (S) pinned Eric Rozelle, :18; 195 — Tom Wilson (S) pinned Mac Rozelle, :40; 220 — Jordan Keys (S) pinned Scott Reed, :53; 285 — Josh McKittrick (G) by forfeit.

Basketball

C-R, Queensbury win

Dillon Greene scored 20 points, and Cobleskill-Richmondville beat Voorheesville, 59-46, for its second straight Colonial Council win.

Bryce Allen notched 16 points and Sean Thaxter had 11 for the Bulldogs (3-3, 4-5). Russell Daly and Logan Hotaling both scored 13 for the Blackbirds (4-3, 5-4), who had won two straight.

Troy Kelly scored 12 points, and Queensbury rallied in the second half to deal Scotia-Glenville a 58-44 Foothills Council defeat.

Ray Bethel scored 11 points and Zane Monroe added 10 for the Spartans (4-2, 7-3). Chris Zanta and Joe Cremo led the Tartans (3-3, 7-3) with 12 apiece.

Melissa Heffern poured in 24 points to get with 11 of 1,000 for her career, and Heatly slugged Hawthorne Valley, 44-19, in the Central Hudson Valley League.

Heffern is looking to join Scotia-Glenville’s Cassie Broadhead and Monica Compton, Shaker’s Lauren Woods and Berne-Knox-Westerlo’s Liz Harvey on the list of Section II girls who have reached 1,000 career points this season.

Adriana Brown had 12 points for first-place Heatly (8-0, 9-1).

Meaghen Sausville scored 12 points, three others had eight, and Emma Willard topped Loudonville Christian, 52-14.

BOYS

COLONIAL COUNCIL

COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE 59, VOORHEESVILLE 46

COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE

Greene 9-1-20, Allen 5-5-16, Hulbert 4-0-8, Phelan 1-0-2, Van Valkenburg 1-0-2, Thaxter 5-1-11. Totals: 25-7-59.

VOORHEESVILLE

Bissell 1-0-3, Castren 3-0-7, Crawford 1-1-3, Daly 6-1-13, DiVirgillio 2-0-5, Hotaling 4-4-13, Precious 1-0-2. Totals: 18-6-46.

Cobleskill-Rich. 13 11 18 17 — 59

Voorheesville  9 14 11 12 — 46

Three-point goals: Greene, Allen, Bissell, Castren, DiVirgillio, Hotaling.

FOOTHILLS COUNCIL

QUEENSBURY 58, SCOTIA-GLENVILLE 44

QUEENSBURY

Moses 2-0-4, Peltz 2-2-7, Kelly 4-0-12, Monroe 4-0-10, Switzer 4-0-8, Horgan 1-0-2, Signor 2-0-4, Bethel 5-1-11. Totals: 24-3-58.

SCOTIA-GLENVILLE

Tabbert 1-0-2, Renko 3-1-9, Carroll 0-2-2, Zanta 4-2-12, Sausville 2-1-7, Cremo 5-2-12. Totals: 15-8-44.

Queensbury 14 4 21 19 — 58

S-G 11 9 15  9 — 44

Three-point goals: Peltz, Kelly 4, Monroe 2, Renko 2, Zanta 2, Sausville 2.

GIRLS

CENTRAL HUDSON VALLEY LEAGUE

HEATLY 44, HAWTHORNE VALLEY 19

HAWTHORNE VALLEY

DeGeter 2-0-4, Geilen 3-2-9, O’Leary 2-0-4, Otten 0-0-0, Sipe 0-2-2. Totals: 7-4-19.

HEATLY

Brown 5-0-12, DeCianni 1-0-2, Gurbey 1-0-2, C. Heffern 2-0-4, Melissa Heffern 7-6-24.

Hawthorne Valley  6  0 6 7 — 19

Heatly 17 16 5 6 — 44

Three-point goals: Geilen, Brown 2, M. Heffern 4.

EMMA WILLARD 52, LOUDONVILLE CHRISTIAN 14

EMMA WILLARD

Cowles 4-0-8, Kieda 3-2-8, Kiley-Bergen 4-0-8, Koa 1-0-2, McOsker 1-0-2, Pattison 3-0-6, Sausville 5-2-12, Spencer 2-0-4, Yerry 1-0-2. 24-4-52.

LOUDONVILLE CHRISTIAN

C. Allen 1-3-5, A. Allen 0-0-0, Emery 0-0-0, Makinson 2-1-5, Milford 2-0-4. Totals: 5-4-14.

Emma Willard 13 19 12 8 — 52

Loudonville Christian  5  4  2 3 — 14

Three-point goals: None.

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