Images and story by STEVE HARRISON
The center of the brand new 12 months is the time for one of the anticipated wrestling tournaments round.
For greater than 28 years, the Hornell Excessive College Wrestling Event has been referred to as the State Farm Traditional.
The State Farm Traditional is not simply one other company sponsor that places its identify on an occasion and calls it good. Previous to its present identify, the match was known as the Spectator Traditional and for the previous 28 years has been known as The State Farm Traditional. The Hornell Solar sat down with the sponsor to be taught a bit extra in regards to the origins of the sponsorship.
The person behind the identify is not native State Farm Insurance coverage agent Dave Palma. Rising up in Cobbleskill, wrestling has all the time been a household affair, as Dave and his brother wrestled in highschool. He has a brother-in-law who additionally competed within the state match a few years in the past.
Dave credit his late spouse Dorothy with being extra passionate in regards to the sport than he was. Due to this, he began the Most Excellent Wrestler awards for the match, which is known as in his honor.
Earlier than approaching board with the State Farm Traditional, Dave stated, by way of the general public notion of recognition, wrestling took a backseat to soccer and basketball. He wished to do no matter he may to assist this system get some publicity. Brackets, trophies, medals and championship shirts have been all donated by Dave.
He’s all the time entrance and heart greeting folks by the awards desk all through the day and even introduced a lower of Jake from State Farm which was an enormous hit as many within the crowd took selfies with the lower.
Over many memorable years, Dave remembers one wrestler who all the time stood out to him and his spouse. That wrestler is Hornell’s Otto Haus. He stated that when he will get on the mat, you all the time see a hearth inside and he all the time provides 100%. Dave and Dorothy loved watching Otto journey by means of the state match. Dave mentions that Dorthy and he know that Otto has the attention of the tiger and that nothing will hold the child on the carpet that 12 months.
Dave recalled that they went to the state match in Albany. Otto was main 9-4 within the state last on the finish of the third interval, and he was stuffed with power your entire match, and folks have been telling him to settle down and end the match. Dave recalled that Otto had dropped the depth a bit and felt it created a small mistake and closed late within the third lap. Dave stated his spouse began to cry over Otto’s loss as a result of then they knew how particular this younger man was. Otto was the champion within the State Farm Traditional, and when his son Owen received the Traditional in 2019, they turned the one father-son champions.
As for the groups within the match, Hornell’s favourite ear was within the mid-90s when then-coach Matt Sheldon was a dominant wrestler in each weight class. He stated each wrestler has the mindset that they will not be the one wrestler on the workforce that does not win. He stated these have been essentially the most pleasing groups to look at in a number of years.
Palma wish to thank the numerous coaches and officers who got here to the classics all year long and expressed the dedication of fogeys to encourage their kids to proceed collaborating within the sport.
Staff outcomes:
1 JD-CBA 189.0
2 Bolivar-Richburg 165.0
3 Churchville Chili 153.5
4 Brighton 135.5
5 Hornell Sr. 116.5
6 Dansville-Wayland Cohocton 106.0
7 Tub Haverling 54.0
8 Penfield 43.0
9 Eastridge 42.0
10 Alfred Almond 36.0
11 Irondequoi 33.0
12 Livonia 31.5
13 Campbell-Savona 19.0
14 Friendship 0.0
15 Rush-Henrietta 0.0
FINAL:
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Wyatt Sartori (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) received by choice over Dominic Shiano (JD-CBA) Dec 9-3.
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Gary McDowell Jr (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) received by main choice over Teegan Sibble (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) Maj 9-1.
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Yousef Allen (Brighton) received by choice over Gage Thomas (Haverling, NY) Dec 5-3.
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Trey Buchholz (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) received by forfeit over Aaron Agosti (Penfield Sr HS) Fall 2:00
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Cael Raines (Churchville Chili Sr HS) received by choice over Nathan Finn (JD-CBA) Dec 3-2
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Braydon Drew (Hornell Sr. HS) received by choice over Peter Thompson (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr. HS) Dec. 8-3.
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Andrew Frost (Churchville Chili Sr HS) received by choice over Mason Porter (JD-CBA) December 8-7.
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Daniel Barraclough-Tan (Brighton) def Andrew Mark (Brighton) Dec 6-4
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Joey Raines (Churchville Chili Sr HS) by way of sudden victory – 1 Tyvn MacDonnell (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) SV-1 5-3
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Ronald Dietz (Eastridge) received by fall over Hunter Smith (Alfred Almond Sr HS) Fall 1:47
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Ben Paul (JD-CBA) received by choice over Caden Allen (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) 2-1 Dec.
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Trent Sibble (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) received by fall over Bryce Dadey (JD-CBA) Fall 5:19
Finals
- 1st Place Match – Hayden Fleet (JD-CBA) Dec 1-0 received by choice over Gael Sanchez (Churchville Chili Sr HS)
THIRD AND FOURTH PLACE CHAMPIONS:
- College 102
- third place
- third Place Match – Nathan Wagner (Brighton) received by fall over Joseph Kilmer (Hornell Sr HS) 0:22 Fall
- College 110
- third place
- third Place Match – Andrew Jeffers (Churchville Chili Sr HS) received by fall over Matthew Dougherty (JD-CBA) Fall 4:20
- College 118
- third place
- third Place Match – Ramsey Dean-Prince (Hornell Sr HS) received by fall over Thomas Cooney (JD-CBA) Fall 1:51
- College 126
- third place
- third Place Match – Nolan McGregor (Hornell Sr HS) received a no contest over Ryan Donnellan (Brighton) NC
- College 132
- third place
- third Place Match – Myles Jarzyna (Livonia Sr HS) received by choice over Remy OKeefe (Eastridge) Dec 5-4
- College 138
- third place
- third Place Match – Braydon Albro (Penfield Sr HS) received on a tiebreaker – 1 Chris Grosso (JD-CBA) TB-1 2-1
- College 145
- third place
- third Place Match – Gavin Rook (Haverling, NY) received by forfeit over Brandon Foster (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) 2:50 Fall
- College 152
- third place
- third Place Match – Gerald Vielhauer (JD-CBA) received by fall over Alexander Tomaszewski (Churchville Chili Sr HS) Fall 2:59
- College 160
- third place
- third Place Match – Max Morrison (Brighton) received by fall over Kanye Cumberbatch (Alfred Almond Sr HS). Fall 4:13
- College 172
- third place
- third Place Match – Zack Mitchell (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) received by choice over Zach Gardiner (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) Dec 15-10.
- College 189
- third place
- third Place Match – Brock Brazie (Haverling, NY) received a no contest over Jonathan Cullen (Churchville Chili Sr. HS) NC.
- College 215
- third place
- third Place Match – Ethan Home (Hornell Sr HS) received by main choice over Austin Rohr-Cimino (Irondequoit Excessive Sch) Could 9-1.
- College 285
- third place
- third Place Match – Dominic Lockwood (Hornell Sr HS) received by forfeit over Behruz Sayfitdinov (Brighton). Fall 4:12
Additionally posting:
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Nathan Wagner (Brighton) received by main choice over James Gleason (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) Maj 16-2
- Cons. Semi – Joseph Kilmer (Hornell Sr. HS) received by choice over Hunter Weitzel (Hornell Sr. HS) 4-1 Dec.
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Andrew Jeffers (Churchville Chili Sr HS) received by fall over Connor Morris (Penfield Sr HS) Fall 1:53
- Cons. Semi – Matthew Dougherty (JD-CBA) received by fall over Isaac Kurtz (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) Fall 2:17
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Ramsey Dean-Prince (Hornell Sr. HS) received by main choice over Alexis Knickerbocker (Hornell Sr. HS) Could 15-3.
- Cons. Semi – Thomas Cooney (JD-CBA) received by fall over Owen Smith (Irondequoit Excessive Sch) Fall 2:33
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Nolan McGregor (Hornell Sr. HS) received by fall over Cole Brockman (Eastridge) Fall 2:23
- Cons. Semi – Ryan Donnellan (Brighton) received by fall over Sam Thor (Irondequoit Excessive Sch). Fall 1:40
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Remy OKeefe (Eastridge) received by choice over Owen Callahan (Irondequoit Excessive Sch) Dec 11-4.
- Cons. Semi – Myles Jarzyna (Livonia Sr HS) received by forfeit over Dakota Christian (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) 2:34 Fall
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Chris Grosso (JD-CBA) received by fall over Justin Tennity (Churchville Chili Sr HS) Fall 4:20
- Cons. Semi – Braydon Albro (Penfield Sr HS) received by choice over Greg Hargrave (Campbell-Savona Sr HS) 6-2 Dec.
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Gavin Rook (Haverling, NY) received by fall over Noah Ott (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) 1:33 Fall
- Cons. Semi – Brandon Foster (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) received by forfeit over Anthony Scalzo (Irondequoit Excessive Sch) FF.
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Gerald Vielhauer (JD-CBA) received by main choice over Haiden Kowt (Hornell Sr HS) Could 10-0.
- Cons. Semi – Alexander Tomaszewski (Churchville Chili Sr HS) received by fall over Blake Brooks (Campbell-Savona Sr HS) Fall 2:11
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Max Morrison (Brighton) received by main choice over Kaiden Ellis (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) Maj 10-1.
- Cons. Semi – Kanye Cumberbatch (Alfred Almond Sr HS) received by fall over Brayden Wallow (Penfield Sr HS) Fall 2:20
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Zack Mitchell (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) received by forfeit over Grayson Cartwright (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS). Fall 1:33
- Cons. Semi – Zach Gardiner (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr HS) received by fall over Parker Value (Bolivar-Richburg Sr HS) Fall 3:38
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Brock Brazie (Haverling, NY) received by forfeit over Max Tomaszewski (Churchville Chili Sr HS) FF.
- Cons. Semi – Jonathan Cullen (Churchville Chili Sr HS) received by fall over Brady Callahan (Irondequoit Excessive Sch) Fall 0:37
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Austin Rohr-Cimino (Irondequoit Excessive Sch) received by choice over Elijah Bender (Dansville-Wayland Cohocton Sr. HS) Dec 7-3.
- Cons. Semi – Ethan Home (Hornell Sr HS) received by choice over Michael Darling (JD-CBA) 4-0 dec.
Jonesy-Samis
- Cons. Semi – Dominic Lockwood (Hornell Sr HS) received by choice over Tj Gause (Livonia Sr HS) Dec 3-2.
- Cons. Semi – Behruz Sayfitdinov (Brighton) received by forfeit over Cameron Beecher (JD-CBA) FF
