SYRACUSE – Over the weekend, Norwich competed in the inaugural NYS Dual Wrestling tournament, representing Section IV after winning at Tioga a week prior at the Section IV Dual Championship tournament.

With a total of 12 teams wrestling for the Division-II dual title, four pools were created with three teams in each. Norwich drew the four seed and landed the pool with Section V Canisteo-Greenwood and Section I Pearl River.

Facing Canisteo-Greenwood first, the fourth-seeded Purple Tornado quickly jumped out to an 18-0 lead.

Starting at 220 pounds, Norwich’s head coach put Brennan Slater on the mat first. Slater pinned his opponent at 3:02 to get the first six point for the Purple. Tyler Rice added the next six as he also won by pin. Rice’s came in just :37. Dante Geislinger got Norwich to 18 points with the third straight pin, his coming in the a minute and half in the second period.

Canisteo-Greenwood won the next three matches by a major decision, a 5-3 decision and a :59 pin.

The rest of the dual back-and-forth between the two teams.

The Tornado’s Mike Squires pinned his opponent in 1:39 and Eli Rodriguez followed with another win, his by way of a 7-1 decision.

At this point in the match, the score was 35-27, in favor of Canisteo-Greenwood.