CHENANGO COUNTY – The Section IV and Section III wrestling tournaments kick-off this Friday and Saturday, and after excelling in class tournaments last weekend, several Chenango County high school wrestlers will compete.
The Section IV tournament will begin at 5 p.m. in Watkins Glen with the 99-lbs weight class, featuring number one seed Norwich wrestler Dante Geislinger versus 16-seed Greene wrestler Lyric Libbey.
Also representing Chenango County in the 99-lbs weight class is number nine seed Jacob Terpstra of Bainbridge-Guilford-Afton-Harpursville (BGAH) and number five seed Andrew Brown of Norwich.
In the 106-lbs weight class, Greene’s Jordan Taft is a five seed, BGAH’s Dylan Decker is a four seed, and Oxford’s Cooper Rice is a two seed.
Wrestling at 113-lbs, Teague Rezucha of BGAH is thirteenth seed and Nick Glanville of Norwich is four seed.
Wrestling at 120-lbs, Brady Smith of Oxford is the eighth seed and Damien Hitt of Greene is the 14-seed.
At 126-lbs, Mikey Squires of Norwich is a number one seed. Greene’s Vincent Giovanetti is also in the weight class at the 12-seed, and Brady Buttice of BGAH is the 10-seed.
16-seed Paul Baker of Oxford will try to pull off an upset in the 132-lbs weight class. Norwich’s Eli Rodriguez is the three seed in the weight class, and BGAH’s Haiden Burns is the seventh seed.