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Austin Bourgeois signs to wrestle in college for RIT Tigers

Westfield sports stars commit

Austin Bourgeois, of Westfield, recently signed his letter of intent to wrestle collegiately for the Rochester Institute of Technology. Bourgeois, a member of the Chautauqua Lake-Westfield-Panama Thunderbirds wrestling team, represented Westfield Academy at the NY State wrestling championship meet in Albany this past February. Westfield Athletic Director Jake Hitchcock called Austin "the ideal student-athlete."

Pictured seated from left: Steve Bourgeois (father), Austin Bourgeois, Peggy Bourgeois (mother). Pictured standing is Westfield Athletic Director Jake Hitchcock (left) and Thunderbirds wrestling coach Ken Rowe.