Gowanda/Pine Valley’s Warrior starts states with win at 144 pounds
Gowanda/Pine Valley's Nathan Warrior controls his opening match at 144 pounds in the Division 2 bracket of the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships at MVP Arena in Albany on Friday morning. Warrior won his match against Diego Villacis of North Shore-VIII with a pin at 2:26. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer's Colton Hamilton drives for his first takedown against Hudson Garbarino of Pawling-I in the 215-pound bracket of Division 2 on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Hamilton scored a third-period pin to advance to the prequarterfinals. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley's Dylan Newman controls his match against Karian Aspinall of Bronx Studio School in the 126-pound Division 2 bracket on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Newman earned a pin just 26 seconds into the match. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Randolph senior Kamren Anderson kicked off action at the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships in the 103-pound Division 2 bracket on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany with a 15-0 technical fall victory over Alyn Capen of Peru-VII. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer's Alex Bourgeois fights for crucial points in the third period of his opening match at 144 pounds in the Division 2 bracket. Bourgeois lost on 10-6 decision to Steven McCann of East Rochester-V on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Jamestown's Aaden Howard, right, battles for control with Chase Allocca of Carmel-I during the first-round of the 132-pound Division 1 bracket at the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Howard ultimately lost his opening match by an 11-1 major decision. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley junior Patrick Braley is the 5-seed at 190 pounds in the Division 2 bracket. As a sophomore, Braley earned the final position on the podium for the Golden Cougars and sports a 40-5 record coming into the state tournament. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Southwestern senior Carmine Calimeri walks onto the floor for his final NYSPHSAA wrestling championships on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Calimeri is looking to become a five-time place finisher and is the 5-seed at 138-pounds. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Southwestern senior Tavio Hoose will begin his final road to a state title after accomplishing the feat as a freshman for the Trojans. He enters the 190-pound Division 2 bracket as the 4-seed. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Gowanda/Pine Valley's Nathan Warrior controls his opening match at 144 pounds in the Division 2 bracket of the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships at MVP Arena in Albany on Friday morning. Warrior won his match against Diego Villacis of North Shore-VIII with a pin at 2:26. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer's Colton Hamilton drives for his first takedown against Hudson Garbarino of Pawling-I in the 215-pound bracket of Division 2 on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Hamilton scored a third-period pin to advance to the prequarterfinals. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley's Dylan Newman controls his match against Karian Aspinall of Bronx Studio School in the 126-pound Division 2 bracket on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Newman earned a pin just 26 seconds into the match. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Randolph senior Kamren Anderson kicked off action at the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships in the 103-pound Division 2 bracket on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany with a 15-0 technical fall victory over Alyn Capen of Peru-VII. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer's Alex Bourgeois fights for crucial points in the third period of his opening match at 144 pounds in the Division 2 bracket. Bourgeois lost on 10-6 decision to Steven McCann of East Rochester-V on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Jamestown's Aaden Howard, right, battles for control with Chase Allocca of Carmel-I during the first-round of the 132-pound Division 1 bracket at the NYSPHSAA wrestling championships on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Howard ultimately lost his opening match by an 11-1 major decision. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley junior Patrick Braley is the 5-seed at 190 pounds in the Division 2 bracket. As a sophomore, Braley earned the final position on the podium for the Golden Cougars and sports a 40-5 record coming into the state tournament. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Southwestern senior Carmine Calimeri walks onto the floor for his final NYSPHSAA wrestling championships on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany. Calimeri is looking to become a five-time place finisher and is the 5-seed at 138-pounds. OBSERVER photo by Christian Storms
Southwestern senior Tavio Hoose will begin his final road to a state title after accomplishing the feat as a freshman for the Trojans. He enters the 190-pound Division 2 bracket as the 4-seed. OBSERVER Photo by Christian Storms
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ALBANY -- Randolph senior Kamren Anderson started the New York State Public High School Athletic Association wrestling championships with a dominant win on Friday morning at MVP Arena in Albany.
Anderson, seeded No. 14 in the 103-pound Division 2 bracket, made quick work of No. 19 Alyn Capen of Peru-VII with a 15-0 technical fall victory. He breezed through his first-round opponent and will next wrestle No. 3 Connor Duryea of Avon/Geneseo-V in the prequarterfinals later this afternoon.
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley junior Dylan Newman got in on the shorty after, picking up a 26-second pin in his first-round match at 126 pounds against No. 21 Karian Aspinall of Bronx Studio School. The 11-seeded Newman's path back to the podium will go through No. 6 Colin Logalbo of Little Falls-III in the prequarterfinnls.
A pair of wrestlers took part in first-round action of the 144-pound Division 2 bracket, with 12-seeded Nathan Warrior of Gowanda/Pine Valley and 13-seeded sectional champion Alex Bourgeois of Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer.
While Warrior dropped the sectional final, he started states strong with a second period pin over No. 21 Diego Villacis of North Shore-VIII at 2:26. He moves on to wrestle No. 5 Cyler Baer of Gouverneur in the prequarterfinnls.
Bourgeois was unable to find the same success, falling behind early in his match and by the third period it was too late for him. Missing out on points in the second period after a quick whistle maintained a large distance between him and No. 20 Steven McCann of East Rochester-V. Bourgeois was ultimately sent to the wrestlebacks by 10-6 decision and McCann will move on to the prequarterfinnls against No. 4 Evan Sheils of Lansing-IV.
Jamestown's Aaden Howard dropped his opening match in the 132-pound Division 1 bracket, suffering an 11-1 major decision defeat at the hands of No. 12 Chase Allocca of Carmel-I. Howard will still have a shot at the podium, but it will now go through the wrestlebacks.
Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer junior Colton Hamilton closed the first-round matches for the local wrestlers, getting past No. 18 Hudson Garbarino of Pawling-I with a third-period pin at 5:06 in a match which he controlled the majority of.
The 15-seeded Hamilton joins the remaining seven local wrestlers that will join action in the prequarterfinals. His prequarterfinal matchup will be against No. 2 Gianni Velazquez of Geneva-V
Joining the fun after first-round byes, all in Division 2, are Southwestern's Adrian Torres at 110 pounds, Miles Torres at 118 pounds, Carmine Calimeri at 138 pounds and Tavio Hoose at 190 pounds, Falconer/Cassadaga Valley's Patrick Braley at 190 pounds, Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama/Clymer's Thandon Bensink at 132 pounds and Salamanca's Kasen Hardy at 285 pounds.