by Warren Kozireski
Western Monroe County wrestlers won eight of the 15 weight classes in Division I while Holley had two class winners at the SuperSectionals held at RIT’s Gordon Field House. The winners and several wild cards advance to the State Tournament February 24 and 25 in Albany.
Spencerport continued their pursuit of another state title with three winners. Jon Haas took the 99 lb. division with a 3-2 decision in double-overtime, Angelo DeAngelis registered in fall in 5:00 in his final at 138 lb. and Steve Maier won via major decision (16-4) at 152 lb.
Brockport placed four wrestlers in the winner’s circle with Barton Peters winning via fall in 1:55 at 106 lb., Jimmy Porteus a 3-0 decision at 132 lb., Jared Mesiti by a 3-2 count at 170 lb. and Jesse Kozub a 5-3 decision at 195 lb.
Hilton’s Vincent DePrez picked up a 9-2 decision in the final to win the 113 lb. division.
The Class B, Holley senior Quinton Murphy continued his quest to become one of the few to win four state titles as he took the 138 lb. class with a 19-7 major decision in the final.
Teammate Kacee Sauer also won the 285 lb. division with a 2-1 victory in the final.
The winners receive automatic entries to the state tournament while there are four wild cards to be awarded among second place finishers. Area wrestlers hoping for those bids are Hilton’s Anthony DePrez, Spencerport’s Mike Roman, Jesse Kimmerli and Austin Coleman as well as Brockport’s Josh Maier and Joesef Carter in Class A. Holley’s Andrew Flanagan was also a second place finisher in Class B.
