Holley/Kendall won five of the final six bouts to open up what was a close match in their 57-30 wrestling victory over visiting Churchville-Chili. 120 lb. Joe Franzese, 220 lb. Brandon Stewart and 99 lb. Tristyn Moyer converted early takedowns into first period pins in 2:00, 1:19 and :45 respectively for the Hawks.
Holley’s Jayden Pieniaszek began the match at 106 lb. opening up a 12-2 lead before converting his fall at 3:27. Saints 113 lb. Jesse Pitoni then tied the match with his own first period fall in just :54.
The two teams traded falls in the next two bouts as well with Franzese barely beating the first period horn for the Hawks and the Saints Ty Raines building a 14-4 advantage before pinning his man in 4:23 at 126 lb.
Churchville-Chili took a brief lead after Nathan Sanborn made quick work of his 132 lb. opponent in just :33.
The closest bout of the match came at 138 lb. as Holley’s Eli Stanton had his 8-4 third period lead disappear before rebounding with a takedown in the first overtime session to the 10-8 win.
Holley took the lead back for good as both Erik Balys and Jeremy Browe won via forfeit at 145 and 152 lb.
The Saints Tyler Wittman brought his team to within 27-24 with second period fall in 3:36, but the Hawks sealed the victory with their late run.
Holley’s Dylan Spellan beat the second period buzzer with a come-from-behind fall in 4:00 at 182 lb. and Nate Silversmith pinned his man just ten seconds into the third period at 195 lb.
Stewart and Moyer’s falls sandwiched a Saints pin by James McNair-Rollins in 1:02 at 285 lb. as Holley improved to 3-0 in dual meets this season and were Honorable Mention in the December 21 Section V rankings.
