MAC team title stays with Bears

By: Patrick Newell, Sports Editor
Published: February 11th, 2008

Wrestling

OXFORD – B-G/Afton captured its third straight Midstate Athletic Conference title Saturday at Oxford outdistancing runner-up Greene by 16 points.

Kris Stafford won his third straight league title, one of three Bears titlists. Stafford was solid in a 10-5 decision over Deposit-Hancock’s Derek Wignall at 160 pounds, and it followed title wins by Kyle Davy at 130 points and Wayne Cirigliano’s at 103 pounds.

The Bears piled up the points placing seven wrestlers in the finals. “I didn’t feel we were as sharp as we needed to be, and we had to grind a little more,” said Bears coach Brandon MacNaught. “I am taking a positive out of a negative. Yes, we didn’t perform to our capabilities, but we still won.”

Greene’s title wins came from Kurt Shear at 145 pounds and Tyler Beckwith’s at 171, and the clear difference as B-GA’s strength in the lower weights. Six of B-GA’s finalists came in the first six weight classes.

Unadilla Valley edged Walton for third place getting a title from Tyler Peet at 119 pounds. The sectional class tournaments are next weekend.

Team scores: Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton 138.5, Greene 122.5, Unadilla Valley 105, Walton 104, Deposit-Hancock 88, Harpursville 86, Unatego 70.5, Delhi 60, Sidney 55, Oxford 22.

Finals

96: Scott Stafford (Sid) pinned Cyrus Periera (BGA), :20. 103: Wayne Cirigliano (BGA) dec. Mike Beckwith (Gre), 1-0. 112: Cody Dill (Una) dec. Danny Gormley (BGA), 6-2. 119: Tyler Peet (UV) dec. Chris Burnett (BGA), 4-0. 125: Nick Wilcox (Gre) pinned Vinnie Buttice (BGA), 4:53. 130: Kyle Davy (BGA) dec. Mark Geier (UV), 5-1. 135: Dustin Van Valkenburg (Wal) dec. Shawn Hanrahan (Una), 9-5. 140: Victor Coronado (Harp) won by tech. fall over Ken Iscaro (Una), 15-0, 3:49. 145: Kurt Shear (Gre) dec. Darin Wignall (D-H), 5-4. 152: Pat Moore (Harp) dec. Luke Krembs (D-H), 11-2. 160: Kris Stafford (BGA) dec. Derek Wignall (D-H), 10-5. 171: Tyler Beckwith (Gre) dec. Cody Reed (Wal), 5-3. 189: Brett Hauber (D-H) pinned Josh Sandell (UV), 2:12. 215: Rich Fletcher (Wal) dec. Devon Bedient (Del), 4-3. 285: Jose Rivera (Harp) pinned Marty Cole (Del), :55.

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