Greene's Stanton Realizes Dream
Published: February 27th, 2012
By: Patrick Newell

Greene's Stanton realizes dream

ALBANY – The end of Kyle Stanton’s high wrestling journey ended with him falling to his knees in the center of the Times Union Arena in celebration.

The Greene senior culminated his varsity career at Greene with a New York State championship, and he did so with devastating efficiency. He pinned all four of his opponents using just two minutes and 57 seconds of mat time. His title bout was the only one to last more than a minute with Hornell’s Zachary Bacon succumbing in all of 68 seconds.

“I knew coming into the tournament that I wanted to get in and get out; to do what I had to do to win,” Stanton said. “Everything just starting clicking from the first match, and I felt really confident in the finals. I wasn’t as nervous as I thought I would be.”

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