Team:
St. Francis
Section:
CHSAA
2024 Achievements:
-3rd at the 2024 NYSPHSAA DI State Tournament
-2024 NYCHSAA State Tournament Champions
-2024 NYCHSAA State Dual Champions
Rationale:
Went a perfect 9-0, including wins over DII #1 Honeoye Falls-Lima and DII #25 Newfane to win the VinLouie Pizzeria Duals!
Description:
Defending their home soil on the Hamburg, NY based campus, the Red Raiders would not just win; they'd conquer in convincing fashion by getting their arms raised in 101 of the 117 contested individual bouts between last Friday and Saturday...
Entering the 2024-2025 season as the #2 ranked large school program in the state; the defending CHSAA State Dual and Tournament champs made an early play for the top spot when they upended the "numero uno" among DII schools, Honeoye Falls-Lima, to the tune of a 50-17 triumph!!
Picking up all important signature dubs during this clash of #1 (DII) vs. #2 (DI) would be the likes of Griffin LaPlante (22-7 TF over #3 ranked/2024 State 4th, Waylan Winseman); Kole Haseley (pinned #15 ranked Chase McVige in 1:03); Zachary Caldwell (10-2 major decision over 2024 Section 5 placer, Owen Englert); & Willy Wortkoetter (pinned 2024 Section 5 placer, August Youngstrom, in 2:00)...
The win over the Cougars being the second of a pair of top-25 victories notched by St. Francis; on day #1, they were every bit as convincing in toppling 25th-rated Newfane by a score of 56-15...
Emerging with a noteworthy individual exploit versus the the Panthers would be Rory White (pinned 2023 S6 Bronze medalist, Collin Doxey, in 3:32)!!!
Additional dual victories came at the expense of the following:
*55-15 over Orchard Park (Haseley 15-0 over '24 S6 6th, Evan Dorsheimer)
*63-9 over Gowanda (Haseley 16-1 over '24 S6 6th, Greg Reid)
*72-6 over Lewiston-Porter
*67-4 over Attica-Batavia (Caldwell 4-2 over #7 ranked, Dominic Darch)
*57-9 over Eden (Catrabone 2-0 over #2 ranked/2024 State 7th, Mason DellaPenta)
*71-0 over Niagara Falls (Catrabone 14-3 over #15 ranked/2024 S6 runner-up, Cameron Crumpler),
*70-0 over Frontier (Wortkoetter pinned #3 ranked/2024 State 7th, Mike Welsh, in a time of 1:22)
Seven different Red Raiders completed the weekend's festivities unblemished as LaPlante (160/170), White (160/170), Caldwell (215), and Wortkoetter (285) were joined in the undefeated club by Tanner Catrabone (108), Cullen Edwards (124), and and Tavio Hoose (190)...
Rocco Batt (101), Haseley (131/138) both just missed perfection by racking up 8-1 resumes...
Zak Massaro (131/138) & Max McCarthy (145/152) more than held their own, ending the weekend with 7-2 marks!
WEIGHT CLASS | NAME | RECORD |
---|---|---|
101 | Rocco Batt | 8-1 |
108 | Tanner Catrabone | 9-0 |
116 | Cam Wiepert | 5-4 |
124 | Cullen Edwards | 9-0 |
131/138 | Kole Haseley | 8-1 |
131/138 | Zak Massaro | 7-2 |
145/152 | Max McCarthy | 7-2 |
145/152 | Brandon Wiepert | 3-3 |
152 | Owen Miller | 0-3 |
160/170 | Griff LaPlante | 9-0 |
160/170 | Rory White | 9-0 |
190 | Tavio Hoose | 9-0 |
215 | Zachary Caldwell | 9-0 |
285 | William Wortkoetter | 9-0 |
***If there is a team that you feel ought to be honored; please do not hesitate to share your opinion....
All nominations for consideration can be submitted to NYUSAWTOW@gmail.com****
Note: Criteria/bullet points for a given week will run the traditional Sunday-Saturday format!
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