Fredonia’s Carlie Sluberski won silver at 51 kg/116.5 lbs for team USA at the women’s Senior Pan American Championships in Santiago, Chile on April 25th. Securing gold for the U.S. were Sarah Hildebrandt at 55 kg/121 lbs. and Jennifer Page at 60kg/132 lbs. Read the full story here.
At this years annual NFWOA banquet, 40 year veteran official Vito Stella, affectionately known for his unusually tiny feet, was honored as this years recipient of the NFWOA Contributor award. The award is given to recognize years of dedication and contribution the the sport of wrestling in WNY. Also honored this year were Pioneer coach …
The NYSPHSAA Wrestling Championship tournament has concluded with a lone section 6 champion for the second straight year. That champion once again was Kellen Devlin of Amherst. His 126 lb. Division II final was shortened by a dominant performance resulting in an 18-2 tech fall in 4:31 over Jake Kurzhals (Pearl River). Below are all section …
Connor Day that is. In the Division I finals at 126 lbs, number one seed Anthony Orefice of Lockport was defeated by number three seed Connor Day of Iroquois. Day defeated second seed David Killian of Lake Shore in the semifinals before going down 5-0 to Orefice in the finals. Clawing his way back into the match …
In a close battle for the team crown, Hilton of section 5 claimed victory at the 2015 NFWOA Tournament. Close behind were Schroeder and Maple Grove, followed by Lockport and Niagara Wheatfield to round out the top five. Click here to see all the results in the final bracket.