Section III Wrestling Friends of Section III Wrestling Booster of the Year

Section III Wrestling
Friends of Section III Wrestling
Booster of the Year
March 9, 2014
The Rusty Rail
Canastota, NY
Tonight’s Agenda
Meet & Greet
01:00-1:30
Buffet dinner
1:30-3:00
AWARDS CEREMONY
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Presented by Master of Ceremonies Dale Petroff
2013-14 Season in Review
Presented by Todd Fallon
Gene Mills Pin2Win Award
Presented by Gene Mills
Introduction of Champions and State Qualifiers
Presented by Brad Hamer
Section III New York State Tournament Officials
Presented by Fred Brown
Section III Dual Meet Champions
Presented by Pat Conners
Division 1 Exceptional Senior
Presented by Tony Burkinshaw
Division 2 Exceptional Senior
Presented by Bob Bush
Division 2 Coach of the Year
Presented by Pat Conners
Division 1 Coach of the Year
Presented by Tony Burkinshaw
Booster of the Year
Presented by Todd Fallon
Division 1 Wrestler of the Year
Presented by Kurt Honis
Division 2 Wrestler of the Year
Presented by John Richards
Closing Remarks
The Friends of Section III Wrestling
Hall of Fame
The Friends of Section III Wrestling
The Friends of Section III Wrestling season starts as soon as the wrestlers
Meet & Greet
season ends. We’ll meet in the spring and begin the planning phases for our
01:00-1:30
summer fundraisers. Without those summer fundraisers, we wouldn’t be
here at this banquet right now. Buffet dinner
1:30-3:00
This year, we’re trying a new
experiment – the Champion of Champions Dual. Wrestlers, fans, and coaches alike have often wondered aloud
AWARDS CEREMONY
who the true section three champion was. Now, we have the opportunity to
find that out at this unique
event. We encourage all section three champions
Welcome and Opening Remarks
to participate. Frankly,
this
a fundraiser,
as this Dale
eventPetroff
will be hitting
Presented is
bynot
Master
of Ceremonies
our bank account hard to put on. But, this is an opportunity to showcase our
sport and our champions and
we feelSeason
it’s worth
There will be growing
2013-14
in doing.
Review
pains, for sure, but with the proper
interest
level
and
support,
this could bePresented by Todd Fallon
come the must-see event of the wrestling season.
Our summer season
willMills
start Pin2Win
with the Golf
Classic, scheduled this
Gene
Award
year for Saturday, June 14th atPresented
GlenwoodbyGolf
Course
Gene
Mills in West Monroe
(Central Square exit off I-81). Last year, we had 24 teams and we’d like to
of For
Champions
State
get that numberIntroduction
up to 30 teams.
$70, you and
get 18
holesQualifiers
of golf, a terrific
Presented
by III
Brad
Hamer icons in compromismeal, and the chance to see some
Section
Wrestling
ing positions. Sounds like a bargain! The biggest advantage is that every
New York
State
Tournament
Officials
dollar earned Section
at the golfIII
tournament
gets
put directly
back into
Section III
Presented
by
Fred
Brown
Wrestling.
When we put the golf tournament behind us, we’ll immediately
Section III Dual Meet Champions
start focusing on Friday Night Lights Wrestling Festival. Many of you have
Presented by Pat Conners
participated in this event in some capacity in the first three years it was held.
This year, we turn on theDivision
lights on 1July
18th, 2014 at the Fulton Athletic
Exceptional Senior
Complex. Year three was Presented
the biggestby
yet,
andBurkinshaw
we hope to continue to grow.
Tony
We’ll also be implementing those lessons we have learned from the first
three years. Most significantly,
we’ll
remember that
it still gets pretty wet at
Division
2 Exceptional
Senior
night even on the hottest summer
days!
Come
on
back
Presented by Bob Bush to Friday Night
Lights this year. You won’t be disappointed!
After that, we’ll Division
take a much
neededofbreak
and enjoy some summer
2 Coach
the Year
fun (yes, we’re allowed to doPresented
that too!).byInPat
theConners
fall, we’ll regroup at our fall
board meeting. It is then that preparations will be made to induct the Section
Division
Coach
of theoutstanding
Year
III Wrestling Hall of Fame
Class of12014.
Another
class will be
Presented
Tony Burkinshaw
inducted on Saturday, November
1st by
at Borios
Restaurant – the home the
home Section III Wrestling Hall of Fame. This years induction class is PatBooster of
the Caruso
Year from New Hartford,
rick “Packy” Burke from Cooperstown,
David
Presented
by
Todd
Fallon
Patrick Conners from South Jefferson, Richard Farfaglia
from Fulton, and
“Mean” Gene Mills from Phoenix. Many of that class are in attendance at
Division 1 Wrestler of the Year
tonights banquet. Be sure
to congratulate them on reaching section three
Presented by Kurt Honis
wrestling immortality!
After that, we’llDivision
head into
the 2014-15 season. We’ll tote our clock
2 Wrestler of the Year
towers around, we’ll purchase
awards,
and
we’ll
plan for the 2015 banquet
Presented by
John
Richards
right here at the Rusty Rail. We try not to let any grass grow under our feet,
and we always put Section III Wrestling
first! Have a great summer and let’s
Closing Remarks
do this again next year.
Section III 2014 Champions
Division I
Division II
Kellan McKenna
New Hartford
99
Trey LaFlamme
South Jefferson
Joseph Barber
CNS
106
Theo Powers
Mexico
Andy McFarland
Cartharge
113
Derek Spann
Adirondack
Mitchell Woodworth
Fulton
120
Zack Burke
Morrisville-Eaton
Nicholas Toutant
Indian River
126
Ryan Snow
General Brown
Patrick Quinlan
Fayetteville Manlius
132
Austin Whitney
Mexico
Kevin Paul
Baldwinsville
138
Laken Cook
Ilion
Tristan Broddus
Fayetteville Manlius
145
Alex Herringshaw
Holland Patent
Chad McArdall
Baldwinsville
152
Tyler Silverthorn
General Brown
Travis Race
Fulton
160
Trevor Allard
Mexico
Sonny McPherson
Indian River
170
Jacob Woolson
Mexico
Gunnar Sutphen
Baldwinsville
182
Daniel Smith
South Jefferson
Ben Honis
CBA/Jamesville-Dewitt
195
Lane Frost
Vernon Verona Sherrill
Tyler Hudson
Whitesboro
220
Jake Benedict
Sandy Creek
Trevor Gibbons
Carthage
285
Tyler Havener
Oneida
Baldwinsville
Team
Champ
South Jefferson
Section III 2014 Class Champions
Wt
Class AA
Class A
99
Matt Griffin
(JD/CBA)
Kelan McKenna
(New Hartford)
106
Joseph Barber
(CNS)
Tucker Amato
(Indian River)
113
Audey Ashkar
(Liverpool)
Andy McFarland
(Carthage)
120
Dandre Norman
(Rome Free Academy)
Mitchell Woodworth
(Fulton)
126
Tyler Heggelke
(West Genesee)
Nicholas Toutant
(Indian River)
132
Patrick Quinlan
(Fayetteville Manlius)
Jonathan Earl
(Fulton)
138
Kevin Paul
(Baldwinsville)
Sean McKenna
(New Hartford)
145
Tristan Broddus
(Fayetteville Manlius)
Blake Engebretsen
(Central Square)
152
Darren Breen
(Liverpool)
Jordan Atwood
(Oswego)
160
Jarrett Norton
(CNS)
Travis Race
(Fulton)
170
Tim Byrnes
(Fayetteville Manlius)
Sonny McPherson
(Indian River)
182
Gunnar Sutphen
(Baldwinsville)
Landon Slawson
(Whitesboro)
195
Austin Piazza
Ben Honis
(CBA/Jamesville-Dewitt) (Oswego)
220
Joe Nasoni
(Baldwinsville)
Tyler Hudson
(Whiteboro)
285
Jared West
(CNS)
Trevor Gibbons
(Carthage)
Team
Champ Baldwinsville
Fulton
Section III 2014 Class Champions
Alex Herringshaw—D2 145 lbs.
Trevor Allard—D2 160 lbs
Class B
Class C
Class D
Trey LaFlamme
(south Jefferson)
Brent Millard
(Lowville)
Dempsey Carroll
(Copenhagen)
Tanner Cook
(CVA)
TJ Philpotts
(Herkimer)
Jonathan Handy
(Dolgeville)
Hunter Howland
(Mexico)
Derek Spann
(Adirondack)
Peter Winkler
(IHC)
Zach Ruggles
(Marcellus)
Kevin Dunshee
(Sherburne Earlville)
Noah Handy
(Dolgeville)
Brad Dietz
(Phoenix))
Ryan Snow
(General Brown)
Albert Amacher
(Poland)
Austin Whitney
(Mexico)
Cormac Green
(Port Byron)
Tanner Christian
(Mount Markham)
Laken Cook
(CVA)
Nate Walker
(Canastota)
Jared Williams
(Sandy Creek)
Matt Norris
(Homer)
Alex Herringshaw
(Holland Patent)
Isaiah Dunagan
(Otselic Valley)
Simon Breckenridge
(VVS)
Tyler Silverthorn
(General Brown)
Joe Benedict
(Sandy Creek)
Trevor Allard
(Mexico)
Jack Buell
(Sherburne Earlville)
Nicholas Koelmel
(IHC)
Jacob Woolson
(Mexico)
Derek Hilton
(Hannibal)
Triston Engle
(Dolgeville)
Daniel Smith
(South Jefferson)
Chris Pinckney
(Port Byron)
Kasey Foster
(Dolgeville)
Lane Frost
(VVS)
Dan Appley
(Herkimer)
Jacob Eisel
(Copenhagen)
Landry Cook
(CVA)
Garrett Duvall
(Sherburne Earlville)
Jake Benedict
(Sandy Creek)
Tyler Havener
(Oneida)
Brad Lucas
(Cazenovia)
Zachary Akey
(Sandy Creek)
CVA
Adirondack
Sandy Creek
Section III 2014 Team Champions
Section III Duals—General Brown Lions
Division I—Baldwinsville Bees
Division II—South Jefferson Spartans
Bill Kays has taught Physics and Chemistry at
Mexico High School for 28 years and for the last
26 of those years, he has been the wrestling
coach, too. He lives in the village of Mexico with
his wife of 33 years Maureen, and has four children, Conor, Eamon, Liam, and Katharine, and a
grandson Kaden. He is only the 5th coach in the
56 years since Sparky Rector started the program
in
Mexico in 1957. Bill also coached football for
20 seasons. He has been an OHSL League representative, and the Section 3 assistant coordinator
for wrestling for many years. His teams are noted
for being tough and wrestling hard, but also for being good role models for younger
wrestlers. He has always sought out the best competition during the season to prepare his wrestlers to compete at the highest levels and he has had a very successful
career:
*3 Section 3 Interclass Tournament Championships
*1 Section 3 Dual Meet Championship, Teams have participated in all but 1.
*6 Section 3 Class B Championships
*12 OHSL League Championships
*8 Scholar Athlete Teams (including this year)
*40 Section 3 Champions
*44 State Qualifiers
*26 State Place Finishers
*6 State Runners up
*1 State Champion
*7 National High School All-Americans
*3 NCAA Tournament Qualifiers
*Career Record of 350-125-2
His teams have been ranked in New York many times including 15 th in the Sportswriter’s Poll this year, and placed 2nd in the New York State Championships this
year.
Division I MOW
Division II MOW
Mitch Woodworth Alex Herringshaw
Sectional and State Tournament Officials
Alex Herringshaw capped an exceptional season by winning gold in Albany
and joins the elite group of New York State Champions. As a sophomore, Alex
has already set the record for career wins at Holland Patent with a 163-27 career record. He is already a 4x varsity letter winner for the Golden Knights and
is a 2x Class Champion, 2x Section III Champion, 4x Section III Placewinner,
3x New York State Championship Qualifier, and a 2x New York State Championship Placewinner. With two season to go (unless he goes pro early), Alex
still has a shot to break the other school records he has already set, including:
Section III’s State Tournament Officials
 Single Season Takedowns (73)
 Single Season Backpoints (149)
 Single Season Wins (50)
Congratulations, Alex, the 2014 Division II Wrestler of the Year!
Section III’s Sectional Tournament Officials
David Wise guided the Liverpool
Warriors to the 2014 CNYCL Championship with an 18-5 record. Overall, Coach Wise has compiled a 92-44
record. When you consider that 23 of
those losses were in his first year, as
he took over a program in shambles,
that means he’s 92-21 since! The
Warrior season culminated with a
second place finish at the Division
One Section III Wrestling Championships on February 15th. This represents the highest sectional placing in
Liverpool history. Considering the
Warriors did that without a single
champion, this is testament to the
“team” concept Coach Wise is instilling in his young team.
As a wrestler, Coach Wise wrestled for the mighty Fulton Red Raiders and
captained the 1989 New York State Dual Meet Champions. His wrestling career came to glorious finish that year, as he won the Section III Wrestling
Championship at 167 pounds.
David has coached two section three champions, eight class champions, and 31
sectional place winners. As you can find only five seniors in the Warrior
lineup, expect to see Coach Wise and his Liverpool wrestlers competing for
top honors for quite some time to come.
David is married to Debra and they have three children – Madison, Dylan, and
Blake. The Friends of Section III Wrestling congratulates and honors Coach
Wise as the Division I Coach of the Year.
Ben Honis leaves Section III
Wrestling a two-time champion with 124 wins. His senior
campaign, Ben tasted defeat
only twice – both to NYS
Champion Reggie Williams.
He gave the state champion by
far his toughest match in a 7-5
semi-final loss. With the heart
of a champion, Ben wrestled
back and took third in one of
the toughest brackets in Albany.
Before he was rolling up 21
pins this year on his way to
the sectional championship,
Ben was the starting fullback on the Jamesville-Dewitt football
team and scored All-CNY second team honors. In the future, he
will be attending Thompkins County Community College with
the hopes of wrestling for the Cornell Big Red some day.
Congratulations Ben, the 2014 Division I Wrestler of the Year!
Division I
Exceptional Senior Award
Kevin Paul
Kevin Paul has had an exceptional wrestling
career at Baker High School in Baldwinsville.
Kevin wrestled for 5 years posting a career
record of 146 – 33 with 87 varsity pins. He
helped lead his team to 3 consecutive Section
III Class AA titles & 2 Section III, Division 1
Championships. Kevin was also a 4x Section
III, Class AA Individual Champion & a 3x
Section III, Division 1 Champion. This year
Kevin Paul represented Section 3 as the sportsmanship recipient at the
NYSPHSAA Wresting Championship in Albany, N.Y.at the Times Union Arena. Kevin carried the Section 3 flag and led both Division I and II teams into
the Arena.
· Career Record
146 – 33
· 87 Career Pins
· 4x Section III Class AA Champion
· 3x Section III, Division 1 Champion
Congratulations, Kevin, on a spectacular career.
Division II
Exceptional Senior Award
Laken Cook
The career of Laken Cook ends in elite
company, joining the few New York
State wrestlers in the 200 win club,
closing out his career at 207-26. His
stellar senior season finds 43 wins
against just two losses (both to NYS
Champion Rifanburg). Laken was a six
time Section III Class Champion, five time Section III Champion, and a three
time New York State Championship Placewinner (4 th 2010, 5th 2011, and 2nd
2014). He was also a two year letterman in football and served as wrestling
team captain the last two years. It will seem odd next year to attend section
three wrestling events and not see Laken warming up on the sidelines. Your
contributions to Ilion/Central Valley and Section Three Wrestling will be sorely missed.