Wildcats Place 6th At Patrick J. Morales Memorial Tournament, With One Individual Champion and Three Others Placing

Photo submitted – Jake atop the 190LB Platform

The Central Clarion Wildcat Wrestling Team competed in the Patrick J. Morales Memorial Tournament at Falconer (NY) High School on Friday and Saturday January 9th and 10th, placing sixth with 115.0 points, in a field of twenty teams from throughout upstate New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania.

In claiming sixth place, Central Clarion crowned one champion, Jake Henry at 190 and had three other placewinners. Wyatt Aaron was third at 126, Grayson Aaron finished fourth at 138, with Ethan Rex claiming fifth at 175.

The total team standings include:

(1) St. Francis (NY) 373.5, (2) Corry Area 250.0, (3) Chautauqua Lake (NY) 221.5, (4) Spencerport (NY) 126.0, (5) Falconer (NY) 117.5, (6) Central Clarion 115.0, (7) Randolph (NY) 87.0, (8) Maple Grove (NY) 81.5, (9) Jamestown (NY) 80.0, (10) Hamburg (NY) 79.5, (11) Eisenhower 77.0, (12) Gowanda (NY) 65.5, (13) Dunkirk (NY) 57.0, (14) Pioneer (NY) 54.0, (15) Iroquois (NY) 52.0, (16) Southwestern (NY) 30.0, (17) Frewsburg (NY) 28.0, (18) Medina (NY) 21.0, (19) Kane 9.0, (20) Bolivar-Richburg (NY) 8.5

Jake went 4-0 in the tournament.

He began with a win by fall over Colton Raymond of Frewsburg in 1:51 of their bout in Championship Round 1.

Jake’s next victory came in the Championship Quarterfinals, where he pinned Falconer’s Tyler anderson in 1:47. He followed that by pinning Bryceton Wilkins from Eisenhower in 0:49 in the Championship Semifinals.

Jake secured Gold in the Championship Final, with a 10-3 decision over Patrick Braley from Falconer.

Wyatt had a 5-1 tournament record.

He pinned Kobe Zilliox from Iroquois at 1:28 in Championship Round 1 to open his tournament run. He followed that with another pin downing Kane’s Jacob Menteer in 0:42 in Championship Round 2.

The Championship Quarterfinals saw Wyatt with another victory by fall, downing Jax Aina from Spencerport in 5:24.

He lost by technical fall, 17-2 to Brayden Kellison-Neglia from St. Francis (NY) in the Championship Semifinals.

Wyatt came back with two wins.

He decisioned Logan Fuller from Chautauqua Lake 8-4 in the Consolation Semifinals and followed that by pinning Corry’s Landon Walizer in 2:31 in the Third Place Match.

Grayson went 3-2 for the weekend.

He reeled off three straight technical falls, downing Eisenhower’s Brenton Myers 17-2 in Championship Round 1, Xavion Troutman from Southwestern 17-1 in Championship Round 2 and Corry’s Owen Anderson in 17-1 in the Championship Quarterfinals.

He finished the competition with two heartbreaking losses, falling 1-0 to Zakary Massaro from St. Francis in the Championship Semifinals and 10-8 to Chautauqua Lake’s Gavin Burchanowski in the Third Place Match.

Ethan went 3-1.

He lost by a pin to Riley Best from Falconer, in 5:18 of their match in Championship Round 1.

He followed that with a pin of his own in Consolation Round 2, defeating Jamestown’s Drew Bloomquist in 4:02. Ethan registered a big 18-0 technical fall over Lucas Boyd from Pioneer and then finished with an 11-1 major decision over Logan Quattrone from Maple Grove in the Fifth Place Match.

Several other Wildcats picked up wins.

Tate Allison, wrestling at 138, went 3-2 at 138. His wins came by a pin in 0:35, a 12-2 major decision and a forfeit.

At 144, Kullen Buzza also went 2-2, with his wins coming by a 17-0 technical fall and an 8-3 decision.

Marlon Lewis finished at 2-2 at 190, with both of his wins coming by fall, one in 3:00 and the other in 4:10.

Going 2-2 at 215 was Dylan Albertine, who registered two pins, in 0:39 and 4:46.

Four Wildcats finished at 1-2, Jackson Mranvintz at 132, Trenton Dotterer at 150, Kord Stewart at 165 and Ben Naser at 157.

Jackson’s win came on a 17-2 technical fall.

Trenton won on an 11-0 major decision.

Ben’s win came on an 11-9 decision.

Kord’s win came via a 0:58 pin.

Others competing for the Wildcats included: Elizabeth and Regan Pavlock at 103; Drew Crompton and Shuan Roberts at 118; Katelynn Davis at 126; James Sprague at 144; Kayden Smith at 150; and Montgomery Frederick at 285.

Central Clarion Head Coach Braun Gourley shared his thoughts.

“Overall the team wrestled with lots of effort. Our goal is always to be in the top 5 as a team which we just missed this year, finishing 6th.

“Jake Henry had a great tournament beating a solid wrestler in the finals from New York that was 29-0 before wrestling Jake. Wyatt Aaron had a strong outing finishing third at 126. Grayson Aaron finished fourth and Ethan Rex returned from an injury to take 5th.”

(Great tournament Wildcats and congratulations to Jake on your championship and to Wyatt, Grayson and Ethan on placing as well!!!!)