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I’m sitting matside as we’re about 15 minutes away from the start of the finals at Yorktown HS. As expected, Somers will be facing off with the ‘Huskers in the first place match. The Tuskers are probably a slight favorite, but I fully expect Yorktown to give them a run for their money. In the third place match, we have a bit of a surprising matchup. Croton-Harmon will be taking on Ossining.

UPDATE: Somers defeats Yorktown in the championship match, 37-34. Despite some lineup shuffling from each team, they ended up with the same exact score that they wrestled to earlier in the year. The biggest match was at 285, where the Tuskers bumped Dom DeVita up to wrestle against section title contender David Varian. In a controversial finish, Varian picked up a takedown in the third overtime period to come away with a 4-2 win. I’ll have more on all of that later. Here are the box scores:

First place match
Somers 37, Yorktown 34
132 – Kyle Turchick (So) maj. dec. Kyle Santucci, 11-1. 138 – Larry Courtine (So) dec. Jesse Jewell, 10-5. 145 – Chris Pyle (Yk) dec. Liam Heine, 2-0. 152 – Joe Mastro (Yk) pin Joe Stanton, 4:39. 160 – Mark Lasar (So) pin Harry Mandel, 3:44. 170 – Brian Realbuto (So) by forfeit. 182 – Steven Sabella (Yk) maj. dec. Angelo Revel, 11-3. 195 – Thomas Murray (Yk) pin Jason DiBenedetto, 5:31. 220 – Nick Giancaspro (So) pin Arik Mahen, 1:19. 285 – David Varian (Yk) dec. Dom DeVita, 4-2, 3 OT. 99 – Nick Belmonte (Yk) by forfeit. 106 – Double forfeit. 113 – Luke Roediger (So) pin Chris Varian, 3:39. 120 – Dylan Realbuto (So) pin Jordan Olivera, 1:58. 126 – Jimmy Kaishain (Yk) pin Mike Morano, 3:26.

Third place match
Ossining 49, Croton-Harmon 25
132 – Dan Guido (CH) pin Demetrius Moyla, 4:30. 138 – JP O’Malley (CH) dec. Doug Rothman, 7-1. 145 – Johnny Martin (CH) pin Christian Ojeda, 2:45. 152 – Kevin Gamboa (Os) dec. Andrew Horan, 7-5. 160 – Andy Balcomb (Os) pin Eli Greenstein, 1:36. 170 – Devante Harrell (Os) pin Lewis, 1:06. 182 – Greg Lamb (Os) pin Seutro, :12. 195 – Leo McCarthy (Os) by forfeit. 220 – Trent Lofaro (Os) by forfeit. 285 – Double forfeit. 99 – Andrew Barsuch (CH) pin Austin Berger, :48. 106 – Senai Motley (Os) pin Schultz, 1:23. 113 – Michael Carnivalle (Os) by forfeit. 120 – Alex Delacruz (Os) maj. dec. DJ Frederich, 14-5. 126 – David Occhipinti (CH) pin Basten Pasten, :32.

All the rest of the wrestling is done. Here are all of the scores from the past two days:

5th place: Carmel 54, Sleepy Hollow 38
7th place: Hen Hud 36, Putnam Valley 26
9th place: John Jay 44, Westlake 36
11th place: Byram Hills 57, Dobbs Ferry 18

Round 1 – Friday
Somers 48, John Jay 12
Carmel 46, Hen Hud 29
Ossining 49, Byram Hills 30
Yorktown 51, Sleepy Hollow 23
Croton-Harmon 51, Westlake 24
Putnam Valley 39, Dobbs Ferry 33

Round 2 – Friday
Somers 53, Carmel 18
John Jay 41, Byram Hills 24
Ossining 54, Hen Hud 33
Sleepy Hollow 59, Westlake 22
Yorktown 66, Dobbs Ferry 18
Croton-Harmon 49, Putnam Valley 22

Round 3 – Saturday
Somers 54, Hen Hud 27
Ossining 53, John Jay 30
Carmel 46, Byram Hills 36
Croton-Harmon 42, Sleepy Hollow 39
Yorktown 63, Putnam Valley 21
Westlake 48, Dobbs Ferry 42

Round 4 – Saturday
Somers 48, Ossining 33
Carmel 54, John Jay 31
Hen Hud 45, Byram Hills 30
Sleepy Hollow 42, Putnam Valley 30
Yorktown 70, Westlake 9
Croton-Harmon 54, Dobbs Ferry 24

Round 5 – Saturday
Somers 57, Byram Hills 12
Hen Hud 39, John Jay 30
Ossining 46, Carmel 34
Sleepy Hollow 54, Dobbs Ferry 12
Yorktown 58, Croton-Harmon 18
Putnam Valley 42, Westlake 30