Full Oswego Individual Results
Full Team Standings

OSWEGO, N.Y. - Junior Aidan Mathews of the wrestling team won the 197-pound tournament title at the 51st Annual New York State Collegiate Championships hosted by SUNY Oswego.  As a team, the Lakers finished sixth with 95 points as eight athletes placed among the top-8 in their weight class to earn All-State honors.

THE BASICS

• Final Score:  95 Points (6 of 13)
• Location:  Max Ziel and Auxiliary Gymnasiums, Laker Hall - Oswego, N.Y.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Mathews came into the tournament as the second seed and had a bye in the opening round.
• He won his initial two bouts by fall, the first at 2:58 and the second at 4:16 to advance to the final where he won by a 5-2 decision over the top-seeded wrestler.
• William Hardin II had a nice afternoon going 5-1 on the day with a fall, a technical fall and a major decision among his victories to earn third in the 133-pound weight class.
• Also earning third was Christian Gramuglia at 165 by way of a 5-1 record, including four straight wins to end the tournament.
• The Lakers put two other wrestlers on the podium at 165 as Charlie Grygas took fifth and Caleb Beach earned eighth.
• My'kle Thomas and John DeConno each earned sixth, with Thomas getting the fastest pin (:23) of the day for the Lakers.
• Josh Bressette, in the 157-pound weight class, was the other All-State wrestler for the Lakers as he won a pair of bouts (6-2, 3-1) by decision.

WHAT'S NEXT

Oswego heads over to Rochester for the 54th RIT Invitational scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on December 7.