NEW YORK STATE WRESTLING: OWEGO'S BUNDY GARNERS BRONZE AT CHAMPIONSHIPS (2020-02-02)

BY TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
ALBANY — Owego's Cam Bundy rebounded from a semifinal loss to score a pair of decisions and place third at 170 pounds at the NYSPHSAA Division II Wrestling Championships at the Times Union Center here Saturday.

Owego coach Nick Rodgers was pleased with Bundy's overall performance as he won four of five matches.

"He held seed," he said. "He came in here seeded third and he held seed and we really can't argue with that. He lost to a really good kid and beat everyone else, so that's great."

In the third-place match, Bundy, the third seed, would escape with 1:33 left in the second period for a 1-0, then give fifth-seeded Kaul Runfola of Letchworth an escape to knot the score.

Bundy scored a takedown, gave up an escape, then took Runfola down to his back in the final seconds to post a 7-2 victory.

"That's our whole game plan, getting in on the legs," Rodgers said. "Cam can take anyone down when he gets in on their legs. Keep that game plan going, create pressure on the feet ... got a few more stall calls, but it is what it is. We finished it anyway."

Bundy took on Mt. Sinai standout Matt Campo, the second seed, in the morning semifinals and came out on the short end of as 7-1 decision.

Campo scored the initial takedown 39 seconds into the first period, then attempted to turn Bundy with arm bars, but was unsuccessful.

He hit a standing switch off the whistle in the second period to increase his advantage to 4-0, then used a tilt 30 second slater to push the lead to 7-0.

Bundy would pick up a point on a stalling call in the third period.

The Owego junior bounced back with a 4-1 victory over Windsor's Langdon Sibley to move into the third-place match.

Sibley, 1-2 against Bundy this season, attempted to set up throws with overhooks, underhooks and head grabs, but Bundy would have nothing to do with it.

Bundy broke a scoreless battle early in the second period with an escape, then Sibley tied it up with an escape early in the third.

Sibley would be warned for stalling, then get dinged for a point on a second stalling call with 31 seconds remaining in the bout.

Bundy scored a takedown on the edge of the mat with 19 seconds left to make it 4-1.

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