HS GIRLS WRESTLING: SVEC’S BOHLING ROLLS TO TRADESMEN TITLE TO LEAD LOCAL CONTINGENT (2024-12-13)
By TIM TAYLOR
Tioga County Sports Report
ENDICOTT — Dallas Bohling recorded three technical falls and a pair of pins to win the 114-pound championship at the U-E Girls Tradesman wrestling tournament at Union-Endicott Friday evening.
The Spencer-Van Etten/Candor standout posted a 10-0 tech fall over Lauren Mahon of Corning in the championship round.
Bohling started the tournament off with a 10-0 tech of Chenango Forks’ Kendra Williams, then dispatched Harley Ackerman of Horseheads in 36 seconds. She followed that up with a 12-2 tech over Alayne Riley of Homer before adding another quick pin with a 16-second decking of Oneonta’s Caitlyn Thompson.
The Eagles’ Katelynn VanEtten (235) went 3-1 and finished third, Taylor Zufall (114) was fourth, Tayah Beach (120) bounced back from a first-round loss to win four straight bouts and place fifth, and Abigail Russell (132) was sixth.
VanEtten opened with a pin of Nyasia Harris of Vestal in 2:28, then added a fall over Izmarieah Rivers-Morgan of Elmira in 31 seconds. She fell to Coraline VanSkiver of Corning by pin in 1:04 in the semifinals, then won by injury default over Cadence Trinidad of U-E in the third-place bout.
Zufall notched a pair of quick pins to open the tourney, taking out U-E’s Laila Morin in 57 seconds before decking Isabella Burlingame of Homer in 31 ticks. She fell to Corning’s Lauren Mahon by a 10-0 tech fall over Taylor Zufall, then to Kendra Williams of Chenango Forks, 12-1, in the third-place bout.
Beach faced unbeaten Mya Locke of Homer in her first match and at one point appeared to score a pin. The referee ruled otherwise and Locke went on to win by pin in 2:18. It was her longest match of the day. Beach made quick work of her next three opponents, registering 22-second pins against Oneonta’s Brooklynn Boecke and Horseheads’ Alexis Miles. In between, she added a 10-second injury default victory over Codi Lundfelt of Elmira. In the fifth-place bout, she pinned Ahraya Whitt from Oxford/Greene in 2:15.
Russell was 0-5 on the night, but did score three team points for SVEC.
Morse came out strong with a pin in 2:14 against Madison Stoddard of Chenango Forks. She lost by pin in 1:05 against Josalyn Irvin of Elmira, but bounced back by decking Alexis Miles of Horseheads in 1:39. In the semifinals, Morse lost by pin to Locke in 45 seconds, then ended her tourney with a loss by pin in two minutes vs. Oneonta’s Jae Rivera in the third-place tilt.
Homer won the 20-team tournament with 171.5 points to outdistance Horseheads (155) and Corning (137). Oneonta (123.5) was fourth and Groton, which brought just six wrestlers, but crowned three champs, took fifth 101.5 points. SVEC was 13th with 27.5 points and Newark Valley was 17th with 15.
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