Tioga County Sports ReportBINGHAMTON — Chenango Forks won four of five weight classes midway through the dual to erase a six-point deficit on its way to a 39-31 win over Owego here Thursday night in STAC wrestling action.
Freshman Robert Curley gave the River Hawks the early lead at 108 pounds with a second-period pin of Maddox Hubbard, but the Blue Devils won the next two weight classes by fall to take a 12-6 lead.
Freshman John Cornwell righted the ship at 131 pounds with a second-period fall over Jason O'Connell, and senior Collin Monnell picked up a forfeit at 138 pounds to give the River Hawks an 18-12 lead.
Forks standout Ryan Ferrara, a retuning New York State Division I place-finished evened the match, and started the Blue Devil's mid-dual run with a second-period fall at 145 pounds to tie the match at 18-18.
Jacob Andrews followed with a hard-fought, 5-0, win over Owego's Jonathan Gilliland at 152, and the Blue Devils picked up a forfeit at 160 pounds to take a 27-18 advantage.
Owego standout senior Bobby Struble forged a 10-0 major decision over Tyler Ritter at 170 to stem the tide momentarily, but Forks picked up a fall at 190 to extend its lead to 33-22.
Sophomore Trevor Monnell won a 7-4 battle with Forks' Evan Truesdale at 215 pounds to pull Owego within five points, at 33-28, with two weight classes remaining, but the Blue Devils locked up the win with a fall at 285 pounds.
Freshman Vitaliy Sirotkin proved Owego with its final win of the night, a 90-second pin of Kamdin Henyin at 101 pounds.
Owego will be in action this weekend at the Southern Tier Memorial at Elmira's LeCom Center.
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CHENANGO FORKS 39, OWEGO 31
108: Robert Curley (Ow) by fall over Maddox Hubbard (CF), 2:34;
116: Peyton Hubbard (CF) by fall over Brainard Marcus (Ow), 1:01;
124: Jason O'Connor (CF) by fall over Logan Rose (Ow), 0:56;
131: John Cornwell (Ow) by fall over Jason O`Connor (CF), 3:45;
138: Collin Monell (Ow) wơn by forfeit;
145: Ryan Ferrara (CF) by fall over Dylan Brace (Ow), 3:05;
152: Jacob Andrews (CF) dec. Jonathon Gilliland (Ow), 5-0;
160: Brayden Wildey (CF) wơn by forfeit;
170: Bobby Struble (Ow) major dec. Tyler Ritter (CF), 10-0;
190: Talon Ritter (CF) by fall over Lucas Boccasini (Ow), 5:30;
215: Trevor Monell (Ow) dec. Evan Trusdale (CF), 7-4;
285: Mike Moppert (CF) by fall over Anthony Neumuth (Ow), 2:55;
101: Vitaly Sirotkin (Ow) by fall over Kamdin Henyan (CF), 1:30.
