By Lauren Mariacher
Here are the place finishers this weekend's state championships in Albany:
**STATE CHAMPIONS**
132 lbs. (DIV. II) RENALDO RODRIGUEZ-SPENCER (CHEEKTOWAGA JUNIOR) DEF. TRISTAN RIFANBURG OF NORWICH (IV), 2-1
145 (DIV. II) DREW HULL (ROY-HART SENIOR) DEF. FRANK GARCIA OF NORWICH (IV)
DIVISION I
Second place finishers
120 Alex Delacruz of Ossining (I) def. Steven Michel (Lancaster senior), 11-7
145 Louis Hernandez of Mepham (VIII) def. Eric Lewandowski (Lancaster senior), 4-2
Fifth place finishers
132 Marcus Popp (Niagara Wheatfield senior) def. Aidyokub Kahramonov of New Utrecht (Public), 4-2.
182 Anthony Liberatore (Williamsville South senior) pinned Matt Roberts of Monsignor Farrell (Catholic), 2:16.
DIVISION II
Second place finishers
126 William Koll of Lansing (IV) def. Dakota Gardner (Fredonia freshman), 6-2
285 Matt Abbott of Windsor (IV) def. Matt Montesanti (Medina senior), 8-3
Third place finishers
99 Ryan Hetrick (Southwestern freshman) def. Tanner Lapiene of Ogdensburg Academy (Section X), 7-2
106 Brad Bihler (Maple Grove freshman) def. Ryan O' Rourke of Adirondak (III), 7-0
120 Kellen Devlin (Amherst freshman) def. Carter Merecki of Sahlem (II), 13-4
138 Dan Reagan (Lewiston-Porter senior) def. Drew Longo of Ardsley (I), 12-6
145 Jude Gardner (Fredonia senior) def. Nick Koelmel of Immaculate Heart Cent., 5-3
152 Alex Smythe (Eden junior) def Tyler Spamm of Adirondak (III), 2-1
195 Matt Booth (Cattaraugus-Little Valley senior) def. Dusty Lewis (Salamanca), 5-2
Fourth place finishers
132 Clyde Carey of Addison (V) def. Ryan Kromer (Lewiston-Porter junior) 7-0
182 Brad Burns of Hoosick Falls (II) def. Austin Lynn (Frewsburg senior), 3-2
195 Matt Booth (Cattaraugus-Little Valley senior) def. Dusty Lewis (Salamanca), 5-2
Sixth place finishers
126 Nick Forget of Peru (VII) def. Brandon Muntz (Falconer senior), 8-2
132 Sam Ward of Locust Valley (VIII) def. Tyler Cassidy (Fredonia senior), 7-1
160 Tyler Silverthorn of General Brown (III) def. Gunnar Van Curen (Portville senior), 9-3
220 Joe Nellis of Johnstown (II) def. Chris Saden (Fredonia senior), 8-2
For other results you can see updated brackets for both divisions here.
