BALLSTON SPA — The Ballston Spa varsity wrestling team pulled out a pair of huge victories on Tuesday, defeating Saratoga Springs and Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake to win the Section 2 Division 1 Dual Meet Championship and clinch a spot at the state championships.
It is the first-ever Dual Meet championship for the Scotties, who beat Saratoga 33-29 in the opening round before coming away with another narrow victory in the championship, defeating Burnt Hills 34-33.
Ballston Spa will compete as a team at the NYSPHSAA Dual Meet State Championships, held Jan. 28 at SRC Arena in Syracuse.
See below for results from both matches:
Ballston Spa 33, Saratoga 29
(102) Quinton Warlikowski (B-Spa) def. Kyle Edwards (Saratoga) by pin at 4:15
(110) Ralph Keeney (B-Spa) def. Chase Matter (Saratoga) by pin at 2:26
(118) Tristan Hinchcliff (B-Spa) def. Luke Stoutenburg (Saratoga) by 10-4 decision
(126) Taylor Beaury (Saratoga) def. Mason Insogna (B-Spa) by pin at 1:12
(132) Cameron Hinchcliff (B-Spa) def. Trey Edwards (Saratoga) by 11-0 maj. decision
(138) Danny Dacey (Saratoga) def. William O’Connor (B-Spa) by 9-2 decision
(145) James Capasso (B-Spa) def. Hayden Passaretti (Saratoga) by 8-1 decision
(152) Gordon Murray (Saratoga) def. Benjamin Roberson (B-Spa) by pin at 2:13
(160) Connor Gregory (B-Spa) def. Gianni Delgado (Saratoga) by technical fall, 18-3 at 4:45
(172) Vita Spatafora (Saratoga) def. Brennan Livingston (B-Spa) by 11-3 maj. decision
(189) Lorenzo Paleschi (Saratoga) def. Jacob Perkins (B-Spa) by 10-2 maj. decision
(215) Darrien Insogna (B-Spa) def. Jack Dacey (Saratoga) by pin at 0:26
(285) Patrick McKinley (Saratoga) win by forfeit
Ballston Spa 34, Burnt Hills 33
(102) Brody DiCaprio (Burnt Hills) def. Quinton Warlikowski (B-Spa) by 5-3 decision
(110) Gavin Whipple (B-Spa) def. Dylan Posson (Burnt Hills) by pin at 1:26
(118) Ralph Keeney (B-Spa) def. Tyler Whiteley (Burnt Hills) by pin at 2:52
(126) Cameron Hinchcliff (B-Spa) def. Ben Taylor (Burnt Hills) by pin at 4:22
(132) Liam Carlin (Burnt Hills) def. Tyler Perkins (B-Spa) by pin at 0:21
(138) Gabriel Goss (Burnt Hills) def. William O’Connor (B-Spa) by pin at 1:25
(145) Colin Carlin (Burnt Hills) win by forfeit
(152) Joshua Warland (Burnt Hills) def. James Capasso (B-Spa) by pin at 0:24
(160) Connor Gregory (B-Spa) def. Howard Bearce (Burnt Hills) by pin at 2:44
(172) Jacob Perkins (B-Spa) def. Thomas Pawlinga (Burnt Hills) by 11-3 maj. decision
(189) Samuel Martin (Burnt Hills) def. Brennan Livingston (B-Spa) by 12-6 decision
(215) Darrien Insogna (B-Spa) def. Julian Goss (Burnt Hills) by pin at 0:16
(285) Santino Mareno (Burnt Hills) def. Cole Donnelly (B-Spa) by 5-1 decision
