CENTRAL NEW YORK – Action for the Jamesville-DeWitt/Christian Brothers Academy wrestling team in 2025 began on Jan. 4 with an appearance in the Leo J. Sammon Tournament at Central Valley Academy. Out of 13 teams in the field the Rams would take sixth place with 114.5 points, Holland Patent going to the top as its 157.5 points edged host CVA (156) by 1.5 points. Bryce Dadey improved his record to a perfect 21-0 this winter by winning at 215 pounds, handling everyone in the field until a final where he beat B-K-W’s Matthew Cyr with a pin late in the second period. At 124 pounds Dominic Schiano took the crown with a run to the title punctuated by a 10-2 decision over Copenhagen’s Zakk LaRue in the title bout. Max Griffin added a third-place finish at 131 pounds, pinning Lowville’s Caleb Farney in 66 seconds in the consolation bracket final as Kai Vien was fourth at 145 pounds. Enes Damkaci (190 pounds) pinned Jordan Wilson (Little Falls) for fifth place at 190 pounds as Nick Gormel (108 pounds) finished sixth. In girls wrestling J-D/CBA’s Abigail Benzinger won the 132-pound division in the Jan. 4 Queen Bee Tournament at Baldwinsville, Benzinger battling past Homer’s 4-1 in the 132-pound final. Joye Lai reached the title bout at 94 pounds before falling to Syracuse’s Meshaya Ross. The J-D/CBA boys went from here to defeating Liverpool 40-22 last Wednesday night, keyed by a sweep of the four highest weight classes which broke the match open. Braeden Hennessey, at 170 pounds, held off Jon Underwood 10-5 before Damkaci beat Marco Gonzales 11-3. Dadey’s second-period pin of David Blue Moore at 215 preceded Mykola Fabian pinning 285-pound opponent Terrell Bonner in 74 seconds. Gormel pinned Landon Bunyea just before the first period ended, with Schiano getting a 20-3 technical fall over Sajad Amirzada and Zion Garelick, at 131 pounds, handling Gavin Davis 15-3. Fayetteville-Manlius was also on the mat last Wednesday night challenging SCAC Metro division leader Baldwinsville and, while it did quite well in the higher weight classes, it still lost 41-22 to the Hornets. It took until 131 for the Hornets to get on the board, Athan Dauszka pulling away from Jack Webb 18-6 right after Joe Rafuse, at 124, battled one of B’ville’s top wrestlers, Cael Bruce, for six minutes in a 12-9 defeat. Tyler Delaney’s second-period pin of Nathan Cali at 160 pounds foretold a late charge which Harrison Schwab continued at 190 with his 20-5 technical fall over Connor Daughton. Sam Herber prevailed at 215 outscoring Lucas Vance 12-6 and Caleb Haase, in the 285-pound finale, nearly got to a technical fall with Asifa Taylor but settled for a 14-0 shutout. The F-M girls team lost 48-6 to Holland Patent, the only points for the Hornets a forfeit to Madeline Leyhane at 152 pounds. A close 126-pound bout saw Lacey Teaken drop a 10-8 decision to Lexi Doxstader. F-M’s boys wrestled Saturday at the Cazenovia Invitational finishing seventh out of 18 teams. Rafuse (124) and Schwab (170) both reached the finals, with Rafuse falling to South Jefferson’s Brock Frederick and Schwab beaten by APW/Pulaski/Sandy Creek’s Ethan Purdy. Eric Kozlowski was fourth at 138, with Zach Henderson (152) and Matt Brenneck (170) each finishing sixth. East Syracuse Minoa wrestled last Wednesday and lost 66-7 to Fulton, only prevailing in two bouts. At 170, Brendan Zweisler pulled away from Michael Buchanan 10-0 as Colin Caiello (190) followed with a 12-8 decision over James Decare.