BRISTOL, R.I. – Angelo Centrone (Mahopac) and J.C. Cardenas (Brooklyn/Grand Street Campus) each won weight-class titles and Christian Lievano (East Setauket/Ward Melville) and Cody Merwin (Walton) also placed in their weight classes to help Cortland finish third out of 12 schools at the Roger Williams Wrestling Invitational. 
 
Cortland finished with 92 points. Castleton won the title with 197, followed by Wesleyan (119), Cortland, Norwich (87.5) and Roger Williams (85.5) in the top five. 
 
Centrone finished 4-0 with two technical falls at 149 pounds. He won the title match with a 13-3 major decision over Castleton's Elijah Cyr. Cardenas went 3-0 with a technical fall and major decision at 133 pounds. He won in the finals versus Southern Maine's Jake Craig, 3-1. 
 
Lievano placed fourth at 125 pounds with a 4-2 mark. Two of his wins came by pin. Merwin was sixth at 133 pounds with a 2-2 mark that included one pin. 
 
Six other Red Dragons won three or more matches during the day. Rocca Futia (Wallkill) went 4-1 with a pin and tech fall at 133. Culley Bellino (Canastota) was 4-2 with three pins and a tech fall at 141, Hunter Hughes (Selden/Newfield) finished 4-2 with two pins and a tech fall at 157, and Dan Cassera (East Setauket/Ward Melville) went 4-2 with two pins at 165. Shane Walczyk (Eden) finished 3-2 at 141, with all three victories coming via pin, and Roman Jellick (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) was 3-2 with two pins at 285. 
 
Cortland will compete at the SUNYAC Championships on Saturday, Nov. 18, at 10 a.m. at RIT. The conference began sponsoring the sport this year for the first time since the 1990-91 school year. 
 
ROGER WILLIAMS INVITATIONAL 
Nov. 11, 2023; Bristol, R.I. 
 
FINAL TEAM SCORES: 
1) Castleton - 197 
2) Wesleyan - 119 
3) Cortland - 92 
4) Norwich - 87.5 
5) Roger Williams - 85.5 
6) Johnson & Wales - 75.5 
7) Southern Maine - 72 
8) Coast Guard - 69.5 
9) Bridgewater St. - 58.5 
10) Stevens - 54.5 
11) Plymouth - 36 
12) Hunter - 16.5 
 
 
Cortland Match Results

125 pounds 
 
Christian Lievano (4-2) (4th place) 
pinned Vincent Principe (Stevens), 2:43 
lost to Gavin Bradley (Castleton), Pin 3:52 
pinned Adam Distasio (Bridgewater St.), 0:26 
dec. Chris Hong (Wesleyan), 13-7 
won by medical forfeit vs. Jabari Pinkney (Norwich) 
3rd place: lost to Ryan O'Rourke (J&W), Pin 5:47 
 
133 pounds 
 
J.C. Cardenas (3-0) (1st place) 
tech. fall Carver Moyer (Norwich), 19-4 
Semis: major dec. Andrew Marchese (Castleton), 16-3 
Finals: dec. Jake Craig (Southern Maine), 3-1 
 
Cody Merwin (2-3) (6th place) 
pinned Vinny Keeler (Southern Maine), 2:24 
dec. Kaya Bogle (Castleton), 12-11 
lost to Jake Craig (Southern Maine), 3-0 
lost to Ethan Ford (Southern Maine), 12-3 
(forfeited fifth-place match) 
 
Rocco Futia (4-2) 
pinned Andrew Finateri (Stevens), 6:18 
lost to Ethan Ford (Southern Maine), 12-2 
dec. Christopher Gomez (J&W), 5-3 
tech. fall Michael Manieri (Wesleyan), 18-3 
won by DQ vs. Malcolm Chrispin (Bridgewater St.), 4:45 
(medically forfeited next match) 
 
Justin Amendola (2-2) 
lost to Arjun Khatri (Stevens), 8-7 
dec. Carver Moyer (Norwich), 11-7 
dec. Joey Martin (Coast Guard), 11-4 
lost to Kaya Bogle (Castleton), tech. fall 15-0 
 
141 pounds 
 
Culley Bellino (4-2) 
lost to Jojo Lotruglio (Norwich), Pin 3:31 
pinned Colin Sevigney (Southern Maine), 5:07 
pinned Freedom Excel (J&W), 2:54 
tech. fall Anthony Bistany (Stevens), 17-1 
pinned Shane Walczyk (Cortland), 1:49 
lost to Shailey Savur (Wesleyan), Pin 2:56

Shane Walczyk (3-2) 
pinned Yuri Case (Plymouth), 0:57 
pinned Nick Desola (J&W), 4:29 
pinned Jason Glicksman (Roger Williams), 1:30 
lost to Maxwell Martinez (Wesleyan), 6-4 
lost to Culley Bellino (Cortland), Pin 1:49 
 
Noah Orser (0-2) 
lost to James Rodriguez (Castleton), Pin 2:26 
lost to Kyle Moore (Southern Maine), 16-5 
 
149 pounds 
 
Angelo Centrone (4-0) (1st place) 
tech. fall Jack Devoe (Wesleyan), 21-6 
tech. fall Vincent Faldetta (J&W), 22-7 
Semis: dec. Tye Barker (Coast Guard), 13-6 
Finals: major dec. Elijah Cyr (Castleton), 13-3 
 
157 pounds 
 
Hunter Hughes (4-2) 
pinned Christian Blanco Toussaint (Norwich), 1:23 
lost to CJ Shea (Wesleyan), 16-7 
pinned JT Thomas (Wesleyan), 1:29 
tech. fall Nicholas Palso (Castleton), 17-0 
dec. Kyle Klein (Cortland), 8-5 
lost to Brendan Mattingly (Coast Guard), tech. fall 17-1 
 
Kyle Klein (2-2) 
pinned Rome Smith (Roger Williams), 1:04 
tech. fall Jacob Caricato (Castleton), 15-0 
lost to Jashon Holmes (Castleton), 10-5 
lost to Hunter Hughes (Cortland), 8-5 
 
Max Kochergin (1-2) 
lost to Brendan Mattingly (Coast Guard), tech. fall 16-0 
pinned Ricardo Perez (Plymouth), 1:27 
lost to Nicholas Palso (Castleton), 21-10 
 
165 pounds 
 
Dan Cassera (4-2) 
lost to Michael Hopkins (Bridgewater St.), tech. fall 18-0 
pinned Logan Smith (Southern Maine), 2:40 
dec. Carson Barry (J&W), 5-3 
dec. Derek Cote (Southern Maine), 10-7 
pinned Tyler Haynes (Southern Maine), 2:35 
lost to Michael Hopkins (Bridgewater St.), 1-0

Gabe Lynch (2-2) 
lost to Jack Bailey (Stevens), Pin 3:56 
pinned Troy Moscatelli (Southern Maine), 2:20 
pinned Branden Bulatao (Stevens), 1:20 
lost to Alex Marshall (Coast Guard), Pin 2:23 
 
Tristan Robinson-July (2-2) 
dec. Robert Tarasuk (Plymouth), 15-14 
lost to Derek Cote (Southern Maine), Pin 2:50 
tech. fall Jacob Poore (Wesleyan), 18-4 
lost to Joshua Ducharme (Norwich), 12-2 
 
Cole Wheet (1-2) 
pinned Mike Milanoski (Norwich), 1:48 
lost to Branden Bulatao (Stevens), tech. fall 16-1 
lost to Dario Molina (Wesleyan), tech. fall 16-1 
 
Naseem Smith (1-2) 
lost to Lucas Hughes (Wesleyan), Pin 2:26 
dec. Hunter Morton (Southern Maine), 7-3 
lost to Alex Marshall (Coast Guard), tech. fall 15-0 
 
174 pounds 
 
Gabriel Willins (2-2) 
pinned Blake Theriaque (Roger Williams), 0:50 
lost to Desmond McLaughlin (Castleton), Pin 5:48 
pinned Jesse Baldwin (J&W), 1:02 
lost to Tyler Miller (Plymouth), Pin 5:28 
 
184 pounds 
 
No Cortland entries 
 
197 pounds 
 
Chris Bold (1-2) 
lost to Spencer Fetrow (Roger Williams), tech. fall 17-1 
dec. Colton Deleo (Southern Maine), 9-4 
lost to Michael Sanchez (Southern Maine), Pin 6:07 
                                                                     
285 pounds 
 
Roman Jellick (3-2) 
lost to Evan Day (Castleton), Pin 1:28 
pinned Josiah Carnegie (Cortland), 2:48 
pinned Michael Mastroianni (Bridgewater St.), 5:53 
dec. Nathan Ickes (J&W), 8-2 
lost to Shea Garand (Castleton), Pin 2:10 
 
Josiah Carnegie (0-2) 
lost to Zachary Vasquez (Norwich), 11-1 
lost to Roman Jellick (Cortland), Pin 2:48