ELIZABETHTOWN, PA – Cortland's Angelo Centrone (Mahopac) was named the Most Outstanding Wrestler of the Meet, headlining seven top-5 individual finishes for the Red Dragons at the Elizabethtown Blue Jay Classic on Saturday.
 
Centrone won the 149-pound weight class, while Culley Bellino (Canastota) was victorious in the 133-pound weight class. Dom Vinci (Spencerport) was second at 141 pounds, and Christian Lievano (East Setauket/Ward Melville) was third at 125 pounds. David Ensminger (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa), Rocco Futia (Wallkill), and Robby Cunningham (Miller Place) all finished fifth at 149 pounds, 133 pounds, and 184 pounds, respectively.
 
Other Red Dragons in the top eight included Wyatt Gentzel (Bellport), who was sixth at 125 pounds, Tymothey Murrell (Batavia), who finished sixth at 184, and Justin Klein (Miller Place), who was seventh at 157.
 
Cortland placed fifth out of 12 schools in the final team standings with 122.5 points. Wilkes won the team title with 194 points.
 
Centrone went 5-0 at 149 pounds to claim his title. He won the first four matches by technical fall. In the first round, he needed just 1:18 to win by tech fall, 19-4. He followed it with another 19-4 tech fall in round two, needing 1:21 to finish that bout. In the third and fourth rounds, Centrone had a 20-4 win by tech fall over McDaniel's Andre Allen in 3:54, before a 20-3 tech fall in 2:16 over Cameron Curva of Ferrum. In the first-place match, Centrone came away with a 6-3 decision over Thomas Monn of McDaniel, his lone match to go the distance.
 
Bellino went 4-0 on his way to the title at 133. After a bye in the first round, he won by pin in the next three rounds, in eight seconds, 53 seconds, and 19 seconds. In the first-place match, Bellino went up 7-1 in the first period, added a takedown in the second period, and cruised to an 11-3 major decision over Michael Policarpio of Roanoke. 
 
Vinci won his first two matches by pin in the first period, before winning in the semifinal round, 6-3 over Giorgio Difalco of Johns Hopkins. In the finals against Ryan Santiago of Wilkes, he went ahead 5-4 in the first period, before two takedowns and a nearfall in the second period put him behind. He eventually fell by pin to in the third period at 5:17. 

Lievano had a pin in his first match at 125, before winning in the quarterfinals by major decision. He fell in the semifinals by pin to Zach Beckner of Ferrum, before rebounding with a 10-5 decision over Justin Adams of Pennsylvania College of Technology in the third-place match. 
 
Futia, Ensminger, and Cunningham each went 4-1 on the day for fifth-place finishes. Futia recorded two pins, including in the fifth-place match, and also had a win in sudden victory. 
Ensminger had four wins by decision, and won by no contest in the fifth-place match. Cunningham had all four of his victories come by pin. 

Blue Jay Classic - December 7, 2024
 
FINAL TEAM SCORES:
 
1) Wilkes - 194
2) Pennsylvania College of Technology - 132
3) Elizabethtown - 131
4) Roanoke College – 130.5
5) Cortland – 122.5
6) Ferrum - 117
7) McDaniel - 90
8) Johns Hopkins – 87.5
9) Davis & Elkins - 51
10) Scranton – 26.5
11) Keystone - 18
12) Elmira – 4.5
 
125 pounds
 
Christian Lievano (3-1) Third Place
Pinned Giovanni Dibagio (Penn. College of Tech), 4:21
Major dec. Rocky Finnegan (Wilkes), 17-9
Semis: lost to Zach Beckner (Ferrum), pin, 1:50
Third Place: dec. Justin Adams (Penn. College of Tech), 10-5
 
Wyatt Gentzel (3-2) Sixth Place
Lost to Cadden Kucek (Wilkes), pin, 3:59
Pinned Mark Ortiz (Scranton), 2:04
Pinned Gian Ortiz (Roanoke), 2:21
Pinned Cody Johnson (McDaniel), 2:38
Lost to Samuel Aponte (Roanoke), 6:48 
 
Noah Barke (1-2)
Lost to Gian Ortiz (Roanoke), 10-4
Pinned Marco Meneses (Wilkes), 2:35
Lost to Cody Johnson (McDaniel), 10-7 
 
133 pounds
 
Culley Bellino (4-0) First Place
Pinned Wyatt Stemberger (D&E), 0:08
Pinned Owen Heffner (Elizabethtown), 0:53
Semis: pinned Charles Trimber (Penn. College of Tech.), 0:19
Finals: major dec. Michael Policarpio (Roanoke), 11-3
 
Rocco Futia (4-1) Fifth Place
Dec. Trent Proctor (Ferrum), 3-2
Lost to Blake Dergham (Penn. College of Tech.), 10-6
Pinned Febian Dawit (Elizabethtown), 1:27
Won in sudden victory over Trent Proctor, 5-2
Fifth Place: pinned Corey Cope (Elizabethtown), 5:00
  
141 pounds
 
Dom Vinci (3-1) Second Place
Pinned Ryan Trimber (Penn. College of Tech.), 1:47
Pinned Dominic Rizzotto (Elizabethtown), 1:24
Semis: Dec. Giorgio Difalco (Johns Hopkins), 6-3
Finals: Lost to Ryan Santiago (Wilkes), pin, 5:17

Max DeSousa (2-2)
Pinned Justin Santiago (Keystone), 4:28
Lost to Ethyn Ramey (McDaniel), pin, 1:39
Major dec. Jack MacDonald (Roanoke), 10-1
Lost to Alex Choi (Roanoke), tech. fall, 15-0
 
149 pounds
 
Angelo Centrone (5-0) First Place
Tech. fall Marcus Tapper (Penn. College of Tech.), 19-4
Tech. fall Joe Jackson (Roanoke), 19-4
Tech. fall Andre Allen (McDaniel), 20-4
Semis: Tech fall Cameron Curva (Ferrum), 20-3
Finals: Dec. Thomas Monn (McDaniel), 6-3
 
David Ensminger (4-1) Fifth Place
Dec. TJ Martin (Penn. College of Tech.), 3-1
Dec. Selvin Maldonado (Elmira), 17-11
Lost to Garrett Hughes (Roanoke), major dec., 9-0
Major dec. Luke Burke (Scranto), 14-2
Dec. Colton Thorpe (Wilkes), 7-3
Fifth Place: earned fifth place by no contest over TJ Martin (Penn. College of Tech.) (Martin had already wrestled six times)
 
157 pounds
 
Justin Klein (3-2) Seventh Place
Lost to Cavin Napoletano (Penn. College of Tech.), major dec., 12-0
Pinned Ethan Bliss (Elizabethtown), 2:59
Pinned Codi Bomboy (Keystone), 2:35
Major dec. Brett Patton (Penn. College of Tech.), 21-8
Lost to Cavin Napoletano (Penn. College of Tech.), 11-4
 
Jack DiMaggio (1-2)
Lost to Robert Owens Jr. (Ferrum), 8-3
Won by medical forfeit over Joseph DelReal (Scranton)
Lost to Alexander Quintano (Roanoke), 4-2
 
165 pounds
 
Max Kochergin (1-2) 
Lost to Caleb Lawrence (Wilkes), tech. fall, 16-1
Major dec. Aiden Robinson (Elizabethtown), 19-6
Lost to Jack Bobeck (Roanoke), tech. fall, 17-1
 
Jack Pickersgill (2-2) 
Dec. Hollis Berry (Elmira), 11-6
Pinned Nicholas Massengill (McDaniel), 0:58
Lost to Gavin Fehr (Elizabethtown), pin, 3:57
Lost to Noah O'Connor (Johns Hopkins), major dec., 13-5
 
Thomas Mancini (1-2) 
Lost to Ronnie Boone (Roanoke), pin, 4:38
Pinned Cache Littrell (Elmira), 3:43
Lost to Kolin Driscoll (Elizabethtown), 14-13
 
174 pounds
Joe Dabovich (0-2) 
Lost to Joe Zereini (Roanoke), 9-7
Lost to Kadin Khalloufi (Johns Hopkins), pin, 2:02
 
Owen Windram (1-2) 
Lost to Caleb Bowlin  fall (Elizabethtown), tech. fall, 22-4
Pinned Jake Knight (Ferrum), 2:50
Lost to Dillon Heffernan (Johns Hopkins), tech. fall, 15-0
 
184 pounds
 
Robby Cunningham (4-1) Fifth Place
Lost to Joesph Toner (Ferrum), 12-5
Pinned Kahajen Smith (Elmira), 3:57
Pinned Gannon Brooks (McDaniel), 2:43
Pinned Noah Graber (Johns Hopkins), 3:20
Fifth Place: Pinned Tymothey Murrell (Cortland), 0:12
 
Tymothey Murrell (2-2) Sixth Place
Lost to Patrick Gordon (Wilkes), 8-6
Dec. John Libby (Johns Hopkins), 6-3
Pinned Patrick Gordon (Wilkes), 4:06
Fifth Place: Lost to Robby Cunningham, pin, 0:12
 
197 pounds
Ansar Omarov (0-2) 
Lost to Logan Cerchiaro (Wilkes), pin, 2:43
Lost to Wyatt Sage (Roanoke), pin, 0:45
 
285 pounds
Chris Ayala (0-1)
Lost by injury default to Rayshawn Dixon (Ferrum), 0:42
Lost by medical forfeit to Kaden Bryan (McDaniel) (Does not count against his record)