This year's Batavia wrestling team has the potential to be one of the best the school has ever had, and the season started off on a very positive note Wednesday.
The Blue Devils beat Victor 35-28 as Batavia had two pins and another tech fall win.
Ryan Darch had a huge pin fall victory at 160 pounds, beating Nick Payne in 1:40. Trey Henderson had the other Batavia pin as he dropped Dakota LaRue in 5:16 at 130 pounds.
Joe Muoio had the tech fall victory at 135 pounds, taking care of Matt Acquilano 17-0.
You can see the rest of the results here.
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After dropping its season opener, the Pembroke boys basketball team has gotten hot, winning the next two games.
The Dragons thumped visiting Holley Wednesday night 53-34 as Ken Babcock scored 14 points and pulled down 15 boards to lead the way.
Andrew Wright scored a game-high 16 points with Matt Phelps pitching in nine.
Holley lost its season opener and was led by Jeff Lutes, who scored 10 points. Brian Mitchell added nine.
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No player scored in double figures for Attica as the Blue Devils lost a road game at Midlakes 54-34.
Brad Clark had nine points with Tate Westermeier and Craig Wolfley adding eight apiece.
Derek Reafsnyder had 15 points to pace Midlakes (1-0).
Attica falls to 1-2.
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A total of five Holley wrestlers pinned Alexander grapplers as the Hawks scored an easy 61-17 win.
Defending state champion Quenton Murphy led the way with a :58 pin over Brandon Toporczyk at 125 pounds.
Tim Banks, Dillon Murphy, Kyle Steadman and Sean Baylor had the other pins for the Hawks, who improve to 1-0 while the Trojans dip to 0-2.
