AMSTERDAM — Thursday night’s Foothills Council boys’ wrestling match between Scotia-Glenville and Amsterdam/Broadalbin-Perth came down to the very end.
Dominic Brydie kept Amsterdam alive as he earned a second-period pin over Scotia-Glenville's Zaiden Hempstead in the 170-pound match, which was the second-to-last match of the evening.
That brought Amsterdam within four points heading into the finale in the 190-pound division — a bout that could have gone either way.
Ethan Robar, boasting a 17-7 record for the Tartans, took on Amsterdam’s Mason Earley, who had a 22-8 record entering the match.
While Robar needed any kind of win to clinch the match for his team, Earley needed to win either via a pin or a technical fall to secure a team victory for Amsterdam.
With the 190-pounders tied in points late in the third period, Robar was able to secure a pin over Earley to pick up the win, as Scotia-Glenville defeated Amsterdam/Broadalbin-Perth 41-31.
Scotia-Glenville also earned pinfall victories from Kaleb Sweeney (215), Luke Orminski (285), Sam Watson (152) and Lyndon Barber (160). Tanner Knaggs (138) put together a 18-3 technical fall win for the Tartans as well.
In the 116-pound match, each team sent one of their female wrestlers to the mat, as Breyana Montalvo picked up a second-period pin for Amsterdam.
Messiah Grant, a 124-pounder, also earned a 13-5 major decision, while Hayden Shutts rallied to win a last-second 11-10 decision in the 145-pound match for Amsterdam.
215: Sweeney (SG) def. Gasner, fall (2:59); 285: Orminski (SG) def. Martinez Jr., fall (4:50); 101: Rivera (A), forfeit; 108: Rodriguez (A), forfeit; 116: Montalvo (A) def. Proulx, fall (2:32); 124: Grant (A) def. Holt, MD 13-5; 131: Majewski (SG), forfeit; 138: Knaggs (SG) def. Muniz, TF 19-4; 145: Shutts (A) def. Zinzow, DEC 11-10; 152: Watson (SG) def. Pepper, fall (5:03); 160: Barber (SG) def. Valencia, fall (1:32); 170: Brydie (A) def. Hempstead, fall (3:27); 190: Robar (SG) def. Earley, fall (5:49).