Congratulations to Matt Rees - Wrestling Section III Champion 215 lbs. Division 2

Matt Rees placed third at the New York State Wrestling Championships on Saturday, February 26th. He won his first two matches on Friday defeating the Section I Champion Kris Castro by pin in 2:52 and then defeated the Section IV champ Noah Sibley 3-1 in overtime. This put Matt in the semi finals on Saturday against the number one seed Nick Gizowski from Duanesburg. Matt lost this match 6-2, and then went on to defeat Kris Casto again by the score of 3-0 to place him in the consolation finals. Here, Matt had a rematch with Noah Sibley of Section IV, and defeated his rival 1-0. Matt's current season record is 47-1 with a 114-34 career record. Matt finished the season pinning 36 of his opponents, setting this season's Section III record and Holland Patent's school single season record for the most pins in a season.