Story byPress-Republican, Plattsburgh, N. Y. JOHN CORYER, The Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N. Y. Thu, February 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC·3 min readBEEKMANTOWN — If Saturday’s Section VII Championships are as competitive and exciting as Wednesday’s Saranac/Beekmantown dual, area wrestling fans will be in for a treat. Both the Spartans and Eagles battled it out until Colby Roesler’s win by pin at 126 pounds in the final match of the evening gave Saranac a 38-33 win and the outright Champlain Valley Athletic Conference title. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Spartans finished with a 7-1 CVAC record to edge out defending champion Peru.“I knew it would be close tonight,” Saranac coach Heath Smith said. “(Beekmantown coach) Lenny (Gadway) did a great job of moving his line-up around.”“It was a great match,” Gadway said. “It was a very competitive match where the teams traded the lead back and forth.”Wednesday’s match started out at 132 pounds, and Saranac eventually held a 32-30 lead going into the 118-pound match, the second to last of the night. It was a hard-fought bout, with the Eagles’ Kelvin Monteleone outlasting the Spartans’ Andrew Sebastian 12-6 in double overtime.
