The Mohawk Valley International

Saturday March 12th, 2016

Clubs from Quebec competed in the 33rd Mohawk Valley International held in Canastota New York this past Saturday. The tournament is pretty significant in that it marks the beginning of the Freestyle and Greco-Roman seasons in the state of New York. The competition was quite tough as it featured 450 athletes in many different age groups from clubs in the United-States, Ontario and of course Quebec.

Twenty Quebec athletes participated in the tournament from CLIC, Montreal YMHA, the Patriotes de St-Cesaire and the Crazy Dogs. The results were quite good as Christopher Merlo, wrestling for CLIC at the 88 lbs Cadet Boys division won a Silver Medal.

Christopher Merlo prepares for his match

From the Montreal YMHA, Aron Orzsack wrestling at 170 lbs Junior Boys, took home a Bronze Medal while Jaskaran Singh, a Gold Medal at 152 lbs Junior Boys. Rounding out the results for the Montreal YMHA, Dajinder Singh (154.3 lbs Mens Open) and Kaya Dube-Snow (132 lbs Junior Girls) both won Gold in their divisions while Alexandria Campbell won a Silver Medal in the 159 lbs Junior Girls.

Aron Orzsack with the takedown

From the Patriotes de St-Cesaire, Samuel Rainville won the Bronze medal at the 152 lbs Cadet Boys Division while Julien Choquette won a Silver Medal wrestling at 170 lbs Junior Boys. Finally, on the Girls side, Erin Rainville won a Bronze Medal wrestling at 121 lbs Junior Girls.

Samuel Rainville with the hipsag

Wrestling for the Crazy Dogs, Lauren Minns won a Gold Medal in the 138 lbs Womens Open Division while Mackenzie Wilson took home a Silver Medal in the 138 lbs Junior Girls.