Watervliet High School senior John Delaney (pictured above) will be the No. 1 seed in the 96 pound bracket at the 2009-10 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Division II championships this upcoming Friday and Saturday in Albany. (Photo by J.S. Carras - The Record).

The New York State Public High School Athletic Association released the pairings Saturday afternoon for the NYS wrestling tournament to be held in Albany this upcoming Friday and Saturday.

Click here to see a PDF of the complete Division I brackets.

Local Division I seeds:

103 pounds - Blake Retel, Shaker - No. 13
112 - Brendon Goldup, La Salle - No. 6
125 - Connor Sutton, La Salle - No. 4
135 - Jonathan Clemente, La Salle - No. 8
171 - Chad Obzud, Lansingburgh - No. 10

Click here to see a PDF of the complete Division II brackets.

Local Division II seeds:

96 pounds - John Delaney, Watervliet - No. 1
140 - Brian Walsh, Loudonville Christian/Watervliet - No. 5
145 - Jake Oswald, Tamarac - No. 15
152 - Josh Harrison, Mechanicville - No. 8
171 - Dustin Hallock, Cohoes - No. 11
285 - Sam Chase, Mechanicville - No. 3

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La Salle Institute freshman Brendan Goldup gets limber during a pre-practice drill Thursday afternoon at Shenendehowa High School. He will be the No. 6 seed in the 2009-10 New York State Division I 112-pound bracket. (Photos by J.S. Carras - The Record).

La Sallle is sending a trio of wrestlers to the 2010 New York State Public High School Athletic Association Championships this weekend in Albany.

Freshman Brendan Goldup was the Section II Division II champion at 96 pounds a season ago at Schuylerville, transferring to La Salle this fall.

Sophomore Connor Sutton, the fourth son La Salle head coach Jim Sutton has seen come through the La Salle program, will be the No. 4 seed at 125 pounds.

Junior Jon Clemente, who has had brothers and cousins see great success before at the state meet, will be the No. 8 seed at 135 pounds.

"I don’t look as it being, ‘What a great thing we did winning Section II," Jim Sutton said. "I want more than that and they know that the other kids here have had a tradition of giving more than that.
"For a lot of kids, their true goal might just be going to the states. My kids know that’s not good enough."

For the full story, make sure to check out Sunday's edition of The Record.

Also be sure to check the paper and the blog for upcoming stories on Watervliet's John Delaney, a No. 1 seed, and a story on the duo of Cohoes' Dustin Hallock and Lansingburgh's Chad Obzud, former teammates reunited in preparation for the state meet.

La Salle's Jon Clemente works on a carry drill Thursday afternoon at Shenendehowa.