All senior Isaiah Cardenales does is win for the South Hadley wrestling team.
He picked up career victory No. 100 on Saturday at the Mountie Invitational in Williamstown.
Cardenales pinned Caleb Pollard of Monument Mountain in the championships match at 106 pounds in 36 seconds.
“He was pressuring in a little hard, so I snapped him down to the mat, spun behind, threw in an arm bar and finished it tough,” Cardenales said. “He went over pretty easily.”
Going into the tournament, Cardenales knew he was four wins away from the milestone. He was hoping he didn’t have a first-round bye so he could pick up his 100th win in the final.
“It really drove me to wrestle better,” he said. “It had me hyped.”
The win improved his season record to 29-6 and his career record to 100-19. Cardenales is the two-time defending Western Mass. champion at 106 pounds and placed second at the Division 3 state championships last year.
“My goal this year is to win a state title and to go on to all-states, hopefully make it to New Englands,” he said.
Cardenales reached the milestone in under three full years after not wrestling his freshman season.
“He’s definitely been consistent,” South Hadley coach Kevin McNeil said.
Cardenales is the fifth Tiger wrestler to reach 100 wins in McNeil’s 10 years at the head of the program.
The first-place finish led South Hadley to an eight-place finish in the Mountie Invitational team standings with 64 points. La Salle Institute won the team title with 195.5 points.
Gino Viamari took third place at 132 pounds with a 2-0 decision over Colonie’s Nick Servidone.
Granby finished ninth with 63 points, just behind the Tigers.
Clayton Yanosky fell in the 182-pound final after Chariho’s Tommy Wrzesien pinned him in 56 seconds. At 285 pounds, Brad Taft lost a 3-1 decision to Colonie’s Tyler Briggs in sudden victory.
They both finished second in their respective weight classes.
Christian Perez was fourth at 106 pounds after Colonie’s Caden Padelford pinned him in 3:18.
Hampshire Regional was 10th with 52 points.
DJ Willard topped the podium for the Raiders at 160 pounds, winning a 6-3 decision over Taconic’s Dylan Burke.
Frontier took 12th as at team. Tanner Finch pinned Mount Greylock’s Liam Bradley in 4:12 to finish third at 100 pounds.
Josiah Murray won a 9-5 decision over Tyler Dumas of Chariho in the 138-pound third-place match.
Miguel Olvera-Aguilera took third at 195 pounds after Colinie’s Marcus Baker had a medical forfeit.
Northampton was 14th led by Noah Brink’s third-place finish at 126 pounds. He won a 7-4 decision over Monument Mountain’s Curt Wilton in sudden victory.
New Balance Indoor Gran Prix — Northampton’s boys sprint medley relay team of Nikolas Smith, Benjamin Gordon-Sniffen, Patrick Quinlan, Cole Lavalle finished second in 3:36.93 on Saturday.
Bishop Louglin won the event in 3:35.7.
The time qualified the Blue Devils for the New Balance Indoor Nationals.
MSTCA Coaches Invitational — Smith and Gordon-Sniffen topped the podium twice Sunday in the small school meet.
Smith won the 300-meter dash in 35.03 seconds and teamed with Patrick Quinlan, Cole Lavalle, Nikolas Smith and Gordon-Sniffen to win the 4×400-meter relay.
Gordon-Sniffen finished first in the 1,000-meter run in 2:36.92.
Ethan Cooper broke the school record in the 600-meter run, finishing third in 1:24.08.
Amherst competed in the large school meet Saturday.
Sophia Jacobs-Townsley won the two-mile in 11:21.03. Aiden Focault Etheridge finished second in the 600 in 1:22.18.
Chicopee 6, Amherst 3 — Jake Balderston contributed to all three of the Hurricanes’ goals Saturday, collecting two goals and an assist in the road loss.
Max Hopley had two assists.
Niccolo Cardaropoli scored, while Matthew Longto and Brandon Feldman added assists.
Clayton Bowser made 36 saves for the Hurricanes (8-4-1, 7-2-1 Fay-Wright).
South Hadley 5, Easthampton 2 — Nick Thibault had a goal and an assist in a home win for the Tigers on Saturday.
Will Ortyl, Alex Joao, Sean Doherty and Ben Watkins also scored. Trevor Ouimet and Jack Munro added assists for South Hadley (6-4-1, 6-1-1 Fay-Wright), while Jake Remillard made 19 saves.
Mike McColgan led Easthampton (4-8-1, 3-8-1 Fay-Wright) with a goal and an assist.
Matthew Grimaldi scored, and Christoher Tenczar added an assist. Nate Barnes stopped 23 shots for the Eagles.
Belchertown 4, St. Mary 3 — Justin Pendrick tallied two goals and two assists in a home win Saturday.
Zach Reidy added two goals, and Raymond Langevin had two assists. Nathan Ayers and Christopher Buffone chipped in assists.
Kyle Greene stopped 30 shots for Belchertown (6-5, 6-4 Fay-Wright).