HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' WRESTLING: COOK, BERRY HEADLINE FIRST ALL-STSR GIRLS' WRESTLING ALL-STAR TEAM (2023-03-22)

By Brian Fees
Southern Tier Sports Report
The first season with high school girls’ wrestling teams in New York State is in the books, and there were some big performances this year.

Almost every wrestler in the area was a newcomer, with a couple exceptions, and picking a Super 7 All-Southern Tier Sports Report all-star team was a tough task.

We have a wrestler of the year, and then a Super 7 all-star team. We keep the wrestler of the year separate from the Super 7, just so we can get one more wrestler onto the Super 7 squad.

This year’s wrestler of the year is Jade Cook of Corning.

One of the few returning wrestlers from last year, when Cook was a sectional runner-up in the first year with a sectional wrestling tournament for girls, Cook was again a sectional runner-up, and she was also the only local to place at states, taking fourth at 160 pounds in the first New York State girls’ wrestling championships.

She finished the year 21-7.

The newcomer of the year, and it’s a tough award to win with so many newcomers, is Hailey Berry of Horseheads.

The senior went 30-6 on the year and won a sectional title, a STAC title and titles at the UE Tradesman Tournament and the Oneonta tournament.

She will wrestle at Elmira College next season.

The Super 7 includes Berry and teammates MayAnna Sindlinger, Narayani Wiehe and Chloe Owen and Corning’s Tayler Pierce and Keegan Rhodes, along with Edison’s Abigail Johnson.

WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: Jade Cook, Corning
21-7, 2nd place in Section IV Championships. Fourth place finisher at states.
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Hailey Berry, Horseheads
30-6 on the year. Section IV, STAC, UE Tradesman and Oneonta Champion. Runner up at the Southern Tier Memorial. New York State Championships qualifier. First year wrestler will be going to Elmira College for Elementary Education and will wrestle.

SUPER 7
Berry (See above)

Kaegan Rhodes, Corning
Went 21-7 on the year. Second place at the Section IV Championships. New York State Championships qualifier.

Tayler Pierce, Corning
Went 12-3 on the year. 2nd place at the Section IV Championships. NYS Championships qualifier.

MayAnna Sindlinger, Horseheads
12-9. Was a Section IV, STAC, UE Tradesman and Pennfield Champion. Was second at Oneonta Tourney. The sophomore was a state qualifier.

Narayani Wiehe, Horseheads
19-13, sophomore, STAC champion, third at sectionals, competed at states.

Abigail Johnson, Edison
10-4 as a freshman. IAC champion, Section IV runner-up, New York State Championship qualifier.

Chloe Owen, Horseheads
20-9 as a seventh grader. Third at sectionals, second at STAC Championships.
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IN PHOTO: Corning’s Jade Cook (right) and Horseheads’ Hailey Berry.