CHENANGO FORKS — The Elmira Express had one champion and two runner-ups at the Girls’ STAC Wrestling Championships on Saturday.
Alexis Collins won the title at 94 pounds, pinning U-E’s Amirah Clinkscale in the final in 2:38 and at 100 pounds Alea Hartford was the runner-up. Hartford fell to Layla Orinik of Binghamton by fall in 2:29 in the final.
At 114 Elmira’s Ava Noonan was runner-up. She fell to Owego’s Ashlee Crawford-Bauer by fall in 48 seconds in the final.
Amber Mahmoud of Elmira was fifth at 107. She pinned Lucy Purtell of Owego in 50 seconds in the fifth-place match.
Josalyn Irvin was fourth at 120. She fell to Macey Polhamus of SV in the third-place match by fall in 1:39.
Atlantis Cherry of Elmira was third at 138. She pinned Amelia Wright of Waverly in 33 seconds in the third-place match.
Amelia Harrington of Elmira was fifth at 185. She won by tech fall over Melina Ramos of Forks in the fifth-place match 11-1.
Ayvah Coker was fifth at 235. She pinned Chelsea Stoeckel of Windsor in the fifth-place match in 2:13.
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PHOTOS BY TIM TAYLOR.