ITHACA, N.Y.- The Vermont State University Castleton wrestling team wrapped up competition at the Ithaca Invitational on Saturday. The Spartans finished in second place with a total of 156 points behind first place Johnson and Wales (Providence) which tallied 184.5 points. The host Bombers were third with 154.5 points.

The Spartans had one overall winner on the day. Joseph Baker (Danvers, Mass./Beverly) came in first in the 184-weight class. He won his quarterfinal match by fall and then scored a 7-2 decision over Emmanuel's Luke Driscoll in the semifinal. Baker had a 4-1 decision over the Wildcats' Zachary Miller in the championship match.

There were two second place finishers. Gavin Bradley (Sayre, Pa./Athens), who garnered a team-high 21 points, was the runner-up at 125. He took down Aristotclis Bobotas from Lycoming in the quarterfinals and then had a 5-0 decision over Ithaca's Tomah Gummow in the semifinal. He fell to Johnson and Wales' Nico Rivera in the championship. Dom LaPier (Keeseville, N.Y./Ausable Valley Central) had a 10-7 decision in his 157 quarterfinal and a 12-2 major decision in the semifinal. He lost to the Bombers' Akio Sander by a 14-10 decision in the championship.

Stone Farnsworth (Hope, R.I./Coventry) came in third place in the 133-weight class. He won by a 6-3 decision over Johnson and Wales Jack Lorper. Dylan Vanegas (Lisbon, Conn./Norwich Free Academy) was third at 149 as he scored a 5-1 decision over Ithaca's Philly Provenzano.          

Jonathan Moraes (Melrose, Mass./Melrose HS) placed fourth in the 125-weight class. He had an 18-11 decision over Jaron Barrientos in the championship quarterfinals.

Connor Gregory (Ballston Spa, N.Y./Ballsston Spa) had the fourth-most points for the Spartans with 17 as he came in fifth in the 174-weight class. He had a pair of tech fall wins and won by major decision, 8-0, in the fifth-place match over Norwich's Jordan Sonon-Hale.

Aidan Shufelt (Groton, N.Y./Groton) had three major decision victories on the day as he was fifth in the 141-weight class. He defeated Cortland's Rocco Futia 17-4, Ithaca's George McAteer 14-5 and Johnson and Wales Nicholas Torres 15-6.

Colby Celuck (Scranton, Pa./West Scranton) placed fifth in the 165-weight class. He won by a 4-2 decision over Carter Davis in the fifth-place match.

The Spartans travel to Norwich University on Thursday for a dual match. Start time is at 7:00 p.m.,