At a glance
The Pioneer Woodsmen were invited to scrimmage with the Finger Lakes Woodsmen and were able to send two teams: a Men’s 1 (equivalent of a varsity team) and a Men’s 2 (equivalent of a junior varsity squad). Pioneer Woodsmen teams competed against three Finger Lakes teams and took first and second places overall!
Alfred State College’s Pioneer Woodsmen recently upset current intercollegiate woodsmen champions, the Finger Lakes Woodsmen, at a scrimmage Nov. 5.
The Pioneer Woodsmen were invited to scrimmage with the Finger Lakes Woodsmen and were able to send two teams: a Men’s 1 (equivalent of a varsity team) and a Men’s 2 (equivalent of a junior varsity squad). Pioneer Woodsmen teams competed against three Finger Lakes teams and took first and second places overall!
Each team is comprised of six members and competes in a variety of events; events are determined by the hosting school. This competition had 13 events, each with a maximum score of 100 points each event. The events included crosscut sawing, bow sawing, log rolling, pulp toss, horizontal log chop, splitting, vertical chop, single buck, pole climb, axe throw, fire build, super Swede (an endurance bow saw event), and chain sawing. Pioneer Men’s 1 team took first place in eight of these events and first place overall with total score of 1,176 points. Pioneer Men’s 2 team took first in two of these events and second place overall with a score of 832 points.
Finger Lakes Men’s 1 team took third place overall with a total score of 830 points.
Team members competing for Alfred State included
Men’s 1:
- Greg Kruppa, North Collins, construction management engineering technology
- Wade Harrington, Campbell, mechanical design engineering technology
- Nick Wall, Alexander, surveying engineering technology
- Joe Francese, Franklin Square, construction management engineering technology
- Dan Giblin, Chenango Valley, engineering science
- Paul Glover, Portville, construction management engineering technology
Men’s 2:
- Keith Poliey, Greenwood Lake, building trades: building construction
- Hank Hamm, Falconer
- Morgan Presher, LeRoy, mechanical engineering technology
- Stevie Ray Foit, North Collins, electrical construction and maintenance electrician
- Zach Wisniewski, Waverly
- Mike Driscoll, Skaneateles, construction management engineering technology