The best wrestling team in the Tri-Valley league, by far, was Canastota. Canastota, for the record, is a small town located just off the New York State Thruway in Central New York. It’s where the International Boxing Hall of Fame is located. Our wrestling team had not come close to beating Canastota in 20 years. We referred to Canastota as “the onion pickers,” because of a series of robust onion fields that grew just outside of their town and because this was the best zinger we could come up with. (more…)