BECAHI TOURNAMENT

Bethlehem Catholic crowns five champions to win Christmas City Holiday Wrestling Classic
By Express-Times staff
December 31, 2009, 12:16AM

A year removed from finishing as runner-up to PIAA Class AA power Schuylkill Haven, Bethlehem Catholic turned the tables by winning the Christmas City Holiday Wrestling Classic over the Panthers 233-223 in the 22 team field.

Darian Cruz (103), Randy Cruz (112), Ryan Todora (130), Elliott Riddick (145) and Kyle Dehaut (152) all won titles as underclassmen for head coach Jeff Karam's squad. Dehaut, who decked Allen's Ahmed Burton in the final, was named as the tournament's outstanding wrestler.

“I feel really good about our team, especially in tournaments,” Karam said. “We have some outstanding individuals. And they’re all young and they’ll all be back. There will be ups and downs but we’re pretty excited."

Wilson's Brandon Hartrum (119), Luke DeLuise (171) of Pius X and the Whitehall duo of Taray Carey (215) and Tony Bourizk (285) rounded out the champions from the region.


Christmas City results


TEAM SCORES -- 1. Bethlehem Catholic, BC, 233; 2. Schuylkill Valley, SV, 223; 3. Whitehall, Wh, 175; 4. St. Benedict’s Prep, SBP, 155.5; 5. Pius X, PX, 154.5; 6. East Stroudsburg South, ESS, 124; 7. Wallenpaupack, Wal, 121.5; 8. Port Jervis, PJ, 92; 9. Wilson, Wil, 84.5; 10. Catasauqua, Cat, 80; 11. Pottsgrove, Pot, 79; 12. Bangor, Ban, 75; 13. Allen, Al, 67; 13. Notre Dame, ND, 67; 15. Wyoming Valley West, WVW, 65; 16. Panther Valley, PV, 63; 16. Pocono Mountain West, PMW, 63; 18. Dieruff, Die, 45.5; 19. Southern Lehigh, SL, 45; 20. East Stroudsburg North, ESN, 39; 21. Jim Thorpe, JT, 31; 22. Palisades, Pal, 17.


CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS


103 — Fr. Darian Cruz (15-2), BC, d. Sr. Anthony Bilotta (11-3), PX, 7-5 OT.
112 — So. Randy Cruz (15-2), BC, d. Jr. Nate Giorgio (13-2), SV, 6-2.
119 — Jr. Brandon Hartrum (11-0), Wil, d. Jr. Jaydon Rice (10-3), BC, 7-3.
125 — Sr. John Moriarty (16-1), PJ, d. Sr. Justin Mazza (12-2), PX, 3-2.
130 — Fr. Ryan Todora (10-2), BC, d. Sr. Dakota Davis (3-1), SV, 4-2.
135 — Jr. Chris Dowdy (8-0), SBP, d. Sr. Mike Giorgio (16-2), SV, 10-7.
140 — Sr. Colin Shober (17-0), SV, p. Jr. Zach Robinson (6-2), Pot, 17-12.
145 — So. Elliot Riddick (11-2), BC, d. Sr. Dillon Smith (14-3), JT, 3-1.
152 — Jr. Kyle Dehaut (14-3), BC, p. Sr. Ahmed Burton (7-4), Al, 1:01.
160 — Sr. Ryan Maurer (15-2), SV, d. Jr. Luke Gotzon (8-5), SL, 4-2 OT.
171 — Sr. Luke DeLuise (13-1), PX, p. Sr. Brian McLaughlin (9-1), ESS, 4:32.
189 — Jr. Dylan Scheidt (13-0), SV, md. Jr. Isaiah Cromwell (9-2), SBP, 10-2.
215 — Sr. Taray Carey (5-0), Wh, md. Sr. Taylor Newcomer (14-1), Wal, 13-4.
285 — Sr. Tony Bourizk (5-0), Wh, d. Jr. Josh Gonzalez (10-3), PMW, 3-1