BECAHI WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

Host Bethlehem Catholic advances seven wrestlers into semifinal round of Christmas City tournament
By Express-Times staff
December 29, 2009, 9:00PM

Host Bethlehem Catholic moved seven wrestlers into Wednesday's semifinal round of the Christmas City Wrestling tournament. The Golden Hawks are currently in second place in the team race trailing Schuylkill Valley 115-104.

Pius X (5), Bangor (2), Notre Dame (2) and Wilson (1) are among the local schools in the 22-team field who also advanced wrestlers in the winner's bracket.


CHRISTMAS CITY WRESTLING TOURNAMENT


Standings/Legend: 1. Schuylkill Valley (SV) 115; 2 Bethlehem Catholic (BC) 104; 3. St. Benedict's Prep (BP) 100; 4. Whitehall (Wh) 91; 5. Wallenpaupack (Wa) 78½; 6. Pius X (PX) 75½; 7. East Stroudsburg South (ESS) 64; 8. Bangor (B) 59; 9. Port Jervis (PJ) 58½; 10. Catasauqua (C) 54; 11. Pottsgrove (Po) 51; 12. Allen (A) 47; 13. Wilson (Wi); 44½; 14. Wyoming Valley West (WVW) 44; 15. Panther Valley (PV) 43; 16. Notre Dame (ND) 42; 17. East Stroudsburg North (ESN) 33; 18. Pocono Mountain Westy (PMW) 32; 19. Dieruff (D) 27; 20. Southern Lehigh (SL) 22; 21. Jim Thorpe (JT) 20; 22. Palisades (Pal) 16.


QUARTERFINALS


103 -- Anthony Bilotta, PX, tf. George Schaffer, B, 16-0, 3:52; Ryan Griffiths, SV, md. Andrew Plaugic, BP, 13-0; Darian Cruz, BC, d. Demarquis Holley, D, 9-6; Nick Odonnell, PV, d. Casey Simmons, C, 9-3.

112 -- Nate Giorgio, SV, p. Justin Rodriquez, Po, 1:24; Chris Monge, Wh, p. Joe Dalessandro, PX, 2:50; Lee Lindsey, B, p. Tyler Heffelfinger, PV, 1:15; Randy Cruz, BC, p. Chris Duff, Wa, 1:49.

119 -- Jaydon Rice, BC, p. Sean Phuah, PMW, 3:52; Lee Coleman, B, p. Brandon Gurka, PV, 2:58; Brandon Hartrum, Wi, md. Stephen Matello, WVW, 12-0; Zach Jacobs, BP, p. Bryan Brensinger, Wh, 4:51

125 -- John Moriarty, PJ, d. Brandon Mayberry, Wi, 4-2; Mike Ramos, A, d. Matt Marra, ESS, 7-6; Vinnie Pellechia, C, md. George Englesson, SL, 13-5; Justin Mazza, PX, d. Rich Cruz, BC, 5-4.

130 -- Rob Ranalli, BP, d. Michael Serrano, C, 6-3; Ryan Todora, BC, tf. Ian Dickinson, D ,17-2, 5:30; Brett Sauschuck, PJ, d. Pat Ingulli, Wa, 8-2; Dakota Davis, SV, d. George Bastian, ESS, 8-3.

135 -- Mike Giorgio, SV, tf. Arian Kolher, ESS, 17-1, 6:00; Victor Embardino, ND, d. Jose Morales, D, 8-1; Josh La Bar, PX, d. Nate Snyder, Wh, 3-1; Chris Dowdy, BP, p. Dylan Muller, PJ, 1:50.

140 -- Colin Shober, SV, p. Mike Mclaughlin, Wi, 4:42; Tanner Simmons, C, p. Travis Edwards, PJ, 2:53; Zach Robinson, Po, tf. Matt Mazzante, ND, 20-5, 5:00; Matt Bonshak, Wh, p. Kevin Finn, ESS, 1:10

145 -- Dillon Smith, JT, tf. Matt Suter, PMW, 20-2, 4:20; Ochirbat Bayanjargal, BP, p. William Hailey, SL, 1:55; Elliot Riddick, BC, md. Chris Gannon, ESN, 12-2; Jake Giovannini, PX, d. Aaron Williams, Wh, 8-5.

152 -- Ahmed Burton, A, d. Seth Guth, Wh, 9-7; C.J Krasavage, WVW, d. Greg Chrin, ND, 7-3; Kyle Dehaut, BC, md. Tj Demetrio, Po, 12-3; Noah Horst, SV, tf. Rich Clark, B, 16-1, 6:00.

160 -- Ryan Maurer, SV, tf. Larry Giamarco, BC, 17-1, 3:28; Bobby Bah, BP, md. Keith Hird, D, 15-2; Luke Gotzon, SL, d. Kit Swenson, Wa, 4-0; Kevin Schaller, PV, p. Jake Williams, C, 2:44.

171 -- Luke Deluise, PX, md. Jeff Mohn, SV, 17-7; Jonathon Blank, ND, p. Mike Weaver, PV, 1:09; Luke Garner, C, d. George Simms, WVW, 8-3; Brian Mclaughlin, ESS, md. Jesse Donnelly, Pal, 8-0.

189 -- Dylan Scheidt, SV, p. Cody Johnson, ESN, 2:51; Kevin Rehm, Wh, d. Tyler Wysochanski, Po, 4-0; Martin Laluz, BC, d. Dan Comunale, PX, 7-5; Isaiah Cromwell, BP, p. Alex Lorkowski, PV, 0:54.

215 -- Taylor Newcomer, Wa, d. Dave Pinto, ESN, 5-2; Riad Abu-Smail, BP, p. John Schaeffer, PV, 4:36; Taray Carey, Wh, p. Mitch Moll, SV, 1:55; Andrew Smith, PJ, d. Francis Roscioli, Wi, 4-3.

285 -- Josh Gonzalez, PMW, d. Luke Texeira, PX, 8-2; Frank Bruno, Wa, d. Zach Greene, SV, 5-2; Tom Lapping, ESS, p. Jason Ford, PJ, 2:07; Tony Bourizk, Wh, p. Chris Reynolds, BP, 0:56.