Nazareth Area High School crowns four champs, rolls to Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic title

FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES

Behind four individual champions, Nazareth Area High School rolled to the team title at the Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic at Liberty High School tonight.

Franco Ferraina (125), Zach Horan (130), Ryan Krecker (160) and Aaron Bradley (285) each took first place in his respective weight class for the Blue Eagles, who saw 11 wrestlers earn medals by placing in the top eight.

Nazareth won with 220 points to second-place Northampton's 177.5. Phillipsburg was fifth with 124, Liberty sixth with 120.5, Saucon Valley 11th at 97.5 and Pen Argyl tied for 14th at 89.

"I'm very happy with a lot of guys," Nazareth coach Dave Crowell said. "We came in knowing we had a chance to win if we wrestled well."

Liberty crowned two champions in Brett Marino (103) and Anthony Cabrera (112), and Cabrera won the John Fenstermacher Scholar-Athlete Award, the first time a Hurricane wrestler had won the award named after the late Bethlehem wrestling booster and coach.

"I was close to John," Cabrera said. "He was a big part of this tournament. This was a big deal for me."

Northampton's John Lambert (152) was the only other area champion.

Erie McDowell's Steve Spearman won the Frank Gutierrez Outstanding Wrestler Award and Bound Brook's three-time New Jersey champion Andrew Campolattano won the John Fritz Award for most pins in fastest time (3/2:30).




Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic

(at Liberty HS)

Team scores and legend: Nazareth (NA) 220, Northampton (Nh) 177.5, St. Mark's (Del.) (StM)168, Council Rock South (CRS) 166, Phillipsburg (Pb) 124, Liberty (L) 120.5, Delaware Valley (Pa.) (DV) 115, Camden Catholic (CC) and Quakertown (Q) 113, Erie McDowell (McD)106.5, Saucon Valley (SV) 97.5, Northwestern Lehigh (NW) 96, Bound Brook (BB) 93.5, Northern Lehigh (NL) and Pen Argyl (PA) 89, Boyertown (Bo) 85, Milton (Mi) 82, Stroudsburg (Sb) 72, Warwick (Wa) 67.5, Hazleton (Ha) 50, Selinsgrove (Se) 48.5, Lehighton (Le) 46, North Penn (NP) 39, Northern (No) 31, Freedom (F) 29.5.

Championship Finals

103 pounds: Brett Marino, L, d. Bryan Israel, SV, 11-2

112: Anthony Cabrera, L, md. Chase Zemanak, NA, 12-4

119: Chad Walsh, CC, d. Grimaldi Gonzalez, L, 6-4

125: Franco Ferraina, NA, d. CJ Palmer, DV, 3-1

130: Zach Horan, NA, md. Tyler Prendergast, StM, 9-1

135: Steve Spearman, McD, Mike Racciato, PA, 9-4

140: TJ Miller, CC, p. Connor Moore, CRS, 2:28

145: Matt Martoccio, CRS. md. Anthony Farole, Le, 13-5

152: John Lambert, Nh, p. Tim Samec, HA, 1:55

160: Ryan Krecker, NA. d. Mike Vollant, McD, 10-4

171: John Snook, StM, p. Colin Hedash, NL, 3:06

189: Tyler Mauger, Bo, d. Ian Gimbar, SV, 8-6 (OT)

215: Andrew Campolattano, BB, md. Ryan Solomon, MI, 10-1

285: Aaron Bradley, NA, d. Patrick Cassidy, StM, 3-1

Consolation finals

103 pounds: Billy Rappo, CRS, d. Matt Williams, PA, 3-1

112: Trey Balasco, CRS, d. Jeff Hernandez, StM, 5-0

119: Eric Wolfe, Mi, p. Adam Delgado, NA, 2:49

125: Devon Lotito, NA, p. Zane Heller, NL, 0:48

130: Tyler Romano, NP, d. Michael Ortiz, NW, 7-1

135: Matt Rappo, CRS, inj. def. Scott Wolfinger, Q, 3:00

140: Briar Malischewski, Q, p. Nikko Stevens, 2:57

145: Cole Sheptock, Nh, p. Chris Hemmerich, StM, 2:50

152: Jon Nieman, Bo, p. John Lynch, SV, 4:04

160: Marc Wagnerm, DV, d. Kyle Sorensen, NW, 6-3

171: Tyler Horn, PA, d. Ray O'Donnell, SV, 4-2

189: Michael Mauk, StM, p. Ben Bradley, NA, 4:23

215: Brandon Hull, Pb, d. Nick Sharga, Nh, 4-3

285: Jake Swearingen, Q, d. X, Kenny Taffur, BB, 11-6

Semifinals

103 pounds: Brett Marino, L, p. Matty Williamns, PA, 2:58; Bryan Israel, SV, p. Tyrone Klumpp, NA, 0:52

112: Anthony Cabrera, L, d. Trey Balasco, CRS, 3-1; Chase Zemanak, NA, tf. Jeff Hernandez, StM, 6:00 (15-0).

119: Chad Walsh, CC, p. Nick Gibson, McD, 2:48; Grimaldi Gonzalez, L, d. Lucas Dise, NL, 4-3.

125: CJ Palmer, DV, d. Zane Heller, NL, 3-2; Franco Ferraina, NA, d. Devon Lotito, L, 6-2

130: Zach Horan, NA, d. Tyler Romano, NP, 3-0; Tyler Prendergast, StM, d. Matt Lane, Pb, 4-2

135: Steve Spearman, McD, d. Scott Wolfinger, Q, 7-2; Mike Racciato, PA, d. Matt Rappo, CRS, 14-6

140: TJ Miller, CC, md. Luciano Burriesci, 13-2; Connor Moore, CRS, d. Peter Jones, Bo, 1-0 (UTB)

145: Matt Martoccio, CRS. d. Cole Sheptock, Nh, 10-7; Anthony Farole, Le, d. Merrick Ash, BB, 5-3

152: John Lambert, Nh, d. Jon Neiman, Bo, 3-1; Tim Samec, NA, d. Bobby Clymer, NW, 3-2

160: Ryan Krecker, NA, d. Marc Wagner, DV, 6-3; Mike Vollant, McD, d. Kyle Sorensen, NW, 8-4

171: John Snook, StM, md. Ray O'Donnell, SV, 15-1; Colin Hedash, NL, d. Tyler Horn, PA, 5-3

189: Tyler Mauger, Bo, d. Michael Mauk, StM, 5-4 UTB; Ian Gimbar, SV, md. Chad Hoffman, HA, 15-7

215: Andrew Campolattano, BB, p. Timmy Riley, CRS, 0:46; Ryan Solomon, MI, d. Brandon Hall, Pb, 4-2

285: Patrick Cassidy, StM, p. Kenny Taffur, BB, 1:03; Aaron Bradley, NA, p. JakeSwearingen, Q, 1:38

John Fritz Award (most pins/least time); Campollattano, Bound Brook.

Frank Gutierrez Award (outstanding wrestler): Steve Spearman, Erie McDowell.

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