Easton leads after opening night at District 11 3A wrestling tournament

FROM THE MORNING CALL

Easton placed 10 wrestlers into the semifinals, including upset-minded Solomon Sohn, to take the lead after the first night of the District Class 3A wrestling tournament Friday at Liberty High.

Sohn, a senior seeded seventh at 152 pounds, pinned No. 2 Ty Gardner of Pottsville in 29 seconds to reach the semifinals. Sohn (10-6) will wrestle Southern Lehigh's Luke Gotzon in Saturday's semifinals.

Sohn wrestled at 152 in place of senior Mason McIntyre, who sustained a broken collarbone in practice this week that ended his season. McIntyre (22-1) was the Morning Call's top-ranked wrestler at 152 pounds.

Nazareth sent eight wrestlers into the semifinals, while Northampton followed with seven. Parkland advanced five, including senior Justin Heller, who won his 100th career bout.

The semifinals begin at 10:30 a.m. at Liberty. The 2A and 3A finals will be wrestled simultaneously beginning at 7 p.m. at Liberty.

WGPA 1100-AM will carry the semifinals live beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Results from Friday's first and quarterfinal rounds.

TEAM KEY

Allen (A); Bangor (B); Blue Mountain (BM); Dieruff (D); Easton (Ea); East Stroudsburg North; (ESN) East Stroudsburg South (ESS); Emmaus (Em); Freedom (F); Liberty (L); Nazareth (Na); Northampton (No); Parkland (Pa); Pleasant Valley (PV); Pocono Mountain East PME); Pocono Mountain West (PMW); Pottsville (Po); Southern Lehigh (SL); Stroudsburg (St); Whitehall (W).

QUARTERFINALS

103: Brandon Sommer (No) dec. Colby Ems (ESS) 8-5; Ethan Lizak (Pa) dec. Guesseppe Rea (St) 10-1; Kenny Yanovich (PV) pin Freddy Agou (W) 1:40; Brett Marino (L) dec. Kyle Baker (Ea) 11-4.

112: Anthony Cabrera (L) pin Jeff Hernandez (St) 2:21; Chase Zemenak (Na) dec. Ian Evans (Pa) 6-1; Peter Stanley (Ea) dec. Bailey Roos (Po) 5-1; DeMarquis Holley (D) dec. Sean Bianco (PV) 16-6.

119: Corey Keener (BM) pin Adam Delgado (Na) 1:55; James Palys (PME) dec. James Harris (Po) 6-3; Grimaldi Gonzalez (L) pin James Felipia (PV) :51; Evan DiSora (E) dec. Paul Hetrick (No) 9-1.

125: Franco Ferraina (Na) pin Tyler Galasso (F) 5:52; Ernest Klingel (PV) dec. Mike Fake (Pa) 12-7; Josh Fritz (Em) dec. Robbie Rizzolino (Ea) 6-4; Devon Lotito (L) dec. Trey Daubert (No) 4-2.

130: Zach Horan (Na) tech. fall Dominic Fetter (L) 25-9 in 4:22; Calvin Daly (Ea) dec. Forest Touchberry (Pa) 6-3; Mike Dahlstrom (PV) dec. Chris Gannon (ESS) 7-2; Brandon Choate (BM) dec. Bobby Fehr (No) 8-2.

135: Greg Noll (Na) pin Tye Vallone (SL) 1:34; Eric Howey (St) dec. George Bastian (ESS) 7-3; Jason Stephen (No) dec. Aaron Morekin (W) 18-8; Joey Rizzolino (Ea) dec. Mike Marano (Pa) 13-6.

140: Mitch Minotti (Ea) pin Bryson Berard (Pa) 3:37; Alex Yanovich (PV) dec. Joseph Bickelman (Po) 8-3; Zach Wilson (No) dec. Elijah Angradi (St) 3-2; D.P. Miller (ESS) dec. Ian Stout (Na) 10-6.

145: Cole Sheptock (No) dec. Matt Gotzon (SL) 7-2; Kevin Finn (ESS) pin Josh Young (F) 3:21; Justin Heller (Pa) dec. Wyatt Miller (Na) 7-2; Anthony Minotti (Ea) pin Keith Howie (St) 3:42.

152: John Lambert (No) pin Jonathan Slinger (PMW) 2:31; Aaron Transue (St) dec. Ryan Price (PME) 16-3; Luke Gotzon (SL) dec. Matt Bonshak (W) 3-2 OT; Solomon Sohn (Ea) pin Ty Gardner (Po) :29.

160: Ryan Krecker (Na) tech. fall Abraham Dawood (A) 20-5 in 2:35; Ed Helm V (PME) dec. Jacobi Nordmark (St) 13-4; Tim Kunkel (No) dec. Richard Ruiz (D) 7-2; Mike Ottinger (Pa) tech. fall Cody Thatcher (B) 23-8 in 5:44.

171: Travis Moyer (BM) dec. Willie O'Brien (ESS) 14-6; Eric Wolak (Na) dec. Joseph Fogle (PME) 4-3; Zach Bambary (Ea) dec. Kyle Spina (F) 6-3; Jovon Reyes (D) dec. William Hailey (SL) 17-3.

189: Cory Bruder (Pa) dec. Hunter Deihl (PV) 9-1; Troy Newhard (Em) dec. Marcus Newwsom (No) 9-5; Evan Kauffman (F) dec. Kyle Gill (ESS) 15-2; Blake Smith (PME) dec. Ben Bradley (Na) 4-3.

215: Tarik Haddad (Pa) pin Michael Wright (No) 1:10; Jacob Dolin (W) dec. Kenny Rogers (St) 8-1; Tyler Greene (Ea) tech. fall Tyler Pearson (F) 16-1 in 3:08; David Wilke (Na) pin Stanley Burke (Po) 2:43.

285: Josh Gonzalez (PMW) pin Daulton Romano (SL) 1:00; Aaron Bradley (Na) pin Sean Fortes (F) 1:10; Jalal Paige (Ea) dec. Shaun Heist (Pa) 9-1; Nick Sharga (No) pin Lance Francois (ESN) 1:32.

PIGTAIL ROUND

103: Daniel Clowney (PMW) pin Nate Caraballo (ESN) :55; Travis Shoemaker (A) pin Omar Elsayed (F) 1:10.

112: Zach Valley (No) tech. fall Dustin Dones (ESN) 19-4 in 5:40; Tyler Hernandez (PMW) pin Adam Hennessy (ESS) 1:08.

125: Seth Blankenhorn (BM) dec. Mikhil Kaiser (PME) 7-3.

130: Lee Munoz (PME) dec. Jesus Bracero (A) 11-8 OT; Edwardo Vega (F) pin Steven Faris (W) 3:11; Richard Johnson (ESN) dec. James Brown (St) 13-2.

135: Tanner Clarke (ESN) dec. Brian Burke (F); Justin Pintado (L) pin Luscan Tyler (Po) :30; Josh Perry (PV) dec. Victor Young (PMW) 13-12; Matt Franco (E) pin Casey Rivera (A) 1:14.

140: Eric Fluegel (PME) pin Jeremy Rigotti (ESN) 1:32; Brandon Allen (D) pin Lawrence Marinovitch (PMW) 5:23; Ryan Hogan (L) pin David Bucha (E) 2:32.

145: Theodore Belle (PMW) pin Steven Luna (D) 4:21.

171: Robert Karstendiek (St) pin Jonathan Davis (ESN) 2:29; Colin Wescoe (No) dec. James Long (Po) 5-2.

189:Justin Remollino (PMW) pin Jacob Ramos (ESN) 2:31.

215:Rojae Brown (PMW) pin Eric Pham (A) 3:24.

285: Mike Benner (PV) pin John Borchick (Po) 2:56.

FIRST ROUND

103: Colby Ems (ESS) pin Clowney :27; Brandon Sommer (No) pin Robert Lindsay (B) 2:25; Guesseppe Rea (St) dec. Taylor Schaf (Em) 5-3; Ethan Lizak (Pa) pin Josh Bickelman (Po) 2:46; Kenny Yanovich (PV) pin Cole Ruppel (SL) :39; Freddy Agou (W) dec. Bryant Penberth (BM) 9-2; Kyle Baker (Ea) dec. Tyrone Klump (Na) 6-0; Brett Marino (L) pin Shoemaker (A) 1:05.

112: Anthony Cabrera (L) dec. Valley 11-3; Jeff Hernandez (St) dec. Alex Gosch (BM) 11-4; Ian Evans (Pa) pin Mackenzie Lawrence (Em) 4:53; Chase Zemenak (Na) tech. fall Lee Lindsay (B) 17-0 in 2:23; Peter Stanley (Ea) pin Nikko Kauffman (W) 3:38; Bailey Roos (Po) dec. Adam Ziegler (SL) 10-3; Sean Bianco (PV) dec. Daniel Johnson (PME) 7-0; DeMarquis Holley (D) tech. fall Hernandez (PMW) 16-1 in 5:47.

119: Corey Keener (BM) pin Justin Tripoli (ESN) :12; Adam Delgado (Na) dec. Jacob Younger (Em) 22-11; James Palys (PME) pin Cole DiGuiseppi (F) 3:37; James Harris (Po) dec. Kenneth Nguyen (D) 19-9; Grimaldi Gonzalez (L) pin YouTe Chen (W) 1:16; James Felipa (PV) dec. Mike Cassano (St) 3-1 OT; Paul Hetrick (No) tech. fall George Schaffer (B) 16-1 in 5:57; Evan DiSora (Ea) pin Stephen Nova (PMW) 1:29.

125: Franco Ferraina (Na) pin Mark Silvius (W) 2:38; Tyler Galasso (F) dec. Jeremy Allen (D) 9-1; Ernest Klingel (PV) tech. fall Amir Blair (PMW) 17-1 in 3:04; Mike Fake (Pa) pin Brian Morales (St) 5:44; Robbie Rizzolino (Ea) by forfeit; Josh Fritz (Em) pin Tim Rice (SL) 2:53; Trey Daubert (No) tech. fall Kody Stencovage (Po) 16-0 in 3:29; Devon Lotito (L) pin Blankenhorn (BM) :29.

130: Zach Horan (Na) pin Munoz (PME) 1:09; Dominic Fetter (L) dec. Michael Crawn (B) 11-2; Forest Touchberry (Pa) pin Aaron Ditzler (Po) 1:17; Calvin Daly (Ea) tech. fall Jansen Grabowski (Em); Mike Dahlstrom (PV) dec. Vega (F) 13-4; Chris Gannon (ESS) dec. Javier Rivas (D) 13-7; Bobby Fehr (No) dec. Sean Aris (PMW) 10-4; Brandon Choate (BM) pin Johnson (ESN) :12.

135: Greg Noll (Na) pin Clarke (ESN) 1:12; Tye Vallone (SL) dec. Jose Morales (D) 7-5 OT; George Bastian (ESS) pin Cody Dockry (B) 3:22; Eric Howey (St) pin Pintado (L) :45; Jason Stephen (No) pin Perry (PV) 4:36; Aaron Morekin (W) dec. Gino Giunta (PME) 14-4; Mike Marano (Pa) dec. Blake Uhler (BM) 6-0; Joey Rizzolino (Ea) pin Franco (Em) :44.

140: Mitch Minotti (Ea) pin Fluegel (PME) :55; Bryson Berard (Pa) dec. Eric Allen 11-3; Joseph Bickelman (Po) dec. Paul Schwartz (F) 8-4; Alex Yanovich (PV) pin Ryuta Amaike (W) 4:52; Zach Wilson (No) pin Allen (D) 2:35; Elijah Angradi (St) dec. Adam Russek (SL) 5-1; Ian Stout (Na) dec. Chris Louszko (B) 11-6; D.P. Miller (ESS) pin Ryan Hogan (L) :43.

145: Cole Sheptock (No) pin Belle (PMW) :33; Luke Gotzon (SL) dec. Matt Murphy (PME) 4-2; Josh Young (F) dec. William Weber (BM) 11-1; Kevin Finn (ESS) pin Miquel Velez (A) 3:21; Justin Heller (Pa); Wyatt Miller (Na) dec. Josh Henninger (W) 6-3; Keith Howie (St) dec. John Kelly (B) 5-3; Anthony Minotti (Ea) pin Adrian Alvarez (ESN) :44.

152: John Lambert (No) bye; Jonathan Slinger (PMW) pin Hunter Weidner (Na) 5:33; Ryan Price (PME) pin Linares Albert (PV) :52; Aaron Transue (St) dec. Rich Trotta (Pa) 10-2; Luke Gotzon (SL) pin Ardis Smith (L) 3:59; Matt Bonshak (W) pin Jake Stoudt (BM) 1:22; Solomon Sohn (Ea) dec. Jared Stevens (ESN) 8-3; Ty Gardner (Po) bye.

160: Ryan Krecker (Na) bye; Abraham Dawood (A) pin Scott Snyder (BM) 2;58; Jacobi Nordmark (St) dec. Jesse Poplawski (PMW) 4-0; Ed Helm V (PME) dec. Dyvon Gibson (Ea) 16-5; Tim Kunkel (No) pin Tyler Scriven (L) :31; Richard Ruiz (D) dec. Joell Toledo (PV) 12-11; Cody Thatcher (B) pin Brad Petchulis (Po) :28; Mike Ottinger (Pa) bye.

171: Travis Moyer (BM) dec. Robert Karstendiek (St) 22-8; Willie O'Brien (ESS) pin Ryan Irwin (Pa) 5:12; Eric Wolak (Na) pin Jacob Quier (Em) :42; Joseph Fogle (PME) pin Michael O'Dell (B) 1:44; Zach Bambary (Ea) pin Noah Klingboard (L) 2:36; Kyle Spina (F) dec. Aaron Brewer (PV) 2-0; William Hailey (SL) dec. James Poplawski (PMW) 6-0; Jovon Reyes (D) tech. fall Colin Wescoe (No) 19-3 in 4:36.

189: Cory Bruder (Pa) pin Remollino (PMW) 1:00; Hunter Deihl (PV) dec. Fuad Haddad (W) 3-0; Troy Newhard (Em) dec. Derrick Powell (St) 9-1; Marcus Newsom (No) pin Mark Boudreau (B) 1:01; Evan Kauffman (F) pin Craig Sinkovich (Po) :54; Kyle Gill (ESS) dec. Zach Yackenchick (BM) 6-2; Blake Smith (PME) pin Leonardo Cortes (D) 2:37; Ben Bradley (Na) dec. Francis Slover (Ea) 10-3.

215: Tarik Haddad (Pa) pin Brown (PMW) 1:13; Michael Wright (No) pin Joshua Santos (PME) :37; Kenny Rogers (St) dec. Richard Hargrove (PV) 6-3; Jacob Dolin (W) pin Michael Montgomery (Em) :32; Tyler Greene (Ea) pin Emilio Cordero (D) 1:04; Tyler Pearson (F) dec. Michael Swan (SL) 8-4; Stanley Burke (Po) pin Tristen Coello (BM) 3:01; David Wilke (Na) pin Jake Gunning (L) :15.

285: Josh Gonzalez (PMW) pin Brian Mbuthia (ESS) :20; Daulton Romano (SL) pin Andrew Romeo (B) 2:48; Sean Fortes (F) dec. Steven Farr (D) 6-5; Aaron Bradley (Na) pin Brian Fang (W) 1:50; Jalal Paige (Ea) pin William Rich (BM) :58; Shaun Heist (Pa) pin Cody Cooper (St) 1:10; Lance Francois (ESN) pin Jordan Gonzalez (A) 1:53; Nick Sharga (No) pin Benner (PV) :53.

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