Fields set for District 11 wrestling duals

FROM THE MORNING CALL

The 10-team fields are set for this weekend's District 11 Team Wrestling tournaments.

Defending champions Easton (Class 3A) and Bethlehem Catholic (2A) likely will be the top seeds for the two-day event at Freedom High. Bethlehem Catholic (7-0) edged Easton 29-26 on Saturday night and can clinch its first outright Lehigh Valley Conference title with a victory over Whitehall on Wednesday

Wrestling at the district duals begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday with the preliminary rounds, followed by the quarterfinals at 6 and 7:45 p.m. The 2A semifinals are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, followed by the 3A semifinals at 1 p.m.

The championship matches are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. The top two teams in each class advance to next week's PIAA Team Wrestling Tournament


Here are the 10 qualifying teams in each class, with their records and seeding-points averages. Seeding points do not determine the tournament seeds. A committee will seed the tournament later this week.

CLASS 3A

1. Stroudsburg (12-1) 3.818

2. Easton (16-2) 3.636

3. Parkland (16-2) 3.611

4. Blue Mountain (8-0) 3.500

5. Pleasant Valley (14-1) 3.333

6. Pocono Mt. East (13-5) 3.000

7. Whitehall (11-6) 2.706

8. Liberty (10-6) 2.667

9. Northampton (8-5) 2.636

10. Bangor (10-5) 2.571

CLASS 2A

1. Bethlehem Catholic (7-0) 3.857

2. Pine Grove (13-2) 3.143

3. Saucon Valley (17-1) 3.000

4. Pen Argyl (17-3) 2.900

5. Tri-Valley (9-2) 2.727

6. Palisades (12-4) 2.500

7. Palmerton (14-5) 2.421

8. Northern Lehigh (9-7) 2.250

9. Catasauqua (16-10) 2.240

10. Lehighton (9-11) 2.000

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