Saturday, December 27, 2014

Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic: a preview

http://highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com/news/article/-8215867992843485655/bethlehem-holiday-wrestling-classic-a-preview/#incart_river

FROM EXPRESS TIMES

Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic
Where: Liberty High School’s Memorial Gym
What: one of the top three individual tournaments in Pennsylvania
When: Sunday, 9 a.m.: pigtails, preliminaries, first and second round consolations; 6 p.m.: quarterfinals, third and fourth round consolations. Monday, 10:30 a.m.: Semifinals, fifth and sixth round consolations. 3:30 p.m.: championship and consolation finals.
Teams: Big Spring, Central Dauphin, Council Rock South, Delaware Valley (Pa.), Hazleton, Freedom, Lehighton, Liberty, Nazareth, Northampton, Northern Lehigh, North Penn, Northwestern Lehigh, Palmerton, Pen Argyl, Pennridge, Phillipsburg, Pleasant Valley, Pottsville, Quakertown, St. Mark’s (Del.), Saucon Valley,Stroudsburg, Tri-Valley, Warwick, Wyoming Seminary, Wyoming Valley West.
What to watch for: The presence of Wyoming Seminary, ranked No. 4 in the nation as a team by Intermat and boasting five nationally-ranked wrestlers (all national rankings that follow by Intermat) – Jack Mueller (7th at 120), Chris Weiler (8th at 160), Nick Reenan (4th at 170), Christian Dietrich (9th at 182) and Michael Rogers (16th at 285) – makes the team title something of a foregone conclusion, though Phillipsburg, led by Beast of the East champion Brandon Paetzell (No. 8 nationally at 113), could take a run at Seminary the way Nazareth did last season. Other teams aiming for best-of-show-non-Seminary division are Central Dauphin (led by Tyshawn White, No. 2 in Pennsylvania at 120 by Pa. Power Wrestling and Zach Elvin. No. 3 at 138 by PPW); Pennridge (led by Matt Parker, No. 1 at 106 AAA by PPW, and Kyle Gentile, No. 4 at 182); and Nazareth (led by freshman Sammy Sasso, No. 5 at the Beast of the East at 126). Other top wrestlers to watch include freshman Blake Barrick of Big Spring (No. 7 at AAA 182); Freedom’s senior Jake Young (No. 12 at AAA 182); Liberty’s sophomore KJ Fenstermacher (No. 9 AAA at 120); Northampton’s Beast runner-up Danny Moran (No. 2 AAA at 113); Saucon Valley’s Jason Lynch (5th at Beast at 170); Wyoming Valley West’s Cody Cordes (No. 6 at 170 AAA); Stroudsburg’s John Jakobsen (No. 3 AAA at 182); and Tri-Valley’s Anthony Snyder (No. 4 AAA at 152), one of six Tri-Valley wrestlers ranked in Class AA by PPW.

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