Saturday, February 28, 2015

Comunale, Gentile shine at 2A Southeast Regional wrestling tourney

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FROM MORNING CALL

Perfection was maintained in more ways than one by Pius X High School senior Mike Comunale and Jim Thorpe junior Kevan Gentile here at the PIAA 2A Southeast Regional Championships on Saturday.

Allen beats Nazareth to earn state tourney berth

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FROM MORNING CALL

Allen coach Doug Snyder said all along the best thing about his Canaries boys team is they love to play basketball.

Bethlehem Catholic wins Northeast Regional wrestling tournament, qualifies 11 for states

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FROM MORNING CALL

PIAA NORTHEAST REGIONAL CLASS 3A TOURNAMENT
TOP 10 TEAM SCORES: 1. Bethlehem Catholic 226; 2. Nazareth 121; 3. Liberty 93; 4. Freedom 89.5; 5. Parkland 88; 6. Northampton 69; 7. Scranton 67; 8. Easton 66; 9. Hazleton 51; 10. Wallenpaupack 47.
CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
138: Stephen Maloney (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Dan Ritz (Crestwood) 4-2.
145: Jimmy Saylor (Easton) dec. Chase Gallick (Wallenpaupack) 10-1.
152: Kazim Bakhriyev (Scranton) dec. Mike Labriola (Bethlehem Catholic) 7-6.
160: Cody Cordes (Wyoming Valley West) pin Adam Soldridge (Bethlehem Catholic) 5:42.
170: Matt Mirth (Southern Lehigh) dec. Frank Guida (Parkland) 6-1.
182: John Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) dec. Jared Wehrmann (Wallenpaupack) 5-0.
195: Matt Wagner (Delaware Valley) dec. John Callahan (Freedom) 8-4.
220: Omar Haddad (Parkland) dec. Andrew Gunning (Liberty) 3-2.
285: Andrew Dunn (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Ryan Monk (Dallas) 5-2.
106: Tyson Klump (Nazareth) pin Luke Werner (Liberty) 3:20.
113: KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) dec. Dan Moran (Northampton) 8-5.
120: Sammy Sasso (Nazareth) tech. fall Michael Scheetz (Northampton) 15-0 in 5:48.
126: Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Jimmy Hoffman (Hazleton) 6-0.
132: Evan Fidelibus (Easton) by medical forfeit over Chad Haegele (Archbishop Wood).
THIRD PLACE
138: Travis Stefanik (Nazareth) dec. Kyle Mallon (Father Judge) 6-5.
145: Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) by medical forfeit over Adam Evans (Freedom).
152: Shane Jones (Stroudsburg) dec. Robert Endy (St. Joseph's) 5-2.
160: Ricky Frable (Southern Lehigh) dec. Dallas LaBar (Bangor) 5-2.
170: Niyaz Bakradze (Scranton) dec. Idris White (Father Judge) 7-3.
182: Derek Spachman (Hazleton) dec. Jayden Reyes (Dieruff) 5-0.
195: Thomas Alcaro (Emmaus) pin Brandon Blobe (Bethlehem Catholic) 3:41.
220: Jason Kocher (Northampton) dec. Jake Vaxmonsky (Pittston) 5-2.
285: Jeremy Candelario (Pocono Mt. East) dec. Kyle Gildner (Liberty) 3-2.
106: Sean Redington (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Stefhen Caple (West Scranton) 7-6.
113: Luke Carty (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Chris Lasecki (Hazleton) 13-2.
120: Jake Riegel (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. James Wright (Wyoming Valley West) 13-3.
126: Jacob Lizak (Parkland) dec. Travis Smith (Nazareth) 4-2.
132: Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Lucas Schaf (Emmaus) 3-1.
STATE QUALIFIERS
BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC (11)
Sean Redington (106), Luke Carty (113), Jake Riegel (120), Luke Karam (126), Joey Gould (132), Stephen Maloney (138), Cole Karam (145), Mike Labriola (152), Adam Soldridge (160), Brandon Blobe (195), Andrew Dunn (285).
LIBERTY (4)
Luke Werner (106), KJ Fenstermacher (113), Andrew Gunning (220), Kyle Gildner (285).
NAZARETH (4)
Tyson Klump (106), Sammy Sasso (120), Travis Smith (126), Travis Stefanik (138).
NORTHAMPTON (3)
Dan Moran (113), Michael Scheetz (120), Jason Kocher (220)
PARKLAND (3)
Jacob Lizak (126), Frank Guida (170), Omar Haddad (220)
EASTON (2)
Evan Fidelibus (132), Jimmy Saylor (145)
EMMAUS (2)
Lucas Schaf (132), Thomas Alcaro (195)
FREEDOM (2)
Adam Evans, John Callahan (195)
SOUTHERN LEHIGH (2)
Ricky Frable (160), Matt Mirth (170)
STROUDSBURG (2)
Shane Jones (152), John Jakobsen (182)
BANGOR (1)
Dallas LaBar (160)
DIERUFF (1)
Jayden Reyes (182)
POCONO MT. EAST (1)
Jeremy Candelario (285)
SEMIFINALS
106: Luke Werner (Liberty) dec. Casin Corallo (Easton) 7-3; Tyson Klump (Nazareth) tech. fall Sean Redington (Bethlehem Catholic) 16-1 in 3:13.
113: Dan Moran (Northampton) dec. Dylan Brown (Freedom) 8-3; KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) dec. Luke Carty (Bethlehem Catholic) 4-1.
120: Michael Scheetz (Northampton) dec. Sean Lyons (St. Joseph's) 5-2; Sammy Sasso (Nazareth) dec. Luke Gardner (Pottsville) 5-2.
126: Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Travis Smith (Nazareth) 10-1; Jimmy Hoffman (Hazleton) dec. Jacob Lizak (Parkland) 3-2 OT.
132: Evan Fidelibus (Easton) dec. Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic) 6-1; Chad Haegele (Archbishop Wood) dec. Rui Evanitsky (Scranton) 4-2 OT.
138: Stephen Maloney (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. John Ritter (Liberty) 5-2; Dan Ritz (Crestwood) dec. Jacob Montes (Easton) 6-1.
145: Jimmy Saylor (Easton) dec. Adam Evans (Freedom) 5-0; Chase Gallik (Wallenpaupack) dec. Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) 9-1.
152: Mike Labriola (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Shane Jones (Stroudsburg) 2:21; Kazim Bakhriyev (Scranton) dec. Robert Endy (St. Joseph's) 6-4 OT.
160: Cody Cordes (Wyoming Valley West) dec. Cole Franklin (Emmaus) 14-2; Adam Soldridge (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Andrew Burgette (Scranton) 9-4.
170: Jake Young (Freedom) vs. Frank Guida (Parkland); Matt Mirth (Southern Lehigh) dec. Devon Krammes (Blue Mountain) 5-1.
182: John Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) dec. Derek Spachman (Hazleton) 5-0; Jared Wehrmann (Wallenpaupack) dec. Jayden Reyes (Dieruff) 18-5.
195: Matt Wagner (Delaware Valley) dec. Thomas Alcaro (Emmaus) 9-2; John Callahan (Freedom) pin Joey Gladish (Whitehall) 2:33.
220: Omar Haddad (Parkland) pin Josh Newhart (Freedom) 5:21; Andrew Gunning (Liberty) dec. Jason Kocher (Northampton) 1-0.
285: Andrew Dunn (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Kyle Gildner (Liberty) 2:47; Ryan Monk (Dallas) dec. Ahmad Curtis (Pleasant Valley) 6-2.

Allen boys basketball team tops Nazareth in District 11 Class AAAA consolation, advances to state tournament

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FROM EXPRESS TIMES

Joel Polanco is typically a defensive stopper for the Allen High School boys basketball team.

TV NEWS FEBRUARY 28

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The boxscores from Friday night's District 11 girls and boys basketball games

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

With great thanks to Jeff Schuler, Roger Pence and The Morning Call's agate crew, here are Friday night's boxscores:

District 11 dominates first night at PIAA Northeast regional wrestling

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FROM MORNING CALL

QUARTERFINALS
106: Luke Werner (Liberty) pin Stephen Veneziale (Archbishop Wood) :11; Casin Corallo (Easton) dec. Nick Dolak (Parkland) 3-2; Sean Redington (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Tim McCall (Father Judge) 8-4; Tyson Klump (Nazareth) dec. Michael McLaren (La Salle) 14-2.
113: Dan Moran (Northampton) pin Dakota Conner (Berwick) 2:26; Dylan Brown (Freedom) dec. Zach Ortman (Parkland) 7-4; KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) dec. Chris Lassecki (Hazleton) 16-2; Luke Carty (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Matt McLaren (La Salle) 6-0.
120: Sean Lyons (St. Joseph's) dec. Jake Riegel (Bethlehem Catholic) 10-3; Michael Scheetz (Northampton) tech. fall Jason Jacobi (Pleasant Valley) 15-0 in 5:14; Sammy Sasso (Nazareth) tech. fall Anthony Martoccio (Hazleton) 18-3 in 2:36; Luke Gardner (Pottsville) tech. fall James Wright (Wyoming Valley West) 20-4 in 3:22.

126: Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Dakota Quick (Tunkhannock) 2:47; Travis Smith (Nazareth) dec. Richard Bentz (Pottsville) 14-3; Jacob Lizak (Parkland) dec. Trevor Elfvin (Father Judge) 15-2; Jimmy Hoffman (Hazleton) dec. Jonah Zych (Freedom) 9-1.
132: Evan Fidelibus (Easton) pin P.J. Testino (Delaware Valley) 1:35; Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Lucas Schaf (Emmaus) 4-3; Rui Evanitsky (Scranton) dec. Brock Wilson (Nazareth) 6-5; Chad Haegele (Archbishop Wood) dec. Todd Hetrick (Northampton) 10-7.
138: Stephen Maloney (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Bill Manley (Tunkhannock) 1:49; John Ritter (Liberty) pin Kyle Mallon (Father Judge) 3;55; Jacob Montes (Easton) dec. Billy Pearn (Delaware Valley) 5-1; Dan Ritz (Crestwood) dec. Travis Stefanik (Nazareth) 4-3.

145: Jimmy Saylor (Easton) pin Dan Mitchell (West Scranton) 2:30; Adam Evans (Freedom) dec. Mike Manley (Tunkhannock) 5-4; Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Xavier Barber (Dallas) 9-5; Chase Gallik (Wallenpaupack) pin Ronald Nguyen (Dieruff) 4:45.
152: Mike Labriola (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Jake Cole (Coughlin) 3:35; Shane Jones (Stroudsburg) dec. Charles Sell (Bangor) 3-2; Kazim Bakhriyev (Scranton) dec. Cade Moisey (Northampton) 7-5; Robert Endy (St. Joseph's) dec. Ricky Fornaciari (Nazareth) 12-2.
160: Cody Cordes (Wyoming Valley West) tech. fall Ricky Frable (Southern Lehigh) 17-2 in 6:00; Cole Franklin (Emmaus) dec. Brandon Butry (Coughlin) 7-3; Andrew Burgette (Scranton) dec. Dallas LaBar (Bangor) 16-10; Adam Soldridge (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Dalton Ray (Tunkhannock) 4-2.
170: Jake Young (Freedom) dec. Idris White (Father Judge) 5-3; Frank Guida (Parkland) dec. Cole Dixon (Dallas) 8-3; Devon Krammes (Blue Mountain) dec. Niyaz Bakradze (Scranton) 9-3; Matt Mirth (Southern Lehigh) pin Todd Frick (Wallenpaupack) 2:57.
180: John Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) pin Chris Duncan 1:58; Derek Spachman (Hazleton) dec. Jody Crouse (Bethlehem Catholic) 8-1; Jayden Reyes (Dieruff) pin William Burger (Father Judge) 5:53; Jared Wehrmann (Wallenpaupack) dec. Brad Schuler (Whitehall) 9-5.
195: Matt Wagner (Delaware Valley) dec. Brandon Blobe (Bethlehem Catholic) 3-0; Thomas Alcaro (Emmaus) dec. Julius Santos (Mariana Bracetti) 3-1 OT; Joey Gladish (Whitehall) pin Trent Thomas (Pleasant Valley) 4:59; John Callahan (Freedom) dec. James Geiger (Dallas) 7-6.
220: Omar Haddad (Parkland) dec. Giorgi Ebanoidze (George Washington) 9-1; Josh Newhart (Freedom) dec. Walter Ortiz (Nazareth) 14-5; Andrew Gunning (Liberty) dec. Santino Pelusi (La Salle) 5-2; Jason Kocher (Northampton) pin Jake Vaxmonsky (Pittston) 1:55.
285: Andrew Dunn (Bethlehem Catholic) tech. fall John McCarthy (Delaware Valley) 24-9; Kyle Gildner (Liberty) dec. Jeremy Candelario (Pocono Mt. East) 3-0; Ahmad Curtis (Pleasant Valley) dec. Stephane Eugene (George Washington) 3-1; Ryan Monk (Dallas) dec. Cordell Cotto (Freedom) 4-3.
FIRST ROUND
106: Stephen Veneziale (Archbishop Wood) pin Patrick Clarke (Coughlin) 3:38; Nick Dolak (Parkland) by forfeit; Casin Corallo (Easton) dec. William Evanitsky (Scranton); 7-5; Tim McCall (Father Judge) dec. Jacob Maurer (Hazleton) 14-1; Sean Redington (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Nicholas Palermo (St. Joseph's) :57; Tyson Klump (Nazareth) pin Michael McLaren (La Salle) :24.
113: Dakota Conner (Berwick) dec. Mike Metzger (Father Judge) 12-2; Dylan Brown (Freedom) tech. fall Dominic Divirgilio (Delaware Valley) 19-2 in 4:38; Zach Ortman (Parkland) dec. Alex Shaffer (Archbishop Wood) 11-9 OT; Chris Lasecki (Hazleton) dec. Duncan Waite (St. Joseph's) 8-0; KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) tech. fall John Wulffen (Frankford) 22-6 in 6:00; Luke Carty (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Wayne smith (Wyoming Valley West) 20-6.
120: Jake Riegel (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Nick Yankoski (Coughlin) 9-1; Michael Scheetz (Northampton) pin Andrew Mimm (Abraham Lincoln) :47; Jason Jacobi (Pleasant Valley) dec. James Forsette (West Scranton) 8-3; Sammy Sasso (Nazareth) tech, fall Zach Shaffer (Archbishop Wood) 22-7 in 2:25; Anthony Martoccio (Hazleton) dec. Jonathan Guevara (Central) 6-5; Luke Gardner (Pottsville) tech. fall Charles Wallace (Archbishop Ryan) 18-3 in 1:48.
126: Dakota Quick (Tunkhannock) pin Alexandre DeSouza (Northeast) 3:42; Richard Bentz (Pottsville) pin Gregory Nau (Franklin Towne) 4:35; Travis Smith (Nazareth) dec. James Fayocavitz (Abington Heights) 9-8; Trevor Elfvin (Father Judge) dec. Josh Brown (Coughlin) 9-1; Jacob Lizak (Parkland) pin Brett Yoos (Archbishop Wood) 2:44; Jonah Zych (Freedom) pin John Pires (St. Joseph's) 2:49.
132: P.J. Testino (Delaware Valley) tech. fall Brandon Bravo (Central) 15-0 in 2:25; Lucas Schaf (Emmaus) dec. Bobby Hawkins (Coughlin) 10-1; Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Christopher Filice 13-3; Rui Evanitski (Scranton) pin Danial guinan (St. Joseph's) 1:11; Brock Wilson (Nazareth) by forfeit; Todd Hetrick (Northampton) dec. Bubba Novak (West Scranton) 10-0.
138: Bill Manley (Tunkhannock) dec. Andrew McLaren (La Salle) 10-5; Kyle Mallon (Father Judge) dec. Jordan Kloiber (Pocono Mt. East) 4-2; John Ritter (Liberty) tech. fall Aidan McNally (Scranton) 15-0 in 2:42; Billy Pearn (Delaware Valley) dec. Ronald Palmer (Mariana Bracetti) 8-4; Jacob Montes (Easton) dec. Conner Waite (St. Joseph's) 13-3; Travis Stefanik (Nazareth) pin Larry Lewis (Central) 2:36.

145: Dan Mitchell (West Scranton) pin Gerritt Roscioli (Central) 3:08; Adam Evans (Freedom) pin Michael Lewis (Cardinal O'Hara) :38; Mike Manley (Tunkhannock) dec. Christopher Martinez (Pocono Mt. West) 5-4; Xavier Barber (Dallas) dec. Tyler Ricco (Roman Catholic) 6-2; Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Aidan O'Shaughnessy (St. Joseph's) :47; Ronald Nguyen (Dieruff) pin Kareem Fuller (South Philadelphia) 3:56.
152: Jake Cole (Coughlin) by forfeit; Charles Sell (Bangor) dec. Kyle Kroptavich (West Scranton) 6-0; Shane Jones (Stroudsburg) tech. fall 18-3 in 4:00; Kazim Bakhriyev (Scranton) dec. Frank Masi (Archbishop Ryan) 8-3; Cade Moisey (Northampton) tech. fall Joel Corpening (Archbishop Wood) 15-0 in 2:19; Ricky Fornaciari (Nazareth) dec. Nick Carr (Abington Heights). 7-5.

160: Ricky Frable (Southern Lehigh) pin Luke Ratchford (La Salle) :56; Brandon Butry (Coughlin) dec. Isa Dalipaj (George Washington) 8-6; Cole Franklin (Emmaus) pin Joar Dahn (Roman Catholic) :55; Dallas LaBar (Bangor) dec. Edwin Morales (Mariana Bracetti) 14-9; Andrew Burgette (Scranton) dec. Josh Coleman (Northampton) 13-5; Dalton Ray (Tunkhannock) dec. Nick Reidy (Father Judge) 8-3.
170: Jake Young (Freedom) pin Nathan Maczuga (Berwick) 2:38; Cole Dixon (Dallas) pin Craig Duren (M.L. King) :53; Frank Guida (Parkland) pin Thomas Rola (Archbishop Ryan) 3:09; Niyaz Bakradze (Scranton) dec. Brody Keefe (Pleasant Valley) 5-3; Devon Krammes (Blue Mountain) pin Joshua Mitchell (Roman Catholic) 1:30; Todd Frick (Wallenpaupack) pin Jumaane Howard (Central) 2:18.
182: Chris Duncan (Delaware Valley) pin Michael Leyland (Roman Catholic) 5:41; Jody Crouse (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Mark Khavinson (George Washington) 3:57; Derek Spachman (Hazleton) tech. fall Dishon Springer (Pocono Mt. West) 15-0 in 4:00; Jayden Reyes (Dieruff) pin Matthew Murray (Archbishop Wood) 2:46; Brad Schuler (Whitehall) pin Leoner Garcia (Mariana Bracetti) 1:26.
192: Brandon Blobe (Bethlehem Catholic) pin Bayram Temirov (George Washington) :22; Julius Santos (Mariana Bracetti) pin Anthony Sylvester (Abington Heights) 5:47; Thomas Alcaro (Emmaus) pin Olajide Soyinka (Central) 1:34; Trent Thomas (Pleasant Valley) dec. Anthony Piscopo (La Salle); Joey Gladish (Whitehall) dec. Jerome Haupt (Wallenpaupack) 5-4; James Geiger (Dallas) by forfeit.
220: Giorgi Evanoidze (George Washington) dec. A.J. Sieber (Delaware Valley) 8-1; Josh Newhart (Freeedom) pin Joshua Reoun (Northeast) :49; Walter Ortiz (Nazareth) pin Kyle Hartman (Wallenpaupack) 2:37; Santino Pelusi (La Salle) pin Simon Ubera (Scranton) 1:26; Andrew Gunning (Liberty) pin Ryan Kidwell (Archbishop Ryan) 4:12; Jason Kocher (Northampton) pin Michael Rodriguez (Abraham Lincoln) 1:15.
285: John McCarthy (Delaware Valley) dec. Theodore Tootle (Abraham Lincoln) 12-5; Kyle Gildner (Liberty) dec. Garret Zobel (La Salle) 5-3; Jeremy Candelario (Pocono Mt. East) dec. Kamron VanWest (West Scranton) 3-2 UTB; Stephane Eugene (George Washington) pin Brandon Goodlavage (Pittston) 1;15; Ahmad Curtis (Pleasant Valley) pin Miles Mims (Olney Charter) 2:37; Cordell Cotto (Freedom) pin Jason Barish (Archbishop Wood) :39.
SATURDAY'S SEMIFINALS
106: Luke Werner (Liberty) vs. Casin Corallo (Easton); Sean Redington (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Tyson Klump (Nazareth).
113: Dan Moran (Northampton) vs. Dylan Brown (Freedom); KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) vs. Luke Carty (Bethlehem Catholic).
120: Sean Lyons (St. Joseph's) vs. Michael Scheetz (Northampton); Sammy Sasso (Nazareth) vs. Luke Gardner (Pottsville).
126: Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Travis Smith (Nazareth); Jacob Lizak (Parkland) vs. Jimmy Hoffman (Hazleton) 9-1.
132: Evan Fidelibus (Easton) vs. Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic); Rui Evanitsky (Scranton) vs. Chad Haegele (Archbishop Wood).
138: Stephen Maloney (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. John Ritter (Liberty); Jacob Montes (Easton) vs. Dan Ritz (Crestwood).
145: Jimmy Saylor (Easton) vs. Adam Evans (Freedom); Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Chase Gallik (Wallenpaupack).
152: Mike Labriola (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Shane Jones (Stroudsburg); Kazim Bakhriyev (Scranton) 7-5; Robert Endy (St. Joseph's) dec. Ricky Fornaciari (Nazareth) 12-2.
160: Cody Cordes (Wyoming Valley West) vs. Cole Franklin (Emmaus); Andrew Burgette (Scranton) vs. Adam Soldridge (Bethlehem Catholic).
170: Jake Young (Freedom) vs. Frank Guida (Parkland); Devon Krammes (Blue Mountain) vs; Matt Mirth (Southern Lehigh).
182: John Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) vs. Derek Spachman (Hazleton); Jayden Reyes (Dieruff) vs. Jared Wehrmann (Wallenpaupack).
195: Matt Wagner (Delaware Valley) vs. Thomas Alcaro (Emmaus); Joey Gladish (Whitehall) vs. John Callahan (Freedom).
220: Omar Haddad (Parkland) vs. Josh Newhart (Freedom); Andrew Gunning (Liberty) vs. Jason Kocher (Northampton).
285: Andrew Dunn (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Kyle Gildner (Liberty); Ahmad Curtis (Pleasant Valley) vs. Ryan Monk (Dallas).

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Friday, February 27, 2015

Nazareth girls basketball team arrives at district championship destination by stifling Easton

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FROM EXPRESS TIMES

A district championship was the goal when Nazareth Area High School’s girls basketball team mapped out this season.

Saucon Valley's Nate Harka comes up big at 2A Southeast Regional wrestling tourney

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FROM MORNING CALL

PIAA 2A SOUTHEAST REGIONAL WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Legend
Academy at Palumbo (AP); Central Catholic (CC); Annville Cleona (AnnC); Archbishop Carroll (AC); Bermudian Springs (BeS); Biglerville (Big); Bishop McDevitt-Harrisburg (BMH); Bishop McDevitt-Wyncote (BMW); Boiling Springs (BoS); Brandywine Heights (BH); Bristol (Br); Camp Hill (CH); Catasauqua (Cat); Church Farm (CF); Conwell-Egan (CE); Delaware County Christian (DCC); Delone Catholic (DC); Eastern York (EY); Halifax (Hal); Hamburg (Ham); Hanover (Han); Jim Thorpe (JT); Kutztown (K); Lancaster Catholic (LC); Lehighton (Leh); Littlestown (Lit); Lower Moreland (LM); Mahanoy (Mah); New Hope-Solebury (NHS); Newport (New); North Schuylkill (NS); Northern Lebanon (NLeb); Northern Lehigh (NL); Northwestern Lehigh (NW); Notre Dame (ND); Palisades (Pali); Palmerton (Palm); Panther Valley (PV); Pen Argyl (PA); Pequea Valley (Peq); Pine Grove (PG); Pius X (PX); Pope John Paul II (PJP); Salisbury (Sal); Saucon Valley (SV); Schuylkill Valley (SchV); Springfield (Spr); Susquenita (Sus); Tamaqua (Tam); Tri-Valley (TV); Trinity (Trin); Upper Dauphin (UD); Valley Forge Military Academy (VFMA); Williams Valley (WV); Wilson Area (Wil); Wyomissing (Wyo).
Quarterfinals
106: Jalin Hankerson (BoS) pinned John Consorti (Wil) 2:48; Zack Wasser (Pali) pinned Nick Boyce (PJP) :30; Luke Pipa (BMH) dec. Matt Peters (NW) 5-3; Kevan Gentile (JT) pinned Tanner Ball (Peq) 2:20.
113: Caleb Holley (BoS) dec. Colton Rex (NL) 8-3; Coy Campbell (UD) by tech. fall Nick Senderling (AC) 16-1, 2:59; William Girard (WV) dec. Jimmy McGuigan (LM) 8-1; Joe Lobeck (LC) dec. Mason Madden-Edwards (NS) 9-3.
120: Caleb Garland (Han) dec. Caleb Bordner (TV) 3-2; John Pipa (BMH) major dec. Nick Poulos (AC) 12-0; Austin Clabaugh (BeS) dec. Quentin Bernhard (NW) 4-2; Andrew Wert (Trin) major dec. Zach Kemmerer (Leh) 9-1.
126: Chase Anklam (PA) major dec. Jethro Solomon (SchV) 15-1; Grant Bond (BoS) pinned Bruno Mariani (LM) 3:00; Sammy Hepler (TV) major dec. Cory Becker (Lit) 13-2; David Pipa (BMH) pinned Jarret White (NW) 2:58.
132: Korbin Myers (BoS) by tech. fall Ryan Greene (Cat) 20-4, 4:13; Joshua Renninger (AnnC) pinned Chris Thompson (NHS) 1:21; Josh Giorgio (SchV) dec. Jess Wetzel (NS) 7-0; Matt Schmall (NL) pinned Brady Mentzer (Big) 2:43.
138: Kyle Shoop (BoS) dec. Dylan Rynkiewicz (Tam) 10-3; Tyler Marsh (Pali) pinned Austin Knox (Br) :40; Ali Capobianco (PV) dec. Scott Cooper (Big) 9-6; Caleb Clymer (NW) dec. Hunter Gimbor (BH) 2-1 (TB).
145: Ryan Farber (NL) dec. Brian Shermeyer (DC) 1-0; A.J. Kostyak (BoS) pinned Noah Doman (Spr) 2:56; Chase Schaeffer (TV) pinned Alex Gallaher (CH) 2:31; Nate Newberry (Big) dec. Dylan Yonney (SV) 3-2.
152: Mike Comunale (PX) major dec. Dakota Mackley (EY) 13-2; Nathan Harka (SV) pinned Nate Erhard (CE) :29; Jordan Matthews (Lit) dec. C.J. Young (NL) 8-5; Anthony Snyder (TV) dec. Jeff Inman (AnnC) 3-2.
160: Hunter Harner (TV) dec. Dalton Group (Sus) 9-5; Luke Funck (NLeb) pinned Emmanuel Ahoua (VFMA) 1:51; Noah Fleshman (BeS) dec. Michael Reif (ND) 7-4; John Vaughn (BoS) pinned Nate Farber (NL) :48.
170: Briton Shelton (BeS) pinned Austin Arnold (NL) 2:44; Zach Graver (Palm) pinned Jake Poulos (AC) :26; Travis Wickard (BoS) dec. Andrew Sorensen (NW) 5-0; Evan Daub (NLeb) dec. Jason Lynch (SV) 8-2.
182: Colton Dull by tech. fall Hayden Oliver (PA) 15-0, 2:59; Craig Spitler (NLeb) pinned Gino Turchi (CE) :19; Michael Collins (PJP) major dec. Colby Geisinger (SchV) 18-7; Connor Frey (Leh) pinned Ignacion Reynoso (Ham) 3:59.
195: Lucas Barshinger (EY) dec. Rian Shubeck (PV) 5-4; Cole Swackhammer (BH) major dec. Brandon Smith (NHS) 11-2; Nathan Black (PA) dec.Jonathan Tindall (SchV) 4-1; Alek Hummel (NS) major dec. Matt Guilday (Lit) 14-1.
220: Dan Scheib (TV) dec. Kody Reichert (K) 7-3; Satchel Stauffer (Cat) pinned Julian Albero (CE) :52; Nate Mentzer (Big) dec. Jakob Paul (Hal) 3-1; Sam McCollum (BeS) dec. Julian Wismer (ND) 5-0.
285: Brady Linebaugh (BeS) dec. Cameron Kates (NL) 5-2; Nathan Gadinski (NS) pinned Brandon Coco (BMW) :41; Robert Dunbar (Wyo) dec. Moussa Kone (Br) 2-1; Collin Conrad (BH) dec. Zach MacLeod (Lit) 4-2.
First round
106: John Consorti (Wil) dec. Max Lupisella (NHS) 6-2; Zack Wasser (Pali) dec. Dustin Breidegan (NLeb) 6-4; Nick Boyce (PJP) dec. Guillermo Murgueytio (AC) 12-5; Matt Peters (NW) pinned David Shin (LM) 1:12; Luke Pipa (BMH) major dec. Paul Miller (SV) 12-4; Kevan Gentile (JT) pinned Isaiah Bryner (New) 1:37.
113: Caleb Holley (BoS) tech. fall Collin Frankhouser (NHS) 15-0, 4:06; Coy Campbell (UD) dec. Jack Hill (SV) 3-1; Nick Senderling (AC) pinned Nate Aldinger (PJP) :58; Jimmy McGuigan (LM) dec. Max Styer (Peq) 11-8; William Girard (WV) dec. Bodee Tolbert (Sus) 4-1; Joe Lobeck (LC) dec. Baily Wehr (NW) 5-2.
120: Caleb Garland (Han) pinned Josh Maldonado (Br) 3:09; John Pipa (BMH) pinned Jack Yanders (CC) 1:08; Nick Poulos (AC) pinned Ryan Krugman (Spr) :53; Austin Clabaugh (BeS) pinned Joe Chalhoub (LM) 3:51; Quentin Bernhard (NW) major dec. Sean Stanish (Ham) 14-1; Zach Kemmerer (Leh) tech. fall Jose Alecia (BMW) 15-0, 1:30; Andrew Wert (Trin) pinned Tanner Kennedy (PV) 3:30.
126: Jethro Solomon (SchV) major dec. Ricky Patterson (Br) 15-1; Grant Bond (BoS) dec. Tanner McHugh (Tam) 8-2; Bruno Mariani (LM) pinned Artemio Rodriguez (BMW) 2:26; Cory Becker (Lit) dec. Nick Yerger (PJP) 5-0; Sammy Hepler (TV) pinned Antonio Ugarte (DC) 5:19; David Pipa (BMH) major dec. Darren Goida (PV) 11-0.
132: Ryan Greene (Cat) pinned Tim Vincent (Spr) 5:00; Joshua Renninger (AnnC) dec. Jason Jones (SV) 7-0; Chris Thompson (NHS) pinned Jeremy Fincham (AP) 4:28; Jess Wetzel (NS) dec. Dmitri Bourlako (LM) 3-1; Josh Giorgio (SchV) major dec. Philip Zito (PA) 15-2; Brady Mentzer (Big) pinned Jon Saylor (AC) :21; Matt Schmall (NL) major dec. Jarod Miller (BeS) 13-0.
138: Dylan Rynkiewicz (Tam) pinned Dave Mattiola (PJP) 1:56; Tyler Marsh (Pali) pinned Quinn Blatt (NLeb) 3:32; Austin Knox (Br) dec. Steven Lebron (AP) 9-7; Ali Capobianco (PV) pinned Joao Mariani (LM) 5:40; Scott Cooper (Big) dec. Tegan Durishin (Leh) 3-1; Hunter Gimbor (BH) by tech. fall Anthony Peluzzo (BMW) 15-0; 2:28; Caleb Clymer (NW) dec. Matthew Darok (AnnC) 2-0.
145: Brian Shermeyer (DC) pinned Josh Wattenmaker (LM) 1:52; A.J. Kostyak (BoS) dec. Liam Kelleher (Pali) 7-1; Noah Doman (Spr) pinned Chris Tavernier (CE) 1:11; Alex Gallaher (CH) major dec. Shaun O'Brien (Br) 11-0; Chase Schaeffer (TV) pinned Colby Stroup (New) 5:20; Dylan Yonney (SV) pinned Chris Jorgji (BMW) :32; Nate Newberry (Big) pinned Nico Scarcia (Sal) Township 3:30.
152: Dakota Mackley (EY) pinned Russell Abernethy (NHS) 1:39; Nathan Harka (SV) dec. Tyler Kauffman (BoS) 6-5; Nate Erhard (CE) pinned Timothy Lopez (CF) 4:57; Jordan Matthews (Lit) pinned Stefan Pylayev (LM) 5:23; C.J. Young (NL) dec. Colten Drawbaugh (Trin) 3-0; Anthony Snyder (TV) pinned Steve Caltabiano (AC) 1:06; Jeff Inman (AnnC) pinned Mike Shutta (Cat) 3:28.
160: Dalton Group (Sus) pinned Cameron Beckett (Br) :49; Luke Funck (NLeb) dec. Matt Miller (WV) 10-3; Emmanuel Ahoua (VFMA) pinned Tim Butwin (BMW) 1:59; Noah Fleshman (BeS) dec. Igor Lupisella (NHS) 7-4; Michael Reif (ND) pinned Mark Wagner (AnnC) 4:48; Nate Farber (NL) pinned Nick Tretter (CE) 5:11; John Vaughn (BoS) major dec. Tyler Cann (Leh) 11-2.
170: Austin Arnold (NL) pinned Nuri James (CF) 1:37; Zach Graver (Palm) dec. Shawn Kilhefner (Wyo) 15-9; Jake Poulos (AC) pinned Caleb Madison (DCC) 2:34; Andrew Sorensen (NW) dec. John Chung (LM) 4-2 (OT); Travis Wickard (BoS) major dec. Dylan Moyer (PV) 15-6; Evan Daub (NLeb) pinned Shercal Smith (BMW) :22; Jason Lynch (SV) dec. Jacque Jackson (BMH) 5-3.
182: Hayden Oliver (PA) pinned Patrick Giordano (LM) 2:57; Craig Spitler (NLeb) major dec. C.J. Steinhilber (NS) 12-0; Gino Turchi (CE) pinned Michael Manz (NHS) 5:33; Michael Collins (PJP) by tech. fall Jared Mooney (Palm) 18-3, 5:36; Colby Geisinger (SchV) major dec. Corbin White (Mah) 13-3; Connor Frey (Leh) dec. Austin Taylor (BoS) 6-0.
195: Rian Shubeck (PV) pinned Blair Sykes (LM) :53; Cole Swackhammer (BH) dec. Alex Russo (NW) 11-7; Brandon Smith (NHS) pinned Emmet Lynch (AC) 1:25; Nathan Black (PA) pinned John McClinton (Spr) 2:45; Jonathan Tindall (SchV) dec. Nick Bord (Pali) 2-1; Alek Hummel (NS) pinned Nate Gouhin (BoS) 1:23.
220: Kody Reichert (K) pinned Tobias Mintzmyer (NHS) 2:47; Satchel Stauffer (Cat) dec. Matt Vines (NLeb) 7-5 (OT); Nate Mentzer (Big) pinned Luke Genetti (PJP) 3:44; Jakob Paul (Hal) pinned Ian Minnich (WV) 4:31; Sam McCollum (BeS) pinned Tre Nelson (Palm) 1:19.
285: Cameron Kates (NL) pinned Tristan Spivey (CF) 5:08; Nathan Gadinski (NS) major dec. Josh Bower (New) 11-3; Brandon Coco (BMW) pinned Daniel Murphy (PJP) 4:51; Moussa Kone (Br) pinned Scott Werner (PG) 2:42; Robert Dunbar (Wyo) dec. Alexander Nicholas (Sal) 4-3; Collin Conrad (BH) pinned John Kearney (AC) :09; Zach MacLeod (Lit) dec. Anthony Greggo (PX) 3-2.

Nazareth shuts down Easton to win District 11 4A girls basketball title

http://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-district-11-girls-basketball-easton-nazareth-0227-20150228-story.html

FROM MORNING CALL

A few weeks ago, despite a glittering 16-5 regular-season record, Nazareth girls basketball coach Rich Bickert thought the Blue Eagles were in trouble.

College Basketball Viewing Picks for 2/28-03/01/2015

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All Times Eastern Men’s schedule courtesy of Matt’s College Sports on TV Men’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Women’s announcing assignments courtesy of Eye on Sky and Air Sports Saturday, February 28 Studio and Pregame Shows College GameDay live from Wichita, KS — ESPNU, 10 a.m./ESPN, 11 a.m. Fox College […]

Championship basketball games + Neil Diamond = Great weekend

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

What a big weekend.

Boys basketball player of the week spotlight: Parkland's Kyle Stout

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FROM KEITH GROLLER

From the print edition of Friday's Morning Call:

TV NEWS FEBRUARY 27

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2015/02/cbs-summer-2015-schedule-sitcom-stars.html

CBS announced premiere dates for its lineup of original summer programming that includes the new drama Zoo, returning event series Under the Dome and Extant, and the summer reality hit Big Brother. Zoo, a new drama based on the #1 bestselling novel by James Patterson, will premiere Tuesday, June 30 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT). In the series, a wave of violent animal attacks against humans begin taking place across the globe. As the assaults become more cunning, coordinated and ferocious, a young renegade biologist (James Wolk) is thrust into the race to unlock the pandemic's mystery before there's no place left for people to hide.

BLUE RIDGE TV13 SCHEDULE

Friday, February 27th, 2015
12:30 AM Premium TV
1:00 AM Night Report Replay
1:30 AM ViaCast TV
6:00 AM Night Report REPLAY
6:30 AM Wallenpaupack Life
7:00 AM TV13 Night Report REPLAY
7:30 AM PMC: Pathways to Healthy Living
8:00 AM Health Images
8:30 AM Out In The Open
9:00 AM The Lamar Thomas Show
9:30 AM Brain Fuel TV
10:00 AM Pocono Mountains Today
10:30 AM More than Money REPLAY
11:00 AM ViaCast TV
4:00 PM More than Money
4:30 PM Health Images
5:00 PM TV13 Pocono Report LIVE
5:30 PM TV13 Valley Report LIVE
6:00 PM TV13 Pocono Report REPLAY
6:30 PM TV13 Valley Report REPLAY
7:00 PM Premium TV
7:30 PM Dist XI-1A Boys Basketball Final: Notre Dame ES VS Nativity BVM
9:00 PM Chef's Kitchen
9:30 PM Out In The Open
10:00 PM TV13 night Report LIVE
10:30 PM Premium TV
11:00 PM TV13 Night Report REPLAY
11:30 PM Dist Xi-4A Girls Consi: Parkland VS Pocono Mt West REPLAY
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Saturday, February 28th, 2015
1:00 AM Night Report REPLAY
1:30 AM ViaCast TV
6:00 AM Night Report REPLAY
6:30 AM TV13 Sports Extra
8:00 AM Talk of the Town
9:00 AM TV13 Night Report REPLAY
9:30 AM Premium TV
10:00 AM Dist XI-1A Boys Final: Notre Dame ES VS Nativity BVM REPLAY
11:30 AM Health Images
12:00 PM Dist XI-3A Boys Consi: Tamaqua VS Sailsbury
1:30 PM TBA
2:00 PM What the Heck were they Thinking
2:30 PM PA Crossfire
3:00 PM PMC: Pathways to Healthy Living
3:30 PM More The Money - REPLAY
4:00 PM Legislative with Mario Scavello
4:30 PM Wallenpaupack Life
5:00 PM Gaither's Homecoming Hour
6:00 PM Chef's Kitchen
6:30 PM Eyecare Today
7:00 PM Real Estate Reporter
8:00 PM Picture of Health
8:30 PM TBA
9:00 PM Sabroso Video
10:00 PM TV13 Sports Extras
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Sunday, March 1st, 2015
1:30 AM ViaCast TV
6:00 AM Talk of the Town
7:00 AM Gaithers Homecoming Hour
8:00 AM Gaithers Homecoming Hour
9:00 AM St. Luke's Church Service
10:00 AM Pocono Mountains Today
10:30 AM Health Images
11:00 AM The Lamar Thomas Show
12:00 PM American Red Cross Telethon LIVE
9:00 PM ViaMedia TV
9:30 PM Sabroso Video
10:30 PM TV13 Sports Extras
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Monday, March 2nd, 2015
7:00 AM Chef's Kitchen
4:00 PM Halftime Revisited
4:30 PM Health Images
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
4:00 PM More than Money
8:00 PM More than Money
9:30 PM Movie Loft
10:30 PM Eyecare Today
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
4:00 PM Talk of the Town
8:30 PM Halftime Revisited
9:00 PM Wallenpaupack Life
9:30 PM Pocono Landscape Challenge
10:30 PM Chef's Kitchen
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Thursday, March 5th, 2015
8:30 AM Legislative with Rosemary Brown
10:00 AM Chef's Kitchen
9:00 PM Movie Loft