High School Wrestling: Blue Mountain sweeps to PM Gauntlet title
Blue Mountain's wrestlers celebrate with the team trophy after winning the PM Gauntlet on Friday in the Eagles' home gym. (Submitted photo)
ORWIGSBURG — Cooper Leibold (121), Bryce Bodenberg (139), Owen Woll (160) and Bradley Renninger (189) went 5-0 to lead Blue Mountain to the team title Friday at the PM Gauntlet in the Eagles’ home gym.
Blue Mountain won all five of its dual meets: 70-6 over Sugar Valley Rural Charter, 60-12 over William Allen, 50-24 over Tri-Valley, 39-27 over Pleasant Valley and 60-13 over Valley View.
Tri-Valley finished second, with Pleasant Valley taking third. Sugar Valley placed fourth, followed by Valley View and William Allen.
Bodenberg and Woll had four pins apiece for the Eagles (6-1). Leibold added three pins.
Hunter Blankenhorn (172) went 4-0 with four falls for Blue Mountain.
T.J. Lazur (107), Keenan Hall (114), Brian Brobst (133) and Vaughn Helverson (285) posted 4-1 records on the day for the Eagles.
Tri-Valley won 4-of-5 duals to earn the runner-up finish. The Bulldogs (4-1) defeated Pleasant Valley (35-34), Sugar Valley (42-27), Valley View (50-21) and William Allen (59-12). The Pleasant Valley dual came down to criteria after the teams wrestled to a 34-34 tie. Tri-Valley prevailed due to a 7-6 advantage in bout wins.
Owen Wolfgang (107) sparked the Dawgs by going 5-0 with five falls.
Jaxson Bruso (133), Noah Hanlon (152), Parker Hatter (160), Hunter Updegrave (172) and Max Masser (189) posted 4-1 records on the day. Hanlon and Hatter had four falls apiece.
North Schuylkill advances 7
to Carlisle Tournament quarters
CARLISLE — Gaige Mentusky (107), Stanley Padakowski (127), Kaden Tavares (139), Nate Sterner (145), Jaden Meyer (172), Cadyn McGraw (215) and Sander Stokes (285) moved into the quarterfinals on Day 1 of the Carlisle Tournament.
Mentusky, Padakowski, Meyer, McGraw and Stokes won by fall in their second-round matches.
Those performances helped the Spartans rise to sixth place in the 21-team field with 45 points. Carlisle leads a close team race with 52.5 points. Palmerton is second with 52, followed by Garnet Valley with 51.5.
The tournament concludes today.
Hamburg 46, Schuylkill Haven 16
HAMBURG — Jack Krammes (152) and Xavier Dierolf (215) notched falls for Schuylkill Haven in a non-league loss to Hamburg.
Trayten Hasenauer (107) added a win by major decision for the Hurricanes (1-3).
139 — Colin Weist (H) won by forfeit
145 — Brady (H) pinned Delgado, 1:21
152 — Krammes (SH) pinned Caleb Weist, 3:18
160 — Phillips (H) dec. Prentice, 13-10
172 — Monroe (H) pinned Goines, 1:25
189 — Hilt (H) dec. Celani, 7-4
215 — Dierolf (SH) pinned Thomas, 4:24
285 — Marchiano (H) maj. dec. Reber, 15-4
107 — Hasenauer (SH) maj. dec. Weidenhammer, 15-2
114 — No bout
121 — Warke (H) pinned Benulis, 1:05
127 — Denatala (H) pinned Stone, :44
133 — Christman (H) won by forfeit
Girls’ Wrestling
Tamaqua crowns 2 champs
TAMAQUA — Tamaqua’s Kiely Kunkel (112) and Shayla Clay (190) captured individual titles at the Tamaqua Girls’ Wrestling Tournament.
Both Kunkel and Clay went 2-0 on the day with two pins apiece.
Jalissa Correa (124) had a 2-1 record for third place.
Lehighton won the six-team event with 166 points. Catasauqua (131.5) finished second, followed by Hamburg (67) and Tamaqua (36).
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