BETHLEHEM — The Schuylkill League had a tough day at the office at the District 11 Team Wrestling Championships.

The league’s three Class AA qualifiers — Pine Grove, North Schuylkill and Tri-Valley — lost in Saturday morning’s quarterfinals at Bethlehem Freedom High School and exited the tournament.

No. 4 seed Lehighton topped No. 5 Pine Grove 35-27; No. 3 Palmerton held off No. 6 North Schuylkill 33-31; and No. 1 Saucon Valley cruised past No. 8 Tri-Valley 59-18.

Pine Grove (13-6) won six bouts against Lehighton, but the Indians used two pins and two technical falls to produce the bonus points that made the difference.

Isaiah Miller (152), Zach Kurtz (189) and Robbie Schaeffer (215) answered with falls for the Cardinals.

Pine Grove’s other three wins came by decision: James Hoy downed Connor Dugan 5-2 at 133; Aaron Osatchuck stopped Blake Muffley 8-4 at 139; and Austin Martin defeated Konner Nalesnik 12-5 at 160.

North Schuylkill (11-3) also got six wins against Palmerton, but Dillon Anthony (152), Derek King (160) and Dillon Lombardi (172) went technical fall, forfeit, pin to power the Blue Bombers. Palmerton also won more of the toss-up bouts.

Bryce Kile (139), Nate Sterner (145), Jaden Meyer (189) and Sander Stokes (285) contributed pins for North Schuylkill.

Gaige Mentusky (107) earned a 13-4 major decision over Thomas Pasquariello and Cadyn McGraw (215) decisioned Anderson Garcia 6-3.

Against Saucon Valley, Tri-Valley (12-6) got falls from Owen Wolfgang (107), Owen Fortna (189) and Donovan Keeth (215). The top-seeded and perennial power Panthers responded with nine pins of their own.

District 11 Team Wrestling Championships

At Bethlehem Freedom High School

Saturday’s results

CLASS AA

Quarterfinals

Saucon Valley 59, Tri-Valley 18

Lehighton 35, Pine Grove 27

Palmerton 33, North Schuylkill 31

NW Lehigh 44, Pen Argyl 26

Semifinals

Saucon Valley 55, Lehighton 18

NW Lehigh 43, Palmerton 28

Championship

Saucon Valley 59, NW Lehigh 12

NOTE: Both Saucon Valley (18-1) and NW Lehigh (14-7) advance to PIAA Team Wrestling Championships.

CLASS 3A

Quarterfinals

Bethlehem Catholic 44, Parkland 28

Notre Dame-Green Pond 31, Northampton 26

Easton 31, Emmaus 22

Nazareth 40, Whitehall 21

Semifinals

Bethlehem Catholic 36, Notre Dame-Green Pond 23

Nazareth 36, Easton 19

Championship

Bethlehem Catholic 36, Nazareth 24

NOTE: Both Bethlehem Catholic (13-0) and Nazareth (16-1) advance to PIAA Team Wrestling Championships.

Local Summaries

Class AA Quarterfinals

Lehighton 35, Pine Grove 27

107 — Lobasso (L) won by forfeit

114 — D’Amico (L) pinned Nagle, 5:34

121 — Lucykanish (L) tech. fall Hikes, 19-3, 4:16

127 — Edgar (L) maj. dec. Cleary, 11-2

133 — Hoy (PG) dec. Dugan, 5-2

139 — Osatchuck (PG) dec. Muffley, 8-4

145 — Crozier (L) dec. DeBruyn, 10-6

152 — Miller (PG) pinned Wentz, 2:30

160 — Martin (PG) dec. Nalesnik, 12-5

172 — Ferguson (L) tech. fall Lengle, 16-1, 5:40

189 — Kurtz (PG) pinned Armbruster, 5:12

215 — Schaeffer (PG) pinned Roetz, 1:23

285 — Macias (L) pinned Frantz, 5:47

Palmerton 33, North Schuylkill 31

107 — Mentusky (NS) maj. dec. Pasquariello, 13-4

114 — Messinger (P) maj. dec. Deritis, 12-0

121 — Miller (P) dec. Edwards, 4-3

127 — Merkel (P) pinned Leib, 3:50

133 — Ortiz (P) dec. Padakowski, 9-4

139 — Kile (NS) pinned Taglieri, 5:18

145 — Sterner (NS) pinned Gombert, 1:06

152 — Anthony (P) tech. fall Tavares, 17-2, 1:47

160 — King (P) won by forfeit

172 — Lombardi (P) pinned Carr, 1:33

189 — Meyer (NS) pinned Trainer, :26

215 — McGraw (NS) dec. Garcia, 6-3

285 — Stokes (NS) pinned Brown, 1:23

Saucon Valley 59, Tri-Valley 18

107 — Wolfgang (TV) pinned G. Chunko, :38

114 — C. Chunko (SV) pinned Leitzel, :45

121 — Baer (SV) pinned Gill, 1:45

127 — Santoro (SV) pinned Bossler, 1:06

133 — Grogg (SV) pinned Bruso, 2:34

139 — Lesser (SV) pinned Yourey, :26

145 — B. Rohn (SV) pinned Lucas, 1:17

152 — Albert (SV) pinned Hatter, 1:20

160 — Hubert (SV) tech fall Troutman, 16-0, 1:26

172 — J. Rohn (SV) pinned Updegrave, :29

189 — Fortna (TV) pinned Ash, 4:41

215 — Keeth (TV) pinned Sheasley, 2:39

285 — Deily (SV) pinned Bowman, :35

Girls’ Wrestling

Cards get 4 placewinners at tourney

WEXFORD — Led by Eve Kurtz’s runner-up finish, Pine Grove placed 15th in a 33-team field at the North Allegheny Girls’ Wrestling Tournament.

Cumberland Valley won the team title with 213 points. Souderton finished second with 165.5 points; Dallastown (162.5), Saegertown (118) and Connellsville (109) rounded out the top five.

Kurtz, a senior 148-pounder, notched two pins and a technical fall to reach the finals. Norwin’s Jo Dollman took the crown by pinning Kurtz in 37 seconds.

Geanna Lemke (142) went 4-1 and placed fifth for Pine Grove. Lemke pinned Pine-Richland’s Giada Campanella in 4:23 in the medal round.

Samantha Eisenhauer (136) finished sixth, and Ayla Budd (100) took a seventh for the Cards.