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02-28-2010, 08:09 AM
Shamokin place 4 in D-4 finals
WILLIAMSPORT - Shamokin will send four wrestlers after district championships tonight and Line Mountain will add another after one very long Saturday at the District 4 Class AA Wrestling Championships at Williamsport High School.
Shamokin's Brandon Pesarchick (130), Josh Lahr (135), Derek Shingara (140) and Wes Tillett (285) will be joined in the finals by Line Mountain freshman Zain Retherford (103).
The Indians are third in the team standings with 102 points, trailing Benton (122) and Athens (103).
"We got everybody through," said happy Shamokin coach Todd Hockenbroch after the Indians went 4-for-4 in the semifinals.
In addition to those four, Lee Supsic (145) and Kegan Polastre (171) are still in the hunt for top-five spots and berths in next weekend's Northeast Regional.
Polastre (24-10), who wrestled five matches Saturday, will take on Benton's Jake Mankey for third, and Supsic (23-12) will wrestle for fifth.
Other area wrestlers still battling for regional berths are Line Mountain's Seth Lansberry (112), Adam Kritzer (130) and Bryce Martz (215), Mount Carmel's Dylan Hornberger (135) and Ahmad Abuomar (285), and Southern Columbia's Brian Watkins (130) and Logen Mensinger (145).
The almost 12 hours of wrestling was necessitated by the snow postponement of Friday's usual first day of action which, combined with an elementary tournament today at Williamsport.
Tonight's third-place and fifth-place consolation bouts, followed by the finals, will start at 6 p.m.
Pesarchick (31-5) had a tough quarterfinal battle with Line Mountain's Kritzer, taking a 10-6 win, and came back strong with a pin in 5:55 of Muncy's Wesley Gottschall in the semifinals after building a 17-4 lead. He will face Central Columbia's Ben Emmett (27-2) in the final.
"Brandon started a little slowly this afternoon, but he came back strong and looked real good tonight," said Hockenbroch.
Lahr (15-5), although a defending champion, will be an underdog in the 135 final against former state champ Luke Frey (26-0) of Montoursville. But Lahr was solid too, beating Williamson's Jeff Shuster 4-0 in the quarterfinals, then downing two-time state qualifier Garth Mahosky of Canton 7-5 in the semi.
"Josh is still getting used to having to wrestle a new style because of his injury," Hockenbroch said. "He really can't go down and put any pressure on the knee. But he's a tough kid, and he's showing it."
Shingara (28-6) had relatively little trouble in his two bouts. He pinned Sayre's Travis Ruvolo in 4:20 in the quarterfinals, then beat a defensive-minded Alec Eggerton of Loyalsock 5-0 in the semfinals. He'll face Towanda's Zach Ripic (30-6) in the final.
Likewise Tillett (31-3), had little trouble. He pinned Towanda's Aaron Schultz in 25 seconds in the semifinals, then dominated South Williamsport's Jeff Mach before getting a pin in 5:50.
He'll have his work cut out in the final against state runnerup Tyler DeMott (33-1) of Benton.
Retherford (32-1) continued his impressive run through his freshman season, pinning Warrior Run's Darren Heddings in 2:24 in the quarterfinal, and pounding Benton's Matt Welliver for a technical fall, 17-0 in 3:11, in the semfinal. He'll face Mifflinburg's David Sheesley, whom he beat in last week's sectional final, tonight. Sheesley is 28-5.
In the consolations, Watkins (22-5) and Kritzer (29-11) will wrestle each other for third place at 130.
Lansberry (23-14), Hornberger (31-6) , Mensinger (18-16) , Martz (16-7) and Abuomar (30-11) will wrestle for fifth. Hornberger won the 100th match of his career in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Wyalusing's Joe Champluvier.
By CHUCK SOUDERS (Staff Writer chuck_s@newsitem.com)
Published: February 28, 2010
WILLIAMSPORT - Shamokin will send four wrestlers after district championships tonight and Line Mountain will add another after one very long Saturday at the District 4 Class AA Wrestling Championships at Williamsport High School.
Shamokin's Brandon Pesarchick (130), Josh Lahr (135), Derek Shingara (140) and Wes Tillett (285) will be joined in the finals by Line Mountain freshman Zain Retherford (103).
The Indians are third in the team standings with 102 points, trailing Benton (122) and Athens (103).
"We got everybody through," said happy Shamokin coach Todd Hockenbroch after the Indians went 4-for-4 in the semifinals.
In addition to those four, Lee Supsic (145) and Kegan Polastre (171) are still in the hunt for top-five spots and berths in next weekend's Northeast Regional.
Polastre (24-10), who wrestled five matches Saturday, will take on Benton's Jake Mankey for third, and Supsic (23-12) will wrestle for fifth.
Other area wrestlers still battling for regional berths are Line Mountain's Seth Lansberry (112), Adam Kritzer (130) and Bryce Martz (215), Mount Carmel's Dylan Hornberger (135) and Ahmad Abuomar (285), and Southern Columbia's Brian Watkins (130) and Logen Mensinger (145).
The almost 12 hours of wrestling was necessitated by the snow postponement of Friday's usual first day of action which, combined with an elementary tournament today at Williamsport.
Tonight's third-place and fifth-place consolation bouts, followed by the finals, will start at 6 p.m.
Pesarchick (31-5) had a tough quarterfinal battle with Line Mountain's Kritzer, taking a 10-6 win, and came back strong with a pin in 5:55 of Muncy's Wesley Gottschall in the semifinals after building a 17-4 lead. He will face Central Columbia's Ben Emmett (27-2) in the final.
"Brandon started a little slowly this afternoon, but he came back strong and looked real good tonight," said Hockenbroch.
Lahr (15-5), although a defending champion, will be an underdog in the 135 final against former state champ Luke Frey (26-0) of Montoursville. But Lahr was solid too, beating Williamson's Jeff Shuster 4-0 in the quarterfinals, then downing two-time state qualifier Garth Mahosky of Canton 7-5 in the semi.
"Josh is still getting used to having to wrestle a new style because of his injury," Hockenbroch said. "He really can't go down and put any pressure on the knee. But he's a tough kid, and he's showing it."
Shingara (28-6) had relatively little trouble in his two bouts. He pinned Sayre's Travis Ruvolo in 4:20 in the quarterfinals, then beat a defensive-minded Alec Eggerton of Loyalsock 5-0 in the semfinals. He'll face Towanda's Zach Ripic (30-6) in the final.
Likewise Tillett (31-3), had little trouble. He pinned Towanda's Aaron Schultz in 25 seconds in the semifinals, then dominated South Williamsport's Jeff Mach before getting a pin in 5:50.
He'll have his work cut out in the final against state runnerup Tyler DeMott (33-1) of Benton.
Retherford (32-1) continued his impressive run through his freshman season, pinning Warrior Run's Darren Heddings in 2:24 in the quarterfinal, and pounding Benton's Matt Welliver for a technical fall, 17-0 in 3:11, in the semfinal. He'll face Mifflinburg's David Sheesley, whom he beat in last week's sectional final, tonight. Sheesley is 28-5.
In the consolations, Watkins (22-5) and Kritzer (29-11) will wrestle each other for third place at 130.
Lansberry (23-14), Hornberger (31-6) , Mensinger (18-16) , Martz (16-7) and Abuomar (30-11) will wrestle for fifth. Hornberger won the 100th match of his career in the quarterfinals with a 2-0 win over Wyalusing's Joe Champluvier.
By CHUCK SOUDERS (Staff Writer chuck_s@newsitem.com)
Published: February 28, 2010