DISTRICT DUAL FINALS
Electric atmosphere at Upper Dublin H.S. for the quarterfinals of the D1 Duals, packed stands, press row full, and plenty of District One brass on hand set the stage for some exciting wrestling.
Starting at 120 pounds for the first bouts on four mats, the SOL National Conference Council Rock South Golden Hawks got out to a good start over Garnet Valley. Zack Trampe defeated GV’s Matt Marino 4-3, but brother Mike Marino got the points right back with a huge 6-4 win over Dan Martoccio at 126 with a headlock in the second period. Marino came off the bottom with an escape and immediately attacked, securing the headlock for essentially a 6-point move and enough to secure the win as he hung on in the third period with Martoccio on the attack.
In other action for the SOL Continental representative, Pennridge, the Rams Scott Parker took care of business with a fall for an early 6-0 lead over the PAC 10’s Spring-Ford Rams. Ben Ross followed up with a decision in a furious battle for six minutes with plenty of action. Ross was working for a fall in the second when the official stopped the match for blood time. Ross defeated Spring-Ford’s Matt Kreible 7-1 for a much needed victory in a match-up of strength for both teams.
Quakertown, the other Continental rep from the SOL, was taking on powerful Boyertown. The Panthers quickly fell behind in this one as the Boyertown Bears jumped out to an almost insurmountable lead 24-0 lead after Garret Mauger’s fall at 120-pounds over the Q-town’s Brandon Rosenberger.
Back to the CRS/GV match, after Dylan Schwartz added points at 138 for the Golden Hawks, Lucas Martoccio notched a huge win over a tough Pat Rowe 7-6 to extend the South lead to 13-3. Prior at 132, CRS posted big points as Harry Murray posted a major decision over a very tough Ben Tuohey 16-8.
Meanwhile, Pennridge’s Kyle Gentile recorded a fall at 160 to get the green Rams back in the match 16-15 after Spring-Ford rattled off several wins. S-F managed to get four wins in a row with the heart of their line-up, but Pennridge minimized the damage by not allowing a lot of bonus points.
Boyertown continued their dominance on Mat 1 with a punishing of the Panthers, posting a 52-3 lead coming around to 106. Even with Quakertown’s best wrestler on the mat, the Bears managed to steal a win in overtime as Jakob Campbell snatched a takedown at the edge of the mat to beat Collyn Dorney. Final score Boyertown 55-Quakertown 6. On Mat 4, Pennridge suffered a tough loss at 220 as Ezra Outlaw gave up a late takedown in the third period with the score 1-1.
A real dual meet score was on the board at 220 mark of the CRS/GV match on Mat 3, 20-18 in favor of Garnet Valley after the Golden Hawks Ben Kenis posted a 8-0 major over JC Zweier at 195. Back to Mat 4, Pennridge could not catch the blue Rams after the Outlaw lost and Joe Kracz loss at heavy to (S-F) Josh Boyer 3-1 and they dropped to the wrestle-backs to face another green monster in Methacton. Final score Spring-Ford 40–Pennridge 18.
Swing back to the corner on Mat 3 and CRS is holding the lead as they come around to the light-weights, and after Riley Palmer’s major decision putting South up 27-21 basically securing the meet unless a penalty point was assessed even with a fall by GV. And a fall the Jaquars got at 113, but it wasn't enough as the first criteria of most bouts won decided it, 8-6 in favor of CR South and the 28-27 win to advance to the Semis to take on #1 seed Boyertown.
So next round looks like this Boyertown vs. CRS and Spring-Ford vs. Downingtown East in the semis. Downingtown East downed Methacton 36-17. Consolation matches Pennridge vs. Methacton and Quakertown vs. Garnet Valley.
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