Alex Frazier recaps some of the highlights in Wednesday's SOL matches. To view photos of the Best of the Bucks Duals, please visit the Photo Gallery.
By Alex Frazier
National Conference
Neshaminy 46, Council Rock South 27
The Redskins pulled off the upset of the night. After losing to Council Rock North 49-21 in the first of two dual meets at the Best of the Bucks Duals, Neshaminy stormed back.
It was the first time in nine years that Neshaminy had beaten South.
“I’m doing pretty good,” said Redskin coach Dan Winter after the match. “I’d feel even better if we went 2-0.”
Rock South was missing four starters, but Neshaminy was also without one of its starters.
Neshaminy was down by six when Harry Wilson pinned Quinn Moore to tie it up at 132. The Redskins were tough through the upper middleweights with Ryan O’Connor pinning at 145, Nathan Russell winning 2-0 at 152, Alex Nicholas pinning at 160, TJ Magdelinskas pinning at 172 and Cody Lupful sealing the win with a 9-0 major at 182.
“The falls in the middle weights enabled us to get ahead,” said Winter.
Council Rock North 49, Neshaminy 21
Neshaminy came out flat against an admittedly green Rock North, but North coach Tom Vivacqua was pleased with his newer kids.
“Neshaminy is always tough,” he said. “We’re not battle-tested yet. I wasn’t sure how we would respond, but they scrapped and wrestled well.”
He noted the effort of Chris Davis who bumped up to 160 and pinned. Sophomore Tyler Callender also moved up to heavyweight and recorded a fall.
Council Rock North 43, Bensalem 26
Micah Haines (120) and Matt O’Neill (170) both pinned for the Indians.
Pennsbury 40, William Tennent 30
Without a doubt, the highlight of this mach was the sixth meeting of juniors Kevin Flack of Tennent and Josh DiSanto.
Heading into the bout, DiSanto held a 4-1 advantage, but Flack pulled closer by catching DiSanto on his back in 54 seconds. Those two will inevitably have a few more head-to-heads before the season is over.
Dominic Martoccio (113) and Anthony DiEmidio (126) recorded falls for the Falcons, while Jason Bing rolled up a 13-0 major at 120. Also winning for Pennsbury was freshman 145-pounder with a 9-3 decision and David Mills followed with a 5-2 win at 152.
Continental Conference
Central Bucks East 36, Souderton 34
The Patriots racked up the historic 400thprogram win at Souderton.
"It was a great match,” said East coach Dave Scarpill, who had hoped to get the 400that the Abington Duals over the weekend. The Patriots won their first two matches but then dropped three straight.
With a tough Delaware Valley tomorrow night, Scarpill wasn’t expecting to attain the magic number until next week.
With just a two-point difference, the match winner could be ascribed to any number of impressive bouts.
With two bouts left to wrestle and the Patriots up by just two points, 152-pounder Andrew Priest eked out a 3-2 decision over David McPherson and East hung on in the final bout to win.
But you could also point to the first bout of the evening at 170 in which Brodi Putz, wrestling his first-ever varsity match, pinned Matt Koester to set the tone.
Then Shane Peltonen, who usually wrestles 170, bumped up to 182 and pinned, and Steve Tilsner gutted out a decision at 195 to give the Patriots a 15-0 lead.
At 120 East’s Matt Cascioli fought off Souderton stud Kolton Veit, losing by a major decision and not a fall, which saved the Pats two points.
“We needed every point,” said Scarpill.
Quakertown 39, Pennridge 33
With each team earning 24 points in pins (Quakertown gave up one forfeit), the match came down to Quakertown’s Josh Schwartz who majored Ethan Calmer at 126 and to Matt Hunter’s narrow 4-3 win over Nick Pyott at 195.
The Rams’ Ben Ross picked up a nice 5-0 win over Quakertown’s Collyn Dorney at 113.
106: Scott Parker (P) won by forfeit
113 Ben Ross (P) dec. Collyn Dorney, 5-0
120: Alex Brulliea (Q) pinned Matt Cousin, 1:44
126: Josh Schwartz (Q) major dec Ethan Clemmer, 8-0
132: Lucas Garges (Q) dec Dylan Gerhart, 9-5
138: Sage Malischewski (Q) pinned Will O’Shay 4:00
145: Tyler Seislove (Q) pinned Collin Crouthamel 0:52
152: Matt Stoneback (Q) pinned Tommy Roeder, 0:27
160: Ryan Harrison (P) pinned Jon Carpenter, 3:04
170: Forrest Short (P) pinned Ryan Breithoff, 1:03
182: Josh Stencler (P) pinned Micah Jones, 4:18
195: Matt Hunter (Q) dec. Nick Pyott, 4-3
220: Joe Kracz (P) pinned Brandon Jones, 1:25
285: Matt Jorgensen (Q) pinned Ben Smith, 0:49
Hatboro-Horsham 39, North Penn 28
Four falls made the difference in the match. Coach Glenn Kaiser credited seniors Dan Adelsberger (138) and heavyweight Lex Ludlow with two of those. Phil Torresani (106) and Connor Bodner (152) had the other two.
First year varsity sophomore Matt Swiacki won his second in a row, 6-2, at 132.
“It was a nice win for us,” said Kaiser.
Brothers Alex and Chalie Price both won big for North Penn, Alex by major decision and Chalie by fall.
“They did a good job,” said Kaiser.
American Conference
Wissahickon 70, Cheltenham 10
The Trojans wasted little time dispatching Cheltenham in the league opener.
Wissahickon racked up 10 pins and a major decision en route to the victory. Brennan Weiss at 152 had the fastest fall at 52 seconds. Heavyweight Kevin Yannes was second at 1:18.
Cheltenham 113 pounder Noah Rosenblum recorded a fall and Xavier D’Hurieux (182) majored for the Panthers’ lone points.
106: Philip, Isaac (W) won by forfeit
113: Rosenbloom, Noah (C) pinned Memis, Devon, 3:25
120: Natale, Nick (W) pinned Malik, Asad, 1:26
126: Rodriguez, Aaron (W) pinned Bradley, Sean (C), 1:29
132: Franko, Cody (W) pinned Jean-Louis, Christopher (C), 1:44
138: Feltes, Jordan (W) major dec. Burke, Thomas, 10-4
145: Fennell, Patrick (W) pinned Jones, Aaron, 1:40
152: Weiss, Brennan (W) pinned Connor, Barton, :57
160: Schueren, Daniel (W) pinned Schgier, Ryan, 2:38
170: An, Eric (Wi pinned Wynn, Troy, 4:44
182: D'Hurieux, Xavier (C) major dec. Hwang, Matthew, 16-3
195: Jones, Troy (W) pinned Gordon, Jack, 3:04
220: Weiss, Connor (W) pinned Walker, Jalen, 2:25
285: Yannes, Kevin (W) pinned Bowser, Dwayne, 1:18
Norristown 54, Plymouth Whitemarsh 21
Norristown’s Jesse Prante bumped up from 182 to 220 and recorded his fourth pin of the year, deckingAnthony Williams in one minute.
PW’s Gianpiero DiBattista, Pat Cosgrave and Connor Ferst ran off three straight decisions from 120-132 and Justin Staudenmayer pinned at 145 for the Colonials.
113 - Zach Fuentes (N) pinned Dan Smith, 1:35 (6-0)
120 - Gianpiero DiBattista (PW) dec. Kelvin Howard, 9-7 (6-3)
126 - Pat Cosgrave (PW) dec. Shawn Goff, 16-9 (6-6)
132 - Connor Ferst (PW) dec. Chris Raimondo, 8-5 (6-9)
138 - Mike Springer (N) pinned Emanuel Kelly, 0:24 (12-9)
145 - Justin Staudenmayer (PW) pinned Ken Nichols, 0:46 (12-15)
152 - Joe Rowland (N) pinned Tom Mazzochetti, 2:30 (18-15)
160 - Brett Harner (N) pinned Austin Pollock, 0:32 (24-15)
170 - Shane Springer (N) won by forfeit (30-15)
182 - Juan Carbajal (N) won by forfeit (36-15)
195 - Larry Gordon (N) won by forfeit (42-15)
220 - Jesse Prante (N) pinned Anthony Williams, 1:00 (48-15)
285 - Rasheed Lusane (N) pinned John Yoon, 0:36 (54-15)
106 - Francesco Palagruto (P) won by forfeit (54-21)
Upper Moreland 70, Upper Merion 12
“As always, a lineup is subject to change at the last minute,” noted Upper Moreland coach Dave Bolich.
And so it happened that Ken Register stepped into the 160-pound weight class and came up with a fall over Joe Musetti in 4:29.
Bolich was also quick to compliment Upper Merion’s Sean Ginsburg, who pinned Tommy Lloyd in 3:44.
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