HS WRESTLING: Class 3A, 2A Northeast Regional seeds set

Feb. 26—The Class 3A and 2A Northeast Regional wrestling brackets were released Sunday and District 2 earned eight top seeds.

In Class 3A, No. 1 seeds in District 2 are Abington Heights' Luke Sirianni (107) and Wallenpaupack's Gunnar Myers (133).

No. 2 seeds from District 2 are West Scranton's Tyson Cook (114), Jason Williams (121) and M.J. Turi (145); Abington Heights' Austin Smith (139), Brian Heard (152) and Caleb Marzolino (189); Pittston Area's Jimmy Spindler (160); Delaware Valley's C.J. Walton (172) and Aiden Black (285); and Crestwood's Magnus Bibla (215).

The Class 3A tournament is Friday and Saturday at Bethlehem Liberty High School.

In Class 2A, No. 1 seeds from District 2 are Lake-Lehman's Lexi Schechterly (107 pounds), Wyoming Area's Jaden Pepe (133), Wyoming Area's Anthony Evanitsky (139), Lackawanna Trail's Deegan Ross (160), Lackawanna Trail's Robbie Schneider (172) and Honedale's Paul Renner (189).

No. 2 seeds from District 2 are Honesdale's Justin Scanlon (114), Mid Valley's Matt Almedina (121), Montrose's Dylan Geertgens (127), Honesdale's Joey Giannetti (145), Lackawanna Trail's Max Bluhm (152) and Seth Ross (215) and Berwick's Bruce Hartman (285).

The Class 2A tournament is Friday and Saturday at Williamsport High School.

Class 3A Northeast Regional

at Bethlehem Liberty High School

Preliminaries

107: 2-2 Dorian Hoffman (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 12-4 Wayne Singleton (Frankford). 2-3 Drew Leonori (Scranton) vs. 11-4 Wilmont Kai (Whitehall). 2-4 Giovanni Lomonaco (Wallenpaupack) vs. 11-2 Nicholas Salamone (Easton).

114: 2-2 Landon Machado (Delaware Valley) vs. 11-5 Zachary Berwick (Stroudsburg). 2-3 Brady Kareha (Abington Heights) vs. 12-3 Quinn Kennedy (Archbishop Ryan). 2-4 Nicholas Skokos (Wallenpaupack) vs. 12-1 Dominic Parenti (LaSalle).

121: 2-2 Luke Magnotta (North Pocono) vs. 11-5 Scotty Raymond (Pocono Mountain East). 2-3 Simon Zamudio (Hazleton Area) vs. 12-3 James McFadden (Franklin Towne Charter). 2-4 Louden Giza (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 12-1 Giovanni Mauro (St. Joseph's Prep).

127: 2-1 Michael Turi (West Scranton) vs. 12-5 Archil Paulin (Northeast High). 2-2 Jaden Colwell (Wallenpaupack) vs. 11-4 Connor Demcher (Pottsville). 2-3 Luke Evans (Abington Heights) vs. 12-3 Chihean Jones (Martin Luther King). 2-4 Caleb Hoffman (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 11-3 Benjamin Fanelli (Easton).

133: 2-2 Dom Moyer (Delaware Valley) vs. 11-4 Austin Noe (Northampton). 2-3 Lucas Tirpak (Dallas) vs. 12-4 Samuel Johnson (LaSalle). 2-4 Santino Casarello (Crestwood) vs. 12-2 Rocco Trivelli (Roman Catholic).

139: 2-2 Edonel Rodriguez (Hazleton Area) vs. 11-5 Mason Basara (Northampton). 2-3 Dominic Innamorati (Pittston Area) vs. 12-3 Luke Johnson (LaSalle). 2-4 Liam Evanko (Wilkes-Barre Area) vs. 12-1 Nasir Rahming (Northeast High).

145: 2-2 Sam Stevens (Abington Heights) vs. 11-5 Dalton Monger (Pottsville). 2-3 Luke Brazanskas (Delaware Valley) vs. 11-3 Jake Doone (Nazareth). 2-4 Logan Caruso (Wallenpaupack) vs. 12-2 Charles Kitching (St. Joseph's Prep).

152: 2-2 Jacob Aftewicz (Pittston Area) vs. 11-5 James Geiger (Easton). 2-3 Devin Shaw (Crestwood) vs. 12-3 Leo Petroski (Mariana Bracetti Academy). 2-4 Gene Ardo (Wilkes-Barre Area) vs. 12-1 Cormac Morrissey (LaSalle).

160: 2-2 A.J. Dierksen (Delaware Valley) vs. 11-5 Joshua Montesino (Allentown Dieruff). 2-3 Mason Sgarlat (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 12-3 Emilio Diaz-Conty Fonseca (St. Joseph's Prep). 2-4 Louis Antidormi (North Pocono) vs. 12-1 Nicolas Rehfuss (Archbishop Ryan).

172: 2-2 Joe Rivas (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 11-5 Jayden Hazzard (Easton). 2-3 Colby Celuck (West Scranton) vs. 12-3 Michael DiTrolio (St. Joseph's Prep). 2-4 Robert Anderson (Hazleton Area) vs. 12-1 Nick Colucci (LaSalle).

189: 2-2 Xaiden Schock (Wallenpaupack) vs. 11-5 James Deluise (Bethlehem Catholic). 2-3 Lincoln Bibla (Crestwood) vs. 12-3 Thomas Gonglik (Father Judge). 2-4 James Griffin (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 12-1 Dylan Clair (LaSalle).

215: 2-2 Hank Baronowski (Wallenpaupack) vs. 11-5 Jake Gross (Emmaus). 2-3 Sean Cordaro (Scranton) vs. 12-3 David McFiberesima (Northeast High). 2-4 Brody Spindler (Pittston Area) vs. 12-1 Khalid Bueno (Martin Luther King).

285: 2-2 Nick Giza (Wyoming Valley West) vs. 11-5 Michael Gavrilesku (Parkland). 2-3 Javon James (Scranton) vs. 12-3 Sean Broderick (Father Judge). 2-4 Dave Sudo (Pittston Area) vs. 12-1 Andrew Brennan (LaSalle).

Quarterfinals

107: 2-1 Luke Sirianni (Abington Heights) vs. 12-3 Anarquis Castillo Ortiz (Martin Luther King)/11-3 Remy Trach (Nazareth) winner.

114: 2-1 Tyson Cook (West Scranton) vs. 11-3 Christopher Kelly (Easton)/12-4 Nicolas Fortunato (Roman Catholic) winner.

121: 2-1 Jason Williams (West Scranton) vs. 11-3 Ryder Campbell (Bethlehem Catholic)/12-4 Ethan Lam (Central High) winner.

133: 2-1 Gunnar Myers (Wallenpaupack) vs. 11-3 Kam Abbound (Bethlehem Liberty)/12-3 Keegan Swift (St. Joseph's Prep) winner.

139: 2-1 Austin Smith (Abington Heights) vs. 11-3 Jack Campbell (Nazareth)/12-4 Timothy McFadden (Franklin Towne Charter) winner.

145: 2-1 M.J. Turi (West Scranton) vs. 12-3 Matt Wiley (LaSalle)/11-4 Ryan Santiago (Bethlehem Liberty) winner.

152: 2-1 Brian Heard (Abington Heights) vs. 12-4 Anthony Toczydlowski (Archbishop Ryan)/11-3 Parrish McFarland (Pottsville) winner.

160: 2-1 Jimmy Spindler (Pittston Area) vs. 11-3 Brayden Zuercher (Nazareth)/12-4 James Taft (Roman Catholic) winner.

172: 2-1 C.J. Walton (Delaware Valley) vs. 11-3 Terrell McFarland (Pottsville)/12-4 Daniel Shulgin (George Washington) winner.

189: 2-1 Caleb Marzolino (Abington Heights) vs. 12-4 Shane Rowland (St. Joseph's Prep)/11-3 Marco Malerba (Nazareth) winner.

215: 2-1 Magnus Bibla (Crestwood) vs. 11-3 Brandon Stiehler (Pocono Mountain West)/12-4 Shane Kilbride (Father Judge) winner.

285: 2-1 Aiden Black (Delaware Valley) vs. 11-3 Anthony Embardino (Easton)/12-4 Muhammad Farooq (Northeast High)winner.

Class 2A Northeast Regional

at Williamsport High School

Preliminaries

107: 2-4 Brice Woodruff (Blue Ridge) vs. 4-6 Ty Locke (Milton).

114: 2-4 Taylor Daniels (Tunkhannock) vs. 4-5 Carden Wagner (Montgomery).

121: 2-4 L.J. Morgan (Lake-Lehman) vs. 4-5 Cohen Landis (Canton).

127: 2-4 Landon Morcom (Western Wayne) vs. 4-5 Kruz McCusker (Sullivan County).

133: 2-4 Braden McLaughlin (Honesdale) vs. 4-6 Rylee Sluyter (Towanda).

139: 2-4 Richard Leslie (Valley View) vs. 4-6 Paxton Derr (Muncy).

145: 2-4 Isaac Ryon (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-5 Lane Schadel (Line Mountain).

152: 2-4 James Mitkowski (Lake-Lehman) vs. 4-5 Hudson Ward (Canton).

160: 2-4 Cole Stauffer (Tunkhannock) vs. 4-6 Kohen Shingara (Line Mountain).

172: 2-4 John Acker (Montrose) vs. 4-5 Aaron Johnson (Danville).

189: 2-4 John Tyler (Elk Lake) vs. 4-6 Cale Bastian (Milton).

215: 2-4 Louis Paris (Scranton Prep) vs. 4-5 Michael Davis (Canton).

285: 2-4 Alexander Hurtak (Montrose) vs. 4-5 Audy Vanderpool (Towanda).

Quarterfinals

107: 2-1 Lexi Schechterly (Lake-Lehman) vs. 4-5 Manny Stoltzfus (Montgomery)/4-4 Lyle Vermilya (Canton) winner. 2-2 Derek Warman (Hanover Area) vs. 4-3 Aristotel Bobotas (Montoursville). 2-3 Carmen Malt (Berwick) vs. 4-2 Seth Kolb (Benton).

114: 2-1 Justin Scanlon (Honesdale) vs. 4-4 Cole Patrick (Wyalusing)/4-6 Konner Kerr (Troy) winner. 2-2 Brayden Clarke (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-3 Chase Shaner (Hughesville). 2-3 Connor Novakowski (Wyoming Area) vs. 4-2 Jace Gessner (Lewisburg).

121: 2-1 Matt Almedina (Mid Valley) vs. 4-4 Clayton Carr (Wyalusing)/4-6 Ben Straub (Mifflinburg) winner. 2-2 Josh Young (Honesdale) vs. 4-3 Max Wirnsberger (Meadowbrook Christian). 2-3 Anthony Kalapach (Berwick) vs. 4-2 Branden Wentzel (Montoursville).

127: 2-1 Dylan Geertgens (Montrose) vs. 4-4 Landen Wagner (Lewisburg)/4-6 David Kennedy (Montoursville) winner. 2-2 David Grezenda (Valley View) vs. 4-3 Nolan Baumert (Line Mountain). 2-3 Kyle Winter (Berwick) vs. 4-2 Tyler Ulrich (Warrior Run).

133: 2-1 Jaden Pepe (Wyoming Area) vs. 4-4 Dylan Granahan (Benton)/4-5 Samuel Hall (Warrior Run) winner. 2-2 Jackson Maby (Blue Ridge) vs. 4-3 Caiden Puderbach (Hughesville). 2-3 Liam Farley (Western Wayne) vs. 4-2 Conner Heckman (Midd-West).

139: 2-1 Anthony Evanitsky (Wyoming Area) vs. 4-4 Ethan Kolb (Benton)/4-5 Charley Paige (Midd-West) winner. 2-2 Ethan Lee (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-3 Riley Vanderpool (Towanda). 2-3 T.J. Martin (Honesdale) vs. 4-2 Mason Barvitskie (Southern Columbia).

145: 2-1 Joey Giannetti (Honesdale) vs. 4-4 Chase Burke (Benton)/4-6 Chase Pensyl (Shamokin) winner. 2-2 Jake Leslie (Western Wayne) vs. 4-3 Gage Wentzel (Montoursville). 2-3 Kendall Heck (Wyoming Area) vs. 4-2 Cade Wirnsberger (Meadowbrook Christian).

152: 2-1 Max Bluhm (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-4 Dalton Schadel (Line Mountain)/4-6 Braden Vincenzes (Loyalsock) winner. 2-2 Mason Avery (Honesdale) vs. 4-3 Ayden Hunsinger (Wyalusing). 2-3 Nicolas Arcadipane (Western Wayne) vs. 4-2 Cameron Milheim (Warrior Run).

160: 2-1 Deegan Ross (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-4 Evan Brokenshire (Benton)/4-5 Isaiah Betz (Warrior Run) winner. 2-2 Bennett Fritz (Honesdale) vs. 4-3 Coy Bryson (Montgomery). 2-3 John Guerriero (Berwick) vs. 4-2 Chase Wenrich (Lewisburg).

172: 2-1 Robbie Schneider (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-4 Greyson Shaud (Central Columbia)/4-6 Riley Parker (Canton) winner. 2-2 Joel Landry (Honesdale) vs. 4-3 Mason Higley (Towanda). 2-3 Brayden Emel (Nanticoke Area) vs. 4-2 Cole Shupp (Warrior Run).

189: 2-1 Paul Renner (Honesdale) vs. 4-4 Nick Wharton (Bloomsburg)/4-5 Jude Bremigen (Southern Columbia) winner. 2-2 Beau Ware (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-3 Jacob Bobersky (Benton). 2-3 Trystan English (Berwick) vs. 4-2 Kaden Rodarmel (Loyalsock).

215: 2-1 Seth Ross (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-4 Mason Woodward (Troy)/4-6 Kyle Stahl (Sugar Valley Rural Charter) winner. 2-2 Derrick DeMann (Montrose) vs. 4-3 Ryan Weidner (Mount Carmel). 2-3 Liam Carroll (Berwick) vs. 4-2 Cole Yonkin (Montoursville).

285: 2-1 Bruce Hartman (Berwick) vs. 4-4 Andrew Wolfe (Benton)/4-6 Joshua Nittinger (Athens) winner. 2-2 Jonah Houser (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-3 Carter Secora (Loyalsock). 2-3 Matthew Becker (Honesdale) vs. 4-2 Mason Nelson (Canton).

Contact the writer: jbaress@timesshamrock.com