HS WRESTLING: Seeds set for Northeast Regional tournaments

Joe Baress, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa.
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Feb. 22—Brackets are set for the Class 2A and 3A Northeast Regional tournaments, for which no spectators are permitted.

District 2 wrestlers Wyoming Area's Jaden Pepe (113 pounds), Lackawanna Trail's Deegan Ross (132) and Scranton Prep's Antonio D'Apollonio (138) earned No. 1 seeds in Class 2A.

District 2's No. 2 seeds are Lackawanna Trail's Cole Henry (106), Max Bluhm (120) and Kody Cresswell (172); Montrose's Dylan Geertgens (126), Lake-Lehman's Zach Stuart (145) and Nick Zaboski (160); Wyoming Area's Cooper Price (152) and Connor Wrobleski (215); Honesdale's Tim Dailey (189) and Western Wayne's Tom Flood (285).

Lake-Lehman's Lexi Schechterly, the first District 2 female to qualify for regionals, is the No. 4 seed at 106.

The Class 2A Northeast Regional is scheduled for Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Williamsport High School.

The top three finishers in each weight class qualify for the East Super Regional, which is scheduled for March 6 at Pottsville's Martz Hall.

Delaware Valley's Zach Jacaruso (113) and Jason Henderson (215); and West Scranton's Cam Butka (285) from District 2 secured No. 1 seeds in Class 3A.

District 2's No. 2 seeds are Abington Heights' Luke Sirianni (106), West Scranton's Austin Fashouer (120), Hazleton Area's Beck Hutchison (126) and Bryce Molinaro (189); Delaware Valley's Preston Machado (145), Pittston Area's Jimmy Spindler (160) and Dallas' Thaddeus Mead (172).

The Class 3A Northeast Regional is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m. at Charles Chrin Community Center of Palmer Twp.

The top four finishers in each weight class qualify for the East Super Regional, which is scheduled for March 6 at Quakertown High School.

Northeast Regional pairings

District 2 Class 2A matchups

Quarterfinals

106: 4-Lexi Schechterly (Lake-Lehman) vs. 5-Chase Burke (Benton). 3-Brock Weiss (Jersey Shore) vs. 6-Vinny Tomasetti (Western Wayne). 2-Cole Henry (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 7-Nolan Baumert (Line Mountain).

113: 1-Jaden Pepe (Wyoming Area) vs. 8-Wade Alleman (Shamokin). 5-Liam Farley (Western Wayne) vs. 4-Robert Gardner (South Williamsport). 3-Tristyn Bodie (Honesdale) vs. 6-Kaden Milheim (Warrior Run).

120: 5-Kaden Majcher (Warrior Run) vs. 4-Jackson Maby (Blue Ridge). 3-Ethan Kolb (Benton) vs. 6-Drew Howell (HON). 7-Caden Finck (Montgomery) vs. 2-Max Bluhm (Lackawanna Trail).

126: 5-Gabe Gramly (Mifflinburg) vs. 4-Ethan Lee (Lackawanna Trail). 3-Scott Johnson (Muncy) vs. 6-Cael Davis (Hanover Area). 7-Kole Biscoe (Southern Columbia) vs. 2-Dylan Geertgens (Montrose).

132: 1-Deegan Ross (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 8-Conner Heckman (Midd-West). 5-Nick Arcadipane (Western Wayne) vs. 4-Kaiden Wagner (Lewisburg). 3-Mason Konigus (Lake-Lehman) vs. 6-Bryce Vollman (Muncy).

138: 1-Antonio D'Apollonio (Scranton Prep) vs. 8-Kaden Setzer (Athens). 5-Robbie Schneider (Lackawanna Trail) vs. 4-Hayden Ward (Canton). 3-Hunter Burke (Lake-Lehman) vs. 6-Ian Yoder (Southern Columbia).

145: 5-Kyler Crawford (Milton) vs. 4-Michael Bluhm (Lackawanna Trail). 3-Patrick Edmondson (Southern Columbia) vs. 6-Jake Leslie (Western Wayne). 7-Troy Bingaman (Mifflinburg) vs. 2-Zach Stuart (Lake-Lehman).

152: 5-Troy Johnson (Central Columbia) vs. 4-Josh Bonomo (Lake-Lehman). 3-Isaac Cory (Montoursville) vs. 6-Nathan Ofalt (Mountain View). 7-Brandon Gedman (Southern Columbia) vs. 2-Cooper Price (Wyoming Area).

160: 5-Ty Nixon (Muncy) vs. 4-Seth Ross (Lackawanna Trail). 3-Avery Bassett (Midd-West) vs. 6-Trystan English (Berwick). 7-Garrett Garcia (Southern Columbia) vs. 2-Nick Zaboski (Lake-Lehman).

172: 5-Stephen Roeder (Bloomsburg) vs. 4-Jordan Williams (Blue Ridge). 3-Ethan Gush (Muncy) vs. 6-Paul Renner (Honesdale). 7-Kohen Lehmen (Northern Penn-Liberty) vs. 2-Kody Cresswell (Lackawanna Trail).

189: 5-Jacob Feese (Line Mountain) vs. 4-Mason Zajac (Lackawanna Trail). 3-Wesley Barnes (Southern Columbia) vs. 6-Zach Consla (Blue Ridge). Haydn Packer (Jersey Shore) vs. 2-Tim Dailey (Honesdale).

215: 5-Damon Backes (Mount Carmel) vs. 4-Jonah Houser (Lackawanna Trail). 3-Zach Poust (Benton) vs. 6-Derrick DeMann (Montrose). 7-Nathan Rauch (Milton) vs. 2-Connor Wrobleski (Wyoming Area).

285: 5-Kade Sottolano (Williamson) vs. 4-Bruce Hartman (Berwick). 3-Caleb Burkhart (Hughesville) vs. 6-Max Shnipes (Scranton Prep). 7-Logan McWilliams (Central Columbia) vs. 2-Tom Flood (Western Wayne).

District 2 Class 3A matchups

Quarterfinals

106: 5-Yasire Brooks (Overbrook) vs. 4-Tyson Cook (West Scranton). 7-Charlie Pavis (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. 2-Luke Sirianni (Abington Heights).

113: 1-Zach Jacaruso (Delaware Valley) vs. 8-Austin Noe (Northampton). 3-Connor Kwok (La Salle) vs. 6-Johnny Corra (Hazleton Area).

120: 5-Stephen Walker (George Washington) vs. 4-Gunner Myers (Wallenpaupack). 7-Javien De Leon (Liberty) vs. 2-Austin Fashouer (West Scranton).

126: 5-Kevin Guinan (St. Joe's Prep) vs. 4-Julian Everitt (Pittston Area). 7-Patrick McFarland (Pottsville) vs. 2-Beck Hutchison (Hazleton Area).

132: 5-MJ Turi (West Scranton) vs. 4-Ethan Melendez (Northeast). 3-Austin Smith (Abington Heights) vs. Dominic Wheatley (Nazareth).

138: 5-Trey Zaboski (Crestwood) vs. 4-Charles Huber (La Salle). 3-Sam Stevens (Abington Heights) vs. 6-Christian Fritz (Northampton).

145: 5-Jay Copeland (Overbrook) vs. 4-Jayden Pahler (WBA). 7-Trey Miletics (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. 2-Preston Machado (Delaware Valley).

152: 5-CJ Demark (Pittston Area) vs. 4-A.J. Minners (Archbishop Wood). 3-Sal Schiavone (Abington Heights) vs. 6-Noah Okamoto (Nazareth).

160: 5-Saadiq Pabon-Williams (Overbrook) vs. 4-Sebastian Adler (Delaware Valley). 7-Ryan Fairchild (Nazareth) vs. 2-Jimmy Spindler (Pittston Area).

172: 5-Ethan Kuzy (St. Joe's Prep) vs. 4-James Brown (Abington Heights). 7-Wayne McIntyre (East Stroudsburg North) vs. 2-Thaddeus Mead (Dallas).

189: 5-Shamere Davenport (Overbrook) vs. 4-Henry Baronowski (Wallenpaupack). 7-Anthony DeRosa (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. 2-Bryce Molinaro (Hazleton Area).

215: 1-Jason Henderson (Delaware Valley) vs. 8-Ajay Hiller (East Stroudsburg South). 3-Dante Burns (La Salle) vs. 6-Seth Hunsinger (Hazleton Area).

285: 1-Cam Butka (West Scranton) vs. 8-Jashawn Jackson (Overbrook). 3-Sean Kinney (Nazareth) vs. 6-Dante Matarella (Hazleton Area).

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