Pottsville rallied from an early 18-10 deficit with nine straight victories to defeat Pine Grove 50-18 in a Schuylkill League Division I match on Saturday.
The Crimson Tide (12-7, 5-1 Division I) had pins from Ryan Greene at 113 pounds, Richie Bentz (120) and Brian Farrell (132).
Pine Grove (10-10, 1-5) scored 12 of its 18 points through forfeits. The Cardinals’ Josh Phillippy opened the dual meet with a pin at 170.
170 — Phillippy (PG) pinned Brennan, :50; 182 — Kessock (P) maj. dec. A. Nye; 195 — Kleckner (P) dec. Soltys, 8-4; 220 — Hinson (P) dec. J. Nye, 4-1; 285 — Werner (PG) won by forfeit; 106 — Howerton (PG) won by forfeit; 113 — Greene (P) pinned Rossi, 1:57; 120 — Bentz (P) pinned Gately, :50; 126 — Gardner (P) won by forfeit; 132 — Farrell (P) pinned Zimmerman, 1:13; 138 — Cromyak (P) dec. Kassab, 2-0; 145 — Painter (P) maj. dec. Carlin, 12-4; 152 — Deiter (P) won by forfeit; 160 — Porter (P) dec. Rittenbaugh, 7-3
JV Score: Pottsville 4-0
Williams Valley 37
Camp Hill 33
CAMP HILL — Dylan Rebuck clinched Williams Valley’s non-league win over Camp Hill with a 9-5 decision in the meet’s final bout at 170 pounds.
Williams Valley (6-7) got falls from Ian Minnich (220), J.J. Cox (285), Willy Girard (113) and Alex Raho (126).
182 — Aaron Spahr (CH) pinned Hoffman, :53; 195 — Shoop (WV) dec. Hope, 5-1; 220 — Minnich (WV) pinned DeBoch, 1:05; 285 — Cox (WV) pinned Wilson, 1:05; 106 — Coniglio (CH) won by forfeit; 113 — Girard (WV) pinned B. Vezanilla, 1:26; 120 — Rini (CH) pinned Dickinson, :30; 126 — Raho (WV) pinned Latorre, 1:17; 132 — C. Rebuck (WV) maj. dec. C. Vezanilla, 8-0; 138 — Kemble (CH) dec. Chamberlain, 13-7; 145 — Alex Gallaher (CH) pinned Ulsh, 1:10; 152 — Colestock (CH) pinned Martin, 3:52; 160 — Miller (WV) dec. Smith, 6-1; 170 — D. Rebuck (WV) dec. Young 9-5
Mount Carmel 42, Berwick 26
MOUNT CARMEL — Mount Carmel won the final two bouts by forfeit to pull away from Berwick in a non-league meet.
Wes Shurock (220), Trevor Shuder (285) and Tommy McDonald (138) had falls for the Red Tornadoes.
Nathan Maczuga (170) had a fall for Berwick.
220 — Shurock (MC) pinned Force, 1:20; 285 — Shuder (MC) pinned Hosler, 1:45; 106 — Dent (B) won by forfeit; 113 — Conner (B) tech. fall Gudonis, 19-2, 6:00; 120 — Tanney (MC) dec. Talanca, 13-6; 126 — Watson (MC) dec. Miedaner, 8-6; 132 — Yule (B) won by forfeit; 138 — McDonald (MC) pinned Fish, 3:14; 145 — No bout; 152 — McCole (B) dec. Weidner, 5-4; 160 — Panko (MC) won by forfeit; 170 — Maczuga (B) pinned Little, 1:45; 182 — Bogutskie (MC) won by forfeit; 195 —Yancoskie (MC) won by forfeit
Schuylkill Haven 40
Oley Valley 39
OLEY — Schuylkill Haven was unable to hold onto a nine-point lead with two bouts left, but beat Oley Valley in a non-league meet on criterion H, the most first points in the match.
The Hurricanes (13-6) got pins from Trevyn Fessler (160), Kross Houck (170) and Preston Gehring (132).
Oley Valley (8-8) countered with falls by Charles Wildermuth (182), Justin Heffner (112), Jacob Guldin (120) and Chris Kubitz (126).
160 — Fessler (SH) pinned Wagner, 1:37; 170 — Houck (SH) pinned Short, 2:55; 182 — C. Wildermuth (OV) pinned Schantzenbach, 5:19; 195 — Resue (SH) won by forfeit; 220 — Hower (SH) won by forfeit; 285 — Motko (SH) pinned Zweizig, 1:17; 106 — Fasig (OV) won by forfeit; 113 — Heffner (OV) pinned Fessler, 1:05; 120 — Guldin (OV) pinned Mykut, :30; 126 — Kubitz (OV) pinned Engle, :56; 132 — Gehring (SH) pinned Wertz, 3:13; 138 — Handling (SH) dec. Lambert, 3-2; 145 — J. Wildermuth (OV) dec. Hafer 8-6 SV; 152 — Adam (OV)_ won by forfeit
Blue Raiders 6th
in Salisbury tourney
SALISBURY — Tamaqua’s wrestling team placed sixth in the Salisbury Falcon Invitational Tournament.
At 126 pounds, the Blue Raiders’ Tanner McHugh finished with a 5-0 record to win the weight class, but also was named Outstanding Wrestler.
Tamaqua’s Dylan Rynkiewicz went 5-0 with five falls to win the 138-pound class.
Brandon Mader (106) and Tyler Calkins (182) each finished fifth while Ty Hinkle (145) took sixth.