ELIZABETHVILLE - With two bouts left in their season opener Wednesday night, Upper Dauphin trailed Newport by nine points.
Joe Becker (182) and Trey Campbell (195) changed that - in a hurry. Becker posted a 24-second fall, and Campbell notched a 21-second deck job to lift the Trojans to a 42-39, Tri-Valley League victory over the Buffaloes.
Connor Boyer (106), Coy Campbell (113), Cody Snyder (132) and Clayton Kerwin (160) also recorded pins for Upper Dauphin (1-0, 1-0 TVL).
Upper Dauphin 42, Newport 39
220 - A. Snyder (N) pinned Wilkinson, 5:32; 285 - Bower (N) pinned P. Kennerly, 1:36; 106 - Boyer (UDA) pinned Frey, 4:58; 113 - C. Campbell (UDA) pinned D. O'Toole, :37; 120 - Clay (N) dec. Oren, 4-0; 126 - P. O'Toole (N) pinned Young, :51; 132 - C. Snyder (UDA) pinned Finicile, 4:39; 138 - D. Hoffman (UDA) won by forfeit; 145 - Klinger (N) pinned E. Hoffman, 2:51; 152 - Stroup (N) pinned J. Kennerly, 1:49; 160 - Kerwin (UDA) pinned Hemperly, 3:00; 170 - Johnson (N) pinned Zerby, 3:37; 182 - Becker (UDA) pinned Gehr, :24; 195 - T. Campbell (UDA) pinned Collins, :21
Halifax 45 Mahanoy Area 27
MAHANOY CITY - Hunter Enders (126), Nate Enders (138), Tyler Lenker (145) and Cade Wilbert (152) earned falls as the Wildcats opened their Schuylkill League Division II slate with a victory over the Golden Bears.
Corbin White (170) scored a pin, while Bailey Forte (220) notched a decision for Mahanoy Area.
120 - McBurney (H) won by forfeit; 126 - H. Enders (H) pinned Bahrey, :59; 132 - Laudenslager (H) won by forfeit; 138 - N. Enders (H) pinned Donelson, 3:17; 145 - Lenker (H) pinned Florio, 1:47; 152 - Wilbert (H) pinned Baker, 3:52; 160 - Witiszen (MA) won by forfeit; 170 - White (MA) pinned Morton, 3:15; 182 - Caravella (MA) won by forfeit; 195 - A. Forte (MA) won by forfeit; 220 - B. Forte (MA) dec. Paul, 9-7; 285 - T. Enders (H) dec. Blume, 9-5; 106 - Geiling (H) won by forfeit; 113 - No bout
North Schuylkill 61 Williams Valley 9
TOWER CITY - Auston Hummel, Dane Tarantelli, Nate Gadinski, Shane McGrath, Tyler Budnavage, Joe Alexander and Garet Grove earned pins for North Schuylkill (5-1) in a non-league win. At 106, the Vikings' Willy Girard (4-0) posted a 2-0 decision over Mason Madden-Edwards (5-1). Matthew Miller added a fall for Williams Valley (0-1).
182 - Au. Hummel (NS) pinned Shoop, 5:07; 195 - Tarantelli (NS) pinned Crisswell, 4:55; 220 - Al. Hummel (NS) dec. Minnich, 13-12; 285 - Gadinski (NS) pinned Cox, 2:20; 106 - Girard (WV) dec. Madden-Edwards, 2-0; 113 - Cole (NS) won by forfeit; 120 - Wetzel (NS) dec. Raho, 6-1; 126 - McGrath (NS) pinned Ragland, 1:15; 132 - Zamudio (NS) maj. dec. Ulsh, 17-5; 138 - Budnavage (NS) pinned Chamberlain, 4:44; 145 - Alexander (NS) pinned Carr, 5:42; 152 - Miller (WV) pinned Reinoehl, 2:45; 160 - Price (NS) dec. Martin, 2-0; 170 - Grove (NS) pinned Hoffman, :28
Jr. High score: North Schuylkill 42-33