FALLS AND WAGNER PLACE SECOND AT BEA TOURNAMENT

By Joe Walker

WINGATE- Sophomore Austynn Falls and junior Kendall Wagner both took second place finishes in the Bald Eagle Area Tournament on Saturday, while junior Ashlynn Miller added a third place finish. The trio helped their Central Mountain Lady Wildcats finish in seventh place in the 34-team race. 

The top seeded Falls won three straight matches by falls to make her way to the finals at 148 pounds. In the finals, Falls gave up a takedown and got pinned in 49 seconds of the first period by Emily Koontz of Shikellamy in the championship finals. The loss saw Falls’ very good season record drop to 21-2 on the season. 

Second Seeded Wagner also won her first three bouts at 170, but then in the finals she again ran into two-time and defending state champion Jael Miller of Punxsutawney. Miller took Wagner down and pinned the Bucktail junior in 40 seconds of the first period. The loss set Wagners’ record to 19-4 thus far on the season. 

Miller lost her first bout in the championship quarterfinals and then received a bye in the consolation quarterfinals to advance into the consi semifinals at 235 pounds. Miller then pinned her way into the consolation finals, where she pinned Noelani Knott of Dallastown in just 29 seconds to earn her third place finish and improved her record to 19-3 on the season. 

The Lady Wildcats had two other wrestlers in the tournament, as Kaitlyn Scarborough-Perez (118) and Mallory Wunder (130) both posted 1-2 records in the tournament. Sophomore Scarborough-Perez is now 9-10 on the season, while freshman Wunder is now 5-15. 

Dallastown won the team title with 189 points, while Boiling Springs finished a distant second with 139.5 points. Shikellamy was third with 120.5, while Williamsport was fourth with 98 and Bald Eagle Area fifth with 94 points. Clearfield finished sixth with 93, while the Lady Wildcats finished in seventh with 74 points. Jersey Shore finished in 15th and the Lady Phoenix of the Sugar Valley Rural Charter School finished in 17th place. 

The next action for the Lady Wildcats will be next Saturday, February 1st, when they will compete in the 11-team Williamsport Classic Tournament at Williamsport High School. 

CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND of 16 

112 – Addison Tice (Bald Eagle Area) pinned Kaitlyn Scarborough-Perez (CM), 1:23; …130 – Mallory Wunder (CM) pinned Madison Vinelli (Bradford), 1:08; … 148 – Austynn Falls (CM) pinned Savannah Harley (Curwensville) :23; … 170 – Kendall Wagner (CM) pinned Olivia Kropiewnicki (Trinity) :36. 

CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS: 

130 – Haley Smarsh (Moon) tech fall Mallory Wunder (CM), 17-1, 2:00; … 148 – Austynn Falls (CM) pinned Alexa Jayne (Wyalusing), 2:59; … 170 – Kendall Wagner (CM) pinned Olivia Clester (SVRC), 1:40; … 235 – Daisy Glessner (Philipsburg-Osceola) pinned Ashlyn Miller (CM), 3:15.

CONSOLATION ROUND 1: 112 – Kaitlyn Scarborough-Perez (CM) dec. Hannah Nguyen (Mechanicsburg), 10-5; …. CONSOLATION RD 2: 112 – Shyanna Brandt (Huntingdon) pinned Kaitlyn Scarborough-Perez (CM), 4:53: …. CONSOLATION RD 3: 130 – Nakita Nelson (Warren) dec. Mallory Wunder (CM), 6-5 

CHAMPIONSHIP SEMIFINALS: 

148 – Austynn Falls (CM) maj dec Emma Koontz (Shikellamy), 11-3; 

170 – Kendall Wagner (CM) pinned Brianne Irvin (Boiling Springs), 4:27 

CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS: 

235 – Ashlyn Miller (CM) pinned Santiana Guarjardo-Prieto (Line Mtn), :49 

CONSOLATION 3rd PLACE: 

235 – Ashlyn Miller (CM) pinned Noelani Knott (Dallastown), :29 

CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS: 

100 – Alexis Panacoast (Mechanicsburg) pinned Danica Bacorn (Williamsport), 1:48; 106 – Santina Saraka (Hanover) pinned Eden Eveleth (Ba;ld Eagle Area), 2:54: .. 112 – Iris Reitz (Redbank Valley) pinned Addison Tice (Bald Eagle Area), 3:31; … 118 – Lillian Ramsey (Williamsport) tech fall Chloe Stiles (United), 21-6, 1:52; … 124 – Kallie Bower (Mechanicsburg) maj dec Rylee Campbell (Shikellamy), 17-4; … 130 – Haley Smarash (Moon) pinned Callie Hess (Benton), 1:22; … 136 – Charli Hunt (Philipsburg-Osceola) tech fall Ryleigh Ziants (Shikellamy), 15-0, 2:00; … 142 – Avery Baldwin (Dallastown) maj dec Shelby Shirey (Bradford), 14-3; … 148 – Shayla Carl (Palmyra) pinned Austynn Falls (CM), :49; … 155 – Makayla Taylor (Clearfield) pinned Addison Dangle (Jersey Shore), 2:52; 170 – Jael Miller (Punxsutawney) pinned Kendall Wagner (CM), :40; … 190 – Grace Crestani (Bald Eagle Area) pinned Katelyn Krepps (Juniata), :51; … 235 – Mylah Steinbuch (Bedford) maj dec Emily Dolan (Boiling Springs), 9-0.