PHOENIX RALLY FALLS SHORT FALL 42-29
By Joseph Walker
LOGANTON – Four forfeits were just too much for the Sugar Valley Rural Charter to overcome, as the Phoenix dropped a 42-29 dual meet to Columbia Montour Vo-Tech Wednesday night at the Phoenix gym.
The Phoenix fell behind 18-0 after the first three bouts, as they forfeited two of those weights and then surrendered a fall, but they rallied back and cut the CMVT lead to a 30-29 score after 189 pounds. They then were forced to forfeit the final two weights to set the final at 42-29.
The Phoenix trio of Tobias Conoway (133), Grayson Hastings (160) and Logan Leland (189) all recorded wins by fall and Wyatt Conoway added six more points with a forfeit win. Ethan Bartenope (172) added a win by tech fall to round out the winners for the Green and White.
The Phoenix, now 3-5 on the season, are off until the new year, as they will travel to South Williamsport on Jan 3rd, 2026 for the Mountaineer Invitational tournament. The 12-teams field consists of Allentown Central Catholic, Bloomsburg, Lackawanna Trail, Loyalsock, Montrose, Muncy, Northeast Bradford, Scranton Prep, Valley View, Wellsboro, the host South Williamsport and of course the Phoenix.
COLUMBIA MONTOUR VO-TECH 42, SVRC PHOENIX 29
107 – Chris Getz (CMVT) won by forfeit (0-6); 114 – Landen Hess (CMVT) won by forfeit (0-12); 121 – Ryan Milheim (CMVT) pinned Taylor Cantolina, 2:59 (0-18); 127 – No Match; 133 – Tobias Conoway (SVRC) pinned Keegan Moyer, :32 (6-18); 139 – Anthony Albertson (CMVT) pinned Gabe Standish, 1:19 (6-24); 145 – Wyatt Conoway (SVRC) won by forfeit; (12-24); 152 – Hunter English (CMVT) pinned Daedreynn Hopkins, 2:34; (12-30); 160 – Grayson Hastings (SVRC) pinned Matthew Miller, 3:27; (18-30); 172 – Ethan Bartenope (SVRC) tech fall Hoyt Kelly, 15-0; (23-30); 189 – Logan Leland (SVRC) pinned Bradley Jones, 2:45 (29-30); 215 – Evan Golomb (CMVT) won by forfeit (29-36); 285 – Brayden Benjamin (CMVT) won by forfeit (29-42)
