Wildcats Throttle State, 51-14
STATE COLLEGE — The stage is set for Central Mountain’s regular season showdown next Tuesday, Jan. 31, home with Bellefonte.
The Wildcats moved to 12-0 on the season with a 51-14 takedown of State College (5-10) at the Little Lion gym Saturday afternoon. The win set up next Tuesday’s clash with the Red Raiders, 16-1 on the year. Central Mountain and Bellefonte have already qualified as the first and second seeds for next Saturday’s four-team District 6 team dual championships at Tyrone.
First the Wildcats had to take care of State College, which they did handily, winning 11 of the 14 bouts while piling up four falls, two technical falls, two major decisions and three regular decisions.
Most exciting bout of the day came at 106 pounds where the Wildcat sophomore Johnny Shreffler (17-10) used a counter takedown to earn a hard-fought 4-2 sudden victory win over State frosh Clayton Leidy (15-5).
Pins came from Dalton Bechdel (7-4) at 112; Logan Long (16-7) at 138; Tanner Weaver (22-6) at 170 and Tanner Riggle (11-8) at 195.
The bout terminations came from Seth Andrus (20-6) at 132 and Asher Corl (16-8) at 152. Majors were recorded by Geo Barzona (23-1) at 120 and Cody Coleman (10-8) at 126. Regular decisions were earned by Shreffler, Alonzo Henry (2-6) at 145 and heavyweight Richie Thompson (24-5). The Wildcats piled up a 22 to 8 edge in takedowns.
Looking ahead to next Tuesday, Bellefonte’s lone loss this season came at the Virginia Duals, administered by Camden Catholic (NJ) by a 34-24 score. The Raiders’ closest in-state match was their 38-29 win over Shikellamy on Dec. 22. The Wildcats beat Shik by a 53-10 score on Jan. 12.
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| 120 – Geo Barzona, Central Mountain, major dec. Jacob Palmer, State College, 11-3. |
| 126 – Cody Coleman, Central Mountain, major dec. Ari Gluckman, State College, 9-0. |
| 132 – Se4th Andrus, Central Mountain, tech fall, Jason Zench, State College, 4:36 (18-3). |
| 138 – Logan Long, Central Mountain, pinned Seth McMahon, State College, 1:56. |
| 145 – Alonzo Henry, Central Mountain, dec. Marcel Francis, State College, 6-2. |
| 152 – Asher Corl, Central Mountain, tech fall Ryan Kuntz, State College, 5:06. |
| 160 – Ian Barr, State College, pinned Colton Weaver, Central Mountain, 5:06. |
| 170 – Tanner Weaver, Central Mountain, pinned Brett Fields, State College, 1:08. |
| 182 – Cole Urbas, State College, tech fall Caleb Turner, Central Mountain, 6:00 (15-0) |
| 195 – Tanner Riggle, Central Mountain, pinned Jacob Liechty, State College, 2:22. |
| 220 – Pete Hafner, State College, dec. Mahlik Houtz, Central Mountain, 11-6. |
| 285 – Richie Thompson, Central Mountain, dec. Kyle Engle, State College, 6-2. |
| 106 – Johnny Shreffler, dec. Clayton Leidy, State College, 4-2 SV. |
| 113 – Dalton Bechdel, Central Mountain, pinned Ben Krick, State College, 0:55. |
