Wildcats Finish Third at Rugged Dallastown Duals
DALLASTOWN – Central Mountain wrestling coach Biff Walizer nailed it when he said, “We’re a better team leaving here than when we got here.” His comment came Saturday night after the Wildcats finished in third place in a formidable eight-team field at the 2020 Dallastown Duals.
The Wildcats went 2-1 on the day, opening with a 37-23 win over Penn Manor (8-2), dropping a 36-27 tussle with state-ranked Cumberland Valley (7-3), and closing with a 46-27 win over Emmaus (11-3).
(Editor’s Note – Story Update: Coach Walizer reported Sunday that middleweight wrestler Zach Miller is “home and okay.” Miller had required medical attention after hitting the mat hard in his match against Emmaus and had to injury default).
After a 37-18 loss to Mifflin County two nights earlier, Walizer said he was pleased with what he saw from his young team (only one senior in the starting lineup). “Coming in, we knew we’d face three tough matches, which we did,” he told therecord-online, adding, “Overall it was a good experience; we needed a bounce-back” after the loss to Mifflin County.
The tightest dual was with Cumberland Valley, a back-and-forth affair. In a dual that started at 113 pounds, the Wildcats pulled to within 12 points, the deficit at 33-21 after Gage Sutliff picked up a major decision at 220 pounds. Heavyweight Cyrus McCarl was next up and put Cumberland Valley’s Connor Mundis on his back in the first period but did not get the pin call, opening up an early 5-0 lead. As Walizer noted, had the pin been recorded, the bouts would have ended up 7-7 and the score 33-33, this after Gino Serafini picked up a first period fall in the final bout. But McCarl ended up losing 8-5, socked with four stalling points, much to the chagrin of the Wildcat coaching staff. (Central Mountain was called for a remarkable 10 stalling points in the dual, many more than they surrender in a season; they gave up one stalling point total in the other two dual meets).
Knocked into the third place match, Central Mountain trailed Emmaus 27-22 with five bouts remaining. The Wildcats swept all five to claim third, starting with Sutliff’s 4-2 overtime win at 195, Nik Miller with a first period fall at 220, McCarl with a 2-0 decision win, Serafini with a second period fall and Derek Keen with a second period fall.
Sutliff, Serafini and Taylor Weaver all went 3-0 on the day, Weaver with three falls. Multiple others went 2-1 in a strong team effort showing.
Dallastown took the senior high crown with a 39-38 win over Cumberland Valley.
The Wildcats, now 7-2, return home Tuesday, Jan. 14 to host State College (6-2). The Central Mountain junior high team swept the Dallastown junior high tourney. Wins came over Susquehannock, 77-9; Dallastown, 45-31; and Cumberland Valley, 40-33.
| PENN MANOR – 23 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN – 37 |
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| 106 – Clayton Foster, Central Mountain, received a forfeit. |
| 113 – Gino Serafini, Central Mountain, Major. dec. Leonid Medvedkin, Penn Manor, 11-0. |
| 120 – Derek Keen, Central Mountain, dec. Tanner Stephanie, Penn Manor, 10-6. |
| 126 – Braylen Corter, Central Mountain, received a forfeit. |
| 132 – Taylor Weaver, Central Mountain, pinned Trevor Grassel, Penn Manor, 3:46. |
| 138 – Tyler Grassel, Penn Manor, pinned Hayden Walizer, Central Mountain, 3:20. |
| 145 – Kaden Falls, Central Mountain, dec. Teagan Rogers, Penn Manor, |
| 152 – Dylan Coleman, Penn Manor, dec. Lane Porter, Central Mountain, 10-4. |
| 160 – Colt Barley, Penn Manor, pinned Lucas Porter, Central Mountain, 3:17. |
| 170 – Kole Marley, Penn Manor, tech fall Damien Galentine, Central Mountain, 3:09 (17-1). |
| 182 – Caleb Porter, Central Mountain, dec. Anthony Glessner, Penn Manor, 3-2. |
| 195 – Nick Baker, Penn Manor dec. Nik Miller, Central Mountain, 2-1. |
| 220 – Gage Sutliff, Central Mountain, dec. Pedro Gomez, Penn Manor, 3-1. |
| 285 – Cyrus McCarl, Central Mountain, dec. Ben Weaver, Penn Manor, 9-5. |
| CUMBERLAND VALLEY – 36 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN – 27 |
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| 113 – Ben Monn, Cumberland Valley pinned Clayton Foster, Central Mountain, 2:24. |
| 120 – Ruston Dzielak, Cumberland Valley dec. Derek Keen, Central Mountain, 7-1. |
| 126 – Taylor Weaver, Central Mountain, pinned Jaciah Whitcomb, Cumberland Valley 4:42. |
| 132 – Gabriel Belga, Cumberland Valley pinned Zach Miller, Central Mountain, 2:28. |
| 138 – Spenser Machimer, Cumberland Valley pinned Hayden Walizer, 3:27. |
| 145 – Kyl.e Miller, Cumberland Valley dec. Kaden Falls, Central Mountain, 9-2 |
| 152 – Lane Porter, Central Mountain, tech fall, Ben Belga, Cumberland Valley 5:53 (18-3). |
| 160 – Damien Galentine, Central Mountain, dec. Liam Anderson, Cumberland Valley 8-4. |
| 170 – Caleb Porter, Central Mountain, dec. Timothy Kissinger, Cumberland Valley 7-5. |
| 182 –Dontey Rogan, Cumberland Valley pinned Paul Risley, Central Mountain, 2:19. |
| 195 – Jacob Lucas, Cumberland Valley dec. Nik Miller, Central Mountain, 5-0. |
| 220 – Gage Sutliff, Central Mountain, major dec. Abubakar Saka, Central Mountain, 13-5. |
| 285 – Connor Mundis, Cumberland Valley Cyrus McCarl, Central Mountain, 8-5. |
| 106 – Gino Serafini, Central Mountain, pinned Noah Groelly, Cumberland Valley, 0:27. |
| EMMAUS – 27 CENTRAL MOUNTAIN – 46 |
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| 120 – Braylen Corter, Central Mountain, major dec. Marco Albanese, Emmaus 15-4. |
| 126 – Taylor Weaver, Central Mountain, pinned Robert Machado, Emmaus 1:43. |
| 132 – Nicholas Velde, Emmaus, won by injury default, Zach Miller, Central Mountain, 2:27. |
| 138 – Kordell Waiters, Emmaus pinned Hayden Walizer, Central Mountain, 0:38. |
| 145 – Kaden Falls, Central Mountain, pinned Quin Scott, Emmaus, 0:52. |
| 152 – Lane Porter, Central Mountain, pinned Jake Gross, Emmaus 1:30. |
| 160 – Jared Groller, Emmaus pinned Damien Galentine, Central Mountain, 0:41. |
| 170 – Caleb Porter, Central Mountain, dec. Conner Carter, Emmaus, 3-2. |
| 182 – Caden Wright, Emmaus, pinned Paul Risley, Central Mountain, 1:56. |
| 195 – Gage Sutliff, Central Mountain, dec. Trevor Gitski, Emmaus, 4-2, OT RO. |
| 220 – Nik Miller, Central Mountain, pinned Josue Rodriguez, Emmaus, 1:27. |
| 285 – Cyrus McCarl, Central Mountain, dec. James Santichen, Emmau, 2-0. |
| 106 – Gino Serafini, Central Mountain, pinned Marco Albanese, Emmaus, 2:50. |
| 113 – Derek Keen, Central Mountain, pinned Giovani Lainez, Emmaus, 3:55. |
