Phoenix advances three to District 4 tourney
CATAWISSA, PA – The Sugar Valley Rural Charter School wrestling team continued to add to its accomplishments on Saturday, claiming the program’s first ever sectional tourney finalists, two of them in fact in Cameron Quick and Kyle Stahl; in all three Phoenix team members qualified for the Feb. 24-25 District 4 AA championships at Williamsport High School. Levi Galentine earned his berth with a fourth place finish.
Quick at 139 pounds and Stahl at 215 came in as the number two seeds in the sectionals held at Southern Columbia High School. Both reached their seeds, recording falls in the semifinals before losing their title bouts. Galentine at 285 pounds exceeded his fifth seed to earn his fourth-place finish, falling 6-3 in the third-place bout.
Sugar Valley finished in ninth place at the tourney, just behind eighth place Mifflinburg. Host Southern Columbia took the title, followed by Line Mountain and Midd-West.
Third place results:
107 – Ty Locke (Milton) pinned Rowen Humphrey (Southern Columbia), 4:02
114 – Tyler Stokes (Milton) won by forfeit over Gaege Fronk (Southern Columbia)
121 – Ben Straub (Mifflinburg) pinned Caiden Gray (Southern Columbia), 1:30
127 – Landen Wagner (Lewisburg) maj. dec. Edward Zuber (Southern Columbia), 19-6
133 – Eli Welliver (Danville) pinned Quinton Bartlett (Lewisburg), 0:53
139 – Charley Paige (Midd-West) dec. Ethan Lenker (Line Mountain), 2-1
145 – Chase Pensyl (Shamokin) maj. dec. Jeffrey Yount (Midd-West), 11-3
152 – Jaymen Golden (Southern Columbia) pinned Ahmaad Robinson (Lewisburg), 2:25
160 – Kohen Shingara (Line Mountain) won by forfeit over Caden Hagerman (Danville)
172 – Derek Shedleski (Lewisburg) pinned Aidan Keiser (Milton), 2:41
189 – Ryder Zulkowski (Shamokin) pinned Troy Raup (Danville), 2:10
215 – Bryce Hackenburg (Midd-West) dec. Trey Locke (Milton), 4-1
285 – Maddox Lamas (Mount Carmel) dec. Levi Galentine (Sugar Valley Rural Charter), 6-3
First place results:
107 – Landon Michaels (Lewisburg) dec. Jack Gramly (Mifflinburg), 5-2
114 – Jace Gessner (Lewisburg) pinned Bradyn Schadel (Line Mountain), 1:27
121 – Blake Sassaman (Danville) pinned Kristopher Kalbarchick (Mount Carmel), 3:49
127 – Matthew Smith (Midd-West) dec. Nolan Baumert (Line Mountain), 3-1
133 – Conner Heckman (Midd-West) pinned Brayden Andrews (Southern Columbia), 2:57
139 – Mason Barvitskie (Southern Columbia) pinned Cameron Quick (Sugar Valley Rural Charter), 0:51
145 – Lane Schadel (Line Mountain) pinned Kyle Vanden Heuvel (Danville), 3:33
152 – Kyle Ferster (Midd-West) pinned Dalton Schadel (Line Mountain), 0:57
160 – Alex Hoffman (Milton) maj. dec. Chase Wenrich (Lewisburg), 9-1
172 – Aaron Johnson (Danville) dec. Maxim Johnson (Line Mountain), 8-4
189 – Jude Bremigen (Southern Columbia) dec. Cale Bastian (Milton), 3-2 UTB
215 – Ryan Weidner (Mount Carmel) pinned Kyle Stahl (Sugar Valley Rural Charter), 2:51
285 – Emmanuel Ulrich (Mifflinburg) pinned Paul Rohland (Milton), 1:33