Church, Maby mine wrestling district gold

Blue Ridge’s Dalton Church and Susquehanna’s Tom Maby both brought home gold medals from the District II Class AA wrestling championships at Lake-Lehman on Saturday.

Church, who finished fifth at districts last season, claimed the championship at 130 with a 7-4 decision over James McMoore of Nanticoke. He defeated No. 1 seed Devin Fiorentino form Elk Lake in the semifinal.

“This is just a tremendous feeling,” Church said. “I had such a good day here. Competition-wise I came here fourth, expecting a really good challenge.

“Me and Devin go a ways back. We always used to wrestle each other when we were kids. Being able to beat him was just tremendous. It was one of my goals to be able to come in here, beat the No. 1 seed and win it.”

In his quarterfinal bout Friday, Fiorentino, a senior registered his 100th career victory.

“I was feeling good, and I knew it was going to be my 100th, so I was all hyped up,” Fiorentino said. “I knew after that first takedown, it was over.

“I was just waiting for that second chance to take him out. It was awesome.”

Fiorentino took fourth place on the day, narrowly missing the cut for the regional tournament.

Maby took gold in the 140-pound weight class by defeating Hanover’s Matt Lukachinsky in a 12-1 decision.

Blue Ridge’s Zach Edwards was a silver medalist after he took a loss to Meyers’ Vito Pasone in

the 112-pound finals in 3:10.

Also medaling on the day was Montrose’s Zach Thorne (160) with a third place finish.

Meteor John Shaffer (215) took fifth place, and Susquehanna’s Jarrett Coleman (285) took sixth on the day.

Church (130), Maby (140), Edwards (112) and Thorne (160) all qualified for the Class AA Northeast Regional Tournament starting at Williamsport High School on Friday at 5 p.m.

In the team standings, Blue Ridge was 12th with 44 points, Montrose took 13th at 41 points, Susquehanna was 14th with 37 points and Elk Lake finished last with 25 points. Dallas topped the standings with 226 points.

Team Scores: 1-Dallas (DAL) 226; 2-Western Wayne (WW) 204; 3-Elmer L. Meyers (MEY) 174; 4-Lake-Lehman (LL) 129.5; 5-Hanover Area (HAN) 114; 6-Greater Nanticoke (NAN) 89; 7-Lackawanna Trail (LT) 78; 8-Scranton Prep (SP) 65 8-Valley View (VV) 65; 10-Wyoming Area (WYO) 62.5; 11-GAR Memorial (GAR) 48.5; 12-Blue Ridge (BR) 44; 13-Montrose (MON) 41; 14-Susquehanna Community (SUS) 37; 15-Elk Lake (EL) 25.

Championship First Round

119: Kashif Alston (MEY) pinned Louis Esposito (BR), 0:43; 125: Andrew Schutz (WYO) pinned Kevin Zamorski (MON), 0:33; 130: Devin Fiorentino (EL) pinned Andrew O’Brien (LT), 1:19; Evan Decker (WW) dec. Jeremiah Johnson (MON), 7-5; 135: Dan Daly (EL) pinned Bob Williams (VV), 5;06; Anthony Benacquisto (MON) pinned Nathan Gelb-Dyller (SP), 3:23; 171: Kyle Koviack (NAN) maj. dec. Isaiah Ofalt (EL), 13-1; 189: Josh Harrison (WW) pinned Jon Haines (SUS), 1:07.

Quarterfinals

103: Evan Decker (WW) pinned Heather Traver (MON), 1:50; 112: Zach Edwards (BR) pinned Kyle Gavrish (NAN), 1:37; 119: Aaron Perez (DAL) pinned Mason Maye (EL), 3:55; 130: Fiorentino (EL) pinned Steve Barush (WYO), 0:46; Dalton Church (BR) pinned Raphael Ingaglio II (WW), 5:27; 135: Darren Stucker (MEY) pinned Daly (EL), 1:52; John Elick (HAN) pinned Benacquisto (MON), 1:15; 140: Thomas Maby (SUS) maj. dec. Michael Cipilewski (VV), 9-1; 145: Kris Roccograndi (DAL) pinned Nick Vales (SUS), 3:19; 152: Bill Dixon (DAL) pinned Jared Curry (EL), 1:04; 160: Zach Thorne (MON) pinned Nicholas Krehel (VV), 0:37; 189: Adam Goeringer (DAL) pinned James Brewer (MON), 1:15; 215: Mike Glowaniak (DAL) pinned John Shaffer Jr. (MON), 2:15; 285: Michael Galantini (VV) pinned Nick Moore (MON), 5:33; Jeremy Roberts (DAL) pinned Jarret Coleman (SUS), 1:03.

Second Round Consolations

103: Traver (MON) pinned Jeff Kioske (LL), 1:50; 119: Maye (EL) maj. dec. Thomas Lacomy (NAN), 17-5; Nicholas Heck (WYO) won by tech. fall over Esposito (BR), 15-0 5:36; 125: Zeb McMillan (LL) pinned Zamorski (MON), 2:45; 130: Johnson (MON) pinned Joe DiMaggio (MEY), 3:48; 135: Benacquisto (MON) pinned Bob Williams (VV), 3:17; Nathan Gelb-Dyller (SP) pinned Daly (EL), 2:15; 145: Eric Carty (MEY) won by inj. default over Vales (SUS), 3:00; 171: Ofalt (EL) dec. Brandon Rotell (VV), 3-2; 189: Brewer (MON) pinned Haines (SUS), 2:04; 285: Coleman (SUS) pinned Shane Farrell (SP), 0:45; Carl Zielinski (WYO) pinned Moore (MON), 2:44.

Third Round Consolations

103: Joey Brady (NAN) pinned Traver (MON), 2:21; 119: Nicholas Heck (WYO) maj. dec. Maye (EL), 9-0; 130: Griffith Walters (SP) dec. Johnson (MON), 6-3; 135: Klayton Kasprzyk (NAN) dec. Benacquisto (MON), 5-4; 152: Jeremy Greenley (LT) pinned Jared Curry (EL), 0:39; 171: Lance Letteer (GAR) maj. dec. Ofalt (EL), 10-1; 189: Andrew Kaufer (HAN) dec. Brewer (MON), 5-2; 215: Shaffer (MON) pinned Shawn Whiting (WYO), 2:54; 285: Coleman (SUS) pinned Carl Zielinski (WYO), 0:44.

Semifinals

112: Edwards (BR) pinned Pat Creedon (SP), 6:26; 130: Church (BR) dec. Fiorentino (EL), 10-5; 140: Maby (SUS) dec. Zach Macosky (DAL), 4-2; 160: Garrett Wynn (HAN) pinned Thorne (MON), 4:38.

Consolation Semifinals

130: Fiorentino (EL) pinned Griffith Walters (SP), 2:59; 160: Thorne (MON) pinned Brian Maslowski (NAN), 1:44; 215: Jason Berman (MEY) maj. dec. Shaffer (MON), 11-3; 285: Joseph Ingaglio (WW) pinned Coleman (SUS), 3:38.

Fifth Place

215: Dillon Ropietski (HAN) dec. Shaffer (MON), 7-5; 285: Coleman (SUS) pinned Elijah Gresham (GAR), 2:36.

Third Place

130: Brian DeLuca (DAL) dec. Fiorentino (EL), 6-4; 160: Thorne (MON) maj. dec. Brady Butler (LL), 14-5.

Championship Finals

112: Vito Pasone (MEY) pinned Edwards (BR), 3:10; 130: Church (BR) dec. Jim McMoore (NAN), 7-4; 140: Maby (SUS) maj. dec. Matt Lukachinsky (HAN), 12-1.

Times-Shamrock writer Ashley Teatum contributed to this report.