HERSHEY In the quarterfinal round of the District 3 Class 3A team competition at Hershey High School on Tuesday night, Demetri White, a 215-pound fighter from Boiling Springs, knew he needed to score third period points in a pivotal fight against Aiden Grim of Dallastown.
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At 152, Ian Longenberger of Boiling Springs backpoints Dallastown’s Aiden Karlie. Longenberger recorded a technical fall of 18-1. With six matches still to wrestle, the Bubblers are ahead 24–[email protected]/1IuxzclB76 @GoBubblers
“We constantly review that scenario in practice,” White stated. Once you’re in a match, it feels normal. I was aware that the team needed it and that it was in their best interests. We always discuss what’s best for the team in the room.
The Bubblers defeated the Wildcats 33-28 in the quarterfinals after White scored a 5-1 victory with a third-period escape and a final-second takedown.
Jason Usaw of Dallastown gave the Wildcats a brief lead when he pinned Cody Schaeffer at 285 pounds, but they were only able to watch as Jace Kiner won the final bout for Boiling Springs via forfeit.
At 133, Luke Magnani of Boiling Springs backpoints Liam O. Brennan of Dallastown. After three fights, Boiling Springs led 14-0, and Magnani won a 15-0 tech fall.X7c8axryEh @[email protected]
The tournament’s fifth seed, Boiling Springs (17-2), will play the ninth seed, Gettysburg (17-2), the reigning 3A team champion, at 5 p.m. on Thursday at Spring Grove High School in the semifinals.
The other semifinal round clash, which also takes place at Spring Grove at 5 p.m., pits 10th seed Chambersburg (14-3) against 6th seed ELCO (13-1).
They are hard-nosed wrestlers. Kyle Dayhoff, the head coach at Boiling Springs, stated, “They wrestle the way we preach.” We have guys who can win bouts and earn a ton of bonus points, even if they are bulked up. This was a thrilling match.
Ian (Longenberger), our 145-pounder, weighed 152 pounds, but I was ready to wrestle him at 160 tonight, Dayhoff stated.
In the first period at 114.@[email protected]/65xIGqn8wF, Chase Evans pins Dallastown’s Owen Snyder to start Boiling Springs in the quarterfinal.
At 152, Longenberger defeated Aiden Karlie of Dallastown via technical fall, winning 17-1.
“I will stop at nothing to support my team,” Longenberger stated. Regardless of the weight I compete at, I gave it my all, and my team has faith in me. This has great significance. We recently demonstrated that we are capable of doing this. Therefore, we must immediately go out and fight Gettysburg hard.
Chase Evans began the fight with a fall at 144 pounds, and Alex Mentzer followed with a decision at 121, giving Boiling Springs a quick 24–10 advantage.
With consecutive technical falls, Magnani (127) and Drew Shearer (133) created the much-needed buffer.
Before White’s decisive victory at 215 put the Bubblers ahead, Dallastown came close with victories at 160, 172, and 180.
The Bubblers advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Cedar Cliff 43–24 earlier in the evening.
When the Colts wrestled without 121-pounder Kavin Muyleart, the Bubblers defeated them six times with significant bonus points.
Aiden Herndon of Cedar Cliff (28-4) defeated Luke Magnani of the Bubblers 6-3 in the main event of that dual. Bonus points were not awarded for that victory, which was a microcosm of the Colts’ evening.
No one anticipated that the contest would proceed in that manner. Dayhoff acknowledged that there were some lineup adjustments, but no one in the gym anticipated that we would defeat Cedar Cliff by this many points.
HOST HERSHEY’S HEARTBREAK
After 11 matches against Dallastown, the fourth-seeded Hershey Boys wrestlers came together with a strong comeback to take a 30-26 lead.
After two bouts to go, the Trojans lead 30-26 thanks to first period falls from Christian Burd (172) and (189).
However, Dallastown closed the gap to 30-29 after Aiden Grim defeated Haggai Dulo 1-0.
In front of its home audience, Jason Usaw delivered a devastating 32-30 setback to Hershey by defeating Ethan Castillo 5-1 with a takedown and a late reversal.
With an 11-2 record at the completion of the dual meet season, Hershey is the fourth seed in the tournament.
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Quarterfinals
Spring Boiling 33, Dallas 28
114: Owen Snyder, Chase Evans (B), 1:13
121. Jacob Carozza d. Alex Mentzer (B), 5-3
127: 15-0 2:24 Luke Magnani (B) tf. Liam O Brennan
133: 19-1, 5:05, Drew Shearer (B) tf. Sam Koicuba
139: Dr. Keyen Soto, 13-1; Brody Carozza (D)
145: Dylan Butler p. Jack Evans (D), 3:04
152: 17-1, 5:18 Ian Longenberger (B) tf. Aiden Karlie
160: Sawyer Young md. Evan Baldwin (D), 12-3
172: 17-0, 3:29, Carter Reeves (D) tf. Darien Thompson
189: Dante White d. Wesley Winslow (D), 5-3
215: Demetri White (B) d. Aiden Grim, 5-1
285: Jason Usaw (D) p. Cody Schaeffer, 5:54
107: Jace Kiner (B) prevailed through forfeit.
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ORIGINAL ROUND
43 BOILING SPRINGS, 24 CEDAR CLIFF
107: Freddy Vu, Chase Evans (B) p, 1:25
114: Holden Keller, Alex Mentzer (B), p. 0:58
121: Dyian Petula (B) tf. Jack Warden, 16-1 3:35
127: Aiden Herndon (CC) d. Luke Magnani, 6-3
133: Luka Shoemaker md. Kyle Zeigler (CC), 13-5
139: Drew Shearer (B) tf. Keegan Zeigler, 15-0 2:48
145: Keyen Soto (B) p. Stellan Bachman, 4:34
152: Sawyer Young (B) d. Jackson Wentz, 6-4
160: Ian Longenberger (B) won by forfeit
172: PJ Dent (CC) p. Darien Thompson, 1:54
189: Will White (CC) tf. Dante White,
215: Demetri White (BS) p. John Eisenhower. 2:45
285: Guner Hiller (CC) won by forfeit
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DALLASTOWN 32, HERSHEY 30
107: Analeah Pritchard (H) won by forfeit
114: Alex Tagliati (H) p. Owen Snyder, 0:36
121: Jacob Carozza (D) p. Marshall Belfer, 0:59
127: Mason Webb (H) d. Liam O Brennan, 4-0
133: Sam Koicuba (D) p. Ishan Dangal, 1:27
139: Brody Carozza (D) d. Sullivan Weaver, 3-0
145: Aiden Karlie (D) tf. Cooper Wisniewski, 20-4
152: Tyler Laughman (H) d. Trevor McWilliams, 6-3
160: Evan Baldwin (D) p. Jayden Robertson, 2:56
172: Christian Burd (H) p. Wesley Winslow, 0:58
189: Aiden Bickley (H) p. Carter Reeves, 0:28
215: Aiden Grim (D) d. Haggai Dulo, 1-0
285: Jason Usaw (D) d. Ethan Castillo, 5-1.
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