Shamokin Area coach Todd Hockenbroch has four wrestlers headed to Hershey for the PIAA Class AA State Wrestling Championships, three of whom are making return trips and a fourth who has 115 career varsity bouts. Together, Brandon Pesarchick, Josh Lahr, Derek Shingara and Wes Tillett have wrestled more than 500 career varsity bouts.
Line Mountain coach Mike Martz has two wrestlers going to Hershey, one a freshman, albeit a very, very good one, and the other a sophomore, also a first time state qualifier. Zain Retherford and Adam Kritzer have a combined total of 97 career varsity bouts.
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Brackets drawn for state tournament
The four Shamokin Area and two Line Mountain wrestlers who advanced out of the Northeast Regional to the PIAA Class AA state tournament at the Giant Center in Hershey now know their first-round matchups.
At 103 pounds, Line Mountain's Zain Retherford will wrestle Mt. Union's Ryan Wilson. Shamokin's Brandon Pesarchick will wrestle Schuylkill Valley's Dakota Davis at 130 pounds, while also at 130, Line Mountain's Adam Kritzer will square off against North East's Levi Morton. At 135 pounds, Shamokin's Josh Lahr will open against Saegertown's Tim Clark. At 140, Shamokin's Derek Shingara will wrestle Bermudian Springs' Anthony Davis. Lastly, at 285, Shamokin's Wes Tillett will take on Milton Hershey's Cris Ramirez. Full brackets for both the Class AA and AAA tournaments is on Page B2. Sites, times decided on
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The seeds of the biggest win in Wes Tillett's wrestling career were planted the week before, but it's interesting to note just how close those seeds came to not getting in the ground.
Shamokin coach Todd Hockenbroch wanted Tillett to go out hard against Benton's Tyler DeMott in the district championship 285-pound bout and not let DeMott dictate things, if for no other reason than to get a clearer picture of how to attack DeMott, last season's Class AA state runner-up and a seemingly invincible wrestler.
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Lycoming YMCA 6th Grade Tournament
Southern Columbia 32, Hughesville 19
Southern - Haley Levan 11, Josh Yoder 8, Tyler Tomaschik 4
Bald Eagle Area 23, Southern Columbia 22
Southern - Josh Yoder 15, Tyler Tomaschik 4
Southern Columbia 38, Loyalsock 31
Southern - Josh Yoder 13, Haley Levan 7, David Brokus 4
Selinsgrove 32, Southern Columbia 31
Southern Columbia - Josh Yoder 14, Haley Levan 7, Walter Palacz 4
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