ATHENS ADVANCES THREE TO SEMIFINALS AT NEW OXFORD; TWO ALIVE IN WRESTLEBACKS
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | January 14, 2022
NEW OXFORD, Pa. — Athens seniors Gavin Bradley, Kaden Setzer, and Karter
Rude advanced to the semifinals of the New Oxford Tournament here
Friday, while sophomore Josh Nittinger and freshman Caleb Nason are
alive in wrestlebacks.
Athens is in 15th place in the 23-team
field with 47 points. Bishop McDevitt leads the pack with 104 points,
while Carlisle is second with 93.5, and Canton is third with 91. Troy is
in seventh place with 60 points.
Top-seeded Bradley, who
received a bye into the 113-pound quarterfinals, needed just 55 seconds
to pin Troy’s Caleb Schwenk in his only match of the day.
Bradley will face Bishop McDevitt’s Michael Beutler in the semifinals.
Setzer, the second seed at 132 pounds, advanced to the semifinals with a pair of quick pins.
After receiving a bye in the round-of-16, Setzer pinned Carlisle’s Chase Brenneman in 33 seconds.
In the quarterfinals, Setzer needed just 29 seconds to flatten Greencastle-Antim’s Garrett Keener.
Setzer will face York Suburban’s Bryson Neidigh in the semifinals.
Rude, the fifth seed at 152 pounds, decked Delone Catholic’s Domonic Giraffa in 4:13 in the round-of-16.
In
the quarterfinals, Rude used a five-point move midway through the first
period to take a 7-1 lead, on his way to a 9-2 win over fourth-seeded
Jarrett Wilson of Carlisle.
Rude will face ninth-seeded Tyler
Bard of West York in the semifinals. Bard upset top-seeded Gage Bishop
of Biglerville, 3-2, in the quarterfinals.
At 285 pounds, junior Josh Nittinger decked Hanover’s Evan Fiorello in 2:34 in the round-of-16.
In the quarterfinals, Nittinger lost via fall to Carlisle’s Layton Schmick.
At
215 pounds, freshman Caleb Nason lost via fall in 3:01 to Canton’s Gage
Pepper in the round-of-16, but bounced back with a pin of LaSalle’s
Matt Sorge in 2:55 in his only wrestleback match.
Freshman Keaton
Sinsabaugh was 1-2 on the day, his win a 52-second fall over
Northeaster’s Tyler Wales in his first wrestleback match.
Freshman
Keegan Congdon was 1-2 in the 145-pound weight class. He won his first
wrestleback match by fall in 2:45 over Greencastle-Antim’s Mason Booze.
Senior Gavin McGrath was 0-2 at 132 pounds, and senior Cameron Whitmarsh went 0-2 at 172 pounds.
The semifinals begin at 9 a.m. Saturday.
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