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February 4, 2010

Mistake adds team to District 2 3A duals

By Dave Rosengrant drosengrant@timesleader.com
Sports Reporter

On Wednesday afternoon, the pairings for the District 2 Class 3A Duals Tournament were released.

Just a few hours later, the bracket was revised, and for the first time in tournament history nine teams will battle for the district title.

In the bracket released earlier in the day, an error did not have Abington Heights in the tourney. Instead of removing a team, the District 2 committee decided to place the Comets (10-11) in their rightful spot as the No. 3 seed from the Lackawanna League. Therefore, West Scranton (9-8) and Berwick (17-9), the wild cards from each league, will square off in a pigtail match to decide which team advances to the quarterfinals.

The preliminary dual will be held at 5 p.m. at Pittston Area on Friday. Also at that time, two other mats will be set up consisting of first-round matches between Hazleton Area (9-1) versus Honesdale (8-4) and Abington Heights against Pittston Area (13-4).

The remaining quarterfinal bouts will begin at 6:30 p.m. with Scranton (10-3) facing off with Coughlin (8-2) and the winner of the preliminary bout going against Delaware Valley (7-5).

“The committee made an error is calculating Abington’s league record. That necessitated making changes in the pairings,” said District 2 Class 2A Tournament Director and district committee member Tom Williams.

The Class 2A event will be held at Lake-Lehman on Friday, also beginning at 5 p.m. with the original eight teams.

The 2A tournament kicks off with Western Wayne (11-2) versus Wyoming Area (4-11) and Valley View against Dallas (10-7).

The quarters, which are slated for 6:30 p.m., pit Hanover Area (11-8) against Scranton Prep (7-7) and Meyers (11-15) against Elk Lake (18-6).

The quarterfinal winners of both tournaments advance to the semifinals, slated for 8 p.m. Friday at the respective location. Both classes will come together at 7 p.m.Saturday at Pittston Area where the finals will run simultaneously.

In the event of inclement weather this weekend, an announcement will be made accordingly.

Valley View 60, GAR 12

Lance Letteer (160) earned a pin for the Grenadiers, while Ray Ashford (125) and Mitch Evans (152) won by decision.

The Cougars picked up the win thanks to receiving seven forfeits.

103 – John Joyce (VV) won by forfeit; 112 – Pete Santarelli (VV) dec Andrew Barrow, 3-2; 119 – Donald Joyce (VV) pinned Joe Prednis 3:57; 125 – Ray Ashford (GAR) dec Fred Mitchell 6-4; 130 – Jerry Hosie (VV) won by forfeit; 135 – John Munley (VV) won by forfeit; 140 – Matt Wolfel (VV) won by forfeit; 145 – Tyler Chesko (VV) pinned Ken Reese :21; 152 – Mitch Evans (GAR) dec Nicholas Krahel 7-2; 160 – Lance Letteer (GAR) pinned Nicco Cruciani 2:26; 171 – Brandon Rothell (VV) dec James Rusch 9-3; 189 – Joe Klinko (VV) won by forfeit; 215 – Brett Oakley (VV) won by forfeit; 285 – Shane Venesky (VV) won by forfeit

Note: Match started at 103 pounds

Nanticoke 37, Montrose 27

Joe Brady (103), Kyle Koviak (152) and Alex Leiby (215) picked up pins to help the Trojans notch the victory.

103 – Joe Brady (Nan) pinned Traver 1:25; 112 – White (Mon) pinned Brad Condo 3:25; 119 – Josh Allabaugh (Nan) tech fall Zamorski 16-0; 125 – Johnson (Mon) dec Klayton Kasprzyk 5-1; 130 – Ron Wolfe (Nan) won by forfeit; 135 – no contest; 140 – James McMoore (Nan) maj dec Rodgers 15-1; 145 – Wagner (Mon) dec Brian Maslowski 6-1; 152 – Kyle Koviak (Nan) pinned Van Ostraind 1:02; 160 – Thorne (Mon) pinned Josh Bobbin 2:48; 171 – Pedro Bracero (Nan) maj dec Gardner 9-0; 189 – Jones (Mon) dec Rich Badowski 5-0; 215 – Alex Leiby (Nan) pinned Graham :49; 285 – Castrogiovanni (Mon) pinned Joe Bond 4:37

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