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Wilkes-Barre declared it to be “Ned McGinley Day.” The Monarchs made sure to make it count for their retiring wrestling coach.

King’s rallied to win four of the final five bouts on Friday to earn a 30-16 victory over Elizabethtown at the Scandlon Gymnasium.

It was the 453rd career win for McGinley, who announced last week he would be stepping down at the end of this, his 48th year leading the program.

With former King’s wrestlers in attendance, McGinley was presented with a commemorative poster and a proclamation from the city.

On the mats, King’s trailed 12-9 halfway through the evening before getting pins from Howard Kilpatrick, Rocco Hladney, Edward Merrill and Ralph Bernardo to take control of the match.

James Wright also won by fall for the Monarchs.

Wilkes, 27, TCNJ 16

Kyle Medrow and Guesseppe Rea each earned a pin as the Colonels picked up a victory on senior day.

Seniors Rea and Pankil Chander were both victorious after a pre-match ceremony that honored seven Wilkes seniors.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hanover Area 55,

Lake-Lehman 45

Desmond McCance (17) and Tyler Diggs (13) combined for 30 points as the Hawkeyes held the Black Knights without a field goal in overtime to win.

Garret Weston scored 18 to lead Lehman, while Cole Spencer had 16.

Wyo. Seminary 51,

Northwest 27

Wyoming Seminary held Northwest to 10 points in the first half on the way to a victory.

Dimitri Gnall led Seminary with 18 points. Jeremy Callahan added 15 more. The two were instrumental in Seminary building a 27-10 halftime lead.

Jaxson Yaple scored nine for Northwest.

Hanover Area 55, Lake-Lehman 45

LAKE-LEHMAN (45) — Walkker Shaw 0 0-0 0, Tyler Scharff 1 0-0 2, Garret Weston 6 3-4 18, Cole Spencer 6 4-6 16, Mike Sikora 3 1-2 8, John Pelton 0 0-0 0, C.J. Cercone 0 0-0 0, Adam Motovidlak 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 8-12 45.

HANOVER AREA (55) — Luis Rivera 1 4-4 6, Abaad Hamlet 4 0-2 8, Tyler Diggs 4 2-4 13, Manny Adams 1 0-0 2, Danny Marcincavage 1 0-0 2, Mike Piscotty 2 0-0 5, Desmond McCance 5 6-8 17, Evan Materna 1 0-0 2. Totals 19 12-18 55.

Lake-Lehman`14`3`12`13`3 — 45

Hanover Area`7`11`13`11`13 — 55

Three-point goals — LL 4 (Weston 3, Sikora); HAN 5 (Diggs 3, Piscotty, McCance)

Wyo. Seminary 51, Northwest 27

NORTHWEST (27) – Sam Saxe 0 4-4 4, Jaxson Yaple 3 2-2 9, Jesse Tarnowski 1 0-0 3, Nick Levandowski 2 0-0 4, Mitchell Mazonkey 2 3-4 7, Bryce Kosler 0 0-0 0, Walker Yaple 0 0-0 0, Ethan Harvey 0 0-0 0, Marty Zugarek 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 9-10 27.

WYO. SEMINARY (51) – Tyler Maddock 0 1-2 1, Noah Munley 1 0-0 2, Dimitri Gnall 6 4-6 18, Nicolas Bufalino 0 1-2 1, Noah Hammerman 0 0-0 0, Ryan Anderson 0 0-0 0, Jeremy Callahan 3 6-6 15, Sam Singh 1 0-0 2, Alex Meuser 0 0-0 0, Johnny Kehl 1 1-3 3, Nicholas Ganter 4 1-2 9, Dan Paglia 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 14-21 51.

Northwest`4`6`11`6`—`27

Wyo. Seminary`12`15`16`8`—`51

Three-point goals – NWT 2 (J.Yaple, Tarnowski). WS 5 (Gnall 2, Callahan 3).

King’s wrestling coach Ned McGinley laughs as he opens a proclamation from the city of Wilkes-Barre declaring Feb. 3 ‘Ned McGinley Day.’
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_mcginley-2.jpg.optimal.jpgKing’s wrestling coach Ned McGinley laughs as he opens a proclamation from the city of Wilkes-Barre declaring Feb. 3 ‘Ned McGinley Day.’ Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader

King’s athletic director Cheryl Ish presents retiring wrestling coach Ned McGinley with a poster before the Monarchs’ match on Friday at Scandlon Gymnasium.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_mcginley1.jpg.optimal.jpgKing’s athletic director Cheryl Ish presents retiring wrestling coach Ned McGinley with a poster before the Monarchs’ match on Friday at Scandlon Gymnasium. Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader

Ted Wampole, from Wilkes-Barre City administration, Janet Mercincavage, vice president of King’s student affairs, wrestling coach Ned McGinley and athletic director Cheryl Ish hold up a poster McGinley was presented with Friday night.
https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_mcginley3.jpg.optimal.jpgTed Wampole, from Wilkes-Barre City administration, Janet Mercincavage, vice president of King’s student affairs, wrestling coach Ned McGinley and athletic director Cheryl Ish hold up a poster McGinley was presented with Friday night. Amanda Hrycyna | For Times Leader

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