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Here’s how the area wrestlers fared on Friday, the second day of the PIAA Wrestling Championships
Wyoming Valley Conference
CLASS 2A
Charlie Johnson, Wyoming Area (126): Johnson wrestled for fifth place on Saturday against Grant Bond from Boiling Springs and won 3-0. Place: Fifth
Derek Dragon, Lake-Lehman (170): Took on Jason Lynch from Saucon Valley in the seventh-place match and lost 8-7. Place: Eighth
Saul Wilkins, GAR (285): Won his third-place match versus Ian Wolfe from Jefferson Morgan, 5-4. Place: Third
CLASS 3A
Dan Ritz, Crestwood (138): Lost his first consolation match by major decision. In the seventh-place match against David Rump from Chambersburg, he lost 3-1. Place: Eighth
Cody Cordes, Wyoming Valley West (160): Cordes defeated Noah Stewart from Mifflin County, 3-2 in ultimate tiebreaker in the semifinals to advance to Saturday night’s final where he faced Franklin Regional’s Josh Shields and was defeated 5-2. Place: Second
Ryan Monk, Dallas (285): Monk lost 3-0 to Bo Spiller from Solanco in Saturday morning’s semis before winning his next match by pin in 25 seconds to advance to the third place match, where he defeated Tyler Mears from Greater Latrobe, 5-2. Place: Third
Lackawanna League
CLASS 3A
Chase Gallik, Wallenpaupack (145): Got an injury in Saturday morning’s semifinals and lost by default in :45. Also lost by default in his consolation match. Gallik also didn’t wrestle in his fifth-place bout due to the ailment. Place: Sixth
Kazim Bakhriyev, Scranton (152): Won his first consolation match of the day, 7-3 before losing his second. In the fifth-place match, he defeated Nino Bonaccorsi from Bethel Park, 8-5. Place: Fifth
Matt Wagner, Delaware Valley (195): Picked up a 4-2 win in the fourth round of consolations, then dropped his next match. In the fifth-place match, he won 6-3. Place: Fifth
Northwest/Benton Class 2A
Alan Diltz (106): Against Kevan Gentile from Jim Thorpe in the third-place match he won, 6-4. Place: Third
Mike Stuart (126): In the seventh-place match he wrestled Lewis Williams from Central Columbia and lost, 3-2. Place: Eighth
Anthony Vitale (132): He faced Kody Komara from Freedom in the fifth-place match and lost 3-1. Place: Sixth
Dominic Vitale (152): He wrestled for third place on Saturday against Michael Communale from Pius X and lost 5-2. Place: Fourth
Logan Womelsdorf (195): In third-place match versus Conner Buttry from Chestnut Ridge he dropped a 4-3 decision. Place: Fourth