The Hawks advanced seven of nine from the quarterfinals to the semifinals on Saturday evening, and then advanced four of seven from the semifinal to the final late Sunday morning. They amassed 173 team points on the strength of those eight total placers.
However, all four of those finalists fell short in their championship match. The afternoon's feature bout saw No. 1 Quinn Kinner (Kingsway, N.J.) upend Ryan Anderson 3-2 in the 138 pound final; Luca Frinzi lost a very narrow championship bout at 152 to returning state medalist William Evanitsky (Scranton); while Robert Spezza lost by 9-1 major decision in the 195 final to No. 1 Michael Beard (Malvern Prep).
The fourth Bethlehem Catholic finalist, Cole Handlovic at 145, lost 1-0 to Travis Tavoso (Delbarton, N.J.). Tavoso was one of four champions for the No. 22 Green Wave, who went 4-0 in the finals matches on Sunday afternoon. Also winning titles were No. 19 Nick Nardone at 106 pounds; No. 5 Anthony Clark, who beat No. 7 Lucas Byrd (Cincinnati LaSalle) 1-0 at 113; and No. 1 Patrick Glory at 126. However, just two other placers - both taking seventh - meant a third place finish in the standings with 167 points.
Byrd anchored the effort from No. 11 Cincinnati LaSalle (Ohio), which finished as tournament runners-up with 171.5 points despite nine placers, one more than the tournament champions. Among their three third place finishers was No. 13 Elan Heard at 138, who lost 5-2 to Anderson in the semifinal.
Fourth in the tournament standings went to No. 14 Malvern Prep, who had a tournament high ten placers. However, seven of those placers finished either sixth (four) or eighth (three). Obviously leading the way was tournament champion - and national No. 1 at 195- Beard, while No. 17 Ryan Karoly joined him as a finalist after beating No. 9 Tim Wallace (Albert Gallatin) 6-4 before losing the final 5-4 to No. 5 Bill Janzer (Delsea Regional, N.J.)
Two of the remaining championship bouts featured an unranked wrestler upending a wrestler within the national rankings. At 120 pounds, Brandon Kassis (Parkland) beat No. 17 Jaret Lane (Southern Columbia) 1-0; while Ian Edenfield (Laurel Highlands) beat No. 19 Trent Ragland (New Kent, Va.) 3-1 at 220.
Rounding out the weight class champions were No. 6 Nick Raimo (Hanover Park, N.J.) at 132 pounds, No. 20 Zach Hartman (Belle Vernon Area) at 160, Jackson Turley (St. Christopher's, Va.) at 170, and Jonathan Birchmeier (Broad Run, Va.) at 285.
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