Hogan brothers nab section titles

Wrestling

Daniel Boone had a pair of champions in JT Hogan and Tucker Hogan Saturday at the District 3 Class 3A Section 1 tournament at Gov. Mifflin Intermediate School.

JT Hogan took the top spot at 138 pounds by pinning Cocalico’s Aiden Swann in 1:21 in the final. Tucker Hogan was champion at 172 with a 3-1 decision of Exeter’s John Miller.

Three Blazers placed second as Gavin Richard (120) and Stephen Spitko (126) suffered one-point setbacks to Wilson’s Kelvin Rodriguez and Dominic Jurado, respectively. Colin Leahy fell in the 285 final to Gardne Spot’s Dustin Swanson.

Only two wrestlers from each weight class advance to next weekend’s South Central 3A Regional at Spring Grove High School.

Matches for ‘true second place’ were contested between the finals loser and third-place finisher.

Richard topped Octorara’s Tyler Walton 11-5 to advance while Spitko and Leahy advanced by previously topping the third-place wrestler.

DISTRICT 1⁄12 CLASS 2A TOURNAMENT » Pope John Paul II’s Alan Alexander was the champion at 152 Saturday at Faith Christian.

Alexander (8-1) needed just one win – a technical fall of Faith’s Jacob Kurlak – to take the title. He won the final via forfeit from Conwell-Egan’s Dylan Culver.

PJP’s other entrant, Jake Rau, fell in the true second match to Conwell-Egan’s Alberto Moreta 8-4 to miss out on advancing to next weekend’s Southeast AA Regional at Central Dauphin East.

Boys basketball

UPPER MERION 51, UPPER PERKIOMEN 33 » Collin Bowman’s gamehigh 18 points paced the Vikings in Saturday’s PAC Frontier win over the Indians in PAC Frontier Division action Saturday.

Ty Jones added nine and Madison Tatom eight for Upper Merion, which has now won seven straight games. Jack Cuppitt had nine and Nick Aron had eight for UP.

Girls basketball

WILSON 49, BOYERTOWN 43 » After forcing overtime Saturday, the Bulldogs pulled away from the Bears in the extra frame to claim the non-league victory.

Amiyah Nguyen and Keira Levengood each scored 11 points for Wilson, which caught Boyertown in a 14-6 fourth quarter. The ‘Dogs then built an 8-2 advantage in OT.

Ashley Kapp’s 12 points led Boyertown, which got 10-point outings from Madison Konnick and Mikayla Moyer.