Boone’s Richard, Exeter’s Unruh, Mifflin’s Espinosa top podium; Hamburg wins team title
It didn’t have the greatest quantity of high-finishing wrestlers on Jan. 11-12.
But the quality of Hamburg’s contingent made up the difference at the Berks County Interscholastic Athletic Association (BCIAA) wrestling Individual Championships. As a result, the Hawks were able to charge toward a team championship in the two-day competition at Reading High’s Geigle Complex.
With a tournament-best five individual champions from its 10 medalists, Hamburg amassed 211 points to lead the team standings. Daniel Boone, the first-day leader, ended up second (190.5) on the strength of 12 medal-round qualifiers, edging out Wilson (188) and its four individual titlists.
Hamburg’s gold medalists were Bailey Gimbor (120) and Dalton Gimbor (126), Kyle Vernon (132), Shane Strausser (138) and Brendan Hamilton (170). It had another pair of championship-round qualifiers, both of whom finished second: Parker Davidson (106) and Ben Weidenhammer (195).
The Hawks’ medal haul was augmented by the third-place efforts of Ayden Kauffman (152) and Travis Colson (182), and a fifth by Brant Mason (160).
Boone’s lineup was headed by Gavin Richard, who swept through the 113-pound bracket. J.T. Hogan added a silver-medal performance at 138.
The bulk of the Blazers’ medal haul came in the third-place finals, where they had seven representatives. Stephen Spitko (106), Chase Stehman (120), Quinn Foley (160) and Brady Barton (285) were all winners, with fourths going to Dan Drumheller (132), Devin Dolla (152) and Colby Pyle (170).
Canton Dolla (126) and Terrell Sanders (145) placed fifth in their brackets while Marcus Betts was sixth at 220.
Exeter, fourth in the team standings, had one individual champion in Robbie Unruh (220) and a runnerup in Chase Guldin (152). Sixth-place Governor Mifflin was led by 285-pound champion Jordan Espinosa and Johnny Arentz, second at 160.
Kutztown saw silver medals go to Tyler Fisher (170) and Justin Akers (182). The gold-medal lineup also included Noah Frack for Brandywine Heights (106) and Aiden Weber for Schuylkill Valley (195).
Wilson’s Kolbe Eidle, champion at 160, was accorded Outstanding Wrestler honors.
BCIAA Individual Championships
At Reading High FINAL TEAM STANDINGS: 1. Hamburg Area (HA) 211, 2. Daniel Boone (DB) 190.5, 3. Wilson (Wi) 188, 4. Exeter (Ex) 129.50, 5. Reading High (Rdg) 120, 6. Gov. Mifflin (GM) 106, 7. Conrad Weiser (CW) 96, 8. Brandywine Heights (BH) 74, 9. Kutztown (Ku) 60.5, 10. Oley Valley (OV) 60, 11. Wyomissing Area (WA) 49, 12. Schuylkill Valley (SV) 42, 13. Twin Valley (TV) 28, 14. Tulpehocken (Tu) 21, 15. Muhlenberg (Mu) 18. ---Championship 106- Noah Frack (BH) dec. Parker Davidson (Hb), 8-0 113- Gavin Richard (DB) pinned Dillon Reinert (BH), 3:50 120- Bailey Gimbor (Hb) dec. Gary Deyarmin (SV), 6-4 126- Dalton Gimbor (Hb) dec. Anthony Gust (WA), 4-2 132- Kyle Vernon (Hb) dec. Ryan Lesko (Wi), 10-2 138- Shane Strausser (Hb) dec. JT Hogan (DB), OT 6-4 145- Anthony Steinmeyer (Wi) dec. Elijah Ortega (Rdg), 9-1 152- Brandon Connor (Wi) dec. Chase Guldin (Ex), 12-1 160- Kolbe Eidle (Wi) dec. Johnny Arentz (GM), 6-3 170- Brendan Hamilton (Hb) dec. Tyler Fisher (Ku), 9-4 182- Josh Harkless (Wi) pinned Justin Akers (Ku), 2:51 195- Aiden Weber (SV) dec. Ben Weidenhammer (Hb), 13-6 220- Robbie Unruh (Ex) dec. Bruce Vaughan (Wi), 11-1 285- Jordan Espinosa (GM) pinned Adam Kase (CW), 1:54 Third Place 106- Stephen Spitko (DB) dec. Esteven Muniz (Rdg), 11-2 113- Jevin Guldin (Ex) dec. Kelvin Rodriguez (Wi), 6-2 120- Chase Stehman (DB) dec. Mason Smith (Rdg), 8-5 126- Devin Simpson (GM) dec. Corey Jenkins (Rdg), 9-4 132- Brandon Borton (Ex) dec. Dan Drumheller (DB), 9-3 138- Travis Lambert (OV) pinned Alex Sensenig (Wi), 2:00 145- Klint Harpel (BH) dec. Max Gaston (CW), 7-5 152- Ayden Kauffman (Hb) dec. Devin Dolla (DB), 8-2 160- Quinn Foley (DB) pinned David Bortz (Tu, 2:27 170- Lance Staron (Wi) dec. Colby Pyle (DB), 2-1 182- Travis Colson (Hb) dec. Gabe Iacavone (CW), 14-5 195- Elijah Karas (OV) dec. Takoda McNeil (GM), 4-1 220- Max Pacheco (CW) dec. Gino Gaspari (Rdg), 18-11 285- Brady Barton (DB) pinned Zach Snyder (OV), 1:57 Fifth Place 106- Joey Asterino (Ex) pinned Cody Asplundh (Ku), 1:45 113- Mike Casanova (Ex) dec. Reynaldo Escobar (Rdg), 7-0 120- Pat Borja (Ex) dec. Jake Sharadin (Ku), 6-0 126- Canton Dolla (DB) dec. Owen McDermott (CW), 10-0 132- Roberto Velez (WA) dec. Owen Dautrich (CW), 7-2 138- Nick Nettleton (Ex) dec. Jake Caskie, (BH), 8-5 145- Terrell Sanders (DB) dec. Sean Muessig (GM), 12-3 152- Anton Esterbrook (WA) pinned Matt Taccetta (CW), 2:14 160- Brant Mason (Hb) pinned Max Wehr, Oley Valley, 4:31 170- Esteban Reyes (Rdg) dec. Fernando Gonzalez (Mu), 8-3 182- Gabe Kitsch (GM) dec. Jesus Lopez (Rdg), 5-0 195- Allen Cisneros (Ex) won by injury default over Aiden Kreitz (CW) 220- Jesse Jones (TV) dec. Marcus Betts (DB), 10-7 285- Zach Hubert (TV) pinned Davis Mahoney (Rdg), 2:18