Five Emmaus wrestlers earned top five seeds for the upcoming District XI Class 3A individual tournament, which gets underway at 5 p.m. tonight at Liberty High School in Bethlehem.
Freshman Emilio Albanese received the highest seed of any of the 13 Hornets competing with a No.2 seed at 107. Albanese has had an outstanding first season compiling a 28-2 record.
Junior Jesse Scott, who finished in sixth place a year ago at districts, earned the No.4 seed at 160. Scott is 23-9 on the season.
Three other Hornets – freshman Teagan Caciolo (23-7 @ 121), sophomore Xayden Sallit (22-10 @ 152) and junior Massimo Tranguch (17-8 @ 189) – are all 5 seeds.
Emmaus’ last District XI champion came back in the 2017-18 season when Caden Wright claimed the title at 160.
The tournament continues at 9 a.m. on Saturday with the consolation round followed by the semifinals at 10:15 a.m. The consolation finals will start at 3 p.m. with the finals scheduled for 4:45 p.m.
The top five in each weight class move on to the Northeast Regional Tournament, which will be held back at Liberty on March 1 and 2.
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Emmaus lineup (First Round matchups):
107 – #2 seed Emilio Albanese (28-2) vs #15 C. Morawiec (ESS)
114 – #10 seed Jackson Max (10-10) vs #7 H. Brown (Sburg)
121 – #5 Teagan Caciolo (23-7) vs #12 J. Labar (Bang)
127 – #11 Aiden Bayard (9-13) vs #6 C. Smith (Bang)
133 – #15 Tom Fallstich (4-13) vs #18. L. Dalton (Bang)
139 – #11 Logan Armstrong (8-13) vs #6 J. Bodnar (Fr)
145 – #15 Chance Henry (3-19) vs #18 L. Spang (Pk)
152 – #5 Xayden Sallit (22-10) vs #12 X. DeSelm (Pk)
160 – #4 Jesse Scott (23-9) vs #13 R. Waldron (Bang)
172 – #18 Scott Furniss (1-15) vs #15 J. Adjin-Tettey (ESS)
189 – #5 Massimo Tranguch (17-8) vs #12 K. Munch (Sburg)
215 – #15 Logan Roth (3-13 ) vs #18 R. Stapp (Bang)
285 – #14 Ashir Choudhry (4-17) vs #19. G. Mulhern (BC)
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