RECAP >> Emmaus won all but two bouts last night at Pleasant Valley as the Hornets rolled to a 58-9 rout of the Bears in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference wrestling action.
The victory improved Emmaus to 7-3 in the EPC and 14-4 overall, while Pleasant Valley dropped to 2-7 and 4-15.
The Hornets recorded six falls in the dual with freshmen Logan Armstrong (127) and Xayden Sallit (139), sophomore Reilly Bechtel (189) and seniors Lord Henry (172) and Jake Gross (215) all recording pins. Junior Sam Rainford (160) also picked up his first varsity win of the season with a second period fall.
Senior Marco Albanese improved to 23-6 on the season with a 20-5 tech fall over sophomore Jason Kays at 145, while sophomore Jesse Scott upped his overall record to 18-8 with an 8-4 win at 152 over fellow sophomore Aldin Vukal.
Emmaus will be back in action at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Freedom High School as they take on Nazareth in the District XI Class 3A Team Tournament.
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Emmaus 58, Pleasant Valley 9
107 – Fr. Jackson Max (E) won by forfeit
114 – Jr. Michael Pomilio (PV) dec. Fr. Aiden Bayard 12-10
121 – Sr. Eddie Lauritsen (PV) pinned Sr. Alex Issa in 4:45
127 – Fr. Logan Armstrong (E) pinned Sr. Emmanuel Rivera in 5:43
133 – So. Chance Henry (E) tech fall So. Ben Griffith 18-2 (5:57)
139 – Fr. Xayden Sallit (E) pinned (Sr) John Careccia in 1:59
145 – Sr. Marco Albanese (E) tech fall So. Jason Kays 20-5
152 – So. Jesse Scott (E) dec. So. Aldin Vukal 8-4
160 – Jr. Sam Rainford (E) pinned Fr. Fredrick Merklin in 3:27
172 – Sr. Lord Henry (E) pinned So. Aiden Lollis in :48
189 – So. Reilly Bechtel (E) pinned Jr. Jason Schubert in 5:05
215 – Sr. Jake Gross (E) pinned Sr. Jimmy Barruzza in 3:47
285- Sr. EJ Boney (E) won by dec. 5-1 vs So. Andrew Mihalichko