RECAP >> With a young lineup featuring just two seniors, Thad Smith admittedly didn’t know what to expect when his team hit the mat on Saturday morning at the 3rd Annual Case Flynn Duals at Pottsville High School.
Much to his pleasure and surprise, his team far exceeded the expectations of its head coach.
“We really didn’t know what to expect going in and we didn’t know how our kids were going to respond, but credit to them they really came ready to wrestle,” said Smith, the Hornets second year coach. “Overall, I was really impressed and pleased. They were relentless today.”
Competing in its first competition of the season, Emmaus went a perfect 5-0 and captured the team title after knocking off the two-time defending champs and host school.
The Hornets not only defeated Pottsville (45-25), but they also picked up a pair of wins over two District 2’s squad – Wyoming Valley West (60-18) and Tunkhannock (39-34) – and a pair of District 3 teams – Shippensburg (52-13) and Kutztown (81-0).
Senior Caden Wright (182), junior Kordell Waiters (138) and freshmen Marco Albanese (106) and Evan Camire (126) all went a perfect 5-0 on the day, while a pair of sophomores – Nick Carter (195) and Jared Groller (182) – also went undefeated with Carter going 3-0 and Groller winning both of his matches.
“Camire really looked great today and had a big win over a returning state medalist in JJ White from Wyoming Valley West,” said Smith. “Caden also looked really good and Albanese at 106 impressed the heck out of me. He really wrestled smart.”
Senior James Santichen (285) had a solid day going 4-1 as did juniors Cody Lafaver (220) and Nick Ruggiero (170) along with sophomore Robert Machado (120) who all went 3-1.
“The three kids that really came to wrestle today were Jake Gross (152), Carter and Lafaver,” added Smith.
Emmaus will return to the mat at 7 p.m. on Wednesday when they open up their Eastern Pennsylvania Conference schedule travelling to Northampton.
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RESULTS (Courtesy of team statistician Tim Patterson)
Emmaus 60, Wyoming Valley West 18
106 – Marco Albanese (E) pinned Dorian Hoffman in 3:57
113 – Luis Gonzalez (E) won by forfeit
120 – Cadden Kucek (WVW) pinned Geovanni Lainez in 1:10
126 – Evan Camire (E) won by dec. over JJ White 6-4
132 – Nick Velde (E) pinned Zander Remakus in 1:13
138 – Kordell Waiters (E) pinned Robert Napersky in :38
145 – Quin Scott (E) won by dec. over Joe Rivas 5-4
152 – Jake Gross (E) pinned Lucas Geiger in 1:10
160 – Ethan Scott (WVWH) pinned Drew Schmidt in 5:30
170 – Jason Pearson (WVWH) pinned Nicholos Ruggiero in 3:03
182 – Caden Wright (E) pinned Jaden Swainbank in :52
195 – Nick Carter (E) pinned Luis Rivera in 3:45
220 – Cody Lafaver (E) pinned Abdul Azahrani in 1:15
285 – James Santichen (E) pinned Angel Meza-Dominguez in 4:43
Emmaus 52, Shippensburg 13
113 – Geovanni Lainez (E) won by forfeit
120 – Robert Machado (E) pinned Kobe Shauf in :40
126 – Evan Camire (E) pinned Nathan Beam in :55
132 – Dylan Ramsey (S) won by dec. over Nick Velde 4-2
138 – Kordell Waiters (E) won by dec. over Dominic Frontino 8-5
145 – Quin Scott (E) pinned Alex Holderbaum (SAH) in 4:01
152 – Jake Gross (E) won by major dec. over Kohl Holderbaum 13-5
160 – Avian Vazquez (S) won by major dec. over Anthony Diem 12-0
170 – Diesel Koser (S) won by dec. over Drew Schmidt 7-3
182 – Caden Wright (E) pinned Aiden Reed in 1:56
195 – Nick Carter (E) pinned Richard Morris in :58
220 – Colton Musser (S) won by dec. over Cody Lafaver 3-0
285 – James Santichen (E) won by dec. over Sean Hess 8-0)
106- Marco Albanese (E) won by tech fall over Tristyn Keefer 17-0
Emmaus 45, Pottsville 25
120- Sam Sterns (P) won by major dec. over Robert Machado 11-2
126 – Evan Camire (E) won by dec. over Matt Ross 3-2
132 – Nick Velde (E) pinned Raven Womer (PAH) in 3:46
138 – Kordell Waiters (E) pinned Wiley Kahler in 1:03)
145 – Cal Schoffstall (P) pinned Quin Scott in :49
152 -Bryce Gonzalez (P) pinned Jake Gross in :35
160 – Nick Buchanan (P) won by dec. over Drew Schmidt 4-3
170 – Nicholos Ruggiero (E) pinned Jeff Coulson in :37
182 – Jared Groller (E) pinned Dylan Shirey in :25
195 – Caden Wright (E) pinned Shane Quick in 3:30
220 – Cody Lafaver (E) won by dec. over Jacob Mull 3-1
285 – James Santichen (E) pinned RJ Quinn in 1:41
106 – Marco Albanese (E) won by sudden victory over Connor Demcher 8-6
113 – Dalton Monger (P) pinned Geovanni Lainez in 5:34
Emmaus 81, Kutztown 0
126 – Evan Camire (E) won by forfeit
132 – Nick Velde (E) won by tech fall over Trenton Delf in 3:28
138 – Kordell Waiters (E) pinned Dominic Talafous in :25
145 – Quin Scott (E) pinned Mackenzie Blatt in :43
152 – Jake Gross (E) pinned Luke Pursel in :31
160 – Drew Schmidt (E) pinned Jason Hefner in 1:14
170 – Nicholos Ruggiero (E) won by dec over Joseph Rice 6-1
182 – Caden Wright (E) won by forfeit
195 – Nick Carter (E) pinned Cody Miller in 0:37
220 – Cody Lafaver (E) pinned Matthew Hill in 2:50
285 – James Santichen (E) pinned Anthony Johnson in 28
106 – Marco Albanese (E) won by forfeit
113 – Geovanni Lainez (E) pinned Cody Aspludth in :53
120 – Robert Machado (E) won by forfeit
Emmaus 39, Tunkhannock 34
132 – David Evans (T) won by major dec. over Nick Velde 14-5
138 – Kordell Waiters (E) won by tech fall over Ethan Munley 17-2
145 – Gavin D’Amatolo (T) pinned Quinn Scott in 2:45
152 – Alex Pierce (T) dec. Jake Gross 13-6
160- Luke Carpenter (T) pinned Drew Schmidt in 3:42
170 – Nick Ruggiero (E) won by major dec. Sean Meader 13-3
182- Jared Groller (E) pinned Hunter Gregory in :25
195 – Caden Wright (E) pinned Jeff Meader in 1:20
220 – Nick Marabell (T) pinned Trevor Gitski in 2:50
285 – Jhamal Zacharias (T pinned James Santichen in :51
106 – Marco Albanese (E) won by forfeit
113 – Owen Woods (T) won by dec. over Geovanni Lainez 4-3
120 – Robert Machado (E) pinned Matt Marone in 1:41
126 – Evan Camire (E) won by forfeit