Wrestling – Wright and Santichen advance to semis of Bethlehem Holiday Classic; Albanese and Groller still alive

RECAP >> Seniors Caden Wright and James Santichen both advanced to semifinals, while two others – freshman Marco Albanese and sophomore Jared Groller – remained alive after action on Day 1 of the Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic at Liberty High School.

Both Wright (182) and Santichen (285) went 2-0 on Saturday, while Albanese (106) and Groller (170) were 3-1.

Wright (10-0 overall) will take on Nazareth’s Drew Clearie and Santichen (7-2) will face Williamsport’s Charles Crews when the semifinals get underway on Sunday at 10 a.m.

Albanese (10-2) will meet Cavan Kinne from Council Rock South in the consolation round, while Groller will take on Northampton’s Traisach Roland.

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Day 1 recap:

106 – Marco Albanese (3-1)
W – Colin Seefeldt (Blue Mt) – tech fall 15-0
L – Zach Jacaruso (Delaware Valley) – fall 5:51
W-Vincent Grembocki (Shenendehowa) – major dec 8-0

113 – Gio Lainez (2-2)
W – vs Connor Nicholas (SV) – dec 4-2
L – vs Braxton Appelo (Easton) – fall 1:14
W – vs Luke Seagraves (Williamsport) – dec. 5-0
L – vs Ian Ratchford (WVW) – by fall 1:50

120 – No wrestler

126 – Evan Camire (1-2)
W – vs Antonio Pena (Wilson) – tech fall 16-0
L – vs Connor Huber (Free) – by injury :33
L – vs Forfeit

132 – Nick Velde (1-2)
L – vs Dagen Condomitti (No) – by dec 12-6
W – vs Alex Prieston (Wissahickon) – by fall 1:44
L – vs Xavier Arner (Whitehall) – by dec 3-1

138 – Kordell Waiters (2-2)
W – vs Jacob Hartranft (Wilson) – fall 5:58
W – vs Brett Scalzo (Easton) – dec 4-0
L – vs Riley Bower (WAH) – tech fall 16-0
L – vs Jacob Jones (Saucon Valley) – fall 4:08

145 – Quin Scott (2-2)
L – vs Alex Sensenig (Wilson) – dec. 7-0
W – vs Joey Brogan (Wissahickon) – forfeit
W – vs Jay Shauger (Del Val) – fall 4:48
L – vs Alec Schrum (North Penn) – dec. 5-2

152 – Jack Brion (0-2)
L – vs Jared Park (Garnet Valley) – 2-0 sudden victory
L – vs Jackson Marcantoni (Liberty) – dec 3-2

160 – Jake Gross (0-2)
L – vs Christia Reid (Liberty) – tech fall 15-0
L – vs Edwin Moya (Parkland) – dec 7-2

170 – Jared Groller (3-1)
L – Bryce Molinaro (Hazel) – dec. 8-2
W – vs Josef Grol (Whitehall) – fall :40
W – vs Jason Lepore (Spring Ford) – dec. 4-1

W – vs Kevin Salmon (Wissahickon) – fall 1:34

182 – Caden Wright (2-0)
W – vs Steven Heck (Upper Dauphin) – fall 1:34
W – Braydyn Lugardo (Saucon Valley) – dec. 7-0

195 – Trevor Gitski (0-2)
L – Melquan Warren (Whitehall) – UTB 5-4
L – vs Freddie Retter (Quakertown) – dec. 7-1

220 – Cody Lafaver (1-2)
W – Elijah Latshaw (Upper Dauphin) – fall 3:14
L – vs Gage Horvath (Pburg) – dec. 8-4
L – vs Zayd Afif (Park) – dec. 2-1

285 – James Santichen (2-0)
W – vs Nicholas Mahoney (Garnet Valley) – pin 1:23
W – vs Sebastia Underwood (Shenendehowa) – dec. 1-0