All you need to know.
A generally terrific weekend for local wrestlers at the Beast of the East wrapped up Sunday afternoon with championships for Bethlehem Catholic’s Mikey Labriola (170 pounds) and Northampton’s Julian Chlebove (126), 14 medals for area athletes and some impressive hardware.
Labriola won the Outstanding Wrestler award while Nazareth freshman Andrew Cerniglia won the Beast award for most pins in the tournament with six.
Area wrestlers reached four finals. Nazareth senior Travis Stefanik did not get a chance to wrestle for first as an injury ruled him out of the 182-pound final where he’d have faced a rematch of last week’s Ironman final against Malvern Prep’s Michael Beard.
At 120 pounds, Becahi sophomore Ryan Anderson made his second consecutive final (Ironman as well) but fell 3-0 to Delbarton’s Pat Glory, who is ranked #3 in the nation by Intermat; Anderson,w who defeated #4 ranked Matt Parker of Pennridge 4-0 in the semifinal, is #13 (for now).
“I am just pleased to place in tournaments like this,” Anderson said. “I didn’t expect to be in the final at all. Wrestling Glory showed me I needed to get some new moves; he knew what was coming.”
Here’s a wrapup of how each team did at the Beast.
Bethlehem Catholic: Team standing: 2nd (174.5 points). Medals won: 4 – Mikey Labriola (170, first), Ryan Anderson (120, second), Niko Camacho (285, fourth); Jarred Papcsy (138, fifth).
Nazareth: Team standing: 7th (121 points). Medals won: 4 -- Travis Stefanik (182, second), Brock Wilson (152, fifth), Ryan O’Grady (120, seventh), Andrew Cerniglia (113, eighth).
Northampton: Team standing: 12th (105.5 points). Medals won: 3 -- Julian Chlebove (126, first), Danny Moran (138, third), Cade Moisey (170, seventh).
Saucon Valley: Team standing: 30th (57.5 points). Medals won: 1 -- Jason Jones (145, eighth).
Phillipsburg: Team standing: 32nd (56.5 points). Medals won: 1 -- Drew Horun (195, eighth).
Top 15 team scores: Blair Academy 290, Bethlehem Catholic 174.5, Bergen Catholic 153.5, Malvern Prep 143.5, Don Bosco Prep 133.5, St. Paul’s School for Boys (Md.) 127.5, Nazareth 121, Brecksville (Ohio) 118, Elyria (Ohio) 111.5, North Allegheny 109.5, Delbarton 107.5, Northampton 105.5, Massillon Perry (Ohio) 98.5, Central Dauphin 94.5, Christiansburg (Va.) 91.5.
Our coverage from Day Two:
A scramble in time lands Northampton's Chlebove Beast wrestling title
Labriola gives Becahi, fans plenty to talk about at Beast of the East wrestling
Becahi's Labriola wins Outstanding Wrestler award at Beast of the East
Our coverage from Day One:
Phillipsburg's Day back to attacking at Beast wrestling
Becahi's Papcsy doesn't leave it until late at Beast of the East wrestling
10 takeaways from Beast of the East wrestling, day one
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