Moisey leads the pack for Hawks again
Zeke Moisey continued his torrid pace on the wrestling mats over the weekend at the 46th annual Tony Iasiello Christmas City Tournament at Bethlehem Catholic High School.
Moisey had little trouble collecting his second straight gold medal at 126-pounds in as many weeks, cruising past Schuylkill Valley's Josh Giorgio with a 19-4 technical fall in the finals.
His performance helped earn him his second straight outstanding wrestler award of the tournament, a week after he took home gold and the OW at the Beast of the East tournament.
"I'm wrestling on another level this year," said Moisey. "Health is a big part of it, having a preseason is a big part of it, but having so many different workout partners is big too.
"In the past couple years, I pretty much only went with Darian [Cruz] the whole practice. Now I'm going with guys like Mikey Labriola, Joey Gould, Lee Todora and Stephen Maloney. All these guys have different styles and it makes me open up in different ways to beat them."
Moisey led the Becahi parade en route to running away with the team title, posting 251 points to easily outpace second-place Dieruff (170).
The Hawks placed 12 of their 14 wrestlers and had five champions atop the podium, as Jake Riegel (106), Luke Karam (113), Jose Ortiz (182) and Andrew Dunn (285) all won titles.
But Moisey has been the stalwart this season, winning every bout on the year, as he had little trouble navigating his bracket over the weekend, posting two falls and three technical falls en route to the championship.
Continuing that trend is now the next step for Moisey, as wrestling shifts into the new year.
"I feel like I'm ready to roll and keep this going," Moisey said. "Ending the season undefeated would be a great accomplishment, but I'm more concerned with winning a state title, since that's one thing I haven't done in my career yet."
Other Hawks to medal last weekend included: Mike Labriola (second, 138), Paul Aaroe (second, 220), Stephen Maloney (third, 132), Joey Gould (fifth, 120), Mason Angstadt (fifth, 145), Adam Soldridge (fifth, 152) and Brandon Gallagher (sixth, 160).








