The Parkland wrestling squad took 10th place last weekend at the District 11 Class 3A tournament at the Liberty High School Memorial Gym.

The Trojans finished with 67 points. The Nazareth Blue Eagles took the team title with 291.5 points.

Two wresters in particular - Bryan Diaz at 132 pounds and Lucas Kern at 145 pounds - performed well against the district’s best.

Kern beat Blue Mountain’s Daniel Farrell 4-3 in the fifth place round. Diaz had a strong tournament, but could not handle Whitehall’s Xavier Arner, losing a 3-2 decision in the fifth place round.

Before the match, Diaz said he hoped to “be aggressive and score early and get out in front.” With success in the district tournament, Diaz said it was a “great opportunity” to test where he was at as a wrestler.

Coach Jon Trenge described Diaz as “a great wrestler, student, and person. He works hard and follows our advice. He is coachable and his hard work is paying off. I am happy to see him finding success.”

For his part, Diaz said Trenge has “kept him focused” on becoming a better wrestler.

Diaz made it to the championship semifinals, but was pinned in 1:51 by Stroudsburg’s Patrick Noonan. Kern also had a good weekend, although he was pinned by Nazareth’s Jake Dressler at the 5:38 mark in the championship quarterfinal round.

Parkland Results from the District 11 Championships

106 - Aaron Ciampittiello

Carson Wagner (Northampton) maj. dec. Ciampittiello, 11-2

Ciampittiello pinned Alex Villanueva (Dieruff) in 1:36

Wilfred Jimenez (Whitehall) by forfeit

113 - Kaleb Contes

Contes pinned Travis Barker (Southern Lehigh in 3:17

Andreo Ferraina (Nazareth) pinned Contes in 1:34

Giovanni Lainez (Emmaus) pinned Contes in 2:35

120 - Gabe Montenez

Johny Colon (Whitehall) dec. Montanez, 3-1 (SV)

Montanez dec. A.J. Dew (Northampton), 6-1

Montanez dec. Logan Segeda (Pleasant Valley)

Ansar Naizi (Liberty) maj. dec. Montanez, 12-1

126 - Caleb Watson

Andrew Harmon (Bethlehem Catholic) tech. fall Watson, 18-2

Watson pinned Jeremy Saleh (Pocono Mountain West) in 2:20

Vinny Hebel (Nazareth) pinned Watson in 3:47

132 - Bryan Diaz

Diaz pinned Gonzalez Grimaldi (Dieruff) in 1:22

Diaz won by injury default over Cal Schoffstall in 2:00

Patrick Noonan (Stroudsburg) pinned Diaz in 1:51

Blaine Wilson (Nazareth) dec. Diaz, 3-0

Fifth-place match

Xavier Arner (Whitehall) dec. Diaz, 3-2

138 - Joe Dolak

Dolak dec. Haider Sohail (Stroudsburg), 3-2

Bryce Gonzalez (Pottsville) dec. Dolak, 3-1 (SV)

Dolak pinned Thaddeus Howland (Freedom) in 4:15

Brett Scalzo (Easton) dec. Dolak, 7-3

145 - Lucas Kern

Kern tech. fall Landolfy Gonzalez (Allen), 17-2

Jake Dressler (Nazareth) pinned Kern in 5:38

Kern dec. Dylan Reed (Easton), 7-0

Kern dec. Michael Gomes (Freedom), 6-4

Jason Rezac (Liberty) pinned Kern in 2:10

Fifth-place match

Kern dec. Daniel Farrell (Blue Mountain), 4-3

152 - Luke Yatcilla

Yatcilla tech. fall Anthony Apgar (Easton), 19-4

Matt Lackman (Bethlehem Catholic) pinned Yatcilla in :19

Yatcilla pinned Dylan Bohorad (Pottsville) in 4:38

Yatcilla dec. Gino Ianelli, 3-1 (SV)

Colby Judd (Northampton) pinned Yatcilla in 1:54

160 - Jacob Ortman

Ortman pinned Bryce Shappell (Pottsville) in 3:50

Alexander Womack (Pleasant Valley) pinned Ortman in 1:52

Ortman dec. Xavier Garcia (Dieruff), 11-6

Ortman won by forfeit over Kai Clark (Whitehall)

Christian Reid (Liberty) pinned Ortman in 2:47

170 - Alex Neely

Luke Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic) pinned Neely in 3:47

Neely pinned Julian Rosa Sal (Dieruff) in :56

John Vazquez (Liberty) dec. Neely, 8-7

182 - Marcus Loch

Charlie Maloy (Pocono Mountain West) dec. Loch, 7-0

Will Cordero (East Stroudsburg North) dec. Loch, 6-4

195 - Garrett Fitzgerald

Christopher Frable dec. Fitzgerald, 5-3

Trevor Gitski (Emmaus) dec. Fitzgerald, 9-3

220 - Zayd Afif

Afif dec. Zachary Walters (Pleasant Valley), 4-1

Afif dec. Jacob Mull (Pottsville), 2-1

Randy Okungu (Whitehall) dec. Afif, 4-3

285 - Nick Rode

Lance Priestas pinned Rode in 3:49

Rode pinned Mason Morgan (Allen) in 4:04

James Santichen (Emmaus) dec. Rode, 3-2