The Parkland wrestling team competed in the District 11 Class 3A Championships last Saturday and Sunday at Parkland High School.

The Trojans did not come away with any placewinners as Edwin Moya, Garrett Fitzgerald and Nathan Kresge made the deepest runs through their brackets, reaching the consolation semifinals.

Kresge, the No. 10 seed at 132 won his opening match before falling in the quarterfinals to eventual champ Matt Mayer of Bethlehem Catholic. The Trojan junior pinned his first two opponents in the consolation bracket, but fell to Emmaus’s Nick Velde in the consolation semifinal, coming one win away from the third-place match and a possible trip to reginoals.

Moya, the No. 9 seed at 160, also won his first match then lost to an eventual champ in the quarterfinals. The Trojan senior then wrestled back to the consolatoin semifinal, where he was pinned by third-place fininsher Ryan Fairchild (Nazareth).

Fitzgerald, a No. 8 seed at 215, lost his opening bout by a 4-3 decistion to Easton’s Michael Hynes. The senior bounced back with three wins in the consolation bracket before falling to Ajay Hiller (East Stroudsburg South) in the consolation semifinal.

Kresge and Fitzgerald saw their high school careers come to an end at districts. But the future could be bright for Parkland as the rest of it’s line up is eligible to return to the mat next season.

It may have been the quietest District 11 Class 3A wrestling tournament in history without fans over the weekend at Parkland High School, but there was one final roar at the conclusion of Sunday’s championship round that was loud and clear.

Nazareth freshman heavyweight Sean Kinney caused those roars for the Blue Eagle coaching staff and team, as his pin over Stroudsburg’s Sebastian Khamis in 2:52 was enough to give Nazareth the team title over Bethlehem Catholic by the slightest of margins.

The Blue Eagles came away with 10 wrestlers to advance to next week’s Northeast Regional 3A tournament, which helped them amass 231.5 team points to Bethlehem Catholic’s 230.5 to steal the team trophy.

Nazareth had four champions on the night with Kinney rounding things out, but his teammates Drew Clearie (189) and Chase Levey (215) helped that dream come true with pins in their championship bouts to catapult Kinney to three straight falls for the Blue Eagles. Nazareth’s Charlie Bunting (113) also won gold, as he topped Becahi’s Cael McIntyre 2-1 for a decisive win that played a huge role in the title race.

Bethlehem Catholic, however, advanced 10 wrestlers to regionals and crowned the most champions on Sunday, walking away with five crowns.

One of those champions was sophomore Tyler Kasak (126), who coasted through his bracket en route to a 16-1 technical fall win in 4:00 over Pottsville’s Parrish McFarland.

It was the second straight district championship for Kasak, who took this weekend’s action as business as usual, considering the circumstances.

“I see every match like it’s the state finals,” Kasak said. “It’s no different if there’s a full gym or it’s empty. I have the same mentality and mindset. I was happy with how I wrestled. Scored a lot of points and thought I did well.”

Becahi’s other champions included Dante Frinzi (120), Matt Mayer (132), Andrew Harmon (138) and Evan Gleason (152).

For Harmon, it was his first district gold medal, as he pinned Northampton’s CJ Fritz in 4:47.

“I knew that I needed to finish my shots in the match [against Fritz] and eventually it worked out for me,” Harmon said. “Winning districts was what I envisioned coming into the tournament, so it feels good to come away with gold.”

Other place-winners for the Hawks included Charlies Pavis (106, third), Trey Miletics (145, third), Landon Muth (160, second) and Anthony DeRosa (189, third).

Northampton took third in the team standings with 161 points and had three champions on the afternoon, as Jagger Condomitti (160) led the way for the Kids with a pin over Becahi’s Landon Muth in 5:24. It was the third pin of the tournament for Condomitti, who also scored a 23-8 technical fall over Liberty’s Christian Reid in the semifinals to coast his way to the Outstanding Wrestler award.

Team Standings

1. Nazareth 231.5; 2. Bethlehem Catholic 230.5; 3. Northampton 161; 4. Easton 92; 5. Emmaus 83; 6. Liberty 62; 7. Stroudsburg 61; 8. Pottsville 58; 9. Whitehall 54; 10. Freedom 51; 11. Parkland 44; 12. East Stroudsburg South 37; 13. East Stroudsburg North 34; 14. Blue Mountain 28; 14. Pocono Mountain East 28; 16. Bangor 25; 17. Pocono Mountain West 23; 18. Allen 20; 19. Pleasant Valley 16; 20. Southern Lehigh 15; 21. Dieruff 5.

The following are Parkland wrestlers’ results from the District 11 Class 3A Championships, including name, class, seed and weight class.

Blake Dergham (Fr.) No. 7 at 106

Dergham pinned Damond Pascoe (Whitehall) in 4:00

Josh Jasionowicz (Stroudsburg) pinned Dergham in :47

Scotty Raymond dec. Dergham, 5-0

Kaleb Contes (Jr.) No. 9 at 113

Kaden Brish (Blue Mountain) pinned Contes in 3:01

Giovanni Lainez (Emmaus) pinned Contes in :38

Aaron Ciampittiello (So.) No. 12 at 120

Marco Albanese (Emmaus) dec. Ciampittiello, 10-3

Aidan Micheli (Northampton) dec. Ciampittiello, 6-2

Phoenix DelVecchio (So.) No. 11 at 126

Oliver Fairchild (Easton) tech. fall DelVecchio, 17-1

Ryan King (Southern Lehigh) pinned DelVecchio in 2:00

Nathan Kresge (Jr.) No. 10 at 132

Kresge dec. Jayvon Simms (Easton), 2-1

Dawson Miller (East Stroudsburg South) pinned Kresge in 2:46

Kresge pinned Anthony Zeplin (Blue Mountain) in 1:39

Kresge pinned Mason Basara (Northampton) in 3:40

Nick Velde (Emmaus) major dec. Kresge, 10-3

Juan Moya (So.) No. 11 at 138

Moya major dec. Omar Chellaui (East Stroudsburg South), 18-8

Vinny Hebel (Nazareth) dec. Moya, 14-8

Ryan Santiago (Liberty) major dec. Moya. 13-2

Will Salit (So.) No. 11 at 145

Dylan Hogan (East Stroudsburg South) pinned Salit in :20

Salit pinned Chandler Drew (Liberty) in 4:16

Trey Miletics (Bethlehem Catholic) pinned Salit in 3:45

Mikeal Palmieri (Jr.) No. 14 at 152

Zack Orsargos (Stroudsburg) major dec. Palmieri, 13-5

Palmieri dec. Jerry Villanueva (Dieruff), 4-1

Palmieri dec. Alex Klaver (Bangor), 9-5

Orsargos pinned Palmieri in 1:46

Edwin Moya (Sr.) No. 9 at 160

Moya dec. Dylan Bohorad (Pottsville), 5-3

Jagger Condomitti (Northampton) pinned Moya in 2:38

Moya dec. Gentry Knapp (Pleasant Valley), 6-2

Moya dec. Quinn Scott (Emmaus), 5-3

Ryan Fairchild (Nazareth) pinned Moya in 2:19

Adrian Gacek (So.) No. 5 at 172

Gacek pinned Bryce Shappell (Pottsville) in 4:37

Justus Bozzi (Bethlehem Catholic) pinned Gacek in 5:43

Gacek pinned Christian London (Stroudsburg) in 1:47

Gacek dec. Jack Brion (Emmaus), 7-0

Wayne McIntyre (East Stroudsburg North) pinned Gacek in 2:33

Alex Neely (Jr.) No. 8 at 189

Neely dec. Cody Lafaver (Emmaus), 8-6

Drew Clearie (Nazareth) pinned Neely in 1:06

Neely pinned Damian Keyes (Stroudsburg) in :40

Toby Renninger (Blue Mountain) dec. Neely, 10-8

Garrett Fitzgerald (Sr.) No. 8 at 215

Michael Hynes (Easton) dec. Fitzgerald, 4-3

Fitzgerald dec. Will Cordero (East Stroudsburg North), 8-5

Fitzgerald won by forfeit over Kyle Perl (Northampton)

Fitzgerald dec. Dustin Tocci (Liberty), 5-4

Ajay Hiller (East Stroudsburg South) pinned Fitzgerald in 1:50

Zayd Afif (Jr.) No. 8 at 285

Afif dec. Xavier Ramos (Allen), 1-0

Matthew Cruise (Easton) pinned Afif in 1:44

Carson Czarnecki (Northampton) dec. Afif, 3-1