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BC crowns 5 champions

Bethlehem Catholic came away from their annual Tony Iasiello Christmas City Tournament with the team title last week.

The Hawks outlasted Berks Catholic in the team race by a 231.5-to-226 margin, crowning five champions compared to four for Berks.

The tournament featured plenty of the Hawks reserves on the season, but it was an opportunity for the Hawks to showcase their depth and give some regular starters, who are battling injury, some time off to heal heading toward the new year calendar.

The Hawks that came away with tournament titles included Marco Frinzi (133), Charlie Scanlan (145), Jake Dailey (152), Andrew Harmon (160) and Landon Muth (189).

Frinzi’s fall in 3:55 over Marvin Armstead of Berks Catholic in the finals was one of the defining bouts to give Becahi an edge in the championship race.

The Hawks also had two title bouts that featured Becahi-only wrestlers, as Scanlan topped teammate Riley Hughes 6-1 and Muth scored a third period takedown to edge Augustus Warke 3-2.

Jake Dailey registered a 20-4 tech fall (4:18) in his championship bout against Dieruff’s Josh Montesino, while Andrew Harmon scored a 12-4 major decision over Thomas Stofka (First Colonial, VA).

Cole Campbell (121), Shane McFillin (127) and Jacob Lance (215) all reached the finals too, but were dropped by Malvern Prep or Berks Catholic wrestlers.

Campbell lost a 4-1 decision to Prep’s Lukas Littleton Mascaro and McFillin was pinned by Jason Torres of Prep in 8:30.

Berks Catholic’s Brody Kline pinned Lance in 1:06 during their title match.

Other Hawk wrestlers to place included: Ryder Campbell (121, third); Dario Cruz (172, third); Mario Pastrana (HWT, third); George Pavis (139, fifth) and Nico Spezza (215, fifth).

The Hawks (3-0) have three matches this week with East Stroudsburg North on Wednesday before closing out the week with two exciting bouts with a road trip to Easton (6-1) on Thursday followed by Saturday night’s highly anticipated home showdown with Notre Dame Green Pond (3-0).