Parkland girls wrestling takes top spot at tourney
The Parkland girls wrestling team completed the regular season with a dual-meet win and a tournament title last week.
The Trojans beat East Stroudsburg South 42-27 in the final dual meet of the regular season. They also took the title at the Strath Haven Panther Brawl on Sunday, just a week after rolling to an East Penn Conference tournament title.
Parkland crowned two individual champs at Strath Haven, while sending four wrestlers to championship bouts. The team had top-six finishers in 11 of 13 weight classes.
Peyton Schneck (103) and Angelina Spachman (136) won titles at the Panther Brawl, while Lily Snook (118) and Lizkarla Grullon-Vasquez (190) took second place.
Payton Ocasio (112), Saige Rittenhouse (124) and Laura Volpe (142) won third-place matches at the tournament, while Lile Jerapova (130) and Scarlett Bareither (235) took third place at the event. Victoria Lasagna (148) won a fifth-place bout, while Sydney Laputka (118) finished sixth.
Parkland finished with 250 points at the tournament. Upper Perkiomen was second at 143, with Kennett (115) third, Strath Haven (111) fourth and Bensalem (98) fifth at the 24-team event.
In last Wednesday’s dual meet, Parkland won seven of the 13 bouts with four coming by fall and three by forfeit. Schneck, Spachman, Volpe and Grullon-Vasquez pinned their Cavalier opponents, while Natalie Deutsch, Emily Siglin and Bareither picked up wins by forfeit.
The Trojans went 13-1 overall this winter and 10-0 against East Penn Conference teams. Their only loss came to unbeaten Central Dauphin (15-0) in the finals of the Cumberland Valley duals.
Their next official competition will be the District 11 Championships on Feb.14-15 at Freedom High School.
The top three finishers in each weight class at districts will advance to the Southeast Regional Championships at Quakertown High School on Feb. 22.
The top four regional finishers in each weight class move on to the state championship tournament in Hershey March 5-7.








