Parkland sent just one wrestler to regionals last season after Jorge Moya placed fifth at the 2025 district tournament.

A year later, Moya is returning to regionals and leads a group of fie Trojan grapplers to the event after he placed second in the 160-pound weight class of the PIAA District 11 Class 3A Championships this past weekend at Liberty High School.

Jorge’s brother, Luis Moya, was the other Trojan district runner-up at 107 pounds. Braden Todora (114 pounds, third place), Matthew Velez (127, fourth place), and Myles Lysek (285, fifth place) will also represent Parkland at regionals.

“The hope was to get five, six or seven guys through to regionals,” head PHS head coach Eddie Keichel said. “We ended up having seven wrestlers medal, with five making it through. That’s positive for those guys to be on the podium. That was the hope and the plan, and I’d say we executed pretty well with that.”

The Moya brothers headlined the show, with Jorge outperforming his seeding.

Jorge, the No. 3 seed in the 160-pound bracket, pinned his first opponent in a little over a minute. He then had little trouble with two dominant decision victories in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

“I feel like I wrestled really well the whole tournament,” Jorge Moya said. “In the final match, I got a little stiff and felt under pressure being my first time in the finals. I never faced him before so it was a new style.”

“That was a big accomplishment for him going from fifth to second,” Keichel said. “Moving onto next week, he’s trying to make that next jump to get out to Hershey.”

Luis Moya, the No. 2 seed in the 107-pound weight class, coasted in his first two matches with a first-minute pin and a 21-6 technical fall in the quarterfinals. He then defeated Bethlehem Catholic’s Michael Nicosia in the semifinals via a 4-1 decision to advance to the championship bout.

Luis Moya missed the postseason last winter after breaking his ankle. He suited up in junior varsity during his freshman season, so Saturday’s runner-up performance was his first taste of district competition.

“I think I could have been better on offense and my attacks,” Luis Moya said. “Just moving more and working on my offense.

“My goal this season was to make district finals, regional finals and hopefully place at states.”

After losing in the semifinals round that sent Todora into the consolation bracket, the Parkland sophomore responded with a dominant tech fall win and a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Elijah Heimbach to end his tournament on a high note.

Velez also won his final two matches after losing in the semifinals round of the 127-pound bracket. Lysek responded nicely after his quarterfinal round loss and won two of his final three matches.

Two other Trojans earned medals and placed sixth at districts in Jared Santilli (139) and Donato Ciampittiello (172).

Santilli was close to booking a trip to regionals as well.

“He knocked off a (returning) state-qualifier in the consolation quarterfinals, and then had a state medalist on the ropes in the fifth-place match,” Keichel said. “He was seconds away from qualifying for regionals. For him that was a big step, coming in with a .500 record. He wrestled really tough, and it was some of the best wrestling I’ve seen out of him.”

The PIAA Northeast Regional 3A Tournament is set for Friday and Saturday back at Liberty High School. The preliminary round matches begin at 5 p.m. on Friday evening. Saturday’s competition begins at 9:30 a.m.

Parkland Results from the District 11 Boys Wrestling Championships

107 - Louis Moya

Moya pinned Edwin Herrera (Dieruff) in :36

Moya tech. fall Jack Dressler (Nazareth), 21-6

Moya dec. Michael Nicosia (Bethlehem Catholic), 4-1

Championship match

Maximus Quarry (Notre Dame GP) dec. Moya, 8-3

114 - Braden Todora

Todora tech. fall Messiah Cargagena (Bangor), 22-5

Todora tech. fall Derek Fulmer (Nazareth), 24-8

Cael Muller (Notre Dame GP) pinned Todora in 1:51

Todora tech. fall Dionte Wheeler (Whitehall), 17-2

Third-place match

Todora dec. Elijah Heimbach (Liberty), 3-2

121 - Chase Kruk

Tony Bothwell major dec. Kruck, 13-5

Kruk tech. fall Tyshawn Stegall (Stroudsburg), 19-3

Cole Schwartz (Notre Dame GP) tech. fall Kruk, 15-0

127 - Matthew Velez

Velez tech. fall Cole Daubert (Pottsville), 19-4

Velez tech. fall Davi Glykas (Northampton), 15-0

Nicholas Salamone (Easton) dec. Velez, 5-4

Velez pinned Chase Fetherman (Stroudsburg) in :20

Third-place match

Andre Cerrato (Bethlehem Catholic) dec. Velez, 1-0

133 - Tycen Norman

Carter Smith (Bangor) pinned Norman in 5:32

Norman tech. fall Shaun Evans (Stroudsburg), 16-0

Jacob Volpe (Notre Dame GP) dec. Norman, 7-3

139 - Jared Santilli

Santilli dec. Samuel Kurtz (Freedom), 2-0

Trey Wagner (Northampton) pinned Santilli in 4:46

Santilli pinned Noah Sipple (Stroudsburg) in :54

Santilli dec. Cooper Wenrich (Nazareth), 85 (SV)

Kiovanny Hamlin (Dieruff) dec. Santilli, 7-2

Fifth-place match

Jackson Max (Emmaus) pinned Santilli in 6:39

145 - Danyal Shah

Shah pinned Jesse Taylor (East Stroudsburg North) in :34

Gavyn Kelton (Notre Dame GP) pinned Shah in :55

Bryce Bodenberg (Blue Mountain) pinned Shah in 4:24

152 - Colton Vitale

Vitale tech. fall Tyriq Palumbo (Jim Thorpe), 15-0

Gabriel Ballard (Northampton) pinned Vitale in 3:25

Eziah Cartagena (Bangor) dec. Vitale, 13-9

160 - Jorge Moya

Moya pinned Justin Rose (East Stroudsburg South) in 1:09

Moya dec. Carter Chlebove (Northampton), 9-5

Moya dec. Mason Thomas (Bethlehem Catholic), 7-0

Championship match

Dominick Tunison (Nazareth) major dec. Moya, 10-1

172 - Donato Ciampittiello

Ciampittiello tech. fall Preston Whalen (Blue Mountain), 18-2

Elijah Simak (Nazareth) tech. fall Ciampittiello, 20-4

Ciampittiello pinned Giuliano Labbadia (Northampton) in 3:41

Ciampittiello dec. Cole Retos (Notre Dame GP), 6-5

James Hopkins (Whitehall) major dec. Ciampittiello

Fifth-place match

Leonard DeMaria (Stroudsburg) by injury default over Ciampittiello

215 - Max Pugach

Cody Wesner (Southern Lehigh) dec. Pugach, 4-1

Pugach pinned Anthony Martin (Liberty) in 4:13

William Shakir (Allen) dec. Pugach, 6-0

285 - Myles Lysek

Lysek pinned Matthew Ryan (Southern Lehigh) in 2:34

Josiah Rodriguez dec. Lysek, 5-2

Lysek major dec. F Merklin (Pleasant Valley), 13-3

Lysek pinned A Ball (Stroudsburg) in 2:33

Noah Knorp (Notre Dame GP) dec. Lysek, 5-0

Fifth-place match

Lysek pinned Vaughn Helverson (Blue Mountain) in 1:27

Team Scores (Top 10)

1. Notre Dame (Green Pond) 219.5, 2. Nazareth 208, 3. Northampton 190.5, 4. Easton 165.5, 5. Bethlehem Catholic 162.5, 6. Parkland 142, 7. Emmaus 135.5, 8. Whitehall 101, 9. Stroudsburg 84.5, 10. Liberty 67.