Times News wrestling rankings

(through Feb. 28)

(Bout minimum - 13)

103 - 1. Nick O'Donnell, Panther Valley, Sr. (34-7); 2. Kenny Yanovich, Pleasant Valley, Fr. (31-8); 3. Colin Mashack, Tamaqua, Fr. (28-10).

Honorable Mention - Jacob Hoats, Lehighton, Jr. (26-8); Lenny Ogozalek, Panther Valley, Fr. (19-11).

Notes - O'Donnell placed 5th at District 11-AA tournament. Yanovich was 6th at 11-AAA and advances to Northeast AAA Regional. Mashack 6th at 11-AA, losing 6-5 to O'Donnell.

112 - 1. Josh Evans, Palmerton, Fr. (27-5); 2. Sean Bianco, Pleasant Valley, So. (25-10); 3. Brian Ohl, Jim Thorpe, So. (24-14).

Notes - Evans placed 3rd at 11-AA and advances to Southeast AA Regional. Bianco placed 6th at 11-AAA and advances to NE Regional. Ohl placed 6th at 11-AA.

119 - 1. Lucas Dise, Northern Lehigh, Sr. (25-6); 2. Dillon Masington, Palmerton, So. (23-9); 3. (tie) Derek Drum, Tamaqua, Jr. (10-13) and Kurtis Brownmiller, Lehighton, Fr. (12-13).

Notes - Dise placed 3rd at 11-AA and advances to SE Regional. Brownmiller did not wrestle at Districts.

125 - 1. Zane Heller, Northern Lehigh, Jr. (25-5); 2. Ernest Klingel, Pleasant Valley, Jr. (32-7); 3. Sam Oberlander, Palmerton, Jr. (26-7).

Honorable Mention - Ethan Keichel, Northwestern, Jr. (17-9); Kory Lopata, Panther Valley, Sr. (21-15).

Notes - Heller repeated as 11-AA champion and advances to SE Regional. Klingel placed 5th at 11-AAA and advances to NE Regional. Oberlander placed 5th at 11-AA.

130 - 1. Michael Dahlstrom, Pleasant Valley, Jr. (37-4); 2. Michael Ortiz, Northwestern, So. (22-6); 3. Jeremy Gornick, Lehighton, Sr. (15-14).

Honorable Mention - Kyle Baumann, Northern Lehigh, Jr. (10-10).

Notes - Dahlstrom was 4th at 11-AAA and advances to NE Regional. Ortiz was 4th at 11-AA and advances to SE Regional. Gornick did not wrestle at Districts.

135 - 1. Nikko Stevens, Northern Lehigh, Sr. (23-7); 2. Brandan Silkowski, Tamaqua, Jr. (18-7); 3. Joseph Bubble, Palmerton, So. (17-11).

Honorable Mention - Dustin Badesso, Northwestern, Sr. (14-11).

Notes - Stevens drops down from 140, places 4th at 11-AA and advances to SE Regional. Silkowski did not wrestle at Districts.

140 - 1. Anthony Farole, Lehighton, Jr. (31-6); 2. Alex Yanovich, Pleasant Valley, Jr. (33-8); 3. Kolby Mashack, Tamaqua, Sr. (34-3).

Honorable Mention - Dylan Hofmann, Northern Lehigh, Jr. (16-11); Cody Grohotolski, Palmerton, Jr. (18-10).

Notes - Farole placed 3rd at 11-AA, including 4-3 win over Mashack, who placed 5th, to advance to SE Regional. Yanovich placed 4th at 11-AA to move on to NE Regional. Hofmann placed 6th at 11-AA.

145 - 1. Ty Herzog, Northern Lehigh, So. (26-5); 2. Justin Mazzella, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (24-9); 3. Zach Coleman, Lehighton, Jr. (23-12).

Honorable Mention - David Gehr, Pleasant Valley, Jr. (22-13); Philip Christman, Tamaqua, Sr. (20-15); Josh Dean, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (7-6).

Notes - Herzog placed 3rd at 11-AA and advances to SE Regional.

152 - 1. Bobby Clymer, Northwestern, Sr. (28-4); 2. Mitch Moyer, Lehighton, Jr. (25-11); 3. Connor Hedash, Northern Lehigh, So. (18-10).

Honorable Mention - Jon Fritz, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (32-8); Evan Mashack, Tamaqua, Jr. (21-17).

Notes - Clymer won 11-AA title, as well as Outstanding Wrestler Award, and advances to SE Regional. Moyer placed 4th at 11-AA and moves on to SE Regional. Hedash placed 5th at 11-AA, including win over Fritz.

160 - 1. Mike Balliet, Lehighton, Jr. (27-9); 2. Kyle Sorensen, Northwestern, Sr. (26-9); 3. Travis Veronsky, Tamaqua, Sr. (29-10).

Honorable Mention - Mike Weaver, Panther Valley, Jr. (19-12); Christian Gavornick, Jim Thorpe, So. (19-17).

Notes - Balliet dropped down from 171 and placed 5th at 11-AA, beating Sorensen 5-3 in OT in fifth place bout. Veronsky had 3-2 win over Weaver at 11-AA.

171 - 1. Colin Hedash, Northern Lehigh, Sr. (27-2); 2. Levi Veppert, Northwestern, Jr. (27-7); 3. Matt Edmonds, Tamaqua, Sr. (26-12).

Honorable Mention - Alex Lorkowski, Panther Valley, Sr. (20-17); Phil Schron, Jim Thorpe, Jr. (11-11).

Notes - Hedash won 11-AA crown, including wins over Veppert and Lorkowski, and advances to SE Regional. Veppert scored fall over Edmonds in 11-AA 5th place bout.

189 - 1. Hunter Diehl, Pleasant Valley, So. (22-14); 2. Jarrett Kleintop, Palmerton, Sr. (16-15); 3. L.J. Walker, Northwestern, Jr. (18-13).

Notes - Kleintop scored 3-2 win over Walker at 11-AA to take over second spot.

215 - 1. Garth Lakitsky, Tamaqua, Sr. (35-0); 2. Kane Kralik, Palmerton, Jr. (23-8); 3. David Tirpak, Northwestern, Jr. (11-13).

Honorable Mention - Tyler Mangold, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (11-6, injured).

Notes - Lakitsky won 11-AA title with 3 falls, winning Pinner Award and tying school mark for most pins in a season. He advances to SE Regional. Kralik placed 4th at 11-AA and advances to SE Regional.

285 - 1. Brandon Loch, Northern Lehigh, Jr. (12-8); 2. Alec Eidelman, Northwestern, Sr. (14-15); 3. Mike Benner, Pleasant Valley, So. (7-14).

Notes - Loch placed 6th at 11-AA, including 4-3 win over Eidelman. Benner was 2-2 at 11-AAA.

(Compiled by Joe Plasko)