Pa. Boys | Seven area wrestlers advance in Beast of the East tourney

December 16, 2007

If you made it to the quarterfinals of the Beast of the East tournament at the University of Delaware, you’ve done some excellent wrestling. Several area wrestlers will compete in the quarterfinals and possibly beyond when competition resumes today.

Justin Heller of Chestnut Hill Academy and David Irwin of Upper Perkiomen advanced yesterday at 112 pounds, Pat Owens of Germantown Academy moved on at 119 pounds, Alex Pelliciotti of Boyertown advanced at 125 pounds, Andrew Grabfelder of Germantown Academy advanced at 130 pounds, Jonathan Weibel of Quakertown moved on at 152 pounds and Andre Petroski of Springfield (Delaware County) moved on at 171 pounds.

Viking Duals. Kevin Laurinaitis became just the second wrestler in Central Bucks East history to win 100 bouts and helped his team take the tournament title with three victories at Perkiomen Valley.

Competing at 135 pounds, Laurinaitis reached the milestone with a 16-8 decision in the Patriots’ 61-16 win over Allentown Dieruff. His career mark is now 101 wins.

East also beat Mahanoy Area, 61-9, downed North Penn, 44-19, and Allentown Central Catholic, 62-12.

Tony Lozzi picked up five wins at heavyweight to lead North Penn to a third-place finish.

Lozzi earned a 3-0 decision in a 36-28 win over the host Vikings, grabbed a pin in 2:33 against East, pinned in 1 minute in a 41-25 loss to Allentown Central Catholic, got a 2-1 decision in a 39-29 win over Allentown Dieruff and got a forfeit win in a 62-18 win over Mahanoy Area.

Warwick Tournament. In Lititz, Pa., North Catholic had seven individual champions to take the team title with 254 points.

The Falcons’ champions were David Davidson (112 pounds), T.J. Van Horn (130), Shane Rand (135), Matt Dugan (140), Mike Nugent (145), Kevin Mallon (152) and heavyweight Eric French.

Travis Manion Memorial Tournament. Neil Willis of Malvern Prep pinned in the title match at 160 pounds and was named the outstanding wrestler at La Salle.

The host Explorers scored 193.5 points to take the team title. The tournament was named after Manion, a former La Salle wrestler, who was killed in Iraq earlier this year.

Willis earned his crown by pinning Tyler Cunningham of Haddon Township (N.J.) in 1:52.

Washington Duals. Ken Richmond earned three pins at 135 pounds for Northeast, but the Vikings won just one of three matches.

Richmond pinned in 3:23 as Northeast beat Cardinal Dougherty, 58-12, pinned in 3:16 in a 56-24 loss to St. Joseph’s Prep and pinned in 1:40 in a 57-24 loss to Father Judge.

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