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ESU Wrestling/PSAC Championships
LOCK HAVEN - East Stroudsburg University’s Jeremy Sluyter and Rich Koehler both advanced to the semi-finals of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Wrestling Championships Friday night at Lock Haven.
Sluyter, second seeded, edged Omar Porrata of Millersville, 3-1. He will face third-seeded Trap McCormack of Lock Haven in today's 11 a.m. semis with the winner to face either top-seeded Jason Gabrielson of Edinboro, the defending champion, or fourth-seeded Jeff Putt in the 6 p.m. finals.
Koehler, also second seeded, pinned Dan Collawn of Lock Haven in 4:09 of his quarter-final match. His semi-final round opponent will be third-seeded Josh Pearce of Edinboro. The other side of the bracket will send top-seeded John Testa of Clarion against fourth-seeded Joe Tout of Kutztown.
The other eight ESU wrestlers all lost their first matches, but seven of them are still alive in the consolations. Mark Siwek (133), Dan Roy (174) and Brian McTigue (197) all won first-round consolation matches while Brad Kleckner (141), Jesse Oberto (149), Tony Vitale (165) and Dan Madonna (185) had byes in the consolations.
Team Scoring: Edinboro 53, Lock Haven 46 ˝, Bloomsburg 41 ˝, Clarion 33,
Slippery Rock 21 ˝, ESU 16 ˝, Kutztown 12 ˝, Millersville 11 ˝, Shippensburg 10 ˝, Cheyney 0.
How ESU Wrestlers did:
125 - Jeremy Sluyter def. Omar Porrata (Millersville), 3-1
133 - Mark Siwek lost to Chris Mattarrese (Slippery Rock), 11-3; def. Mike Diaz (Clarion), 4-3
141 - Brad Kleckner lost to Chris Spealler (Lock Haven), 10-8
149 - Jesse Oberto lost to Stan Spoor (Clarion), 11-4
157 - Dan Forgione lost to Brian Olenek (Lock Haven), 18-2 TF (3:59); was pinned by Chris Jacobs (Kutztown), 1:21
165 - Tony Vitale was pinned by Hunter Guenot (Bloomsburg), 4:49
174 - Dan Roy won by forfeit over Calvin Lemon (Cheyney); was pinned by Josh Millard (Lock Haven), 2:59; def. Nick Brumbaugh (Kutztown), 13-6
184 - Dan Madonna was pinned by Dave Murray (Lock Haven), 2:13
197 - Brian McTigue lost to Todd Hockenbroch (Bloomsburg), 15-7; def. Joe Garfinkel (Millersville), 3-2
285 - Rich Koehler pinned Dan Collawn (Lock Haven), 4:09
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