WILLIAMSPORT - Line Mountain advanced four wrestlers through the first half of the quarterfinal round at the Top Hat (Tom Best Memorial) Tournament at Williamsport Area High School.
Collin Klinger (113), Cameron Newman (120), Kenny Boyer (138), and Brendan Renn (195) advanced through the quarterfinals, although the later weights were still to be wrestled in that round. Klinger pinned Seth Andrus of Central Mountain in 5:13, and Newman had a major decision over Jack Bennett of Schuylkill Valley, 13-5, after they won first round bouts. Boyer had a 9-0 major decision over Elizabethtown's Chad Rosenberger. Renn decisioned Tristan Choate of Montoursville, 1-0.
Other Eagle winners in the first round were Brian Earlston (126), Blake Carl (132), and Rogen Shaffer (220).
Top Hat Tournament
Line Mountain Wrestlers
Preliminary Round
145: Caleb Shafer, LM, pinned Charles Alessi, E, 1:33; 182: Colten Kepner, Hu, pinned Austin Baumert, LM, 1:55.
First Round
113: Collin Klinger, LM, bye; 120: Cameron Newman, LM, bye; 126: Brian Earlston, LM, dec. Darren Bowser, H, 10-6; Blake Carl, LM, dec. Hunter Wagner, T, 7-3; 138: Kenny Boyer, LM, pinned Noah Gush, Mu, 5:35; 145: Chase Schaeffer, TV, pinned Caleb Shafer, LM, 1:18; 152: Scott Fox, E, dec. Gary Laudenslager, LM, 7-1; 160: Demetri Probst, CM, pinned Ethan Long, LM, 1:12; 170: Noah Worley, H, pinned Christopher Koperna Jr., LM, :36; 195: Brendan Renn, LM, pinned Ally Yerkes, CC, :49; 220: Rogen Shaffer, LM, pinned Logan Nosko, T, 4:31; 285: Jason Oakes, T, dec. Garrett Kieffer, LM, 6-2.
Quarterfinals
113: Collin Klinger, LM, pinned Seth Andrus, CM, 5:13; 120: Cameron Newman, LM, maj. dec. Jack Bennett, SV, 13-5; 126: Seth Koleno, BEA, dec. Brian Earlston, LM, 9-6; 132: Lewis Williams, CC, dec. Blake Carl, LM, 7-1. 138: Kenny Boyer, LM, maj. dec. Chad Rosenberger, E, 9-0; 195: Brendan Renn, LM, dec. Triston Choate, Mo, 1-0. 220: Hunter Weaver, CM, pinned Rogen Shaffer, LM, 1:01.
Consolation pigtails
182: Zachary Sedun, E, dec. Austin Baumert, LM, 6-3.
Consolation first round
145: Caleb Shafer, LM, pinned Zach Manning, SW, 2:09. 152: Gary Laudenslager, LM, pinned Dakota Haines, Mf, 3:57. 160: Ethan Long, LM, pinned Connor Mazzante, SW, 1:22. 170: Levi Wisor, Cl, maj. dec. Christopher Koperna Jr., LM, 12-4. 285: Garrett Kieffer, LM, pinned Scotty Dickmyer, So, :15.
Team key: Bald Eagle Area, BEA; Central Columbia, CC: Central Mountain, CM; Clearfield, Cl; Elizabethtown, E; Hollidaysburg, H; Hughesville, Hu; Jersey Shore, JS; Line Mountain, LM; Mifflinburg, Mf; Muncy, Mu; Red Lion, RL; Schuylkill Valley, SV; South Western, So; South Williamsport, SW; Titusville, T; Tri-Valley, TV; Williamsport, W.
Eight Tornadoes advance
BLOOMSBURG - Mount Carmel advanced eight wrestlers through the first round of the Darren Klingerman Invitational Wrestling Tournament Friday.
Shane Gudonis (120), Lane Tanney (126), Dion Watson (132), Tommy McDonald (145), Blake Panko (160), Mitchell Fletcher (182), Allen Yancoskie (195) and Wes Shurock (220) advanced for the Red Tornadoes, who were tied for 10th place in the team standings with GAR and Tamaqua, all with 16 points.
Host Bloomsburg had the team lead with 37.5 points, followed by Pottsville (31) and Pine Grove (28).
Mount Carmel results
First round
106: Brandon Mader, Tam, dec. Luke Adzema, 6-5; 120: Shane Gudonis, MC, pinned James Gately, PG, 1:11; 126: Lane Tanney, MC, pinned Chad Zimmerman, PG, 1:00; 132: Dion Watson, MC, bye; 145: Tommy McDonald, MC, pinned Zach Ush, WV, :42; 152: Colin MacWhinnie, Tr, pinned Jeff Weidner, 4:34; 160: Blake Panko, MC, pinned Dave Virgo, GAR, 1:16; 170: Scott Aungst, PG, dec. Cody Little, 6-4; 182: Mitchell Fletcher, MC, bye; 195: Allen Yancoskie, MC, bye; 220: Wes Shurock, MC, bye; 285: Max Motko, SH, pinned Trevor Shuder, 2:54.
Team standings and key
1. Bloomsburg (Bl) 37.5; 2. Pottsville (Pott) 31, 3. Pine Grove (PG) 28, 4. Warrior Run (WR) 25, 5. Montgomery (Mtg) 24.5, 6T. Mahanoy Area (MA) and Schuylkill Haven (SH) 24; 8. Williams Valley (WV) 23, 9. Troy (Tr) 20, 10T. GAR, Mount Carmel (MC), Tamaqua (Tam) 16; 13. Sullivan County (Sull) 13, 14. Canton (Can) 12, 15. Hanover (Han) 8, 16. Meyers (Mey) 5.
Boys basketball
Hershey 67 Shamokin 62
HERSEY - Shamokin opened its season on the losing end to host Hershey in the semifinals of the Hershey Tipoff Classic.
Six-foot-nine inch Dylan Painter scored 27 points and 6-4 Taylor Sweeney added 13 points for Hershey, which withstood a 26-20 rally by Shamokin in the fourth quarter.
Jakob Weaver paced the Indians with 17 points. Ryan Sebasovich had 15 and Isaiah Reiprich 10.
Shamokin will play Cumberland Valley, a 77-68 loser to William Allen in the other semifinal, in tonight's consolation.
SHAMOKIN (62) - Sebasovich 6 1-1 15; DiRienzo 2 0-1 4; Reiprich 5 0-0 10; Weaver 6 4-6 17; Moyer 2 1-2 8; Zablosky 0 0-0 0; Campbell 0 0-0 0; Fegley 1 0-0 2; F. Taylor 1 4-4 6. Totals 23 10-14 62.
HERSHEY (67) - Wilson 1 4-4 6; Sponaugle 1 0-0 2; Miller 2 0-0 4; Brier 2 1-6 5; Wixrauch 1 0-0 3; Sweeney 4 5-6 13; Zahan 1 0-0 2, Painter 10 4-6 27; Loyd 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 14-22 67.
3-point FGs: Hershey (3) - Wixrauch, Painter 3; Shamokin (6) - Sebasovich 2, Weaver, Moyer 2.
Lourdes 72 Gillingham 8
COAL TOWNSHIP - Paul Ahrensfield and Larry Czeponis each scored nine points, and Jordan Fobia and Billy Allen had eight points each as the Red aiders opened their season with a win over Gillingham Charter in the semifinals of the Lourdes Tipoff Tournament.
Lourdes (1-0) will play Meadowbrook Christian, a 65-58 winner over Tri-Valley in the other semifinal, in the championship game today.
GILLINGHAM CHARTER (8) - Cintron 0 0-0 0, Pulkicchio 0 0-0 0, Broadhurst 1 0-0 2, J. Miller 0 0-0 0, Thompson 0 0-0 0, Smith 0 0-0 0, Hutchison 0 0-0 0, Schrifley 0 0-0 0, L. Miller 0 0-0 0, Krammes 0 0-0 0, Woodlling 0 0-0 0, Rivera 2 0-0 6, Holbary 0 0-0 0. Totals 3 0-0 8.
LOURDES (72) - Nguyen 1 1-2 4, L. Holleran 2 0-0 4, Bucanelli 3 0-0 6, Pawelczyk 2 0-0 4, A. Holleran 1 0-0 3, Maneval 1 0-0 3, Fobia 4 0-0 8, Henninger 2 0-0 4, Padula 1 0-0 3, Adams 1 0-0 2, Allen 4 0-0 8, Feese 2 1-1 5, Ahrensfield 4 1-2 9, Czeponis 4 1-2 9. Totals 32 4-7 72.
3-point FGs: Lourdes (4) - Nguyen, A. Holleran, Maneval, Padula; Gillingham (2) - Rivera 2.
Girls' Swimming
Pottsville 112
Shamokin 61
POTTSVILLE - Sarah Corse-Campion won two individual events and swam on two winning relays as the Crimson Tide topped the Indians at Ned Hampford Natatorium.
Corse-Campion won the 100 fly and 100 back, while Madeline Consugar took first in the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. Taylor Young (200 IM), Megan Berdanier (50 freestyle) and Katie Deegan (100 free) added individual wins for Pottsville.
Katie Faust (diving) and Samantha Carpenter (100 breast) recorded victories for Shamokin.
200 medley relay - Pottsville (Corse-Campion, Fellows, Berdanier, Zanis) 2:06.55; 200 freestyle - M. Consugar (P) 2:17.45; 200 IM - Young (P) 2:55.62; 50 freestyle - Berdanier (P) 27.89; Diving - Faust (S) 122.23; 100 butterfly - Corse-Campion (P) 1:07.67; 100 freestyle - Deegan (P) 1:02.91; 500 freestyle - M. Consugar (P) 6:19.60; 200 freestyle relay - Pottsville (Berdanier, Young, Fellows, Zanis) 1:56.88; 100 backstroke - Corse-Campion (P) 1:09.54; 100 breaststroke - Carpenter (S) 1:11.61; 400 freestyle relay - Pottsville (M. Consugar, Zanis, Berdanier, Corse-Campion) 4:14.12.
Boys' Swimming
Pottsville 131
Shamokin 30
POTTSVILLE - Josh Marx, Charlie Botto, Tanner Steinhart and Nick Kerby each won an individual event and swam on two winning relays as the Crimson Tide downed the Indians in a non-league meet at the Ned Hampford Natatorium.
Kerby won the 200 freestyle, Marx placed first in the 50 freestyle, Botto took top honors in the 100 backstroke and Steinhart hit the wall first in the 100 breaststroke. Michael Smerlick (200 IM), Michael Logothetides (100 fly) and Jacob Spece (500 free) added individual wins for Pottsville, which swept the relays.
Jon Koons (diving) and George Zalar (100 free) recorded victories for Shamokin.