ATHENS ADVANCES TWO TO SEMIFINALS; TWO FALL INTO CONSOLATION BRACKET
By: Tim Birney / March 4, 2022 / Photo: Matt Patton
WILLIAMSPORT — Athens advanced two wrestlers — seniors Gavin Bradley and
Karter Rude — to Saturday morning’s semifinals, while two Wildcats fell
into the consolation bracket here Friday night at the District 4, Class
AA Wrestling Championships.
At 113 pounds, Bradley decked Wyoming Area’s Garret Pocceschi in 1:14 in the quarterfinals.
Bradley
will face South Williamsport’s Kayvan Shams in the semifinals. Shams
topped District 2 champion Cole Henry of Lackawanna Trail, 7-5, in the
quarterfinals.
At 152 pounds, Rude forged a 5-2 win over Honesdale’s Joey Giannetti in the quarterfinals.
Rude
will face District 2 champ Cooper Price of Wyoming Area in the
semifinals. Price edged Southern Columbia’s Louden Murphy, 5-3, in the
quarterfinals.
At 138 pounds, Athens junior Jack Courtney dropped a 9-0 major decision to Benton’s Caden Temple in the pigtail round.
Courtney will face Line Mountain’s Lane Schadel Saturday morning in the consolation bracket.
At 285 pounds, Athens sophomore Josh Nittinger lost via fall in 2:44 to Milton’s Nathan Rauch in the pigtail round.
Nittinger will face Meadowbrook Christian’s Gunner Treibley in the first round of wrestlebacks Saturday morning.
Action begins Saturday at 9 a.m., with the semifinals and consolation quarterfinals set to begin at 10:30 a.m.
About the Author
Tim Birney
Tim Birney is the founder / owner of River Road Media Group. He was born and raised in the Valley, graduating from Waverly High School in 1984.
Birney earned an Associate's Degree in Journalism from SUNY Morrisville in 1986 and a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism / Public Relations from Utica College of Syracuse University in 1988. He began his newspaper career at The Daily Review in Towanda in 1989, before moving on to The Evening Times in 1995. He spent more than 10 years at the Times, the last four as Managing Editor.
River Road Media Group includes five sites in "The Sports Reports" family that cover 24 school districts in five counties: Valley Sports Report (launched Aug. 10, 2009), Tioga County (NY) Sports Report (Aug. 13, 2018), and Northern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 31, 2020); Northern Tier West Sports Report (March 15, 2021) Southern Tier Sports Report (Aug. 16, 2021).
