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West Scranton\u2019s Tommy Schechterly, top, wrestles Parkland\u2019s Jorge Moya in the 160-pound quarterfinals at the Class 3A Northeast Regional on Friday at Liberty High School. BOB GAETANO \/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER<\/p>\nWest Scranton\u2019s Tommy Schechterly, top, wrestles Parkland\u2019s Jorge Moya in the 160-pound quarterfinals at the Class 3A Northeast Regional on Friday at Liberty High School. BOB GAETANO \/ CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER<\/p>\n
Seventeen District 2 boys wrestlers will hit the mats Thursday at the Giant Center in hopes of capturing a state medal. The Class 2A and 3A boys tournaments run Thursday through Saturday in Hershey.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a look at each District 2 wrestler and his first opponent:<\/p>\n
Class 2A<\/p>\n
Nathan Schuman<\/p>\n
Honesdale, sophomore<\/p>\n
Weight: 107 Record: 47-1<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 3<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (4-0), Northeast Regional champ (3-0).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Owen Wolfgang (Tri-Valley, senior, 38-9, Southeast Regional fourth, PA No. 9)\/Carl Thomas (Burrell, freshman, 31-19, Southwest Regional sixth, PA No. 23) winner.<\/p>\n
Chase Smith<\/p>\n
Hanover Area, sophomore<\/p>\n
Weight: 114 Record: 37-8<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 13<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (2-0), Northeast Regional fourth (2-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Evan Lisowski (Penns Valley, sophomore, 21-6, Southwest Regional sixth, PA No. 15).<\/p>\n
Carmen Malt<\/p>\n
Berwick, senior<\/p>\n
Weight: 121 Record: 22-6<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 23<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (2-0), Northeast Regional fourth (2-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Preston Bubash (Elizabeth Forward, sophomore, 39-5, Southwest Regional seventh, PA No. 15).<\/p>\n
C.J. Caines<\/p>\n
Hanover Area, sophomore<\/p>\n
Weight: 127 Record: 43-0<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 4<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (2-0), Northeast Regional champ (3-0).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Conner Myers (Penns Valley, senior, 36-7, Southwest Regional fourth, PA No. 14)\/Jax Fuhrman (Delone Catholic, freshman, 39-8, Southeast Regional fifth, PA No. 8) winner.<\/p>\n
Brice Woodruff<\/p>\n
Blue Ridge, senior<\/p>\n
Weight: 127 Record: 36-9<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 22<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 runner-up (2-1), Northeast Regional fourth (2-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Kaden Husick (Tussey Mountain, freshman, 36-11, Southwest Regional seventh, PA No. 24).<\/p>\n
Justin Scanlon<\/p>\n
Honesdale, senior<\/p>\n
Weight: 133 Record: 33-18<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional fourth (2-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Austin Bernash (Chestnut Ridge, sophomore, 38-16, Southwest Regional seventh, PA No. 18).<\/p>\n
Matthew Almedina<\/p>\n
Mid Valley, senior<\/p>\n
Weight: 139 Record: 33-6<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 9<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (4-0), Northeast Regional silver (2-1).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Gavin Green (Delone Catholic, junior, 38-7, Southeast Regional third, PA No. 3).<\/p>\n
Gavin Morcom<\/p>\n
Western Wayne, junior<\/p>\n
Weight: 160 Record: 31-9<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 22<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional fourth (2-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Doug McKim (Huntingdon, freshman, 40-6, Southwest Regional sixth, PA No. 13).<\/p>\n
Duke Martin<\/p>\n
Honesdale, junior<\/p>\n
Weight: 189 Record: 46-6<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 9<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (4-0), Northeast Regional silver (2-1).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Jayden Imler (Chestnut Ridge, junior, 41-9, Southwest Regional third, PA No. 8).<\/p>\n
Class 3A<\/p>\n
Gabe Benyo<\/p>\n
Hazleton Area, sophomore<\/p>\n
Weight: 114 Record: 39-4<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 3<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional (3-1)<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Dylan Barrett (Penn-Trafford, senior, 29-9, West Regional third, PA No. 12).<\/p>\n
Jake Benyo<\/p>\n
Hazleton Area, sophomore<\/p>\n
Weight: 121 Record: 38-7<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 7<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (2-0), Northeast Regional (3-1).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Logan Worth (Council Rock South, freshman, 46-9, Southeast Regional third, PA No. 27).<\/p>\n
Brady Full<\/p>\n
Abington Heights, freshman<\/p>\n
Weight: 127 Record: 37-7<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 12<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (4-0), Northeast Regional bronze (5-1).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Kavin Muyleart (Cedar Cliff, junior, 34-4, South Central Regional first, PA No. 3).<\/p>\n
Mason Whitney<\/p>\n
Abington Heights, junior<\/p>\n
Weight: 133 Record: 48-6<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 3<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional bronze (5-1).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Braiden Weaver (Altoona, senior, 35-6, West Regional second, PA No. 6).<\/p>\n
Micah Engelman<\/p>\n
Crestwood, freshman<\/p>\n
Weight: 145 Record: 43-5<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 16<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional fifth (4-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Aidan Finnigan (Canon-McMillan, sophomore, 37-21, West Regional fourth, PA No. 17).<\/p>\n
Tommy Schechterly<\/p>\n
West Scranton, sophomore<\/p>\n
Weight: 160 Record: 36-6<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 4<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional gold (4-0).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: J.D. Heiser (Boyertown, senior, 40-11, Southeast Regional fourth, PA No. 20)\/Aaron Andrew (Palmyra, senior, 23-7, South Central Regional fifth, PA No. 21) winner.<\/p>\n
Gabe Caufield<\/p>\n
Wallenpaupack, senior<\/p>\n
Weight: 172 Record: 41-8<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 14<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional fourth (3-2).<\/p>\n
Preliminary opponent: Brady Allessie (Donegal, junior, 38-6, South Central Regional fifth, PA No. 19).<\/p>\n
Brody Spindler<\/p>\n
Pittston Area, senior<\/p>\n
Weight: 215 Record: 43-3<\/p>\n
State ranking: No. 11<\/p>\n
Road to Hershey: District 2 champ (3-0), Northeast Regional silver (3-1).<\/p>\n
Round of 16 opponent: Sawyer Ermigiotti (Pennridge, junior, 42-4, Southeast Regional third, PA No. 6).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Scranton\u2019s Tommy Schechterly, top, wrestles Parkland\u2019s Jorge Moya in the 160-pound quarterfinals at the Class 3A Northeast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-129073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-high-school-sports","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}