Expand<\/a><\/p>\nHERSHEY \u2014 Delaware Valley\u2019s Kate Prior will return to the semifinals, while Abington Heights freshman Hayden Manning continues her stellar debut season.<\/p>\n
The practice partners also were two of five District 2 girls wrestlers to lock down state medals Friday during the PIAA Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d said Manning, who is ranked sixth in the state at 155 pounds according to PA Power Wrestling. \u201cComing in here the goal was to place at least, but I\u2019m not satisfied yet so I\u2019ve got to keep pushing. Always trying to get better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Manning opened her 155-pound quarterfinal against Cumberland Valley\u2019s Emma Beaven (ninth is state) with a takedown and tacked on four back points for a seven-point lead.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think constant pressure is always the thing,\u201d Manning said. \u201cOnce you start backing away, that\u2019s when you start to lose. So, you\u2019ve always got to step up to the challenge and keep pressuring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beaven kept trying to put Manning in a headlock, but Manning scooted out of it for two reversals and an 11-3 major decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was definitely very strong, but I think staying calm was one of the biggest aspects of it,\u201d Manning said. \u201cI just needed to keep wrestling my match and don\u2019t let her dictate it. I have to dictate everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
She was scheduled to face Emmaus\u2019 Olivya Kroope (seventh in state) in the semifinals Friday night.<\/p>\n
Prior (sixth in state) won her grudge match with Panther Valley\u2019s Alisa Williams (15th in state), securing an 8-4 decision.<\/p>\n
The Delaware Valley senior secured the first takedown and added another in the second period. The two wrestlers faced off twice in January, each getting a victory.<\/p>\n
She was scheduled to face Palisades\u2019 Bryce Snyder (first in state) in the semifinals.<\/p>\n
More medals<\/p>\n
Hazleton Area\u2019s Evelyn Sheer (235), Honesdale\u2019s Saige Olver (124) and Lackawanna Trail\u2019s Cidney Schaffer (100) each secured consolation second-round victories to lock up a top-eight spot and a state medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels really good,\u201d Sheer said. \u201cHonestly, it\u2019s amazing that I could even wrestle here. Some people don\u2019t make it this far, and it just shows that all the hard work I\u2019ve been doing is paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sheer (fifth in state) faced District 2 foe Crestwood\u2019s Samara Bailey (eighth in state) in the consolation second round to determine who would leave Hershey with a state medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fun and it\u2019s a little scary because I don\u2019t want to be mean. I want both of us to succeed, but one of us is going to have to win,\u201d Sheer said.<\/p>\n
The Hazleton Area freshman raced out to a seven-point lead with a takedown and four back points. Bailey countered with a reversal in the second period, but Sheer secured a reversal of her own and five back points, as Bailey needed injury time for her left shoulder and eventually a medical forfeit.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just kind of scrambled. I kind of turned, worked my feet. And then I got a half in,\u201d Sheer said.<\/p>\n
Olver (fifth in state) became a three-time state medalist when she rallied from an early takedown and pinned Bensalem\u2019s Payton Hinkle (ninth is state) in the second period. She placed third as a sophomore and eighth as a junior.<\/p>\n
Schaffer (fifth in state) pinned Central Dauphin\u2019s Kate Hollinger (fourth in state) in the third period.<\/p>\n
Heartbreaking defeat<\/p>\n
Nanticoke Area\u2019s Emily Kivler (112) battled Quakertown\u2019s Mya Pallone (seventh in state) into overtime, but lost by sudden victory in their consolation second-round match to fall one win shy of a state medal.<\/p>\n
The Nanticoke Area sophomore lost her quarterfinal match to Easton\u2019s Morgan Hyland (first in state), 10-0, earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
Quarterfinals<\/p>\n
112: Morgan Hyland (Easton Area) maj. dec. Emily Kivler (Nanticoke Area), 10-0.<\/p>\n
155: Hayden Manning (Abington Heights) maj. dec. Emma Beaven (Cumberland Valley), 11-3.<\/p>\n
170: Kate Prior (Delaware Valley) dec. Alisa Williams (Panther Valley), 8-4.<\/p>\n
235: Brenda Banks (Panther Valley) pinned Evelyn Sheer (Hazleton Area), 1:36.<\/p>\n
Consolation second round<\/p>\n
100: Cidney Schaffer (Lackawanna Trail) pinned Kate Hollinger (Central Dauphin-G), 3:40.<\/p>\n
112: Mya Pallone (Quakertown) pinned Emily Kivler (Nanticoke Area), 5:33.<\/p>\n
124: Saige Olver (Honesdale) pinned Payton Hinkle (Bensalem), 2:32.<\/p>\n
235: Evelyn Sheer (Hazleton Area) injury default Samara Bailey (Crestwood), 14-2 1:43.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Delaware Valley\u2019s Kate Prior, top, wrestles Kiski Area\u2019s Alyssa Tresco in the 170-pound first round Thursday during the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[305,178,180,179,726],"class_list":["post-132323","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\/132323","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=132323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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