NEWARK, Delaware \u2014 Dom Sumpolec\u2019s workout partners paid a serious price this past week for the Notre Dame-Green Pond senior\u2019s finishing what he deemed a disappointing fifth place at the Walsh Jesuit Ironman tournament.<\/p>\n
Sumpolec\u2019s opponents also paid the price at this weekend\u2019s Beast of the East tournament, which he capped Sunday at the University of Delaware\u2019s Bob Carpenter Center with an 8-4 decision over Blair Academy\u2019s Salah Tsarni in the 190-pound final.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Ironman, I just went in the room with the mindset to be the best,\u201d the George Mason-bound senior said. \u201cI kicked the [crap] out of my partners and pushed myself to the limit. My coaches told me I could be No. 1 in the country. That\u2019s going to take some time, but I\u2019ll get there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sumpolec, one of five Crusaders to earn a medal, will need to repeat his performance at next weekend\u2019s Powerade tournament at Canon-McMillan. But he feels he is better equipped this season to achieve what he believes is possible.<\/p>\n
He already has taken a step in that direction by taking the championship hardware and moving on mentally.<\/p>\n
\u201cTruly, I don\u2019t even remember the [championship] match,\u201d the senior said. \u201cI just know I won.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sumpolec displayed all the tools necessary to be successful at this weight. He used his speed and athleticism to secure an early takedown in the final, then his scrambling ability and strength get another to build a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Sumpolec\u2019s determination from the start of his first match this weekend was evident to his coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him he wrestled to about 10% of his potential [at Ironman],\u201d Crusaders coach Matt Veres said. \u201cLook what he did here. It was good to see him wrestle better, more to his potential. Obviously, you win a tournament, enjoy it for a couple days and then it\u2019s on to the next one, Powerade. You can\u2019t get too excited about it. You just have to keep getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Catholic\u2019s Keanu Dillard felt he didn\u2019t work as well as he should on his feet, but he won the 138-pound title because he was solid in the other two positions.<\/p>\n
The senior overcame a stall call with one second left in regulation to knock off Malvern Prep\u2019s Tyler Conroy 2-1 in an ultimate tie-breaker.<\/p>\n
He was winning 1-0 and riding Conroy out in the third before getting hit with two stall calls in the last 10 seconds to send the match into overtime.<\/p>\n
\u201cDefinitely a crazy match,\u201d Dillard said. \u201cI stayed mentally tough, but I just wish I got to my offense more. I\u2019m always confident in top, bottom. I feel I can ride anyone and get out on anyone. I haven\u2019t been great on my feet the last two weeks. I feel like I\u2019m better than a lot of people on my feet, but I\u2019m just not showcasing it in tournaments.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dillard finished fourth at last weekend\u2019s Ironman, where he scored three points in his two losses.<\/p>\n
Sumpolec and Dillard led 12 Lehigh Valley-area medalists. Max Quarry (second at 106), Cael Muller (fifth at 113), Connor Smalley (fifth at 215) and Noah Knorp (seventh at 285) were the others on the awards stand from Notre Dame-GP, which finished fifth in the team standings with 147 points. Blair Academy won the team title.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all about improvement and development,\u201d Veres said. \u201cYou want these guys to win those grinding matches, those overtime matches. Even if they don\u2019t, you want them to be in them because come March they are going to be in those tough matches. This is just more preparation for getting to the top of that mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other area medalists were Saucon Valley\u2019s Carter Chunko (third at 126), Whitehall\u2019s Willmont Kai (third at 132), Nazareth\u2019s Cade Campbell (157) and Brayden Zuercher (fifth at 190); Southern Lehigh\u2019s Brock Frable (sixth at 175) and Bethlehem Catholic\u2019s Jack Cole (fifth at 126).<\/p>\n
Kai avenged his quarterfinal loss to Cedar Cliff\u2019s Kavin Muyleart with a 4-1 overtime win in the third-place match. Muyleart got a takedown with seven seconds left to win 4-1 in Sunday morning\u2019s quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Chunko rebounded from a semifinal loss to take third at 126 with two wrestleback victories by a combined 16-3 score.<\/p>\n
Bethlehem Catholic was tied for seventh (110) in the team standings, followed by Nazareth (10th, 94), Whitehall (14th, 68), Easton (tied for 24th, 58), Saucon Valley (33rd, 52.5) and Southern Lehigh (tied for 36th, 50.5).<\/p>\n
Beast of the East results<\/p>\n
(locals only)<\/p>\n
FINALS<\/p>\n
106: Evan Cies (Malvern Prep) dec. Max Quarry (NDGP), 6-1<\/p>\n
138: Keanu Dillard (BC) dec. Tyler Conroy (Malvern Prep), 2-1 UTB<\/p>\n
190: Dom Sumpolec (NDGP) dec. Salah Tsarni (Blair Academy), 8-4<\/p>\n
THIRD-PLACE MATCHES<\/p>\n
126: Carter Chunko (SV) dec. Finnegan O`Brien (Blair Academy), 5-0<\/p>\n
132: Willmont Kai (Wh) dec. Kavin Muyleart (Cedar Cliff), 4-1 SV<\/p>\n
157: Brian Chamberlain (Wyoming Seminary) dec. Cade Campbell (Naz), 4-2<\/p>\n
FIFTH-PLACE MATCHES<\/p>\n
113: Cael Muller (NDGP) dec. David Dight (Thomas Edison) 4-0<\/p>\n
126: Jack Cole (BC) dec. Jayden Jackson (Loyola Blakefield), 7-5<\/p>\n
175: Nate Moore (Grassfield) dec. Brock Frable (SL), 4-2<\/p>\n
190: Brayden Zuercher (Naz) dec. Braeden Simoneaux (N.Y. Military Academy), 4-0<\/p>\n
215: Connor Smalley (NDGP) dec. Bradley DiMiglio (Malvern Prep), 9-3<\/p>\n
SEVENTH-PLACE MATCHES<\/p>\n
285: Noah Knorp (NDGP) dec. Izaque Tomaz (Frank W. Cox), 3-2 UTB<\/p>\n
SEMIFINALS<\/p>\n
106: Max Quarry (NDGP) dec. Forest Rose (Immaculata), 7-0<\/p>\n
126: Jack Baron (Germantown Academy) dec. Carter Chunko (SV), 3-1 TB-2<\/p>\n
138: Keanu Dillard (BC) dec. Aiden Herndon (Cedar Cliff), 2-0<\/p>\n
157: Joe Monticello (Hanover Park) dec. Cade Campbell (Naz), 1-0<\/p>\n
190: Dom Sumpolec (NDGP) dec. Nevin Mattessich (Don Bosco Prep), 6-4<\/p>\n
QUARTERFINALS<\/p>\n
106: Max Quarry (NDGP) dec. Cody Weidner (Civics), 5-0<\/p>\n
113: \u00a0Liam McGettigan (Lake Highland Prep) maj. dec. Cael Muller (NDGP), 12-0<\/p>\n
126: Carter Chunko (SV) ) dec. Eli Gabrielson (Archbishop Spalding), 5-1<\/p>\n
132: Kavin Muyleart (Cedar Cliff) dec. Willmont Kai (Wh), 4-1; Anthony DiAndrea (Watchung Hills) dec. Nick Salamone (E), 5-2<\/p>\n
138: Keanu Dillard (BC) dec. Jack Dragoumanos (Belmont), 4-0<\/p>\n
144: Jackson Butler (Bishop McCort) dec. Jack Campbell (Naz), 2-0; Matt O\u2019Neill (Malvern Prep) Mack Santoro (SV), 0:37<\/p>\n
157: Cade Campbell (Naz) dec. Drew Moro (Brecksville), 3-1<\/p>\n
175: Noah Tucker (Bullis Prep) dec. Elijah Simak (Naz), 9-6<\/p>\n
190: Nevin Mattessich (Don Bosco Prep) dec. Brayden Zuercher (Naz), 8-3; Dom Sumpolec (NDGP) maj. dec. Colton Bell (Lake Highland Prep), 16-5<\/p>\n
215: Devin Downes (Plainedge) dec. Connor Smalley (NDGP), 2-1<\/p>\n
EIGHTH-ROUND CONSOLATIONS<\/p>\n
113: Killian Coluccio (Lacey) pinned Cael Muller (NDGP), 4:29<\/p>\n
126: Carter Chunko (SV) maj. dec. Jayden Jackson (Loyola Blakefield), 10-2; Finnegan O`Brien (Blair Academy) dec. Jack Cole (BC), 6-4<\/p>\n
132: Willmont Kai (Wh) dec. Colton Hagerty (Washington Township), 5-3<\/p>\n
157: Cade Campbell (Naz) dec. Zane Leitzel (Archbishop Spalding), 4-1<\/p>\n
175: Noah Tucker (Bullis Prep) dec. Brock Frable (SL), 11-7<\/p>\n
190: Tanner Hodgins (Howell) dec. Brayden Zuercher (Naz), 4-1<\/p>\n
215: Tyler Palumbo (Christian Brothers Academy) dec. Connor Smalley (NDGP), 4-0<\/p>\n
SEVENTH-ROUND CONSOLATIONS<\/p>\n
113: Cael Muller (NDGP) dec. Paden Alyea (Skyline), 1-0<\/p>\n
126: Jack Cole (BC) dec. Sean Elliott (Howell), 7-1<\/p>\n
132: Willmont Kai (Wh) dec. Dalton Weber (Pope John Paul XIII), 8-1<\/p>\n
175: Brock Frable (SL) dec. Tyler Whitford (St. Joseph Metuchen), 4-3<\/p>\n
190: Brayden Zuercher (Naz) pinned Colton Bell (Lake Highland Prep), 4:55<\/p>\n
285: Chris Funches (Grassfield) dec. Noah Knorp (NDGP), 3-2 UTB<\/p>\n
SIXTH-ROUND CONSOLATION<\/p>\n
113: Cael Muller (NDGP) dec. Logan Forgatch (Parsippany Hills), 7-1<\/p>\n
126: Jack Cole (BC) dec. Eli Gabrielson (Archbishop Spalding), 7-2<\/p>\n
132: Kai (Wh) dec. Dillard (BC), 9-6 SV; Richard Delorenzo (Toms River East) dec. Nick Salamone (E), 11-4; Lukas Littleton Mascaro (Malvern Prep) dec. Caleb Kosko (Naz), 4-1<\/p>\n
144: Laudan Henry (St. Peter Prep) maj. dec. Mack Santoro (SV), 11-2; Benjamin Aguilar (Mountain View) dec. Jack Campbell (Naz), 10-4<\/p>\n
175: Anthony Verdi (St. Peter Prep) dec. Elijah Simak (Naz), 6-4, TB-2; Brock Frable (SL) inj. def. Blake Hostetter (Oxford), 2:40 (leading 10-5)<\/p>\n
190: Brayden Zuercher (Naz) dec. Dustin Kohn (Mountain View), 1-0; Colton Bell (Lake Highland Prep) maj. dec. James Hopkins (Wh), 14-4<\/p>\n
285: Noah Knorp (NDGP) dec. Declan Joyce (Hunterdon Central Regional), 3-2 UTB<\/p>\n
FIFTH-ROUND CONSOLATIONS<\/p>\n
120: William Russell (Manhasset, N.Y.) dec.\u00a0 Emili (BC), 7-1<\/p>\n
126: Cole (BC) maj. dec. Austin Guerrieri (Cape Henlopen), 13-3<\/p>\n
132: Reef Dillard (BC) dec. River Hibler (Paramus Catholic), 6-1; Kosko (Naz) pinned Michael Lamb(Haddonfield), 4:32<\/p>\n
138: Jack Abramson (Piscataway) dec. Noah Fenner (E), 5-0<\/p>\n
157: Brady Little (Howell) maj. dec. Barker (SL), 10-0<\/p>\n
165: Colton Quinn (Christian Brothers Academy) pinned Dominick Tunison (Naz), 3:30<\/p>\n
175: Frable (SL) dec. Cole Dunham (Pope John Paul XIII), 11-6<\/p>\n
190: Hopkins (Wh) pinned Jesse Adams (Parkersburg South), 2:02; Dustin Kohn (Mountain View) dec. Connor Gillahan (BC), 6-1<\/p>\n
215: Marquez Gordon (Bishop McCort) tech. fall Alonzo Parker (E), 20-5, 4:51<\/p>\n
285: Knorp (NDGP) dec. Noah Lawrence (Gilman School), 2-1 TB-2<\/p>\n
Senior writer Tom Housenick can be reached at thousenick@mcall.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWARK, Delaware \u2014 Dom Sumpolec\u2019s workout partners paid a serious price this past week for the Notre Dame-Green…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,305,25331,726,432],"class_list":["post-67137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-high-school-sports","tag-high-school-wrestling","tag-sports","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67137","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=67137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}