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EXETER &#8212; Brandon Williams (106), Justin Esposito (113), Tyler Martin (132), Pat Heck (138) and Zach Briggs (170) all won via fall as Wyoming Area opened its dual season with a 42-36 win over Scranton Prep in a non-conference wrestling match. Briggs&#8217; win sealed the victory with three matches remaining.For Scranton Prep, Avoca&#8217;s Thor Balavage (285) and Ivan Balavage (182) both won by pin.Benton 60, Berwick 15The Tigers took advantage of five Berwick forfeits and also got pins by Alan Diltz (120), Mike Stuart (138), Mason Wyatt (145) and Jeremy Walsh (182).Berwick received pins from Alec Talanca and Matt Maczuga at 132 and 170, while Stone Force won by decision at 285.Wallenpaupack 33, Coughlin 30The Crusaders won eight of the 11 contested bouts, but had to forfeit three times, and lost two of the other three matches via fall to lose the close decision.Coughlin got a pin from Josh Brown at 138, major decisions from Tino Morrow (106), Pat Clarke (120) and Mike Brown (160). Also winning for the Crusaders by decision were Joe Rey (113), Joey Pahler (126) and Jake Brown (132).Danville 75, Nanticoke 6In a dual held on Tuesday night, the Trojans&#8217; lone victory came courtesy of a fall by 106-pounder Dave Jones in 15 seconds.Benton 60, Berwick 15106: Vayle-Rae Baker (Ben) won by forfeit; 113: Joe Klock (Ben) won by forfeit; 120: Alan Diltz (Ber) pinned Travis Dent 3:08; 126: Colton Babcock (Ben) won by forfeit; 132: Alec Talanca (Ber) pinned Justin Wagner 2:13; 138: Michael Stuart (Ben) pinned Kyle Yule 1:30; 145: Mason Wyatt (Ben) pinned Zachary Fish 1:18; 152: Anthony Vitale (Ben) won by forfeit; 160: no contest; 170: Matthew Maczuga (Ber) pinned Tyler Puterbaugh 4:15; 182: Jeremy Walsh (Ben) pinned Luke Fisher 3:36; 195: Ethan Dildine (Ben) won by forfeit; 220: Jared Sivco (Ben) won by forfeit; 285: Stone Force (Ber) dec Dylan Womelsdorf 6-4Note: Match started at 152 poundsWallenpaupack 33, Coughlin 30106: Tino Morrow (Cou) maj dec Brennen 11-0; 113: Joe Rey (Cou) dec Nakielny 7-1; 120: Pat Clarke (Cou) maj dec Krial 11-2; 126: Joey Pahler (Cou) dec Franklin 12-7; 132: Jake Brown (Cou) dec Ortiz 6-2; 138: Josh Brown (Cou) pinned Krug 1:13; 145: Frankie Castano (Cou) dec Ortiz 7-3; 152: Hartman (Wall) dec Jacob Heylek 5-1; 160: Mike Brown (Cou) maj dec Hannon 9-0; 170: Neuglia (Wall) pinned Taylor Chronowski; 182: Frick (Wall) won by forfeit; 195: Zarcone (Wall) won by forfeit; 220: Gonzalez (Wall) won by forfeit; 285: Hartman (Wall) pinned Marinko 4:46Note: Match started at 126 poundsWyoming Area 42, Scranton Prep 36106: Brandon Williams (WA) pinned Zach Kornfeld 5:24; 113: Justin Esposito (WA) pinned Connor Chernesky :30; 120: Robin Wrobleski (WA) won by forfeit; 126: Daniel Kosko (WA) won by forfeit; 132: Tyler Martin (WA) pinned Grady Germain 1:08; 138: Patrick Heck (WA) pinned Alec Buttner 4:36; 145: Mikey Welsh (SP) won by forfeit; 152: Matt Soliman (SP) dec Stephen Sokach-Minnick 12-6; 160: Tommy Carroll (SP) pinned Nicholas Semanek :59; 170: Zachary Briggs (WA) pinned Alex Posley 1:47; 182: Ivan Balavage (SP) pinned Jaryn Polit-Moran 1:08; 195: Bruce Parola (SP) dec Adam Buczynski 6-5; 220: Chris Bender (SP) won by forfeit; 285: Thor Balavage (SP) pinned Damon Barhight :50Note: Match started at 285 poundsDanville 75, Nanticoke 6 (Tuesday)106: Dave Jones (Nan) pinned Dylan Spotts :15; 113: LiamBrady (Dan) pinned Megan Kocher :52; 120: Evan Welliver (Dan) pinned Dom Souder 4:25; 126: Thomas Hack (Dan) pinned Pat Bova 1:17; 132: Karden Kurzawa (Dan) pinned Austin Cheslaw :13; 138: Austin Craig (Dan) pinned Krystal Daniele 1:37; 145: Eric Sees (Dan) pinned Chris Maute 1:54; 152: Bellino (Dan) won by forfeit; 160: Dalton Semiclose (Dan) won by forfeit; 170: Zakarian (Dan) won by forfeit; 182: Jay Brennan (Dan) tech fall Nick Capozzi 17-1; 195: Crone (Dan ) won by forfeit; 220: Walters (Dan) won by forfeit); 285: Yeager (Dan) maj dec Ryan Zakarauskas 15-4Note: Match started at 182 pounds<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader Sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @TLSports</shirttailMeta></div>

H.S. wrestling: Wyoming Area opens dual season with win