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BLAIRSTOWN, N.J. &#8212; A year ago, Wyoming Seminary hosted Blair Academy and the Blue Knights defeated the No. 1 team in the country in Kingston.On Sunday, top-ranked Sem traveled to New Jersey to face the rival Buccaneers in a battle of No. 1 versus No. 2 in the nation. This time around, Blair turned the tables on the Knights with a 35-20 victory.Blair led throughout the dual and never gave up the lead at one point holding a 14-point lead with six bouts remaining.Sem went down 9-0 after two matches, but 120-pound sophomore Jack Davis got the team on the board with a 7-4 decision. Blair won the next two bouts before Patrick Munn (138) cut Blair&#8217;s lead to 15-7 with a major decision. The Buccaneers increased their lead to 21-7 after winning at 152, but the Blue Knights started a comeback.Mason Manville (160) won by decision and Christian Dietrich won by major decision at 182 to pull the Knights within 26-14 with three bouts remaining.The premier match of the afternoon came next at 195, and Blair&#8217;s Chase Singletary defeated Nick Reenan, ranked No. 1 in the country, 3-1 in overtime to put the Buccaneers in front 29-14 and clinch the win with two weights remaining.Sem&#8217;s Will Hilliard picked up a pin at 220, but Blair&#8217;s Neil Putnam closed out the dual with a fall at 285.Blair won nine of the 14 matches on Sunday and held an advantage of 20-14 in bonus points.Wyoming Seminary defeated Blair in the Ironman Tournament earlier this season after the Buccaneers dethroned Sem as national prep champs last February.The next time the teams will meet will be at this year&#8217;s National Prep Championships on Feb. 26. In another match of highly-ranked teams in the country, the Blue Knights will host fourth-ranked Bergen Catholic on Sunday, Jan. 31.No. 2 Blair Academy 35, No. 1 Wyoming Seminary 20106: Michael Colaiocco (Blair) maj dec Justin Hoyle 11-3; 113: Chris Cannon (Blair) tech fall Benny Baker 19-4; 120: Jack Davis (Sem) dec Mike Madera 7-4; 126: Zach Sherman (Blair) dec Jake Riegel 5-1; 132: Requir van der Merwe (Blair) dec Trent Olson 5-1; 138: Patrick Munn (Sem) maj dec Shane Brackup 10-0; 145: Andrew Merola (Blair) dec Jake Hendricks 3-0; 152: Max Pickett (Blair) dec Will Verallis 3-1 OT; 160: Mason Manville (Sem) dec Ryan Karoly 9-2; 170: Brandon Dallavia (Blair) tech fall Michael Doggett 16-0; 182: Christian Dietrich (Sem) maj dec Jimmy Stillerman 10-2; 195: Chase Singletary (Blair) dec Nick Reenan 3-1 OT; 220: Will Hilliard (Sem) pinned Nick Mosco 3:11; 285: Neil Putnam (Blair) pinned Dillon Ryan 1:20Note: Match started at 106 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>

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