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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; For one last time on Thursday night, Ned McGinley sat matside for a dual at King&#8217;s College.</p><p>The entire night was a fitting setting for the longtime Monarchs coach, who is set to retire in a little less than a month after a stellar 48-year run.</p><p>McGinley coached his Monarchs in a tri-meet where they fell to his alma mater and city rival Wilkes 36-12. But then in his last dual ever as King&#8217;s head coach, the team helped McGinley go out in style defeating Penn College of Technology 48-12.</p><p>&#8220;Honestly, I am satisfied and have been satisfied for awhile,&#8221; McGinley said. &#8220;Sometimes guys regret this or regret that, but I have very few regrets.&#8221;</p><p>One of the biggest crowds of the season at King&#8217;s saw McGinley&#8217;s farewell where he was recognized once again before the match along with his former college coach at Wilkes, John Reese.</p><p>In addition to the legendary Reese, the crowd included longtime friends of McGinley, former wrestlers, several current and former high school coaches in the area along with many wrestling enthusiasts. All came to see his last dual.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice to see that. These are guys I haven&#8217;t seen in several years,&#8221; McGinley said. &#8220;This has been an awful lot. I never expected all this. It&#8217;s great to know that people have always been very nice to me and that King&#8217;s has always been very good to me, but the community, I was surprised at that.&#8221;</p><p>In the opener, the Colonels&#8217; tough wrestlers in the lower weights helped them stake a 26-0 lead after five bouts, led by a pair of athletes ranked No. 2 in the country in Guesseppe Rea (125 pounds) and Matt Grossmann (141). The Monarchs couldn&#8217;t recover against the 24th-ranked team in the country.</p><p>The Monarchs picked up wins by decision from Howie Kilpatrick and Zach Smith at 165 and 174, then a fall from Eddie Merrill at 197 to account for their points.</p><p>&#8220;If we were a little healthier it would have been a better match,&#8221; McGinley said. &#8220;But they&#8217;re very tough down low.&#8221;</p><p>McGinley even looked like his old animated self at times during the dual confronting referee Joe Bartell and sparking the official to say during the match that McGinley was yelling at him a lot.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s an old George Halas line. He said that he knew it was time to retire when he was running after the ref to yell at him and the ref was running away from him,&#8221; McGinley said. &#8220;I was yelling at Joe there, but Joe wasn&#8217;t paying any attention to me. It was good for one more time.&#8221;</p><p>The Colonels and Monarchs will both be idle now until next weekend when they participate in the NCAA East Regional on Feb. 24-25 in Virginia at Franklin County High School in Rocky Mountain, Va. At regionals, both teams will try to qualify for the NCAA Tournament on March 10-11 in La Crosse, Wis.</p><p>After Wilkes (20-5) defeated Penn College 44-9, the Monarchs capped the tri-meet, and McGinley&#8217;s dual meet career, with a 48-12 win over PC as he leaves with 906 duals coached and a record of 455-450-1.</p><p>The dual with the Wildcats was originally scheduled to be on Thursday as part of the event, but a few weeks ago, there was some uncertainty if they would make the trip. Then as a surprise, the team made it to King&#8217;s on Thursday night to make sure it got enough events in to participate in the NCAA postseason.</p><p><strong>Wyoming Area 36,</strong></p><p><strong>Pittston Area 33</strong></p><p>The Warriors and Patriots split the four bouts that were contested with Wyoming Area getting pins from Tyler Martin (132 pounds) and Adam Buczynski (220).</p><p>Pittston Area&#8217;s Josh McGilvary won by fall at 152.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Wyoming Area 36, Pittston Area 33</strong></p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>106</strong> &#8212; Brandon Lopez (PA) won by forfeit; <strong>113</strong> &#8212; Avonni Tooley (PA) won by forfeit; <strong>120</strong> &#8212; Ryan Lombardo (PA) won by forfeit; <strong>126</strong> &#8212; Double forfeit; <strong>132</strong> &#8212; Tyler Martin (WA) pinned Preston Oleski, 0:22; <strong>138</strong> &#8212; Charlie Banashefski (WA) won by forfeit; <strong>145</strong> &#8212; John Martineze (PA) won by forfeit; <strong>152</strong> &#8212; Josh McGilvary (PA) pinned Nick Semanek, 1:41; <strong>160</strong> &#8212; Jason DeBoard (PA) dec Corey Mruk, 7-3; <strong>170</strong> &#8212; Jaryn Polit-Moran (WA) won by forfeit; <strong>182</strong> &#8212; Double forfeit; <strong>195</strong> &#8212; Justin Joseph (WA) won by forfeit; <strong>220</strong> &#8212; Adam Buczynski (WA) pinned Nate Lombardo, 3:11; <strong>285</strong> &#8212; Damon Barhight (WA) won by forfeit.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Note:</strong> Match started at 195 pounds.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wilkes&#8217; Kyle Medrow picked up on of the Colonels&#8217; three pins on Thursday, decking King&#8217;s Tony Immediato at 149 pounds. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_TTL021717WilkesWrestle2-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wilkes&#8217; Kyle Medrow picked up on of the Colonels&#8217; three pins on Thursday, decking King&#8217;s Tony Immediato at 149 pounds. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_TTL021717WilkesWrestle3-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Wilkes&#8217; Nick Racanelli (sitting) wrestles King&#8217;s David White in Thursday&#8217;s match at Scandlon Gymnasium. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_TTL021717WilkesWrestle3-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Wilkes&#8217; Nick Racanelli (sitting) wrestles King&#8217;s David White in Thursday&#8217;s match at Scandlon Gymnasium. </caption1><photoCredit1>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_TTL021717WilkesWrestle1-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">King&#8217;s wrestling coach Ned McGinley (far left) surveys the action during the final dual meets of his 48-year career on Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/web1_TTL021717WilkesWrestle1-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>King&#8217;s wrestling coach Ned McGinley (far left) surveys the action during the final dual meets of his 48-year career on Thursday. </caption2><photoCredit2>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit2></div></div>
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Wilkes wrestling tops tri-meet; King’s Ned McGinley wins finale