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H.S. Wrestling: Hazleton Area wins District 2 Class 3A duals championship

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YATESVILLE &#8212; The Lake-Lehman coaches started to look over their score sheets to go over tiebreaking criteria scenarios near the end of Saturday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Duals final against Tunkhannock.That was just as a worst-case scenario situation.Black Knights head coach Jay Konigus had all the confidence in the world in his 220-pound senior T.J. Meehan, who was district runner-up last year. The coach knew that since Meehan was going up against a Tunkhannock freshman, Nick Marabell, he would be in good shape.Still, nothing is certain.&#8220;I felt good with T.J. out there. Marabell&#8217;s a tough kid, but at the end of the day he&#8217;s a freshman,&#8221; Konigus said. &#8220;With a freshman on a senior, we should be winning that match. Marabell&#8217;s a great wrestler, but they had to pin to tie. I felt really confident that T.J. wasn&#8217;t going to get pinned.&#8221;Meehan overcame an early deficit in the second period then locked up a cradle and stuck Marabell with a fall in 4:45 to lead Lake-Lehman to a 45-33 win over the Tigers.With the win, Lehman claims its District 2 Class 2A-record sixth duals title. The Black Knights advance to the PIAA Team Championships and will meet District 9 champion Brookville in Thursday&#8217;s first round at 2 p.m. at Giant Center in Hershey.&#8220;I just put it on paper; they had to do it,&#8221; Konigus said while praising his team. &#8220;They just make me look good.&#8221;When the teams met in the regular season, the Black Knights won by 10 points. This time around, Tigers coach Bob Hegedty went with a different strategy to get different matchups as only four bouts were repeats with very identical results.The strategy worked early on for the Tigers as they held a lead as big as 18-6 after four weights. But new matchups quickly went in Lehman&#8217;s favor. Zach Stuart, a district runner-up from last year, defeated Ethan Munley by decision at 132, which pulled Lehman within three points. The teams alternated forfeits at the next two weights before another new bout went to Lehman when Hunter Burke, another district second-place finisher from a year ago, pinned Tyrese Konen to put the Black Knights in front, 27-24.&#8220;I don&#8217;t like kids wrestling each other a lot that&#8217;s why we moved away (from some bouts) and there were a couple places there we forfeited, which we don&#8217;t normally do,&#8221; Hegedty said. &#8220;But I didn&#8217;t want (Lehman) to keep building momentum. The kids feed off that so I was trying to deflate Lehman down a bit as best we could. It was a good match.&#8221;Tunkhannock&#8217;s Luke Carpenter (160) picked up a decision to tie the score 27-27, but Lehman&#8217;s Jake Trumbower (170) followed with a fall putting the team up 33-27. The Tigers had to forfeit at 182 and needed back-to-back pins to close out the dual and win the title on criteria. Jeff Meader did his part with a fall at 195 to pull the Tigers within 39-33, but Meehan stopped any attempted comeback.The Tigers wrestled without three injured standouts in state qualifiers Dave Evans and Tommy Traver, and senior Logan Hegedty. The team forfeited four weights but still had a chance to win the dual, which was still an accomplishment. They close out the dual season with matches against Honesdale, West Scranton and Dallas before getting ready for the individual postseason.&#8220;I told them I was really, really proud of the way they wrestled, they went after kids,&#8221; Hegedty said. &#8220;We&#8217;re just going to move forward as best we can and get ready for districts. We should have some kids coming back in, and some kids coming down in weight that haven&#8217;t been down all year. So we&#8217;re going to get them ready for districts that all we can do.&#8221;Class 2A FinalLake-Lehman 45, Tunkhannock 33106: Mason Konigus (LL) won by forfeit; 113: Owen Woods (Tun) pinned Jake Patla 1:11; 120: Matt Rosentel (Tun) pinned Chandler Longstrength 4:40; 126: Gavin Ruger (LL) won by forfeit; 132: Zach Stuart (LL) dec Ethan Munley 4-2; 138: Bob Long (LL) won by forfeit; 145: Gavin D&#8217;Amato (Tun) won by forfeit; 152: Hunter Burke (LL) pinned Tyrese Konen :35; 160: Luke Carpenter (Tun) dec Connor Morgan 6-1; 170: Jake Trumbower (LL) pinned Tyler Chesla 3:02; 182: Nick Zaboski (LL) won by forfeit; 195: Jeff Meader (Tun) pinned Tom Nalbone 2:00; 220: TJ Meehan (LL) pinned Nick Marabell 4:45; 285: Jhamal Zacharias (Tun) won by forfeitNote: Match started at 285 poundsClass 2A Third PlaceScranton Prep 39, Hanover Area 35106: Jason Yanul (SP) won by forfeit; 113: Zach Murphy tech. fall Jack Lynett, 18-3; 120: Antonio D`Appolonio (SP) dec. Joe Rowley, 3-2; 126: Ayden Berndt (SP) won by forfeit; 132: Mitchell Kirby (SP) dec. Liam Reilly, 5-1; 138: Patrick Mariotti (SP) won by forfeit; 145: Joe Monahan (SP) dec. Jared Banesh, 6-1; 152: Daniel Erickson (HA) pinned Bryce Genello, 0:44; 160: Alec Buttner (SP) pinned Hunter Thompson, 1:18; 170: Hunter Karpovich (HA) pinned Will Ferrario, 3:58; 182: Luca Dennis (SP) won by forfeit; 195: Avdo Adzemovic (HA) won by forfeit; 220: Caden Schiel (HA) won by forfeit; 285: Derek Knorr (HA) won by forfeit.Note: Match started at 126Class 2A Consolation SemifinalsHanover Area 36, Blue Ridge 30106: Double forfeit; 113: Gavin Crawford (BR) won by forfeit; 120: Zach Murphy (HA) pinned Isaiah Valentin, 0:50; 126: Joe Rowley (HA) dec. Nathan McArthur, 4-1; 132: Cole Soden (BR) dec. Liam Reilly, 5-2; 138: Alec Martin (BR) won by forfeit; 145: Jared Banesh (HA) won by forfeit; 152: Daniel Erickson (HA) dec. Adam Roe, 6-4; 160: Zachary Consla (BR) dec. Hunter Thompson, 6-5; 170: Hunter Karpovich (HA) pinned Thomas Gudykunst, 4:33; 182: Benjamin Guydkunst (BR) won by forfeit; 195: Avdo Adzemovic (HA) won by forfeit; 220: Eli Aldrich (BR) pinned Caden Schiel, 0:56; 285: Derek Knorr (HA) pinned William Clauson, 1:04.Note: Match started at 120<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Jake Trombower, right, puts a hold on Tunkhannock&#8217;s Tyler Chesla during Saturday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Duals final at Pittston Area High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL020319Wrestling4.jpeg.jpg</photo0><caption0>Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Jake Trombower, right, puts a hold on Tunkhannock&#8217;s Tyler Chesla during Saturday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Duals final at Pittston Area High School. </caption0><photoCredit0>Sean McKeag | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL020319Wrestling5.jpeg.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Tunkhannock&#8217;s Luke Carpenter grabs Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Connor Morgan from behind during the 160-pound bout at Saturday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Duals final at Pittston Area High School. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL020319Wrestling5.jpeg.jpg</photo1><caption1>Tunkhannock&#8217;s Luke Carpenter grabs Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Connor Morgan from behind during the 160-pound bout at Saturday&#8217;s District 2 Class 2A Duals final at Pittston Area High School. </caption1><photoCredit1>Sean McKeag | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Dave RosengrantFor 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: Lake-Lehman defeats Tunkhannock for D2-2A title