Brayden Hartranft scored a 6-1 decision at 133 pounds to seal Berks Catholic’s 32-31 win over Saucon Valley in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A team wrestling tournament on Tuesday night at Freedom High School in Bethlehem.
The Saints (21-1) led 29-25 with two matches remaining, and Hartranft’s win gave the Saints a seven-point lead with one match left.
Berks Catholic led 18-6 after five matches, with Juan Eduardo Franco (172) and Carmine Lenzi (189) getting pins.
Saucon Valley then rattled off three straight wins to take a 24-18 lead.
The Saints responded with 11 points in the next two matches to take a 29-24 lead. Tyden Shuman got a technical fall at 114 and Neil Bitting got a pin at 121.
Matthew Santoro kept Saucon alive with a 7-2 win at 127 before Hartranft sealed the win for the Saints.
Berks Catholic advances to the quarterfinals Friday in Altoona where they will face Chestnut Ridge, the District 5 champion, which beat Derry Area 42-22 on Tuesday night.
The Berks Catholic-Chestnut Ridge match is at 5 p.m. at the Altoona School District fieldhouse.
In the preliminaries earlier on Tuesday, Berks Catholic rolled over Montgomery Area 52-9.
Saucon Valley was the District 11 champion and the Saints finished second in District 3 to Bishop McDevitt.
PIAA Class 2A team wrestling
First round
Berks Catholic 32, Saucon Valley 31
145: Andrew Messner (BC) over Braden Rohn, 8-1
152: Jackson Albert (SV) over Coy Koller, pin :38
160: Layden Acevedo (BC) over Cole Hubert, 8-5
172: Juan Eduardo Franco (BC) over Brit Ash, pin 3:47
189: Carmine Lenzi (BC) over Nicholas Sheasley, pin 1:23
215: Jared Rohn (SV) over Eric Bennethum, TF 21-6 5:49
285: Ezekiel Deily (SV) over Palmer Reber, pin 2:49
107: Carter Chunko (SV) over Trapp Walsh, 18-3 4:00
114: Tyden Shuman (BC) over Gavin Chunko, TF 15-0 3:28
121: Neil Bitting (BC) over Gabriel Baer, pin 3:03
127: Matthew Santoro (SV) over Keith Messner, 7-2
133: Brayden Hartranft (BC) over Aiden Grogg, 6-1
139: Hector Mateo (SV) over Gunnar Maciejewski, pin 0:23
Preliminary round
Berks Catholic 52, Montgomery 9
139: Brandt Harer (M) forfeit
145: Gunnar Maciejewski (BC) forfeit
152: Coy Koller (BC) over Max Furman III, 6-4
160: Layden Acevedo (BC) over Cameron Woltz, pin 2:25
172: Juan Eduardo Franco (BC) over Raiden Felix, 7-1
189: Carmine Lenzi (BC) over Coy Bryson, 2-0
215: Evan Hugar (M) over Eric Bennethum, 4-0
285: Palmer Reber (BC) over Ethan Hugar, pin :47
107: Trapp Walsh (BC) over Manny Stoltzfus, 4-1
114: Tyden Shuman (BC) over Liam Seeley, pin 1:05
121: Neil Bitting (BC) over Porter Hall, pin 3:05
127: Keith Messner (BC) over Gaige Reynolds, TF 16-0 4:00
133: Brayden Hartranft (BC) over Aj Kroft, TF 21-5 2:36
Source: Berkshire mont
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