RUTH FRY/The Luminary Muncy grapplers finished with 2nd place at the PIAA District 4 Class AA team dual championship Saturday night at Milton High School and advances to the state tournament. They defeated Mt. Carmel 61-12 in the quarters and Montoursville 56-18 in the semis before being edged by Southern Columbia, 30-28 in the finals.

Southern Col. 30, Muncy 28

Muncy grapplers finished with 2nd place at the PIAA District 4 Class AA team dual championship Saturday night at Milton High School and advances to the state tournament. The Indians wrestled a PIAA preliminary match at home Monday night against District 9 runner-up Brockway. (Score was not available at press time). Should it win, it would advance to Hershey on Thursday against District 7 champion Burrell.

In the District 4 championship bout Southern Columbia edged Muncy 30-28. In the loss Hunter Poust defeated Sean Sprague by a decision of 5-1 at 220, and Joe Klock won his match at 132 with nine takedowns defeating Jake Renn by a major decision of 20-9. Bryce Vollman (126) won 3-2 in ultimate tie-breaker and Mike Kustanbauter edged Anthony Scicchitano at 182 with a 7-6 win. Jacob Blair (106) and Mario Barberio (113) grabbed forfeits in the final two bouts of the night.

Championship -(Both teams advance to state tournament)

No. 1 Southern Columbia 30, No. 3 Muncy 28

120: Jaret Lane, SC, pinned Christian Good, 5:26; 126: Bryce Vollman, M, dec. Ian Yoder, 3-2, UTB; 132: Joe Klock, M, maj. dec. Jake Renn, 20-9; 138: Mike Miner, SC, dec. Ethan Gush, 3-2; 145: Coleman Good, M, dec. Tyler Waltman, 13-8; 152: Cade Linn, SC, dec. Noah Gush, 3-1; 160: Cal Haladay, SC, dec. Gavyn Eisenhower, 9-3; 170: Gaige Garcia, SC, won by forfeit; 182: Mike Kustanbauter, M, dec. Anthony Scicchitano, 7-6; 195: Lear Quinton, SC, dec. Cael Hembury, 8-2; 220: Hunter Poust, M, dec. Sean Sprague, 5-1; 285: Connor Fulmer, SC, pinned Coty Steele, :48; 106: Jacob Blair, M, won by forfeit; 113: Mario Barberio, M, won by forfeit

Third-Place Consolation-(Winner advances to state tournament)

No. 5 Line Mountain 42, No. 4 Wyalusing 34

120: Ian Coller, LM, dec. Logan Newton, 9-4; 126: Keefer Neidig, LM, pinned Michael Bonhamer, 1:22; 132: Griffin Smeltz, LM, pinned Zach Shaffer, 2:28; 138: Luke Yonkin-O’Connor, W, pinned Micah Baumert, 3:36; 145: Caleb Shaffer, LM, tech. fall Dylan Whipple, 20-5, 6:00; 152: Joe Doss, W, maj. dec. Jacob Feese, 12-4; 160: Creighton Edsell, W, pinned Chance Hackenberg, 3:01; 170: Chris Koperna, LM, pinned Brody Reed, 3:24; 182: Ed Mapes, W, pinned Wyatt Bingaman, 3:16; 195: Ethan Long, LM, maj. dec. Jackson Chilson, 11-2; 220: Michael Wilcox, W, pinned Dominick Bridi, 3:06; 285: Jaron Renn, LM, pinned Randy Wildrick, 5:07; 106: Blake Wirt, LM, pinned Elijah Yoder, 1:09; 113: Darren Schum, W, pinned Cameron Hauck, 1:35

Semi-finals: No. 3 Muncy 56, No. 2 Montoursville 18

106: Jacob Blair, Mu, pinned Broc Lutz, 3:10; 113: Wyatt Lutz, Mo, pinned Mario Barberio, 1:26; 120: Christian Good, Mu, pinned Isaiah Gingerich, 4:27; 126: Bryce Vollman, Mu, pinned Colin Gorini, 3:06; 132: Joe Klock, Mu, tech. fall Cael Crebs, 16-0, 4:00; 138: Ethan Gush, Mu, pinned Jacob Dinges, 1:09; 145: Coleman Good, Mu, dec. Dylan Bennett, 2-1; 152: Noah Gush, Mu, pinned Isaac Koontz, :23; 160: Gavyn Eisenhower, Mu, dec. Charlie Steinbacher, 3-1, sv; 170: Mike Kustanbauter, Mu, pinned Jaxon Dalena, 1:20; 182: Josh Hall, Mu, pinned Caleb Schans, 1:02; 195: Gavin Hoffman, Mo, pinned Cael Hembury, :38; 220: Hunter Poust, Mu, dec. Cameron Wood, 6-2; 285: Dalton Tubbs, Mo, pinned Coty Steele, 5:24

Quarterfinals: No. 3 Muncy 61, No. 6 Mount Carmel 12

285: Colin Herb, MC, dec. Coty Steele, 4-2; 106: Jacob Blair, Mu, won by forfeit; 113: Mario Barberio, Mu, pinned Trevor McDonald, 1:0; 120: Christian Good, Mu, won by forfeit; 126: Bryce Vollman, Mu, pinned Joey Bendas, 4:32; 132: Joe Klock, Mu, pinned Tyler Owens, :36; 138: Ethan Gush, Mu, dec. Noah Berkoski, 2-1; 145: Coleman Good, Mu, pinned Bruce Carl, 3:34; 152: Noah Gush, Mu, pinned Tyler Winhofer, 1:22; 160: Shane Weidner, MC, pinned Gavyn Eisenhower, 3:23; 170: Mike Kustanbauter, Mu, maj. dec. Jeff Weidner, 14-3; 182: Josh Hall, Mu, pinned Damon Dowkus, 1:25; 195: Manus McCracken, MC, dec. Cael Hembury, 7-0; 220: Hunter Poust, Mu, pinned Austin Reed, 1:30

Montoursville, the tournament’s second seed, fell to Muncy in the semifinals and dropped a last-bout match to Line Mountain in the consolation semifinals, 36-33. Warrior Run was eliminated after going 0-2 yesterday with losses to Southern Columbia (57-10) and Line Mountain (37-32).

First Round, Jan. 31

After Wednesday’s first round of the District 4 Duals, Montoursville and?Muncy advanced to?Saturday’s quarterfinals while?Montgomery was eliminated with a loss. Montoursville beat North?Penn-Liberty, 59-21, and Muncy beat Mifflinburg, 52-24.

Team Scores: Southern Columbia 64, Central Columbia 0; Warrior Run 38, Milton 30; Wyalusing 64, Montgomery 10; Line Mountain 54, NEB 16; Montoursville, 59, NP-Liberty 21; Danville 52, Athens 27; Muncy 52, Mifflinburg 24; Mt Carmel 50, Towanda 27

Muncy 52, Mifflinburg 24

106: Gabe Gramley (Miff) pinned Collin Wertz, 1:11. 113: Mario Barberio (Mu) pinned Conner Walter, 2:24. 120: Christian Good (Mu) maj. dec. Dillon Wynn, 15-1. 126: Bryce Vollman (Mu), forfeit. 132: Joe Klock (Mu) pinned Clayton Reed, 2:39. 138: Trevor Bingaman (Miff), pinned Ethan Gush, 5:20. 145: Coleman Good (Mu), forfeit. 152: Noah Gush (Mu) dec. Eric Gessner, 6-3. 160: Gavyn Eisenhower (Mu), pinned Cody Rokovitch, 3:12. 170: Tyler Stoltzfus (Miff), pinned Joe LaRose, 1:32. 182: Mike Kustanbauter (Mu) pinned Blake Ray, 0:47. 195: Jansen Houdeshell (Miff) pinned Cael Hembury, 1:40. 220: Hunter Poust (Mu) pinned Devon Doane, 0:26. 285: Coty Steele (Mu) dec. Craig Kiester, 6-0.

Wyalusing 64, Montgomery 10

220: Michael Wilcox (W) pinned Eithan Marino, 1:44. 285: Randy Wildrick (W), forfeit. 106: Elijah Yoder (W) pinned Elijah Alexander, 2:27. 113: Darren Schum (W), forfeit. 120: Logan Newton (W) major dec. Terez Sewell, 9-0. 126: Colby Puderbach (M) dec. Michael Bonhamer, 9-7. 132: Brandon Daldo (M) major dec. Zachary Shaffer, 15-1. 138: Lukas Yonkin O’Connor (W), forfeit. 145: Dylan Whipple (W), forfeit. 152: Joseph Doss (W) pinned Jensen Drick, 4:23. 160: Creighton Edsell (W), forfeit. 170: Brody Reed (W), forfeit. 182: Eddie Mapes (W) pinned Chris Mangle, 2:42. 195: Daniel Beckley (M) dec. Jackson Chilson, 4-3.