RUTH FRY/The Luminary Top-ranked Scott Johnson, of Muncy, won the district title in the 126-pound weight class and will advance to regionals this weekend in Williamsport. Above, Johnson in the semis works on taking down Dylan Granahan, of Benton.

Following this past weekend’s Class AA District tournament, six local wrestlers earned their spot at this weekend’s Northeast Regionals in Williamsport after placing in the top six.

Three Muncy grapplers will be moving on. All three had wrestled their way to the district finals, the most of any school. At 126, top-ranked Scott Johnson held on to capture the district title defeating Warrior Run’s Kaden Milheim by a decision of 6-3. Later Ty Nixon (160) stepped on to the mat to earn his title defeating Towanda’s Bryant Green in sudden victory. Austin Johnson (Hwy) took on Mifflinburg’s Emmanuel Ulrich to one point in the last few seconds, but Ulrich got the win edging Johnson by a decision of 4-3. No freshman heavyweight wrestler has ever placed first in states, and Austin Johnson still has the chance to be the first after next week’s Regional tournament where the top 4 finishers move on.

Montgomery’s Conner Harer, the No. 1 145-pounder in the state in Class AA, squared off against second-ranked Kaiden Wagner of Lewisburg. Harer previously wrestled Wagner at Cumberland Valley and took a 3-1 decision. In the District 4 title match, Harer earned an 11-3 major decision over Wagner. Following Harer’s bout, his teammate, Devon Deem, won at 152 pinning Athen’s Karter Rude in 3:01. Deem is senior and is Montgomery’s all-time program leader in wins.

Hughesville has one moving on to regionals this weekend after finishing third in the 132-pound weight class. Caiden Puderbach won by a 7-1 decision over Ethan Kolb of Benton.

TEAM KEY: Hughesville (HU), North Penn-Liberty (NPL), Wyalusing (WY), CMVT (CT), Troy (TR), Southern Columbia (SC), Line Mountain (LM), South Williamsport (SW), Danville (D), Sullivan County (SU), Canton (CA), Montgomery (MG), Mount Carmel (MC), Montoursville (MT), Lewisburg (LB), Shamokin (SH), Towanda (TW), Jersey Shore (JS), Warrior Run (WR), Northeast Bradford (NB), Benton (B), Midd-West (MW), Williamson (WL), Loyalsock (L), Milton (ML), Central Columbia (CC), Bloomsburg (BL), Mifflinburg (MB), Athens (A), Meadowbrook Christian (ME), Muncy (MU).

RUTH FRY/The Luminary Above, Montgomery’s Devon Deem, in the semis, defeated Bailey Ferguson, 11-2, to advance to the district finals.

FINALS:106: Colton Wade (SU) Dec. CJ Carr, 4-0; 113: Branden Wentzel (MT) Dec. Gavin Bradley, 5-3; 120: Brock Weiss (JS) Dec. Chase Burke, 8-5; 126: Scott Johnson (MU) Dec. Kaden Milheim, 6-3. 132: Conner Heckman (MW) Dec. Mason Barvitskie, 1-0 UTB. 138: Cade Wirnsberger (ME) Dec. Cameron Milheim, 3-1. 145: Conner Harer (MG) MD Kaiden Wagner, 11-3. 152: Devon Deem (MG) pinned Karter Rude, 3:01. 160: Ty Nixon (MU) Dec. Bryant Green, 3-1 SV. 172: Garrett Garcia (SC) pinned Nolan Lear, 1:42. 189: Isaac Cory (MT) Dec. Hadyn Packer, 5-3. 215: Nick Woodruff (WY) Dec. Damon Backes, 3-2. 285: Emmanuel Ulrich (MB) Dec. Austin Johnson, 4-3.

THIRD-PLACE MATCHES

106: Jace Gessner (LB) Dec. Seth Kolb, 5-3; 113: Brady Struble (MB) pinned Kayvan Shams, 3:36; 120: David Kennedy (MT) pinned Matthew Smith, 4:48; 126: Bobby Gardner (SW) Dec. Dylan Granahan, 4-2; 132: Caiden Puderbach (HU) Dec. Ethan Kolb, 7-1; 138: Kole Biscoe (SC) Dec. Jake Courtney, 6-0; 145: Hayden Ward (CA) MD Mason Leshock, 10-0; 152: Bailey Ferguson (Canton) Dec. Louden Murphy (Southern Columbia), 3-1; 160: Troy Bingaman (MB) Dec. Tyler Bauder, 1-0; 172: Riley Parker (CA) pinned Kohen Lehman, 2:47; 189: Landon Lorson (SW) pinned Nick Wharton, 10-4; 215: Joseph Quinton (SC) pinned Bradley Leon, 1:59; 285: Kade Sottolano (WL) Dec. Nathan Rauch, 2-1.

FIFTH-PLACE MATCHES

106: Kaden Shay (SW) Dec. Bradyn Schadel, 8-4; 113: Blake Sassaman (D) Dec. Brady Moyer, 8-2; 120: Wade Alleman (SH) For. Nolan Baumert; 126: Aidan Kritzer (LM) Dec. Ayden Hunsinger, 6-1; 132: Blaize Vogel (MT) Dec. Seth Seymour, 8-5; 138: Lane Schadel (LM) Dec. Caden Temple, 2-0; 145: Braden Vincenzes (L) Dec. Jaymen Golden, 6-1; 152: Kaden Rodarmel (L) For. Chase Wenrich; 160: Alexander Hoffman (ML) Dec. Porter Dawson, 6-2; 172: Caden Hagerman (D) TF Josiah Schans, 15-0; 189: Connor Jones (D) Dec. Jude Bremigen, 2-0; 215: Mike Sipps (WL) For. Cale Bastian; 285: Gunner Treibley (ME) pinned Josh Nittenger, 1:42

RUTH FRY/The Luminary Muncy’s Ty Nixon (160) had to wrestle extra minutes to earn his district titled defeating Towanda’s Bryant Green in sudden victory. In photo Nixon takes Porter Dawson in the semis and wins by a decision of 13-7.

TOP-10 TEAM SCORES: 1, Southern Columbia, 114; 2, Montoursville, 101; 3, Benton, 97; 4, Canton, 74; 5, Muncy, 70; t-6, Athens, 69; t-6, Jersey Shore, 69; 8, Montgomery, 68.5; 9, South Williamsport, 67.5; 10, Line Mountain, 58.