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Bears get mat victory

Pleasant Valley knocked off another Lehigh Valley Conference foe in non-league wrestling action Thursday night.

The Bears, who defeated Nazareth earlier in the season, traveled to Northampton and handed the Kids a 36-28 defeat.In other action, Palmerton fell to Liberty.Pleasant Vy.-NorthamptonPleasant Valley and Northampton each won seven bouts in their non-league match but five of the Bears wins were falls and those bonus points carried them to a 36-28 victory.PV received pins from Michael Dahlstrom, Ernie Klingel, Joell Toledo, Mike Benner and Kenny Yanovich. The Bears' Aaron Brewer and Dominick Ammirato added decision wins.In a marquee matchup between state-ranked wrestlers at 113, Northampton's Zach Valley edged Sean Bianco by an 8-5 score.Pleasant Valley 36, Northampton 28106 - Kenny Yanovich (PV) pinned Michael Scheetz in 1:56.113 - Zach Valley (N) dec. Sean Bianco, 8-5.*120 - Paul Hetrick (N) dec. James Felipa, 3-0.126 - Michael Dahlstrom (PV) pinned Nate Derr in 1:30.132 - Ernie Klingel (PV) pinned Alex Bonner in 2:54.138 - Jason Stephen (N) pinned Pete Leika in 1:22.145 - Bobby Fehr (N) dec. Alex Yanovich, 10-9.152 - Cole Sheptock (N) pinned David Gehr in 1:14.160 - Joell Toledo (PV) pinned Brent Heintzelman in :11.170 - Tyler Bachman (N) dec. Nick Martucci, 5-2.182 - Marcus Newsom (N) major dec. Hunter Deihl, 8-0.195 - Aaron Brewer (PV) dec. Imad Azar, 4-2.220 - Dominick Ammirato (PV) dec. Jason Kocher, 2-1.285 - Mike Benner (PV) pinned Mark Imler in :56.Liberty-PalmertonLiberty put together four wins in a row from 132 through 152 pounds to take a big enough lead for a 39-24 non-league win over Palmerton.The Blue Bombers got pins from Cody Grohotolski and Skyler Rosenberry and decisions from Dillon Masington, Andrew Strauss, Kane Kralik and Josh Evans.Liberty 39, Palmerton 24106 - John Ritter (L) tech fall Daniel Russo, 16-0 (3:24).113 - Josh Evans (P) dec. Michael Connelly, 5-2.120 - Grimaldi Gonzalez (P) dec. Sam Oberlander, 6-1.126 - Dillon Masington (P) dec. Matt Fowler, 4-3.132 - Devin Latito (L) won by forfeit.138 - Isaac Kolman (L) pinned Zach Christman in 1:15.145 - Ardis Smith (L) maj. dec. Joey Bubble, 11-2.152 - Malik Lovell (L) dec. Zach Graver, 10-5.160 - Cody Grohotolski (P) pinned Fernando Arroyo in 3:27.170 - Richard Ruiz (L) won by forfeit.182 - Noah Klingboard (L) pinned Jake Christman in 3:20.195 - Andrew Strauss (P) dec. Andrew Miller, 6-4.220 - Kane Kralik (P) dec. Jake Gunning, 4-3.285 - Skyler Rosenberry (P) pinned Louis Csaszari in 5:08.