The Lehighton wrestling team picked up a win over local rival Palmerton on Tuesday by a score of 49-24. The Indians won eight out of 14 bouts to gain the victory.

WRESTLINGPalmerton-LehightonLehighton utilized some strong performances and timely forfeits to pull out a non-league win over Palmerton, 49-24.For the Indians, Zach Kemmerer picked up a tech fall to aid in the team effort.Meanwhile, the Bombers got a pin from Matt Wolfe, a Zach Graver tech fall, a major decision from Travis Stroup and three decisions from Dan Russo, John Iles, and Jared Mooney to attempt the denial of victory.Lehighton 49, Palmerton 24220 - John Iles (P) dec. Perry Didyoung, 10-6285 - Alexander Smith (L) won by forfeit106 - Ezra Neff (L) won by forfeit113 - Antonio Lorenzo (L) won by forfeit120 - Zach Kemmerer (L) tech. fall Brandon Traugher, 21-5 in 4:52126 - Tegan Durishin (L) won by forfeit132 - Dan Russo (P) dec. Kevin Brownmiller, 3-1138 - Travis Stroup (P) maj. dec. Christopher Clay, 15-6145 - Anthony Farano (L) won by forfeit152 - Dustin Koons (L) won by forfeit160 - Zach Graver (P) tech. fall Tyler Cann, 20-4 in 6:00170 - Jared Mooney (P) dec. Dominik Mystkowski, 10-9182 - Connor Frey (L) won by forfeit195 - Matt Wolfe (P) pinned Daniel Berger in 1:20.Jim Thorpe-Upper DauphinUpper Dauphin clinched the Schuylkill League Division 2 title with a 48-29 win over Jim Thorpe.For Jim Thorpe, Cam Condly (152), Justice Batts (220), and Ali Capobianco (132) all won by pin fall.Upper Dauphin 48,Jim Thorpe 29138 - Jackson Kennerly (UD) won by forfeit145 - Antonio Madera (JT) tech. fall Alex Messner152 - Cam Condly (JT) pinned Daniel Clapp in 3:18160 - Rob Geisinger (JT) dec. Clayton Kerwin170 - Ryan Straub-Fisher (UD) pinned Rob Heller in 2:57182 - Joe Becker (UD) won by forfeit195 - Trey Campbell (UD) pinned Greg Palmer in 2:45220 - Justice Batts (JT) pinned Payton Kennerly in 5:31285 - James Wilkinson (UD) pinned Ryan O'Rourke in :48106 - Kevan Gentile (JT) dec. Conner Boyer 4-3113 - Coy Campbell (UD) pinned Prince Simmond in 1:20120 - Cheyne Oren (UD) pinned Tylor Day in :22132 - Ali Capobianco (JT) pinned Evan Hoffman in 5:03