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TIMES NEWS MAT RANKINGS

(through Feb. 17)

(bout minimum: 5)106 - Lenny Ogozalek, Panther Valley, Jr. (29-6); 2. Tegan Durishin, Lehighton, Fr. (24-5); 3. Kevan Gentile, Jim Thorpe, Fr. (21-12).Honorable Mention - Jarrett White, Northwestern Lehigh, Fr. (12-8).Notes - Ogozalek picked up a major decision win over East Stroudsburg North's Nate Caraballo in his only match last week. Durishin picked up a forfeit win in Lehighton's contest with Palmerton last week. Gentile broke a three-match losing streak in picking up a forfeit win in Jim Thorpe's match with Shuylkill Haven last week. White went 1-1 last week, with the win coming against Wilson's Jaryd Flank and the loss coming against Southern Lehigh's Freddy Giordiano.113 - 1. Kenny Yanovoch, Pleasant Valley, Jr. (28-2); Colin Mashack, Tamaqua, Jr. (19-0); 3. Darren Goida, Panther Valley, Fr. (23-13).Honorable Mention - Bernhard Quentin, Northwestern Lehigh, Fr. (14-7); Tylor Day, Jim Thorpe, Fr. (5-4); Zachary Kemmerer, Lehighton, Fr. (16-8); David VanBlargan, Northwestern Lehigh, Fr. (4-1).Notes - Yanovich picked up a major decision win in his only match last week against Northampton's Todd Hetrick. Mashack did not wrestle last week and remains at number two. Goida picked up a forfeit win in Panther Valley's match with East Stroudsburg North last week. Quentin won both of his matches last week and is on a four-match winning streak overall. Kemmerer defeated Palmerton's Brandon Traugher in his only match last week.120 - 1. Josh Evans, Palmerton, Jr. (27-3); 2. Matt Schmall, Northern Lehigh, Fr. (17-6); 3. Ali Capobianco, Jim Thorpe, Fr. (18-8).Notes - Evans did not wrestle in Palmerton's match last week against Lehighton. He should be ready to go for districts this coming weekend. Schmall also did not wrestle last week as Northern Lehigh's regular season is completed. Capobianco defeated Schuylkill Haven's Trevyn Fessler in Jim Thorpe's only match last week.126 - 1. James Felipa, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (22-9); 2. Kyle Morales, Jim Thorpe, Jr. (19-12); 3. Damien Fink, Palmerton, Fr. (7-7).Notes - Felipa defeated Northampton's Alex Bonner by a 4-2 decision in Pleasant Valley's only match last week. Morales defeated Schuylkill Haven's Wolfgang Hafer in the Olympians' only contest last week. Fink lost to Lehighton's Anthony Farano in Palmerton's only match last week.132 - 1. Dylan Rynkiewicz, Tamaqua, So. (26-6); 2. Dillon Masington, Palmerton, Sr. (20-6); 3. Zachary Glassic, Panther Valley, So. (14-12).Notes - Rynkiewicz did not wrestle last week, but is on a three-match winning streak since falling to Tri-Valley's Chase Schaeffer on January 30th. Masington was upset in his only match last week, falling to Lehighton's Dustin Koons. Koons (5-14) pinned Masington in 3:11. Glassic picked up a forfeit win at 138 pounds in Panther Valley's match against East Stroudsburg North last week. Glassic's last five matched have come at 138, where he is 3-2.138 - 1. Zack Christman, Palmerton, So. (22-8); 2. Conrad Young, Northern Lehigh, Fr. (14-9); 3. Garrett Gouger, Pleasant Valley, Sr. Fr. (16-15).Notes - Christman picked up a major decision win over Lehighton's Josh Gornick in his only match last week. Young remains at number two as Northern Lehigh was not in action last week. Gouger moves up to 138 in this week's rankings, where he has contested his last three matches. Gouger defeated Northampton's Andrew Bartholomew by a 4-2 decision in his only match last week.145 - 1. Joell Toledo, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (25-5); 2. Joseph Bubble, Palmerton, Sr. (19-6); 3. Nathan Farber, Northern Lehigh, So. (12-11).Honorable Mention - Tyler Cann, Lehighton, Fr. (6-4).Notes - A shakeup at 145 this week. Toledo takes over the top spot as Jim Thorpe's Brian Ohl moves up to 152, where he has contested 10 of his last 11 matches. Toledo moved up to 152 in his only match last week, which was a victory over Northampton's Joseph Fronti. Bubble returned to 145 this past week in Palmerton's match against Lehighton, where he picked up a win over Tyler Cann. Bubble's previous four matches had been at 138. Farber did not compete last week, but moves from Honorable Mention to third with Ohl's departure.152 - 1. Ty Herzog, Northern Lehigh, Sr. (21-4); 2. Zachary Graver, Palmerton, So, (23-4); 3. Brian Ohl, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (29-7).Honorable Mention - Joshua Perry, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (10-10).Notes - Ohl and Graver join the group this week and slot into second and third place behind Herzog, who remains at number one after not competing last week. Graver moves from 160 after competing at 152 in his last six matches, where he is 5-1. Graver defeated Lehighton's Dominik Mystkowski in his match last week. Ohl won his only match last week against Schuylkill Haven's Brandon Edelman and is on a four-match winning streak. Perry did not wrestle in Pleasant Valley's match against Northampton last week.160 - 1. Connor Frey, Lehighton, Fr. (23-6); 2. Mitchell Evans, Northwestern Lehigh, Sr. (15-9); 3. Jalil Aldridge, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (17-13).Honorable Mention - Austin Arnold, Northern Lehigh, So. (10-7); Matt Buss, Panther Valley, So. (20-15).Notes - Frey takes over the top spot with Graver moving to 152. He picked up a dominant win in his only match last week, pinning Palmerton's Shane Grohotolski in 0:26. Evans went 1-1 in his matches last week, picking up a win over Wilson's Renato Meza, but falling to Southern Lehigh's Adam Russek, who is 24-0 this season. Aldridge bumped up to 170 last week and picked up a win over Northampton's William Eaton. Buss lost his only match last week to East Stroudsburg North's Jared Stevens, who is 23-6 this year.170 - 1. Michael Ortiz, Northwestern Lehigh, Sr. (21-3); 2. Dylan Moyer, Panther Valley, Fr. (22-16); 3. Marcus Hardiman, Northern Lehigh, Sr. (8-4).Honorable Mention - Adam Toth, Tamaqua, Jr. (8-8).Notes - Ortiz went 2-0 last week, picking up wins over Wilson's Jeff Edinger and Southern Lehigh's Christian Ricci. Ortiz has won his last eight matches. Moyer won his only match last week against East Stroudsburg North's Cesar Velazquez by disqualification. Hardiman remains at number three after not competing last week.182 - 1. Cody Bowman, Northern Lehigh, Sr. (19-6); 2. Marques Spencer, Lehighton, Jr. (13-13); 3. Nolan Zeigler, Tamaqua, Sr. (9-9).Notes - Bowman will look forward to a strong postseason after Northern Lehigh wrapped up its regular season against Lehighton. Spencer rejoins the rankings after picking up a win against Palmerton's Jake Christman last week. Zeigler did not wrestle last week and it is unknown if he will remain with the team moving forward. He is currently away from the squad due to personal reasons.195 - 1. Hunter Deihl, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (21-5); 2. Richard Nase, Panther Valley, Jr. (25-10); 3. Jedidiah Scorzelli, Jim Thorpe, Jr. (10-5).Honorable Mention - Theo Young, Northern Lehigh, Jr. (11-11).Notes - Deihl picked up a win against Northampton's Jason Kocher in his match last week. Nase pinned East Stroudsburg North's Sha-quan Seals in his match last week. Scorzelli and Young did not wrestle last week.220 - 1. Dominick Ammirato, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (19-12); 2. Rich Smith, Panther Valley, Sr. (21-10); 3. Skyler Rosenberry, Palmerton, Sr. (21-11).Notes - Ammitato lost 2-3 in overtime to Northampton's Imad Azar last week. Azar is 22-11 this season. Smith and Rosenberry each picked up forfeit wins in their only matches last week.285 - 1. Rian Shubeck, Panther Valley, So. (32-2); 2. Mike Benner, Pleasant Valley, Sr. (21-4); 3. Luke Matsago, Tamaqua, Sr. (18-11).Honorable Mention - Ryan Ruberto, Jim Thorpe, Sr. (13-7); Andrew Strauss, Palmerton, Sr. (16-14).Notes - Shubeck defeated East Stroudsburg North's Edmund Davis in his only match last week. Benner and Strauss each picked up forfeit wins in their matches against Northampton and Lehighton, respectively, last week. Matsago did not wrestle last week and remains at number three.(Compiled by Patrick Matsinko)