BETHLEHEM It was a different tale for the likes of Northwestern and Northern Lehigh at this year's Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic. Both programs were shutout of the medal contention last year, but emerged from Liberty's Memorial Gymnasium with plenty of positives following the completion of wrestling Monday evening.

Northern Lehigh took home four medals from the tournament to lead all Times News participants, while Northwestern took home three medals to give both programs a boost heading in the new year."We didn't have any guys medal last year," said Nolehi head coach Steve Hluschak. "To have four guys medal, all of which are underclassmen, it's good for us. This is a quality tournament with a lot of good teams here. I think we had all of our guys win at least two matches during the tournament, so that's good for us."Matt Schmall (132, seventh), Ryan Farber (145, fifth), Conrad Young (152, fifth) and Cameron Kates (HWT, seventh) rounded out the Bulldog contingent of medalists, as Kates and Young each recorded falls in the medal round.Northwestern head coach Jim Moll saw Quentin Bernhard (120) and Jarrett White (126) take fifth, while Caleb Clymer (138) lost in the seventh place match, 5-3, against fellow Times News area wrestler Tegan Durishin (Lehighton)."Caleb really stood out for us during the tournament," said Tigers head coach Jim Moll. "He just wrestles really hard every time he's on the mat for us as a freshman. He's constantly attacking and really fun to watch."Lehighton's Connor Frey (182) and Palmerton's Zach Graver (170) each took fifth. The Bombers also saw Zack Christman (160, sixth) and Jarred Mooney (182, eighth) place.Pleasant Valley's Brody Keefe (170) was the lone Bear to medal, as he finished in seventh place.For the likes of Hlushack and Moll, seeing improvement against caliber opponents is all they were hoping for heading into another long weekend of tournament wrestling."This tournament shows us where we're at," said Moll. "We feel good with where we're at and this tournament helps us open our eyes on what we need to do better as a team in the [wrestling] room and on the mat during matches."Hluschak echoed similar sentiments, as the Bulldogs finish met team expectations, yet left the coach still wanting more."There's always room for improvement," he said. "I think coming into the tournament we would have been happy placing three or four guys, so we did what we set out to do. Now we just have to keep it going."Team scores1. Wyoming Seminary 272.5 ; 2. Phillipsburg 198 3. Nazareth 160; 4. Council Rock South 158; 5. Central Dauphin 153; 6. Freedom 148; 7. Liberty 137; 8. Pennridge 115; 9. Tri-Valley 97; 10. Northampton 95; 11. Northern Lehigh 92; 12. Stroudsburg 82; 13. Delaware Valley 81.5; 14. Warwick 80; 15. Hazleton 67; 16 Wyoming Valley West 66.5; 17. Saucon Valley 66; 18. Northwestern 61; 19. North Penn 60.5; 20. Quakertown 58; 21. Pottsville 54.5. 22. Lehighton 50.5; 23. Palmerton 41; 24. Pleasant Valley 39; 25. Pen Argyl 38; 26. St. Mark's (Del.) 26.Finals106 Riley Palmer (CRS) major Luke Werner (Lib), 15-4.113 Brandon Paetzell (Pb) dec. Devon Schnupp (Wa), 5-2.120 Jack Mueller (WS) dec. KJ Fenstermacher (Lib), 8-4.126 Zach Trampe (CRS) dec. Luke Gardner (Po), 3-1.132 Johnny Busiello (WS) dec. Todd Hetrick (Nh), 2-0 OT.138 Zach Elvin (CD) dec. John Ritter (Lib), 7-2.145 Travis Stefanik (Naz) dec. Luke Martoccio (CRS), 4-0.152 Dylan Schwartz (CRS) dec. Adam Evans (F), 3-1 OT.160 Max Elling (Pb) inj. def. Chris Weiler (WS), 5:02.170 Cody Cordes (WVW) dec. Jim Schuitema (Pb), 2-0.182 Christian Dietrich (WS) dec. John Jakobsen (St), 3-1 OT.195 Matt Wagner (DV) dec. Zane Black (WS), 2-1.220 Andrew Gunning (Lib) dec. Cole Nye (WS), 4-3.285 Michael Rogers (WS) dec. Joe Kracz (Pr), 9-3.Third place106 Will Moss (WS) dec. Trevor Tarsi (Naz), 4-2 OT.113 Danny Moran (Nh) dec. Jack Davis (WS), 7-2.120 Tyshawn White (CD) dec. Dylan Brown (F), 11-5.126 Sammy Sasso (Naz) dec. James Hoffman (Haz), 2-0.132 Travis Smith (Naz) dec. Sammy Hepler (TV), 5-3.138 DJ Wissing (Pb) dec. Brock Wilson (Naz), 6-2.145 Jake Hendricks (WS) dec. Colin Shannon (NP), 7-6.152 Skitch Light (CD) major Anthony Snyder (TV), 13-1.160 Hunter Harner (TV) dec. Cade Moisey (Nh), 5-2.170 Jake Young (F) major Carson Kinney (Haz), 14-4.182 Kyle Gentile (Pr) major Derek Spachman (Haz), 9-0.195 Ben Kenis (CRS) dec. John Callahan (F), 8-6 OT.220 Ezra Outlaw (Pr) dec. Micah Jones (Q), 1-0.285 Robert Melise (Pb) dec. Joshua Newhart (F), 3-2.Fifth place106 Kyle Markus (Pb) inj. def. Logan Ninos (Nh), 2:18.113 Kyle Cherry (CD) pinned Jack Hill (SV), :49.120 Quentin Bernhard (NW) dec. Garrett Snyder (Naz), 4-0.126 Caleb Bordner (TV) dec. Jonah Zych (F), 6-0.132 Josh Stillings (Pr) dec. Jason Jones (SV), 2-0.138 Patrick Munn (WS) dec. Jake Jones (St), 3-1.145 Ryan Farber (NL) dec. Chase Schaeffer (TV), 5-3.152 Conrad Young (NL) pinned John Kaluzny (Pb), 2:53.160 Mitchell Pleskonko (CD) won by forfeit.170 Zach Graver (Pm) won by forfeit.182 Connor Frey (Leh) major Evan Callahan (F), 10-0.195 Steven McNeal (CD) dec. Avery Quinn (Wa), 4-1.220 Walter Ortiz (Naz) dec. Kevin Hughes (St), 1-0.285 Austin Maguire (Wa) pinned Kyle Gildner (L), 2:15.Seventh place106 Chris Wright (CD) dec. Andy Evans (F), 2:11.113 Ben Huber (F) dec. Ryan O'Grady (Naz), 4-0.120 James Wright (WVW) dq. Harrison Campbell (Q).126 Jarret White (NW) dec. Chase Anklam (PA), 4-3.132 Matt Schmall (NL) dec. Bobby Lipski (WVW), 6-1.138 Tegan Durishin (Leh) dec. Caleb Clymer (NW), 5-3 OT.145 Stephen Friedman (Pb) major Koltyn Eason (CD), 10-1.152 Richie Liberio (NP) dec. Peyton Bates (L), 4-1.160 Ricky Fornaciari (Naz) dec. Shane Jones (St), 8-7.170 Brody Keefe (PV) dec. Chris Duncan (DV), 1-0.182 Jarred Mooney (Pm) dec. Chris Gallagher (L), 4-2.195 Andrew Reinhold (Pr) won by forfeit.220 David Brubaker (Wa) pinned Jake Rugis (F), 2:13.285 Cameron Kates (NL) pinned Evan Childs (CD), 1:28.