Published February 20. 2017 02:45PM
Pleasant Valley's Anthony Mazella capped his Ray Nunamaker Memorial JV Tournament with a gold medal.
Mazella cruised past Northampton's Shaun Miller with a 16-4 major decision in the 170-pound final Saturday.Mazella's title capped a successful day for Times News area wrestlers. A total of 14 area grapplers earned hardware.Northwestern's Jack Casciano (120) placed second, while Northern Lehigh's David Neff (220) placed third.Lehighton and Panther Valley had four placewinners apiece.Will Smith (220) and Jake Hauser (285) both placed fourth for the Indians, while Kevin Madea (106) and Nate Lucykanish (120) finished sixth.For the Panthers, Louden Breiner (106) placed fourth, Colin Haydt (182) fifth, and Noah Berk (160) and Noah Easterly (195) took sixth.Will Delicker (138) recorded a fourth place finished for the Tigers, while Sam Day (182) took sixth.Christian DeReinzi (285) also placed fifth for the Bears.BOYS BASKETBALL8TH GRADETamaqua-LehightonTamaqua edged Lehighton, 32-30Joey Coleman and Nate Gregoire led Tamaqua with 11 points apiece.Fisher had eight points for Lehighton.Jim Thorpe-TamaquaTamaqua defeated Jim Thorpe, 30-25.Joey Coleman had 18 points and Toby Berg added six for the Blue Raiders.T. Hillary had six points for Jim Thorpe.