Three wrestlers from Rutgers and three from Lehigh among champs at 86th annual Wilkes Open
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
Action image of Luke Karam of Lehigh courtesy of LehighSports.com
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The Wilkes Open, named "The Rose Bowl of Wrestling," and one of the most historic holiday wrestling events in the nation, celebrated its 86th edition on Saturday.
A team of unattached wrestlers from Rutgers scored the most points in the tournament, led by three individual champions, Brett Donner (165) Matt Correnti (197) and Christian Colucci (285).
Correnti rattled off four wins en route to a championship at 197 pounds. In the title match against Kyle Gentile of Lehigh, Correnti used a takedown in the final minute of the third period to secure the 5-3 decision.
Colucci went 4-0, including a 3-0 decision over Niko Camacho (American), to advance to the heavyweight final, where he claimed a medical forfeit over teammate Kyle Lighter went 3-0 on his side of the bracket, including an impressive first-period pin of Victor Lacombe (Lehigh) in the semifinal to also secure his spot in the title match.
Donner won five times, two by medical forfeit, including a medical forfeit in the finals over Lehigh's Gordon Wolf.
Three wrestlers from Lehigh also came home with gold medals. Competing for Lehigh and winning titles were Luke Karam (141) and Ryan Preisch (184). Lehigh wrestler Cort Schulyer, wrestling unattached at 149 pounds, also claimed a gold medal.
Karam and Preisch returned to action for the first time since the Nov. 11 Journeymen Collegiate Classic, while Schuyler made his season debut. Schuyler and Preisch bested Lehigh teammates in their finals bouts.
Karam rolled through the 141-pound bracket, going 6-0 with five falls to claim the title. Karam’s fastest fall was a 1:13 pin over Kyle Medrow of Wilkes in the quarterfinals. In the finals, Karam bested Patrick Quinlan of Franklin & Marshall 9-3.
Preisch, who won his first four bouts on the day, with two falls, before facing sophomore Chris Weiler in the finals. Preisch claimed a 7-0 decision over Weiler, who competed down at 184 for the first time since his deferred season, to win the title at 184.
Schuyler’s debut action for the season featured three wins by technical fall before defeating teammate Jimmy Hoffman 7-4 in the finals at 149.
The wrestlers competing unattached from Lehigh placed second in the standings, while the wrestlers reprenting Lehigh placed third in the standings.
A total of 39 teams, some competing unattached, were included in this year's tournament, held at the Marts Center at Wilkes University.
Other individual champions were Jakob Campbell of unattached-Bucknell (125), Ramazan Attasaouv of Wyoming Seminary (133), Kizhan Clark of American (157) and Michael O'Malley of unattached-Drexel (174).
86TH ANNUAL WILKES OPEN
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
125 LBS
1st Jakob Campbell (Unatt-Bucknell) DEC Shane Metzler (Unatt-Rutgers), 3-2
3rd Ryan Burns (Sacred Heart) MD Jacob Martin (Unatt-Hofstra Universty), 14-5
5th Zeke Escalera (Wyosem Prep) TF Daniel Murray (Rhode Island College), 21-6 5:28
133 LBS
1st Ramazan Attasaouv (Wyoming Seminary) MD Cole Rhone (Unatt-Unattached), 12-2
3rd Satoshi Abe (Unatt-Lehigh) DEC Jack Davis (Unatt-Penn State), 3-2
5th Justin Hoyle (Wyosem Prep) DEC Kordell Rush (Delaware Valley University), 11-4
141 LBS
1st Luke Karam (Lehigh) DEC Paddy Quinlan (Franklin and Marshall), 9-3
3rd Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) DEC Joey Rossetti (Unatt-Williams), 5-3
5th Kyle Dinapoli (Unatt-Rutgers) NC Wil Gil (Franklin and Marshall)
149 LBS
1st Cort Schuyler (Unatt-Lehigh) DEC Jimmy Hoffman (Unatt-Lehigh), 7-4
3rd Chris Martorello (Franklin and Marshall) DEC Aj Burkhart (Unatt-Lehigh), 8-6
5th Gerard Angelo (Finger Lakes Prep) M FOR Grant Bond (Bloomsburg)
157 LBS
1st Kizhan Clarke (American) DEC Brian Meyer (Unatt-Lehigh), 4-1
3rd Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) DEC Brian Friery (Unatt-Penn State), 8-3
5th Matt Grippi (Unatt-NC State) DEC Emmett Licastri (Franklin and Marshall), 8-3
165 LBS
1st Brett Donner (Unatt-Rutgers) M FOR Gordon Wolf (Lehigh)
3rd Brandon Levesque (Sacred Heart) DEC Noah Grover (Unatt-Buffalo), 11-5
5th Andrew Merola (Finger Lakes Prep) DEC Tim Fitzpatrick (Unatt-American), 10-3
174 LBS
1st Michael Omalley (Unatt-Drexel) DEC Gino Sita (Alderson Broaddus University), 4-3
3rd Edmond Ruth (Unatt-Unattached) DEC Anthony Falbo (Sacred Heart), 6-5
5th Connor Allshouse (American) DEC Anthony Vetrano (Bloomsburg), 6-1
184 LBS
1st Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) DEC Chris Weiler (Unatt-Lehigh), 7-0
3rd Peter Acciardi (Unatt-Buffalo) M FOR Billy Janzer (Unatt-Rutgers)
5th Anthony Mancini (Franklin and Marshall) F Mike Gallagher (Rhode Island College), 1:54
197 LBS
1st Matt Correnti (Unatt-Rutgers) DEC Kyle Gentile (Lehigh), 5-3 SV
3rd Kyle Murphy (Bloomsburg) DEC Phil Robilotto (Franklin and Marshall), 7-3
5th Austin Cooley (Wyosem Prep) M FOR Daniel Dagostini (Unatt-Scranton)
285 LBS
1st Christian Colucci (Unatt-Rutgers) M FOR Kyle Lightner (Unatt-Rutgers)
3rd Victor Lacombe (Unatt-Lehigh) DEC Niko Camacho (American), 7-4
5th Keegan Connelly (Unatt-Scranton) DEC Antonio Pelusi (Franklin and Marshall), 3-1 SV
Team Standings
1 Unatt-Rutgers 129
2 Unatt-Lehigh 122
3 Lehigh 105
4 Franklin and Marshall 91.5
5 Sacred Heart 67.5
6 Wyoming Seminary Prep 59
7 Bloomsburg 56
8 American 46
9 Finger Lakes Prep 45.5
10 Unatt-Buffalo 40.5
11 Wilkes University 28
12 Unatt-Penn State 26.5
13 Unatt-Unattached 25.5
14 Unatt-Drexel 23.5
15 Unatt-Scranton 22.5
16 Delaware Valley University 21
17 Rhode Island College 20
18 Unatt-Bucknell 19
19 Unatt-Williams 15
20 Alderson Broaddus University 14
(of 39 teams)
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - The Wilkes Open, named "The Rose Bowl of Wrestling," and one of the most historic holiday wrestling events in the nation, celebrated its 86th edition on Saturday.
A team of unattached wrestlers from Rutgers scored the most points in the tournament, led by three individual champions, Brett Donner (165) Matt Correnti (197) and Christian Colucci (285).
Correnti rattled off four wins en route to a championship at 197 pounds. In the title match against Kyle Gentile of Lehigh, Correnti used a takedown in the final minute of the third period to secure the 5-3 decision.
Colucci went 4-0, including a 3-0 decision over Niko Camacho (American), to advance to the heavyweight final, where he claimed a medical forfeit over teammate Kyle Lighter went 3-0 on his side of the bracket, including an impressive first-period pin of Victor Lacombe (Lehigh) in the semifinal to also secure his spot in the title match.
Donner won five times, two by medical forfeit, including a medical forfeit in the finals over Lehigh's Gordon Wolf.
Three wrestlers from Lehigh also came home with gold medals. Competing for Lehigh and winning titles were Luke Karam (141) and Ryan Preisch (184). Lehigh wrestler Cort Schulyer, wrestling unattached at 149 pounds, also claimed a gold medal.
Karam and Preisch returned to action for the first time since the Nov. 11 Journeymen Collegiate Classic, while Schuyler made his season debut. Schuyler and Preisch bested Lehigh teammates in their finals bouts.
Karam rolled through the 141-pound bracket, going 6-0 with five falls to claim the title. Karam’s fastest fall was a 1:13 pin over Kyle Medrow of Wilkes in the quarterfinals. In the finals, Karam bested Patrick Quinlan of Franklin & Marshall 9-3.
Preisch, who won his first four bouts on the day, with two falls, before facing sophomore Chris Weiler in the finals. Preisch claimed a 7-0 decision over Weiler, who competed down at 184 for the first time since his deferred season, to win the title at 184.
Schuyler’s debut action for the season featured three wins by technical fall before defeating teammate Jimmy Hoffman 7-4 in the finals at 149.
The wrestlers competing unattached from Lehigh placed second in the standings, while the wrestlers reprenting Lehigh placed third in the standings.
A total of 39 teams, some competing unattached, were included in this year's tournament, held at the Marts Center at Wilkes University.
Other individual champions were Jakob Campbell of unattached-Bucknell (125), Ramazan Attasaouv of Wyoming Seminary (133), Kizhan Clark of American (157) and Michael O'Malley of unattached-Drexel (174).
86TH ANNUAL WILKES OPEN
at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
125 LBS
1st Jakob Campbell (Unatt-Bucknell) DEC Shane Metzler (Unatt-Rutgers), 3-2
3rd Ryan Burns (Sacred Heart) MD Jacob Martin (Unatt-Hofstra Universty), 14-5
5th Zeke Escalera (Wyosem Prep) TF Daniel Murray (Rhode Island College), 21-6 5:28
133 LBS
1st Ramazan Attasaouv (Wyoming Seminary) MD Cole Rhone (Unatt-Unattached), 12-2
3rd Satoshi Abe (Unatt-Lehigh) DEC Jack Davis (Unatt-Penn State), 3-2
5th Justin Hoyle (Wyosem Prep) DEC Kordell Rush (Delaware Valley University), 11-4
141 LBS
1st Luke Karam (Lehigh) DEC Paddy Quinlan (Franklin and Marshall), 9-3
3rd Ryan Pomrinca (Lehigh) DEC Joey Rossetti (Unatt-Williams), 5-3
5th Kyle Dinapoli (Unatt-Rutgers) NC Wil Gil (Franklin and Marshall)
149 LBS
1st Cort Schuyler (Unatt-Lehigh) DEC Jimmy Hoffman (Unatt-Lehigh), 7-4
3rd Chris Martorello (Franklin and Marshall) DEC Aj Burkhart (Unatt-Lehigh), 8-6
5th Gerard Angelo (Finger Lakes Prep) M FOR Grant Bond (Bloomsburg)
157 LBS
1st Kizhan Clarke (American) DEC Brian Meyer (Unatt-Lehigh), 4-1
3rd Alex Carida (Bloomsburg) DEC Brian Friery (Unatt-Penn State), 8-3
5th Matt Grippi (Unatt-NC State) DEC Emmett Licastri (Franklin and Marshall), 8-3
165 LBS
1st Brett Donner (Unatt-Rutgers) M FOR Gordon Wolf (Lehigh)
3rd Brandon Levesque (Sacred Heart) DEC Noah Grover (Unatt-Buffalo), 11-5
5th Andrew Merola (Finger Lakes Prep) DEC Tim Fitzpatrick (Unatt-American), 10-3
174 LBS
1st Michael Omalley (Unatt-Drexel) DEC Gino Sita (Alderson Broaddus University), 4-3
3rd Edmond Ruth (Unatt-Unattached) DEC Anthony Falbo (Sacred Heart), 6-5
5th Connor Allshouse (American) DEC Anthony Vetrano (Bloomsburg), 6-1
184 LBS
1st Ryan Preisch (Lehigh) DEC Chris Weiler (Unatt-Lehigh), 7-0
3rd Peter Acciardi (Unatt-Buffalo) M FOR Billy Janzer (Unatt-Rutgers)
5th Anthony Mancini (Franklin and Marshall) F Mike Gallagher (Rhode Island College), 1:54
197 LBS
1st Matt Correnti (Unatt-Rutgers) DEC Kyle Gentile (Lehigh), 5-3 SV
3rd Kyle Murphy (Bloomsburg) DEC Phil Robilotto (Franklin and Marshall), 7-3
5th Austin Cooley (Wyosem Prep) M FOR Daniel Dagostini (Unatt-Scranton)
285 LBS
1st Christian Colucci (Unatt-Rutgers) M FOR Kyle Lightner (Unatt-Rutgers)
3rd Victor Lacombe (Unatt-Lehigh) DEC Niko Camacho (American), 7-4
5th Keegan Connelly (Unatt-Scranton) DEC Antonio Pelusi (Franklin and Marshall), 3-1 SV
Team Standings
1 Unatt-Rutgers 129
2 Unatt-Lehigh 122
3 Lehigh 105
4 Franklin and Marshall 91.5
5 Sacred Heart 67.5
6 Wyoming Seminary Prep 59
7 Bloomsburg 56
8 American 46
9 Finger Lakes Prep 45.5
10 Unatt-Buffalo 40.5
11 Wilkes University 28
12 Unatt-Penn State 26.5
13 Unatt-Unattached 25.5
14 Unatt-Drexel 23.5
15 Unatt-Scranton 22.5
16 Delaware Valley University 21
17 Rhode Island College 20
18 Unatt-Bucknell 19
19 Unatt-Williams 15
20 Alderson Broaddus University 14
(of 39 teams)
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