NORTH CATHOLIC FINISHES 6th AT REGIONALS....QUALIFY 2 WRESTLERS TO STATES!!!!

this past weekend the north catholic wrestling team traveled to Council Rock North HS to take part in the Southeast PA Regional Tournament. This tournament is the final qualifier to the PIAA State Tournament. To qualify, you must place in the top 4 in your weight class. The regional tournament contains all of the schools from the city and the suburbs. NC finished in 6th place, our highest finish in the two years of the event. here is a breakdown of all of the place-winners....

103 - mike mccall - 4th place - PIAA State Qualifier. Mike dropped his first match of the tournament then stormed through the consolation bracket with 3 straight wins to punch his ticket to states. He dropped the 3rd place match 6-5 and finished 4th in the Region.

125 - David Davidson - 5th place - david also dropped his first match. he then won his next two matches to set up the consolation semi-final. David dropped a 8-4 decision to a two time state qualifier. david then exacted some revenge for his earlier loss, winning the 5th place match by major decision. david finishes his career with 103 career wins.

140- Anthony White - REGIONAL CHAMPION!!! - anthony white became the first regional champion in North Catholic and PCL history. on his way to the championship, he defeated the #15, #4 and #5 ranked wrestlers in the state! his performance was so dominating in the finals, the wrestler he was facing QUIT with about 5 seconds left! anthony is now 38-2 on the year and needs 3 more victories to reach 100 career wins.

215 - AJ Vizcarrondo - 6th place - AJ finished his sophomore year with a 6th place finish at the regional tournament. The 215 bracket was one of the toughest brackets in the tournament. AJ dropped his first match, won his next two and had a show-down with last years PIAA 3rd place finisher with a trip to states on the line. AJ fought hard but dropped a 3-1 decision in OT. AJ currently has the most wins by a freshman and sophomore in North Catholics history.

285 - Jeremy Reith - 6th place - Jeremy lost 3 - 1 point decisions in the tournament. He dropped his semi-final match 3-2, his consolation semi-match 3-2 and his 5th place match 4-3 in ot. Jeremy was denied a shot to states by some shady officiating which i still lose sleep over. Lets hope that this motivates jeremy to be more offensive and train hard during the off-season.

Congrats to the Regional Place winners and also congrats to our other regional qualifiers: Erik Stankiewicz, Nick Cancelliere, Thomas Goodyear, and Will Trainor. also, best of luck to our departing seniors and keep it going at the next level.....

stay tuned to the PIAA States and the update to follow.....