L-L League Tournament first day results

(Photo by Chris Bradley: 10 seed Jared Danneker is heading to the semifinals in the 152 pound bracket).

I just got home from Conestoga Valley where I watched the first night of the annual Lancaster-Lebanon League Wrestling Tournament. By the way, it's ridiculously cold out. Seriously, it's awful. Anyway, here's a breakdown by weight of how E-town fared tonight, what they're looking at tomorrow and a few thoughts on each weight, where applicable.

103
E-town's Matt Hoover was the top seed here, and he was impressive. There were last-minute changes to a lot of brackets when I arrived at CV, and Hoover got a first round bye as a result (more on the rest of the changes later). So he had an automatic bid to the quarterfinals.

In the quarters, he was matched up against Elco's Zach Layser, and Hoover made quick work of the No. 9 seed, pinning him in just 27 seconds. And that was Hoover's night. 27 seconds and a trip to the semis, where he'll face No. 5 seed Tony Yohe, of Annville-Cleona, who won his quarterfinal match over Donegal's Caleb Osisek by a 9-6 decision.

The other semifinal will be 3-seed Corey Aspril, of L-S, against 2-seed Austin Miller, of Hempfield

112
E-town freshman Owen Bradley was the No. 11 seed in this bracket. In the first round, Bradley beat No. 6 seed Anthony Sowa of Northern Lebanon 6-2. In the quarterfinals, he lost to No. 3 seed Mark Lobeck of Lancaster Catholic 6-5 in a very good match. Bradley wrestled well tonight.

But he's now in the consolation bracket, where he'll get L-S' Mike Good, the 16-seed, to start his day tomorrow. He needs to win four matches tomorrow to get third place. Honestly, I don't see anyone beating McCaskey's Lexis Ortiz, but an Ortiz/Richie Reinoehl final would be a good match.

119
Calvin Anderton was originally E-town's 119 wrestler, but was a late scratch. E-town did not put another wrestler in the bracket.

125
Jeremy Rivera, the 3 seed, beat Catholic's Andrew Geraghty in the first round by pinning him in 1:53. In the Quarters, Rivera beat Warwick's Ian Stoeckl, a 6 seed, 11-6 to move to the semifinals. Rivera will match up against No. 2 Jordan Helton, of Cocalico, who beat McCaskey's Josh Rosario 6-5 in the quarters.

The other semi here is top seeded Dan Neff of Solanco against 4-seed Tyler Griffith of Manheim Central.

130
No. 9 Antonio Rodriguez lost his first round match to No. 8 Anatoliy Akulov of Garden Spot 9-1. Those two went into overtime in a dual match last week, but not this time.

Rodriguez had a bye in the first round of consolations, and then beat Donegal's Austin Theis 6-5 in the second round. He'll match up with No. 3 Sean Kincade to start his day tomorrow. Kincade was upset by No. 6 Joe Welk in the quarters. Columbia's Joe Ronca is looking awfully tough here, as is Dylan Killian, of AC, who didn't allow a point tonight.

135
No. 6 Troy Ernest started with a 4-2 first round win over No. 11 Benjy McQuate. But in the second round, Ernest ran into No. 3 Ian Rineer, of Penn Manor, and Rineer beat him 4-2 in the quarters, Ernest's first loss of the year.

Ernest will get No. 9 Bobby Haldeman, of L-S, in the consolation bracket to start tomorrow. Top seed Matt Myers is looking tough here, pinning his first two opponents in :53 and 1:25.

140
Tyler Lakota was in the original brackets for E-town, but did not wrestle tonight. Joe Alleman took his place in this bracket. Alleman lost 8-1 in the preliminaries and then 6-2 in the first round of consolations.

145
No. 6 Justin Lewis looked good in the first round, pinning No. 11 Nate Enck in 1:25. But in the quarters, he lost to No. 3 Luke Sims, of Manheim Township, 14-1.

In consolations, Lewis will start tomorrow with No. 17 Josh Forren of Solanco.

152
Jared Danneker is probably E-town's biggest surprise of the night. In the first round, Danneker, the 10 seed, beat No. 7 Nate Warner 5-0. And in the quarters, Danneker took down No. 2 seed Derek Kreiser-Shifflett, of AC, 12-6 to move to the semifinals.

Danneker will match up with No. 3 Brent Balmer, of Cedar Crest, who had two pins tonight. The other semifinal is No. 1 Josh Zamrin, of Cocalico, against No. 4 Nate Fowler, of L-S.

160
Adam Zellman, the No. 2 seed here, was on his game tonight. He started with a pin of Adam Stoner in :37 in the first round, and followed that with a pin of NO. 10 Josiah Diebler, of Solanco, in 1:31 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Zellman will take on No. 3 Jordan Miller, of Hempfield in what should be a great match.

The other semifinal is No. 1 Eric Resch, of Warwick, vs. No. 13 David Fair, of Manheim Central, who beat the No. 4 and 5 seeds to get to the semis. Tough bracket here with Resch and Miller, but Zellman's good enough to hang with them.

171
David Kennedy was originally scheduled here for E-town, but was another late scratch, leaving the Bears with no wrestler at 171.

189
Shane Rosenberry is the top seed in the bracket, and he looked like it. He pinned No. 16 Jordan Stoltzfus in the first round in :51, and followed that with a pin of No. 8 Delis Kruup in :29 in the quarters. In the semifinals, he'll get No. 12 Nate Nelson, who beat No. 4 Bob Dwonchyk in the quarters.

The other semi here is No. 2 Austin Schultz vs. No. 3 Evan Marin. I think Rosenberry should win this bracket.

215
Sean Heming, the No. 9 seed, was pinned in the first round by No. 8 Nate Kulp. But he rebounded to win his first consolation match, pinning No. 16 Tim Latham in :58. Tomorrow, he'll start off against No. 6 Zach Hickernell of Elco in the consolations.

Sorry to say it, but no one in this bracket is touching Warwick's Antonio Giorgio.

285
Alex Kirchner is the No. 2 seed in this bracket. In the first round, Kirchner pinned No. 15 Mason Dechert in 1:35. He then beat No. 10 John Martin 5-2 in the quarterfinals (in the last match of the night, by the way). In the semifinals, he'll take on No. 3 Nate Bicher, of Elco.

In the other semifinal, it will be N. 1 Ramsey Lopatic vs. No. 4 Cole Dillman.

I'll provide another update tomorrow, and will try again to get wireless access and give you live updates. But I'm not promising anything. I didn't get the team standings as of right now, but I'm guessing with no one at 119 or 171, the Bears have to get a lot of bonus points to beat out Warwick for the team crown.

OK, off to bed. Until tomorrow, stay classy Elizabethtown.