Third Will Work

Posted: February 8, 2016 at 10:25 am

It may come to a surprise that for Southern Columbia, despite their success in the 80’s and over the recent years, they have never gone beyond the district stage of the team wrestling tournament. But this year, loaded with senior talent, the Tigers were sure of themselves that they’d cross the hump. It started out just as they hoped, topping Athens 45-24 in the first round, but that’s when Montoursville gave them their first hurdle. Despite wins from Jaret Lane and Blake Marks, the Tigers ultimately fell 39-26, sending them into consolations. They first met Towanda, who gave them headaches until they got back-to-back pins from Kevin Olvaney and Steve Toczylousky to seal the match 42-30. But then the big matchup – the Tigers took on Lewisburg in a rematch from earlier in the week, one that Southern dropped 37-34. This time, more was on the line than just momentum. This time, they were playing for third place and a chance into the state tournament. With the match tight late, the outcome of it all didn’t come down to a pin, decision, major decision, or even technical fall. Hunter Murphey was disqualified for flagrant misconduct, giving Toczylousky the win at 195 and ultimately helped give Southern the win 35-24. Lane and Marks both went 4-0 on the day, and now the Tigers will face District 11 runner-up Northwestern Lehigh tonight for the chance to head to Hershey for the state tournament. Here’s the rest of the action over the weekend.

Boys Basketball

Friday:

Williamsport 65 – Lewisburg 57

Warrior Run 58 – Muncy 28

Saturday:

Milton 72 – Midd-West 34

Shamokin 81 – Mifflinburg 35

Selinsgrove 51 – Jersey Shore 47

Shikellamy 65 – Central Mountain 58

Loyalsock 70 – Bloomsburg 39

Central Col. 55 – Southern Col. 38

Hughesville 59 – Danville 55

Lewisburg 69 – Mt. Carmel 27

Tri-Valley 63 – Line Mountain 51

 

Girls Basketball

Friday:

Danville 50 – Jersey Shore 28

Mifflinburg 54 – Midd-West 43

Montoursville 46 – Milton 29

Bloomsburg 52 – Benton 44

Southern Col. 41 – Montgomery 31

Minersville 62 – Lourdes Reg. 32

St. John Neumann 39 – Vo-Tech 21

Saturday:

Warrior Run 40 – Athens 24

Williams Valley 71 – Line Mountain 52

 

Wrestling (Dual Meet Tournament)

AA Quarterfinals:

#1 Montoursville 36 – #9 Warrior Run 29

#6 Lewisburg 39 – #3 Line Mountain 28

#2 Wyalusing 46 – #10 Towanda21

AA Semifinals:

Wyalusing 47 – Lewisburg 21

AA Consolation 1st Round:

Towanda 42 – Line Mountain 27

Athens 39 – Warrior Run 33

AA Consolation 2nd Round:

Lewisburg 39 – Athens 36

AA Finals:

Wyalusing 50 – Montoursville 28

AAA Finals:

#1 Jersey Shore 42 – #2 Shikellamy 20

 

Bowling

-Shikellamy swept the boys and girls varsity and JV in the PHAC Invitational held on their home turf of Strike Zone Lanes in Sunbury. No word yet on their next step.

by Adam Hower

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