HERSHEY — Friday was day two of the PIAA Class 3A boys wrestling championships. For eight Lancaster-Lebanon League wrestlers, it was day one of the redemption tour.
Putting Thursday in the rear-view mirror, those eight set out to win the two matches necessary to unlock access to the podium and shot at a bronze medal. Five got to the threshold, the blood round. Three won their way onto the podium at the Giant Center.
Of the three, Hempfield’s Seamus Mack had perhaps the most sublime path. After utilizing all his funky skills to score a pair of takedowns and defeat Blake Boyer of Kennett 5-2, Mack earned his spot in the consolation semifinals at 139 with a walkover, as Brock Weiss of Jersey Shore forfeited.
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Manheim Central's Brodie Daugherty reacts after pinning Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Manheim Central head coach Robert Eno, left, and assistant coach Jordan Enck react as Brodie Daugherty pins Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Manheim Central's Brodie Daugherty puts the clamps on Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Manheim Twp.'s Kaedyn Williams takes control of Bethlehem Catholic's Reef Dillard in their 114 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Penn Manor's Brooklyn Ayala reacts after beating Honesdale's Jaidyn Mikulak in their 235 pound consolation match and making it to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Hempfield's Hattie Mack jumps into the arms of her dad head coach Shane Mack after winningher consolation match and getting to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Hempfield head coach Shane Mack, left, and assistant coach Amanda Haver yell out instructions to his daughter Hattie Mack as she takes on Cumberland Valley's Jocelyn Fishel in their 100 pound consolation match during the PIAA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Penn Manor's Brooklynn Ayala celebrates with her family and teammates after winning her consolation match and getting to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Manheim Twp.'s Bella Baccio gets a hug her mom Ali Bucher after winning her consolation match and making it to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Manheim Twp.'s Bella Baccio climbs over press row to hug her mom Ali Bucher after winning her consolation match and making it to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel battles Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel battles Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel takes down Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel takes a shot on Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel takes a shot on Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel, right, shakes hands with his finals opponent Bishop McDevitt's Greyson Music, after they both won their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel reacts as Bishop McDevitt's Greyson Music defeats Reynold's Lou Gill in the other 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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2024 PIAA wrestling championships - Day 2 [photos]
Hempfield's JJ Plaza takes a shot on Easton's Shane Linegar in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Central's Brodie Daugherty reacts after pinning Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Central head coach Robert Eno, left, and assistant coach Jordan Enck react as Brodie Daugherty pins Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Central's Brodie Daugherty battles Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Central's Brodie Daugherty puts the clamps on Perkiomen Valley's Carter Euker in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Conestoga Valley head coach Charley Combs yells out instructions to Abdoul Akala during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Conestoga Valley's Abdoul Akala escapes from Mifflin County's Avery Aurand in their 172 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Conestoga Valley's Abdoul Akala takes down Mifflin County's Avery Aurand in their 172 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Hempfield's Kyle Deisley tangles with Pottsville's Parrish McFarland in their 152 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Donegal's Reuben Mumper picks the ankle of Abington Heights' Austin Smith in their 152 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Hempfield's Seamus Mack takes on Kennett's Blake Boyer in their 139 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Hempfield's Seamus Mack takes on Kennett's Blake Boyer in their 139 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Twp.'s Kaedyn Williams battles Bethlehem Catholic's Reef Dillard in their 114 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Twp.'s Kaedyn Williams battles Bethlehem Catholic's Reef Dillard in their 114 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Twp.'s Kaedyn Williams takes control of Bethlehem Catholic's Reef Dillard in their 114 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Hempfield's JJ Plaza takes a shot on Easton's Shane Linegar in their 189 pound consolation match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Penn Manor's Brooklyn Ayala reacts after beating Honesdale's Jaidyn Mikulak in their 235 pound consolation match and making it to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Penn Manor's Brooklyn Ayala escapes from Honesdale's Jaidyn Mikulak in their 235 pound match during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
McCaskey's Jurelys Peguero fights off a shot by Southwestern's Davina Crump in their 190 pound consolation match during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Hempfield's Hattie Mack jumps into the arms of her dad head coach Shane Mack after winningher consolation match and getting to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Hempfield head coach Shane Mack, left, and assistant coach Amanda Haver yell out instructions to his daughter Hattie Mack as she takes on Cumberland Valley's Jocelyn Fishel in their 100 pound consolation match during the PIAA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Hempfield's Hattie Mack takes on Cumberland Valley's Jocelyn Fishel in their 100 pound consolation match during the PIAA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Hempfield's Hattie Mack takes on cumberland Valley's Jocelyn Fishel in their 100 pound consolation match during the PIAA Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Penn Manor's Brooklynn Ayala celebrates with her family and teammates after winning her consolation match and getting to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Twp.'s Bella Baccio gets a hug her mom Ali Bucher after winning her consolation match and making it to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Manheim Twp.'s Bella Baccio climbs over press row to hug her mom Ali Bucher after winning her consolation match and making it to the medal round during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel battles Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel battles Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel takes down Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel takes a shot on Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel takes a shot on Bishop McCort's Lincoln Sledzianowski in their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
McCaskey's Journie Rodriguez reacts after beating Conneaut's Daylee Watson in their 112 pound semi-final match during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
McCaskey's Journie Rodriguez takes a shot on Conneaut's Daylee Watson in their 112 pound semi-final match during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
McCaskey's Journie Rodriguez battles Conneaut's Daylee Watson in their 112 pound semi-final match during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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McCaskey's Journie Rodriguez battles Conneaut's Daylee Watson in their 112 pound semi-final match during the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
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Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel, right, shakes hands with his finals opponent Bishop McDevitt's Greyson Music, after they both won their 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Northern Lebanon's Aaron Seidel reacts as Bishop McDevitt's Greyson Music defeats Reynold's Lou Gill in the other 121 pound class 2A semi-final match during the PIAA Boys Wrestling Championships at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday March 8, 2024.
- CHRIS KNIGHT | Staff Photographer
Wrestling a bare-bones match, Kaedyn Williams used a third-period escape to defeat Reef Dillard of Bethlehem Catholic 1-0 in his first match of the day at 114.
Against Cedar Cliff’s Kavin Muyleart, the Manheim Township senior scored his first, first takedown of the tournament with 10 seconds showing in the first period to break on top. He scored another out of a second-period scramble, then added an escape in the third period for a 5-0 decision.
Also at 114, Penn Manor’s Travis Clawson had a powerful day, majoring Casey Sigel of Downingtown West 11-0, with a six-point second period and five-point third.
He continued his high-scoring ways against Radnor’s Jayden Lee, taking a 7-1 lead on three takedowns, then turning Lee twice in the third period to cap a 12-2 major.
But Connor Lenahan of Council Rock South shut off Clawson’s offense in the consolation quarterfinals, scoring a third-period reversal for a 2-0 victory. Clawson will wrestle for seventh today.
Mack and Williams took their place in this morning’s consolation semis with victories. Those begin at 9:30 a.m.
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Williams scored a pair of takedowns to stop Leo Joseph of Greater Latrobe 5-0. Mack scored a late reversal and even later back points to break open a 7-1 victory over Michael Turi of West Scranton.
Conestoga Valley’s Abdoul Akala (172) and Manheim Central’s Brodie Daugherty (189) came up one win short of the medal stand.
Akala bested Avery Aurand of Mifflin County 3-2 in Tiebreak 2 in his first match, but was taken down into a fall in 3:30 by Connor Wetzel of Shikelammy in his blood-round match.
Of note, he met both back in December in the Neil Turner Holiday Classic, defeating Aurand 7-2 and losing to Wetzel 11-2.
Daugherty slapped a cradle on Carter Euker of Perkiomen Valley, pinning him in 1:38 to advance to the blood round. There he lost on a disqualification when it was judged he slammed Michael Speilman of Strath Haven.
Donegal’s Ruben Mumper, Hempfield’s Kyle Deisley and Hempfield’s JJ Plaza fell in the second round of consolations and were eliminated.
Mumper lost 12-4 to Austin Smith of Abington Heights at 152. Also at 152, Deisley got caught in a five-point headlock in the first period and never recovered in an 8-2 loss to Parrish McFarland of Pottsville.
At 189, Plaza and Shae Linegar of Easton went into a tiebreak tied at 1-1. Plaza surrendered a stall point in the first 30-second period and an escape point, then escaped in the second 30 seconds, but could not score further and fell 3-2.
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