Smith wins North Sectional Tournament
By: Ed Weaver | NTL Sports | February 19, 2017
Senior Kaleb Smith captured a first place finish in the 220 lbs. weight class at the North Sectional Tournament on Saturday, February 18.
Smith, the #3 seed, won his opening round match against #6 Dylan Troncone (Williamson) with a 23 second pin and later upset #2 seed Seth Forbes (Northeast Bradford) with a 19-4 tech fall in 4:36 to advance to the finals. In the finals, Smith squared off against Wyalusing's Cody Tunnicliff, the top seed for the weight class, and scored a 4-2 decision to win the class.
Sophomore Hunter Brown finished 4th on the afternoon at 195 lbs. Brown won a 5-0 decision over Sullivan County's Jared Houck in his first match, then was pinned by Wyalusing's Mike Wilcox in 1:04. Brown advanced the the third place match with a 8-0 major decision against Canton's Christian Ward before falling to NEB's Dawson Brown in 1:56.
Sophomore Jared Moreno lost his first match, a 14-7 decision, after a first round bye to North Penn-Liberty's Judson Wise at 160 lbs., then scored a 3-0 decision over Sullivan County's Dakota Pedro, then was pinned in 3:18 by Troy's Tyler Williams to end his day.
At 152 lbs., freshman Aidan Hauser went 1-2. Hauser was pinned by Sullivan County's Ian McEwan in 59 seconds. Hauser then pulled out an 11-9 decision against Towanda's Skyler Allen before getting pinned in 1:57 by Canton's Timmy Ward.
At 145 lbs., senior Caleb Sinkler lost a 4-2 decision to North Penn-Liberty's Cameron Andrews in his first match, then pinned Sullivan County's Jacoby Fitzgerald in 2:49 before getting pinned by Wyalusing's Joe Doss in 4:51.
Sophomore Robert Brown had a tough day, dropping both of his matches at 285 lbs. Brown lost an 8-4 decision to Sullivan County's Jeremy Houck in his first match and lost a 3-1 decision to Athens' Gavin Corino.
Ed Weaver is the owner of Circle W Sports in Wellsboro, PA, is the Sports Director for The Home Page Network and the creator of WellsboroAthletics.com and WellsboroFootball.com. You can follow him on Twitter or friend him on Facebook.
