Vermilya Falls In State Consolations
By: Chris Manning | NTL Sports | March 7, 2025 | Photo courtesy Chris Manning
Lyle Vermilya went 1-2 at the PIAA, Class AA Championships, falling out of the tournament in the second round of consolations.
"It feels really nice," Vermilya said about coming down and getting a win off the bat. "There's definitely going to be more matches, so you always have to be ready for the next one. It feels good to get the first one out of the way, it gives you a little bit more confidence."
Vermilya (114) won 14-0 over McGuffey’s Clayton Ealy in the preliminaries, but then fell to Grove City's Ian Stearns, 15-3.
Vermilya opened his first match with a takedown to go up 3-0 in the first.
The second period matched the first, with Vermilya getting a takedown, and riding out Ealy for a 6-0 lead.
Then, in the third, Vermilya was on top and scored two sets of back points for the 14-0 major.
In his first round match Stearns led 6-1 after one, and 12-3 after two. He got a third period takedown for the 15-3 win.
Vermilya dropped a 14-2 major decision to Chestnut Ridge's Easton Mull, though the match was closer than the score indicated.
Mull got a first period takedown, but was called for locked hands to make it 3-1 after one.
Vermilya got an escape point to start the second, with the two wrestlers locking into a scramble. A couple times it looked like Vermilya would come out with control, but Mull ended up getting the takedown for a 6-2 lead.
He cradled up Vermilya for a 10-2 lead after two. Mull added an escape, another takedown, for the 14-2 final.
