220 pounds
1. Sr. Robert Melise (30-2) Phillipsburg
2. Sr. Devin Fontanez (33-3) Saucon Valley
3. Sr. Nathan Feyrer (22-8) Parkland
4. Sr. Evan Callahan (7-1) Freedom
5. Sr. John Iles (23-2) Palmerton
Taking injury time: Jr. Jacob Frank (19-11) Easton
Honorable mention (in alphabetical order): So. Andrew Balukas (17-11) Bethlehem Catholic; Jr. Robert Fiedler (17-11) Notre Dame; Sr. Terry Higgins (15-9) Bangor; Fr. Kolby Flank (18-11) Wilson; Sr. Christian Gallagher (10-5) Liberty; Jr. Eli Kalfaian (16-10) Delaware Valley; So. Tucker Klump (16-12) Nazareth; Sr. Ben Nosal (19-5) Catasauqua; Sr. Brody Oberly (18-10) Warren Hills
Comments: Maybe no other regional wrestler met two better foes this week than Feyrer did, and the Trojan split a pair of overtime results. He lost 7-5 to Pocono Mountain West’s Greg Bensley but bounced back the next night to edge Callahan 5-3. There’s no penalty for the Bensley loss and Feyrer vaults to No. 3 with the defeat of Callahan. Fontanez bumps to No. 2, and Iles returns at No. 5 with Kyle Connelly’s drop to 195. Oberly won District 12; Kalfaian was runner-up at District 19. Melise, meanwhile, was the unanimous Outstanding Wrestler at District 9 with three pins in of all 2:26; he now holds Phillipsburg’s all-time pin record at 70. Given that the No. 2 seed in Region 3 is a wrestler (Montclair’s Sam Mellow) that Melise pinned in 1:17 in the D-9 final, expect that pin number to grow this weekend.
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