106 pounds
1. Fr. Andrew Cerniglia (14-4) Nazareth
2. So. Matt Maloney (28-2) Liberty
3. So. Dillon Murphy (20-11) Bethlehem Catholic
4. So. Quinn Melofchik (28-2) Belvidere
5. Fr. Elijah Bundro (28-1) Wilson
Taking injury time: Fr. Joey Tiwold (16-6) Northampton
Honorable mention (in alphabetical order): Fr. Preston Bauer (18-8) Northern Lehigh; So. Peyton Brown (23-5) Emmaus; Fr. Christopher Clifford (16-9) Central Catholic; Jr. Cullen Day (27-6) Phillipsburg; Fr. Dane Druckenmiller (19-15) Saucon Valley; Fr. Colby Duffy (17-15) Easton; So. Sam Hanley (9-4) Northampton; Fr. Connor Huber (18-12) Freedom; Fr. Lucas Kern (14-13) Parkland; Fr. Ben Lilly (17-6) North Warren; So. Connor Robinson (23-7) North Hunterdon; So. Aidan Taylor (20-12) Voorhees; Sr. Dylan Uderman (14-10) Delaware Valley; Jr. Domenic Vicario (17-4) Bangor
Comments: If there was any doubt about Cerniglia being the clear #1 here, it was dispatched when he destroyed Council Rock South’s Max Mendez (#6 PaPower Wrestling) and defeated Murphy 7-0 at the PIAA 3A duals. Murphy’s other loss was 8-5 to Darren Miller of Kiski Area (#2 PPW) who, personally, we think Cerniglia would defeat pretty handily. Bit of a change at the bottom as Day’s loss to Kingsway’s McKenzie Bell (who lost 18-8 to Tiwold at the Beast of the East) brings Bundro back in the top 5. We realize Day has a head-to-head win over Melofchik, but it was in OT and pretty even and Melofchik seems to be on his game right now. This is a pretty loaded class and being No. 5A here, as Day is, is still very good.
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