106 pounds
1. Fr. Andrew Cerniglia (10-4) Nazareth
2. So. Matt Maloney (28-2) Liberty
3. So. Dillon Murphy (18-9) Bethlehem Catholic
4. Jr. Cullen Day (24-5) Phillipsburg
5. So. Quinn Melofchik (28-2) Belvidere
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. Elijah Bundro (28-1) Wilson; Fr. Christopher Clifford (16-9) Central Catholic; Fr. Dane Druckenmiller (18-13) Saucon Valley; Fr. Colby Duffy (17-15) Easton; So. Sam Hanley (8-4) Northampton; Fr. Connor Huber (16-12) Freedom; Fr. Lucas Kern (14-13) Parkland; Fr. Ben Lilly (16-4) North Warren; So. Connor Robinson (23-6) North Hunterdon; So. Aidan Taylor (18-10) Voorhees; Sr. Dylan Uderman (13-7) Delaware Valley; Jr. Domenic Vicario (16-4) Bangor
Comments: Cerniglia returns from injury, drops here, posts tech-falls of Hanley and Murphy and lands at No. 1 right away. There can’t be much argument, we don’t think; Nazareth coach Dave Crowell calls Cerniglia “special” and he’s right. The Blue Eagle frosh could be a state placewinner and a pretty high one at that. It doesn’t seem fair to Maloney, who just keeps winning, to drop him to No. 2, perhaps, and it wouldn’t happen except for Cerniglia’s remarkable talent. Other than Murphy’s tech-fall loss to Cerniglia, everybody else rolled all week, but somebody had to leave the top five and that is Bundro, again, probably unfairly.
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