Northwestern Lehigh’s Luke Fugazzotto has already authored an impressive freshman wrestling campaign.

He added another chapter on Sunday.

Fugazzotto powered his way to the 160-pound title at the Colonial League Championships at Catasauqua High School, punctuating the performance with his second pin of the day in the final.

The freshman was dynamic and dominant en route to the title, scoring points and showcasing the ability that has helped him secure 21 pins among his 26 victories this season.

“I like it,” Fugazzotto said of getting to his offense. “I just try and do what I do best.”

Fugazzotto picked apart No. 2 seed Mason Beckowski of Saucon Valley in the finals.

The Tiger freshman scored a takedown in the first period to grab a 2-0 lead.

Fugazzotto dominated the second period, getting an early escape before securing a takedown and three back points to push his advantage to 8-0.

The third period was more of the same, with Fugazzotto getting a reversal to make it 10-0. After an escape by Beckowski with 1:01 remaining, Fugazzotto got his third takedown of the match before punctuating the performance with a fall at the 5:13 mark.

“He’s a strong kid,” Northwestern coach Joe Killar said of Fugazzotto. “He’s tough and a hard worker. He’s been growing through the season.”

After a first-round bye, Fugazzotto, the top seed at 160, picked up an 11-2 major decision over Notre Dame Green Pond’s Nate Thomas in the quarterfinals before pinning Salisbury’s Toby Linn, the fourth seed, in 3:34 in the semis.

“The first two matches were iffy performances. I wasn’t really proud of myself,” said Fugazzotto. “But in the finals match, I felt like I really did better than the first two matches.”

Fugazzotto might be his own toughest critic, and he knows there’s always room for improvement. But he also has a pair of state qualifiers in the room with him in Dalton Clymer and Buck Miller, who both reached the finals on Sunday.

It also helps that the trio is close in weight, with Clymer wrestling at 172 pounds and Miller competing at 189.

“I like practicing with them. They really help me get better,” said Fugazzotto. “We always wrestle with each other. Sometimes I get the best of Clymer, he gets the best of me. We just make each other better. Hopefully we can just keep doing that.”

Being able to work with the likes of Clymer, a junior, and Miller, a senior, who both made it to states last year, on a daily basis has helped Fugazzotto mentally as much as it has physically.

“When I wrestle with them and I’m hanging in there with them, it really gives me a lot of confidence, to know that I can hold my own,” Fugazzotto said.

He’s done that and then some this season.

Clymer and No. 2 seed Danny Haubert of Palisades delivered another close match in the finals, only this time it was Haubert coming out on top 5-2.

At last week’s Coal Cracker Invitational, Clymer topped Haubert 3-2 to secure his spot in the third-place match. At the league championships Sunday, Haubert got out from bottom early in the second period, pushed his lead to 3-0 with a takedown with 1:02 remaining before Clymer made it 3-1 with an escape with 0:42 left in the period.

Clymer cut the deficit to 3-2 with escape early in the third period, but wasn’t able to generate enough offense the remainder of the match as Haubert, who placed second at districts and third at regionals to advance to Hershey a year ago, hung on through several resets with the pair on their feet in the final period, scoring a takedown in the final :04 to make it 5-2.

Despite the setback, Clymer was more than happy to see his teammates also have success at the event, a product of the work the group puts in.

“That comes from what we do in the room,” Clymer said. “Having three in the finals, and Dartanyon (Delilio), who was able to take third today (at 285 pounds), which was awesome. It’s us battling it out every day, making each other better. So to see them have success, and for Luke, being a freshman and seeing him have success, it’s awesome. I love it. I love it for our team. It’s not the finish I wanted today, but it’s really good for them, and I’m happy for them.”

Clymer, the top seed Sunday at 172 and a district champion as a freshman last season, pinned Northern Lehigh’s Chase Moffitt in 3:00 in the quarterfinals before topping Southern Lehigh’s Cade Sawyer, the fourth seed in 1:32 to reach the finals.

Miller ran into a tough opponent in No. 1 seed Jacob Jones of Saucon Valley in the finals.

Jones, who was second at states last season after winning district and regional championships, claimed the title with a pin in 0:56.

Miller, seeded third at 189, posted a technical fall (18-3, 5:39) over Bangor’s Sam Woolverton in the quarterfinals. Miller knocked off No. 2 seed Jakub Gloc of Salisbury 5-3 in the semis. Trailing 1-0 entering the third period, Miller went ahead with a reversal and increased his advantage to 5-1 with three nearfall points with 0:26 left before Gloc got a reversal near the end of the period to make it 5-3.

“It’s definitely helpful, because you’re going to see these guys again at districts,” said Miller. “It gives you that experience, kind of proving to yourself what you can do, which will help later on.”

Saucon Valley won the team title with 186.5 points ahead of Notre Dame Green Pond (126) and Salisbury (99.5). Catasauqua (90.5) and Pen Argyl (87) rounded out the top five. Northwestern was sixth with 86.5 points, while Palmerton was 11th (46) and Northern Lehigh 12th (34).

The individual tournament was the first for the league. It replaced the previous team championship format, which brought the top four teams in the league together for a dual competition.

Colonial League Wrestling Championships

First Place

107

- Tanner Berkenstock (Notre Dame Green Pond) dec. Santino Micci (Wilson), 4-1

114

- Giovanni Dibiagio (Wilson) pinned Gavin Hacker (Catasauqua) in 0:44

121

- Cole Hubert (Saucon Valley) maj. dec. Cooper Feltmann (Notre Dame Green Pond), 9-0

127

- Aiden Grogg (Saucon Valley) pinned Collin Ramsay (Pen Argyl) in 5:52

133

- John Haubert (Palisades) maj. dec. Rider Heckman (Wilson), 14-1

139

- Jackson Albert (Saucon Valley) pinned Derek King (Palmerton) in 1:47

145

- Gavin Fehr (Catasauqua) pinned Nino Morici (Notre Dame Green Pond) in 5:45

152

- Liam Scrivanich (Saucon Valley) tech. fall Josh Ludlow (Notre Dame Green Pond), 17-0 (2:00)

160

- Luke Fugazzotto (Northwestern Lehigh) pinned Mason Beckowski (Saucon Valley) in 5:13

172

- Danny Haubert (Palisades) dec. Dalton Clymer (Northwestern Lehigh), 5-2

189

- Jacob Jones (Saucon Valley) pinned Buck Miller (Northwestern Lehigh) in 0:56

215

- Tyler Pfizenmayer (Saucon Valley) dec. Chad Beller (Catasauqua), 4-0

285

- Mitchell Miller (Salisbury) dec. Gino Guerrisi(Notre Dame Green Pond), 7-2

Third Place

107

- Griffin King (Southern Lehigh) pinned Brock Schneiderwind (Palisades) in 1:51

114

- Carter Smith (Bangor) pinned Kellen Trotter (Palmerton) in 4:44

121

- Mikhail Hartranft (Catasauqua) pinned Cody Mazzocca (Northern Lehigh) in 1:31

127

- David Mballa (Wilson) pinned Mike Hurd (Notre Dame Green Pond) in 3:50

133

- John Samy (Salisbury) dec. Michael Fuller (Bangor), 4-0

139

- Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh) maj. dec. Hunter Greenawalt (Northwestern Lehigh), 14-0

145

- David Sipley (Bangor) pinned Leonidas Zaharakis (Saucon Valley) in 2:41

152

- Alex Moser (Pen Argyl) pinned Tyler Scholato (Bangor) in 4:33

160

- Toby Linn (Salisbury) tech. fall Nuallan King (Pen Argyl), 17-2 (4:56)

172

- Cade Sawyer(Southern Lehigh) pinned Eddie Melhem (Notre Dame Green Pond) in 2:11

189

- Jakub Gloc (Salisbury) dec. Gian Greggo (Pen Argyl), 6-2

215

- Michael Fluck (Southern Lehigh) maj. dec. Noah Schoefler (Northwestern Lehigh), 15-6

285

- Dartanyon Delilio (Northwestern Lehigh) dec. Sam Frame (Northern Lehigh), 2-1 (TB2)

Fifth Place

107

- Evan Reed (Catasauqua) pinned Blayke Lacey (Pen Argyl) in 1:22

121

- Aiden Knorr (Pen Argyl) dec. Josh Merkel (Palmerton), 10-6

127

- Angelo Ziccardi (Palisades) pinned Edwin Serrano (Salisbury) in 4:26

133

- Luca Albanese (Pen Argyl) dec. Scotty Stevens (Southern Lehigh), 2-0

139

- Logan Winters (Palisades) dec. Danny Thatcher PA (Wilson), 6-0

145

- Mason Holva (Salisbury) maj. dec. Teddy Musselman (Palisades), 9-1

152

- Miles Melendez (Catasauqua) pinned Nathaniel Tone (Salisbury) in 2:58

160

- Daniel Lucykanish (Palmerton) dec. Nate Thomas (Notre Dame Green Pond), 5-2

172

- Landon Beckowski (Saucon Valley) dec. Kris Kessler (Pen Argyl), 7-3

189

- Jack Tosh (Northern Lehigh) dec. Sam Woolverton (Bangor), 4-3

215

- Michael Culver (Pen Argyl) pinned Sam Krauss (Salisbury) in 2:00

285

- Kevaughn Simpson (Wilson Area) pinned Ian Gill (Southern Lehigh) in 3:51