Blake Dergham and Michael Gavrilesku both earned medals at last week’s Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic, leading the Trojans to 23rd place in a strong field of 34 teams for the annual event at Liberty High School.

The Trojans as a team finished 23rd overall out of 34 teams with 57 points. They finished ahead of Eastern Pennsylvania Conference member Stroudsburg and other District 11 opponents such as Southern Lehigh and Wilson Area.

Dergham placed fifth overall at 121 pounds. He opened the tournament with two straight decisive victories, a pin in 2:36 and then a 15-2 major decision. After falling via an 8-2 decision in the quarterfinal round, Dergham bounced back with two wins by decision to get to the fifth-place match where he earned a 3-1 decision over Gus Stedeford from North Allegheny.

Gavrilesku (285) began his tournament with two pins in 1:06 and 2:32, respectively. After losing his next match to Quakertown’s Calvin Lachman, Gavrilesku picked up another pin, this time over Dylan Bledsoe of Garnet Valley in 36 seconds. He advanced to the seventh-place match before falling to Spring-Ford’s Connor Hudak, 2-1.

Jorge Moya (172) won three matches at 172 pounds, including a pin, and Matthew Velez (107), Eli Russ (114), Jakob Peterson (127) and Christopher Toth (152) all recorded two wins during the tournament.

Parkland was back in East Penn Conference action with a dual match at Pocono Mountain East this past Wednesday. The Trojans host the Parkland Duals Saturday before welcoming Northampton for a dual meet next Wednesday night.

Bethlehem Holiday

Wrestling Classic

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Council Rock South 188.5, 2. Nazareth 168.5, 3. Easton 166.5, 4. Northampton 148.5, 4. Phillipsburg (NJ) 148.5, 6. Wilson (West Lawn) 143.0, 7. Quakertown 122.5, 8. Greater Latrobe 110.0, 9. Saucon Valley 102.0, 10. North Allegheny 98.0, 10. West Scranton 98.0, 12. Kennett 91.5, 13. Boyertown 82.0, 14. Spring-Ford 81.5, 15. Emmaus 79.5, 16. Bethlehem Freedom 78.0, 17. Northern Lebanon 75.0, 18. Whitehall 74.0, 19. Blue Mountain 68.5, 20. Hempfield 67.0, 21. Bethlehem Liberty 61.5, 22. Northwestern Lehigh 61.0, 23. Parkland 57.0, 24. Garnet Valley 49.0, 25. Stroudsburg 48.0, 26. Delaware Valley 46.0, 27. North Penn 42.5, 28. Southern Lehigh 37.5, 29. Warwick 34.5, 30. Honesdale 32.0, 31. Hazleton Area 24.0, 32. Wilson Area 23.5, 33. Fauquier (Va.) 10.0, 34. Wyoming Valley West 6.5

PARKLAND RESULTS

Matthew Velez (107)

Velez major dec. Payton Duffy (Garnet Valley), 15-3

Velez major dec. Eddie Alvarez (Council Rock South), 10-0

Emilio Albanese (Emmaus) major dec. Velez, 8-0

Wilmont Kai (Whitehall) pinned Velez in 1:48

Eli Russ (114)

Massimo Gonzalez (Phillipsburg) dec. Russ, 6-2

Russ pinned Ovidius Cusu (Freedom) in :34

Russ dec. Charlie LaQuarta (North Allegheny), SV-1 12-7

Cole Fogle (Boyertown) dec. Russ, 6-4

Blake Dergham (121)

Dergham pinned Logan James (Kennett) in 2:36

Dergham major dec. Reese Eidle (Wilson West Lawn), 15-2

Luke Reitter (Council Rock South) dec. Dergham, 8-2

Blake Dergham dec. Owen Garriques (Phillipsburg), 5-1

Dergham dec. Teagan Caciolo (Emmaus), 8-3

Brody Coleman (Boyertown) dec. Dergham, 5-2

Fifth-place match: Dergham dec. Gus Stedeford (North Allegheny), 3-1

Jakob Peterson (127)

Zachary Berwick (Stroudsburg) major dec. Peterson, 10-0

Peterson dec. Louden Giza (Wyoming Valley West), 4-3

Peterson dec. Brody Wissler (Warwick), TB 5-3

Dominic Rizzotto (Nazareth) major dec. Jakob Peterson, 10-0

Leo Kern (139)

Kern pinned Rider Heckman (Wilson) in 3:06

Seamus Mack (Hempfield) pinned Kern in :43

Hector Mateo (Saucon Valley) major dec. Kern, 17-5

Jibreel Fairo (145)

Keenan Ray (Freedom) tech. fall Fairoz, 17-2 in 4:19

Cody Koloski (Delaware Valley) dec. Fairoz, 7-5

Christopher Toth (152)

Toth major dec. Drew Dotterer (Spring-Ford), 9-1

Toth dec. Owen Dykie (Boyertown), 12-10

Cade Campbell (Nazareth) dec. Toth, 7-1

Michael Cliver (North Penn) dec. Toth, 2-1

Isaac Evans (160)

Sayyidakbar Akbarov (Blue Mountain) pinned Evans in :20

Tavin Soos (Southern Lehigh) pinned Evans in 2:06

Jorge Moya (172)

Moya dec. Joshua Larrimore (Boyertown), 8-3

Liam Packer (Phillipsburg) tech. fall Moya, 16-1 in 4:47

Moya dec. Ethan Koloski (Delaware Valley), 4-0

Moya pinned Chace Roland (Northampton) in 2:13

Brayden Zuercher (Nazareth) dec. Moya, 3-0

Julius Reyes (189)

Reyes dec. Vincent Giacobbe (Nazareth), 6-4

Jared Karabinus (Freedom) pinned Reyes in :45

Landon Roland (Northampton) pinned Reyes in 2:13

Gavin Edwards (215)

Elliot Black (Freedom) dec. Edwards, 6-1

Nathan Smith (Phillipsburg) dec. Edwards, SV-1 4-2

Michael Gavrilesku (285)

Gavrilesku pinned Jeff Gessner (Council Rock South) in 1:06

Gavrilesku pinned Hayden Adams (Northern Lebanon) in 2:32

Calvin Lachman (Quakertown) pinned Gavrilesku in :38

Gavrilesku pinned Dylan Bledsoe (Garnet Valley) in :36

Gavin Grell (Northampton) dec. Gavrilesku, TB-1 2-1

Seventh-place match: Connor Hudak (Spring-Ford) dec. Gavrilesku, TB-1 2-1