Fugazzotto wins BHWC title
The Northwestern Lehigh wrestling team crowned one champ and saw one other wrestler place at last weekend’s Bethlehem Holiday Wrestling Classic at Liberty High School.
Luke Fugazzotto won all five of his matches, with two coming by fall, to take the 189-pound title.
After a pair of first-period pins to start the event, the 2024 state silver medalist won his quarterfinal match by technical fall, 17-0, before a 13-3 decision over Freedom’s Noah MacIlroy in the semifinals.
In the title bout, Fugazzotto beat defending Class 3A 172-pound district champ Brayden Zuercher (Nazareth), 4-1 for the title.
The Tigers’ Colby Townley also placed at the tournament.
Townley pinned his first two opponents in the 145-pound weight class before falling in the semifinal round then losing a consolation match to drop to the fifth-place bout.
Townley earned a 1-0 decision over Brady Colville (Delaware Valley) in the fifth-place bout.
The Tigers finished 16th at the tournament, which includes mostly Class 3A teams. Saucon Valley (fourth place) and Southern Lehigh (25th place) were the only other Colonial League schools at the tournament.
Here’s a look at results for all of Northwestern’s wrestlers at the BHWC.
107 - Logan Uricchio
Mason Nomie (Whitehall) major dec. Uricchio, 16-8
Frank Palazzo (North Penn) dec. Logan Uricchio, 10-5
114 - Weston Killar
Killar dec. Hunter Neuhard (Williamsport), 9-7
Abramm Schaffer (Wilson West Lawn) pinned Killar in 2:44
Killar pinned Caleb Ayala (Garnet Valley) in 4:26
Killar pinned Charlie LaQuatra (North Allegheny) in 2:39
Boden Waite (Boyertown) dec. Weston Killar, 9-4
121 - CJ Siessmayer
Teagan Caciolo (Emmaus) pinned Siessmayer in 1:17
Wayne Geppert (Northern Lebanon) CJ Siessmayer in 0:30
127 - Brayden Uricchio
Dalton Stragand (North Allegheny) dec. Uricchio, SV-1 14-9
Uricchio pinned Troy Mady (Blue Mountain) in 0:45
Uricchio pinned Garrick Kuder (Wilson Area) in 0:18
Massimo Gonzalez (Phillipsburg) 11-2 tech. fall Brayden Uricchio, 19-3
133 - Chase Sukanick
Sukanick pinned Andrew Elliott (Delaware Valley) in 0:45
Gabriel Ballard (Northampton) tech. fall Chase Sukanick, 21-6
Liam Diamond (Boyertown) pinned Chase Sukanick in 2:23
139 - Trent Croll
Croll tech. fall Justin Hetrick (Wilson Area), 19-1
Leo Kern (Parkland) major dec. Croll, 13-4
Croll dec. Anthony Ashford (Phillipsburg), Dec 4-0
Xyler Sallit (Emmaus) pinned Croll in 2:23
145 - Colby Townley
Townley pinned Jahki Burget (Williamsport) in 0:43
Townley pinned Braden Rohn (Saucon Valley) in 2:49
Townley dec. Brady Colville (Delaware Valley), 3-1
McKaden Speece (Wilson West Lawn) major dec. Townley, 17-6
Kane Lengel (Kennnett) major dec. Townley, 16-3
Fifth-place match
Townley dec. Brady Colville (Delaware Valley), Dec 1-0
152 - Nolan Koehler
Jonny O`Brien (North Penn) tech. fall Nolan Koehler, 22-5
Nolan Koehler pinned Noah Maclary (Warwick) in 3:40
Brock Frable (Southern Lehigh) major dec. Nolan Koehler, 14-4
160 - Vinnie Fugazzotto
Fugazzotto tech. fall Henry Damiani (Spring Ford), 17-2
Quentin Hammerstone (Easton) dec. Vinnie Fugazzotto, 7-1
Fugazzotto dec. Parker Williams (Northampton), 12-6
Fugazzotto pinned Gabe Sanchez (Warwick) in 2:53
Jesse Scott (Emmaus) dec. Vinnie Fugazzotto, 7-0
189 - Luke Fugazzotto
Fugazzotto pinned Ahmad Albabili (Stroudsburg) in 0:45
Fugazzotto pinned Luke Byrne (Spring Ford) in 1:24
Fugazzotto tech. fall Mason Hartung (North Allegheny), 17-0
Fugazzotto dec. Noah MacIlroy (Freedom), 4-1
Championship Match
Luke Fugazzotto dec. Brayden Zuercher (Nazareth), 4-1
285 - Ian Zettlemoyer
Christopher Dellabella (Delaware Valley) pinned Zettlemoyer in 0:21
Logan Roth (Emmaus) pinned Ian Zettlemoyer in 1:45)
Team Standings (top 10 plus Northwestern)
1. Easton 178, 2. Northampton 172.5, 3. Nazareth 172, 4. Saucon Valley 142, 5. Emmaus 131, 6. Phillipsburg 120.5, 7. Northern Lebanon 115.5, 8. Boyertown 114, 9. Quakertown 112, 10. Wilson West Lawn 109.5, 16. Northwestern 77.5.