Two Tiger wrestlers earned individual league titles last weekend at the Colonial League Wrestling Championships, held Saturday, Jan. 18 at Catasauqua High School.

Colby Townley (145) and Luke Fugazzotto (189) were both No. 1 seeds, and both legitimized their rankings by coming away with titles in convincing fashion.

Townley received an opening-round bye before registering a 31-second pin of Saucon’s Gavin Murphy in the quarters. A 15-0 tech fall over Nathaniel Tone of Salisbury followed in the semis before posting a 2:25 fall of Bangor’s Aidan McNulty in the finals.

“I feel pretty good about it,” said Townley, who is now 17-2. “My opponent was really tough, so we knew it was going to be a tough match going into it, but I just wrestled the way I knew I could wrestle and got the job done.”

The tournament was originally scheduled for Sunday, but an impending snowstorm caused the league to hold it one day early. Townley, a junior, said the change in dates did pose a bit of a nuisance.

“A little bit,” he said. “It was a little tough making weight again, just because of how much I had to lose. I was not expecting it to be today. But, honestly, I got the weight off and wrestled tough, and I’m happy with my performance overall.

“It gives me some added confidence. I’m hoping to continue the success and win a district title. Also, to do well at regionals ... but the main goal there is just to place near the top to go to states and hopefully make that podium.”

Fugazzotto has stood on that podium at Hershey. He did that last season, when he also won a league title.

Fugazzotto, despite not feeling well recently, breezed through the competition at 189.

The junior turned in first-period pins of Saucon’s Brit Ash in the quarters, and Deven Armbruster of Lehighton in the semis before battling through multiple issues of a bloody nose in the finals to eventually gain a 17-1 tech fall of Bangor’s Kody Ward.

“Yeah, that was frustrating,” said Fugazzotto (30-0). “Tried to wrestle my best. I was sick the past week, but that’s not an excuse. I had the sickness that was going around. There wasn’t as much competition here (as there will be later on), but I was just a little off my game because of not practicing because I was sick.”

The two champions, along with runner-up finishes by Weston Killar (114) and Vinnie Fugazzotto (172), helped Northwestern finish second in the team standings — although its head coach wasn’t too concerned about where his wrestlers placed.

“I was just more worried about if the guys were trying hard and battling,” said Tiger mentor Joe Killar. “That’s all I really worry about or care about. Not really worried about the place because you can have a really good guy or not as good guy. I was pretty happy with their effort today.”

Vinnie Fugazzotto and Killar, who both fell to top-seeded Saucon wrestlers in the finals.

Saucon Valley took the team title, crowning eight champs and totaling 232 points. Northwestern was a distant second with 149.5, while Bangor ended third with 120. Powerful Notre Dame was competing at the Escape the Rock tournament.

COLONIAL LEAGUE FINALS

at Catasauqua High School

107 - Gavin Chunko (Saucon Valley) dec. Western Slingland (Wilson), 8-6; 114 - Carter Chunko (Saucon Valley) tech fall Weston Killar (Northwestern), 19-1; 121 - Cody Mazzocca (Northern Lehigh) major dec. Chris Jacobacci (Jim Thorpe), 15-2; 127 - Griffin King (Southern Lehigh) dec. Mack Santoro (Saucon Valley), 5-4; 133 - Aiden Grogg (Saucon Valley) dec. Carter Smith (Bangor), 7-0; 139 - Hector Mateo (Saucon Valley) pinned Keith Barker (Southern Lehigh) in 1:41; 145 - Colby Townley (Northwestern) pinned Aidan McNulty (Bangor) in 2:25; 152 - Jackson Albert (Saucon Valley) tech fall Brock Frable (Southern Lehigh), 16-0 (5:13); 160 - Cole Hubert (Saucon Valley) major dec. Sean Steckert (Southern Lehigh), 13-3; 172 - Jared Rohn (Saucon Valley) major dec. Vinnie Fugazzotto (Northwestern), 12-3; 189 - Luke Fugazzotto (Northwestern) tech fall Kody Ward (Bangor), 17-1 (6:00); 215 - Aiden Sterling (Jim Thorpe) major dec. T.J. McLain, 15-3; 285 - Jacob Ramos (Catasauqua) pinned Blake Carroll (Jim Thorpe) in 5:52.