Dawgs Place 4 At Times Leader Tournament
Yantorn 4th, Walsh & Karns 6th, Ney 8th

The Dawgs competed at the Times Leader tournament held on Friday and Saturday, December 16 & 17, at College Misericordia in Dallas, PA.  There were 40 teams in attendance, down slightly from the 48 expected.  This is due to Thursday night's winter weather which forced some teams to adhere to their school district's travel policies during school cancellations.  Dawg performance was updated on this website continually throughout the tournament.

Berwick placed four wrestlers on the podium in the esteemed Times Leader tournament.  The Times Leader is like a barometer for District 2 and post-season competition.  If you can earn place winning status at Times Leader and keep working hard, your postseason future is looking very bright.  Below is captioned summaries of Berwick place winners.

Dominick Yantorn, Freshman, 103lbs., 4th Place
Freshman Dominick Yantorn cloned his place winning finish from the Penn Manor tourney last week, only this time in a much larger and tougher tournament.  Yantorn ripped through the competition slicing his way all the way to the semifinals.  After a tough loss in the semifinals, Dominick dropped to the consolation bracket with strong mental focus capturing the consolation semifinal by storm before falling in the consolation final.
Congratulations Dominick!!

Josh Walsh, Senior, 152lbs., 6th Place
Senior Josh Walsh bolted his way to the semifinal round after notching several key impressive wins.  Walsh had a tough semifinal, dropping a heart-breaking 1-point decision.  Josh then fell victim in the consolation semifinal by decision and then was forced to forfeit the consolation 5th & 6th final due to injury.
Congratulations Josh!!

Aaron Karns, Sophomore, 171lbs, 6th Place
Aaron Karns, wrestling super tough this season, ran an exciting string of wins all the way to the semifinals.  After dropping to the consolation bracket, Aaron incurred two gut-wrenching 1-point losses but finished the day with a 6th place medal.  Those 1-point losses can be easily turned around - he's right there and that good.
Congratulations Aaron!!

Lou Ney, Sophomore , 125bs, 8th Place
Lou Ney opened on fire after picking up huge wins in both the pigtail and preliminary rounds before dropping his quarterfinal match.  Ney then went on to claim ownership of the all-important medal-placing bout by decision in the 5th round of consolations.  Lou then had to fight through two very close 4-point losses en-route to his 8th place medal.
Congratulations Lou!!

Berwick placed 17th out of 40 attending teams at the Times Leader tournament.

The Dawgs compete next at HOME vs Wyoming Area at 7pm on Monday, December 19.

Go Dawgs!!

Following Updates Were Provided Online Throughout
The Duration Of The Times Leader Tournament
(special thanks to Frank Kastreva, WVC Wrestling, For Providing Live Updates)

FINAL UPDATE - SATURDAY - AFTER CONSOLATION FINALS
Dominick Yantorn, freshman, 103lbs., takes 4th place
Josh Walsh, senior, 152lbs., takes 6th place (forfeit due to injury)
Aaron Karns, sophomore, 171lbs., takes 6th place
Lou Ney, sophomore, 125lbs., takes 8th place

UPDATE - SATURDAY - AFTER CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS
Dominick Yantorn, freshman, 103lbs., wins consolation-semifinal, wrestling for 3rd & 4th
Josh Walsh, senior, 152lbs., drops consolation semifinal, wrestling for 5th & 6th
Aaron Karns, sophomore, 171lbs., drops consolation semifinal, wrestling for 5th & 6th
Lou Ney, sophomore, 125lbs., wins 5th round conso, drops 6th round, wrestling for 7th & 8th

UPDATE - SATURDAY - AFTER SEMIFINALS & 6 ROUND CONSOLATIONS
ALL Dawgs Forced To Battle It Out In Consolations
Dominick Yantorn, freshman, 103lbs., drops to consolation semifinal.
Josh Walsh, senior, 152lbs., drops to consolation semifinal.
Aaron Karns, sophomore, 171lbs., drops to consolation semifinal.
Lou Ney, sophomore, 125lbs., to wrestle in 7th & 8th place final.

Venditti Eliminated

UPDATE - SATURDAY AFTER QUARTERFINALS

3 Dawgs Advance To Semi-Finals
Dominick Yantorn, freshman, 103lbs.
Josh Walsh, senior, 152lbs.
Aaron Karns, sophomore, 171lbs.

Ney & Venditti Drop To Compete In Consolation Bracket
Prebola & Bower Eliminated

UPDATE OF FRIDAY COMPETITION

5 Dawgs Alive In Championship Bracket & Head To Quarterfinals On Saturday.
Dominick Yantorn, freshman, 103lbs.
Lou Ney, sophomore, 125lbs.
Nick Venditti, sophomore, 135lbs.
Josh Walsh, senior, 152lbs.
Aaron Karns, sophomore, 171lbs.

Dawgs Still Alive In Consolations For Saturday
Steve Prebola, freshman, 112lbs.
Derek Bower, sophomore, 215lbs.