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On Saturday, twenty-four Lancaster-Lebanon schools competed at the Elizabethtown Optimist Tournament, an event that serves as the unofficial junior high league wrestling championship. Lebanon County wrestlers had a strong showing, racking up a total of 43 medals across the girls and boys brackets.
The Northern Lebanon Boys finished as the top team for the first time in school history. Maybe they’re on their way to being considered a wrestling school. Kidding, of course — but with the amount of success the Vikings have enjoyed in recent years, it’s hard to believe this is their first team title at this event. Is it a sign of even greater things to come for Viking nation?
Northern Lebanon was not alone in finding huge success at the tournament. Cedar Crest led the way with 15 individual medalists, with ELCO (14) and Northern Lebanon (9) close behind. Annville-Cleona finished with three wrestlers on the podium, while Lebanon finished with a gold and a silver.
LebCo’s gold medalists included Dalia Crane (Northern Lebanon), Kayleigh Heagy (Lebanon), Chloe Gettle (ELCO), and Cheyenne Sholley (Cedar Crest) on the girls side, plus ELCO’s Chase Yeagley and Dale Kohr on the boys side.
We look forward to seeing many of your names at the varsity level!
See the full list of medalists below — congrats to all!
Girls Medalists
Cedar Crest
1st – Cheyenne Sholley — 200 pounds
2nd – Sophia Ventura — 200 pounds
3rd – Hannah Kline — 135 pounds
4th – Emily Thompson — 165 pounds
4th – Isabella Verna — 110 pounds
5th – Vanessa Yiengst — 135 pounds
7th – Alanna Rodriguez — 165 pounds
8th – Jadalyn Weaver — 148 pounds
8th – Lia Demmy — 117 pounds
ELCO
1st – Chloe Gettle — 165 pounds
2nd – Maya Soler — 165 pounds
4th – Chloe Taylor — 148 pounds
6th – Naomi Weaver — 135 pounds
6th – Sarah Badolato — 110 pounds
8th – Arianna Robertson — 135 pounds
8th – Lilyana Ortenzi — 96 pounds
Lebanon
1st – Kayleigh Heagy — 148 pounds
2nd – Elayna Gonzalez — 110 pounds
Northern Lebanon
1st – Dalia Crane — 96 pounds
3rd – Aura King — 148 pounds
Boys Medalists
Annville-Cleona
2nd – Dominic Smith — 250 pounds
4th – Garret Lucera — 130 pounds
5th – Sam Cantor — 138 pounds
Cedar Crest
4th – Gabe Kaighn — 145 pounds
4th – Grey Shaffer — 210 pounds
5th – Sawyer Watkins — 103 pounds
6th – Urijah Gibble — 170 pounds
8th – Jon Sherk — 155 pounds
8th – Leanys Ortiz — 103 pounds
ELCO
1st – Chase Yeagley — 115 pounds
1st – Dale Kohr — 122 pounds
3rd – Christian Ebling — 170 pounds
3rd – Hunter Lebo — 108 pounds
5th – Zach Wiczalkowski — 250 pounds
6th – Jackson Wetherill — 210 pounds
8th – Bentley Landis — 190 pounds
Northern Lebanon
2nd – Jackson Walter — 115 pounds
2nd – Justin Bennethum — 155 pounds
3rd – Samuel Kline — 122 pounds
5th – Luke Copenhaver — 80 pounds
6th – Gavin Nicholas — 190 pounds
8th – Brant Baquerizo — 130 pounds
8th – Ryder Albert — 210 pounds
ProSeal
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