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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 49 medals across the girls and boys brackets. This list included ten gold medals!
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 led the county with 17 total medalists (9 boys, 8 girls). However, they were not alone in finding a large amount of success in the tournament. ELCO finished with 13 medals (6 boys, 7 girls), and Cedar Crest with 10 (1 boys, 9 girls). Lebanon finished with 5 medalists (2 boys, 3 girls), while Annville-Cleona had 4 on the podium (3 boys, 1 girls). On the girls side, Northern Lebanon placed 2nd as a team, while Cedar Crest finished 4th.
LebCo’s ten first-place finishers were Bentley Landis (ELCO), Dale Kohr (ELCO), Hunter Lebo (ELCO), and Kayson McQuate (Northern Lebanon) on the boys side, plus Alana Bauza (Cedar Crest), Katie McCracken (Cedar Crest), Lilyanna Ortenzi (ELCO), Kayleigh Heagy (Lebanon), Aura King (Northern Lebanon), and Emily Dechert (Northern Lebanon) on the girls side.
One of the weekend’s biggest storylines came from Northern Lebanon’s Dalia Crane, who finished 1st in the girls bracket last year and chose to compete against the boys this time around — and still reached the finals, placing 2nd. In doing so, she became the first female finalist on the boys side in the 50-year history of the event.
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
Annville-Cleona
4th – Saige Odom — 138 pounds
Cedar Crest
1st – Alana Bauza — 115 pounds
1st – Katie McCracken — 131 pounds
3rd – Sadie Mong — 162 pounds
3rd – Sawyer Watkins — 110 pounds
4th – Sophia Ocasio — 87 pounds
5th – Allison Heverling — 105 pounds
5th – Elizabeth Stohrer — 180 pounds
5th – Hannah Kline — 138 pounds
5th – Lilli-Mya Frank — 220 pounds
ELCO
1st – Lilyanna Ortenzi — 100 pounds
3rd – Naomi Weaver — 131 pounds
4th – Ava Walmer — 94 pounds
4th – Brelle Frable — 110 pounds
5th – Emma Frantz — 115 pounds
6th – Maddie Hartranft — 138 pounds
6th – Sierra Tshudy — 125 pounds
Lebanon
1st – Kayleigh Heagy — 148 pounds
2nd – Elayna Gonzalez — 110 pounds
3rd – Karley Cikovic — 87 pounds
Northern Lebanon
1st – Aura King — 180 pounds
1st – Emily Dechert — 220 pounds
2nd – Kendyl McQuate — 100 pounds
2nd – Nevaeh Kreiser-Shifflett — 94 pounds
3rd – Zoe Jones — 138 pounds
4th – Aliannah Olivencia — 162 pounds
4th – Lilliana Roye — 148 pounds
4th – Raegan Reigel — 120 pounds
Boys Medalists
Annville-Cleona
4th – Sam Cantor — 155 pounds
6th – Elliot Lezon — 138 pounds
6th – Landon Loehr — 145 pounds
Cedar Crest
6th – Wainzer Torres — 250 pounds
ELCO
1st – Bentley Landis — 190 pounds
1st – Dale Kohr — 130 pounds
1st – Hunter Lebo — 122 pounds
4th – Braiden Harris — 138 pounds
5th – Clayton Kramer — 170 pounds
5th – Jackson Wetherill — 210 pounds
Lebanon
4th – Adrian Acosta Hernandez — 170 pounds
4th – Kolsen Harbaugh — 250 pounds
Northern Lebanon
1st – Kayson McQuate — 80 pounds
2nd – Dalia Crane — 108 pounds
2nd – Samuel Kline — 155 pounds
3rd – Luke Bennethum — 145 pounds
4th – Gage Freed — 210 pounds
4th – Luke Copenhaver — 87 pounds
5th – Titus Feagley — 115 pounds
6th – Blake Yocum — 122 pounds
6th – Linkin Lerch — 170 pounds
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