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Kris Krawchuk earned his first Wilkes Open title at 149-pounds as Wilkes saw eight wrestlers place in the top-six of their class

EIGHT COLONELS CLAIM TOP SIX FINISHES IN 80TH ANNUAL WILKES OPEN; KRAWCHUK CROWNED 149-POUND CHAMPION

12/28/2012 7:39:00 PM

(Final Results)

EIGHT COLONELS CLAIM TOP SIX FINISHES IN 80^TH ANNUAL WILKES OPEN; KRAWCHUK CROWNED 149-POUND CHAMPION

WILKES-BARRE – Eight Wilkes wrestlers claimed top six finishes highlighted by junior Kris Krawchuk (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) taking home the 149-pound championship at the 80^th annual Wilkes Open on Friday at the Marts Center.

Krawchuk continued his fine wrestling during the event going 4-0 and pushing his season mark to 14-2 in the process of winning his first Wilkes Open title. Krawchuk started his day pinning Joshua Ruppert of Millersville in 2:44. He followed with a 10-3 decision over Penn's Jordan Michelson and 5-0 win over Pitts-Johnstown's Jack Bachman to reach the finals. Krawchuk earned his first title with a hard-fought 4-2 decision over new Colonel transfer Mark Hartenstine (Easton, PA/Easton).

At 125, Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) went 4-2 to claim fourth place. Rea used two major decision wins (11-2) and a 1-0 decision in the consolation bracket.

Myzar Mendoza (Westminster, MD/Winters Mill) was the fourth top-six finisher at 133 posting a 5-2 win over Sean McCabe of Rutgers in the fifth place bout. Mason McIntyre (Bethlehem, PA/Easton) was the lone Colonel to place at 165 earning third place after starting the year 3-0. After receiving a medical forfeit, McIntyre posted a 12-5 win over Keith Ryan of Pitts-Johnstown in the third place bout.

At 197, Matt Transue (Stroudsburg, PA/Stroudsburg) had a strong showing finishing second after falling to Virginia Tech's Bobby LaVelle in the final 7-2. Transue posted three straight wins to reach the finals all by decision including two 11-4 decisions and a 4-0 victory over Nikos Garofola of Pitts-Johnstown in the semifinals.

Eric Bach (Newton, NJ/Kittatiny) (184) and Mike Shannon (Montvale, NJ/Northern Valley Regional) (285) rounded out the Colonel place winners each finishing in sixth at their respective weight class.

Wilkes returns to the mat next Saturday, January 5^th when the Colonels compete in the North/South Duals in Collegeville, Pa. at 9:30 a.m.

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