Girls Wrestling takes third at NA Duals
The North Allegheny girls wrestling team hosted the North Allegheny Duals on Saturday morning at UPMC Court. The Tigers would drop their opening match but fight back to get into the third place match where they defeated Seneca Valley, 45-30 to claim the third place finish.
After getting a bye in the quarterfinals, North Allegheny took on eventual champion Sharpsville in the semifinals. After falling behind 12-0 due to forfeits. Carly O’Connell got the Tigers on the board to make the score 12-6. Sharpsville would win the next three bouts before Lorelei Bungard picked up a win by fall. Trailing 36-12, the Tigers would try to make a push getting four straight wins from Maya Scott (decision), Ava Frailey (forfeit), Sophia Folks (pin) and Alex Gosnell (pin) to make the score 36-33 but a forfeit to end the match gave Sharpsville the 42-33 victory.
Girls Wrestling Match Summary: NA vs. Sharpsville, 1-4-25
| Weight | Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | Emily Johnson (SHA) wbf | |
| 106 | Daisy Coryea (SHA) wbf | |
| 112 | Carly O'Connell (NA) pinned Lily Young (SHA) | 2:56 |
| 118 | Katherine Hurley (SHA) pinned Anna Kovacic (NA) | 1:31 |
| 124 | Haley White (SHA) pinned Aleigha Revelent (NA) | 4:12 |
| 130 | Lillian Moore (SHA) pinned Anna Svoboda (NA) | :43 |
| 136 | Lorelei Bungard (NA) pinned Zamira Arnold (SHA) | 2:37 |
| 142 | Lillian Morrison (SHA) pinned Ava Anthony (NA) | 3:32 |
| 148 | Maya Scott (NA) dec. Cecilia Ward (SHA) | 9-2 |
| 155 | Ava Frailey (NA) wbf | |
| 170 | Sophia Folks (NA) pinned Camella Rupp (SHA) | :34 |
| 190 | Alex Gosnell (NA) pinned Josephine Stieb (SHA) | 3:00 |
| 235 | Bella White (SHA) wbf |
In the consolation semifinals, NA battled Upper St. Clair. O’Connell and Anna Kovacic picked up pins to give North Allegheny the early 12-6 lead. Aleigha Revelent won by a 7-2 decision to expand the lead to 15-6. Bungard won by fall in 1:09 to make the score 21-10. With the score still in the balance at 21-16, North Allegheny put the match away getting four straight pins from Scott, Folks, Frailey and Gosnell to explode to a 45-16 lead. Shanmukha Gannavaram picked up the forfeit win and the Tigers rolled to a 51-22 triumph.
Girls Wrestling Match Summary: NA vs. Upper St. Clair, 1-4-25
| Weight | Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 106 | Anna Taube (USC) wbf | |
| 112 | Carly O'Connell (NA) pinned Sofia Osto (USC) | 1:09 |
| 118 | Anna Kovacic (NA) pinned Defne Aksoy (USC) | 1:26 |
| 124 | Aleigha Revelent (NA) dec. Esther Knight (USC) | 7-2 |
| 130 | Callie Roberts (USC) maj. dec. Anna Svoboda (NA) | 8-0 |
| 136 | Lorelei Bungard (NA) pinned Lilia Schmidt (USC) | 1:09 |
| 142 | Grace Nasman (USC) pinned Ava Anthony (NA) | 1:58 |
| 148 | Maya Scott (NA) pinned Genevieve Hanson (USC) | 2:13 |
| 155 | Sophia Folks (NA) pinned Margaux Gandon (USC) | 1:03 |
| 170 | Ava Frailey (NA) pinned Gosia Romek (USC) | 2:59 |
| 190 | Alex Gosnell (NA) pinned Elena Wetzel (USC) | 1:12 |
| 235 | Shanmukha Gannavaram (NA) wbf | |
| 100 | Evis Ackerman (USC wbf |
For the final match of the day, the Tigers faced off with Seneca Valley for third place. NA would jump out to a 15-0 lead getting a decision win from O’Connell, a forfeit win from Kovacic and a pin from Revelent. Once again, North Allegheny would get four straight wins to expand the lead, this time from Bungard, Ava Anthony, Scott and Folks to take a commanding 39-6 lead. Alex Gosnell would get a pin in 1:43 to finish off the 45-30 win for the Tigers.
Girls Wrestling Match Summary: NA vs. Seneca Valley, 1-4-25
| Weight | Wrestlers | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 112 | Carly O'Connell (NA) dec. Adele Shih-Calabro (SV) | 5-0 |
| 118 | Anna Kovacic (NA) wbf | |
| 124 | Aleigha Revelent (NA) pinned Rowan Myers (SV) | 3:03 |
| 130 | Maddee Fischer (SV) pinned Anna Svoboda (NA) | :33 |
| 136 | Lorelei Bungard (NA) wbf | |
| 142 | Ava Anthony (NA) pinned Khloe Hoover (SV) | 1:43 |
| 148 | Maya Scott (NA) pinned Ava Schmiedlin (SV) | 1:35 |
| 155 | Sophia Folks (NA) pinned Kaeleigh Tuell (SV) | 3:04 |
| 170 | Kenley Alexander (SV) pinned Ava Frailey (NA) | 4:41 |
| 190 | Harlee Hornick (SV) pinned Shanmukha Gannavaram (NA) | :41 |
| 235 | Alex Gosnell (NA) pinned Carlyn Sedar (SV) | 1:43 |
| 100 | Jillian Atwood (SV) wbf | |
| 106 | Everly Harrell (SV) wbf |
Bungard, Folks, Gosnell, O’Connell and Scott all had 3-0 days for North Allegheny.
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NA is now 6-5 overall. The Tigers will be back in action next weekend when they head to Indiana, PA to take part in the Mid-Winter Mayhem Invitational at the Kovalchick Convention & Athletic Complex on Saturday starting at 9 a.m.
