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Five Lycoming wrestlers reach quarterfinals at Ithaca Invitational

Ithaca, N.Y. — Five Lycoming College wrestlers — first-year 125-pounder Teli Bobotas (South Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area), sophomore 141-pounder Luke Magnani, senior 174-pounder Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry), senior 197-pounder Ivan Neal (Georgetown, Del./Sussex Central) and junior heavyweight Cole Yonkin (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) — reached the quarterfinals to highlight the team's first day at the Ithaca Invitational on Friday evening, Nov. 6. First-year 125-pounders Adam Froehlich (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) and Michael Copello (Ridgway, Pa./Ridgway), senior 149-pounder Major Lewis (Camp Hill, Pa./Trinity), junior 184-pounder Isaiah Betz (Turbotville, Pa./Warrior Run), senior 184-pounder Devon Green (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown), first-year heavyweight Noah Johnson (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run) and sophomore heavyweight Tyler Lobb (Brisbin, Pa./Moshannon Valley) also advanced to the second day of competition, which was scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. Nov. 7. Bobotas, seeded seventh at 125 pounds, posted tech falls of Matthew Frueh of Johnson & Wales (21-6) and Ithaca's Andrew Aparo (19-4) before pinning Penn College's Harris Keares in 2:45 to reach the quarterfinals, where he was scheduled to face Castleton's Gavin Bradley. Seeded eighth at 141 pounds, Magnani posted tech falls over Johnson & Wales' Nicholas Torres (18-1) and North Central's Jonathan Campbell (15-0) and was scheduled to face the top-seed Kaden Ware of

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Seven Lycoming wrestlers win brackets at Lycoming Invitational

Williamsport, Pa. — Seven Lycoming College wrestlers won their brackets Sunday at the Lycoming Invitational at the Keiper Recreation Center, highlighting the team’s first meet action of the year. The Warriors’ bracket winners: 125 pounds: first-year Teli Bobotas (South Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area)125 pounds (B bracket): first-year Michael Copello (Ridgway, Pa./Ridgway Area)141 pounds: sophomore Luke Magnani (Boiling Springs, Pa./Boiling Springs)157 pounds: senior Wyatt Kent (Wheaton, Md./Albert Einstein)174 pounds: senior Nolen Zeigler (Loysville, Pa./West Perry)Heavyweight: first-year Noah Johnson (Watsontown, Pa./Warrior Run)Heavyweight: senior Cole Yonkin (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) Bobotas beat teammate first-year Adam Froehlich (Williamstown, N.J./Williamstown) by major decision, 12-4, in the final of the freshman-sophomore 125-pound A bracket. Johnson beat sophomore teammate Tyler Lobb (Brisbin, Pa./Moshannon Valley) 7-1 at heavyweight in the same division. First-year Landon Erdman (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon Area) also took second at 197 pounds. Magnani won the 141-pound freshman-sophomore bracket with an 8-3 decision over Aiden Beimel of Penn State Behrend. Copello took the 125-pound B bracket with an injury default over Penn College’s Sawyer Wolfkiel. In the junior-senior division, Kent beat Behrend’s Jake Brown 10-3 in the final at 157 pounds. Zeigler won by technical fall, 18-2, over Misericordia’s Anthony Matas at 174 pounds, and Yonkin pinned Behrend’s Matthew