BERWYN --- The North Penn Knights went 2-2 on the second day of the Five Star Duels at Conestoga High School, placing 7th out of 12 teams in the two-day competition. Red Lion High School from District Three was the overall champion. Saturday, the Knights defeated Sun Valley and West Chester Henderson before losing to Avon Grove and Conestoga. Overall, North Penn went 3-4 for the weekend.

Against Sun Valley, North Penn won nine of 14 bouts, including the first seven, en route to a 41-26 victory. Wrestling began at 112, and after back-to-back technical falls by Tyler Romano (112) and Matt Prestifilippo (119), the Knights were off to a good start. Mike Incollingo (130), Dominic Colangelo (145) and Tyler Smith (215) won their matches by fall.

The Knights then defeated West Chester Henderson, 31-30, but needed the third tiebreaker criteria to do so. Going into the final match of the duel, North Penn trailed the Warriors by six, but Matt Prestifilippo pinned Zac Demi at 112 to knot the score at 30-30. Tiebreaker criteria came into play, and the third criteria (most pins), gave the decisive point to North Penn, two pins to one. Tommy Prykowski had the other pin for North Penn in the opening match at 119.

Avon Grove slipped past North Penn, 42-37, in the first placement match for the Knights. The bouts were evenly split, 7-7, but the Devils had six pins and one forfeit victory for the decisive bonus points. Mike Incollingo, Bobby Ashton, Matt Prestifilippo, and Tommy Prykowski pinned for North Penn. The Knights led, 15-12, after five matches, but Avon Grove rattled off five six-point wins in a row (four falls, one forfeit) from 152-215 to take control of the match, 42-15. North Penn would win the final four bouts for the final margin.

In the last placement match of the day, Conestoga thumped North Penn, 46-18. The Pioneers never trailed in the match, picking up two wins by forfeit, and three more by fall. The last bout of the duel was the featured matchup, as two of the area's top 125-pounders, Mike Incollingo and Jack Chidester, squared off. Chidester used four takedowns to build a big lead, and held off Incollingo in the third period to win, 11-5.

The Knights (11-10 overall, 1-3 SOL National) had two wrestlers go a perfect 7-0 this weekend. Matt Prestifilippo had three technical falls, two pins, and two major decisions at 112 and 119, and Tony Lozzi had two pins, two major decisions, and three regular decisions at heavyweight. Tommy Prykowski was 6-1 at 119 and 125, while Mike Incollingo (125-130) and Dominic Colangelo (145-152) both went 5-2.

Next up for the Knights is a Suburban One National matchup at Harry S Truman on Wednesday night.

FIVE STAR DUELS AT CONESTOGA HS (TOP 8 TEAMS)
1. Red Lion
2. Neshaminy
3. Norristown
4. Central York
5. Conestoga
6. Avon Grove
7. NORTH PENN
8. Cardinal O'Hara

NORTH PENN 41, SUN VALLEY 26
112 - Tyler Romano (NP) tech. fall over Mark Asebado, 15-0 (3:57)
119 - Matt Prestiflippo (NP) tech. fall over Jimmy Chen, 19-2 (5:03)
125 - Tommy Prykowski (NP) dec. over Dan Stover, 7-5
130 - Mike Incollingo (NP) pinned Jeff Chen, 0:34
135 - Joe Grunklee (NP) maj. dec. over Chuck Morgan, 10-2
140 - Randy Haun (NP) dec. over Shane Mullen, 12-8
145 - Dominic Colangelo (NP) pinned Kyle Russell, 5:47
152 - Sean Simon (SV) maj. dec. over Mark Carovillano, 11-2
160 - Josh Marquard (SV) pinned Will Bachert, 0:30
171 - Adam Porter (SV) won by forfeit
189 - Mike Redden (SV) pinned Tom DiCandillo, 1:20
215 - Tyler Smith (NP) pinned Mike Horvat, 3:06
285 - Tony Lozzi (NP) dec. over Paris Covington, 10-3
103 - Vinny Oristaglio (SV) maj. dec. over Evan Conti, 13-1

NORTH PENN 31, WC HENDERSON 30
(North Penn wins on 3rd Tiebreaker Criteria - most pins)
119 - Tommy Prykowski (NP) pinned Nick Schmidt, 1:43
125 - Mike Incollingo (NP) won by forfeit
130 - Quinn Caliendo (WC) maj. dec. over Bobby Ashton, 11-2
135 - Stash Grab (WC) dec. over Joe Grunklee, 5-3
140 - Randy Haun (NP) dec. over Lee Emery, 3-1
145 - Dominic Colangelo (NP) dec. over Ian Laird, 10-4
152 - Luke Speers (WC) tech. fall over Mark Carovillano, 18-2 (5:59)
160 - Will Bachert (NP) dec. over Zephyr Dippel, 9-8
171 - Hunter Smith (WC) won by forfeit
189 - Steve Evans (WC) pinned Tom DiCandillo, 1:42
215 - Gary Brown (WC) dec. over Tyler Smith, 7-5
285 - Tony Lozzi (NP) dec. over Mark Muscari, 8-4
103 - Tim Collins (WC) dec. over Evan Conti, 8-6 (sv)
112 - Matt Prestifilippo (NP) pinned Zac Demi, 2:22

AVON GROVE 42, NORTH PENN 37
125 - Mike Incollingo (NP) pinned Matt Gorman, 1:40
130 - Bobby Ashton (NP) pinned Benjamin Gurley, 2:22
135 - Kevin DiMichiel (AG) pinned Joe Grunklee, 1:52
140 - Jesse Wolfe (AG) pinned Randy Haun, 4:14
145 - Dominic Colangelo (NP) dec. over Joe Wendle, 11-10
152 - Michael Chrzanowski (AG) pinned Mark Carovillano, 3:33
160 - Robert Massi (AG) pinned Will Bachert, 3:51
171 - Brian Henriksen (AG) pinned Tom DiCandillo, 0:28
189 - Sam Benson (AG) won by forfeit
215 - Michael Zebrowski (AG) pinned Tyler Smith, 0:58
285 - Tony Lozzi (NP) maj. dec. over John Tipton, 11-3
103 - Evan Conti (NP) won by forfeit
112 - Matt Prestifilippo (NP) pinned Robert Sylvester, 2:36
119 - Tommy Prykowski (NP) pinned Robert Callaway, 2:21

CONESTOGA 46, NORTH PENN 18
130 - Andrew Christy (C) pinned Bobby Ashton, 0:47
135 - Blair Biggin (C) dec. over Joe Grunklee, 6-0
140 - Randy Haun (NP) dec. over Mike Brady, 1-0
145 - Dominic Colangelo (NP) won by forfeit
152 - Nick Becattini (C) pinned Mark Carovillano, 5:20
160 - Tanner Rogers (C) won by forfeit
171 - Bryan McCormick (C) dec. over Tom DiCandillo, 8-2
189 - Matt Roe (C) won by forfeit
215 - Gregg Gruschow (C) pinned Drew Brady, 1:11
285 - Tony Lozzi (NP) maj. dec. over Dan Marion, 12-1
103 - John Scuteri (C) maj. dec. over Evan Conti, 10-2
112 - Matt Prestifilippo (NP) tech. fall over Dave Exler, 16-0 (1:55)
119 - Jordan Pavillard (C) dec. over Tommy Prykowski, 8-6
125 - Jack Chidester (C) dec. over Mike Incollingo, 11-5

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