Kemp plays the heavy for Academy Park
Academy Park’s Daniel Kemp made short work of his opponent Thursday, scoring a pivotal pin in the heavyweight match in 1 minute, 44 seconds to clinch a 42-34 nonleague win over Bensalem.
Kemp’s pin ended a four-bout winning streak by the Owls that threatened to take control of the match. That run followed pins by Elijah Gilmore at 152 pounds and Max Fitzgerald at 160 for the Knights (12-12).
In the Central League:
Springfield 50, Radnor 20: Radnor won four of the eight contested bouts, but they didn’t have the numbers to win the match.
Springfield’s Mike Psenicska (138) and Chris Sciarrino (152) won by fall, while Jon Fogel scored a decision at 132 and Dan Boyer won by technical fall at 160.
Kyle Wadell (145), Tom Meyers (170), Zak Taylor (182) and Kent Chance (220) all scored decisions for Radnor.
Upper Darby 75, Harriton 3: Colin Cronin (132) and Chris Johnson (132) started the match with pins as the Royals never looked back.
Josh Yeboah remained undefeated with a pin at 220, which followed a pin by Madhat Fares at 195 for UD.
Strath Haven 42, Penncrest 25: Brett Burns (138), Matthew Splain (145) and Pete Somaru (152) scored consecutive pins in the middle of the match, Somaru’s coming with just four seconds left in the bout, late Wednesday night to shift the final decision in Haven’s favor.
Elijah Crew finished things off with a pin at 220 for Haven, which got off to a fast start thanks to heavyweight Peter Deeb’s pin. Tommy Zeigler (113) and Noah Frantz (120) made sure all seven of the Panthers wins came by fall.
Ty D’Ortone landed a pin at 106 for Penncrest, and Joe Pyfer (182) and Joshua Speece (126) notched major decisions.
In the Ches-Mont League:
Rustin 53, Sun Valley 19: Steve Okoorian, who tallied his 100th career win Saturday, continued his winning ways with a pin in 1:13 at 170 pounds late Wednesday night as the Vanguards lost.
Sean Donahue won a 9-2 decision at 132 pounds, Christian Bateman won by technical fall at 138 and 160-pounder Alex Elliott won by fall for the Vanguards.
