Head Coach: Justin Petersen: 9th as head, 11th overall
Assistant Coaches:
Zack Christman
Junior Ortiz
Joshua Rake
Tom Pasquariello
Sport: Wrestling
Team Name: Palmerton
League: Colonial
2021 Record: 8-8
Key Wrestlers lost:
Dennis Lombardi 145/152
Jeremy Mooney 172
Matt Garey-Hendricks 215
Colyn Mertz 189
Westin Horn 132
Key Returning Wrestlers:
Dan Lucykanish, Senior, 152/160, 17-5, District Runner Up, Very athletic and explosive wrestler
Derek King, Sophomore, 139/145, 18-9, dedicated and hard working
Dillon Lombardi, Sophomore, 133/139, 13-8, dedicated and hard working
Caleb Gaffney, Sophomore, 160, 13-16
Josh Merkel, Sophomore, 121/127, 12-12
Kellen Trotter, Sophomore, 10-8, 107/114
Bryce Smith, Sophomore, 2-6, 145/152
Jameson Trainer, Sophomore, 1-11, 145/152
Gretchen Schaible, Junior, 1-0, 127/132
Aidan Ortiz, Sophomore, 1-5, 127/132
Key Newcomers:
Dominic Massey, Senior, 189/215
Jayce Koch, Sophomore, 172/189
David Pereira, Sophomore, 172/189
Mason Becker, Sophomore, 114/121
Clayton Everitt, Junior, 285
Vincent Taglieri, Freshman, 133/139
2022 Outlook: We have a good young core that has been wrestling for a long time with our program. Almost all of our guys wrestle in the off-season and puts a lot of time in the weight room in the off-season as well. We have only a couple of seniors and only one with good experience. The lack of veteran presence could be a question mark, but I expect some of our sophomores to step into leadership roles pretty well.
