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Four Cape wrestlers reach state finals

Cape senior Thomas Ott pinned St. Mark's wrestler Keith Medley in the semifinals Feb. 22. BY NICK ROTH
February 22, 2014
Cape's Austin Smith fell 3-2 to St. Georges' Michael Albanese in the 160-pound semifinals. BY NICK ROTH
Sussex Central's Clay Conaway works for some late points, but falls to 182-pound top seed Daulton Gregory of Salesianum 7-4. BY NICK ROTH
Cape coach Chris Mattioni gives his wrestler instructions during the match. BY NICK ROTH
Cape's Nick Diego battles in a 145-pound consolation bracket match. BY NICK ROTH
Matt Wilson of Sussex Tech advanced to the 138-pound final with a 12-10 win over Thomas Otlowski of St. Mark's. BY NICK ROTH
Former Cape wrestler Jenna Pavlik, now coach at Woodbridge, watches her wrestler compete in the semifinals. BY NICK ROTH
Sussex Tech's JuWan Massey advanced to the 113-pound championship with a dominant 13-5 win over Justin Engelmann of St. Mark's. BY NICK ROTH
Smyrna's Brent Fleetwood works over Sussex Tech's Tyler Jump in the 120-pound semifinals. Fleetwood won by technical fall 17-0. BY NICK ROTH
Cape's Nick Carroll advanced to the 285-pound finals with an overtime win over Riley Montgomery of Salesianum. BY NICK ROTH
Cape's Austin Smith fell 3-2 to St. Georges' Michael Albanese in the 160-pound semifinals. BY NICK ROTH

Four Cape wrestlers have reached the final round of the DIAA Individual State Wrestling Championships. The final-round bouts will begin at 7:05 p.m., tonight at Cape Henlopen High School.

The Vikings' upper weights proved to be strong in the tournament so far, as Justin Lopez (170), Aaron Mattioni (195), Thomas Ott (220) and Nick Carroll (285) all remain unbeaten entering their final matches of the tournament.

Ott is seeking his third straight state championship.

Championship matches

106: Nick Klink of Caesar Rodney vs. Chase Archangelo of Smyrna
113: JuWan Massey of Sussex Tech vs. Jarek Lugo of Milford
120: Brent Fleetwood of Smyrna vs. Luke McDonough of Sanford
126: Andy Schmeusser of Polytech vs. Othniel Edmond of Smyrna
132: Tyler Carney of Smyrna vs. Jordan Olfus of Dover
138: Matt Wilson of Sussex Tech vs. Clint Ferrazzo of Caravel
145: Tony Scarfo of Caesar Rodney vs. Kalen Wilson of Smyrna
152: Willie Davis of Woodbridge vs. Josh Smith of Appoquinimink
160: Lou Fedele of Salesianum vs. Michael Albanese of St. George's
170: Brandon Wolfe of Delcastle vs. Justin Lopez of Cape Henlopen
182: Daulton Gregory of Salesianum vs. Rocco Hladney of St. George's
195: Aaron Mattioni of Cape Henlopen vs. Anthony Mancini of Salesianum
220: Thomas Ott of Cape Henlopen vs. John Miller of Salesianum
285: Zack Parker of Caesar Rodney vs. Nick Carroll of Cape Henlopen.

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