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Wilkes Men’s Wrestling Cruises to 42-14 Win at Scranton as Laudenslager Collects 300th Career Coaching Win

Wilkes Men’s Wrestling Cruises to 42-14 Win at Scranton as Laudenslager Collects 300th Career Coaching Win
SCRANTON – The Wilkes University men’s wrestling team cruised to a 42-14 victory at fellow Landmark Conference foe the University of Scranton Thursday night in the John Long Center. With the win Wilkes moved to 9-6 overall in dual match play. Head coach Jon Laudenslager also collected his 300^th career coaching victory at Wilkes now owning a 300-150-5 record in 22 seasons at the helm of the program.
Connor Kerwin (Totowa, NJ/Passaic Valley) began the match with one of Wilkes’ six falls taking his 125-pound bout in 1:35. Michael Richardson (Brick, NJ/Brick Memorial) continued the fall trend with a pin in :46 over Charles Arobone at 133. Ben Grater (Saddle Brooke, NJ/Saddle Brook) made it three in a row for six points as he pinned Kevin Cordero in 1:56. Jacob Bettencourt (Dighton, MA/Bristol Plymouth) was the fourth pin-fall winner as he bested Shkeb Nadir in :50. Jaryn Hartranft (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua) (157) closed out the five straight falls to begin the contest as he won in 1:28 to give Wilkes a 30-0 lead halfway through the match.
Scranton picked up a technical fall at 165, decision at 174 and a fall at 184 to conclude its scoring in the match. Cameron Butka (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) took the forfeit win at 197 as the senior moved to 26-2 on the season. He also tied the school record for career wins at 121, held by Guesseppe Rea who graduated with a mark of 121-29. Butka now stands 121-23 overall in his career on the mat for the Colonels. Caleb Burkhart (Hughesville, PA/Hughesville) picked up … more at … https://gowilkesu.com/news/2025/1/23/wilkes-mens-wrestling-cruises-to-42-14-win-at-scranton-as-laudenslager-collects-300th-career-coaching-win.aspx

January 26, 2025 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized | sports, wrestling