Bloomsburg Downs East Stroudsburg in Wrestling
EAST STROUDSBURG -- The Bloomsburg University wrestling team closed out its regular season with a 30-9 win over East Stroudsburg Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Huskies end the year with a mark of 12-9.
Bloomsburg got started quickly in the match with Mike Sees (Northumberland/Shikellamy) winning by major decision, 19-8, over Steve Gambino. After an East Stroudsburg picked up a win at 133, Darren Kern (Pennsburg/Upper Perkiomen) won a 7-3 decision over Sean Carr to make it 7-3 team score in favor of Bloomsburg. The Warriors closed the score to 7-6 after a win at 149 pounds. Bloomsburg then won five of the next six matches to pull away.
Dennis Bermudez (Suagerties, NY/Saugerties) won at 157 pounds by a 5-1 score, before Ricky Schmelyun (New Oxford/Bermudian Springs) won by technical fall, 15-0, at 165 pounds. A win by East Stroudsburg at 174 pounds made the match score 15-6. Bloomsburg then got a 6-4 decision from Nate Shirk (MIddleburg/Middleburg) at 184; a win by forfeit at 197 by PJ DiStefano (Whitehall/Whitehall-Coplay) and a pin by Mike Spaid (Perkiomenville/Boyertown) in 2:38 to close out the match. The pin by Spaid was the 14th of the year for the junior.
Bloomsburg returns to action on March 3-4 at the Eastern Wrestling League championships at Cleveland State.
Bloomsburg 30 East Stroudsburg 9
| 125-- Mike Sees (Bloomsburg) maj. dec. Steve Gambino, 19-8 | ||
| 133-- John Stout (ESU) dec. Jason Guffey, 9-6 | ||
| 141-- Darren Kern (Bloomsburg) dec. Sean Carr, 7-3 | ||
| 149-- Scott Heckman (ESU) dec. Matt Moley, 3-1, OT | ||
| 157-- Dennis Bermudez (Bloomsburg) Ben Bishop, 5-1 | ||
| 165-- Ricky Schmelyum (Bloomsburg) WTF over Leif Ruschmeyer, 15-0 | ||
| 174-- Shane Mallory (ESU) dec. Brian Shaw, 6-4, OT | ||
| 184-- Nate Shirk (Bloomsburg) dec. Dave Williams, 6-4 | ||
| 197-- P. J. DiStefano (Bloomsburg) won by forfeit | ||
| HWT-- Mike Spaid (Bloomsburg) WBF over Charles Deighton, 2:38 |
WTF=Won by Technical Fall; WBF=Won by Fall; F=Forfeit
