Northern Tier Sports ReportMILTON — Towanda’s Kaylen Sluyter won three straight consolation matches to punch her ticket to the PIAA Girls Wrestling Championships at the Central Regional Tournament Saturday, taking fourth overall.
Sluyter (112) went 4-2 overall, opening the day by pinning Crestwood’s Emmersyn Seltzer in 3:11.
She was pinned by Redbank Valley’s Iris Reitz in 5:55 during the quarters, but bounced back in the consolations with a fall over NEB’s Dariela Ramirez-Reyes in 4:59.
Sluyter then pinned Northern Bedford’s Yasmin Miller in 4:21 to reach the consolation semifinals.
In the blood round she held off a late charge from Evelynne Neale for a 17-14 win to punch her ticket to Hershey.
In the bronze medal match she fell 5-3 to Nanticoke’s Emily Kivler.
Kenzie Brown (130) went 1-2 on the day. She was pinned by Northern Bedford’s Emily Dennis in 40 seconds to open the tournament, but then came back with a 2:58 fall over Lake Lehman’s Miley Okane.
In the next round of consolations she lost 13-6 to Wilkes-Barre’s Jacqueline Hernandez.
Kendal Cook (148) and Adalee Wecker (170) both went 0-2.
Cook was pinned by Delaware Valley’s Ella Smith in 1:09 in the opening round, then lost by fall to Hughesville’s Caroline Hicks in 3:59 in the consolations.
Wecker was leading North Star’s Laikyn Paxton 9-8 when she was pinned in 4:16 in the preliminary match. Wyoming’s Gia Chapman pinned her in 1:24 in the consolations.
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PHOTOS BY CHRIS MANNING
