By Bill Albright

ESPNWilliamsport.com Staff Writer

WILLIAMSPORT -- In much the same fashion as it did in Friday night’s opening round, District 4 continued to dominate the Northeast Class AA Regional Wrestling Championships that concluded here Saturday night by crowning 12 of the 14 individual champions.

Benton ran away with the team title, outdistancing runnerup Athens by more than 35 points. The Tigers claimed three individual titlists, while Muncy and Shamokin each came away with a pair of gold medalists.

Rounding out the District 4 schools with titlists with one each were Athens, Towanda, Line Mountain, Montoursville and Lewisburg.

In addition to the dozen individual champions, District 4 also claimed all but one runner-up to give them a total of 25 wrestlers who placed either first or second in the tournament.

The top three finishers will advance to the PIAA state tournament which begins Thursday and ends Saturday in the Giant Center at Hershey.

Final Team Standings (Top 15 Teams): 1. Benton 115.5, 2. Athens 80, 3. Shamokin 75, 4. Montoursville and Muncy, 62.5, 6. Towanda 51.5, 7. Warrior Run 41, 8. Lewisburg 39, 9. Wyalusing 38, 10. Line Mountain 37, 11. Mifflinburg 32.5, 12. Blue Ridge 26, 13. South Williamsport 19, 14. Lackawanna Trail 18, 15. Milton 17.

Championship Semifinals

103 -- Zain Retherford, Line Mountain, pinned Zach Heeter, Midd-West, 2:57; David Sheesley, Mifflinburg, pinned Andrew Gipe, South Willliamsport, 2:48.

112 -- David White, Athens, dec. Colt Cotten, Benton, 4-0; Cody Wheeler, Towanda, dec. Eric Wolfe, Milton, 4-3.

119 -- Michael Rhone, Benton, pinned Sean Heggs, East Juniata, 2:53; Ben Carey, Montoursville, dec. Tyler Watts, South Williamsport, 5-4 TB2.

125 -- Coltin Fought, Benton, maj. Dec. Ethan Midkiff, Mifflinburg, 16-5; Ben Knecht, Athens, dec. Caleb Willey, Towanda, 5-4.

130 -- Brandon Pesarchik, Shamokin, maj. Dec. Brian Watkins, Southern Columbia, 14-6; Adam Kritzer, Line Mountain, dec. Matt Mullery, Hanover Area, 10-6.

135 -- Luke Frey, Montoursville, dec. Chris Pfirman, Warrior run, 6-3; Josh Lahr, Shamokin, pinned Troy Hembury, Muncy, 5:59.

140 -- Alex Stanton, Blue Ridge, pinned Darren Stucker, Wilkes-Barre Meyers, 1:45; Derek Shingara, Shamokin, dec. Alec Eggerton, Loyalsock, 9-5.

145 -- Aaron Fry, Muncy, tech. fall Curt Schneider, Loyalsock, 16-1, 2:19; Elias Biddle, Warrior Run, dec. Garrett Russell, Athens, 7-3.

152 -- Zach Strickland, Muncy, dec. Tyler Hain, Warrior Run, 7-5; Mike Testin, Athens, dec. Casey Fuller, Western Wayne, 8-4.

160 -- Eric Hess, Benton, pinned Mike Cobb, Wyalusing, :52; Caleb Lomax, Montoursville, pinned Josh Harrison, Western Wayne, 4:53.

171 -- Nathaniel Brown, Lewisburg, maj. Dec. Jake Mankey, Benton, 12-1; Shane Stark, Lake Lehman, dec. Mike Clark, Wyalusing, 7-2.

189 -- Travis Chelsa, Towanda, won by injury default over Ryan Solomon, Milton; Ryan Hembury, Muncy, maj. Dec. Brandon Smith, Lewisburg, 8-0.

215 -- Todd Hall, Athens, dec. Josh Mihalik, Wellsboro, 3-1; Eric Laytos, Lackawanna Trail, dec. Nick Dawson, Montourwsville, 7-1.

285 -- Tyler DeMott, Benton, dec. Jeff Mach, South Williamsport, 7-5; West Tillett, Shamokin, dec. Pete Champluvier, Wyalusing, 8-3.

Consolation Quarterfinals

103 -- Matt Welliver, Benton, pinned Nicholas Heck, Wyoming Area, 4:13; Shane Elick, Hanover Area, dec. Evan Decker, Western Wayne, 1-0.

112 -- Justin Elick, Hanover Area, dec. Anthony Cashera, South Williamsport, 10-8; Aaron Pasone, Wilkes-Barre Meyers, maj. Dec. Aaron Perez, Dallas, 12-0.

119 -- Heath Strickland, Muncy, pinned Devon Maye, Elk Lake, 1:57; Andrew Schutz, Wyalusing, dec. Zack Jones, Western Wayne, 1-0.

125 -- Bryan Brown, Wyalusing, pinned Brian DeLuca, Dallas, 2:01; Keaton Bennett, Elk Lake, dec. John Elick, Hanover Area, 4-2.

130 -- Seth Bartlett, Montgomery, tech. fall Tristen Vanderlick, Wyoming Area, 16-0, 4:24; Ben Emmett, Central Columbia, pinned Devin Florentino, Elk Lake, 3:49.

135 -- Garth Mahosky, Canton, pinned Thomas Maby, Susquehanna Community, :54; Mike Pipitone, Blue Ridge, maj. Dec. Derrick Smith, Elk Lake, 13-2.

140 -- Logan Mensinger, Southern Columbia, won by injury default over Zack Ripic, Towanda; Dakkota Deem, Montgomery, dec. Garrett Wynn, Hanover Area, 6-0.

145 -- Lee Supsic, Shamokin, pinned Craig Butler, Mountain View, 4:26; Matt Lukachinsky, Hanover Area, pinned Matt Mugford, Lackawanna Trail, 5:12 OT.

152 -- Kyle Kovinck, Nanticoke, won by injury default over Erik Lawton, Lewisburg; Ty Walter, Mifflinburg, won by technical fall over Kurt Pericci, Hanover Area, 15-0, 3:31.

160 -- Garrett Llewellyn, Danville, dec. Tyler McCauley, Elk Lake, 6-2; Beau Parker, Troy, tech. fall over Zach Thorne, Montrose, 16-0, 2:39.

171 -- Tyler Stettler, Mansfield, dec. Kadlem Wheatie, Western Wayne, 6-4 s.v.; Kegan Polastre, Shamokin, maj. Dec. Rich Gates, Wyoming Area, 19-5.

189 -- Matt Rosensweet, Western Wayne, by medical forfeit over Josh Albert, Montoursville; Brandon Cleveland, Elk Lake, pinned Mike Glowaniack, Wilkes-Barre Meyers, 3:56.

215 -- Jacob Eastman, Elk Lake, dec. Andy Engler, Loyalsock, 11-5; Damian Botts, Blue Ridge, dec. Brad Poust, Hughesville, 3-2.

285 -- Aaron Schultz, Towanda, pinned Josh Ralston, Elk Lake, 1:29; Anthony Gipson, Wilkes-Barre Meyers, dec. Mike Galantini, Valley View, 5-2.

Consolation Semifinals

103 -- Welliver dec. Gipe, 3-2; Heeter tech. fall over Elick, 16-1, 4:21.

112 -- Wolfe dec. Elick, 7-2, Cotton pinned Pasone, :17

119 -- Watts dec. Strickland, 4-2; Schutz dec. Heggs, 6-2.

125 -- Willey pinned Brown, 2:22; Midkiff tech. fall over Bennett, 15-0, 3:25.

130 -- Bartlett maj. Dec. Mullery, 11-1; Emmett dec. Watkins, 3-1.

135 -- Mahosky dec. Hembury, 13-8; Pfirman maj. Dec. Pipitone, 11-1.

140 -- Eggerton maj. Dec. Mensinger, 14-2; Deem pinned Stucker, 4:30.

145 -- Russell pinned Supsic, 4:59; Schneider pinned Lukachinsky, 1:56.

152 -- Fuller dec. Koviack, 7-2; Hain maj. Dec. Walter, 10-0.

160 -- Llewellyn dec. Harrison, 8-3; Cobb dec. Parker, 11-7.

171 -- Clark dec. Stettler, 5-1; Mankey maj. Dec. Polastre, 14-3.

189 -- Smith dec. Rosensweet, 3-0; Solomon dec. Cleveland, 5-0.

215 -- Dawson dec. Eastman, 7-3; Mihalik dec. Botts, 4-0.

285 -- Champluvier dec. Schultz, 6-4 OT s.v.; Mach dec. Gipson, 6-2 t.b. 2

Consolation Finals

For Third Place

103 -- Welliver dec. Heeter, 7-4.

112 -- Cotton dec. Wolfe, 6-4 s.v.

119 -- Watts dec. Schutz, 7-2.

125 -- Midkiff dec. Willey, 7-1.

130 -- Emmett pinned Bartlett, 5:32 s.v.

135 -- Mahosky dec. Pfirman, 5-3 s.v.

140 -- Eggerton dec. Deem, 3-2.

145 -- Russell pinned Schneider, :11.

152 -- Hain pinned Fuller, 1:46.

160 -- Cobb maj. Dec. Llewellyn, 12-3.

171 -- Clark dec. Mankey, 4-2.

189 -- Solomon dec. Smith, 2-0

215 -- Dawson dec. Mihalik, 3-1 s.v.

285 -- Champuliver dec. Mach, 9-4.

Championship Finals

103 -- Zain Retherford, Line Mountain, by medical forfeit over David Sheesley, Mifflinburg.

112 -- David White, Athens, dec. Cody Wheeler, Towanda, 5-0.

119 -- Michael Rhone, Benton, maj. Dec. Ben Carey, Montoursville, 9-1.

125 -- Coltin Fought, Benton, maj. Dec. Ben Knecht, Athens, 8-0.

130 -- Brandon Pesarchik, Shamokin, dec. Adam Kritzer, Line Mountain, 8-4.

135 -- Luke Frey, Montoursville, dec. Josh Lahr, Shamokin, 3-0.

140 -- Alex Stanton, Blue Ridge, maj. Dec. Derek Shingara, Shamokin, 8-0.

145 -- Aaron Fry, Muncy, dec. Elias Biddle, Warrior Run, 12-5.

152 -- Zach Strickland, Muncy, dec. Mike Testen, Athens, 2-1.

160 -- Eric Hess, Benton, tech. fall Caleb Lomax, Montoursville, 18-2, 5:12.

171 -- Nathaniel Brown, Lewisburg, dec. Shane Stark, Lake Lehman, 7-2.

189 -- Travis Chelsa, Towanda, dec. Ryan Hembury, Muncy, 5-0.

215 -- Eric Laytos, Lackawanna Trail, dec. Todd Hall, Athens, 9-4.

285 -- Wes Tillett, Shamokin, dec. Tyler DeMott, Benton, 7-5 OT s.v.