Emmaus, PA - January 16, 2025: The Emmaus High School boys wrestling team, coming off a 34-25 win over Parkland High School the night before, won 10 of the 13 matches to defeat Liberty High School 51-15. The win over the Hurricanes marks only the fourth time that Emmaus has defeated the Canes in wrestling but it’s the third time in as many years.
The match started at 107 pounds where Jackson Max got things started for the Hornets with a tech fall (16-1) over Liberty’s Elijah Heimbach. At 114 pounds, Emilio Albanese received a forfeit and right away, Emmaus was up 12-0. The Hornets would then go on to win the next eight bouts, five of which were by fall; two were by decision.
Liberty would finally break through at 189 pounds when Michael Kounoupis pinned Emmaus’ Bryce Andrew in 38 seconds. Liberty won at 215 pounds by decision as well. At 285 pounds, Liberty’s Jason Doughty was down 1-0 in the 3rd period when he caught Emmaus’ Jonah Labeda off-balance and was able to get him to his back for the fall.
Emmaus Head Coach Jim Best now has his team at a 9-3 record while Liberty falls to 6-3.
Complete Results:
107 - Jackson Max (E) over Elijah Heimbach (L) TF 16-1
114 - Emilio Albanese (E) FF
121 - Teagan Caciolo (E) over John Solano (L) FALL
127 - Levi Max (E) over Ben Miller (L) DEC 10-7
133 - Aiden Bayard (E) over Julyus Holguin (L) DEC 7-3
139 - Xyler Sallit (E) over Jose Rodriguez (L) FALL
145 - Chancellor Henry (E) over Ben Reid (L) TF 19-4
152 - Logan Armstrong (E) over Damian Lopez (L) FALL
160 - Jesse Scott (E) over Mario Negron (L) FALL
172 - Xayden Sallit (E) over Anthony Martin (L) FALL
189 - Michael Kounoupis (L) over Bryce Andrew (E) FALL
215 - Jayden Perez (L) over Ashir Choudhry (E) DEC 6-1
285 - Jason Doughty (L) over Jonah Labeda (E) FALL
