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Following a successful 2020-2021 season, Saucon Valley wrestlers Ty Csencsits, Dante Mahaffey and Jake Jones each have their sights set on individual improvement for next year.
The Saucon Valley high school girls lacrosse team started red-hot on Saturday morning jumping out to a 3-0 lead over the Southern Lehigh Spartans. Sophomore Sophie Engelhardt got the Panthers on the scoreboard first with an unassisted goal only a minute into the contest.
It was a slightly watered-down setting at the Steel Club on Sunday as the Saucon Valley Wrestling Club celebrated another season of success. Missing from the annual event were the members of the youth program who, due to COVID concerns, had their Valley Elementary Wrestling League (VEWL) season cancelled. Nonetheless, those present relived and rejoiced with another memorable year of wrestling success.
It wasn’t quite an NFL combine, but there were definitely some similarities. The Saucon Valley athletic fields were overrun this past Saturday morning by approximately 120 energetic youngsters in grades 1-6. Their purpose was to show off their football skills under the watchful eyes of the Saucon Valley youth football coaches. Saucon Valley Youth Sports with the help of Coach Brad Trembler and his Saucon Valley high school players are working together to sponsor a spring youth flag-football league.
In a tell-tale sign of Spring, the Saucon Valley campus is now buzzing with athletic activity. It has been a long time coming for PIAA Spring sports as the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID. Hopefully, COVID concerns are kept in check and these student-athletes can experience a full season of competition. Last season high school student-athletes were robbed of their spring sports season.
The Saucon Valley wrestling program was well-represented at the conclusion of the 2021 PIAA state wrestling championships. And, all three powerful Panthers that placed in the tiring tournament are underclassmen, with an awesome opportunity to get back up on the Pennsylvania podium again next season. Sophomore Jake Jones (172) along with juniors Ty Csencsits (189) and Dante Mahaffey (215) each ran the COVID era wrestling gauntlet to claim their respective medals in the 2021 PIAA state wrestling championships on Friday at the Hershey Giant Center.
Last weekend, the Saucon Valley Panthers advanced four wrestlers into the PIAA Super-Regional tournament which was hosted by Pottsville High School on Saturday. With a top-four finish in the Super-Regional, a trip to Hershey was on the line for a chance to compete for State Title. It was mixed results, especially early-on, for the Panthers. Fortunately for Saucon, it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
Five Saucon Valley wrestlers fought their way out of the District XI championships last weekend to advance into Saturday’s PIAA Southeast Regional Tournament. Four of those five have now qualified to compete in a “COVID Era” PIAA East Super-Regional. Liam Scrivanich (160), Jake Jones (172), Ty Csencsits (189) and Dante Mahaffey (215) each battled their way through the field to keep their wrestling seasons alive by securing a top-five finish. Scrivanich and Jones are sophomores, Csencsits and Mahaffey are juniors. Junior Cael Markle (145), unfortunately fell in the blood-round to finish sixth overall. Only the top five advance.
St. Luke’s University Health Network announced Wednesday that it is expanding expedited COVID-19 vaccine access to area teachers who qualify under state guidelines.
Some local students were kept at school because their bus couldn’t reach their regular stops, and trash collection in one borough was postponed due to what officials in a phone message called “larger than expected snowfall” from Monday’s predicted winter storm.
At the end of the Sunday session Saucon Valley juniors Ty Csencsits (189) and Dante Mahaffey (215) left the Chrin Center as 2021 District XI Champions. Cael Markle (145), Liam Scrivanich (160) and Jake Jones (172) finished as runner-ups. All five punched their ticket to the PIAA Southeast Regional competition that will be held Saturday at Central Dauphin East High School.
