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By TOM WARING
Bucks County Courier Times
FAIRLESS HILLS The Pennsbury Falcons have few, if any, holes in their lineup and even have at least a half-dozen backups who can fill in when needed.
We have a very strong lineup all the way through, said senior 135-pounder R.J. Adams. Our JV guys are just as good.
Pennsbury showed its muscle on Wednesday night, winning 11 of 14 bouts en route to a 57-10 blowout of Pennridge.
Coach Joe Kiefer was not surprised that his team won handily.
I thought we had an opportunity to win them all, and we were close, he said.
Pennsbury (22-1 overall, 1-0 Suburban One League National Conference) showed no ill effects from last weekend's trip to Texas, where it won all eight of its matches.
The Falcons built a big lead thanks to three forfeits and pins by Matt Funk (119 pounds), Chris Maples (140), Rob Watson (160), Bryan Wilson (171) and Matt Johnson (189). Pat Hyland won by major decision at 103 while Adams and Matt Cutchineal (152) won by decision.
Pennridge (1-3, 1-2) has a young, inexperienced team that includes five freshmen and four sophomores. Coach John Rittenhouse said the Rams were no match for the talented, well-coached Falcons.
I wish I had such a good feeder program, he said. I'm envious.
There was some consolation for Pennridge, which won the marquee bout of the night. Pennsbury's star freshman Josh Dziewa, who entered with a 25-1 record, moved up a weight class to challenge senior Eric McCann, who qualified for the PIAA Class AAA tournament last year. McCann pulled out an 8-5 victory.
We thought it was good for Josh to wrestle a state-level kid like McCann, Kiefer said.
Though it's early in the SOL National season, it would take a Herculean effort by one of the Falcons' remaining six opponents to beat them.
In fact, some of the Falcons are looking ahead to the District One Dual Meet Tournament. It's hard to blame them, since the tournament starts in two weeks and begins before Pennsbury wrestles Neshaminy and Abington, the SOL teams that will probably give the frontrunners their toughest tests.
Upper Perkiomen and Council Rock-South are district favorites, with Boyertown in the mix.
Those are the three we have to work at, especially if we want to get to Hershey, Cutchineal said.
The top three teams qualify for the state team tournament. Pennsbury hasn't seen Upper Perkiomen or Boyertown, but has dropped a 39-27 decision to CR-South.
We want to wrestle them in district duals, Adams said. I think we'll beat them this time.
Cutchineal thinks Pennsbury is a mature, experienced team. Though CR-South has already beaten the Falcons by 12 and Upper Perkiomen has won the last three district titles, Cutchineal has high hopes for his team if they work hard in practice, are mentally focused and wrestle smart.
I think we can beat both, he said.
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