Numerous area wrestlers are alive for gold medals after winning their opening quarterfinal matchups on Friday on the first day of the District 4 Class AA wrestling championships at Williamsport’s Magic Dome.

In total, 30 wrestlers from the area won their quarterfinal matchups to advance to the championship semifinals and keep their hopes for a gold medal alive. The tournament resumes on Saturday morning beginning at 9 a.m.

Montgomery Manny Stoltzfus earned a fall in 2:35 over Midd-West’s Mason Kerstetter to advance to the semifinals at 107 while Branden Eisenhour of Montoursville defeated Norhteast Bradford’s Mason Alexander via major decision, 15-5 to advance. Williamson’s Zander Wilson also advanced with a tech fall over Hughesville’s Ethan Wodrig, 17-2, 3:01.

At 114, North Penn-Liberty’s Bryce Pequignot earned a tech fall win against Montoursville’s Coltyn Wagner, 18-1, 1:13 and Chase Wirnsberger of Warrior Run earned a decision win against Andrew Kapec, 6-4, of Sullivan County. Canton’s Lyle Vermilya beat Liam Seeley of Montgomery by decision, 8-6.

Gage Swank of Muncy and Teli Bobotas of Montoursville both won their quarterfinal matchup at 121 as Swank won via tech fall against Hunter Simonds of Williamson, 17-1, 2:28 and Bobotas pinned Lewisburg’s Nolan Altoft in 69 seconds.

At 127, Sullivan County’s Colton Wade, Montgomery’s Carden Wagner and Montoursville’s David Kennedy all secured quarterfinal victories to reach Saturday’s semifinals.

Hughesville’s Chase Shaner and Montoursville’s Blaize Vogel were quarterfinalist winners at 133 and at 139, Montgomery’s Brandt Harer was the only area wrestler to earn a quarterfinal win.

At 145, Canton’s Carson Rockwell earned a 9-2 decision over Kile Hartman of Hughesville. Max Furman of Montgomery lost by major decision, 15-3, to Line Mountain’s Nolan Savage.

Lewisburg’s Landon Wagner earned a 6-2 decision over Keagan Smith of Hughesville in the quarterfinals at 152.

Warrior Run’s Reagan Milheim, Hughesville’s Mason Mordan and Montoursville’s Hayden Harvey all won at 160. At 172, Gage Wentzel of Montoursville, Chase Wenrich of Lewisburg and Max Wirnsberger of Warrior Run earned victories.

At 189, Tyler Ulrich of Warrior Run pinned Canton’s Leland Pepper in just 36 seconds, Owen Kleinman earned a major decision win over Towanda’s Zack Lantz, 12-3, Wellsboro’s Ryder Bowen had a 7-2 decision win against Maxim Johnson of Line Mountain and Montgomery’s Coy Bryson earned a tech fall win over Williamson’s Timothy Freeman, 17-2, 2:29.

Muncy’s Austin Johnson, ranked No. 1 in the state, needed just 20 seconds to pin Warrior Run’s Isaiah Betz at 215 to advance.

Noah Johnson of Warrior Run, Williamson’s Luke Sottolano and Montoursville’s landon Morehart all earned quarterfinal wins at 285.

DISTRICT 4 CLASS AA RESULTS

CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTERFINALS

107: Zander Wilson, Williamson, tech fall EThan Wodrig, Hughesville, 17-2, 3:01; Manny Stoltzfus, Montgomery, pinned Mason Kerstetter, Midd-West, 2:35; Branden Eisenhour, Montoursville, maj. dec. Mason Alexander, NEB, 15-5; Rowen Humphrey, Southern, maj. dec. Bodhi Nickerson, NP-Liberty, 10-0.

114: Bryce Pequignot, NP-Liberty, tech fall Coltyn Wagner, Montoursville, 18-1, 1:13; Isaiah Harvey, Wyalusing, pinned Lane Yount, Midd-West, 0:45; Chase Wirnsberger, Warrior Run, dec. Andrew Kapec, Sullivan County, 6-4; Lyle Vermilya, Canton, dec. Liam Seeley, Montgomery, 8-6.

121: Brock Rothermel, Line Mountain, maj. dec. Seth Kolb, Benton, 12-4; Gage Swank, Muncy, tech fall Hunter Simonds, Williamson,17-1, 2:28; Curtis Maynard, Towanda, maj. dec. Jack Gramly, Mifflinburg, 11-0; Teli Bobotas, Montoursville, pinned Nolan Altoft, Lewisburg, 1:09.

127: Colton Wade, Sullivan County, pinned Ty Locke, Milton, 1:47; Carden Wagner, Montgomery, pinned Landon Michaels, Lewisburg, 5:04; Bradley Wagner, Mifflinburg, tech fall Brayden Pequignot, NP-Liberty, 18-3, 1:28; David Kennedy, Montoursville, tech fall Tanner Vanderpool Towanda, 19-3, 2:23.

133: Ben STraub, Mifflinburg, maj. dec. AJ Kroft, Montgomery, 15-2; Chase Shaner, Hughesville, maj. dec. Bradyn Schadel, Line Mountain, 12-1; Blaize Vogel, Montoursville, pinned Caden Snyder, Warrior Run, 2;41; Gage Evans, Towanda, tech fall Daniel Sleiman, Benton, 17-0, 2:56.

139: Brandt Harer, Montgomery, tech fall Tommy Preston, Canton, 19-4, 1:13; Lane Kenamond, Mifflinburg, dec. Cole Patrick, Wyalusing, 7-4; Charley Paige, Midd-West, tech fall Keegan Bagley, Sullivan County, 17-2, 5:31; Reese Sluyter, Towanda, dec. Karter Stone, Montoursville, 3-2.

145: Matthew Smith, Midd-West, tech fall Jonathan Earle, Wyalusing, 20-3, 2:23; Carson Rockwell, Canton, dec. Kile Hartman, Hughesville, 9-2; Nolan Savage, Line Mountain, maj. dec. Max Furman, Montgomery, 15-3; Riley Vanderpool, Towanda, tech fall Wyatt Conoway, Sugar Valley, 15-0, 1:47.

152: Dalton Schadel, Line Mountain, dec. Ayden Hunsinger, Wyalusing, 7-2; Dylan Brokenshire, Benton, dec. Evan Maneval, Midd-West, 8-3; Landen Wagner, Lewisburg, dec. Keagan Smith, Hughesville, 6-2; Brayden Andrews, Sullivan County, dec. Riley Oakes, NP-Liberty, 14-8.

160: Reagan Milheim, Warrior RUn, tech fall Crue Chipeleski, Central Columbia, 20-5, 3:12; Mason Mordan, Hughesville, tech fall Kale Howland, NEB, 17-1, 5:39; Chase Pensyl, Shamokin, pinned Carter Austin, Troy, 1:15; Hayden Harvey, Montoursville, pinned Ethan Lenker, Line Mountain, 1:44.

172: Gage Wentzel, Montoursville, tech fall Kohen Shingara, Line Mountain, 17-0, 2:30; Chase Wenrich, Lewisburg, tech fall Chase Geurin, Towanda, 15-0, 1:14; Jordan Brown, Sayre, pinned Grant Yount, Midd-West, 5:49; Max Wirnsberger, Warrior Run, pinned Hunter Dietterick, Central Columbia, 3;31.

189: Tyler Ulrich, Warrior Run, pinned Leland Pepper, Canton, 0;36; Owen Kleinman, Montoursville, maj. dec. Zack Lantz, Towanda, 12-3; Ryder Bowen, Wellsboro, dec. Maxim Johnson, Line Mountain, 7-2; Coy Bryson, Montgomery, tech fall Timothy Freeman, Williamson, 17-2, 2:29.

215: Austin Johnson, Muncy, pinned Isaiah Betz, Warrior Run, 0:20; Landon Tucker, Mifflinburg, pinned Evan Hugar, Montgomery, 1:54; Jude Bremigen, Southern, pinned Luke Stutzman, Hughesville, 1:16; Sawyer Robinson, Towanda, tech fall Jacob Schwalm, Line Mountain, 15-0, 2:35.

285: Mason Higley, Towanda, pinned Robert Whitmer, Shamokin, 0:19; Noah Johnson, Warrior Run, dec. Clayton Whitenight, Central Columbia, 14-8; Luke Sottolano, Williamson, dec. Braylin Smith, Southern, 4-0; Landon Morehart, Montoursville, pinned Reed Palmer, Troy, 0:55.