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Topic: 2025 District 1 Duals seeding/matchups Posted: Jan 19 2025 at 1:42pm |
The 2025 District 1 Duals seeding has been decided today... the brackets and the first round matchups are now out!
AAA actions gets started this Thursday (Jan 23rd) with the 1-8 seeds hosting. Winners advance to the quarterfinals at Upper Dublin on Saturday, February 1st. The tournament becomes double-elimination from the quarters.
For AA, Faith Christian Academy takes on Bristol for the title at 1 PM on Saturday, February 1st at Upper Dublin.
Top 4 teams in AAA advance to the state bracket and the AA champ advances.
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Posted: Jan 19 2025 at 1:48pm |
AAA seeds- Quakertown (8-2)
- Boyertown (15-2)
- Council Rock South (10-1)
- Council Rock North (9-4)
- Oxford Area (12-3)
- Pennsbury (10-7)
- Sun Valley (9-3)
- Spring-Ford (11-4)
- Souderton (14-5)
- Pennridge (4-5)
- Garnet Valley (8-3)
- Hatboro-Horsham (3-4)
- Haverford High (12-1)
- Owen J. Roberts (5-6)
- Neshaminy (13-7)
- Methacton (13-3)
AA seeds - Faith Christian Academy (9-1)
- Bristol (10-3)
Records as of the time of seeding
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Posted: Jan 20 2025 at 10:32am |
Forgot to mention... a couple of the first round matches for AAA might be moved to Friday. If/when that is decided, I'll share that info.
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Posted: Jan 20 2025 at 1:15pm |
Post snow shoveling impressions for 1st round matchups:
Quakertown / Methacton - tough to pull an upset when you have no one at 107 or 114. Gaj vs Shumaker is the best potential bout, but Gaj is just on another level. PA Power (for what it is worth) has the Panthers outside the top 25 in the state and 4 other teams from District 1 on that list, so the committee definitely went away from conventional wisdom on this seeding. That said, they are clearly a much better dual team than I thought they would be this year, very well put together lineup.
Spring-Ford / Souderton- lineup juggling and the toss will be important. Traditionally you would give the big game experience edge to Spring-Ford, but this Souderton team has some real firepower that has been tested on the big stage in another lifetime. Common opponent results are basically identical, should be very competitive and back and forth. If it starts at 107, the result could very well come down to Gonce vs Hudak at HWT.
Oxford / Hatboro-Horsham - Hatters need as many points as possible from 107-152, because they could really struggle after that. They have been tested more than you might think though, 6 of their 7 duals this year have been against teams in this field. Should be lots of pins in this one, Fite vs Hernandez at 107 is a key bout for Hatboro to have a chance at the upset.
Council Rock North / Haverford - committee did North no favors with this one, very tough 4/13 matchup, especially given North lineup limitations. I assume Sement goes 160 to stretch out their lineup, Haverford needs big bonus from 172-HWT and to steal 2 from 107-152 while saving a couple of points. On paper Haverford might have the lineup to pull it off if they control the right matchups from 107-152. Messano vs Loss or Kane could be key - Fords would prefer neither bout happens, North could force it but there is risk if they overstretch their lineup or do not stretch it enough. Central League team vs a highly regarded North team in the first round of district duals, where have I seen this before?
Council Rock South / Owen J. Roberts - OJR would need to run the table from 114-127 and have a Willis Reed type return of the Bechtolds at 215 and HWT to have a real chance (and even that would probably not be enough). We all know that OJR has shocked South before at duals, so I assume they have the full attention of the Hawks. Mutarelli (if healthy?) vs Soto I guess is the marquee matchup based on PA-Wrestling rankings, but I do not think that has a chance of being competitive.
Pennsbury / Garnet Valley - I would have preferred that teams that had already met this season not have to go again, but here we are. 9 bouts ended in a pin or a forfeit, 1 TF, 2 Majors the first time around with only 1 decision victory. This one probably comes down to the toss, the most direct path for Pennsbury to turn the score around is to get Murray vs Hays and hope to sweep 215 and HWT. 133 is the other swing match, I am surprised that was a pin for GV the first time around.
Sun Valley / Pennridge - a true toss up. They have two common opponents, both went 1-1 but had wins against different teams. 114-145 has the potential for 6 near toss ups depending on how the teams set up. Potential for big swing bouts - McFadden vs Miniconzi, Martinelli/McBride vs Deorio/Strickland. This should be a close one on paper, two teams we would have expected to see in the double elimination bracket, only one will survive.
Boyertown / Neshaminy - again, a shame that these two teams already met. I am also not sure how Nesh is seeded behind OJR (who they beat twice), feels strange. In any case, there was only one decision victory the first time these teams met, so it would be a tall task to see an upset here. McGee vs Stanchak, Mattoi vs Babb, and Meskhi vs Stankina would all have to go to Neshaminy for them to have an outside chance.
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Posted: Jan 22 2025 at 9:48am |
The following first round matches will start at 6 PM on Thursday: - #9 Souderton at #8 Spring-Ford
- #13 Haverford at #4 Council Rock North
- #14 Owen J. Roberts at #3 Council Rock South
The rest of the first round matches on Thursday will start at 7 PM. All the matches will be on Thursday.
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Posted: Jan 22 2025 at 3:02pm |
Predictions:
Quakertown 40, Methacton 19 Boyertown 48, Neshaminy 9 Council Rock South 33, Owen J. Roberts 22 Council Rock North 38, Haverford 25 Oxford 34, Hatboro Horsham 19 Garnet Valley 35, Pennsbury 31 Sun Valley 27, Pennridge 23 Spring-Ford 31, Souderton 22
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Posted: Jan 23 2025 at 4:47pm |
Predictions sure to be wrong -
Qtown 42 Meth 27 Btown 55 Nesh 15 CR South 48 OJR 15 CR North 39 Hford 30 Oxford 45 HH 18 Pbury 38 GV 32 SV 33 Pridge 30 Soud 30 S-F 29
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