Hughesville’s dual-meet season came to an end in the first round of the PIAA Class AA team tournament on the road, as the Spartans fell to perennial standout Bishop McDevitt, 53-13.

Hughesville opened the dual with back-to-back wins as Mason Mordan secured a 4-1 decision victory against Ryan Lengal at 172 pounds and Wyatt Gavitt defeated Landon Blouch for a 15-2 major decision. The two wins put Hughesville ahead 7-0 early.

Lucas Lawler cut the deficit down to 7-6 at 215 when he pinned Luke Stutzman in 3 minutes, 10 seconds. Hughesville increased its lead at 285 thanks to a fall by Colton Woolever in 2:54 for a 13-6 lead, but those would be the final points Hughesville secured as a team.

Bishop McDevitt’s Braiden Lotier pinned Jarret Whitmoyer in 25 seconds at 107 to make it a 13-12 deficit and at 114, Blake Klipp defeated Ethan Wodrig of Hughesville by tech fall, 17-1, 4:00 to give Bishop McDevitt a 17-13 lead.

Aiken Smith of Bishop McDevitt pinned William Travis at 127 in 1:06 and at 133, Zane Crouse defeated Hughesville’s Chase SHaner by decision, 6-1. Wesley Harvey of Hughesville was pinned by Camden Baum in 41 seconds at 139 and Easton Comp of Bishop McDevitt secured a 15-0, 2:36 tech fall win against Kile Hartman at 145. Ryan Lawler won for Bishop McDevitt by tech fall at 152, 16-1, 0:54 and Nicky Negron closed out the dual with a 21-6, 4:13 tech fall at 160 against standout Keagan Smith.

• Montgomery fell in the opening round of the PIAA Class AA team tournament to Berks Catholic, 52-9. Montgomery picked up just one win in contested matches.

At 215, Montgomery’s Evan Hugar outworked Berks Catholic’s Eric Bennethum for a 4-0 decision victory. Montgomery’s only other points came via forfeit at 139 to begin the dual when Brandt Harer won by forfeit.

Max Furman III lost a tough bout at 152 to Berks Catholic’s Coy Koller by decision, 6-4, not being able to secure a few points late to win the dual.

At 172, Raiden Felix lost by decision, 7-1, to Juan Eduardo Franco of Berks Catholic. Standout Manny Stoltzfus battled at 107, but ultimately fell by decision, 4-1, to Berks Catholic’s Trapp Walsh. Montgomery also saw Coy Bryson drop a tough decision at 189 against Carmine Lenzi, 2-0.

At 127, Gaige Reynolds lost to Kieth Messner by tech fall, 16-0, 4:00 and at 133, Berks Catholic’s Brayden Hartranft beat AJ Kroft by tech fall, 21-5, 2:36.

Bishop McDevitt 53, Hughesville 13

(PIAA CLASS AA TEAM TOURNAMENT)

172: Mason Mordan (H) dec. Ryan Lengal, 4-1. 189: Wyatt Gavitt (H) maj. dec. Landon Blouch, 15-2. 215: Lucas Lawler (BM) pinned Luke Stutzman, 3:10. 285: Colton Woolever (H) pinned Gabe Sime, 2:54. 107: Braiden Lotier (BM) pinned Jarret Whitmoyer, 0:25. 114: Blake Klipp (BM) tech fall EThan Wodrig, 17-1, 4:00. 121: Aiken Smith (BM) pinned Casey Mook, 3:44. 127: Liam Lawler (BM) pinned William Travis, 1:06. 133: Zane Crouse (BM) dec. Chase Shaner, 6-1. 139: Camden Baum (BM) pinned Wesley Harvey, 0:41. 145: Easton Comp (BM) tech fall Kile Hartman, 15-0, 2:36. 152: Ryan Lawler (BM) tech fall Dawson Liebersohn, 16-1, 0:54. 160: Nicky Negron (BM) tech fall Keagan Smith, 21-6, 4:13.

Berks Catholic 52, Montgomery 9

(PIAA CLASS AA TEAM TOURNAMENT)

139: Brandt Harer (M) by forfeit. 145: Gunnar Maciejewski (BC) by forfeit. 152: Coy Koller (BC) dec. Max Furman III, 6-4. 160: Layden Acevedo (BC) pinned Cameron Woltz, 2:25. 172: Juan Eduardo Franco (BC) dec. Raiden Felix, 7-1. 189: Carmine Lenzi (BC) dec. Coy Bryson, 2-0. 215: Evan Hugar (M) dec. Eric Bennethum, 4-0. 285: Palmer Reber (BC) pinned EThan Hugar, 0:47. 107: Trapp Walsh (BC) dec. Manny Stoltzfus, 4-1. 114: Tyden Shuman (BC) pinned Liam Seeley, 1:05. 121: Neil Bitting (BC) pinned Porter Hall, 3:05. 127: Kieth Messner (BC) tech fall Gaige Reynolds, 16-0, 4:00. 133: BRayden Hartranft (BC) tech fall AJ Kroft, 21-5, 2:36.