{"id":46254,"date":"2025-01-30T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=46254"},"modified":"2025-01-30T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T15:22:07","slug":"souderton-grapples-to-a-win-on-np-youth-night-nail-biter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/sports\/2025\/01\/30\/souderton-grapples-to-a-win-on-np-youth-night-nail-biter\/","title":{"rendered":"Souderton grapples to a win on NP Youth Night nail-biter\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOWAMENCIN- Youth Night at North Penn Wrestling brought excitement but did not extend the win column for North Penn. In between junior varsity and varsity matches, three members of the North Penn Wrestling Youth community swept Souderton youth wrestlers 3-0. These matches were all won by pin, and all done in one period. The gymnasium erupted in support for the upcoming athletes as the North Penn Wrestling community cheered them on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the Varsity athletes, North Penn led for the first 8 matches before Souderton tied it up and eventually earned a 23-18 lead. Then, in a back-and-forth battle for the lead, it came down to the final 5 matches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite Souderton&#8217;s intimidating 15-7 record, Assistant Coach Rick Smith was not going to be intimidated. \u201cWe knew that we were in an uphill battle\u2026 our expectations stay the same no matter who we wrestle.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Souderton earned points by pin, fall, and major decision, the Knights fell to Souderton\u00a0 23-47.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking past the loss, Smith recognized the chief seniors on the team, praising them for their performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>Danny Malitz and Josiah Thomas really stepped up tonight. [We] ask a lot out of seniors and they understand that there only one more home meet for them, and I really felt that they wrestled some quality guys and they came out and wrestled really well tonight<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; Assistant Coach Rick Smith <\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #888888;\n    border-top-width: 5px;\n    border-right-width: 5px;\n    border-bottom-width: 5px;\n    border-left-width: 5px;\n    background-color:  #0a1c42;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 .quotebar {\n    background: #0a1c42;\n    flex: 0 0 90px;\n    margin-top: -15px;\n    margin-left: -15px;\n    padding-left: 15px;\n    padding-top: 15px;\n    margin-right: 15px;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 .largequote {\n\tcolor: #888888;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a60526414054 .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDanny Malitz and Josiah Thomas really stepped up tonight. [We] ask a lot out of seniors and they understand that there only one more home meet for them, and I really felt that they wrestled some quality guys and they came out and wrestled really well tonight,\u201d Smith said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smith specifically praised senior Danny Malitz for his win against a familiar face.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDanny Malitz- the guy that he beat tonight beat him last year in overtime, so you know- Danny beat him tonight, minor decision, beat him by five or six points. That\u2019s really beautiful for Danny, he\u2019s come a long way,\u201d Smith proudly stated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Penn junior, Jonny O\u2019Brien, was also familiar with his opponent, Johnny Beckett. O\u2019Brien and Beckett were teammates at Faith Christian Academy, giving O\u2019Brien an advantage that eventually led to a 15-0 win by techfall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith him being my old teammate, I used to be in the room with him all the time, I used to wrestle him, so it\u2019s nothing new to me,\u201d O\u2019Brien recalled, \u201cBut having to wrestle him? I mean, I got to do what I got to do.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking forward, North Penn realizes what they have to do in order to be successful: get healthy.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re not very healthy right now, [but] we\u2019re just going to continue to prepare the same. We\u2019re just looking to get one percent better every day,\u201d Smith said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next home game for the Knights is senior night versus Central Bucks East, so show up and show out on February 5th to support our seniors!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOWAMENCIN- Youth Night at North Penn Wrestling brought excitement but did not extend the win column for North Penn. In between junior varsity and varsity matches, three members of the North Penn Wrestling Youth community swept Souderton youth wrestlers 3-0. These matches were all won by pin, and all done in one period. 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