{"id":46482,"date":"2025-02-06T11:46:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/?p=46482"},"modified":"2025-02-20T23:19:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T03:19:34","slug":"north-penn-wrestles-victory-from-central-bucks-east-on-memorable-senior-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/sports\/2025\/02\/06\/north-penn-wrestles-victory-from-central-bucks-east-on-memorable-senior-night\/","title":{"rendered":"North Penn wrestles victory from Central Bucks East on memorable senior night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOWAMENCIN- Up by only two points with one more match left to go, North Penn boys wrestling ultimately prevailed this Thursday night (35-30) in a neck-to-neck battle against Central Bucks East, making this match a memorable and exciting senior night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite losing the first match, CB East had a comfortable lead of 6-18 until North Penn\u2019s Daniel Mallitz stepped onto the mat for the fifth. Mallitz clinched a major decision win (17-3), getting North Penn back into the game and prepping the stage for Josiah Thomas to bring North Penn into a 20-18 lead during the seventh match.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46485\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46485\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-46485\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle-300x169.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle-600x338.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle-1200x676.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle-1536x865.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/wrestle.jpeg 2001w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Josiah Thomas&#8217;s win gave the Knights the lead. (Cameron Bulanhagui)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With two more lead changes and a close final score, victory seemed possible for either team when the twelfth\u2014and final\u2014match commenced. North Penn put all its hope in Benjamin Quiles-Rosa who faced off his CB East opponent and came out in victory; ending the meet with a five-point win.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The energy that surrounded the gym as the last buzzer sounded, was deafening. Parents who came to support their child, students who came to support their fellow classmates, and other fans who came to watch were all on their feet, clapping for a great conclusion to the last home meet this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real magical view, however, wasn\u2019t watching the fans but the team who immediately flooded the mat and began celebrating an amazing senior night.<aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>Tonight was just so special to actually get a win. It was so close, but it was a great win. I feel amazing.<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; North Penn  senior  Daniel Mallitz<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d {\n    display: flex;\n    float: right;\n    margin: 30px 0 30px 30px;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #67c0fc;\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-6a6065d7b396d p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d .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-6a6065d7b396d .largequote {\n\tcolor: #67c0fc;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b396d .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe haven\u2019t gotten a senior night win for a couple of years now\u2014ever since I joined the program. Tonight was just so special to actually get a win. It was so close, but it was a great win. I feel amazing,\u201d senior Daniel Mallitz said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the triumph was sweet, the meet itself was a pretty close match-up. This being the last meet before the SOL Colonial Championships, keeping the players in the game no matter the score was one of the biggest goals for head coach Jim Swiggard going into Thursday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe try to stay in routine, and we try to remind them that they\u2019re capable. We\u2019re finishing the season 12-9, and we were 2-19 last year\u2026So just reminding them that they have the talent has been important,\u201d Swiggard said. <aside>\n    <div class='pullquote sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 sno-animate pullquote-shadow'>\n                <div class=\"quotebody\">\n                        <div class='largequote'>&ldquo;<\/div>\n                                    <p class='pullquotetext'>We\u2019re finishing the season 12-9, and we were 2-19 last year\u2026So just reminding them that they have the talent has been important.<\/p>\n                            <p class='quotespeaker'>&mdash; North Penn head coach Jim Swiggard<\/p>\n                        <div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<style>\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 {\n    display: flex;\n    float: left;\n    margin: 30px 30px 30px 0;\n    width: 50%;\n    border-color: #67c0fc;\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-6a6065d7b4242 p.pullquotetext,\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 p.quotespeaker {\n    color: #ffffff !important;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 .pullquotepic {\n    width: 33%;\n    margin-left: 25px;\n}\n.sno-story-body .sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 p.pullquotetext {\n    font-size: 22px;\n    line-height: 1.4em;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 .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-6a6065d7b4242 .largequote {\n\tcolor: #67c0fc;\n}\n.sno-pullquote-6a6065d7b4242 .quotebody {\n    width: unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The coaches\u2019 undeniable effort to help their players perform their best during the meet only reflected the strong connection that they have for each of the players. This encouragement is appreciated by everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur coaches are always pushing us to win and pursue greatness. They\u2019re always pushing us to go a hundred percent\u2014to be the best we can possibly be. They\u2019re overall just amazing coaches. It\u2019s been a great year,\u201d Mallitz said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the seniors start to say goodbye to their fellow teammates and embark on exciting new journeys, the underclassmen, while saddened to see their leaders go, will hopefully look ahead with optimism, focused on the examples that their graduating teammates left behind.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOWAMENCIN- Up by only two points with one more match left to go, North Penn boys wrestling ultimately prevailed this Thursday night (35-30) in a neck-to-neck battle against Central Bucks East, making this match a memorable and exciting senior night.\u00a0 Despite losing the first match, CB East had a comfortable lead of 6-18 until North&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,11,81],"tags":[],"staff_name":[1429],"class_list":["post-46482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-top-stories","category-wrestling","staff_name-alyssa-valdivia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46482"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46761,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46482\/revisions\/46761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46482"},{"taxonomy":"staff_name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knightcrier.org\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/staff_name?post=46482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}