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H.S. WRESTLING: Western Wayne senior relishes wrestling up

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times-tribune file Western Wayne's Joseph Ingaglio, bottom, prepares to break out of a hold by Valley View's Chris Cicilioni in the 215-pound bout last season.

On average, the opponents Western Wayne's Joseph Ingaglio faces are 4 inches taller and 20 pounds heavier.

Sometimes they're even bigger than that - wrestlers who have to lose weight in order to make weight.

But rather than shy away from a challenge, the senior wrestler, all 5 feet, 8 inches and 215 pounds of him, embraces it.

For the past two seasons, Ingaglio (23-1) has wrestled at the 285-pound weight class.

Tonight, he will serve as an integral part of the Wildcats, the top seed out of the Lackawanna League, as they begin competition in the District 2 Class AA duals tournament tonight. They will face Wyoming Valley Conference wild card Wyoming Area at Lake-Lehman at 5 p.m.

The District 2 Class AAA tournament begins tonight at Pittston Area.

"Just by being smarter and quicker, I make them wrestle my style," said Ingaglio, who also plays football and is a thrower on the track and field team. "I just use my technique and don't let them wrestle their style and push me around.

"I've been doing it for a while. I'm pretty good at it. I love wrestling that weight."

After Ingaglio wrestled at 145 his freshman year, a need opened up in the lineup for someone at heavyweight.

He told coach Dante Terenzio he would work to fill the spot, regardless how difficult it would be for the sophomore, who at the time weighed just 190 pounds.

"When I did it at first, I'd do decent, but sometimes I'd get crushed, I'd get pancaked," Ingaglio said. "But then last year, I got a lot better at it, and this year, I'm just even better at it. I'm just doing well."

Ingaglio takes a different approach to wrestling at heavyweight. Whereas most wrestlers in the weight class use strength alone to win, Ingaglio uses his muscle, endurance and speed to succeed. He can move quickly and outlast bigger wrestlers who may tire after a couple of periods.

Practicing with teammates Matt Rosensweet (6-foot-2, 235 pounds) and Conner Rosensweet (5-foot-11, 215 pounds) also helps Ingaglio hone his skills to take down wrestlers who may look more imposing on the mat.

"Joseph wrestles like a 160-pounder, and that's how he wins a lot of his matches," Terenzio said. "He's very technical, very smart when he wrestles. That technique, speed and smarts, it outdoes the heavy guys."

Ingaglio's one loss this season came in the final of the Tunkhannock Kiwanis tournament, a 9-2 decision to Coughlin junior Brad Emerick (6-foot-2, 265 pounds).

The prospect of facing a bigger opponent no longer makes Ingaglio nervous. Instead, he channels that energy to excel in his matches.

And he will use that focus again tonight as the district duals tournament begins.

"I'm in pretty good shape," he said. "I don't try to throw kids around. I don't try to out-muscle kids who are bigger than me.

"I've just got to be really smart. This year, it's just my niche."

Contact the writer: ateatum @timesshamrock.com

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