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| Perkiomen Valley's Nick Giangiulio, right, squares off against Wissahickon's Dan Schueren in the 152-pound preliminary bout Friday during the PIAA Southeast Regional at Pottstown High School. Giangiulio won 3-1 in tiebreaker before going on to win in an upset in the quarterfinals over North Penn's Jeff Reimel. (Photo by Nate Heckenberger) |
By Don Seeley
sports@pottsmerc.com
POTTSTOWN — When Nick Giangiulio strolled onto the mat Friday night,
he was well aware it was the beginning of the penultimate weekend of
high school wrestling season, a time when more often than not the
difference between winning and losing is nothing more than sheer will.
And Giangiulio’s resolve was never more evident than during his two
bouts in the preliminaries and quarterfinals of the Class AAA Southeast
Regional at Pottstown High School.
The Perkiomen Valley junior wasn’t quite up to snuff in last
weekend’s District 1 West Tournament, settling for third place after a
semifinal setback to Boyertown upstart Gregg Harvey. But he showed that
disappointment was behind him Friday evening, coming from behind twice
to outlast Wissahickon’s Daniel Schueren in a 3-1 ultimate tie-breaker
marathon, and North Penn’s Jeffrey Reimel in a 6-4 sudden-death thriller
— becoming the lone preliminary round winner to defeat a No. 1 seed.
Giangiulio’s wins were two of the not-so-many highlights provided
by the Pioneer Athletic Conference’s 25 qualifiers. The PAC-10 was a
perfect six-for-six in the preliminaries. But even though that entire
group of 25 was still intact going into the quarterfinals, only 12 won
in the quarterfinals to advance into today’s (10 a.m.) semifinal
showdowns which, when completed, will determine two-thirds of the
Southeast Regional’s 42 entries into next week’s season-ending state
spectacle out in Hershey.
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