The 32nd annual Easton Lions Club All-Star Wrestling Classic will be held Tuesday at Easton Area High School's 25th Street Gymnasium.
The match pits seniors from New Jersey against their counterparts from Pennsylvania's rugged District 11. The high school event, slated for 8 p.m., is preceded by a youth event at 6.
New Jersey won last year's event, 34-12, and has won two straight and three of the last four classics. Pennsylvania leads the overall series, 19-12, dating to 1981.
Bouts will be three periods of 1 1/2 minutes each in length.
Here is the marquee matchups for Tuesday:
152 -- Cole Sheptock, Northampton, vs. Ken Theobold, Toms River South -- Sheptock finished 35-7 this season and placed fourth at 152 in the Class AAA state tournament. Theobold was the New Jersey state runner-up at 145 two weekends ago in Atlantic City.
Tentative matchups (New Jersey listed first):
120 - Joe Cruz (Hopatcong) vs. Guesseppe Rea (Stroudsburg)
126 - Joe Rizzitello (Paramus) vs. Peter Stanley (Easton)
132 - Dylan Thorsen (Belvidere) vs. DeMarquis Holley (Dieruff)
138 - Derek Zehnbauer (Delaware Valley) vs. Jason Stephen (Northampton)
140 - Ronnie Honickle (Voorhees) vs. Mark Misczenski (Easton)
152 - Ken Theobold (Toms River South) vs. Cole Sheptock (Northampton)
155 - VJ Delmonico (Phillipsburg) vs. Bryson Berard (Parkland)
160 - Nathan Dow (Belvidere) vs. Aaron Transue (Stroudsburg)
165 - Joe Ragsdale (North Hunterdon) vs. Justin Marsh (Palisades)
170 - Will Van Doren (Delaware Valley) vs. Evan Heffron (Tri Valley)
195 - Tyler Rios (Highland Park) vs. David Wilke (Nazareth)
220 - Brandon Hull (Phillipsburg) vs. Francis Slover (Easton)
285 - Anthony Pare (Phillipsburg) vs. Kirby Mutton (Pen Argyl)
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