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Kilburn Wins 170-Pound Matness at the MACC Crown
By: Ed Weaver | PIAA District IV | January 4, 2026
Freshman Riley Kilburn won her 170 lb. weight class at the Matness at the MACC tournament at Williamsport's Liberty Arena Saturday.
Overall the team finished 15 with 10 points.
After dropping her first two matches Mifflinburg's Lydia Miller (3:22 pin) and Towanda's Adalee Wecker (3:03 pin), Kilburn won her next three matches to win gold.
Kilburn pinned Sullivan County's Shaylyne Williams in 3:39 in her third match, then pinned Pine Grove's Violet Krill in 1:34 in her semi-final match. Kilburn faced off against Williams in the championship match, which she scored a 16 second pin.
In addition to Kilburn's victory, three Lady Hornets brought home 3rd place medals and one 4th place medal.
Sophomores Isla Twoey (100 lbs.) and Katie Whitney (136 lbs.) and freshman Phoebe Bowen (190 lbs.) all placed 3rd.
Twoey won her first match in 3:05 over Sullivan County's Juliana Price, but fell to Central Dauphin's Roshna Rai in her round 3 match. She fell to Upper Perkiomen's Keyra Seville in 1:32 in her semi-final match before pinning Towanda's Kaylee Johnson in 1:33 to take 3rd.
Whitney pinned Line Mountain's Paiton Burgess in 2:31 to win her first match of the day, then followed it up with a 2:27 pin over Upper Perkiomen's Nevaeh Mojica in her second round match. Whitney fell to Montgomery's Zoe Furman (27 second pin) in her 3rd round match and was pinned in 2:52 by Camp Hill's Leighton Sloat in the semi-finals before scoring a 6-4 decision over Pin Grove's Taylor Bast in the 3rd place match.
Bowen opened her day with a 3:20 pin-fall loss to Montgomery's Malayna Beattie before rattling off back-to-back wins. Bowen pinned Line Mountain's Addison Nelson in 1:34 then Mifflinburg's Taylor Stewart in 1:20 before falling to Pine Grove's Rieleigh Purcell in 2:30 in her semi-final match. Bowen then pinned Stewart in 45 seconds to take 3rd.
Sophomore Rosa Sguera finished 0-5 on the day, but still brought home 4th place at 124 lbs.
Freshman Peyton Weatherby went 0-4 on the day.
The Lady Hornets are back on the mat at Williamson on Tuesday.
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