Road to Hershey opens for Tide

The first step in the mythical "Road to Hershey" begins tomorrow with sectional tournaments across the area.


For the Columbia wrestling teams that means a trip to Western York/Adams county area for a Class AA sectional tournament involving nine teams from the York-Adams League, one from the Mid-Penn and Columbia, the lone Lancaster-Lebanon League team. The other L-L Class AA teams are headed to Wyomissing.

This week, the top four finishers in each weight class advance to next week's District Three Class AA championships at the old Hersheypark Arena. Teams competing at Bermudian Springs are the hosts, Biglerville, Eastern, Fairfield, Hanover, Delone Catholic, Littlestown and Trinity. Wrestling begins at 9 a.m., with the finals to begin around 3 p.m., according to the District Three web page.

Columbia has two top seeds in junior Jordon Halter at 135 pounds and senior Marcus Fischer at 285.

Halter, who is 30-2, received a first-round bye and will wrestle the winner of the bout between Damon Baker (21-14) of Bermudian Springs and Alex Randt (15-12) of Fairfield. A finals re-match between Halter and Eastern's Donald Minnier looks likely. Halter pinned Minnier last week in a dual meet.

Fischer, 26-9, faces Kasay Snell of Eastern in the first round. Snell is 8-18. Fischer is also ranked second in District Three according to rankings on PennLive.

Two Columbia wrestlers also drew second seeds. At 125, Derek Zercher, 25-6, is seeded second and will face the winner of the bout between Colby Starner (19-13) of Bermudian or Matt Lauer (2-12) of Eastern. Also seeded second is Nate Warner, 27-6, at 160. His first round opponent is David Zinn, 0-6, of Delone
Other Columbia pairings are:
103: Jeff Carroll, 14-16 vs. Dam May, 29-4, Biglerville.
125: Ezar Bush, 2-10 vs. Wayne Wivell, 24-7, Fairfield.
130: Alec Hooper, 6-24 vs. Barry Lewis, Eastern, 14-10.
140: Josh Elliot, 17-15 vs. Nate Post, Delone, 12-8.
145: Todd Lingafelt, 25-8, vs. Tommy Cassella, Delone, 10-6.
152: John Markley, 15-14 vs. Alex Warner,21-10, Littlestown.
171: Johnny Vazquez, 7-7 vs,. Justin Harrison,15-11, Hanover.
189: Cain Warfel, 14-16 vs. Ryan Vaughn 17-6, Littlestown.
215: Byron Germer, 21-10, vs. Joseph Peet, Delone, 13-10.

Columbia Police reports

JESSICA M. REISINGER, AGE 25, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR ONE-WAY ROADWAYS AND ROTARY TRAFFIC ISLANDS, ON BARBER STREET, JAN. 24.
MELVIN R. GREEN, AGE 29, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON CHESTNUT STREET, FEB. 1.
JENNIFER L. HICKEY, AGE 27, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT FOURTH AND LOCUST STREETS, FEB. 3.
PAUL A. McCOY, AGE 41, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED ON LANCASTER AVENUE, FEB. 4.

TATIANNA JACKSON, AGE 18, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVERS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED ON SOUTH FOURTH STREET, FEB. 5
ERIC ALLEN TORRES, AGE 19, OF MOUNTVILLE, WAS CITED FOR FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIRED; OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION; UNAUTHORIZED TRANSFER OR USE OF REGISTRATION; AND FOR REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATION OF TITLE REQUIRED, ON NORTH SEVENTH STREET, FEB. 5.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS WERE CITED FOR OPERATION OF VEHICLE WITHOUT OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION, BETWEEN FEB. 6-9: GERI RACHELLE CLINTON-AMER, AGE 29, OF COLUMBIA; SIETA L. BETHEA, AGE 38, OF LANCASTER; KRISTIAN M. BROWN, AGE 24, OF LANCASTER; AND JOSHUA ALEXANDER RAMOS, AGE 29, OF COLUMBIA.

ARIEL SOLIS, AGE 33, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON LINDEN STREET AT NORTH THIRD STREET, FEB. 7.

JOHN A. WALLING, AGE 63, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR STOP SIGNS AND  YIELD SIGNS, ON MANOR STREET, FEB. 8.

KENNETH PAUL HESS, AGE 60, OF WRIGHTSVILLE, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, ON ROUTE 441 SOUTH, FOR TRAVELING 51 IN A 35 MPH AREA, FEB. 16.

PAMELA RENEE BRYANT, AGE 44, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, AFTER BEING PULLED OVER AT 12TH AND MANOR STREETS FOR NO HEADLIGHTS, IT WAS DISCOVERED A 2 YEAR OLD WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITHOUT BEING SECURED IN A CHILD PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM, FEB. 17.
ALICEA CORALI MALDONADO, AGE 25, OF LANCASTER, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON LANCASTER AVENUE, FEB. 10.

RICHARD SAMUEL McLAIN, III, AGE 19, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVERS REQUIRED TO BE LICENSED AND FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS AT THIRD AND CHESTNUT STREETS, FEB. 10.

DEANA A. OSUCH, AGE 37, OF MOUNT JOY, WAS CITED FOR PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS IN THE 500 BLOCK OF NORTH THIRD STREET, FEB. 10.

AMANDA E. MOORE, AGE 30, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ON LANCASTER AVENUE, FEB. 12.

ERICA J. VICKERS, AGE 27, OF MOUNT JOY, WAS CITED FOR CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY LAW, BECAUSE A FIVE AND EIGHT YEAR OLD CHILD WERE NOT IN SECURED CHILD BOOSTER SEATS, AT SIXTH AND UNION STREETS, FEB. 13.
KRISTINE TI HIRSCHBECK, AGE 31, OF GLENN ROCK, WAS CITED FOR OBEDIENCE TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AT THIRD AND LINDEN STREETS, FEB. 14.
SCOTT ALAN BLOUNT, AGE 47, OF COLUMBIA, WAS CITED FOR DRIVING WHILE OPERATING PRIVILEGE IS SUSPENDED OR REVOKED, ON UNION STREET, FEB. 15.