Individual Post-Season Highlights and Results
The 2015 PIAA Individual Post-Season has officially arrived. As the Keystone State was swept with an Arctic Blast so to was the PA Wrestling scene. Majority of PIAA Districts held Sectional Tournaments this weekend and below is a look at the results from around the State in addition to highlights.
Pictured to the right are General McLane’s Carmine Ciotti (General McLane) and Ryan Hayes (Spring-Ford) who each had impressive wins.
District 1 AAA Sectionals
Delaware Valley League Championships
Suburban One American Championships
Suburban One Continental Championships
Suburban One National Championships
District 3 AAA Sectionals
#2 William Kalades (Cumberland Valley) met freshman #3 Cameron DeLucia (James Buchanan) in the finals at 106 lbs. and secured a (8-3) victory and his second straight Section 1 Championship. Sophomore #4 Aaron Rump (Chambersburg Area) held on for a (1-0) decision over #8 Josh Paisley (Big Spring) at 113 lbs.
In a battle of #1 and #2 at 132 lbs. #1 Garrett Kyner (Chambersburg Area) won by injury default over #2 Cal Reichart at the start of the second period. The big news out of Section 1 was #3 Felix Belga (Cumberland Valley) who did not make weight at 138 lbs. and will miss the post-season. #4 David Rump (Chambersburg Area) was able to earn the Championship at 138 lbs. over HM Brayden Wills (Mechanicsburg Area).
Competing for the first time down at 145 lbs. senior #1 Patrick Duggan (Cumberland Valley) won his fourth straight Section 1 Championship with a (3-0) decision over #2 Jonathan Ross (Northern York). At 152 lbs. I was surprised freshman #4 Quinten Milliken (Cumberland Valley) entered unseeded but the rookie proved his worth by winning the Championship with two tech-falls and a major decision. At 170 lbs. #3 Drew Peck (Chambersburg Area) captured his first Sectional Title with a (4-2) decision over #6 Trent Cook (Cumberland Valley). Returning PIAA State Medalist #1 Casey Glunt (James Buchanan) won his first career Section Championship as he outlasted talented rookie #4 Blake Barrick (Big Spring) by decision (3-1).
In another marquee match-up #2 Francis Duggan (Cumberland Valley) is on track with older brother Patrick Duggan as he claimed his first Sectional Championship at 195 lbs. over #2 Tommy Rayhart (Big Spring) with a (2-1) decision making it two in a row against the former PIAA State Medalist. At 220 lbs. senior Brad Drabenstadt (Cumberland Valley) continued his impressive streak by winning the 220 lbs. Championship over #6 Stefaun Johnson (Greencastle-Antrim) that will certainly place him in next week’s rankings. In the most unpredictable weight-class of the year #9 Jared Starliper (Greencastle-Antrim) came out on top defeating #7 Noah Smith (Northern York) in the finals (3-1). In the semifinals Noah Smith pinned #3 Jackson Standford (Cumberland Valley) who finished in third place.
Central Dauphin freshman #1 Chris Wright went untouched picking up two tech-falls and a pin in 0:11 seconds. At 126 lbs. #11 Gabriel Ikeda (Cedar Cliff) captured the Championship Title over #9 Levi Williams (Central Dauphin) avenging a defeat from earlier in the season.
#5 Alex Klucker (East Pennsboro) captured the 145 lbs. Section 2 Championship, his second straight, over #10 Koltyn Eason (Central Dauphin) in the finals (6-0). In the semifinals Eason defeated #7 Owen Watkins (Susquehanna Township) who would go on to finish in third place. In a absolutely loaded 160 lbs. weight junior #2 Bailey Shutt (Lower Dauphin) came away the winner. Shutt got through #12 Christian Gayle (Harrisburg) with a (3-2) advancing into his second straight Section finals. There Shutt outlasted #4 Cevon Nguyen (Central Dauphin East) in ultimate tiebreaker.
At 113 lbs. #1 Devin Schnupp (Warwick) got past #5 Jose Morales (Conestoga Valley) by decision (7-3). #6 David Good (Hempfield) avenged an earlier season defeat to #5 Grayson Charles (Solanco) to capture the Section 3 Championship at 120 lbs. with a (6-4) decision. Freshman #5 A.J. Wilson (Solanco) captured his first Sectional Championship outlasting junior #6 Aidyn Miller (Hempfield) in overtime (4-1 SV). Sophomore Colby Kenderdine (Manheim Township) made his season debut at the Sectional Tournament after missing the entire regular season with an injury. Kenderdine, a Regional Sixth Place Medalist last season, finished in third place at 126 lbs.
At 132 lbs. #3 Wyatt Jennings (Solanco) held his own against #4 Victor Kenderdine (Manheim Township) winning the Championship title. At 195 lbs. #7 Griffin Schultz (Manheim Township) upset #4 Ashton Leschke (Penn Manor) in the finals with a (3-1) decision.
At 126 lbs. #8 James Harkness (Exeter Township) had an impressive win over #4 Aaron Wildonger (Twin Valley) in the finals (3-1) in tiebreaker. Unranked junior Trevor Fichthorn (Cocalico) won the 145 lbs. Championship over #8 Tyler Davis (Reading) with a (6-5) decision. At 152 lbs. #2 Ethan Stever (Exeter Township) survived a (1-0) victory over #6 Tommy O’Brien (Wilson) in the finals.
Garden Spot senior #1 Will Finkey, a returning PIAA State Qualifier, returned for the post-season after sitting out basically all of the regular season. In the semifinals Finkey dropped a (4-3) decision to #8 Keaton Eidle (Wilson). Clearly not 100% healthy Finkey fell to unranked Austin Rueppel (ELCO) before defaulting out of the Tournament. Eidle would go on to win the Championship defeating #7 Ben Maack (Governor Mifflin) in the finals (7-4). Also making his return to the line-up for Garden Spot is #2 Chance Norris. The junior captured the 170 lbs. Championship with a (6-0) win over #5 Adam Brown (Wilson).
At 126 lbs. #3 Owen Wherley (South Western) handed #2 Michael Bracey (Kennard Dale) his first defeat of the season with a (7-0) decision in the finals.
District 6 Tournament
Returning PIAA State Medalist Max Murin (Central Cambria) earned his second District 6 Championship with a (5-1) victory over #1 Nolan Link (Penn Cambria) in the finals at 113 lbs.The split matches during the season with Link winning the second match in overtime.
Senior #2 Tristan Law (Forest Hills) looked sharp defeating #6 Ian Ostrowski (Central Cambria) in the semifinals (9-1) before shutting out #3 Curtis Decker (Penns Valley) in the finals (7-0) at 126 lbs. Moving up to 132 lbs. junior #5 Jake Boozel (Mount Union) defeated #2 Adam George (Richland) scoring a (10-4) decision over the senior in the finals.
In the highly anticipated match-up at 160 lbs. senior #2 Drew Doak (Blairsville) took on freshman #3 Anthony Walters (Westmont Hilltop). Doak, a 3x PIAA State Medalist, secured a takedown in sudden victory to earn a (3-1 OT) decision for the Championship. Another Westmont Hilltop rookie, #11 Josiah Jones, turned heads at 220 lbs. when he defeated returning PIAA State Medalist #3 Tyler Oliver (United) in the semifinals (4-3). In the finals Jones fell to returning PIAA State Runner-up #1 Reynold Maines (West Branch) in a tight (4-3) match.
District 7 AA Sectionals
District 10 AA Sectionals
District 10 AAA Tournament
District 12 AAA Sectionals