18 Pennsylvania Natives Earn Medals at National Preps
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The PIAA State Tournament has not even taken place and already Pennsylvania Natives have earned honors on the National level in wrestling. Two seniors, Eric Morris (Wyoming Seminary) from Mechanicsburg, PA and Brooks Black (Blair Academy) from Dover, PA both won National Prep Championships recently in their respective weight-classes. For Brooks Black, a University of Illinois recruit, it was his third straight National Prep Championship. Black will take on a fellow PA wrestler at the Dapper Dan Classic in Pittsburgh, PA as he is the Team USA representative at 285 lbs. Wyoming Seminary senior Eric Morris, a Harvard recruit, entered into his fourth straight National Prep finals as he came away with his second straight Championship title. Morris was a National Prep runner-up in his freshman and sophomore seasons.
In total 18 wrestlers from Pennsylvania earned National Prep medals, 13 of which will return next season.
Complete National Prep Brackets can be found here.
106 lbs.
Ethan McCoy (Larobe, PA) – Kiski Prep – Freshman – Second Place
Nick Lattanze (Eagleville, PA) – Malvern Prep – Freshman – Eighth Place
120 lbs.
Matt Lattanze (Eagleville, PA) – Malvern Prep – Freshman – Fourth Place
126 lbs.
Brady Riley (Bensalem, PA) – Germantown Academy – Sophomore – Seventh Place
152 lbs.
Zach Kelly (Lower Burrell, PA) – Kiski Prep – Sophomore – Second Place
Connor Burns (Eagleville, PA) – Malvern Prep – Senior – Eighth Place
160 lbs.
Dom Scaalise (Latrobe, PA) – Kiski Prep – Sophomore – Third Place
Greg Bacci (Berwyn, PA) – Malvern Prep – Senior – Fourth Place
Chris Wieller (Biglerville, PA) – Wyoming Seminary – Freshman – Fifth Place
Jon Grossi (Abington, PA) – Germantown Academy – Senior – Sophomore – Eighth Place
170 lbs.
Patrick Coover (Carlisle, PA) – Blair Academy – Junior – Fourth Place
182 lbs.
Eric Morris (Mechanicsburg, PA) – Wyoming Seminary – Senior – First Place
Addison Knepshield (Ford City, PA) – Blair Academy – Senior – Third Place
Luke Kisselback (Langhorne, PA) – Germantown Academy – Junior – Sixth Place
195 lbs.
L.J. Barlow (Kennett Square, PA) – Haverford School – Sophomore – Fourth Place
Matt Doggett (Shavertown, PA) – Wyoming Seminary – Junior – Sixth Place
220 lbs.
David Showunmi (Langhorne, PA) – Blair Accademy – Sophomore – Sixth Place
285 lbs.
Brooks Black (Dover, PA) – Blair Academy – Senior – First Place
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