PAWF State Freestyle Champions Crowned
Norwin senior and Bucknell recruit Drew Phipps won his fourth straight PAWF Freestyle State Championship over the weekend in Chambersburg. Phipps, a PIAA runner-up in March, won by forfeit over Wyoming Seminary’s Christian Dietrich, a Pitt recruit, for the 195-pound junior title. Phipps was never tested in the eight-man bracket, as he recorded a technical fall and a pin before receiving the forfeit.
Central Cambria junior Max Murin captured his third freestyle title, beating Cumberland Valley’s Wyatt Long for the 132-pound junior title. Murin beat Long 11-1 in the final – one of three technical falls in the tournament for the 2015 PIAA champion and 2016 runner-up. Murin’s only close match in the tournament was a 9-6 semifinal victory over Wyoming Seminary’s Jack Davis, who won a prep national title this season.
There were bookend repeat winners, as Southern Columbia’s Jarrett Lane repeated as the 106-pound junior champion while Boyertown’s Tommy Killoran won the 285-pound title for the second consecutive year. Lane by tech fall in his only match while Killoran had two tech falls and a fall.
Riley Palmer of Council Rock South beat Altoona’s Cole Manley, a 2015 champion, for the 138-pound title. Palmer scored a 9-8 victory over Manley, who was up 25 pounds from his 113-pound championship a year ago.
Kiski Prep’s Eric Hong, who was a Cadet All-American two years ago, won the 160-pound title. The Penn recruit beat Mifflin County’s Trent Hidlay 6-2 in the finals after a 10-8 victory over Penn Manor’s Jonah Barley in the semifinals.
Also capturing Junior titles were Pennridge’s Matty Parker (120), Central Dauphin’s Jake Cherry (126), Wyoming Seminary’s Patrick Munn (145), Father Judge’s Trevor Elfvin (152), Beth-Center’s Tony Welsh (170), Malvern Prep’s Michael Beard (182) and Bishop McCort’s Josiah Jones (220).
In the Cadet Division many young Pennsylvania wrestlers shined. Greater Latrobe eighth-grader Gabe Willochell won his third straight PAWF Freestyle State Championship and for the second season in a row over Alex Chelton (Cathedral Prep). At 106 lbs. DuBois Area eighth-grader Ed Scott defeated PIAA State Medalist Beau Bayless (Reynolds) in the finals by tech-fall (12-2). Benton Area’s PIAA State Medalist Joe Klock improved on his 2015 Runner-up finish to win the 113 lbs. Freestyle State Championship. In the finals Klock defeated fellow PIAA State Medalist Dalton Rohrbaugh (Spring Grove Area) by a (12-7) score.
Northampton Area rookie Michael Kistler won his third straight PAWF Freestyle State Championship defeating fellow freshman Patrick Gould (East Stroudsburg Area South) in the finals by tech-fall (12-0). At 126 lbs. Tempe, Arizona native Beau Bartlett, who will compete for Wyoming Seminary next season, won his second PAWF State Freestyle Championship. The 145 lbs. bracket featured several notable participants and in the finals 2015 PIAA State Runner-up Sammy Sasso (Nazareth Area) defeated 2015 PIAA State Champion Cole Matthews (Reynolds) by fall to claim his third straight PAWF State Championship title. In 2015 Sasso was a Fargo Cadet National Champion in Freestyle at 132 lbs. Fellow 2015 Fargo Cadet All-American Ian Malesiewski (Cathedral Prep) won the 195 lbs. bracket.
Other Cadet Freestyle PAWF State Champions included 88 lbs. Chris Kim (Wissahickon), 94 lbs. Nathan Lackman (Wilson), 132 lbs. Matthew Milbrand (Bloomsburg), 138 lbs. Carnell Andrews (Bishop McCort), 152 lbs. Jake Hendricks (Wyoming Seminary), 160 lbs. Josh Stillings (Pennridge), 170 lbs. Tim Wallace (Albert Gallatin), 182 lbs. Julian Gorring (Fort LeBoeuf), 220 lbs. Bishop McCoy (South Side), and 285 lbs. Cody Williams (Chambersburg Area).
Full results from Freestyle are listed below and full Greco-Roman results can be found at the PAWF website here!
Bantam
Bantam 45 1 Nicholas Mcgarrity Omp
Bantam 45 2 Ian Stearns Bad Karma
Bantam 45 3 Joshua Mitcham Bad Karma
Bantam 45 4 Nash Capiross Young Guns
Bantam 50 1 Brooklyn Blasko Omp
Bantam 50 2 Bryce Boyer Kennett
Bantam 50 3 Matthew Dailey Xcalibur
Bantam 50 4 Garett Leitzel Crimson Wave
Bantam 55 1 Keegan Bassett Young Guns
Bantam 55 2 Pat Woloshyn Council Rock
Bantam 55 3 Izaac Driver Law
Bantam 55 4 Austin Carfley Fricko
Bantam 60 1 Mason Horwat Roughhouse
Bantam 60 2 Ricky Jewell West Chester
Bantam 70 1 Hayden Harvey Lock Haven
Bantam 70 2 Jackson Palacios Downingtown
Intermediate
Intermediate 50 1 Josef Garshnick Lions Den
Intermediate 50 2 Angelo Lomonte Bad Karma
Intermediate 50 3 Colby Martinelli Pennridge
Intermediate 50 4 Aristotelis Bobotas Unattached
Intermediate 55 1 Jorden Williams Law
Intermediate 55 2 Blake Boyer Kennett
Intermediate 55 3 Colton Frazier Hardline
Intermediate 55 4 Anthony Mucci Roughhouse
Intermediate 60 1 Bo Bassett Young Guns
Intermediate 60 2 Anthony Mutarelli Apache
Intermediate 60 3 Gauge Botero Contender Elite
Intermediate 60 4 Jack Dennis Central Bucks
Intermediate 65 1 Travis Clawson Law
Intermediate 65 2 Thaide Mickel Young Guns
Intermediate 65 3 Arment Waltenbaugh Contender Elite
Intermediate 65 4 Stephen Mayo Kage
Intermediate 70 1 Marco Frinzi Weaver Elite
Intermediate 70 2 Luke Dunlap Dirty Horseshoe
Intermediate 70 3 Caleb Joiner Young Guns
Intermediate 70 4 Ryan Celaschi Odyssey
Intermediate 75 1 George Campbell Young Guns
Intermediate 75 2 Joe Gardner All American
Intermediate 75 3 Terrell Mcfarland Crimson Wave
Intermediate 75 4 Cole Householder Brookville
Intermediate 87 1 Adam Waters Contender Elite
Intermediate 87 2 Carter Davis Law
Intermediate 87 3 Mason Titus Bad Karma
Intermediate 95 1 Bekhruz Sadriddinov Apache
Intermediate 95 2 Owen Mcmullen Young Guns
Intermediate 95 3 Sean Sneed Scpa
Intermediate 125 1 Benjamin Howick Hilltop Outlaws
Intermediate 125 2 Porter Brooks Outlaw
Novice
Novice 60 1 Kaedyn Williams Law
Novice 60 2 Davis Motyka Xcalibur
Novice 60 3 Robert Gardner Cardio4Dayz
Novice 60 4 Ryder Martinelli Pennridge
Novice 65 1 Kamdyn Williams Law
Novice 65 2 Luke Mentzer Lincoln Hwy
Novice 65 3 Seamus Mack Law
Novice 65 4 Jaxon Matthews Young Guns
Novice 70 1 Christopher Vargo Dirty Horseshoe
Novice 70 2 Landon Bainey 4M
Novice 70 3 Hunter Gould Bad Karma
Novice 70 4 Cade Wirnsberger Bison
Novice 75 1 Dominic Findora Coatesville
Novice 75 2 Jaden Pepe Xcalibur
Novice 75 3 Jake Dailey Xcalibur
Novice 75 4 Dominic Federici Xcalibur
Novice 80 1 Nathan Ruth Young Guns
Novice 80 2 Ashton Sipes Young Guns
Novice 80 3 Devon Magro Young Guns
Novice 80 4 Kane Kettering Bad Karma
Novice 85 1 Zeke Dubler Young Guns
Novice 85 2 Luke Sipes Young Guns
Novice 85 3 Liam Serivanich Pottsville
Novice 85 4 Aiden Swann Law
Novice 90 1 Suds Dubler Young Guns
Novice 90 2 Taylor Weaver Central Mountain
Novice 90 3 Dylan Evans Dirty Horseshoe
Novice 90 4 Zander Rider Valley Boyz
Novice 95 1 Grant Mackay Omp
Novice 95 2 Caleb Bowlin South Central
Novice 95 3 Sonny Sasso Dark Knights
Novice 95 4 Dylan Verwey Contender Elite
Novice 100 1 Jared Keslar Young Guns
Novice 100 2 Ryder Davenport Lhwc
Novice 100 3 Cael Nicolella Jfk
Novice 100 4 Nicholas Woodruff Xcalibur
Novice 105 1 Noah Rice South Central
Novice 105 2 Tucker Hogan Blazer Mat
Novice 105 3 Travis Hall Young Guns
Novice 112 1 Teague Conover South Central
Novice 112 2 Matthew Furman Young Guns
Novice 112 3 Jordan Miller Bad Karma
Novice 120 1 Nicholas Pavlechko Black Dog
Novice 120 2 Timothy Saylor Kage
Novice 120 3 Joshua Perrine Hilltop Outlaws
Novice 120 4 James Standish Greene County
Novice 130 1 Layne Thomas Young Guns
Novice 130 2 Colby McKibben Jersey Shore
Novice 145 1 Owen Vietmeier Team Pa
Novice 145 2 Alexander Howick Hilltop Outlaws
Schoolboy
Schoolboy 70 1 Keanu Manuel Malvern
Schoolboy 70 2 Nicholas Allison Siglerville
Schoolboy 70 3 Derek Keen Central Mountain
Schoolboy 70 4 Chad Ozias Young Guns
Schoolboy 77 1 Sheldon Seymour Xcalibur
Schoolboy 77 2 Kyle Hauserman Council Rock
Schoolboy 77 3 Jrake Burford Bones
Schoolboy 77 4 Dylan Bruce Quest
Schoolboy 84 1 Alejandro Herrerarondon Bones
Schoolboy 84 2 Dante Frinzi Weaver Elite
Schoolboy 84 3 Cole Homet Quest
Schoolboy 84 4 Brady Gould Bad Karma
Schoolboy 91 1 Ryan Crookham Weaver Elite
Schoolboy 91 2 Kurtis Phipps Young Guns
Schoolboy 91 3 Gary Steen Bad Karma
Schoolboy 91 4 Jevin Guldin Law
Schoolboy 98 1 Brock McMillen Young Guns
Schoolboy 98 2 Matthew Sarbo Young Guns
Schoolboy 98 3 Ian Oswalt Burrell
Schoolboy 98 4 Kaeden Berger Bad Karma
Schoolboy 105 1 Luke Lucerne Apache
Schoolboy 105 2 Will Betancourt Law
Schoolboy 105 3 Cole Wilson Modern Day Gladiator
Schoolboy 105 4 Matthew Lackman Law
Schoolboy 112 1 Zack Witmer Bison
Schoolboy 112 2 Jagger Condomitti Dark Knights
Schoolboy 112 3 Trent Kochersperger Kennett
Schoolboy 112 4 Harrison Trahan Bad Karma
Schoolboy 120 1 Erik Gibson Young Guns
Schoolboy 120 2 Ty Linsenbigler Young Guns
Schoolboy 120 3 Bryce Gonzalez Crimson Wave
Schoolboy 120 4 Mason Lewis Modern Day Gladiator
Schoolboy 128 1 Keegan Brothrock Bison
Schoolboy 128 2 Trey Kibe Bison
Schoolboy 128 3 Marques McClorin Bad Karma
Schoolboy 128 4 Antonio Petrucelli Norchester
Schoolboy 136 1 Ian Ewing All American
Schoolboy 136 2 Ian Edwards Law
Schoolboy 136 3 Dimitri Jandrasics Weaver Elite
Schoolboy 136 4 Logan Green Peak
Schoolboy 144 1 Tate Nichter Lhwc
Schoolboy 144 2 Isaih Auman Bison
Schoolboy 144 3 Matthew Yots Bones
Schoolboy 152 1 Drew Finkey Law
Schoolboy 152 2 Matthew Romanelli Downingtown
Schoolboy 152 3 Riley Gallagher Peak
Schoolboy 160 1 Justin Hart Angry Fish
Schoolboy 160 2 Harrison Schoen State College
Schoolboy 160 3 Emmanuel Allen Pottsgrove
Schoolboy 175 1 Justin Cramer Young Guns
Schoolboy 190 1 Otto Speal Young Guns
Schoolboy 190 2 Nate Miller Valley Boyz
Schoolboy 265 1 Colby Whitehill Brookville
Schoolboy 265 2 Joseph Malkemes Btwc
Womens Cadet
Wm. Cadet 101 1 Mia Butler Iron Eagle
Wm. Cadet 113 1 Tatyana Ortiz BTS
Wm. Cadet 121 1 Avia Bibeau East Stroudsburg North
Wm. Cadet 139 1 Gabrielle Malinowski Waterford
Wm. Junior 121 1 Kyla Arroyo BTS
Wm. Junior 198 1 Hannah Scheivert Modern Day Gladiator
Cadet
Cadet 88 1 Chris Kim Contender Elite (Wissahickon)
Cadet 88 2 Matthew Mayer Weaver (Bethlehem Catholic)
Cadet 88 3 Gable Strickland BTWC (Muncy)
Cadet 88 4 Robert Lawlor Apache (Father Judge)
Cadet 94 1 Nathan Lackman LAW (Wilson West Lawn)
Cadet 94 2 Alexander Kightlinger Hill Top Outlaws (Saegertown)
Cadet 94 3 Lincoln Heck X Calibur (Wyoming Area)
Cadet 94 4 Colton Eckroth BTWC (Bloomsburg)
Cadet 100 1 Gabe Willochell Young Guns (Greater Latrobe)
Cadet 100 2 Alex Chelton Bad Karma (Cathedral Prep)
Cadet 100 3 Cade Balestrini Bison (Shikellamy)
Cadet 100 4 William Burgess Bad Karma (Union City)
Cadet 106 1 Edward Scott Young Guns (DuBois Area)
Cadet 106 2 Beau Bayless Bad Karma (Reynolds)
Cadet 106 3 Hunter Thompson Bad Karma (Titusville)
Cadet 106 4 Mason Myers LAW (Central York)
Cadet 113 1 Joseph Klock BTWC (Benton Area)
Cadet 113 2 Dalton Rohrbaugh South Central PA (Spring Grove Area)
Cadet 113 3 Nick Onea Crimson Wave (Pottsville Area)
Cadet 113 4 Anthony Vince X Calibur (Unknown)
Cadet 120 1 Michael Kistler Talon (Northampton Area)
Cadet 120 2 Patrick Gould Dark Knights (East Stroudsburg Area South)
Cadet 120 3 Zachary Wright Young Guns (Hampton)
Cadet 120 4 Joshua Jones Peak (Saucon Valley)
Cadet 126 1 Beau Bartlett X Calibur (Wyoming Seminary)
Cadet 126 2 Tye Varndell Bad Karma (Cambridge Springs)
Cadet 126 3 Gabe Miller Valley Boys (Pequea Valley Area)
Cadet 126 4 Cole Rees Bad Karma (Fort LeBoeuf)
Cadet 132 1 Mathew Milbrand BTWC (Bloomsburg)
Cadet 132 2 Luca Frinzi Weaver (Bethlhem Catholic)
Cadet 132 3 Michael Lewis Weaver (Bethlehem Catholic)
Cadet 132 4 Troy Nation Iron Eagle (Cumberland Valley)
Cadet 138 1 Carnell Andrews Young Guns (Bishop McCort)
Cadet 138 2 Luke Nichter LHWC (Chambersburg Area)
Cadet 138 3 Nathan Swartz Young Guns (Hollidaysburg Area)
Cadet 138 4 Stefahn Mayo Team Kage (Muhlenburg)
Cadet 145 1 Sam Sasso Dark Knights (Nazareth Area)
Cadet 145 2 Cole Matthews Bad Karma (Reynolds)
Cadet 145 3 Justin McCoy Young Guns (Chestnut Ridge)
Cadet 145 4 Alec Sampson BTWC (Dallas)
Cadet 152 1 Jake Hendricks X Calibur (Wyoming Seminary)
Cadet 152 2 Caleb Hetrick Brookville WC (Brookville Area)
Cadet 152 3 Carter Sarocci Bad Karma (Cathedral Prep)
Cadet 152 4 Chase Anklam Dark Knights (Pen Argyl Area)
Cadet 160 1 Josh Stillings (Pennridge)
Cadet 160 2 Austin Watkins LAW (Susquehanna Township)
Cadet 160 3 Jacob Carpenter Husky
Cadet 160 4 Steven Newell X Calibur (Dallas)
Cadet 170 1 Timmy Wallace Young Guns (Albert Gallatin)
Cadet 170 2 Michael Doggett X Calibur (Wyoming Seminary)
Cadet 170 3 Luke McGonigal Central PA Stars (Clearfield Area)
Cadet 170 4 Colin Fegley Bison (Mahanoy Area)
Cadet 182 1 Julian Gorring Bad Karma (Fort LeBoeuf)
Cadet 182 2 Benjamin Root LAW (Solanco)
Cadet 182 3 Ernest Holland BTS (Academy at Palumbo)
Cadet 182 4 Jacob Mattive BTWC (Bloomsburg)
Cadet 195 1 Ian Malesiewski Bad Karma (Cathedral Prep)
Cadet 195 2 Jack Wimmer Iron Eagle (Chambersburg Area)
Cadet 195 3 Alex Donahue Young Guns (Indiana Area)
Cadet 195 4 Clay Verbanac SPA (Cambridge Springs)
Cadet 220 1 Bishop McCoy Young Guns (South Side Beaver)
Cadet 220 2 Cole Forrester Blueberry Bros (Shippinsburg Area)
Cadet 220 3 Seth Worley South Central PA (Spring Grove Area)
Cadet 220 4 Bruce Vaughan LAW (Wilson West Lawn)
Cadet 285 1 Cody Williams Iron Eagle (Chambersburg Area)
Cadet 285 2 Nathan McDonald BWMC (Moshannon Valley)
Cadet 285 3 Jonathan Rosado Maurer (Schuylkill Valley)
Junior
Junior 106 1 Jarrett Lane Bison (Southern Columbia Area)
Junior 106 2 Colby Bronzburg BTWC (Bloomsburg)
Junior 113 1 Devin Schnupp LAW (Warwick)
Junior 113 2 Ryan Green Crimson Wave (Pottsville)
Junior 113 3 Matthew Wilde Boyertown (Boyertown Area)
Junior 113 4 Wyatt Lutz Bison (Montoursville Area)
Junior 120 1 Matt Parker LVWC (Pennridge)
Junior 120 2 Zurich Storm South Central PA (New Oxford)
Junior 120 3 Ryan O Grady Dark Knights (Nazareth Area)
Junior 120 4 Logan Macri Quest (Canon-McMillan)
Junior 126 1 Jake Cherry Iron Eagle (Central Dauphin)
Junior 126 2 David Campbell Peak (Boyertown Area)
Junior 126 3 Aidan Burke Apache (Council Rock North)
Junior 126 4 Baily Wehr Peak (Northwestern Lehigh)
Junior 132 1 Max Murin Young Guns (Central Cambria)
Junior 132 2 Wyatt Long Iron Eagle (Cumberland Valley)
Junior 132 3 Chandler Olson LHWC (Shippensburg Area)
Junior 132 4 K J Fenstermacher Dark Knights (Liberty)
Junior 138 1 Riley Palmer Mohawk (Council Rock South)
Junior 138 2 Cole Manley Young Guns (Altoona Area)
Junior 138 3 Andrew Barnett Modern Day Gladiators (Kennard Dale)
Junior 138 4 Dominic Means Young Guns (Central Catholic)
Junior 145 1 Patrick Munn Without Limits (Wyoming Seminary)
Junior 145 2 Brock Wilson Peak (Nazareth Area)
Junior 145 3 William Kaldes Iron Eagle (Cumberland Valley)
Junior 145 4 Jacob Hinkson (North Allegheny)
Junior 152 1 Trevor Elfvin Mohawk (Father Judge)
Junior 152 2 Andrew Munn Without Limits (Wyoming Seminary)
Junior 152 3 Kevin Edwards Defiant (Avon Grove)
Junior 152 4 Kyle Homet Quest (Waynesburg Central)
Junior 160 1 Eric Hong Tiger WC (Kiski Prep)
Junior 160 2 Trent Hidlay Bison (Mifflin County)
Junior 160 3 Quentin Milliken Iron Eagle (Cumberland Valley)
Junior 160 4 Gage Thomas South Central PA (South Western)
Junior 170 1 Tony Welsh Young Guns (Beth Center)
Junior 170 2 Tommy O Brien Team 610 (Wilson West Lawn)
Junior 170 3 Austin Farabaugh Young Guns (Penn Cambria)
Junior 170 4 Josh Bennicoff Valley Boys (William Allen)
Junior 182 1 Michael Beard (Malvern Prep)
Junior 182 2 Will Roeshot Young Guns (Kiski Prep)
Junior 182 3 Matt McGillick Young Guns (Penn Trafford)
Junior 182 4 Dylan Ammerman BTWC (Sullivan County)
Junior 195 1 Drew Phipps Young Guns (Norwin)
Junior 195 2 Christian Dietrich SEM (Wyoming Seminary)
Junior 195 3 Gregg Harvey Unattached (Boyertown Area)
Junior 195 4 Patrick Walker Mohawk (Upper Moreland)
Junior 220 1 Josiah Jones Young Guns (Bishop McCort)
Junior 220 2 Brian Kennerly MUD (Upper Darby)
Junior 220 3 Francis Duggan Pit Bull (North Allegheny)
Junior 220 4 Christopher Kober Rebel WC (Haverford School)
Junior 285 1 Thomas Killoran Peak (Boywertown Area)
Junior 285 2 Brendan Furman PWC (Canon-McMillan)
Junior 285 3 Vincent Walls Defiant (Avon Grove)
Junior 285 4 Cameron Tinner Knucklehead (Shippensburg Area)