Pennsylvania Wrestling Earns 49 NCAA Div. I National Qualifiers
A total of 49 wrestlers from the Keystone State will be heading to St. Louis next week for the NCAA Division I National Championship for a chance to compete on wrestling’s biggest stage. When breaking down the NCAA Qualifiers by Pennsylvania Districts the power from Western PA is apparent with 17 of the 49 qualifiers all being from the WPIAL/District 7. The high school programs with the most qualifiers include Franklin Regional which will see four former Panthers in St. Louis while the Canon-McMillan Big Macs send three. See the breakdown below!
District 1 – 3
District 2 – 1
District 3 – 6
District 4 – 7
District 7 – 17
District 9 – 2
District 10 – 4
District 11 – 7
District 12 – 2
Franklin Regional – 4
Canon-McMillan – 3
125 Pounds
Darian Cruz – Lehigh/Bethlehem Catholic (26-2) EIWA – District 11
Jake Gromacki – Clarion/Cathedral Prep (19-7) EWL – District 10
Ethan Lizak – Minnesota/Parkland (26-6) Big Ten – District 11
Vito Pasone – Appalachian St./E.L. Meyers (16-7) SoCon – District 2
133 Pounds
Connor Schram – Stanford/Canon-McMillan (14-4) Pac-12 – District 7
DJ Fehlman – Lock Haven/Warren Area (29-9) EWL – District 10
Dom Forys – Pittsburgh/North Allegheny (19-1) ACC – District 7
Corey Keener – Central Mich./Blue Mountain (19-13) MAC – District 11
Korbin Myers – Edinboro/Boiling Springs (29-10) EWL – District 3
Scotty Parker – Lehigh/Pennridge (16-2) EIWA – District 1
Billy Rappo – Maryland/Council Rock South (16-13) Big Ten – District 1
141 Pounds
Logan Everett – Army West Point/Williamson (21-14) EIWA – District 4
Randy Cruz – Lehigh/Bethlehem Catholic (21-7) EIWA – District 11
James Gulibon – Penn St./Derry Area (14-10) Big Ten – District 7
Ronald Perry – Lock Haven/Solanco (28-6) EWL – District 3
Luke Pletcher – Ohio St./Greater Latrobe (23-7) Big Ten – District 7
Tyler Smith – Bucknell/Franklin Regional (28-8) EIWA – District 7
Brock Zacherl – Clarion/Brookville Area (21-3) EWL – District 9
149 Pounds
Matthew Cimato – Drexel/LaSalle College (26-9) EIWA – District 12
Kyle Shoop – Lock Haven/Boiling Springs (38-15) EWL – District 3
Solomon Chishko – Virginia Tech/Canon-McMillan (21-3) ACC – District 7
Laike Gardner – Lehigh/Biglerville (21-8) EIWA – District 3
Samuel Krivus – Virginia/Hempfield Area (23-12) ACC – District 7
Joshua Maruca – Arizona St./Franklin Regional (21-8) Pac-12 – District 7
Zain Retherford – Penn St./Benton Area (23-0) Big Ten – District 4
157 Pounds
Michael Kemerer – Iowa/Franklin Regional (27-2) Big Ten – District 7
Jason Nolf – Penn St./Kitanning (22-0) Big Ten – District 7
Joshua Shields – Arizona St./Franklin Regional (32-7) Pac-12 – District 7
Colt Shorts – Cal Poly/Canon-McMillan (20-12) Pac-12 – District 7
165 Pounds
Cole Walter – Lehigh/Mifflinburg (19-9) EIWA – District 4
Te`Shan Campbell – Pittsburgh/Penn Hills (20-2) ACC – District 7
Vincenzo Joseph – Penn St./Central Catholic (17-4) Big Ten – District 7
Austin Matthews – Edinboro/Reynolds (18-7) EWL – District 10
174 Pounds
Casey Kent – Penn/LaSalle College (22-6) EIWA – District 12
Ryan Preisch – Lehigh/Milton Area (22-4) EIWA – District 4
Ty Schoffstall – Edinboro/Tri-Valley (20-9) EWL – District 11
184 Pounds
Garrett Hoffman – Bucknell/Montoursville (18-14) EIWA – District 4
Alexander DeCiantis – Drexel/North Allegheny (21-12) EIWA – District 7
Dakota Geer – Edinboro/Franklin (29-8) EWL – District 10
Zachary Zavatsky – Virginia Tech/Greater Latrobe (24-2) ACC – District 7
197 Pounds
Brett Harner – Princeton/Norristown Area (14-8) EIWA – District 1
Jeric Kasunic – American/Benton Area (24-10) EIWA – District 4
Matt McCutcheon – Penn St./Kiski Area (18-4) Big Ten – District 7
Tom Sleigh – Bucknell/DuBois Area (31-5) EIWA – District 9
285 Pounds
Joseph Goodhart – Drexel/Hempfield (24-8) EIWA – District 3
Jake Gunning – Buffalo/Liberty (20-5) MAC – District 11
Thomas Haines – Lock Haven/Solanco (31-5) EWL – District 3
Ray O`Donnell – Princeton/Saucon Valley (17-8) EIWA – District 11
Ryan Solomon – Pittsburgh/Milton Area (17-4) ACC – District 4