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Paul Schofield
By Paul Schofield
18 Min Read Feb. 21, 2003 | 23 years Ago
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There were not too many surprises in the WPIAL Class AAA sectional wrestling pairings that were released Thursday.

Section winners Greater Latrobe (Section 1), Connellsville Area (Section 2) and Kiski Area (Section 4) had the most seeded wrestlers in their sectionals, which will begin Saturday.

Greater Latrobe and Penn-Trafford each had four No. 1 seeds in Section 1, Connellsville had eight in Section 2, and Kiski Area had seven in Section 4.

Pairings for the WPIAL Class AA Championships were also released, and they showed the strength of Section 1. The tournament will be held Saturday at Trinity High School in Washington.

Here are some of the highlights of the pairings:

CLASS AA CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Class AA pairings were dominated by teams from Section 1. Burrell had three No. 1 seeds -- Joe Makara (125 pounds), Jason Makara (130) and Jared Shields (140) -- and Jeannette and Southmoreland had two each, while Mt. Pleasant Area and Shady Side Academy had one each.

The others were Larry Hall (119) and A.J. Graves (152) of Jeannette, Shane Datz (189) and Justin Poole (275) of Southmoreland, Zach Holt (103) of Mt. Pleasant Area and Damian Johnson (160) of Shady Side Academy.

The other seeded wrestlers were Bill Marks (112) of Charleroi Area, Damian Rose (135) and Kurt Brenner (171) of Freedom Area, Stush Demaske (145) of Jefferson Morgan and Jake Jahnke (215) of Mars Area.

Makara is going after his fourth WPIAL title, while Hall is in search of his third. Datz, Brenner and Phil Rowe of Burrell are in search of their second titles.

"Each tournament is just another step," said Joe Makara, a returning PIAA champion. "Winning four WPIAL titles would be special."

The top five wrestlers in each weight class advance to the PIAA Southwest Regional at the University of Pitt-Johnstown on Feb. 28 and March 1.

SECTION 1-AAA

Kevin Visnick of Franklin Regional and Sam Ansel of Greater Latrobe will be going after their third section titles, while Donnie Jones and Eric Svec of Greensburg Salem, Tommy Picarsic, Nate Picarsic and Nick Padezan of Penn-Trafford, and Justin Smith of Greensburg Central Catholic are in search of their second titles.

Padezan's title came during the 2001 tournament, while Smith's title came when he was a member of Penn-Trafford.

The Latrobe wrestlers who earned the No. 1 seeds were Zach Small (103), Pete Elers (112), Bryan Lekawa (145) and Ansel (215). Tommy Picarsic (135), Nate Picarsic (152), Charlie Pienaar (171) and Padezan (189) were the No. 1 seeds for Penn-Trafford.

SECTION 2-AAA

Jarrod King of Connellsville Area and John Ptak of Albert Gallatin are in search of their third straight section titles.

Both are among the six returning champs in the section. The others are Dave Thorn and Mitch Pankiewicz of Ringgold, and Josh Martin and Kyle Martin of Connellsville.

The Falcons' No. 1 seeds were King (152), Josh Martin (130), Kyle Martin (140), Steven Bell (112), Ashtin Primus (119), Jason Doppelheuer (171), Jim Tony (189) and Steve Hughes (275).

Albert Gallatin and Ringgold each had three top seeds. They were Thorn (103), Pankiewicz (125) and Brandon Baldini (135) of Ringgold, and Ptak (160), Ryan Howell (145) and Marc Berry (215) of Albert Gallatin.

SECTION 4-AAA

While no wrestlers are going after their third titles, seven have a shot at earning their second crowns.

They are Dan Enciso and Logan Downes of Valley, Angelo Manifest and Mike Corcetti of Kiski Area, Steve Chirieleison of Plum, Bill Spencer of Highlands and Sean Clair of Plum. Enciso and Chirieleison were winners in 2001.

The Cavaliers, the WPIAL champions, No. 1 seeds were Zach McKendree (112), A.J. Milanak (130), Manifest (135), Kurt Lorenz (140), Corcetti (171), Andrew Joseph (189) and Scott McKillop (215).

WPIAL Wrestling Championships


  • When: Saturday.

  • Class AA Championships: at Trinity High School, Washington (First round, 9:30 a.m.; consolation finals, 6 p.m.; finals, 7:30 p.m.)

  • Class AAA sectionals: Section 1 at Hempfield Area, Section 2 at Connellsville Area and Section 5 at McGuffey (first round 9:30 a.m.; consolation finals 6 p.m.; finals 7:30 p.m.). Section 3 at Shaler Area, Section 4 at Gateway and Section 6 at Canon-McMillan (first round 10 a.m.; consolation finals 5:30 p.m.; finals 7 p.m.).

  • Tickets: available at the door. First session: $3 students, $5 adults. Finals: $3 students; $7 adults.

  • The skinny: Class AA -- top five in each weight class advance to PIAA Southwest Regional on Feb. 28 and March 1 at Pitt-Johnstown. Class AAA -- top three in each weight class advance to WPIAL Championship/Southwest Regional on Feb. 27-28 and March 1 at Norwin High School.

    WPIAL Championships


    Saturday

    at Trinity High School, Washington

    Preliminary Round

    103: Jordan Scritchfield, Jefferson Morgan, 9, 17-14 vs. Guy Dedola, Carlynton, 9, 16-10.

    112: Jason Martinez, South Park ,12, 22-7 vs. David Kelly, Derry Area, 10, 10-6.

    119: Greg Smith, South Park, 10, 14-13 vs. Derek Vega, Burgettstown, 11, 14-9.

    125: Michael Brown, Mt Pleasant, 9, 15-16 vs. Erik McClure, Burgettstown, 11, 20-12.

    130: Simon Johns, Yough, 12, 8-13 vs. Gavin Weston, South Allegheny, 10, 9-11.

    135: Tyler Patterson, South Side Beaver, 10, 22-12 vs. Mike Lewen, Shady Side Academy, 11, 22-11.

    140: Bill Herbst, Fort Cherry, 10, 9-15 vs. T.J. Pauletich, South Park, 12, 18-7.

    145: Cody Miller, West Greene, 9, 19-14 vs. Brad Lehocky, Freedom, 12, 19-10.

    152: Ron Ermlick, Charleroi, 10, 14-14 vs. Robin McCabe, Freedom, 10, 18-15.

    160: John Antonelli, Washington, 12, 13-14 vs. John Buechli, Riverview, 12, 19-9.

    171: Josh Earlywine, Bentworth, 10, 14-11 vs. Nathan Moore, Derry Area, 11, 21-10.

    189: Chris Price, Charleroi, 11, 15-11 vs. Pete King, Mars, 9, 10-6.

    215: Aaron Giorgi, Charleroi, 12, 14-9 vs. Justin Stoffella, Fort Cherry, 12, 15-11.

    275: Nick Leonhard, Mars, 10, 9-11 vs. Doug Amsler, Shady Side Academy, 11, 17-11.

    Quarterfinal round

    103: Zach Holt, Mt Pleasant, 10, 30-4 vs. Scritchfield/Dedola winner; Jeff Kusich, Avella, 10, 23-7 vs. Vitaliy Ivashchenko, South Park, 9, 20-8; Ron Barr, Burrell, 10, 24-7 vs. Dustin Brodmerkel, South Side Beaver, 9, 27-6; Stew Guthrie, West Greene, 10, 24-5 vs. Scott Chappell, Derry Area, 9, 20-11

    112: Bill Marks, Charleroi Area, 12, 25-2 vs. Martinez/Kelly winner; Bryan Pleskovich, Fort Cherry, 10, 22-7 vs. Cody Renner, West Greene, 9, 22-9; Nick Schepis, Carlynton, 10, 16-8 vs. Zach Pisano, Burrell, 9, 17-15; Lee Vanella, Mt Pleasant, 9, 29-12 vs. Adam Smetana, Mars, 10, 19-3.

    119: Larry Hall, Jeannette, 11, 25-2 vs. Smith/Vega winner; Joe Geary, Mt Pleasant, 9, 27-10 vs. Ty Marks, Charleroi, 11, 21-9; Aaron Beck, Bethlehem Center, 12, 23-9 vs. Tom Cuneo, South Side Beaver, 11, 26-10; Greg Warnock, Avella, 10, 23-6 vs. Mike Reott, Derry Area, 12, 18-14.

    125: Joe Makara, Burrell, 12, 27-4 vs. Brown/McClure winner; Zane Cuneo, South Side Beaver, 10, 19-5 vs. John Hill, Jefferson Morgan, 10, 21-7; Antonio Reino, Laurel, 12, 20-5 vs. Andrew Mousetis, Washington, 10, 24-10; Lee Beatty, Chartiers Houston, 11, 27-4 vs. Dave Cunningham, Shady Side Academy, 9, 18-11.

    130: Jason Makara, Burrell, 10, 29-6 vs. Johns/Weston winner; Steve Perri, Mars, 11, 13-3 vs. Derek Yanchak, Bentworth, 9, 11-14; Casey Shannon, Charleroi, 12, 23-4 vs. Josh Bable, South Side Beaver, 11, 22-10; Donnie Ament, Mt Pleasant, 9, 32-10 vs. Rob Potts, Freedom, 12, 12-12.

    135: Damian Rose, Freedom, 10, 24-2 vs. Patterson/Lewen winner; Dave Sidun, Yough, 12, 18-6 vs. Andy Wright, Bentworth, 10, 13-7; Brandon Coury, South Park, 11, 22-6 vs. Jeff Havelka, Burgettstown, 10, 24-10; Brad Shrum, Derry Area, 12, 27-4 vs. Jeff Havelka, Burgettstown, 10, 24-10.

    140: Jared Shields, Burrell, 12, 30-1 vs. Herbst/Pauletich winner; Josh VanDerLee, Bentworth, 12, 19-12 vs. Shaun Crawford, Burgettstown, 10, 19-14; C.J. Cavalcante, Mt Pleasant, 11, 21-10 vs. Mike Nale, South Side Beaver, 11, 16-4; Scott Falcione, Chartiers Houston, 12, 26-5 vs. Brandon Allison, Riverview, 12, 23-9.

    145: Stush Demaske, Jefferson Morgan, 12, 28-4 vs. Miller/Lehocky winner; Jeremy McCoy, Burgettstown, 11, 24-8 vs. Matt Neal, Mt Pleasant, 11, 21-11; Todd Cessna, Elderton, 10, 23-5 vs. Joe Scorza, Charleroi, 12, 25-8; Gary Greene, Fort Cherry, 12, 23-5 vs. Chalmers Helman, Derry Area, 12, 23-11.

    152: A.J. Graves, Jeannette, 10, 28-1 vs. Ermlick/McCabe winner; Victor McCoy, Mt Pleasant, 12, 30-11 vs. Justin Castagnacci, South Side Beaver, 12, 22-11; Mike Morgan, Bethlehem Center, 11, 26-5 vs. Justin Castagnacci, South Side Beaver, 12, 22-11; Justin Scarfo, Mars, 12, 22-1 vs. Andrey Ivashchenko, South Park, 11, 21-10.

    160: Damian Johnson, Shady Side Academy, 12, 29-0 vs. Antonelli/Buechli winner; Brandon Henderson, Chartiers Houston, 11, 16-9 vs. Joey Vigliotti, Burgettstown, 11, 19-7; Corey Checkan, South Side Beaver, 10, 27-7 vs. William Hall, Jeannette, 11, 11-4; Bryon Berdine, Avella, 12, 27-5 vs. Allen Hager, Jefferson Morgan, 11, 17-9.

    171: Kurt Brenner, Freedom, 11, 28-2 vs.Earlywine/Moore winner; .Mike Myers, Jefferson Morgan, 11, 24-4 vs. Rich Froats, Burgettstown, 10, 26-6; Shayne Noe, Chartiers Houston, 12, 24-7 vs. Jeff Marker, Mt Pleasant, 9, 30-10; Zak Jenniches, Burrell, 11, 25-4 vs. Pat Turco, Laurel, 11, 21-6.

    189: Shane Datz, Southmoreland, 11, 29-0 vs. Price/King winner; Mike Rozanc, Chartiers Houston, 12, 24-7 vs. Shawn Higgs, Derry Area, 11, 17-13; Chas Rush, Avella, 12, 29-3 vs. John Matia, Shady Side Academy, 12, 21-13; Jordan Sweany, Bethlehem Center, 11, 21-2 vs. Jason Cowden, Burgettstown, 12, 6-8.

    215: Jake Jahnke, Mars, 12, 19-1 vs. Giorgi/Stoffella winner; Brandon Palmer, Bethlehem Center, 12, 23-10 vs. Stephen Zubach, Southmoreland, 10, 26-6; Pierce Frauenheim, Shady Side Academy, 12, 27-3 vs. Shane Checkan, South Side Beaver, 11, 23-10; Phil Rowe, Burrell, 12, 23-10 vs. Bill Wise, West Greene, 12, 14-12.

    275: Justin Poole, Southmoreland, 11, 23-3 vs. Leonhard/Amsler winner; Jared McClure, Bentworth, 10, 15-9 vs. Chris Taueetia, Burrell, 10, 19-11; Elliott Bates, Chartiers Houston, 10, 27-6 vs. Luke Dami, Fort Cherry, 12, 16-11; John Maraldo, Charleroi, 11, 24-7 vs. John Smith, Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart, 12, 5-5.

    Class AAA

    WPIAL Sectionals

    Section 1

    at Hempfield

    Preliminary Round

    125: Matt Watson, Penn-Trafford,12, 1-0 vs. Cody Klingensmith, Kittanning, 11, 4-14

    130: Drew Damico, GCC, 10, 2-15 vs. Kevin John, Kittanning, 12, 5-9

    145: Michael Greene, GCC, 9, 2-13 vs. Anthony Venditti, Norwin, 11, 3-15

    152: Adam Davies, Norwin, 10, 0-14 vs. Andy Dunmire, Kittanning, 11, 1-13.

    First round

    103: Zach Small, Latrobe, 9, 22-9 vs. Adam Poremba, Franklin Regional, 9, 5-12; Josh Testa, Hempfield, 9, 13-4 vs. Cory Atwood, Kittanning, 9, 13-7; Tim Young, Penn-Trafford, 9 , 22-10 vs. Felix Noy, Indiana, 11, 6-9; Gordon Moretton, Nowin, 9, 17-11 vs. Adam Caldwell, Greensburg Salem, 10, 20-10

    112: Pete Ellers, Latrobe, 11, 26-7 vs. Sam Panucci, Hempfield, 11, 0-16; Kevin Robbins, Indiana, 9, 7-10 vs. Mike John, Kittanning, 12, 8-5; Sean Meehan, Penn-Trafford, 11, 16-9 vs. David Ulishney, GCC, 9, 9-14; Patrick West, Franklin Regional, 9, 7-12 vs. Scott Morgan, Norwin, 11, 18-5

    119: Kevin Visnick, Franklin Regional, 12, 20-5 --- BYE; Chris Schiano, Kittanning, 11, 6-8 vs. Mitch Evans, Indiana, 10, 18-8; Jeff Bossart, Latrobe, 10, 3-1 vs. Jeff Spedding, GCC, 10, 4-13; Matt Sheilds, Penn-Trafford, 11, 2-19 vs. Dan Svec, Greensburg Salem, 9, 20-12

    125: David Pienaar, GCC, 10, 25-6 vs. Watson/Klingensmith Winner; Tony Shusteric, Norwin, 11, 10-11 vs. Scott Houghtalen, Hempfield, 11, 13-5; Karel Hastings, Indiana, 11, 18-7 vs. Matt Rufner, Latrobe, 12, 9-15; Randy Allwine, Greensburg Salem, 10, 6-14 vs. Brad Cipriani, Franklin Regional, 12, 24-3

    130: Donnie Jones, Greensburg Salem, 10, 27-2 vs. John/Damico Winner; Tyler Parkinson, Franklin Regional, 12, 17-5 vs. Jason Broadbaent, Indiana, 12, 19-7; Nick Jackel, Norwin, 9, 12-7 vs. Mike Nudo, Hempfield, 9 ,16-10; Bernie Lynch, Latrobe, 11, 15-15 vs. Derek Jones, Penn-Trafford, 10, 21-9

    135: Tom Picarsic, Penn-Trafford, 10, 28-2 vs. Mike Barchesky, Latrobe, 10, 0-0; Brian Lamouree, Franklin Regional, 12, 10-13, vs. Rob Carnes, Norwin, 11, 7-10; Joe Lane, Kittanning, 9, 11-5 vs. T.J. Mikeska, Indiana, 12, 8-10; Buck Watkins, Hempfield, 10, 1-12 vs. Eric Svec, Greensburg Salem, 12, 29-2;

    140: Josh Serene, Kittanning, 9, 21-4 vs. Bryan Niehenke, Indiana, 10, 1-1; Ryan Skuta, Penn-Trafford, 11, 20-14 vs. Jase Stas, Latrobe, 12, 27-7; Jacob Zeoli, Greensburg Salem, 11, 27-5 vs. Dustin Norris, Franklin Regional, 12, 11-12; Ben Huha, Norwin, 10, 7-12 vs. Jordan Naylor, Hempfield, 12, 21-7

    145: Bryan Lekawa, Latrobe, 12, 27-4 vs. Greene/Venditti Winner; Craig Broadbent, Indiana, 10, 11-10 vs. Jason Coyne, Penn-Trafford, 11, 17-6; Angelo Testa, Hempfield, 12, 12-5 vs. Kenneth McGinnis, Kittanning, 11, 5-9; Billy Paull, Franklin Regional, 10, 5-18 vs. Patrick Hutchinson, Greensburg Salem, 10, 27-8.

    152: Nate Picarsic, Penn-Trafford, 12, 17-2 vs. Davies/Dunmire winner; Matt DeCecco, Greensburg Salem, 10, 11-15 vs. Alex Rice, Indiana, 11, 17-9; Justin Smith, GCC, 11, 23-6 vs. Tom Johnston, Hempfield, 10, 6-18; Patrick Smith, Franklin Regional, 10, 4-16 vs. Royal Ferry, Latrobe, 12, 10-3.

    160: Buck Smodic, GCC, 11, 19-4 vs. Adam Ereditario, Hempfield, 12, 3-14; Dan Snyder, Indiana, 11, 11-11 vs. Zack Haigas, Norwin, 11, 11-10; Dan Johnson, Franklin Regional, 11, 14-12 vs. Jake Lane, Kittanning, 12, 12-12; James Hickey, Greensburg Salem, 10, 7-18 vs. Tommy Schultz, Latrobe, 11, 22-6

    171: Charlie Pienaar, Penn-Trafford, 12, 25-3 vs. Rob Handza, Norwin, 10, 3-8; Jake Kurant, Greensburg Salem, 9, 12-12 vs. Jason Cordial, GCC, 12, 18-12; Matt Sheridan, Hempfield, 12, 21-7 vs. Brad Bothell, Kittanning, 10, 10-4; Ian Buggey, Indiana, 12, 8-12 vs. Anthony Gigliotti, Latrobe, 10, 20-12.

    189: Nick Padezan, Penn-Trafford, 11, 27-4 vs. John Garner, GCC, 10, 1-5; Brian Rusnock, Latrobe, 11, 19-14 vs. Garret Choby, Norwin, 12, 13-10; Andrew Haile, Greensburg Salem, 10, 26-5 vs. Chris Devola, Franklin Regional, 11, 10-12; Jake Turney, Indiana, 11, 5-11 vs. Nic Engler, Hempfield, 12, 24-4.

    215: Sam Ansel, Latrobe, 12, 21-6 BYE; Kyle Lewis, Kittanning, 11, 10-11 vs. Casey Robinson, Norwin, 11, 13-8; Josh Matthews, Penn-Trafford, 10, 13-15 vs. Adam Legarski, Hempfield, 10, 7-13; Terry Venzin, GCC, 12, 6-13 vs. Josh Reiter, Indiana, 12, 13-5.

    275: Chris Hickey, Greensburg Salem, 12, 18-12 BYE; Anthony Testa, Penn-Trafford,11, 10-17 vs. Bud Flinner, Norwin, 12, 5-7; Mike Lingsch, GCC, 12, 22-9 vs. Brandon Broaddus, Hempfield, 3-9; Eric Shriver, Kittanning, 11, 2-18 vs. Frank Cremonese, Latrobe, 12, 27-5.

    Section 2

    at Connellsville

    First round

    103: Dave Thorn, Ringgold, 12, 21-3 bye; Chris Belch, Laurel Highlands, 10, 3-11 vs. Jason Weslager, Belle Vernon, 10, 17-7; Jonathan Knepper, Connellsville, 10, 12-3 vs. Seth Merschat, Uniontown, 9, 6-17; Jon Bittinger, Albert Gallatin, 11, 23-5 bye.

    112: Steve Bell, Connellsville, 10, 32-5 bye; Dave Kalvesmaki, Belle Vernon, 10, 5-14 bye; Brian Mosqueda, McKeesport, 10, 5-13 bye; Greg Hogan, Laurel Highlands, 10, 12-11.

    119: Ashtin Primus, Connellsville, 9, 32-4 bye; Dominic Monti, Elizabeth Forward, 11, 12-11 vs. Ryan DiCenzo, Laurel Highlands, 11, 3-3; Jonathan Guth, Uniontown, 11, 11-11 vs. Larry Pautis, Belle Vernon, 9, 3-1; Jeff Lawrence, Albert Gallatin, 11, 9-8 bye.

    125: Mitch Pankiewicz, Ringgold, 10, 23-4 bye; Frank Fine, Elizabeth Forward, 11, 13-6 vs. Travis Dunn, Belle Vernon, 10, 11-11; Jerod Chapman, Albert Gallatin, 11, 8-3 vs. Earl Moore, Laurel Highlands, 11, 11-9; Doug Rush, Uniontown, 9, 7-12 vs. Adam Bucci, Connellsville, 10, 20-10.

    130: Josh Martin, Connellsville, 10, 26-8 bye; Jake Benczo, McKeesport, 12, 0-0 vs. John Walters, Laurel Highlands, 11, 2-9; Dan Lutz, Ringgold, 10, 18-10 bye; Mark Brown, Albert Gallatin, 9, 13-8.

    135: Brandon Baldini, Ringgold, 12, 21-1 vs. Scott Hurley, McKeesport, 9, 0-4; Jason Williams, Albert Gallatin, 11, 13-11 vs. Nick Sible, Laurel Highlands, 11, 14-7; Robert Derrickson, Belle Vernon, 11, 13-11 vs. Nathan Klingensmith, Uniontown, 11, 17-10; Josh Faust, Elizabeth Forward, 11, 4-12 vs. Delbert Sines, Connellsville, 10, 15-15.

    140: Kyle Martin, Connellsville, 11, 30-4 bye; Matt Donesec, Uniontown, 11, 9-12 vs. Dan Sauritch, Belle Vernon, 10, 10-10; Michael Gesmond, McKeesport, 11, 6-8 vs. Jarrett Bond, Laurel Highlands, 11, 3-11; Brandon Radicic, Albert Gallatin, 12, 16-12 bye.

    145: Ryan Howell, Albert Gallatin, 12, 20-7 bye; Jonathan VanBremen, Uniontown, 10, 7-13 vs. Giancarlo Langeri, Laurel Highlands, 10, 9-15; Michael Morgan, McKeesport, 12, 6-6 vs. Justin Davanzo, Connellsville, 10, 0-0; Anthony Sayles, Belle Vernon, 12, 17-5 bye.

    152: Jarrod King, Connellsville, 11, 34-3 bye; Michael Roka, McKeesport, 10, 6-13 vs. Del Simpson, Laurel Highlands, 11, 13-10; Jared Hirtz, Albert Gallatin, 12, 17 -10 vs. Scott Bell, Uniontown, 11, 6-14; Shawn Dilmore, Belle Vernon, 9, 4-9 vs. Carl Snodgrass, Ringgold, 12, 18-10.

    160: John Ptak, Albert Gallatin, 12, 23-5 vs. Oba Mandley, McKeesport, 10, 0-4; Levi Brown, Ringgold, 10, 5-13 vs. Levi Harris, Laurel Highlands, 12, 15-3; Chad MacBurney, Connellsville, 12, 12-17 vs. Jake Stonebraker, Elizabeth Forward, 11, 9-13; Ed Olesh, Uniontown, 9, 5-11 vs. Justin Brumley, Belle Vernon, 10, 16-8.

    171: Jason Doppelheuer, Connellsville, 10, 27-11 vs. Julian Thomas, McKeesport, 11, 5-6; Mike Kopacko, Laurel Highlands, 12, 13-9 vs. Jeremiah Ditmore, Uniontown, 11, 19-5; Charlie Belch, Albert Gallatin, 10, 21-6 vs. Will Snyder, Elizabeth Forward, 9, 12-14; Ryan Fencik, Ringgold, 10, 2-19 vs. Eric Zyske, Belle Vernon, 11, 13-9.

    189: Jim Tony, Connellsville, 11, 29-10 bye; Drew Brumbagh, McKeesport, 12, 1-4 vs. Dan Nagle, Belle Vernon, 12, 3-5; Mike Capan, Laurel Highlands, 11, 6-13 bye; Tom Karpency, Albert Gallatin, 11, 9-7 bye.

    215: Marc Berry, Albert Gallatin, 12, 19-7 bye; Blake Faust, Laurel Highlands, 11, 7-10 vs. Dan Newlon, Uniontown, 11, 19-6; Ryan McCurdy, McKeesport, 12, 8-4 vs. Dave Casson, Ringgold, 10, 2-4; Bill Lindsey, Belle Vernon, 9, 2-3 vs. Brent Wilson, Connellsville, 12, 19-14.

    275: Steve Hughes, Connellsville, 12, 13-9 bye; Andrew Macey, McKeesport, 12, 7-2 vs. Joe Burns, Belle Vernon, 11, 10-7; Robert Urban, Laurel Highlands, 12, 14-11 vs. Bryon Bianchini, Uniontown, 12, 17-10; Seth Hough, Ringgold, 11, 5-16 vs. Ryan Martelli, Albert Gallatin, 12, 17-5.

    Section 3

    at Shaler

    Preliminary Round

    112: Bryon Gleason, Ambridge, 10, 9-9 vs. Steve Fleming, Shaler, 9, 12-15.

    125: Jon Wang, North Allegheny, 12, 0-12 vs. Luke Hoey, Pine-Richland, 11, 1-12.

    130: Aaron Huselton, Knoch, 11, 4-4 vs. Bill Russ, North Hills, 11, 2-14; John Zappa, Shaler, 11, 8-18 vs. Chris Coleman, Blackhawk, 10, 0-10.

    140: Dale DiCicco, Seneca Valley, 9, 2-14 vs. Dave Dickey, Blackhawk, 12, 3-11.

    215: Nate Waxler, North Hills, 10, 2-8 vs. Mark Morrissey, Seneca Valley, 12, 2-7.

    First round

    103: Jon Drzemiecki, Shaler, 9, 12-6 BYE; Josh Snyder, Butler, 9, 5-10 vs. Angelo Aquino, Ambridge, 9, 8-11; John Pope, North Hills, 9, 14-10 vs. Zach Duggan, Seneca Valley, 9, 6-15; Dan Shannon, Hampton, 10, 6-14 vs. Andy Schoeffel, Pine-Richland, 10, 19-11.

    112: Brian Pogel, Hampton, 10, 29-3 vs. Gleason/Fleming winner; Josh Sterling, North Hills, 11, 17-12 vs. Mike Fiore, Pine-Richland, 9, 13-8; Donnie Lambert, Blackhawk, 10, 17-9 vs. Tom Hollerman, Butler, 10, 9-11; Jeff Richards, Seneca Valley, 10, 12-12 vs. Rob Cawley, North Allegheny, 10, 18-12.

    119: Kerry Regner, Blackhawk, 12, 25-4 vs. Justin Wang, North Allegheny, 10, 3-13; Lee Layton, Seneca Valley, 9, 12-12 vs. Rob Henzler, North Hills, 11, 14-8; Kevin Hughes, Pine-Richland, 10, 18-11 vs. Jake Sydlik, Butler, 10, 6-15; Tyler Nowakowski, Shaler, 9, 6-13 vs. Mike Thompson, Hampton, 10, 22-6.

    125: Sean Pelusi, Butler, 12, 23-7 vs. Wang/Hoey winner; A.J. Vukovic, Ambridge, 10, 8-7 vs. Cole Harvey, North Hills, 12, 21-7; Frank Snyder, Seneca Valley, 10, 16-9 vs. Dave Cain, Blackhawk, 11, 5-14; Doug Arnold, Hampton, 10, 5-18 vs. Toby Seger, Shaler, 11, 25-5.

    130: Dave Swofford, Hampton, 11, 26-4 vs. Huselton/Russ winner; Brody O'Connell, North Allegheny, 11, 4-7 vs. Eddie Albrecht, Ambridge, 9, 11-8; Bart Wylie, Seneca Valley, 11, 17-2 vs. Josh Coburn, Butler, 9, 8-13; Bryan Welsh, Pine-Richland, 12, 20-8 vs. Zappa/Coleman winner.

    135: Ron Wilson, Ambridge, 11, 20-2 vs. Derek Corless, Blackhawk, 9, 1-18; Nick Rivero, Pine-Richland, 12, 16-9 vs. Eric Grensi, Butler, 12, 20-9; Chris May, Hampton, 11, 26-5 vs. Rick Jones, North Allegheny 11, 8-16; Ron Neurohr, Shaler, 10, 11-18 vs. Dustin Layton, Seneca Valley, 11, 21-4.

    140: Joe Davis, Butler, 12, 26-4 vs. DiCicco/Dickey winner; Nick Lavery, North Allegheny, 12, 8-11 vs. Joe Mall, Pine-Richland, 12, 20-10; Brady Krebs, Hampton, 10, 24-9 vs. Pat Wilson, North Hills, 10, 10-16; Pat McGivern, Shaler, 11, 7-19 vs. T.J. Pringle, Ambridge, 10, 18-5.

    145: Tim Allen, Pine-Richland, 12, 19-4 BYE; Ryan Riordan, Hampton, 12, 19-11 vs. Gary Gombos, Butler, 12, 19-10; Cliff Moore, North Allegheny, 12, 14-11 vs. Dave Kapetanovich, North Hills, 11, 12-15; McKenzie Coffman, Blackhawk, 12, 5-11 vs. Blake Rice, Seneca Valley, 11, 18-7.

    152: Taylor Letters, Shaler, 12, 31-2 vs. Brandon Roy, Knoch, 10, 4-4; Rocky Mancini, Hampton, 12, 14-13 vs. Jim Stumbaugh, North Hills, 12, 8-5; Joe Malone, Pine-Richland, 12, 22-6 vs. Ken McDeavitt, Butler, 11, 11-13; Brandon Corless, Blackhawk, 12, 9-16 vs. Mike Guttilla, North Allegheny, 10, 28-8.

    160: Mickey Moran, Shaler, 11, 31-6 BYE; Jon Miller, Butler, 11, 13-9 vs. Tom Dentice, North Allegheny, 12, 14-7; Scott Kelly, Hampton, 10, 17-13 vs. Ryan Schlieden, Pine-Richland, 10, 8-15; R.J. English, Blackhawk, 10, 2-18 vs. Dan Geyer, North Hills, 12, 20-7.

    171: Jake Herbert, North Allegheny, 12, 25-0 vs. D.J. Harris, Seneca Valley, 10, 1-13; Josh Smith, Butler, 12, 4-4 vs. Jim Fawcett, Pine-Richland, 11, 11-11; Chris Dempsey, Ambridge, 9, 16-9 vs. Dave Zukowski, Hampton, 11, 13-15; Cole McDanel, Blackhawk, 10, 11-13 vs. Tony Eichler, North Hills, 12, 23-4.

    189: Eric Cassidy, North Allegheny, 12, 30-2 BYE; Brian Morrow, Pine-Richland, 12, 12-8 vs. Ryan Mullen, Butler, 11, 11-5; Jordan LeViere, North Hills, 9, 16-10 vs. Pat Kelley, Hampton, 11, 10-16; Chris Lindner, Blackhawk, 12, 3-5 vs. Dave Sibenac, Shaler, 12, 16-10.

    215: Chris Glomb, North Allegheny, 12, 19-7 vs. Waxler/Morrissey winner; Rick Dlubak, Ambridge, 9, 15-10 vs. Niels Madson, Shaler, 11, 14-13; Kevin Sullivan, Pine-Richland, 12, 16-9 vs. Adam Eastly, Hampton, 12, 8-15; Andrew Mihalcin, Blackhawk, 10, 7-14 vs. Aaron Brown, Butler, 12, 22-9.

    275: Greg Conti, Pine-Richland, 11, 24-4 vs. George Fischer, North Hills, 10, 4-20; Josh Shulman, Hampton, 11, 16-8 vs. Rick Rinehart, Seneca Valley, 11, 12-10; Zach Herbert, North Allegheny, 11, 12-8 vs. Nate Piernik, Shaler, 10, 3-3; Eric Vanyo, Ambridge, 11, 10-11 vs. Adam Pritts, Butler, 10, 25-5.

    Section 4

    Preliminary Round

    130: Dan McMaster, Penn Hills, 9, 1-16 vs. Ian Stewart, Gateway, 10, 4-7

    135: B.J. Stremple, Plum, 10, 2-7 vs. Tyler Wolfe, Highlands, 10, 4-11

    140: Neal King, Woodland Hills, 12, 0-16 vs. Bill Orris, Highlands, 10, 8-17

    152: Kyle Campbell, Woodland Hills, 10, 2-11 vs Josh Barnett, Highlands, 10, 7-17

    215: Matt May, Woodland Hills, 12, 1-17 vs. Carlton Wright, Avonworth, 11, 4-9

    First Round

    103: Bill Spencer, Highlands, 12, 26-0 vs. George Goins, Woodland Hills, 11, 3-10; Dan Puciata, Avonworth, 9, 19-10 vs. Shawn Loughlin, Kiski Area, 11, 17-11; Bill Bounra, Plum, 9, 19-8 vs. Mike Schwartz, Valley, 10, 13-12; Eric LaRocca, Gateway, 9, 5-14 vs. Brandon Skonieczny, Fox Chapel, 10, 27-3

    112: Zach McKendree, Kiski Area, 9, 20-12 vs. Ryan Redinger, Woodland Hills, 9, 0-5; Zach Nealer, Valley, 10, 6-12 vs. Brett Skonieczny, Fox Chapel, 9, 23-9; Ryan Sula, Gateway, 9, 11-6 vs. Jeremy Mazzotta, Plum, 11, 8-12; Matt Sokolowski, Highlands, 9, 8-14 vs. Curtis Branchen, Avonworth, 9, 23-5

    119: Sean Clair, Plum, 10, 22-0 vs. Andrew Baum, Gateway, 12, 0-7; Kenny Kossuth, Woodland Hills, 9, 2-18 vs. Josh Costanzo, Highlands, 9, 6-13; Jim Rodak, Avonworth, 12, 21-7 vs. John Dragun, Fox Chapel, 9, 3-3; Derek Lovitt, Valley, 10, 1-3 vs. Tyler Oravek, Kiski Area, 9, 24-8

    125: Dan Enciso, Valley, 12, 25-2 vs. Paul Deluca, Fox Chapel, 9, 5-14; Jon Grubbs, Plum, 10, 9-9 vs. Alex Andrjcik, Highlands, 11, 22-9; Eric Vone, Avonworth, 9, 19-6 vs. Steve Glenwright, Gateway, 11, 8-7; Brad Grimm, Penn Hills, 12, 12-10 vs. A.J. Moore, Kiski Area, 12 ,21-7

    130: A.J. Milanak, Kiski Area, 10, 26-5 vs. McMaster/Stewart Winner; Marc Roney, Avonworth, 10, 11-12 vs. Dan Simon, Fox Chapel, 10, 14-11; Jeremy Astor, Valley, 12, 8-14 vs. Jake Yuhasz, Plum, 10, 9-13; K.J. Wetter, Highlands, 11, 6-16 vs Deshe Thomas, Woodland Hills, 11, 19-7

    135: Angelo Manifest, Kiski Area, 12, 27-6 vs. Stremple/Wolfe Winner; Josh Roney, Avonworth, 11, 13-8 vs. Dan Lloyd, Valley, 12, 9-11; Vanrico Sanders, Woodland Hills, 10, 17-6 vs. Jordan Tishman, Fox Chapel, 10, 4-17; Anthony Barlich, Penn Hills, 11, 5-20 vs. Jim Boden, Gateway, 11, 20-4

    140: Kurt Lorenz, Kiski Area, 12, 22-9 vs. King/Orris Winner; Wayne Phipps, Penn Hills, 12, 12-8 vs. Nate Vickinovac, Avonworth, 11, 15-12; Scott Black, Fox Chapel, 10, 17-11 vs. Dante Costabille, Plum, 10, 10-14; Josh Simmons, Valley, 10, 3-6 vs. Matt Zarisky, Gateway, 11, 21-4

    145: Chris Branchen, Avonworth, 12, 28-1 vs. Dan Biondo, Gateway, 11, 1-4; Bobby Rose, Woodland Hills, 12, 11-8 vs. Shawn Shemenski, Valley, 12, 8-5; Cory Humes, Fox Chapel, 11, 15-7 vs. Gary Bolbat, Penn Hills, 12, 7-13; Brandon DiBiase, Plum, 10, 2-7 vs Steve Stedrak, Kiski Area, 12, 23-7

    152: Anthony Arcuri, Valley, 12, 17-7 vs. Campbell/Barnett Winner; John Simmons, Plum, 11, 10-5 vs. Jim Prentice, Penn Hills, 11, 15-3; Garrett Lang, Kiski Area, 11, 20-11 vs. Alan Mabry, Fox Chapel, 12, 12-11; Allan Murray, 12, 11-15 vs. John Walters, Gateway, 12, 18-4

    160: Logan Downes, Valley, 10, 25-2 vs. Justin Maurtiak, Fox Chapel, 11, 1-11; Joe Scalise, Highlands, 11, 13-9 vs. Darnell Jackson, Woodland Hills, 10, 11-14; Brian Parker, Gateway, 12, 15-8 vs. Mike Wood, Kiski Area, 12, 9-7; Ben Morrow, Plum, 12, 9-10 vs. Matt Palermo, Penn Hills, 12, 19-3

    171: Mike Corcetti, Kiski Area, 12, 28-1 vs. Amir Panahlazar, Gateway, 12, 2-3; Derek Evans, Fox Chapel, 12, 7-5 vs. Nick Baughman, Penn Hills, 9, 17-6; Julius Reid, Highlands, 12, 25-4 vs. Chris Sproull, Valley, 12, 10-4; Oliver Marron, Woodland Hills, 12, 4-13 vs. Steve Chirieleison, Plum, 12, 24-3

    189: Andrew Joseph, Kiski Area, 11, 22-10 vs. Dan Funk, Avonworth, 12, 4-17; Pat Garland, Plum, 12, 10-11 vs. Mike Buzkowski, Penn Hills, 11, 16-8; Corey Idorgl, Gateway, 12, 17-4 vs. Josh Robey, Fox Chapel, 12, 13-11; Brian Marzullo, Valley, 11, 5-17 vs. Steve Toth, Highlands, 12, 21-5

    215: Scott McKillop, Kiski Area, 11, 28-0 vs. May/Wright Winner; Phil McCormick, Plum, 12, 14-11 vs. Chris Yaw, Fox Chapel, 12, 17-11; Tucker Joslyn, Valley, 12, 22-9 vs. Nathan Tomporoski, Highlands, 9, 8-14; Jason Fisher, Penn Hills, 12, 6-10 vs. Steve Edwards, Gateway, 12, 19-5

    275: Tim Frank, Fox Chapel, 12, 29-1 --- BYE; Aaron Boyko, Highlands, 9, 13-14 vs. Zach Simko, Woodland Hills, 11, 10-9; Matt Atchison, Plum, 11, 9-8 vs. Pat Kenny, Avonworth, 12, 7-14; John Cornelius, Gateway, 12, 5-4 vs. Branden Rupert, Kiski Area, 12, 24-5

    Section 5

    at McGuffey

    Preliminary Round

    112: Bob Mitro, West Mifflin, 10, 4-6, John Allemang, Bethel Park, 11, 5-13

    119: Ed Capozzi, Thomas Jefferson, 11, 0-6 vs. Mike Timcho, Central Catholic, 11, 6-16

    130: Aaron Pasinski, West Mifflin, 11, 3-16 vs. Craig Bieltz, Baldwin, 9, 4-19

    140: Justin Irick, Bethel Park, 12, 3-15 vs. Cody Whipkey, Waynesburg, 9, 7-19

    145: Seth Patton, Waynesburg, 9, 0-18 vs. Jason Rae, Bethel Park, 12, 1-10

    152: Dom Tudi, Central Catholic, 9, 1-5 vs. J. Ramy Nubani, Upper St. Clair, 9, 6-7

    160: Matt Brahm, Bethel Park, 9, 0-11 vs. Tom Brown, Thomas Jefferson, 12, 3-16

    171: Tyree Goins, West Mifflin, 11, 0-9 vs. Tyler Luffy, Central Catholic, 11, 2-19

    189: Pete Sporio, Thomas Jefferson, 12, 3-17 vs. Chad Smith, Waynesburg, 10, 5-13

    First round

    103: Chris Neidermeier, Waynesburg, 10, 28-6 BYE; Boris Mezhinsky, Baldwin, 11, 19-10 vs. Bill Loeffler, Bethel Park, 9, 18-6; Caleb Little, McGuffey, 10, 26-6 vs. Jacob Fisher, Thomas Jefferson, 10, 10-12; Stephan Ramser, Upper St. Clair, 9, 2-19 vs. Cory Leslie, Keystone Oaks, 9, 24-3.

    112: Coleman Scott, Waynesburg, 11, 29-1 vs. Mitro/Allemang winner; Cody Deyell, McGuffey, 11, 14-15 vs. Stefan Zezulewicz, Keystone Oaks, 10, 17-6; Andy Vaughan, Central Catholic, 9, 22-6 vs. Eric Feduska, Upper St. Clair, 10, 10-15; Brandon Adam, Baldwin, 10, 9-13 vs. Michael Goslicky, Thomas Jefferson, 12, 28-0.

    119: Drew Headlee, Waynesburg, 12, 26-5 vs. Capozzi/Timcho winner; Mike Kerr, West Mifflin, 10, 12-12 vs. Paul Hoffmann, Baldwin, 12, 16-12; Aaron Sikora, McGuffey, 11, 14-13 vs. Greg Sill, Bethel Park, 11, 10-4; Rob Julius, Upper St. Clair, 12, 8-11 vs. Greg Greco, Keystone Oaks, 9, 19-7.

    125: Ted Hoag, Bethel Park, 10, 24-2 vs. Carl Westgren, Baldwin, 10, 4-17; Mike Nesto, Upper St, Clair, 11, 6-6 vs. Addison Scherich, McGuffey, 10, 15-15; Chad Dorney, West Mifflin, 12, 11-7 vs. Creighton Vilsack, Central Catholic, 12, 20-9; Pat Graham, Thomas Jefferson, 9, 17-14 vs. Josh Byerly, Keystone Oaks, 11, 22-3.

    130: Mark Throckmorton, Waynesburg, 11, 12-4 vs. Pasinski/Bieltz winner; Judd Wolfe, McGuffey, 11, 16-12 vs. Dom Bonaccorsi, Bethel Park, 9, 13-12; Daron Pfab, Central Catholic, 12, 20-6 vs. Greg Komar, Thomas Jefferson, 11, 12-12; Devin Geisler, Upper St. Clair, 11, 12-14 vs. J.J. Zanetta, Keystone Oaks, 12, 26-0.

    135: Nathan Kennedy, McGuffey, 11, 21-7 vs. Josh Malloy, West Mifflin, 10, 7-11; Mike McGee, Keystone Oaks, 10, 9-12 vs. Jake Superack, Waynesburg, 11, 6-14; Brian Johnston, Baldwin, 11, 21-13 vs. Brock Urlakis, Thomas Jefferson, 12, 10-14;

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