HERSHEY, Pa. – The Super Bowl of high school wrestling in Pennsylvania has arrived as the PIAA individual wrestling championships begin Thursday at the Giant Center in Hershey.
CLASS 2A BRACKET • CLASS 3A BRACKET
A total of nine returning state medalists highlight the District 9 and District 10 contingent, including one, Hickory’s Connor Saylor, who competed in Class 2A last season and will be in 3A this time around.
The Class 2A returning medalists include Cranberry’s Elijah Brosius, Saegertown’s Carter Beck, Conneaut’s Hunter Gould, Brookville’s Cole Householder, Fort LeBoeuf’s JoJo Przybycien, Grove City’s Hunter Hohman, and Girard’s Abe Keep in Class 2A, as well as Clearfield’s Carter Chamberlain in Class 3A.
Action gets underway on Thursday with the Class 2A preliminary and first-round matches at 9 a.m., followed by the Class 2A first-round consolations at 9:30 a.m.
Class 3A begins with the preliminary and first-round matches at 4 p.m., followed by the first-round consolations at 8:15 p.m.
Here’s a look at each D9/10 wrestler competing:
CLASS 2A
107
NW-1: Dalton Wenner (Cranberry, 31-3)
NW-2: Sierra Chiesa (Northwestern, 33-5)
NW-3: Steven Willis (Corry, 38-11)
NW-4: Andrew Coriaty (Oswayo Valley, 21-7)
114
NW-1: Weston Pisarchick (Brockway, 27-0)
NW-2: Carter Beck (Saegertown, 34-3)
NW-3: Aiden Beimel (St. Marys, 25-8)
NW-4: Waylon Waite (Reynolds, 30-13)
121
NW-1: Hudson Hohman (Grove City, 31-7)
NW-2: Jake Bennett (Fort LeBoeuf 36-12)
NW-3: Elijah Brosius (Cranberry, 30-10)
NW-4: Sebastian Chiesa (Northwestern, 33-9)
127
NW-1: Cyrus Hurd (North East, 21-3)
NW-2: Hunter Gould (Conneaut, 36-3)
NW-3: Cole Householder (Brookville, 35-6)
NW-4: Alex Rueberger (Sharpsville, 36-11)
133
NW-1: JoJo Przybycien (Fort LeBoeuf, 41-6)
NW-2: Chase Bell (Reynolds, 29-11)
NW-3: Brody Beck (Cambridge Springs, 34-9)
NW-4: Conner Reszkowski (Cranberry, 30-11)
139
NW-1: Brady Collins (Clearfield, 35-3)
NW-2: Wyatt Lazar (Commodore Perry, 36-5)
NW-3: Dane Wenner (Cranberry, 35-9)
NW-4: Ben Reynolds (St. Marys, 16-11)
145
NW-1: Cody Hamilton (Grove City, 35-2)
NW-2: Gunnar Gage (Cambridge Springs, 26-6)
NW-3: Nik Fegert (Curwensville, 30-12)
NW-4: Jaden Wheler (St. Marys, 27-11)
152
NW-1: Steffan Lynch (North East, 29-5)
NW-2: Caullin Summers (Sharpsville, 35-8)
NW-3: Story Buchanan (Girard, 38-1)
NW-4: Reece Bechakas (Kane, 32-7)
160
NW-1: Hunter Hohman (Grove City, 39-1)
NW-2: Collin Hearn (Conneaut, 34-5)
NW-3: Chance Kimmy (General McLane, 39-11)
NW-4: Vito Gentile (Reynolds, 30-15)
172
NW-1: Conner McChesney (Fort LeBoeuf, 40-7)
NW-2: Jalen Wagner (Reynolds, 33-4)
NW-3: Waylon Wehler (St. Marys, 35-4)
NW-4: Brock Covell (Titusville, 35-8)
189
NW-1: Jackson Zimmerman (Brookville, 35-4)
NW-2: Magnus Lloyd (General McLane, 29-8)
NW-3: Carter Chamberlain (Clearfield, 35-6)
NW-4: Ryan Welka (Fort LeBoeuf, 22-10)
215
NW-1: Danny Church (Fort LeBoeuf, 41-6)
NW-2: Abe Keep (Girard, 35-3)
NW-3: Brayden McFetridge (Cranberry, 35-5)
NW-4: Miska Young (Port Allegany, 31-6)
285
NW-1: Carson Neely (Port Allegany, 33-0)
NW-2: Mike Mazurek (Sharon, 32-2)
NW-3: Gavin Thompson (Brockway, 33-7)
NW-4: Wilson Spires (General McLane, 24-8)
CLASS 3A
The Class 3A contingent will be headlined by the McDowell Trojans, who featured a pair of Northwest Region champions with Logan Sallot at 114 and Caleb Butterfield at 160.
They will be joined by teammates Artis Simmons at 152 and Troy Petterson at 215.
They will be joined at states by Hickory’s Brody Bishop at 107, Cathedral Prep’s Sam Staab at 127, DuBois’ Brendan Orr at 133, Meadville’s Ben Fuller at 107, Punxsutawney’s Dysen Gould at 114, Prep’s Keagen Oler at 121, Saylor at 139, Meadville’s Rhoan Woodrow at 215 and DuBois’ Zach Gallagher at 285.
