Day 2 Preview of PIAA State Tournament
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106 lbs. wrestler Joe Wheeling (R) will have a tough quarter-finals match in Day 2. Photo By Joe Hermitt PennLive.com
It is hard to believe that any other State Tournament could be as competitive and intense as the Pennsylvania State Tournament. Maybe we in the Keystone State are biased, but regardless, I doubt any other State Tournament has or will trend on Twitter. At about an hour into the Class AAA preliminary round, the hashtag #piaawrestling was one of the top trenders on the web.
The first round of the 2013 PIAA State Tournament was no different than previous season’s as tight matches took place and “upsets” were seen. I use the term “upset” graciously because at this point, if you make it to Hershey, there are really no “upsets”, just winners and losers.
Day 1 Results Found here
Some highlights from the first round and must see quarter-final matches are listed below!
Class AA
Highlights:
At 106 lbs. SE-5 Jacob Wasser (Palidias) defeated returning State Qualifier NE-1 Cameron Newman (10-4) in the first round.
Freshman SE-3 Tyshawn White (Bishop McDevitt) dominated SW-2 Tristan Law (Forest Hills) by tech-fall (23-8).
At 132 lbs. sophomore SE-3 Michael Comunale (Pius X) defeated returning State Third Place Medalist NE-2 Cole Walter (Mifflinburg Area) by a score of (6-5).
At 138 lbs. SW-5 Nick Gavazzi (Charleroi) defeated 2x State Medalist Ryan Todora (Bethlehem Catholic) by fall in (3:03).
At 182 lbs. returning State Qualifer SE-3 Jose Ortiz (Bethlehem Catholic) was over weight and did not compete.
Don’t Miss Quarter-Final Matches:
106 lbs.
SE-3 Tyshawn White (Bishop McDevitt) vs. NW-1 Devin Brown (Saegertown)
113 lbs.
NW-1 Willis Gruver (Redbank Valley) vs. SW-3 Georgie Phillippi (Derry Area)
120 lbs.
NE-1 Matt Welliver (Benton Area) vs. SW-3 Nathan Reckner (South Side Beaver)
126 lbs.
NE-3 Zeke Moisey (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. NW-1 Jarray Norris (Sharon)
132 lbs.
SW-2 Nick Zanetta (Keystone Oaks) vs. NE-1 Austin Harry (Lake-Lehman)
145 lbs.
SW-1 Tanner Sutton (Chartiers-Houston) vs. SE-2 Blake Bowman (Tri-Valley)
152 lbs.
NW-2 Kyle Bova (Coudersport) vs. SW-1 Boe Bonzo (Freedom)
182 lbs.
SW-1 Dakota DesLauriers (Burrell) vs. SE-2 Stephen Loiseau (Lancaster Catholic)
220 lbs.
NW-2 Evan Dailey (Fort LeBoeuf) vs. NE-1 Brandon Smith (Lewisburg Area)
285 lbs.
NW-3 Nicholas Budd (Port Allegany) vs. NE-1 Nazar Mironenko (Mifflinburg Area)
Class AAA
Highlights:
At 106 lbs. freshman SC-3 Dylan Chatterton (Central York) pinned SW-2 Gage Curry in (3:26) in a battle of two outstanding freshman.
At 113 lbs. returning State Medalists SE-2 Scott Parker (Pennridge) outlasted SW-2 Dom Forys (North Allegheny) in a premier first-round match by score of (10-7).
Junior SC-4 Kyle Narber (West York) defeated NE-1 Ernest Fogle (Pococno Mountain East), who came in with a (32-1) record at 170 lbs., by a score of (4-3).
Don’t Miss Quarter-Final Matches:
106 lbs.
NW-1 Joe Wheeling (General McLane) vs. NE-1 Tyrone Klump (Nazareth Area)
113 lbs.
NE-1 Ethan Lizak (Parkland) vs. SC-1 Tanner Shoap (Chambersburg Area)
NW-1 Jake Gromacki (Erie Cathedral Prep) vs. SE-2 Scott Parker (Pennridge)
SW-1 A.C. Headlee (Waynesburg Central) vs. SE-3 Derek Gulotta (Owen J. Roberts)
120 lbs.
SC-1 Zach Ulerick (Middletown Area) vs. NE-2 Zach Valley (Northampton Area)
126 lbs.
NE-1 Kyle Krasavage (Wyoming Valley West) vs. SC-2 Dustin Rook (Big Spring)
132 lbs.
NE-1 Robert Rizzolino (Easton Area) vs. SW-2 Tyler Smith (Franklin Regional)
138 lbs.
SE-1 John Dutrow (Council Rock North) vs. NE-1 Joe Galasso (Father Judge)
152 lbs.
SW-2 Tyler Reinhart (Greensburg Salem) vs. SC-3 Austin Rose (Central Dauphin)
160 lbs.
NE-1 Evan Disora (Easton Area) vs. SW-1 Zack Zavatsky (Greater Latrobe)
NW-1 Tyree Spearman (Erie McDowell) vs. SW-2 Zach Voytek (Greensburg Salem)
SE-1 Justin Staudenmayer (Plymouth Whitemarsh) vs. SC-2 Garrett Peppelman (Central Dauphin)
170 lbs.
SW-1 Cody Wiercioch (Canon-McMillan) vs. NW-1 Tom Sleigh (DuBois Area)
SE-1 Dominic Rigous (Central Bucks South) vs. SC-2 Colton Peppelman (Central Dauphin)
182 lbs.
SE-1 Brett Harner (Norristown Area) vs. SW-1 Alex DeCiantis (North Allegheny)
195 lbs.
SE-1 PJ Steinmetz (Council Rock South) vs. SW-2 Matt McCutcheon (Kiski Area)
220 lbs.
SC-1 Thomas Haines (Solanco) vs. SE-2 Mike Boykin (Coatsville)
285 lbs.
NW-1 Andrew Welton (Erie Central Tech) vs. SC-3 Joey Goodhart (Hempfield)
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