63 Former PA Wrestlers Heading to NCAA Tournament
The 2014 NCAA Division I Brackets have been released. As usual Pennsylvania wrestlers occupy a large portion of the qualifiers. 25 former Keystone State wrestlers are seeded in the top 15 – including two #1 seeds as Mitchell Port (Bellefonte Area) from Edinboro is #1 at 141 lbs. and Jimmy Sheptock (Northampton Area) of Maryland is #1 at 184 lbs. In total 63 former Pennsylvania wrestlers will be making the trip to Oklahoma City for the big dance.
Quick Facts:
PIAA Class AA Qualifiers: 17
PIAA Class AAA Qualifiers: 42
PA Prep Qualifiers: 4
Qualifiers by PIAA District:
District 1: 4
District 3: 16
District 4: 4
District 5: 1
District 6: 4
District 7: 12
District 10: 3
District 11: 14
District 12: 1
PIAA Teams with most NCAA Qualifiers:
Cumberland Valley: 4
Northampton Area: 3
Central Dauphin: 3
Full Brackets here!
125 lbs.
Nick Roberts (OHST) 27-14 – North Star High School
David White (BING) 26-11 – Athens Area High School
(3) Nicholas Megaludis (PSU) 26-3 – Franklin Regional High School
Darian Cruz (LEH) 23-7 – Bethlehem Catholic High School
Corey Keener (CMU) 19-12 – Blue Mountain High School
(15) Anthony Zanetta (PITT) 20-9 – Keystone Oaks High School
133 lbs.
(16) Mackenzie McGuire (KSU) 27-13 – Upper Saint Clair High School
James Gulibon (PSU) 17-13 – Derry Area High School
Devon Lotito (CP) 22-9 – Bethlehem Liberty High School
Shelton Mack (PITT) 24-9 – Meadville Area High School
Gregory Rinker (AF) 19-11 – Northampton Area High School
(6) Mason Beckman (LEH) 24-3 – Reynolds High School
(2) Aaron (A.J.) Schopp (EDIN) 31-1 – Tyrone Area High School
141 lbs.
(1) Mitchell Port (EDIN) 26-0 – Bellefonte Area High School
Laike Gardner (LEH) 17-8 – Biglerville High School
(16) Joseph Spisak (UVA) 19-12 – Boiling Springs High School
(9) Evan Henderson (UNC) 33-6 – Kiski Prep School
Colin Johnston (WVU) 28-8 – Canon-McMillan High School
Shyhiem Brown (MARY) 19-8 – Central Dauphin High School
(12) Richard Durso (F&M) 34-3 – Malvern Prep High School
Josh Dziewa (IOWA) 25-8 – Council Rock South High School
(3) Zain Retherford (PSU) 29-1 – Benton Area High School
(7) Zach Horan (CMU) 30-4 – Nazareth Area High School
Daniel Neff (LH) 31-8 – Solanco High School
149 lbs.
Michael Depalma (KSU) 24-18 – Jeannette High School
Bryce Busler (BLO) 18-7 – Cumberland Valley High School
James English (PSU) 11-5 – Central York High School
Mike Racciato (PITT) 22-13 – Pen Argyl High School
(11) Joshua Kindig (OKST) 20-8 – Blue Mountain High School
(15) Mitchell Minotti (LEH) 22-8 – Easton Area High School
157 lbs.
Tristan Warner (ODU) 19-11 – Cumberland Valley High School
(13) Dylan Alton (PSU) 18-5 – Central Mountain High School
Austin Sommer (DREX) 14-13 – Northampton High School
Austin Matthews (CLA) 22-7 – Reynolds High School
Joseph Napoli (LEH) 12-3 – Cumberland Valley High School
165 lbs.
Jacob Kemerer (LH) 22-8 – Hempfield Area High School
John Staudenmayer (UNC) 14-12 – Plymouth Whitemarsh High School
Casey Kent (PENN) 19-7 – LaSalle College High School
174 lbs.
Tony Dallago (ILL) 20-11 – Central Dauphin High School
(9) Elliot Riddick (LEH) 23-10 – Bethlehem Catholic High School
Pete Renda (NCST) 27-9 – Brandywine Heights Area High School
(4) Michael Evans (IOWA) 25-4 – Cumberland Valley High School
(7) Tyler Wilps (PITT) 28-5 – Chartiers Valley High School
(10) Mike Ottinger (CMU) 25-5 – Parkland High School
184 lbs.
(1) Jimmy Sheptock (MARY) 28-0 – Northampton High School
Jonathan Fausey (UVA) 15-9 – Line Mountain High School
Clint Morrison (RID) 18-4 – Cedar Cliff High School
Fred Garcia (LH) 24-7 – Ringgold High School
(11) Lawrence Thomas (PENN) 25-8 – Central Catholic High School
(10) Kenny Courts (OHST) 29-7 – Central Dauphin High School
(2) Edward Ruth (PSU) 29-1 – Susquehanna Township High School
197 lbs.
Zach Nye (UVA) 20-9 – East Pennsboro High School
John Bolich (LEH) 16-13 – Upper Moreland High School
Nick Bonaccorsi (PITT) 21-12 – Bethel Park High School
Brandon Palik (DREX) 20-7 – Saucon Valley High School
285 lbs.
Joe Stolfi (BUCK) 33-6 – Souderton High School
Anthony Vizcarrondo (WVU) 19-18 – Wyoming Seminary Prep
Dawson Peck (CHAT) 20-5 – Chambersburg Area High School
(12) Spencer Myers (MARY) 23-4 – Selinsgrove Area High School
Justin Grant (BLO) 30-6 – Easton Area High School
(14) Jonathan Gingrich (PSU) 22-8 – Bald Eagle Area High Schol
(6) Michael McMullan (NW) 13-4 – Wyoming Seminary Prep
Patrick Tasser (PITT) 17-9 – Belle Vernon Area High School