PA Sends 9 Wrestlers Into NCAA National Semifinals

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Unfortunately with a log-jam of Pennsylvania wrestlers in several weight-classes many former Keystone State wrestlers have been meeting head-to-head. #1 seed Mitchell Port (Bellefonte Area) of Edinboro fell to #9 Evan Henderson (Kiski Prep) of North Carolina in the quarterfinal round. For complete brackets and updates from Oklahoma City visit TrackWrestling.com

 

125 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Nicholas Megaludis (Penn St.) 29-3 won by decision over Jarrod Patterson (Oklahoma) 20-3 (Dec 6-0)

133 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Aaron (A.J.) Schopp (Edinboro) 34-1 won by decision over Cashé Quiroga (Purdue) 18-7 (Dec 11-7)

141 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Evan Henderson (North Carolina) 36-6 won by decision over Mitchell Port (Edinboro) 28-1 (Dec 5-3

Quarterfinal – Zain Retherford (Penn St.) 32-1 won by decision over Joey Lazor (UNI) 18-6 (Dec 5-2)

149 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Joshua Kindig (Oklahoma St.) 23-8 won by decision over Scott Sakaguchi (Oregon St.) 31-10 (Dec 7-5)

Quarterfinal – Mitchell Minotti (Lehigh) 25-8 won by decision over Zach Neibert (Virginia Tech) 24-8 (Dec 4-3)

174 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Michael Evans (Iowa) 28-4 won in tie breaker – 1 over Matt Brown (Penn St.) 30-5 (TB-1 5-4)

184 lbs.

Quarterfinal – Jimmy Sheptock (Maryland) 31-0 won by decision over Blake Stauffer (Arizona St.) 25-10 (Dec 6-2)

Quarterfinal – Edward Ruth (Penn St.) 32-1 won by major decision over Kevin Steinhaus (Minnesota) 23-7 (MD 10-2)

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