WPIAL Class AAA Individual Wrestling – Day Two Recap

By: HSSN Staff
Saturday, February 28, 2015 | 2:05 AM

After a calm day on Thursday at Penn Hills for the AAA WPIAL individual
Championships, the wrestling action heated up on Friday. A number of upsets
occurred in the quarterfinals, with the biggest coming at 126 pounds, where
number one seed Mike Heinl of Shaler dropped a 3-1 decision to Hempfield
freshman Luke Kemerer.

Meanwhile, a pair of number two seeds dropped decisions on Friday to fall
into the consolations. At 106 pounds, Logan Macri of Canon McMillan was
unable to pickup an escape on Job Chisko of Penn Trafford in the third
period to fall 3-2. At 182 pounds, Matt McGillick of Penn Trafford hit a
five point move late in the third period to defeat Josh Bahr of West
Allegheny 9-5.

While those upsets were big, the surprise on day two was the number of
losses by number three seeds. Seven of the fourteen number three seeds lost
on Friday to drop into the consolations. Those wrestlers included: Vincent
Distefanis of Hempfield at 106, Noah Levett of Kiski Area at 113, Kevin
Miller of Norwin at 120, Tyler Kenney of Connellsville at 126, Tommy James
of Canon McMillan at 182, Robert West of Trinity at 220, and Zach Jablonski
of Montour at 285.

Wresting gets back underway Saturday at 10:00 AM with the second round of
consolation followed by the semi-finals at 12:00 PM. The 3rd/4th place
matches are scheduled for 6:00 PM with the Championship matches scheduled
to begin at 7:30 PM. You can hear all the wrestling action here on the MSA
Sports Network.

Semi-Final Pairings:

106
Caleb Morris (Waynesburg) vs. Alex Salas (Pine Richland)
Brady Sherback (Latrobe) vs. Job Chishko (Penn Trafford)

113
Devin Brown (Franklin Regional) vs. Michael Kalosky (Trinity)
Hunter Baxter (Pine Richland) vs. Gage Curry (North Hills)

120
Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional) vs. Chris Eddins (Greensburg Salem)
Zeke Beatty (Laurel Highlands) vs. Zachary Hartman (Belle Vernon)

126
Luke Kemerer (Hempfield) vs. Joe Blumer (Kiski Area)
Camden Fotenot (Canon McMillan) vs. Ethan McCoy (Latrobe)

132
Luke Pletcher (Latrobe) vs. Cam Reynolds (Trinity)
Josh Ridgeway (Norwin) vs. AC Headlee (Waynesburg)

138
Sam Krivus (Hempfield) vs. Mitchell Hartman (Belle Vernon)
Shaun Wilson (Waynesburg) vs. Cameron Coy (Penn Trafford)

145
Michael Kemerer (Franklin Regional) vs. Brandon Ingram (McKeesport)
Micah Kusturiss (Canon McMillan) vs. Jarod Verkleeren (Belle Vernon)

152
Vincenzo Joseph (Central Catholic) vs. Nino Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park)
Ethan Smith (Latrobe) vs. Josh Maruca (Franklin Regional)

160
Josh Shields (Franklin Regional) vs. Zach Mattucci (Greensburg Salem)
Nate Hall (West Allegheny) vs. Paul Dunn (Bethel Park)

170
TeShan Campbell (Penn Hills) vs. Brooks Wilding (Upper St. Clair)
Jake Shaffer (Latrobe) vs. Austin Bell (Belle Vernon)

182
Kellan Stout (Mount Lebanon) vs. Colin McCracken (Waynesburg)
Milton Kobaly (Belle Vernon) vs. Matt McGillick (Penn Trafford)

195
Drew Phipps (Norwin) vs. Eli Grape (Upper St. Clair)
Chad Kuhn (Kiski Area) vs. Zach Smith (North Allegheny)

220
Tyler Worthing (Kiski Area) vs. Derek Berberick (Greensburg Salem)
Michael Fine (Belle Vernon) vs. Fred Mantsch (Hempfield)

285
Tyler Mears (Latrobe) vs. Isaac Reid (Kiski Area)
Chase Logan (Hempfield) vs. Hayden Rice (Norwin)