2016 PIAA Wrestling Championships – Day One Recap

By: HSSN Staff
Thursday, March 10, 2016 | 4:09 PM

The WPIAL came into action on Thursday at Hershey with 56 wrestlers, and they did not disappoint, as 51 of those wrestlers are still alive in the tournament and will wrestle on Friday afternoon. Of those 51 wrestlers, 28 still remain in the quarterfinals.

Every WPIAL Champion advanced into the quarterfinals with the exception of two. The first was at 160 pounds, where Albert Gallatin’s David Wallace dropped an 8-6 overtime loss to Tyler Reber of Hempfield (District 3). The other was at 285 pounds, where Norwin’s Hayden Rice came up short against Isaac Schannauer of Wilson 3-2.

A few WPIAL wrestlers came out of the preliminaries to win two matches and advance to Friday’s quarterfinals. The first was Nick Coy of Penn Trafford at 113 pounds. He defeated Northwest champion Dalton Woodrow of DuBois 5-2 in the first round to move on. Coy wrestles Southcentral runner up Chris Wright of Central Dauphin in the quarterfinals.

The next was a pair of wrestlers at 132 pounds. The first was Joe Blumer of Kiski, who won by forfeit over Northeast champion Jacob Lizak of Parkland. Blumer wrestles Southeast champion Zack Trampe of Council Rock South in the next round. The other was Tommy Zummo of Plum, who beat Northwest champion TaNauz Gregory of Cathedral Prep 3-2. Zummo will take on Northeast runner up Joey Gould of Bethlehem Catholic in the quarterfinals.

At 138 pounds, Ringgold’s Doug Gudenburr won a pair of matches to advance to the quarterfinals. Gudenburr was able to get three back points late in the third period to defeat Southcentral champion Owen Wherley of South Western 3-0. Gudenburr will wrestle Northeast runner up Evan Fidelibus of Easton in the next round.

The final wrestler to come out of the preliminaries to win a pair of matches and advance into the quarterfinals was Greensburg Salem’s Derek Berberick at 220 pounds. In the first round, Berberick defeated Northeast champion Trent Thomas of Pleasant Valley 2-1 in double overtime. He will wrestle J’M Wedderburn of Hershey, who is the Southcentral runner up, in the winners bracket.

AAA wrestling gets back underway Friday at 2:15 PM with the quarterfinals, second round consolations, and third round consolations that will determine who will be coming home with medals from Hershey. To listen to every match of the AAA PIAA Wrestling Championships stay tuned in with us here on the MSA Sports Network.

AAA Quarterfinal Pairings:

106
Geo Barzona (Central Mountain) vs. Tyson Klump (Nazareth)
Job Chishko (Penn Trafford) vs. Dalton Rohrbaugh (Spring Grove)
Brandon Meredith (Spring Ford) vs. Patrick Gould (ES South)
Zach Glenn (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Louis Newell (Seneca Valley)

113
Matt Parker (Pennridge) vs. Gage Curry (North Hills)
Chris Wright (Central Dauphin) vs. Nick Coy (Penn Trafford)
Julian Chlebove (Northampton) vs. Logan Macri (Canon McMillan)
Jakob Campbell (Boyertown) vs. Devin Schnupp (Warwick)

120
KJ Fenstermacher (Liberty) vs. Austin DeSanto (Exeter Township)
Hunter Baxter (Pine Richland) vs. Jose Morales (Conestoga Valley)
Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional) vs. Zurich Storm (New Oxford)
Daniel Moran (Northampton) vs. Noah Myers (Mifflin County)

126
Tyshawn White (Central Dauphin) vs. Wade Cummings (Downingtown East)
Devon Britton (Northampton) vs. Chris Eddins (Greensburg Salem)
Cole Manley (Altoona) vs. Ethan McCoy (Latrobe)
Chandler Olson (Shippensburg) vs. Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic)

132
Joe Blumer (Kiski) vs. Zack Trampe (Council Rock South)
Luke Kemerer (Hempfield) vs. Jimmy Hoffman (Hazelton)
Zach Hartman (Belle Vernon) vs. Andrew Wert (Central Dauphin)
Joey Gould (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Tommy Zummo (Plum)

138
Luke Pletcher (Latrobe) vs. Sammy Sasso (Nazareth)
Colin Cronin (Upper Darby) vs. Carter Starocci (Cathedral Prep)
Doug Gudenburr (Ringgold) vs. Evan Fidelibus (Easton)
Shaun Wilson (Waynesburg) vs. Riley Palmer (Council Rock South)

145
Edmond Ruth (Susquehanna Twp) vs. Cameron Coy (Penn Trafford)
Luke Gardner (Pottsville) vs. Wyatt Jennings (Solanco)
Brock Port (Bellefonte) vs. Lucas Martoccio (Council Rock South)
Dustin Stone (Harry S. Truman) vs. Brock Wilson (Nazareth)

152
Derek Verkleeren (Belle Vernon) vs. Hayden Hidlay (Mifflin County)
Felix Belga (Cumberland Valley) vs. Travis Stefanik (Nazareth)
Jonathan Ross (Northern York) vs. James Saylor (Easton)
Dazjon Casto (McDowell) vs. Cole Karam (Bethlehem Catholic)

160
Josh Stillings (Pennridge) vs. Kaleb Young (Punxsutawney)
Nick Carr (Abington Heights) vs. Tyler Reber (Hempfield)
David Cox (Oxford) vs. Trent Hidlay (Mifflin County)
Dan Iredale (Conestoga) vs. Bailey Shutt (Lower Dauphin)

170
Jared Siegrist (Manheim Central) vs. Josh Shalinsky (Council Rock North)
Ethan Laird (General McLane) vs. Nino Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park)
Noah Stewart (Mifflin County) vs. Austin Bell (Belle Vernon)
Jack Zimmerman (Penn Manor) vs. Michael Labriola (Bethlehem Catholic)

182
Kyle Gentile (Pennridge) vs. Jake Woodley (North Allegheny)
Drew Peck (Chambersburg) vs. Csts Hatzipavlides (Bayard Rustin)
Evan Morrill (Lower Dauphin) vs. Milton Kobaly (Belle Vernon)
Gregg Harvey (Boyertown) vs. Josh Colello (Cedar Cliff)

195
Jake Jakobsen (Stroudsburg) vs. Jesse Kann (Penn Manor)
Eli Grape (Upper St. Clair) vs. Joe Doyle (Council Rock South)
Drew Phipps (Norwin) vs. Brian Kennerly (Upper Darby)
Dylan Harr (Governor Mifflin) vs. Trey Hartsock (Mifflin County)

220
Jacob Robb (Armstrong) vs. Drew Boob (Selinsgrove)
J’M Wedderburn (Hershey) vs. Derek Berberick (Greensburg Salem)
Cameron Tinner (Shippensburg) vs. Evan Callahan (Freedom)
Michael McAleavey (Peters Township) vs. Garrett Zobel (LaSalle)

285
Josh Frye (Bald Eagle Area) vs. Andrew Gunning (Liberty)
Isaac Reid (Kiski) vs. Shai Hines (Dieruff)
Tommy Killoran (Boyertown) vs. Oscar Daniels (Exeter Township)
Niko Camacho (Bethlehem Catholic) vs. Isaac Schannauer (Wilson)

Wrestling action opened in Hershey for the AA wrestling state championships, but it was not a strong day for the WPIAL. With 35 wrestlers in action to start the day, the WPIAL was only able to advance 14 wrestlers into tomorrow’s quarterfinals. Out of the remaining 21, only 10 stayed alive in the consolations after day one.

While the top wrestlers for the WPIAL did not disappoint, a couple individuals surprised on Thursday. At 138 pounds, Dallas Bulsak of South Park was able to win a pair of matches, including a victory over Northwest champion Jarrette Carter of Fort LeBoeuf by a 4-3 score. Bulsak will wrestle Southeast runner up Chase Anklam of Pen Argyl in the quarterfinals.

Another WPIAL wrestler to knock off a region champion was GioVonne Sanders of Jeannette at 152 pounds. After winning his first bout, Sanders was able to hand Northeast champion Zach Fry of Hughesville his first loss of the season with a 3-2 decision. Sanders will wrestle Northwest runner up Caleb Hetrick of Brookville in the quarterfinals.

The third WPIAL wrestler to do well in the winners bracket was Rasaun Culberson of South Fayette at 220 pounds. After winning his first match by technical fall, Culberson beat Northwest champion Gage Gladysz of Greenville to give him his first loss of the season. He was able to do it with a 6-4 victory to move into the quarterfinals, where he will wrestle Southeast runner up Joseph Gladish of Allentown CC.

One WPIAL wrestler who was upset was Josh Lind of Mount Pleasant at 285 pounds. Lind came into the tournament as a strong state finalist contender but fell short in the opening round, dropping an 11-4 decision to Zach Stafford of Cambridge Springs. Lind still remains alive in the consolations.

Wrestling gets back under way Friday morning at 9:00 AM, with the quarterfinals and second round consolations. The AA semi finals will take place Friday night at 7:30 PM. You can listen to every match here on the MSA Sports Network.

AA Quarterfinal Pairings:

106
Beau Bayless (Reynolds) vs. Josh Boozel (Mount Union)
Chase Shields (Bishop McDevitt) vs. Jaret Lane (Southern Columbia)
Kevan Gentile (Jim Thorpe) vs. Joe Klock (Benton)
Keelan Kunselman (Brookville) vs. Aaron Burkett (Chestnut Ridge)

113
Gavin Park (Brookville) vs. Kollin Myers (Boiling Springs)
Willy Girard (Williams Valley) vs. Alan Diltz (Benton)
Bronson Garber (Upper Dauphin) vs. Colin Pasone (E.L. Meyers)
Brian Friery (Lewisburg) vs. Gavin Teasdale (Jefferson Morgan)

120
Sam Sallot (Harborcreek) vs. Jalin Hankerson (Boiling Springs)
Joe Lobeck (Lancaster Catholic) vs. Charles Lenox (Fort LeBoeuf)
Angelo Barberio (Muncy) vs. Ryan Carlson (Brockway)
Faris Messai (Jamestown) vs. Jordan Gessner (Lewisburg)

126
Cole Matthews (Reynolds) vs. Gabe Miller (Pequea Valley)
Jonathan Gabriel (Bedford) vs. Brian Courtney (Athens)
Jonah Zych (Saucon Valley) vs. Mason Lindenmuth (Brockway)
Tanner Altobelli (Redbank Valley) vs. Max Murin (Central Cambria)

132
Jacob Wasser (Palisades) vs. Brock Biddle (Central)
Todd Lane (Southern Columbia) vs. Taylor Ortz (Brookville)
Collin Glorioso (Huntingdon) vs. Sammy Hepler (Tri Valley)
John Pipa (Bishop McDevitt) vs. Josh Haley (Wyalusing)

138
George Phillippi (Derry) vs. Creighton Edsell (Wyalusing)
Chase Anklam (Pen Argyl) vs. Dallas Bulsak (South Park)
Cole Wetzel (Boiling Springs) vs. Justin McCoy (Chestnut Ridge)
Cole Aaron (Brookville) vs. Zack LeBarron (Warrior Run)

145
John Mott (Commodore Perry) vs. Seth Baney (Huntingdon)
Kody Komara (Freedom) vs. James Duffy (Smethport)
Mike Carr (South Fayette) vs. AJ Kostyak (Boiling Springs)
Seth Hogue (Reynolds) vs. Caleb Clymer (NW Lehigh)

152
Nate Newberry (Biglerville) vs. Jon Wagner (Huntingdon)
Damon Greenwald (Burrell) vs. Shae Bloom (Curwensville)
Robert Patrick (Ligonier Valley) vs. Nick Monico (Saegertown)
Caleb Hetrick (Brookville) vs. GioVonne Sanders (Jeannette)

160
Dalton Group (Susquenita) vs. Braden Fochtman (Berlin-Bros.)
Dominic Fundy (Beth Center) vs. Louis Head (Eisenhower)
Jake Wentzel (South Park) vs. Ryan Farber (Northern Lehigh)
Paul Zacherl (Cranberry) vs. Austin Farabaugh (Penn Cambria)

170
Anthony Walters (Westmont Hilltop) vs. Brandon Stokes (Milton)
Jeremy Walsh (Benton) vs. Cody Mulligan (Saegertown)
Dakota Mackley (Eastern York) vs. Anthony Welsh (Beth Center)
Jacob Oliver (Huntingdon) vs. Dayton Wickwire (Towanda)

182
Dakota Geer (Franklin) vs. Wesley Graham (Everett)
Jarred Mooney (Palmerton) vs. Garrett Hoffman (Montoursville)
Luke Funck (Northern Lebanon) vs. Gage Heller (Milton)
Andrew Shedleski (Lewisburg) vs. Greg Bulsak (South Park)

195
Blake Reynolds (Greenville) vs. Conner Buttry (Chestnut Ridge)
Logan Fisher (Huntingdon) vs. Gavin Hoffman (Montoursville)
Connor Fry (Lehighton) vs. Deven Simpson (Cambridge Springs)
Zach Sintobin (Clarion) vs. Bill Bowlen (Jefferson Morgan)

220
Josiah Jones (Westmont-Hilltop) vs. Gabe Bogutskie (Mount Carmel)
Joseph Gladish (Allentown CC) vs. Rasaun Culberson (South Fayette)
Cole Nye (Bishop McDevitt) vs. Toby Cahill (Berlin Bros.)
Ethan Budd (Port Allegany) vs. Thor Balavage (Scranton Prep)

285
Jake Beistel (Southmoreland) vs. Cameron Kates (Northern Lehigh)
Robert Dunbar (Wyomissing Area) vs. Brylee Shumaker (Redbank Valley)
Alex Nicholas (Salisbury) vs. Jared Miley (Hickory)
Zach Stafford (Cambridge Springs) vs. Garrett Kieffer (Line Mountain)