PIAA team wrestling tournament: Canon-McMillan marches past Gettysburg

By: Paul Schofield
Thursday, February 6, 2020 | 10:34 PM

HERSHEY – There was a rumor circulating around the Giant Center on Thursday that if Gettysburg were to defeat Canon-McMillan and face Bethlehem Catholic, it would use girls in the lineup to collect forfeits in the next round.

There is a rule in the Allentown Diocese that a boy cannot wrestle a girl. That rule has been used this season a couple times: Saucon Valley defeated Notre Dame-Green Pond twice in District 11 this season after Saucon Valley received a forfeit after putting a girl on the mat. Reynolds collected a forfeit in its match against Notre Dame-Green Pond in a Class AA match earlier in the day when it sent a girl out at 106 pounds.

Canon-McMillan coach Jeff Havelka said he heard rumors about Gettysburg possibly using a girl, but he wasn’t sure it was accurate.

The Big Macs (16-4) made sure Gettysburg never got that chance to pull that maneuver, winning 45-18.

Canon-McMillan won six of the first seven bouts and built a 26-3 lead.

The Big Macs had falls from Jimmy Baxter (132) and Evan Miller (220) and collected bonus points (major decisions or technical falls) in seven other matches.

Canon-McMillan will now face Bethlehem Catholic in the quarterfinals at 2 p.m.

Canon-McMillan 45, Gettysburg 18

106: Conlan O’Donoghue (CM) major dec. Reed Miller, 13-4.

*113: Brandon Dami (CM) major dec. Montana Deawder, 11-1.

120: Costa Moore (CM) major dec. Tyler Withers, 12-1.

126: Jacob Gardner (CM) tech fall Dalton Redden, 16-0 (4:00).

132: Jimmy Baxter (CM) p. Ethan Dalton, 1:41.

138: Jacob Cherry (G) dec. Tyler Soule, 8-1.

145: Gabriel Stafford (CM) dec. Jared Townsend, 11-7.

152: Tanner Rohaley (CM) major dec. Luke Sainato, 9-0.

160: Compton Devin (G) dec. Blake Joseph, 8-3.

170: Matthew Furman (CM) major dec. Nathan Ridgley, 8-0.

182: Dylan Reinert (G) p. Tyler Rohaley, :33.

195: Gerrit Nijenhuis (CM) tech fall Max Gourley, 16-1 (3:46).

220: Evan Miller (CM) p. Christian Conner, 2:51.

285: Trevor Gallaghner (G) p. Austin Miller, 3:07.

* — Match started at 113 pounds.

Records: Canon-McMillan 16-4; Gettysburg 21-1.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

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