WPIAL Class AA Individual Wrestling Finals – Day One Highlights

By: HSSN Staff
Saturday, February 25, 2012 | 12:21 AM

It was a quick first day of wrestling in the AA WPIAL Championships on Friday evening at Chartiers Valley High School, but it wasn’t without some sizzle. 

The top headline was at 145 pounds, where top seed Corey Faleroni of Burrell fell short of advancing into the semi-finals after losing to Taylor Wentzel of South Park 13-6. In addition number two seed at 152 pounds Cody Weinell of Derry lost to Troy Braddock of Blackhawk by fall in 1:57 as well as the number two seed at 195 pounds Allan Cratsenburg of Highlands losing to Jacob Temple of Avella by fall in 5:49.

Overall we seen 35 falls or technical falls in the 56 quarterfinal matches wrestled on Friday. The four returning WPIAL Champions from a year ago, Jason Nolf of Kittanning (113), Jimmy Gulibon of Derry (126), Dakota DesLauriers of Burrell (182), and Jordan Kitta of Southmoreland (195), all were victorious by fall and are looking to repeat.

Burrell, Chartiers Houston, Jefferson-Morgan, and West Greene all led the way with semi-finalists with 4 each. Avella, Burgettstown, Charleroi, Kittanning, South Fayette, Southmoreland, and Valley each have 3.

Wrestling gets underway at 9:30 AM Saturday with the semi-finals scheduled for 11:30 AM. All of the action can be heard on the MSA Sports Network.

Semi-Final Matchups:

106 – Austin Griffiths (Southmoreland) vs. Austin McDermitt (Burgettstown)
Brendan Howard (Jefferson Morgan) vs. Pat Dewitt (Valley)

113 –  Jason Nolf (Kittanning) vs. Zach Swarrow (Beth-Center)
Seth Carr (South Fayette) vs. John Demaske (Jefferson Morgan)
120 –  Nathan Reckner (South Side) vs. Nate Robb (Kittanning)
Brett Beltz (Keystone Oaks) vs. Jason Miller (Jefferson Morgan)

126 –  Jimmy Gulibon (Derry) vs. Wade Blackmon (West Greene)
Aaron Toth (Charleroi) vs. Nick Zanetta (Keystone Oaks)

132 –  Josh Kwasny (Charleroi) vs. Ryan Abbott (Burgettstown)
Steven Edwards (Burrell) vs. Shane Gentry (South Side)

138 –  Nick Gavazzi (Charleroi) vs. Nick Kusich (Avella)
David Dedola (Carlynton) vs. Philip Marra (Burrell)

145 –  Taylor Wentzel (South Park) vs. Boe Bonzo (Freedom)
Matt Johnston (West Greene) vs. Tanner Sutton (Chartiers-Houston)

152 –  Jared Walker (South Fayette) vs. Kurt Struwe (Beaver)
Kevin Best (Burrell) vs. Troy Braddock (Blackhawk)

160 –  Francis Mizia (Bentworth) vs. Matt Abbott (Burgettstown)
Wade Durbin (West Greene) vs. Mike Fetchet (South Fayette)

170 –  Dustin Conti (Jefferson Morgan) vs. Zach Simonelli (Avella)
Zac Croyle (Kittanning) vs. Garrett Vulcano (Chartiers Houston)

182 –  Dakota DesLauriers (Burrell) vs. Dakota Datz (Southmoreland)
Terrell Fields (Valley) vs. Zeke Stroupe (Freedom)

195 –  Jordan Kitta (Southmoreland) vs. Dylan Shultz-Terling (Chartiers-Houston)
Kyle Gray (Mapletown) vs. Jacob Temple (Avella)

220 –  Greg Kumer (Fort Cherry) vs. Cody Jacobs (West Greene)
Jake Fordyce (Bentworth) vs. Jonah Long (Mount Pleasant)

285 –  Corey Garry (Fort Cherry) vs. Kyre Strickland (Valley)
Nate Grandelis (Chartiers Houston) vs. Kenyatta McCloud (Summit Academy)