WPIAL Class AAA Wrestling Championships – Day One

By: HSSN Staff
Thursday, February 27, 2014 | 9:30 PM

The biggest surprise from day one of the AAA WPIAL Championships was not the action on the mats but the news off the mat. The number four seed at 113 pounds, Ethan McCoy of Latrobe, was scratched from the tournament. McCoy was dealing with health issues in the morning and was held out for precautionary reasons. Also held out of the tournament due to health issues was Ethan Smith, who came in as the number six seed at 145 pounds.

Outside of the scratches, few upsets rang in on Thursday. The top four seeds in all fourteen weight classes advanced, with only one number five seed in Paul Dunn of Bethel Park falling short of the quarterfinals. Dunn lost to John Cole of Pittsburgh Central Catholic by fall in 5:11.

Wrestling starts back up Friday night from Canon McMillan with quarterfinals and first round consolations getting under way. Wrestling begins at 6:00 PM and can all be heard here on the MSA Sports Network.

Quarterfinal Matchups

106

Devin Brown (Franklin Regional) vs. Vincent Distefanis (Hempfield)

Tristan Buxton (Trinity) vs. DeAdrian Carter (Baldwin)

Hunter Baxter (Pine-Richland) vs. Gage Nicolella (McGuffey)

Gage Curry (North Hills) vs. Alex Lynch (Seneca Valley)

113

Spencer Lee (Franklin Regional) vs. Matt Dean (Hempfield)

Brendan Price (Canon McMillan) vs. Doug Gudenburr (Ringgold)

Tyler Kenny (Connellsville) vs. Chris Eddins (Greensburg Salem)

Luke Landefeld (North Allegheny) vs. Tyler Seliga (Belle Vernon)

120

Luke Pletcher (Latrobe) vs. Mike Heinl (Shaler)

Kevin Kinyua (Mount Lebanon) vs. Scotty Stossel (North Allegheny)

Matt Oblock (Canon McMillan) vs. Brendan Hasson (Belle Vernon)

Joe Blumer (Kiski Area) vs. Shaun Wilson (Waynesburg)

126

Sam Krivus (Hempfield) vs. Mitchell Hartman (Belle Vernon)

A.C. Headlee (Waynesburg) vs. Phillip Mary (Peters Township)

Dom Forys (North Allegheny) vs. Dom Giannangeli (Franklin Regional)

Dalton Macri (Canon McMillan) vs. Ryan Hardaway (Kiski Area)

132

Tyler Smith (Franklin Regional) vs. Austin Shaw (Greensburg Salem)

Jake Hartman (Shaler) vs. Jake Hinkson (North Allegheny)

Ty Buckiso (Peters Township) vs. Darius Booker (Fox Chapel)

Cameron Coy (Penn Trafford) vs. Nino Bonaccorsi (Bethel Park)

138

Michael Kemerer (Franklin Regional) vs. Cody Houston (Butler)

Malachi Krenzelak (Canon McMillan) vs. Italo Merante (Peters Township)

Joey Alessandro (Hempfield) vs. David Kelly (Pine Richland)

Vincenzo Joseph (Central Catholic) vs. Michael Risnear (Penn Trafford)

145

Solomon Chishko (Canon McMillan) vs. Eric Green (Plum)

Corey Wilding (Upper St. Clair) vs. Tony Palumbo (Central Catholic)

Jarod Verkleeren (Belle Vernon) vs. Tyler Harris (McGuffey)

Josh Maruca (Franklin Regional) vs. Sammy Florentino (Peters Township)

152

Josh Shields (Franklin Regional) vs. Jake Ardellitz (Kiski Area)

Nate Hall (West Allegheny) vs. John Cole (Central Catholic)

Derek Verkleeren (Belle Vernon) vs. Shane Piper (Waynesburg)

Jake Shaffer (Latrobe) vs. Jeremiah Bortmas (Butler)

160

Dominic Scalise (Latrobe) vs. TeShan Campbell (Penn Hills)

Devin Austin (Penn Trafford) vs. Jonathan Avon (North Hills)

Austin Bell (Belle Vernon) vs. Brandon Yant (Franklin Regional)

Brendan Burnham (Pine Richland) vs. Colin McCracken (Waynesburg)

170

Noah WIlps (Charties Valley) vs. Brandon Dice (Albert Gallatin)

Mliton Kobaly (Belle Vernon) vs. Brandon Olszewski (Hampton)

Devin Fallenstein (Ringgold) vs. Eli Grape (Upper St. Clair)

Kyle Coniker (Central Catholic) vs. Dakota Lange (Kiski Area)

182

Zack Zavatsky (Latrobe) vs. Zach Pasko (Greensburg Salem)

Ryan Hannon (Butler) vs. Tommy Provance (Connellsville)

Clay Byerly (North Allegheny) vs. Elliott King (North Hills)

Kellan Stout (Mount Lebanon) vs. Mac Oberschelp (Peters Township)

195

Cole Macek (Montour) vs. Bakhtiyar Zaynullaev (Mount Lebanon)

Robert West (Trinity) vs. Nathan Turchick (Plum)

Zach Smith (North Allegheny) vs. Chad Kuhn (Kiski Area)

Andrew Phipps (Norwin) vs. Keegan Harris (Pine Richland)

220

Tyler Worthing (Kiski Area) vs. Rich Giovanetti (Fox Chapel)

Pat Mayernick (Belle Vernon) vs. Dereck Berberick (Greensburg Salem)

Dylan Davis (Latrobe) vs. Michael Roper (Chartiers Valley)

Will Bortmas (Butler) vs. Fred Mantsch (Hempfield)

285

Shane Kuhn (Kiski Area) vs. Stephon Peake (Hopewell)

Brendan Furman (Canon McMillan) vs. Stephen Turchick (Plum)

Tyler Mears (Latrobe) vs. Zack Jablonski (Montour)

Zeynul Zaynullayev (Mount Lebanon) vs. Shawn Devey (West Mifflin)