The PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships get underway Thursday in Hershey starting with preliminaries for 2A Boys, followed by Girls, then 3A Boys. WJPA’s live coverage will feature the action of the 31 Washington/Greene County wrestlers spread over those three classifications. Our crew will be on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. Listen Here Click for PIAA Brackets
Thursday, March 6
2A Boys
Lucas Barr (McGuffey), Owen Ivcic (Bentworth), Braedon Welsh (Ft. Cherry) and Colin Whyte (West Greene) won first-round bouts Thursday morning and advance to Friday’s quarterfinals. Three Washington County wrestlers lost twice on Thursday and are eliminated: Logan Noyes (Burgettstown), Emmett Wolfe (McGuffey) and Caleb Patton (Wash High). Nine of the original 12 2A wrestlers from the two county area are still alive.
Bentworth: Drake McClure (conso-133), Owen Ivcic (quarters-160)
Beth-Center: Mason Wright (conso-133)
Burgettstown: Darius Simmons (conso-107)
Fort Cherry Braedon Welsh (quarters-215)
McGuffey: Clayton Ealy (conso-114), Tucker Main (conso-121), Lucas Barr (quarters-139)
West Greene: Colin Whyte (quarters-285)
Girls
Washington County is sending seven girls to the PIAA Quarterfinals Friday morning after opening round wins. Canon-McMillan teammates Marlee Solomon, Eva Gray and Natalie Rush will be joined by Abigail Dolanch (Avella), Ella Trahan (Fort Cherry), Lilianna Giulanelli (Peters Township) and Elaina Ashby (Trinity) in Friday’s quarterfinals. Yuni Ayala (Canon-McMillan) stayed alive in the medal hunt with a consolation victory. Malia Ramos (C-M), London Ellis (C-M) and Alexia Ashby (Trinity) lost twice on Thursday are are eliminated.
Avella: Abigail Dolanch (quarters-142)
Canon-McMillan: Marlee Solomon (quarters-112), Yuni Ayala (conso-118), Eva Gray (quarters-148), Natalie Rush (quarters-190)
Fort Cherry: Ella Trahan (quarters-106)
Peters Township: Lilianna Guilianelli (quarters-190)
Trinity: Elaina Ashby (quarters-148)
3A Boys
All eight 3A wrestlers from the two-county area advanced to Friday’s action, four of them into the quarterfinals: Collier Hartman (Canon-McMillan), Nicholas McGarrity (Peters Township), Jake Conroy (Ringgold) and Dom Canali (Trinity). Conroy was a double-winner, having to win a preliminary bout first, then beat the Southeast Regional champion. Peters Township’s Darius McMillon won a preliminary bout, then had to default out of his first-round match. No word yet on whether the senior 152-pounder will be able to continue on Friday.
Canon-McMillan: Collier Hartman (quarters-133), Brayden Collins (conso-215)
Peters Township: Nicholas McGarrity (quarters-107), Darius McMillon (conso-152)
Ringgold: Jake Conroy (quarters-215)
Trinity: Dom Canali (quarters-127), TJ Allison (conso-139)
Waynesburg: Jacob Stephenson (conso-189)
Friday, March 7
7:50 am 2A Boys Quarterfinals, Consolation Rounds 2-3
11:35 am Girls Quarterfinals, Consolation Round 2
2:05 pm 3A Boys Quarterfinals, Consolation Rounds 2-3
6:50 pm Semifinals (all classes) + Consolations Girls Round 3, Boys Round 4
Saturday, March 8
9:20 am Consolation Semifinals (all classes)
11:20 am Consolation Medal Bouts (all classes) (3rd, 5th, 7th place)
3:50 pm Championship Finals (all classes)