WPIAL wrestlers brought home 50 total medals from the PIAA Wrestling Championships–36 in AAA, 14 in AA. Burgettstown’s Riley Kemper finished fifth, his brother, Shane, sixth. McGuffey’s Garrett Boone placed seventh. Austin Walley (Ellwood City) was the district’s only AA champion. Five others settled for silver medals.
Gerrit Nijenhuis (Canon-McMillan) beat Donovan McMillon (Peters Township) to win the 182-pound championship, the first-ever meeting between two Washington County wrestlers in the finals. The win was the 181st for Nijenhuis, the most all-time among WPIAL wrestlers. Waynesburg’s Wyatt Henson won his championship match while Rocco Welsh finished second. The Raiders’ Mac Church took third, Cole Homet fifth and Luca Augustine sixth. WPIAL AAA wrestlers won six titles, seven more finished second. The League brought home 4 third-place finishers, seven took fourth, two in fifth-place, five in sixth, one seventh and four eighth.
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