Bentworth’s Chris Vargo rolled past Jax Forrest in the 127 pound championship match, beating the #2 ranked wrestler in the state, leading the Bearcats to an impressive showing at the PIAA Southwest AA Regional at Altoona. Bentworth is sending four wrestlers to the state tournament next week in Hershey. Joining Vargo are Owen Ivcic (2nd), Vitali Daniels & Drake McClure, both 4th place finishers. Chartiers-Houston’s Jorden Williams is the only other wrestler from Washington/Greene County to win a regional championship. Burgettstown also has four state qualifiers: Gaven Suica (3rd), Joey Baronick & Parker Sentipal (4th) and Rudy Brown (5th). The other qualifiers from the two-county area include: Mason Wright (Beth-Center), Braedon Welsh (Ft. Cherry), Lucas Barr & Emmett Wolfe (McGuffey), Chase Frameli (Jeff-Morgan) and Colin Whyte (West Greene). AA preliminaries get underway Thursday morning (9 am) at the Giant Center and on the WJPA Sports Network (WJPA-AM 1450).
Championships
107 Dominic Deputy (Chestnut Ridge) DEC Tanner Guenot (Bald Eagle Area), 1-0
114 Jorden Williams (Chartiers-Houston) DEC Easton Mull (Chestnut Ridge), 5-3
121 Lincoln Sledzianowski (Bishop McCort) DEC Landon Bainey (West Branch), 7-1
127 Chris Vargo (Bentworth) DEC Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort), 13-7
133 Mason Gibson (Bishop McCort) MD Jack Kazalas (Quaker Valley), 13-5
139 Bo Bassett (Bishop McCort) F Cooper Hornack (Burrell), 2:24
145 Jackson Butler (Bishop McCort) DEC Owen Ivcic (Bentworth), 11-5
152 Melvin Miller (Bishop McCort) DEC Trent Hoover (Penn Cambria), 3-1
160 Devon Magro (Bishop McCort) MD Isaiah Pisano (Hopewell), 19-7
172 Elijah Brown (Belle Vernon) DEC Braedon Welsh (Fort Cherry), 3-2
189 Caleb Close (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Andrew McMonagle (Huntingdon), 5-3
215 Rune Lawrence (Frazier) F Josh Ryan (Mount Union), 0:41
285 Brenan Morgan (Central Valley) TF Dylan Pitzer (Mt. Pleasant), 18-3 4:28
Third Place
107 Cam Baker (Burrell) DEC Caleb Hummel (Philipsburg-Osceola), 9-3
114 Caden Judice (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Drake McClure (Bentworth), 2-0
121 Josef Garshnick (United) F Antonio Boni (Central Valley), 2:45
127 Nico Fanella (Indiana) DEC Lucas Barr (McGuffey), 7-5
133 Colten Shunk (Penns Valley) DEC Parker Sentipal (Burgettstown), 3-2
139 Gaven Suica (Burgettstown) DEC Marcus Gable (Philipsburg-Osceola), 4-2
145 Mason Horwat (Derry) DEC Kole Doppelheuer (Belle Vernon), 3-1
152 Ty Watson (Penns Valley) DEC Damon Michaels (Elizabeth Forward), 9-4 SV
160 Chase Frameli (Jefferson Morgan) M FOR Ryan Celaschi (Frazier)
172 Owen McMullen (Bishop McCort) DEC Charles Perkins (Valley), 6-5
189 Jackson Angelo (Frazier) DEC Vitali Daniels (Bentworth), 10-5
215 Rowan Holmes (Somerset) DEC Colin Whyte (West Greene), 7-0
285 Braden Ewing (Tyrone) DEC Joseph Baronick (Burgettstown), 2-1 TB2
Fifth Place
107 Dakota Santamaria (Tussey Mountain) DEC Bruce Anderchak (Quaker Valley), 5-3 SV
114 Erik Carlile (Penns Valley) DEC Anthony Mucci (Derry), 5-2
121 Mason Wright (Beth Center) DEC Emmett Wolfe (McGuffey), 4-1 TB2
127 Gideon Bracken (United) F Don Lindsey (Central Valley), 1:37
133 Tyler Clark (Frazier) DEC Anthony Orlandini (Montour), 5-1
139 Ezra Swisher (Bellefonte) DEC Lucas Boyer (Elizabeth Forward), 4-2 SV
145 Rook Smith (Montour) DEF Jamison Poklembo (Mt. Pleasant), 6-0 3:40
152 Rudy Brown (Burgettstown) MD Greg Shaulis (Mt. Pleasant), 11-3
160 Kaden Barnhart (River Valley) MD Ethan Fetterolf (Penns Valley), 11-1
172 Kyle Scott (Tyrone) DEC George Campbell (Glendale), 3-1
189 Brady Brown (Derry) DEC Eion Snider (Northern Bedford), 7-2
215 Rece Dibert (Northern Bedford) DEC Jordan Butler (Bishop McCort), 5-3
285 Daniel Williams (Glendale) F Jonah McCoy (Westmont Hilltop), 1:22