WPIAL 3A Southern Sectional Wrestling

February 25, 2024 1:20 am

The individual wrestling series got underway Saturday for area 3A wrestlers at the Sectional tournaments. Most large-school teams in the area took part in the Southern Sectional at South Fayette. Ringgold was placed in the Eastern Sectional at Norwin. The top six finishers in each weightclass advance to next week’s WPIAL 3A Championships at Canon-McMillan. We’ll have start-to-finish coverage of the WPIAL 3A Wrestling Championships and the PIAA West Regional Girls Tournament on the WJPA Sports Network with free audio on WJPA-AM (1450) and online at wjpa.com. We’ll also provide video coverage of the championship finals through the WPIAL partnership with FloWrestling and NFHS Network.

Trinity and Ringgold advanced nine wrestlers each. Peters Township and Waynesburg have seven qualifiers while Canon-McMillan will have five wrestlers in next weeks action. Trinity won four individual championships. Canon-McMillan and Waynesburg won two each, Peters Township one.

3A Southern Sectional Championships
107 Nicholas McGarrity (Peters Township) DEC Jonathan Emma (Mt. Lebanon), 11-4
114 Caiden Harbert (West Allegheny) DEC Ejiro Montoya (Mt. Lebanon), 1-0
121 Dom Canali (Trinity) DEC Collier Hartman (Canon-McMillan), 7-0
127 Andrew Binni (Canon-McMillan) DEC Ky Szewczyk (Waynesburg), 8-3
133 Mason Kernan (Bethel Park) DEC Ramil Islamov (Baldwin), 1-0
139 Blake Reihner (Trinity) F Ryder Joseph (Canon-McMillan), 1:35
145 Ethan Higgins (Bethel Park) DEC TJ Allison (Trinity), 3-2 TB2
152 Nick Jones (West Allegheny) DEC Luke Dunlap (South Fayette), 3-2
160 Keith Mincin (Baldwin) DEC Michael Lawrence (Chartiers Valley), 3-1 SV
172 Bode Morgan (Trinity) MD Parker Nave (Peters Township), 11-0
189 Robbie Allison (Trinity) FOR Jake Stephenson (Waynesburg), 0-0
215 Geno Calgaro (Canon-McMillan) F Landon Hartman (Bethel Park), 2:30
285 Roan Tustin (Waynesburg) DEC Michael Albert (Upper St. Clair), 6-4

Third place
107 Bryce Thomas (Moon) DEC Cade Stern (West Allegheny), 3-0
114 Brock Dennision (South Fayette) MD Jake Wright (Trinity), 8-0
121 Cael Yanek (Moon) MD Evan Sala (Mt. Lebanon), 9-1
127 Owen Klodowski (Baldwin) DEC AJ Snatchko (West Allegheny), 6-4
133 Logan Connolly (Chartiers Valley) DEC Logan Slovick (West Allegheny), 6-5
139 A.J. McGarrity (Peters Township) DEC Peter Leventis (South Fayette), 7-6
145 Cole Gibbons (Mt. Lebanon) DEC Liam Costa (Moon), 7-4
152 Ian Bucheli (Bethel Park) DEC Daniel Huffman (Waynesburg), 7-4
160 Cordan McDonnell (Bethel Park) DEC Brock Evans (Waynesburg), 3-1
172 Lachin Islamov (Baldwin) DEC AJ Tomaino (Bethel Park), 12-7
189 Nick Pruchnitzky (Chartiers Valley) TF Caleb Bebout (Peters Township), 21-6 4:24
215 Tyler Glover (Chartiers Valley) DEC Ronan Gibbons (Upper St. Clair), 6-5
285 Ben Lloyd (Mt. Lebanon) DEC Zack Stromock (Peters Township), 2-0

Fifth Place
107 Mickey Horne (Trinity) M FOR Mike Schoeb (Baldwin)
114 Floyd Huff (Waynesburg) F Jason Alex (Baldwin), 4:29
121 Colton Fisher (Bethel Park) DEC Issac Meyers (Peters Township), 2-0
127 Jonny Baiano (South Fayette) DEC Seth Miller (Bethel Park), 9-6
133 Joey Maritato (Moon) F Luke Rush (Waynesburg), 4:00
139 Aden Stout (Bethel Park) DEC Elijah Thomas (Moon), 6-2
145 Talan Mizenko (South Fayette) DEC Chris Cibrone (Peters Township), 3-1
152 Mario Del Rosario (Baldwin) F Zack Regotti (Moon), 4:19
160 Michael Olszewski (Moon) M FOR Cael Nicollela (Trinity)
172 Brayden Collins (Canon-McMillan) DEC Cameron Simon (West Allegheny), 8-1
189 Hunter Goelz (Bethel Park) DEC Bekzod Sharifov (Moon), 7-2
215 Roemiere Washington (Moon) F Adam Watson (Trinity), 2:52
285 Cam Danna (West Allegheny) F Michael Gibson (Bethel Park), 4:04

3A Eastern Sectional Results (Ringgold wrestlers)
Championships

133 Kai Vielma (Connellsville) F Braydon Campbell (Ringgold), 1:32
215 Juliano Marion (Franklin Regional) DEC Jake Conroy (Ringgold), 4-2

Third Place
114 Evan Tolliver (Ringgold) DEC Zachary Franks (Connellsville), 7-6
145 Luke Ankney (Franklin Regional) DEC Cristian Lowther (Ringgold), 5-3 SV
160 Ewan Olson (West Mifflin) DEC Jack Duncan (Ringgold), 6-2

Fifth Place
121 Nathan Klingensmith (Norwin) F Nico Bove (Ringgold), 1:52
152 Ethan Cartwright (Franklin Regional) MD Tanner Shawl (Ringgold), 10-2
189 Owen Conroy (Ringgold) F Jacen Wright (Penn Hills), 4:23
285 Elisua Daugherty (Franklin Regional) DEC Jay Holmes (Ringgold), 5-1