The WPIAL AAA Wrestling Championships concluded Saturday evening with the top four finishers in each weight-class qualifying for next week’s PIAA tournament. Waynesburg qualified five wrestlers including Mac Church, Rocco Welsh and Eli Makel, each winning individual titles. Canon-McMillan has three wrestlers heading to Hershey, led by WPIAL champion Tanner Mizenko. Trinity will send two to states as Ty Banco won the Hillers’ first WPIAL title in 13 years. Ringgold and Peters Township each have one wrestler going to states. West Allegheny and Latrobe each won two individual titles, Thomas Jefferson, Hempfield, Kiski Area and Pine-Richland one each.
WPIAL AAA Championship Finals
107 Tanner Mizenko (Canon-McMillan) F Santino Sloboda (Butler), 2:39
114 Luke Willochell (Greater Latrobe) DEC Tyler Kapusta (Franklin Regional), 5-4
121 Ryan Klingensmith (Kiski Area) MD Brady Joling (Chartiers Valley), 11-2
127 Vinny Kilkeary (Greater Latrobe) DEC Andrew Binni (Canon-McMillan), 10-4
133 Maddox Shaw (Thomas Jefferson) DEC Ethan Lebin (Hempfield), 2-1
139 Eli Carr (Hempfield) DEC Nate Roth (Greater Latrobe), 6-5
145 Mac Church (Waynesburg) DEC Nico Taddy (West Allegheny), 8-3
152 Ty Watters (West Allegheny) F Lucas Kapusta (Hempfield), 5:36
160 Shawn Taylor (West Allegheny) DEC Dylan Evans (Chartiers Valley), 3-2 UTB
172 Rocco Welsh (Waynesburg) DEF Matthew Furman (Canon-McMillan), 12-3 3:00
189 Vaughn Spencer (Pine Richland) DEC Brody Evans (Waynesburg), 5-1
215 Eli Makel (Waynesburg) DEC Connor Jacobs (Armstrong), 5-1
285 Ty Banco (Trinity) F Joe Enick (Penn Trafford), 0:39
Third-Place
107 Dylan Barrett (Penn Trafford) DEC Ejiro Montoya (Mt. Lebanon), 8-5
114 Connor Smith (Seneca Valley) TF Caiden Harbert (West Allegheny), 15-0 3:00
121 Jacob Layton (Connellsville) F Owen Klodowski (Baldwin), 2:38
127 Hayden Coy (Penn Trafford) DEC Tyler Chappell (Seneca Valley), 6-3
133 Anthony Ferraro (Pine Richland) DEC Gabriel Ruggieri (Connellsville), 5-1
139 Blake Reihner (Trinity) DEC Lonzy Vielma (Connellsville), 3-2
145 Chris Cibrone (Peters Township) DEC Jayson Flener (North Allegheny), 7-2
152 Bode Marlow (Thomas Jefferson) F Nate Jones (Waynesburg), 2:23
160 Gavyn Beck (Franklin Regional) DEC Adam Rohan (North Allegheny), 7-0
172 Mark Gray (Kiski Area) F Tasso Whipple (Penn Trafford), 2:35
189 Juliano Marion (Franklin Regional) DEF Jake Conroy (Ringgold)
215 Owen Ott (Penn Trafford) DEC Corey Boerio (Greater Latrobe), 3-2
285 Joey Schneck (Pine Richland) F Jack Crider (Kiski Area), 2:36