9 D6 AA Wrestlers will place in the TOP 8 at Hershey
By: Brian Ingalls | PA Sports History | March 11, 2022
The morning session of the PIAA AA State tournament is now complete. The AA wrestlers are on break until 7:30 this evening. The evening session will start with Semifinals and Consolation Round 4, and then conclude with Consolation Round 5. After the session tonight, the final matchups will be set. The AA finals are tomorrow at 2:00pm. The team race is still basically two teams, with Notre Dame-GP leading with 69 points, Saucon Valley is in second with 67 points. Notre Dame-GP has 3 wrestlers in the semifinals and 2 left in the consolations. Saucon Valley has 3 in semis and 3 in consys. The rest of the top 5 in the team race are Faith Christian Academy (38 pts), Chestnut Ridge (35 pts), and Brookville (33.5 pts). Everyone left in the tournament now are medalists. The semifinalists are guaranteed Top 6, and the consolation round wrestlers can finish no lower then 8th place. The wrestling tonight will determine which final they wrestle in tomorrow 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, 5th/6th, or 7th/8th. The Semifinals are:
106 Louie Gill (NW-1/Hickory/Soph/41-1) vs. Cole Hubert (SE-3/Saucon Valley/Fresh/45-9)
**Gill is a returning state champ at 106.
106 Aaron Seidel (SE-1/Northern Lebanon/Fresh/47-1) vs. Parker Sentipal (SW-1/Burgettstown/Soph/41-3)
113 Gavin Bradley (NE-1/Athens/Senior/37-1) vs. Gauge Botero (SE-1/Faith Christian Academy/Fresh/43-6)
113 Brandon Wentzel (NE-2/Montoursville/Junior/40-3) vs. Deven Jackson (SE-2/West Perry/Senior/32-3)
120 Jaden Pepe (NE-1/Wyoming Area/Junior/43-0) vs. Coen Bainey (SW-2/Bald Eagle Area/Junior/35-4)
**Pepe is a returning state champ at 113
120 Brock Weiss (NE-2/Jersey Shore/Soph/41-4) vs. Chris Vargo (SW-1/Bentworth/Soph/29-2)
126 Scott Johnson (NE-1/Muncy/Junior/39-1) vs. Dylan Granahan (NE-4/Benton/Junior/34-15)
126 Kaden Milheim (NE-2/Warrior Run/Junior/42-6) vs. Mark Palmer (NW-1/Brockway/Senior/33-7)
132 Owen Reinsel (NW-1/Brookville/Senior/42-2) vs. Mason Barvitskie (NE-3/Southern Columbia/37-7)
132 Connor Heckman (NE-1/Midd-West/Junior/41-4) vs. Brandon Chletsos (SE-1/Notre Dame-GP/Senior/39-9)
138 Connor Pierce (NW-1/Harbor Creek/Senior/36-0) vs. Ambrose Boni (SW-2/Central Valley/Senior/36-3)
138 Ryan Crookham (SE-1/Saucon Valley/Senior/15-0) vs. Cade Wirnsberger (NE-2/Meadowbrook Christian/Junior/40-3)
**Crookham is a 2x State Champ-Had to sit out last year because he transferred to Saucon Valley
145 Conner Harer (NE-1/Montgomery/Soph/45-0) vs. Evan Maag (SE-2/Notre Dame-GP/Senior/41-10)
145 Kaiden Wagner (NE-2/Lewisburg/Senior/34-4) vs. Eric Alderfer (SE-1/Faith Christian Academy/Senior/35-8)
152 Jackson Arrington (SW-1/Forest Hills/Senior/37-2) vs. Justin Richey (SW-4/Quaker Valley/Senior/38-8)
**Arrington is a 2x State Champ-State Champ at 132 last year
152 Andrew Christie (SE-1/Bishop McDevitt/Junior/41-4) vs. Devon Deem (NE-1/Montgomery/Senior/44-2)
160 Grant MacKay (SW-1/Laurel/Junior/39-2) vs. Ganon Smith (SE-2/Newport/Senior/38-1)
**MacKay is a returning State Champ at 152
160 Zeke Dubler (SW-2/Glendale/Junior/37-3) vs. Holden Garcia (SE-1/Notre Dame-GP/Junior/39-9)
172 Rune Lawrence (SW-1/Frazier/Soph/35-3) vs. Riley Parker (NE-3/Canton/Junior/34-10)
**Lawrence is a returning State Champ at 172
172 Garrett Garcia (NE-1/Southern Columbia/Soph/37-3) vs. Jacob Jones (SE-1/Saucon Valley/Junior/44-3)
189 Cole Karpinski (NW-1/Greenville/Senior/40-0) vs. Patrick Cutchember (SW-1/Quaker Valley/Senior/43-4)
189 Seth Stewart (NW-2/Brockway/Junior/34-7) vs. Isaac Cory (NE-1/Montoursville/Senior/39-6)
215 Dayton Pitzer (SW-1/Mount Pleasant/Senior/43-0) vs. Bryce Rafferty (NW-2/Brookville/Senior/35-5)
**Pitzer is a 2x State Champ-State Champ at 215 last year
215 Brad Morrison (SE-1/West Perry/Senior/46-1) vs. Hayden Linkerhof (NW-1/Corry/Senior/35-6)
285 Riley Robell (SE-1/Bishop McDevitt/Junior/38-1) vs. Kade Sottolano (NE-3/Williamson/Senior/37-2)
285 Austin Johnson (NE-1/Muncy/Fresh/40-1) vs. Joshua Perrine (NW-2/Saegertown/Senior/37-7)
District 6 AA will have 9 medalists this year. The 3 highlighted above are joined by these 6 that are in the consolations:
113 Lucas Fye (SW-2/Bald Eagle Area/Soph/321-9) will wrestle Jack Kazalas (SW-3/Quaker Valley/Soph/40-6). These 2 met in the AA Southwest Regional Semifinals. Fye won 5-4.
113 Landon Bainey (SW-1/West Branch/Soph/39-2) will wrestle Hunter Robison (NW-1/Saegertown/Senior/35-4). These two wrestled twice in the post season last year. In the West AA Super Regional Semifinals, Robison won 6-3. In the 2021 PIAA AA Tournament 5th place match, Robison won 3-1.
138 Easton Toth (SW-1/Forest Hills/Senior/37-6) will wrestle Anthony Evanitsky (NE-3/Wyoming Area/Fresh/44-3)
145 Ty Watson (SW-1/Penns Valley/Soph/39-1) will wrestle Cael Markle (SE-4/Saucon Valley/Senior/40-13)
172 Caleb Close (SW-4/Bald Eagle Area/Fresh/40-12) will wrestle Nolan Lear (NE-2/Benton/Senior/40-6). Lear placed 3rd last year at 160.
172 Suds Dubler (SW-2/Glendale/Senior/38-4? will wrestle Garrett Tettemer (SE-2/Notre Dame-GP/Junior/27-14)
About the Author
Brian Ingalls
Brian Ingalls is the owner/operator of Pa Sports History. Brian was a multi sport athlete for United High School in Armagh, Pa. Shortly after graduation, Brian joined the military and spent 6 years in the U.S. Army. After his military service, Brian moved back to the United school district. Brian and his wife, Susan, have four children. All four children were/still are involved in high school sports.
Brian has spent most of his life involved with high school sports and has spent the past 20 years researching and collecting schedules, results, and stats for high school sports mainly in the District 6 area.
