2020 PIAA Team Wrestling State Championships

PIAA Team Championships: AA Preview

PIAA Team Championships: AA Preview

PIAA Wrestling Dual Championships from the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania

Feb 5, 2020 by Brock Hite
PIAA Team Championships: AA Preview
The PIAA Dual Championships kickoff Thursday afternoon live on FloWrestling at 2pm EST. This marks the second year of full coverage with live streams of all bouts from the Giant Center in Hershey. The AA field is a familiar one as the usual suspects are headed back to Hershey in search of a state championship.

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The PIAA Dual Championships kickoff Thursday afternoon live on FloWrestling at 2pm EST. This marks the second year of full coverage with live streams of all bouts from the Giant Center in Hershey. The AA field is a familiar one as the usual suspects are headed back to Hershey in search of a state championship.

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Chestnut Ridge, Saucon Valley, and Brookville have all made a final within the last five years, with Brookville taking home the title in 2016. The past two seasons Reynolds has defeated Southern Columbia for the dual championship. These programs have been the standard over the last half-decade, and many of the programs have a rich history that extends much further back into history. The Reynolds Raiders have earned six dual titles and come up short in the championship match four times. If they can reach a final this year they will have wrestled in half of the AA dual title matches that started in 1999. 

The outlier in the AA field is Notre Dame-Green Pond. The Crusaders have burst onto the scene under the direction of Matt Veres and earned back-to-back berths at the PIAA Championships. For the second year in a row, they have drawn into the Reynolds Raiders. Reynolds took the dual a year ago 47-18. This year the Crusaders have the advantage of top-end talent with four wrestlers ranked in the top 10 at their respective weight class (#7 Ungar, #8 Chletsos, #2 Crookham, and #5 Cerniglia). Reynolds has a more balanced lineup, but they have a solid counter for Ungar at 113lbs. That counter is #4 Gary Steen. Steen defeated Ungar in the Ironman finals. Mike Mal is high on this match, and you can see his thoughts on the possible rematch in the event hub. That is a huge swing when wrestling the Crusaders to have a favorite against one of their nationally ranked studs. This will be appointment viewing during the 4pm session.

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The Reynolds/Notre Dame will be favored to emerge from their quarter and could see District 11 champion Saucon Valley in the semifinal. Saucon Valley finally got past Notre Dame in the District final after dropping two regular-season duals to the Crusaders. There is no love lost between the District 11 rivals and this will be the highest stakes match if it comes to fruition.

Southern Columbia appears to be a strong favorite to make the final from the top bracket. The Tigers have dealt with some injury issues, but have continued to add to their lineup throughout the season. They are matting their best team at the right time. The Tigers broke through at the individual tournament a year ago, but are still searching for their first dual title. 

Full schedule and tournament information can be found in the event hub.

*All rosters and records were pulled from the OPC. Note that most weight classes listed are a class or two above where the wrestlers are competing. The original weight class the wrestler was eligible for at time of certifications is what is listed in the OPC.

AA Top Bracket Rosters:


Hamburg    Westmont Hilltop 
Hawks    Hilltoppers 
District 3 1st    District 6 2nd 
17-0    13-3 
Glenn Miller    Matt Beaujon 
       
Trenton Wahl106So.3-16 Ethan ChristieFr.
Parker Davidson120Jr.22-9 Nate PerrinSo.
Tanner Macbeth126Jr.12-14 Tanner DluhosJr.
Derek Ruiz126Fr.1-2 Noah KorenoskiSr.
Ronny Parra132Fr.5-8 Tanner KosisSo.
Bailey Gimbor138Jr.22-6 Ryan KovachSo.
Kyle Vernon138Jr.22-8 Conner PolacekSr.
Sean McCrorey138So.1-5 Connor LamantiaJr.
Dalton Gimbor145Jr.29-2 Dorian HanleySo.
Pierce Mason152Fr.7-4 Tanner KushnerSr.
Evan Grim152Jr.2-3 Hudson HolbayJr.
Ayden Kauffman160Sr.16-7 Luke BennerJr.
Lane Albrecht160Jr.17-12 Sean WilksFr.
Yabdiel Santana170So.0-0 Zane BlackburnSr.
Shawn Keller170So.4-3 Roy DunnJr.
Elias Villanueva170Sr.0-2 Mason MutoSr.
Mitchell Watt170So.7-2 Madox MutoSo.
Diohnny Ruiz170So.0-0 Felice PanebiancoSo.
Noah Govern182Jr.0-0 Chap StrattonSr.
Brant Mason182Jr.24-4 Jacob AllenSr.
Nick James195Sr.12-8 Ethan ThomasJr.
Daregan Motto195So.8-9 Stephen HanleySo.
Tristan Baer195So.23-7 Konsyre MartinSr.
Travis Colson195Jr.14-9 Hunter HolbayJr.
Richard Donati220So.0-3 Noah GreshJr.
Charles Sheppard285Fr.4-5 Rylee MastovichSr.
Bryan Esterly285So.0-2 Wesley CrumSo.
Jacob Phillips285Sr.18-11 Nick HenryJr.
     Max YonkoSr.


Chestnut Ridge    Burgettstown   
Lions    Devils   
District 5 1st    District 7 2nd   
14-1    14-2   
Josh Deputy    Joey Vigliotti   
         
Calan Bollman113Fr.25-3 Shane Ilgenfritz113Sr.16-8
Simon Osman113Jr.0-0 Avery Havelka113Jr.1-0
Kobi Burkett120Fr.9-5 Joey Sentipal120Fr.21-5
Nathan Holderbaum126Sr.23-8 Jaren Boyer120Sr.0-0
Ross Dull126So.28-6 Autumn Snatchko120So.1-0
Kai Burkett126Jr.26-4 Saige Rossi126Fr.1-0
Kaden Miller132So.1-1 Richard Wolfe126Sr.0-0
Zach Pfaunmiller132So.0-3 Anthony Lancos132So.13-10
Taylor Claycomb132Sr.0-0 Cody Petrie138So.0-0
Brogen Zonfrilli132Jr.0-0 Ryan Green138So.18-11
Joe Gardner138Jr.0-0 Jacob Longstreth138Sr.0-0
Colton Bollman145So.10-8 Hunter Guiddy138So.12-12
Jack Moyer145So.1-0 Evan Koonse138So.2-4
Kaleb Miller145Jr.20-7 Matt Tasz145Jr.0-0
David Bowser152Jr.2-3 Aubry Krivak152So.0-0
Trevor Weyandt152So.22-9 Jacob Noyes152Fr.10-10
Gryphon Callihan160Sr.22-8 Jaeron Cody152So.0-3
Quentyn Riggleman160So.1-2 Jacob Loudin160Sr.3-7
Luke Moore170So.23-10 Shane Kemper160Jr.16-5
Daniel Moore170So.17-3 Alex Mitko170Jr.1-2
Baltzer Bollman182Jr.10-10 DJ Slovick170So.14-8
Dominick Claar195Jr.12-11 Nathan Neal182Jr.1-0
Seth Holderbaum195Sr.20-9 Turner Lehman182Jr.18-10
Trey Maxwell195Sr.2-0 Garret Suica195Jr.1-2
Noah A Smith285Sr.11-9 Tyler Cody220Fr.1-7
Duane Knisely285Sr.28-3 Ronnie Brown220So.0-0
     Riley Kemper285Sr.20-1
     Scott Brown285So.0-0
     Richard Montelione285Sr.0-0


Brookville    Tunkhannock   
Raiders    Tigers   
District 9 1st    District 2 1st   
21-2    13-4   
Dave Klepfer    Gary Siegel   
         
Cayden Walter113Jr.22-4 Jeb Stephens120Fr.0-8
Logan Oakes120So.8-8 Tyrese Konen170So.1-4
Owen Reinsel120So.27-2 Shawn Glaush106Sr.0-0
Brecken Cieleski120Fr.2-3 Owen Woods113So.29-7
Brayden Kunselman126Fr.23-4 Matthew Morone120Sr.6-13
Josh Popson132So.12-14 David Evans132Sr.32-1
Parker Fleming138Sr.6-9 Matt Rosentel132Jr.17-7
Coyha Brown145Fr.5-14 Cole Stauffer132Fr.4-9
Darius Sorbin145Sr.2-6 Gavin D`Amato145Sr.33-2
Wyatt Kulik152Sr.20-7 Ethan Munley145Sr.25-9
Wyatt Griffin170Jr.12-6 Luke Carpenter170Jr.19-11
Hayden Kramer170Jr.1-6 Tyler Chesla170Sr.0-0
Jackson Zimmerman182Fr.10-5 Hunter Gregory170So.1-3
Cole LaBenne220Sr.1-1 Sean Meder170Jr.7-15
Elliot Park220Jr.21-9 Alexzandre Pierce170Sr.16-10
Bryce Rafferty220So.11-8 Jaden Kozlowski220So.5-9
Porter Kahle285So.2-5 Nick Marabell220So.19-5
Nathan Taylor285Jr.27-3 Jeffrey Meader220So.19-11
Colby Whitehill285Sr.25-0 Frankie Scranta220So.15-12
     Jacob Davenport285So.1-4
     Brett Sickler285Sr.7-10
     Jhamal Zacharias285Jr.17-5


Southern Columbia    Corry Area   
Tigers    Beavers   
District 4 1st    District 10 2nd   
17-2    17-2   
Jerry Marks    Mark Munsee   
         
Toren Cooper113So.10-16 Lucas Munsee113Jr.30-4
Edward Zuber120Fr.4-3 Kayden Reyda120So.19-12
Brady Feese120So.15-14 Derek Hurd126Sr.25-8
Garrett Krebs132Jr.20-9 Damion Kinney132So.20-14
Kole Biscoe132So.29-4 Chris Almeda138Jr.3-5
Trevor Yorks138Fr.0-0 Lucas Peterson138Sr.14-14
Ethan Roughton138So.0-1 Trey Proper145Fr.13-16
Ian Yoder145Jr.19-13 Hunter Savitz145So.11-16
Patrick Edmondson145Jr.9-3 Nick Lapinski152Sr.30-6
Greyson Shaud152Fr.2-7 Owen Warren160Jr.0-1
Joseph Quinton152So.10-10 Zach Munn160Fr.0-0
Brandon Gedman160Jr.22-8 Brady Steele160So.9-7
Keir Hill160So.0-3 Austin Sacchetti170Jr.16-11
Wesley Barnes170Fr.23-9 Ethan Allen170Fr.6-3
Gavin Garcia170So.11-1 Dylan Gourley170Jr.24-8
Colin Sharrow182Jr.4-8 Caden Bidwell195Jr.4-2
Gabe Leffler182So.0-0 Matt Petrilla195Sr.26-6
Cade Linn182Sr.18-4 Hayden Linkerhof220So.29-3
Max Tillett195Sr.27-7 Shawn Proctor220Jr.24-9
Gaige Garcia220Sr.32-0 Xavier Reyda285So.25-12
Tyler Waltman220Jr.18-5     
Lear Quinton285Sr.28-4     
Dyer Stine285Jr.0-0     
Christopher Treshock285Fr.0-0    


AA Bottom Bracket Rosters:


Burrell    Montoursville   
Buccaneers    Warriors   
District 7 1st    District 4 3rd   
10-5    23-1   
Josh Shields    Matt Yonkin   
         
Nikolas Ferra113Fr.19-12 Jackson Watkins106Fr.1-2
Shawn Szymanski113So.22-12 Branden Wentzel113Fr.28-4
Aaron Edwards120Jr.5-9 Cole Johnson120Fr.17-14
Thristone Acierno126So.2-8 Lucas Sherwood126Jr.6-11
Trent Valovchik126Sr.9-4 Kayden Frame126So.7-5
Mackenzie Lippert126So.0-0 Broc Lutz132Jr.17-13
Nicholas Salerno126So.16-9 Aiden Pomeroy132So.0-1
Ian Oswalt138Jr.26-5 Josiah Schans132Fr.1-1
Aiden Ferguson145So.0-0 James Batkowski138Fr.18-13
Simon Slahyovsky145Jr.9-8 Alexander Oberheim145So.10-16
Adam Gimbel145Jr.4-6 Zach Barnes152So.2-10
Logan Bechtold145Fr.12-11 Emery Balint152Jr.12-11
Dalton Corwin152Jr.4-4 Austin Cummings152So.0-0
Damian Barr152So.7-5 Ethan Lepley160Sr.0-3
Chase Fenner152Fr.0-0 Jacob Dinges160Sr.14-9
Noah Linderman160Sr.21-10 Colin Gorini170Sr.0-0
Anthony Corrado160Jr.26-6 Cael Crebs182Jr.28-5
Colby Christie160Jr.4-4 Gavin Livermore182Jr.10-11
Dylan Slahtobsky170Fr.0-0 Caleb Moser182Jr.10-7
Domnic Holmes170Sr.15-13 Isaac Cory182So.26-6
Aaron Mele182Fr.0-0 Dylan Bennett195Jr.22-0
Cole Clark182So.14-11 Lane Stutzman285Jr.11-11
Richard Feroce195Sr.21-8 Will Carson285Sr.6-6
Michael Scherer195Sr.19-6 Cameron Wood285Sr.30-3
Aiden Black220Jr.0-1     
Zach Adams285Jr.0-0     
Jacob Bell285Sr.0-0    



Saucon Valley   Line Mountain   
Panthers   Eagles   
District 11 1st   District 4 2nd   
17-2   19-2   
Chad Shirk   Charles Johnson   
        
Aaliyana Mateo106Jr. Brody Long113Fr.13-16
Ermal Duka113Jr. Aidan Kritzer120So.7-1
Isai Ortiz113Fr. Blake Wirt126Sr.30-6
Najmiddin Isroilov113So. Mason Leshock132So.22-12
Victoria Mease113Jr. Lane Schadel132Fr.16-10
Brent Malick120So. Brandon Woodruff132So.0-3
Connor Nicholas120So. Tim Shingara138Jr.1-4
Cael Markle126So. Ian Coller152Jr.25-10
Travis Riefenstahl126Fr. Max Bingaman152So.4-13
Kevin Dyer132Sr. Bryce Carl160Jr.23-11
Christopher Arciuolo132So. Matty Coller170Sr.20-5
Mason Beckowski132Fr. Kelly Reed170Sr.0-0
Ryan Gilbert132So. Alex Leitzel170So.0-5
Nathan Mondschein132So. Isaac Shaffer182Fr.0-0
Jacob Jones145Fr. Riley Heim182Sr.25-10
Liam Scrivanich145Fr. Cale King195Jr.18-13
Anthony Zambrana152Sr. Jacob Feese220Jr.26-5
Tyler Pfizenmayer152Fr. Dominick Bridi220Jr.22-3
Ronald Werkheiser152Fr.     
Evan Leibert152Fr.     
Thomas Spirk152Sr.     
Mathew Arciuolo160Sr.     
Ty Csencsits160So.     
Damian Garcia170So.     
Nicholas Bortz170Jr.     
Dante Mahaffey182So.     
Dane Csencsits182Sr.     
Ramel Moore195Sr.     
Braydyn Lugardo195Sr.     
Robert Yovish195Sr.     
Jack Marouchoc285So.     
Michael Sullivan285Jr.     
Brett Rickle285Fr.     
Nicholas Warnke285Sr.     
Christopher Peterson285So.     
Cody Swinney285So.    


Forest Hills   Faith Christian Academy  
Rangers   Lions  
District 6 1st   District 1 1st  
12-1   12-6  
Jake Strayer   Ben Clymer  
       
Gage Miller113Fr. Youngyyu Kim106Fr.
Jude Martyak113Jr. AJ Stayton120Fr.
Easton Toth120So. Cody Witzer120So.
Jackson Arrington132So. Jimmy Gogbeh120Fr.
Tony DiPaola138Jr. Eric Alderfer120So.
Garet Connor138Sr. Lincoln Hower126Fr.
Noah Teeter138So. Isaiah Vizcarrondo138Sr.
Blaize Lauffer138Jr. Jake Kurlak145Jr.
Tye Templeton145Jr. Andy Muzika152Sr.
Dustin Flinn152Fr. Damon Waltenbaugh160Sr.
Erik Gibson152So. Max Schultz170Sr.
Lance Latshaw152So. Zion Bartholomew170Sr.
Ryan Weyandt170Jr. Britton Walter182Sr.
Michael Vasbinder170Sr. Leo Muzika195So.
Brycen Rearick170Sr. Joshua Stump220So.
Ryan Shaw182So. Luke Slack220Jr.
Luke Hribar220Sr. Brian Romero285Jr.
Dalton Gable220So. Jacob Cavalea285Jr.
Matt Kelley285Jr.     


Reynolds    Notre Dame-Green Pond   
Raiders    Crusaders   
District 10 1st    District 11 2nd   
18-0    13-2   
Casey Taylor    Matt Veres   
         
Kane Kettering106So.18-6 Evan Maag106So.23-9
Kelsey McAdoo106So.2-0 Adam Schweitzer113So.9-1
Gary Steen113Jr.32-0 Nick Fegely113Fr.5-2
Cole Bayless120Sr.18-9 Bryson Vaughn120Fr.15-1
Adam Wilcox126Sr.11-7 Brett Ungar120Jr.31-2
Mason Edmonds126Jr.0-0 Brandan Chletsos126So.38-4
Liam Foore126Jr.8-3 Ryan Crookham126So.35-1
Dreyvin LIvingston138Jr.2-4 Joshua Bauman132Jr.17-11
Phoenix Basora138So.0-0 Tony Morello138Jr.1-9
Clayton Rhoades138So.14-6 Jacob Wehr138So.6-14
Kaeden Berger138Jr.28-5 Holden Garcia145Fr.30-9
Tino Gentile138Fr.0-0 Hasan Mohammed152Jr.0-1
Alex Ischo145Jr.22-7 Andrew Cerniglia160Sr.31-1
Brayden McCloskey152Fr.0-0 Nolan Berkenstock170Fr.6-5
Camren Klenke152So.1-3 Jared Blobe182Fr.5-15
Jaylen Wagner152Fr.13-9 Mason Ludlow195Fr.3-14
Lane Owen170Sr.0-0 Derek Berlitz195So.9-3
Jarred Wilkerson170Sr.2-3 Jason Sine195Jr.22-12
Owen Miller182Jr.4-11 Eshan Swartz285Sr.9-12
Cole Toy182Jr.17-4 Lex Rivera285Jr.8-8
Jordan DeCarmen182Jr.10-1     
Mitchell Mason195So.4-4     
Braydon Herbster195Sr.23-3     
Bryce McCloskey195Sr.27-4     
Keith Palmer220Jr.1-0     
Evan Miller285Sr.10-5     
Guy Rocco John-Daniello285Jr.24-7    



AA Matches Involving Teams In The Field:


DateWinning Team Losing Team 
12-10Notre Dame47Saucon Valley27
12-17Chestnut Ridge45Forest Hills30
1-3Saucon Valley44Faith Christian Academy35
1-7Forest Hills37Westmont Hilltop32
1-17Chestnut Ridge43Brookville22
1-17Chestnut Ridge46Burrell19
1-17Reynolds35Chestnut Ridge29
1-17Reynolds48Brookville19
1-17Reynolds43Burrell21
1-17Brookville39Burrell27
1-21Chestnut Ridge34Westmont Hilltop33
1-27Notre Dame41Saucon Valley33
2-1Forest Hills36Westmont Hilltop30
2-1Burrell63Burgettstown9
2-1Southern Columbia49Montoursville21
2-1Southern Columbia53Line Mountain18
2-1Reynolds70Corry0
2-1Saucon Valley33Notre Dame30



AA Championship History:


YearChampionRunner-UpScore
1999Brookville (9)Wyalusing (4)23-21
2000Wyalusing (4)Fort LeBoeuf (10)40-16
2001Wilson (11)Shady Side Academy (7)49-15
2002Wilson (11)Bloomsburg (4)45-9
2003Juniata (3)Brockway (9)39-23
2004Bloomsburg (4)Fort LeBoeuf (10)38-26
2005Northern Lehigh (11)Reynolds (10)35-22
2006Reynolds (10)Northern Lehigh (11)38-19
2007Reynolds (10)Northwestern Lehigh (11)33-26
2008Burrell (7)Bermudian Springs (3)37-29
2009Reynolds (10)Shady Side Academy (7)42-18
2010Fort LeBoeuf (10)Reynolds (10)32-29
2011Bethlehem Catholic (11)Fort LeBoeuf (10)38-21
2012Bethlehem Catholic (11)Boiling Srings (3)52-15
2013Bethlehem Catholic (11)Reynolds (10)43-16
2014Bethlehem Catholic (11)Reynolds (10)41-15
2015Boiling Srings (3)Chestnut Ridge (5)36-21
2016Brookville (9)Saucon Valley (11)33-24
2017Reynolds (10)Northern Lebanon (3)54-18
2018Reynolds (10)Southern Columbia (4)30-25
2019Reynolds (10)Southern Columbia (4)31-23