HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — There have been 260 wrestlers who made it to the Big Heart for the PIAA State AA Wrestling Championships. Ultimately, two Midstate wrestlers have gained gold in AA.
Each Northern Lebanon’s Aaron Seidel and Bishop McDevitt’s Riley Robell gained their respective weight lessons to take house the PIAA state championship titles.
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106 weight class
Within the opening 106 weight class, Northern Lebanon freshman Seidel made historical past along with his championship win. He turns into solely the second wrestler from Lebanon County to win states; the primary was Northern Lebanon’s Jim Collins in 2001.
1 Aaron Seidel (N. Lebanon)
2 Louie Gill (Hickory)
3 Ayden Smith (Notre Dame GP)
4 Cole Hubert (Saucon Valley)
5 Parker Sentipal (Burgettstown)
6 Carter Beck (Saegertown)
7 Main Lewis (Trinity)
8 Elijah Brosius (Cranberry)
113 weight class
West Perry senior Deven Jackson took house fourth in his last journey to the Big Heart. The senior’s exceptional profession ended with a 7-2 loss to Religion Christian’s Gauge Botero.
1 Gavin Bradley (Athens)
2 Branden Wentzel (Montoursville)
3 Gauge Botero (Religion Christian)
4 Deven Jackson (West Perry)
5 Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Space)
6 Landon Bainey (West Department)
7 Hunter Robison (Saegertown)
8 Jack Kazalas (Quaker Val)
120 weight class
1 Jaden Pepe (Wyoming Space)
2 Brock Weiss (Jersey Shore)
3 Coen Bainey (Bald Eagle Space)
4 Cooper Hornack (Burrell)
5 Chris Vargo (Bentworth)
6 Hunter Gould (Conneaut Space)
7 Cole Householder (Brookville)
8 Logan Richey (Quaker Valley)
126 weight class
1 Scott Johnson (Muncy)
2 Mark Palmer (Brockway)
3 Kaden Milheim (Warrior Run)
4 JoJo Przybycien (Fort LeBoeuf)
5 Dylan Granahan (Benton)
6 Charlie Robson (Conwell-Egan)
7 Eli Bounds (Boiling Springs)
8 Gaven Suica (Burgettstown)
132 weight class
1 Brandan Chletsos (Notre Dame GP)
2 Owen Reinsel (Brookville)
3 Conner Heckman (Midd-West)
4 Mason Barvitskie (Southern Columbia)
5 Calan Bollman (Chestnut Ridge)
6 Max Stein (Religion Christian)
7 Jack Martinec (Cochranton)
8 Kyle McCollum (Beth Heart)
138 weight class
1 Ryan Crookham (Saucon Valley)
2 Connor Pierce (Harbor Creek)
3 Anthony Evanitsky (Wyoming Space)
4 Cade Wirnsberger (Meadowbrook)
5 Connor Saylor (Hickory)
6 Ambrose Boni (Central Valley)
7 Cameron Milheim (Warrior Run)
8 Easton Toth (Forest Hills)
148 weight class
1 Conner Harer (Montgomery)
2 Eric Alderfer (Religion Christian)
3 Kaiden Wagner (Lewisburg)
4 Carter Gill (Hickory)
5 Evan Maag (Notre Dame GP)
6 Ty Watson (Penns Valley)
7 Trevor Weyandt (Chestnut Ridge)
8 Cael Markle (Saucon Valley)
152 weight class
In 152 motion, Bishop McDevitt’s Andrew Christie made the finals, however fell at 1:45 to Forest hill’s Jackson Arrington, now three-time-defending champ.
Sticking within the weight class, Boiling Springs Michael Duggan took down Wyoming Space’s Cooper Worth 2-0 to seize third.
1 Jackson Arrington (Forest Hills
2 Andrew Christie (Bishop McDevitt)
3 Michael Duggan (Boiling Springs)
4 Cooper Worth (Wyoming Space)
5 Devon Deem (Montgomery)
6 Justin Richey (Quaker Valley)
7 Hunter Hohman (Grove Metropolis)
8 Tyler Berish (Beth Heart)
160 weight class
Newport’s Ganon Smith comes away with third place within the 160 weight class after a 3-2 determination over Zeke Dubler from Glendale.
1 Holden Garcia (Notre Dame GP)
2 Grant Mackay (Laurel)
3 Ganon Smith (Newport)
4 Zeke Dubler (Glendale)
5 Robert Schneider (Lackawanna Path)
6 Aiden Zimmerman (Johnsonburg)
7 Bryant Inexperienced (Towanda)
8 Christian Hirak (Derry)
172 weight class
1 Rune Lawrence (Frazier)
2 Jake Jones (Saucon Valley)
3 Nolan Lear (Benton)
4 Suds Dubler (Glendale)
5 Garrett Garcia (Southern Columbia)
6 Riley Parker (Canton)
7 Garrett Tettemer (Notre Dame GP)
8 Caleb Shut (Bald Eagle Space)
189 weight class
1 Isaac Cory (Montoursville)
2 Cole Karpinski (Greenville)
3 Hadyn Packer (Jersey Shore)
4 Patrick Cutchember (Quaker Valley)
5 Landon Caldwell (Saegertown)
6 Seth Stewart (Brockway)
7 Jacob Scheib (Tri Valley)
8 Ty Csencsits (Saucon Valley)
215 weight class
Coming into the championship match, Mount Nice’s Dayton Pitzer pinned each opponent within the first spherical. West Perry’s Brad Morrison additionally fell within the first spherical at 1:07 to complete in second.
1 Dayton Pitzer (Mt. Nice)
2 Brad Morrison (West Perry)
3 Nick Woodruff (Wyalusing)
4 Abe Hold (Girard)
5 Hayden Linkerhof (Corry)
6 Bryce Rafferty (Brookville)
7 Cael Black (Eisenhower)
8 Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley)
285 weight class
Lastly within the 285 weight class, Bishop McDevitt’s Riley Robell pinned each opponent main into the championship. Arising in opposition to Muncy’s Austin Johnson, the junior Crusader gained by 5-0 determination, avenging his runner up efficiency from final season.
1 Riley Robell (Bishop McDevitt)
2 Austin Johnson (Muncy)
3 Emmanuel Ulrich (Mifflinburg)
4 Kade Sottolano (Williamson)
5 Leo Muzika (Religion Christian)
6 Josh Perrine (Saegertown)
7 Xavier Reyda (Corry)
8 Charles Sheppard (Hamburg)
The AAA PIAA State Championships are Saturday, March 12 at 7 p.m. contained in the Big Heart in Hershey, Pa.