PIAA CLASS AAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

PIAA CLASS AA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS

DISTRICT 1-AAA and AA
1-AAA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Owen J. Roberts 35, Norristown 29 (OJR 17-0, Norristown 8-1)

1-AAA Consolation (third and fourth advance to PIAA Championships): Spring-Ford 35, Council Rock North 21 (Spring-Ford 21-3, Council Rock North 14-7)

1-AA Championship (winner faces 12-AA champion Wyncote Bishop McDevitt on Monday): Lower Moreland 34, Pottstown 31 (Lower Moreland (21-4)

DISTRICT 2-AAA
2-AAA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): Delaware Valley 46, James M. Coughlin 15 (Delaware Valley 18-3)

DISTRICT 2-AA
2-AA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): Lake-Lehman 37, Western Wayne 33 (Lake-Lehman 21-1)

DISTRICT 3-AAA
3-AAA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Central Dauphin 35, Mechanicsburg 22 (Central Dauphin 20-0, Mechanicsburg 14-1)

3-AAA Consolation (both advance to PIAA Championships): Big Spring 40, Manheim Twp. 20 (Big Spring 16, Manheim Twp. 13-7)

DISTRICT 3-AA
3-AA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Boiling Springs 29, Bermudian Springs 28 (Boiling Springs 21-0, Bermudian Springs 25-2)

DISTRICT 4-AAA and AA
District 4-AAA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): Jersey Shore 47, Selinsgrove 16 (Jersey Shore 12-4)

District 4-AA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Wya;using 30, Central Columbia 25 (Wyalusing 20-1, Central Columbia (23-1)

DISTRICT 5-AA
District 5-AA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): Bedford 29, Chestnut Ridge 24 (Bedford 15-0)

DISTRICT 6-AAA
District 6-AAA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships):  Central Mountain 46, Mifflin County 18 (Central Mountain 15-0)

DISTRICT 6-AA
District 6-AA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Mount Union 43, West Branch 15 (Mount Union 26-0, West Branch 24-4)

DISTRICT 7-AAA
7-AAA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Canon-McMillan 53, North Allegheny 12 (Canon-McMillan 25-0, North Allegheny 17-4)

7-AAA Consolation (winner advances to PIAA Championships): Greensburg-Salem 40, Connellsville 20 (Greensburg-Salem 12-4, Connellsville 13-5)
Section 1 Results
Section 2 Results
Section 3 Results
Section 4 Results

DISTRICT 7-AA BRACKET
7-AA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Burrell 34, Jefferson-Morgan 31 (Burrell 15-8, Jefferson-Morgan 14-2)
Section 1 Results
Section 2 Results
Section 3 Results

DISTRICT 8:  Taylor Allderdice 63, Perry Traditional Academy 16 (Allderdice record: 10-4) … Langley (2-13) is the Class AA representative

DISTRICT 9 AAA and AA
9-AAA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): DuBois 55, St. Marys 13 (DuBois 13-0)

9-AA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): Brookville 36, Ridgway 33 (Brookville (17-4)

DISTRICT 10-AAA
10-AAA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships): McDowell 44, General McLane 16 (McDowell record: 14-1)

DISTRICT 10-AA
10-AA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Fort LeBoeuf 31, Reynolds 28 (Fort LeBoeuf 13-2, Reynolds 18-2)

DISTRICT 11 AAA and AA
11-AAA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Easton 38, Parkland 20 (Easton 19-2, Parkland 14-3)

11-AA Championship (both advance to PIAA Championships): Bethlehem Catholic 37, Pen Argyl 30 (Bethlehem Catholic 10-0, Pen Argyl 14-3)

DISTRICT 12-AAA Championship (winner advances to PIAA Championships):  La Salle 55, Northeast Philadelphia  21 (La Salle record: 14-1)

DISTRICT 12-AA:  Wyncote Bishop McDevitt 54, Franklin Towne Charter 21 (McDevitt record: 10-11.  McDevitt will wrestle the 1-AA champion on Monday at a site TBA to determine the District 1-12 representative, pending PIAA approval)

The bout-by-bout updates will be posted here. The chat, scheduled to begin at 10:40 a.m., is below.

Central Dauphin (18-0) will host Manheim Twp. (13-5) while Mechanicsburg (13-0) and Big Spring (15-2) will meet on an adjacent mat at CD.  All four teams have qualified for next week’s PIAA Team Wrestling Championships at Giant Center that begin on Thursday, Feb. 9.

Central Dauphin is seeking its fifth straight 3-AAA and PIAA Class AAA dual meet titles (the former is a record; the latter is one shy of Easton’s state record) and the Rams carry a state-record 91-match winning streak into tonight’s semifinals. (You can see CD’s match-by-match results during the streak here.)

CD is also seeking its 19th straight District 3 Team Championships victory, which is one shy of Hanover’s record of 20.

I will update each dual after the completion of each bout.

Starting at 106 tonight.  Gotta love that.

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CENTRAL DAUPHIN 56, MANHEIM TWP. 12

106:  Zach Elvin CD p David Graves MT 5:44, 8-0 (CD 6-0)

113:  Matt Grossman MT d Jeremy Schwartz CD  7-4 (CD 6-3, Grossman two-and-two in the final 10 seconds)

120: Cortlandt Schuyler MT p Evan Davis CD 1:32, 2-0 (MT 9-6)

126:  Tyson Dippery CD md Scott Lopez MT 10-2 (CD 10-9)

132:  Shyheim Brown CD d Alex Smith MT 8-5 (CD 13-9)

138:  Austin Rose CD tf Ryan Lopez MT 4:14, 17-2 (CD 18-9)

145:  Adam Smith MT d Nick Varndell CD 4-0 (CD 18-12)

152:  Garrett Peppelman CD tf Trey Recher MT 3:19, 22-7 (CD 23-12)

160:  Colton Peppelman CD p Alex Zug 1:32 (CD 29-12)

170:  Jamison Peake CD d Alex Opp MT 3-1 (CD 32-12)

182:  Dorian Spradlin CD p Joe Miller MT 2:40 (CD 38-12)

195:  Terrance Parson CD won by forfeit (CD 44-12)

220: Nate Stewart CD p Greg Risser MT 2:43 (CD 50-12)

285:  Zach Wilk CD won by forfeit (CD 56-12)

CD wins its 92nd straight match, its 19th straight in the District 3 Team Championships and its 32nd straight postseason dual

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MECHANICSBURG 32, BIG SPRING 31

106:  Alex Spaseff M p Josh Fauver BS 2:32, 10-1 (M 6-0)

113: Greg Warner BS md Michael Crosson M 10-0 (M 6-4)

120:  Wyatt Keck BS tf Cooper Wills M 3:26, 17-2 (BS 9-6)

126:  Brad Lay BS d Tristan Skelly M 10-5 (BS 12-6)

132:  Devon Franker BS tf Kyle Shuler M 4:41, 15-0 (BS 17-6)

138:  Dustin Rook BS tf Chad Skelly M 4:17, 18-2 (BS 22-6)

145:  Aaron Davis M d Chad Wickard BS 3-1 (BS 22-9)

152:  Mitchell Ramsey M d Tommy Rayhart BS 10-4 (BS 22-12)

160:  Rustin Barrick M p Cole Haldeman BS 3:17 (BS 22-18)

170:  Joey Krulock M d Cody Seibert BS 4-1 (BS 22-21)

182:  Josh Thomson M p Micah Weaver BS :41 (M 27-22)

195:  Danny Hockensmith BS d Luke Weaver M 7-5 OT1 (M 27-25)

220:  Bryton Barr M tf Josh Stewart BS 4:59, 24-7 (M 32-25)

285:  Dakota Matthews BS won by forfeit (M 32-31)

I love wrestling, but I love my daughter more.  The proof is my choice of venue tonight because, well, I generally take a nap during most of the school concerts.  But I’m there.

The good news: I will be at Central Dauphin Thursday night for the 3-AAA semifinals between CD vs. Manheim Twp. and Big Spring vs. Mechanicsburg.  I just so happens i can combine Dad Duties (practice for CD’s musical) and work at the same venue at the same time.  I thank CD for its wise scheduling of its “Grease” rehearsal.

And, of course, I thank the missus for agreeing to pick up the other daughter at field hockey practice about the time the semifinals end.  She gets breakfast in bed or some such privilege for being such a good wife and step-mom.  Or at least something that does not cost a lot of $$$.

So, I’ll have semifinal update Thursday night and updates of Saturday’s AA and AAA finals from Milton Hershey.  Programming note: I’ll link to the District 3 site on Saturday.  That’s where I’ll be posting the updates.  Sorry, no live chats.

OFF THE MAT, FEB. 1

For a set of Class AAA rankings, take a look at Jeff Upson’s PaPowerrankings on his website.  They haven’t been updated in a couple of weeks but give the guy a break: He just got back from a year (two?) of study in London.  That’s England, not Ontario.  In fact, just saw Jeff and former CD star Thomas Shovlin at the District 3-AAA duals at CD on Tuesday.  Had a great chat with both.

This reminds me that I should get out a little more.

The latter should be interesting, the former not so much.

And in true retiree fashion, I’m bailing after the first round to take that CD field hockey keeper to indoor practice.  As you dads (and moms) out there know, it’s what we do.  So I will not have a live update of the quarterfinal match.

This won’t be “live”, either.  I’ll update both matches after each bout is complete.  Both matches began, conveniently enough, at 106.

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CENTRAL DAUPHIN 57, EXETER 16 (FINAL)

106:  Zach Elvin CD tf Tristan Watts 4:00, 16-0 (CD 5-0)

113:  Jeremy Schwartz CD tf Noah Yost 4:40, 15-0 (CD 10-0)

120:  Evan Davis CD md Corey Rowley 8-0 (CD 14-0)

126:  Ethan Stever E md Zach Bentz 9-0 (CD 14-4)

132:  Tyson Dippery CD md Alex Kramer 13-0 (CD 18-4)

138:  Shyheim Brown CD p Justice Caban 1:32, 2-0 (CD 24-4)

145:  Austin Rose CD p Mike Kern 1:09, 2-0 (CD 30-4)

152:  Garrett Peppelman CD tf Brad Angstadt 2:40, 17-2 (CD 35-4)

160: Colton Peppelman CD tf Jake Buczewski 5:34, 22-7 (CD 40, Exeter 4 .. CD wins 90th straight match)

170:  James Moran E p Jamison Peake 5:10, 6-6 (CD 40-10)

182:  Dorian Spradlin CD p Alex Keim 1:00, 5-0 (CD 46-10)

195:  Terrance Parsons CD tf  Joe Santos 2:11, 15-0 (CD 51-10)

220:  Joe Giorgio E p Nate Stewart 3:53, 6-1 (CD 51-16)

285:  Zach Wilk CD p Wendall Buck 1:13, 2-0 (CD 57-16)

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DALLASTOWN 36, GOVERNOR MIFFLIN 29 (FINAL)

106:  Nick Shields D d Colin Johnson 2-0 (D 3-0)

113:  Quentin Smith GM d Andrew Pierce  3-0 (Tie 3-3)

120:  Colin Ochs GM tf James Striebig 2:53, 15-0 (GM 8-3)

126:  Rodney Sunday D md Jonah Fisher 13-0 (GM 8-7)

132:  Wesley Hoover D p Chase Curtis 5:36, 13-0 (D 13-7)

138:  Matt Harris GM p Isaiah Haugh 4:49, 13-0 (GM 14-13)

145:  Tanner Druck D d Keith Stednitz 5-3, OT1 (D 16-14)

152:  Luke Baldwin D d Wilson Fontanez 2:45 (D 22-14)

160: Cooper Deller D tf Bret Kendall 4:00, 15-0 (D 27-14)

170:  Jan Johnson GM d Brooks Morrison 9-3 (D 27-17)

182:  Haydn Curtis GM p Michael Anderson :55 (D 27-23)

195:  Zaire Lawrence D p Luke Ferarro 3:03, 5-0 (D 33-23)

220:  David Pelkey D d Doulton Campbell3-1 (D 36-23, Dallastown wins)

285:  Jordan Santos  GM p Cody Lauer 1:10, 2-0 (D 36-29)

I would have promoted this earlier, but I didn’t know until this morning that I would be able to attend the match. It’s rare that my schedule co-operates with me.

Regardless, the blog appears below. Now, if I can just remember these new-fangled weight classes …

The CD-Parkland box is below.  Here’s the CD-Solanco box, courtesy of texts from Jeremy Elliott of the Patriot-News:

Well, that stinks. Some last-second issues killed my schedule; it turned out there was simply no way I could get to Garden Spot in any reasonable time to live blog.

I apologize tremendously.  I’m not at all happy about this, and neither are you.

Fortunately, Jeremy Elliott of the Patriot-News has graciously agreed to text me after each bout. No details other than score, of course, but we’ll at least be able to keep a running score.

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CENTRAL DAUPHIN 41, SOLANCO 24

182:  Dorian Spradlin CD p Dustin McVey 1:50 (CD 6-0)

195:  Terrance Parsons CD won by forfeit (CD 12-0)

220:  Thomas Haines S p Nate Stewart 1:38 (CD 12-6)

285:  Elijah Groff S p Zach Wilk 5:45 (Tie 12-12)

106:  Zack Elvin CD d Connor Sheehan 8-7 (CD 15-12)

113:  Ronnie Perry S d Jeremy Schwartz 7-5 OT1 (Tie 15-15)

120:  Austin Laws S d Austin Camaaci 12-9 (S 18-15)

126: Zach Bentz CD p Kevin Sancken 3:32 (CD 21-18)

132:  Tyson Dippery CD d Wink Charles 3-0 (CD 24-18)

138: Shyheim Brown CD md Kyle Hammond 13-0 (CD 28-18)

145:  Austin Rose CD md Isaac Warren 13-0 … CD deducted a team point for unsportsmanlike conduct (CD 31-18)

152:  Garrett Peppelman CD md Joe Welk 12-2 (CD 35-18, wins 89th straight dual)

160:  Colton Peppelman CD p Sam Root :56 (CD 41-18)

170:  Connor Moran S p Jamison Peake :30 (CD 41-24)

Central Dauphin finishes the regular season with a 16-0 record and 89 straight wins.  Solanco finishes at 11-1.

Be sure to check the District 3 website later tonight for unofficial final power ratings and pairings for next week’s District 3 Team Championships.

For the record, CD beat Red Lion 67-3, Downingtown East 64-3, and Crestwood 67-0 in the first three rounds, running its state record for consecutive wins to 87.  CD’s match-by-match results during the streak are here.  Both CD and Parkland were 14-0 heading into the match.

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FINAL:  CENTRAL DAUPHIN 40, PARKLAND 23

160:  Colton Peppelman CD md Bryson Berard 13-2 (CD 4-0)

170:  Nezar Haddad P d Jamison Peake  8-6 OT1 (CD 4-3)

182:  Dorian Spradlin CD md Ryan Irwin 12-3 (CD 8-3)

195: Terrance Parsons CD d Omar Haddad 4-3 (CD 11-3)

220:  Shaun Heist P p Nate Stewart 3:18 (CD 11-9)

285:  Zach Wilk CD p Joe Stephens 3:30 (CD 17-9)

106:  Ethan Lizak P d Zach Elvin 5-0 (CD 17-12)

113:  Jeremy Schwartz CD p Tommy Yankanich :15 (CD 23-12)

120:  Ian Evans P p Evan Davis 1:27 (CD 23-18)

126:  Zach Bentz CD d Billy Hoh 7-2 (CD 26-18)

132:  Tyson Dippery CD tf Grady Millick 3:13, 16-0 (CD 31-18)

138:  Shyheim Brown CD p Nate Christman 1:15 (CD 37-18)

145:  Austin Rose CD d Josh Ortman 2-0 (CD 40-18)

152:  Mike Marano CD tf Matt Lux 3:52, 17-0 (CD 40-23)

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Here are the pool scores by round:

My pal Mark Dugan, a two-time PIAA Class AA wrestling champion from Moshannon Valley back in the ’70s (the 70s!), is the man behind the rankings, which be accessed by clicking here.

Enjoy.

Usually, I don’t post much about regular-season events because I’m so championship-centric, but the Thomas Hecker Duals at Garden Spot on Saturday have a serious championship mien.

Three high-quality and unbeaten teams are in the field: Four-time PIAA dual meet champion Central Dauphin (11-0), District 11 tough guy Parkland (12-0) and Solanco (7-0).

Central Dauphin and Parkland are in the same pool and are scheduled to meet at 1:30 at Garden Spot, which is located in New Holland along a lonely stretch of PA 23 in Lancaster County (well, it’s not that lonely, especially if you’re in the market for some farm equipment). The winner of that pool seems likely to face Solanco in the championship match at 4:30 p.m.

The pool assignments and schedule can be accessed here.