PIAA State Championship Quarterfinal Round (Live Updates)
Quarterfinal Round Begins at 2 p.m.
HERSHEY – Action continues today in the 2016 PIAA AAA State Championships. The competition was fierce in the opening rounds on Thursday with nearly one-third of the wrestlers representing Districts 4 and 6 suffering two losses on the first day of the tournament and bowing out from the contest.
Still alive for the Wildcats in the championship quarterfinals is Geo Barzona (106) who will face Tyson Klump of Nazareth and Hunter Weaver (220) will meet Gavin Caroff of Quakertown in the consolation second round.
Yesterday, Barzona used a takedown late in the first period, a tough ride on top in the second period and a pair of escapees in the third period to prevail 4-2 over Matt Wilde of Boyertown.
After dropping his first match, Hunter Weaver battled back with an early second period escape and a takedown with 12 sec. to go, then put together a pair of takedowns in the final 30 sec. of the third period to advance over Nathan Feyrer of Parkland, 7-3.
Mifflin County still has the largest group at the Giant Center from our area with Noah Myers (120), Hayden Hidlay (152), Trent Hidlay (160), Noah Stewart (170) and Trey Hartsock (195) … all in the championship quarterfinals.
Bellefonte has Brock Port (145) in the championship quarterfinals. BEA has Josh Fye (285) in the quarterfinals and Seth Koleno (132) in the consy second round.
Altoona’s Cole Manley (126) is in the winner’s bracket quarters with Brinton Simington (182) still alive in the consolation second round.
Drew Boob (220) of Selinsgrove, will be in the championship quarterfinals with State College’s Adam Stover (113), Hollidaysburg’s Hunter Gill (285), Jersey Shore’s Hadyn Swartwood (160) and Dakota Weitoish (145) of P-O are all still alive in the lower bracket.
In the team race, Bethlehem Catholic leads the AAA field with 34.5 points (6 in the winner’s bracket and 3 in the wrestle backs) and Mifflin County is in a strong second place position with 23.5 points with five wrestlers in the winner’s bracket.
The Quarterfinal Round is slated to begin at 2:15 p.m. with two rounds of consolation action to follow.
We will update results and add photos of the action as we receive them throughout the round. The tables below will refresh automatically as results are published. We will only be posting weight classes where we have participants fro District 4 or District 6.
| 2016 PIAA AAA Quarterfinal Round |
|---|
| 106 – Tyson Klump, Nazareth, dec. Geo Barzona, Central Mountain, 4-2. |
| 120 – Daniel Moran, Northampton, dec. Noah Myers, Mifflin County, 8-2. |
| 126 – Cole Manley, Altoona, dec. Ethan McCoy, Latrobe, 7-4. |
| 145 – Lucas Marocco, Council Rock South, dec. Brock Port, Bellefonte, 2-1. |
| 152 – Hayden Hidlay, Mifflin County, pinned Derek Verkleeren, Belle Vernon, 5:03. |
| 160 – Trent Hidlay, Mifflin County, dec. David Cox, Oxford, 8-6. |
| 170 – Austin Bell, Belle Vernon, dec. Noah Stewart, Mifflin County, 3-2. |
| 195 – Dykan Harr, Governor Mifflin, dec. Trey Hartsock, Mifflin County, 4-3 SV. |
| 220 – Jacob Robb, Armstrong, pinned Drew Boob, Selinsgrove, 1:45. |
| 285 – Andrew Gunning, Liberty, dec. Josh Fye, BEA, 4-2. |
| 2016 PIAA AAA Consolation Second Round |
|---|
| 113 – Aidan Burke, Council Rock South, pinned Adam Stover, State College, 3:28. |
| 132 – Seth Koleno, BEA, won by forfeit Jacob Lizak, Parkland. |
| 145 – Ryan Krause, Franklin Regional, dec. Dakota Weitoish, P-O, 4-0. |
| 160 – Hadyn Swartwood, Jersey Shore, major dec. Kyle Homet, Waynesburg, 10-0. |
| 182 – Cole Dixon, Dallas, Brinton Simington, Altoona, 3-2 SV. |
| 220 – Gavin Caroff, Quakertown, dec. Hunter Weaver, Central Mountain, 6-2 SV. |
| 285 – Vincenzo Pelusi, LaSalle, dec. Hunter Gill, Hollidaysburg, 3-2 UTB. |
| 2016 PIAA AAA Consolation Third Round |
|---|
| 106 – Geo Barzona, Central Mountain, dec. Jarod Loose, Hempfield, 2-1. |
| 120 – Noah Myers, Mifflin County, dec. Luke Carty, Bethlehem Catholic, 3-2 UTB. |
| 132 – Seth Koleno, BEA, dec. Andrew Wert, Central Dauphin, 5-4. |
| 145 – Brock Port, Bellefonte, dec. Ryan Krause, Franklin Regional, 4-0. |
| 160 – Hadyn Swartwood, Jersey Shore, dec. Tyler Reber, Hempfield, 8-3. |
| 170 – Noah Stewart, Mifflin County, major dec. Matt McGillick, Penn Trafford, 14-1. |
| 195 – Trey Hartsock, Mifflin County, dec. Bryce Shields, Dallastown, 8-4. |
| 220 – Drew Boob, Selinsgrove, pinned Phil Selker, Cathedral Prep, 3:52. |
| 285 – Josh Fye, BEA, dec. Vincenzo Pelosi, LaSalle, 3-2 UTB. |
