Pairing out for First Girls District Wrestling Tournament
By Joe Walker
JOHNSTOWN-The first PIAA sanctioned Girls District wrestling Championships will be held this Saturday at the University of Pitt-Johnstown, as 25 teams from District 5, 6 and 9 will be entered. The Ladies from Central Mountain will be one of those teams, as the Lady Wildcats will be looking to advance to the PIAA Central Regional Tournament on March 2 at Milton High School.
The pairings for this Saturday’s District Tournament have been released and here are the Lady Wildcats opening round match-ups.
112 – Fourth Seeded Emma Scarborough-Perez (So, 11-6) will meet fifth seeded Elliana Patterson (So, 0-0) of Bellwood-Antis in the quarterfinal round.
130 – Fifth Seeded Kennedy Metzger (So, 8-14) will face fourth seeded Marleana DuVall (So, 7-8) of Philipsburg-Osceola in the quarterfinals.
136 – Third seeded Austynn Falls (Fr, 18-3) will face sixth seeded Alara Quick (So, 8-11) from Clearfield in the quarterfinals.
142 – Seventh seeded Sophia Hoy (So, 0-4) will face second seeded Sayonna Harris (2-0) of Greater Johnstown in the quarterfinals.
155 – Fourth Seeded Sophie Mitchell (Sr, 3-2) will meet fifth seeded Cameron Corl-Alton (Jr, 0-0) in the quarterfinals.
170 – Second Seeded Kendall Wagner (So, 13-2) will face seventh seeded Kylee Hilterman (Fr, 0-7) of Curwensville in the quarterfinals.
190 – Fifth seeded Callie Cella (So, 6-9) will face fourth seeded Emily Neeper (So, 11-9) of Curwensville in the quarterfinals.
235 – Second seeded Ashlyn Miller (So, 14-10) gets a quarterfinal round bye and will face third seeded Taylor Shirey (Fr, 1-3) of Curwensville in the semifinals, as she had a bye as well.
None of the weight classes have a full roster of entrants, but this is the first year the sport has been sanctioned by the PIAA and thus teams are just starting to build their rosters. The Lady Wildcats have no entrants at 100, 106, 118 and 124 pounds.
Times for each round were not announced at the time of this story, but will be released once they are received.