Wildcats Take 10-0 Mark to D-6 Duals
P-O First, then Winner of Red Raiders vs Huskies
BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP — The District 6 team duals, the first phase of wrestling’s second season, begins this Saturday for the Central Mountain wrestling team and the top-seeded Wildcats will have to be on top of their game if they want to displace defending champion Mifflin County.
First off Central Mountain (10-0) has to get by #4 seed Philipsburg-Osceola (8-7) in a 10 a.m. semifinal at the Tyrone High School gym; the Wildcats will be favored in that one, the Mounties pummeled Tuesday night by Clearfield by a 51-23 score.
Waiting for the CM-PO winner will be the winner of the other semifinal pairing #2 seed Mifflin County (14-4) and #3 seed Bellefonte (11-6).
If the seeds are correct it will be Central Mountain and Mifflin County meeting once again for the district crown, the Huskies edging the Wildcats by one point a year ago after CM took a 1-pointer in 2014. Central Mountain already owns a regular season win, 37-32 over Mifflin County this year. That was a December match and the Huskies were without starters Noah Myers and Trey Hartsock; Myers was a regional third place finisher a year ago and Hartsock a regional champ.
Both teams are expected to be at full strength Saturday and if they meet in the finals the flip of the coin and lineup juggling will likely be part of the story line. The team dual champ will move onto the PIAA team dual championships in Hershey Feb. 11-13.
Last time out coach Biff Walizer’s team gave every indication it is ready for Saturday’s dual championships; the Wildcats tuned up with a 54-14 dismantling of Selinsgrove Tuesday night.
Wrestling fans can follow Saturday’s district duals tournament on AM1230-WBPZ and therecord-online.
District 6 AAA Team Dual Primer – semi-finalists:
Probable Lineups
No. 1 Central Mountain (10-0):
106 Cody Coleman, soph, 10-7
113 Geo Barzona, jr, 21-2
120 Josh Marr, sr, 2-2
126 Seth Andrus, soph, 16-8
132 Logan Long, soph, 16-10
138 Colton Weaver, jr, 20-6
145 Asher Corl, soph, 9-9
152 Tanner Weaver, soph, 17-10
160 Brandon Miller, jr, 12-10
170 Caleb Turner, jr, 10-5
182 Greg Stahl, sr, 7-7
195 Isaac Porter, sr, 19-4
220 Hunter Weaver, sr, 22-3
285 Bryce Bitner, sr, 18-9
No. 4 Philipsburg-Osceola (8-7):
106 Braedon Butler, fr, 7-10
113 Noah Twoey, soph, 8-11
120 Noah Clark, fr, 2-2
126 Matt Johnson, soph, 13-6
132 Bryce Bennett, sr, 8-7
138 Levi Hughes, jr, 15-7
145 Dakota Weitoish, sr, 16-4
152 Payton Moore, sr, 3-9
160 Nick Patrick, sr, 16-5
170 Ian Klinger, soph, 8-11
182 Josh Hubler, soph, 3-1
195 Brandon Anderson, soph, 11-8
220 Micah Sidorick, jr, 17-4
285 Bradley Dunkle, jr, 5-8
No. 2 Mifflin County (14-4):
106 Christian Smith, fr, 15-8
113 Joey Taptich, soph, 9-14
120 Kyle Smith, sr, 13-10
126 Noah Myers, jr, 7-6
132 Logan Wise, soph, 6-9
138 Jonah Kile, jr, 10-10
145 Brandon Fultz, sr, 4-17
152 Hayden Hidlay, sr, 26-1
160 Trent Hidlay, soph, 26-2
170 Noah Stewart, sr, 24-3
182 Brandon Wilson, sr, 16-9
195 Trey Hartsock, sr, 22-4
220 Christian Smith, sr, 8-7
285 Gavin Erb, sr, 8-9
No. 3 Bellefonte (11-6):
106 Cole Stewart, fr, 20-6
113 Shafiq Blake, sr, 17-8
120 Zach Taylor, soph, 8-8
126 Cameron Coppolo, jr, 7-9
132 Aaron Witherite, sr, 20-7
138 Tyler Lucas,sr, 0-8
145 Matthew Jacobs, fr, 6-10
152 Brock Port, jr, 25-1
160 Dakota Parsons, jr, 16-8
170 Dillon Kephart, sr, 21-5
182 Brian McChesney, jr, 11-15
195 Maximilian Mondy, soph, 8-9
220 Sean Irvin, jr, 10-13
285 no entry
