HERSHEY -- Here is the wrap-up from day one of the PIAA Class AAA wrestling tournament at Giant Center.
Upsets:
-- Returning 189-pound champion Nate Eachus of Hazelton lost 7-0 in the preliminaries to Matt Wilps of Chartiers Valley.
Returning champ watch:
-- Penn Trafford’s Shane Young (112), Easton’s Kegan Handlovic (119) and Jordan Oliver (130), Central Dauphin’s Walter Peppelman (145) and Bald Eagle Area’s Quentin Wright (171) all advanced to the quarterfinals.
How District 10 wrestlers fared:
Class AAA
Advanced to quarterfinals (1-0)
125: Rocco Wellek, Cathedral Prep (d Jack Chidester, Conestoga 4-2).
160: Nick Milano, Cathedral Prep (d Justin Ortega, Oxford 1-0).
189: Edwin Taylor, Strong Vincent (d Joe Piro, Northampton 11-6).
Alive in consolations (1-1)
119: Cyrus Parlin, General McLane (lost d Robert Gribschaw, Hatboro Horsham 12-5; d Zach Ulmer, Jersey Shore 10-7).
135: Matt Laird, Conneaut Lake (lost d Colin Johnston, Canon-McMillan 4-3; md Joe Marino, Garnet Valley 10-2).
140: Cash Horne, Conneaut Lake (lost d Donnie Tasser, Belle Vernon 1-0; Jonathan Hammond, Methacton 2-1 TB).
215: DeAndre Bell, Strong Vincent (lost d Chris Carabello, Governor Mifflin 2-1 TB; d Paul Conboy, Hatboro Horsham 7-4).
Eliminated (0-2)
103: Shelton Mack, Meadville (lost d Scott Wolfinger, Quakertown 6-4; lost d Ryan Bohince, Penn Trafford 5-3 OT).
145: Brian Greenlee, Franklin (lost d Eric Burgey, Easton 11-6; lost d Nick Fuschino, Owen J. Roberts 6-5).
152: Jordan Easter, Cathedral Prep (lost d Jonathan Weibel, Quakertown 4-2; lost d James Sheptock, Northampton 7-2).
160: Michael Pollard, Corry (lost disq. Ed Shupe, Pennsbury 4:51; lost forfeit Michael Wechsler, Northampton).
-- John Dudley