Published Saturday, Feb. 22, 1997

Greenville's Dave Ligo works for some back points against Sharon's Matt Raiti during their 112-pound preliminary-round match at the District 10 Class Tournament at Sharon High School. Ligo won by fall and also won his quarterfinal bout over Eisenhower's Jeff Fors to advance to today's semis. (Jean Angelo/Herald)

DISTRICT 10 WRESTLING

`Upsets common opening night`

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GC'S ERRERA DUMPS 2-TIME CHAMP MORRIS

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9 section titlists suffer defeat in quarterfinals

By Lynn Saternow
Herald Sports Editor

There are no guarantees in wrestling. One week you're on top, the next...

Opening night action at the District 10 Class AA Championships proved that fact as section champions were falling fast. Included in that list of nine section winners who bowed was two-time District 10 champ Bill Morris of Saegertown, who dropped a hard-fought 6-4 decision to Grove City's Anthony Errera in the quarterfinals Friday at Sharon High gym.

One other defending district champ, Mercer's Kevin Myers at 171, lost in the quarterfinals to Commodore Perry's Mark Chess by injury default in the third. Myers lost the previous week and finished third in Section 3.

While Morris and Myers fell, six other defending district champs moved into the semifinals, which were to start at 10 a.m. today. They are: Mike Germano, 112, Sharpsville; Joe Ciotti, 119, Girard; Travis Hummel, 152, Eisenhower; Kevin Brown, 160, Jamestown; and Josh Pearce, 275, heavyweight.

Those five all scored falls, although Hummel had a tough quarterfinal matchup with Rick Hogue of Cochranton. Hogue, who had been nursing injuries much of the year, jumped to an early lead, but Hummel caught Hogue on his back and came away with the fall.

Other section champs beside Morris to lose were: 103 _ Ty Wise (Grove City) to Adam Renner (Seneca), 12-2; 112 _ Jeff Fors (Eisenhower) to Dave Ligo (Greenville), 7-4; 119 _ Bill Reigel (Seneca) to Jason DeLong (Sharon), 5-4; 135 _ Joel Urey (Commodore Perry) to Dan Aaron (Rocky Grove), 7-2; 140 _ Kyle Myers (Mercer) to Nick Ennis (Saegertown), fall in 1:28; 152 _ Fred Sloan (Sharpsville) to Jason Smith (Seneca), 4-3; 189 _ Josh Fiske (Ft. LeBoeuf) to Joe Rendos (Grove City), fall in 1:38, and Pete Darby (Hickory) to Luke Carothers (Cranberry), fall in 5:43.

On top of that, Reynolds 119-pound Section 3 champion Doug Woods was forced to withdraw prior to the tournament with a hand injury.

The Errera-Morris match was definitely the highlight of the evening for the large crowd of mat fans. Errera was holding onto a 6-4 lead late in the match, but had to fight off a very close takedown as the senior Morris spun behind the Eagle and almost dropped him to the mat. But the gutsy junior Errera battled hard to regain his feet and kept Morris from scoring.

The team race could be a battle to the finish, although Coach Bob Parker's Commodore Perry Panthers appear to have the upper hand with six matmen in the semis and two others alive in the consolation round. Perry has 351/2 points, with Sharon in second place with 28. The Tigers of Coach Dave Ciafre have five matmen alive in the semis and one in the consys.

Saegertown has 26 points, with four semifinalists.

Teams with three in the semis include Reynolds, Seneca, Eisenhower, Girard, and Ft. LeBoeuf.

There are two semifinal matchups today which should be highlight bouts. One will come at the end of the round when two-time Commodore Perry district champ Pearce takes on Sharon's Brian ``Bubba'' Griffin.

Ranking right up with that match will be the 160 pairing of Kevin Brown of Jamestown (29-0) against Keith Myers of Mercer (28-1). Myers' lone loss came against Brown.

Some other featured matches should be: 103 _ Girard's Aaron Diehl (28-1) against Seneca's Adam Renner (26-2); 125 _ Jason Nestor of Reynolds (28-1) against Ryan Nuhfer of Maplewood (25-5) and Tom McMath of Sharpsville (29-2) against Mike Rizzo of North East (28-3); 130 _ Craig Griffin of Sharon (29-3) vs. Adam Huck of Ft. LeBoeuf (30-1); 140 _ Wes Sindlinger of Commdore Perry (24-3) vs. Nick Ennis of Saegertown (25-4).

The tournament consolation finals will begin at 3:30 p.m. today, followed by the finals at 5:15.

District 10 mat results

District 10 Class AA

Team Scoring Leaders

Commodore Perry 35 1/2

Sharon 28

Saegertown 26

Seneca 201/2

Reynolds 19

North East 19

Sharpsville 18

Cochranton 18

Ft. LeBoeuf 16

Girard 16

Preliminaries

103

Dan Spencer (Sagertown) maj. dec. Matt Jordan (Reynolds), 12-1

Adam Renner (Seneca) pinned Mike Moore (Jamestown), 3:11

Sam Lorenz (Mercer) dec. Scott Cornelius (Greenville), 4-2

Jim Funk (Sharpsville) dec. Travis Irvin (Sheffield), 7-2.

112

Matt Vernille (Hickory) pinned Art Delp (Sheffield), 2:41

Dave Ligo (Greenville) pinned Matt Raiti (Sharon), 5:20

Brad Trusdail (Seneca) pinned Bryan Carner (Cranberry), 4:32

Matt King (North East) pinned Mike Schiemer (Comm. Perry), 1:37.

119

Jason DeLong (Sharon) pinned Matt Bruce (Maplewood), 4:58

John Wood (Kennedy Christian) dec. Alex Donofrio (Strong Vincent), 4-1

Mike Sensice (Eisenhower) dec. Trevor Murcko (Conn. Lake), 14-7

Kurt Holzshu (Greenville) forfeit.

125

Drew Macko (Fairview) dec. Jason States (Seneca), 3-0

Dave Blank (Northwestern) dec. Travis Elms (Sheffield), OT rideout

Jared Moss (Sharon) dec. Miles Hinderliter (Greenville), 7-5 OT

Tom McMath (Sharpsville) pinned Nathan Bundy (Youngsville), 1:58.

130

Kirk Shimshock (Greenville) forfeit

Dustin Flack (Hickory) dec. Luke Varner (Kennedy Christian), 19-13

Adam Gadsby (Lakeview) pinned Mark Sirianni (Eisenhower), 4:35

Jeremy Artman (Saegertown) pinned Bill Dinsmore (Conn. Lake), 1:02.

135

Anthony Errera (Grove City) pinned Stan Skakalski (Jamestown), 2:18

Dan Aaron (Rocky Grove) pinned Matt Sayers (North East), 4:10

Matt Lazowski (Seneca) dec. Kyle Spiegel (Greenville), 3-1

Mark Gelesky (Hickory) maj. dec. Randy Rowland (Cranberry), 13-4.

140

Keith Knicely (Sharpsville) dec. Eric Morton (Eisenhower), 3-2

Nick Ennis (Saegertown) pinned Mike Quay (Northwestern), 5:58

Todd Shimshock (Greenville) dec. Jeff Meyers (Sharon), 5-4

John Jordan (Reynolds) maj. dec. Travis White (Sheffeild), 15-3.

145

Gary Gledhill (Cochranton) forfeit

Larry Cornelius (Camb. Springs) maj. dec. Scott Kossman (Rocky Grove), 16-2

Jake Carothers (Cranberry) maj. dec. Dave Gilberto (Saegertown), 16-6

Scott Young (North East) dec. Tim Stausser (Greenville), 6-5.

152

Rick Hogue (Cochranton) maj. dec. Chad Findlay (Cranberry), 9-1

Jesse Bayle (Ft. LeBoeuf) dec. Ken Messina (Sharon), 5-2

Jason Smith (Seneca) dec. Jack McFadden (Maplewood), 8-3

Brian King (Comm. Perry) maj. dec. Don Lewis (Grove City), 11-3.

160

James Kern (Union City) dec. Luke Slater (Lakeview), 13-11

Mike Eastman (Youngsville) pinned Bill Baker (Girard), 5:12

Ben Miller (Greenville) dec. Marlon Boatner (Sharon), 7-0

Lane Biddle (Cranberry) dec. Mike Moore (Sheffield), 8-4.

171

Norm Skakalski (Greenville) pinned Frank Schultz (Sheffield), :56

Corey Hart (Cochranton) pinned Ken Ion (Rocky Grove), 1:39

Kevin Myers (Mercer) pinned Kevin Henry (Union City), 3:16

Aaron Anderson (Seneca) dec. Dustin Harnett (Jamestown), 8-2.

189

Joe Rendos (Grove City) pinned Eric Shannon (Jamestown), 4:49

Luke Carothers (Cranberry) maj. dec. Duane Bish (Union City), 11-0

Dave Hirtzel (North East) dec. Jason Campbell (Comm. Perry), 3-1

Eric Bennett (Maplewood) dec. Burt Bell (Lakeview), 10-5.

275

Larry Dolby (North East) pinned Phil Stillwagon (Grove City), 3:58

Cory Richter (Cochranton) maj. dec. Justin Hanold (Saegertown), 11-1

Dan Svirbly (Reynolds) dec. Scott Kaltenbaugh (Greenville), 3-0

Mark Aloisio (Mercer) pinned Matt Bensink (Seneca), 2:57.

Quarterfinals

103

Aaron Diehl (Girard) dec. Spencer, 11-7

Renner maj. dec. Ty Wise (Grove City), 12-2

Bo Bedow (Union City) dec. Lorenz, 4-1

Dan Riley (Comm. Perry) maj. dec. Funk, 11-2.

112

Steve Popovitch (Reynolds) dec. Vernille, 7-0

Ligo dec. Jeff Fors (Eisenhower), 7-4

Justin DeArment (Camb. Springs) tech. fall over Trusdail, 15-0, 3:36

Mike Germano (Sharpsville) pinned King, 4:38.

119

Delong dec. Bill Riegel (Seneca), 5-4

Joe Ciotti (Girard) pinned Wood, 5:38

Sensice dec. Jim McCurdy (Mercer), 4-2 OT

Ryan Braymer (Saegertown) dec. Holzshu, 5-0.

125

Ryan Nuhfer (Maplewood) pinned Macko, :25

Jason Nestor (Reynolds) dec. Blank, 5-1

Mike Rizzo (North East) dec. Moss, 6-2

McMath won injury default over John Scott (Hickory), 3rd.

130

Craig Griffin (Sharon) pinned Shimshock, 5:25

Adam Huck (Ft. LeBoeuf) pinned Flack, 2:27

Jesse Sullivan (Comm. Perry) pinned Gadsby, 1:47

Artman maj. dec. Jesse Patterson (Mercer), 9-1.

135

Errera dec. Bill Morris (Saegertown), 6-4

Aaron dec. Joel Urey (Comm. Perry), 7-2

Bob Tumpak (Reynolds) pinned Lazowski, 1:54

Jim Farr (Youngsville) maj. dec. Gelesky, 19-7.

140

Wes Sindlinger (Comm. Perry) dec. Knicely, 5-0

Ennis pinned Kyle Myers (Mercer), 1:28

Joe Charlton (Ft. LeBoeuf) dec. Shimshock, 12-6

Josh McClimans (Jamestown) dec. Jordan, 4-3.

145

Mike Dye (Lakeview) dec. Gledhill, 4-0

Damon Higby (Union City) dec. Cornelius, 7-4

Nevada Walker (Comm. Perry) tech. fall over Carothers, 5:08

Young dec. Chad Holzshu (Reynolds), 8-4.

152

Travis Hummel (Eisenhower) pinned Hogue, 3:39

Ryan Sayers (Camb. Springs) pinned Bayle, 3:22

Smith dec. Fred Sloan (Sharpsville), 4-3

Jason Dudenhoeffer (Saegertown) dec. King, 1-0.

160

Kevin Brown (Jamestown) pinned Kern, 1:03

Keith Myers (Mercer) injury default over Eastman, 5:47

Tim Williams (Ft. LeBoeuf) dec. Miller, 5-2

Matt Hogue (Cochranton) dec. Biddle, 9-2.

171

Josh McCullough (Sharon) dec. Skakalski, 8-6

Andy Gourley (Eisenhower) dec. Hart, 7-4

Mark Chess (Comm. Perry) won injury default over Myers, 5:53

Anderson dec. Travis Shirley (Kennedy Christian), 3-2.

189

Rendos pinned Josh Fiske (Ft. LeBoeuf), 1:38

Carothers pinned Pete Darby (Hickory), 5:43

Eric Mausser (Sharon) pinned Hirtzel, 5:24

Bennett dec. Bob Jones (Seneca), 6-0.

275

Josh Pearce (Comm. Perry) pinned Dolby, 1:02

Brian Griffin (Sharon) pinned Richter, :50

Jeremy Wyman (Youngsville) dec. Svirbly, 5-4

Scott Eagley (Girard) pinned Aliosio, 1:01.

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