Published Tuesday, March 18, 1997
JUNIOR WRESTLING
49 locals qualify for state tourney
Mercer County again dominated the Pennsylvania Junior Wrestling Area VI Championships by pulling in 34 of the 56 available titles during tourney action Saturday at Sharon High gym.
Plus, the county will be advancing 49 wrestlers to the PJW All-Area (State) Championships which open Friday at Cambria County War Memorial, Johnstown. The top two place-winners in the 13-14 and 11-12 age groups advance, as well as the champions in the 10-under division. The 8-under champs to not advance past the Area VI tourney.
Heading the list of qualifiers is Erin Tomeo of Grove City _ the first girl state place-winner ever _ who earned a state berth for the eighth time. Reynolds will be taking 11 wrestlers to state, while Mercer and Greenville advance 6 each. Grove City and Commodore Perry are each taking 5, Sharon 4, Hermitage and Kennedy Christian 3 each, and Lakeview, Sharpsville and Jamestown 2 apiece.
Following are the place winners at the Area VI Championships, top four in each weight listed in order from 1 to 4:
Key:
Reynolds (R), Mercer (Mr), Greenville (Gr), Grove City (GC), Commodore Perry (CP), Sharon (Sn), Hermitage (H), Kennedy Christian (KC), Sharpsville (Sp), Lakeview (Lk), Jamestown (J), Titusville (T), Cochranton (Co), Saegertown (Sag), Oil City (OC), Cranberry (Cr), Conneaut Lake (CL), Meadville (Md), Franklin (F), Laurel (Lr), Rocky Grove (RG).
13-14
75
Josh Sicilian (Mr), Todd Mowrey (T), Mike Emmett (R), Jack Ziegler (Gr)
80
Jerry Kendall (R), Chad Stininger (Co), Robbie VanTassel (Sn), Jason Carlin (T)
85
Greg Slater (CP), Josh Cilas (R), Zackery Foriska (Md), Nathan Soknich (KC)
90
Rocky Habel (R), Glenn Sample (Sag), Billy Collins (Gr), Jason Bimber (T)
95
Drew Rose (Lk), Erin Tomeo (GC), Justin Kiser (Gr), Timothy Overman (Sag)
100
Matthew Jordan (R), Justin Hollobaugh (R), Jay Mattes (Lr), Evan Hoobler (Lk)
105
Ty Wise (GC), Ron Haywood (Sp), Jesse Tumpak (R), Brian Bodien (Sn)
110
Scott Cornelius (Gr), Jeremy Asafaylo (Sp), Doran Heist (Md), Richard McDonald (Sn)
115
Matthew Alderson (GC), Brandon Burwell (Sn), Adam Courtney (CL), Jimmy Connelly (Sn)
120
Dave May (R), Matt Raiti (Sn), Ben Rizzo (Cr), Cory Brown (J)
125
Justin Nestor (R), Ezra Davis (OC), Dan Eaves (Gr), Chase Fonner (J)
130
Ryan Artman (Sag), Travis Dittman (Cr), Eric Kline (Mr), Luke Horn (RG)
135
Adam Horne (CL), Chris Dunn (Mr), James Miller (Co), Travis Thurber (CL)
145
Joe Stiller (Md), Josh Cornelius (GC), Chris White (Mr), Nick Taylor (Gr)
155
Chad Geiger (R), Jason Zacherl (Cr), Russell Porterfield (Sn), Derek Hedglin (GC)
170
Ryan Williams (J), Robert Watson (Lk), Mike Chess (CP), Kevin Arbuckle (CP)
190
Brian Frawley (Cr), Mike Jones (H), Doug Hutchinson (0C), Shawn DeLong (Sn)
Hwt
Jeff Hans (CL), Michael Stoyer (Cr), Alex Barbour (Lk), Craig Hazelhurst (Md)
11-12
60
Ian Thomas (KC)
65
Bronson Yank (Md), Andrew Jones (Gr)
70
Hayden Hawthorne (CP), Jerry Stralko (Cr), Todd Carey (CL), Ben Loutzenhiser (CP)
75
Matthew Baker (Md), Chris Peterson (Gr), Chad Smith (Lk), Brad Campbell (J)
80
Owen Brickel (Gr), Curt Harnett (J), Charlie Burk (Mr), Kevin Zinz (Co)
85
Devin Kelly (Mr), Chad Sutliff (CL), Ian Tobin (T), Justin Crissman (R)
90
Nick Griffin (Co), Eric Squatrito (Sn), Chad Jordan (Sag), Cody Smith (Lk)
95
Jason Manross (Sag), Michael Kennell (Mr), Jack Staley (Cr), David Szabo (H)
100
Jim Gibson (KC), Curtis Bish (OC), Tyler Middleton (R), Matt Burt (T)
105
Luke Liszka (Gr), Morgan Breese (CP), Matt Holsopple (Sp), Brad Patton (J)
115
Bo Morrell (Co), Steve O'Neil (F), John Reay (Sn), Mike Hills (R)
125
Bryan Hart (Co), Daniel Alexander (Gr), Mark McClimans (J), Brian Clark (F)
140
Jeffrey Rice (CP), Bobby Byerly (H), Terry Shearer (Lk), Shawn Mihordin (Mr)
160
Joshua Pratt (GC), Ryan DeArment (H), Jeremy Hoover (F), Aaron Rizzo (Cr)
Hwt
Kyle Brown (Md), William Armstrong (T)
10-under
45
Nathan Kellog (T), Emily Hoobler (Lk), Cash Horne (CL), Ashley Calvert (Co)
50
Jesse Powell (CP), Robbie Miller (GC), Aaron Nestor (R), Matthew Fox (F)
55
Phillip Jones (Sn), Jimmy Campbell (J), Corey Slater (CP), Kein Faivre (Md)
60
Jake Habel (R), Tim Findley (Sp), Brian Payne (CP), Ryan Ochalek (OC)
65
Justin Fell (R), Jay McNulty (Mr), Zack Smith (J-Z), Dominic Ross (Sn)
70
Michael Griffin (Co), Adam Artman (Sag), Zachary Shipton (Gr), Ryan Eckart (Sag)
75
Patrick Bradshaw (Sag), Jeff Becker (Lr), Alex Byler (J), Billy Sumners (R)
80
Travis Battles (R), Jacob Demmler (J), Dan Wise (GC), Dion Forrester (Lk)
85
Alison Kelly (Mr), Tyler Shearer (Lk), Tyler Allen (KC), Stephen Payer (Sag)
90
Ben Dibble (T), Danny Rodemoyer (Mr), Paul Trupe (Sp), Brian Cline (CP)
95
Levio Baldarelli (KC), Jack Vallely (GC), Patrick Turco (Lr), Kurt Rogan (J)
105
Chris Hogue (Co), Nick Sommerfeld (R), Brandon Bice (M), Shane Earp (Cr)
120
Travis Bell (Mr), Ryan Foust (R), Troy Stininger (Co), Tobey Black (R)
Hwt
Jordan Cherry (F), Seth Bolyard (Mr), David Roberts (T), Adam Miller (J)
8-Under
45
Coty Burnett (CP), Sean McLemore (CP), Toni Gracy (F), Kyle Henry (Sag)
50
Paul Kulka (R), Josh Cameron (Gr), John Cameron (Gr), Kyle Crum (Sag)
55
Seth Creasy (Mr), Stephen Nestor (R), Charlie Baer (GC), David Reichard (CP).
60
Nathan Ladner (CL), Brandon Stephens (Gr), Corey Bice (Mr), Niko Boccuzzi (H).
65
Alex Hamilton (Co), Jonathan Uhrin (Gr), John Hicks (Lk), Lucas Bauer (OC)
70
Chip DeFrances (CP), Brandon Crum (Sag), Douglas Orloski (Md), Patrick O'Conner (Sp).
75
Jerod Northcott (Co), Ian Brown (Sp), Jared Darby (H), Keane George (H)
85
Brain Feltenburger (Co), Chad Houghton (J), Thomas Lewis (Lk), Stephen Andrusky (Sn).
Hwt
Jason Lane (Sn), Andy Eckart (Sag), Hugh Cullen (Gr), Matthew Field (Co)
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