2019 Powerade wrestling field to feature Texas team

By: Paul Schofield
Thursday, June 6, 2019 | 1:41 PM

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There will be some new faces in the 2019 Powerade Holiday Wrestling tournament this season, including one from Texas.

The field of 51 was announced by tournament director Frank Vulcano Jr. on Thursday.

The annual tournament will be held Dec. 27-28 at Canon-McMillan High School.

There are 12 new teams in the field, including Ellwood City, Elizabeth Forward, Mt. Pleasant, Peters Township and South Park from the WPIAL and Class AA power Forest Hills from District 6.

The new out-of-state teams are Arlington Martin (Texas), Oscar Smith (Virginia), Riverheads (Virginia), St. Clairsville (Ohio), Turner Ashby (Virginia) and Wadsworth (Ohio).

Teams not returning include Belle Vernon, Benton, McGuffey, Oak Park-River Forest (Ill.), Palisades, Pottsville, Penfield (N.Y.), Penn-Trafford, Pine-Richland, Shaler, St. Albans (W.Va.,), St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy and Saint Edwards (Ohio).

The other WPIAL teams in the tournament are Burrell, Canon-McMillan, Connellsville, Derry, Franklin Regional, Freedom, Hampton, Hempfield, Kiski Area, Latrobe, Mt. Lebanon, North Hills, Norwin, Quaker Valley, Seneca Valley, Trinity, Thomas Jefferson, Waynesburg and West Allegheny.

The star-studded tournament includes seven returning Powerade Champions and 17 state champions, including four from the WPIAL — Mt. Pleasant freshman Dayton Pitzer, Canon-McMillan junior Gerrit Nijenhuis, Seneca Valley sophomore Alejandro Herrera-Rondon and Franklin Regional sophomore Carter Dibert.

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.

Tags: Burrell, Connellsville, Derry Area, Elizabeth Forward, Ellwood City, Franklin Regional, Freedom, Hampton, Hempfield, Kiski School, Latrobe, Mt. lebanon, Mt. Pleasant, North Hills, Norwin, Peters Township, Quaker Valley, Seneca Valley, South Park, Thomas Jefferson, Trinity, Waynesburg, West Allegheny