Norwin’s Sidun to miss WCCA wrestling tournament, but plenty of quality competitors fill brackets
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Thursday, January 9, 2025 | 10:06 PM
Seeds for the 71st Westmoreland County Coaches’ Association wrestling tournament were announced Thursday, but the biggest news was one of the top wrestlers would not be competing.
Norwin sophomore Landon Sidun, who is ranked No. 1 in the country at 121 pounds, will miss the tournament as he recovers from three consecutive weekends of wrestling across the country.
Sidun won titles at the Beast of the East (Dec. 22), Powerade (Dec. 28) and the Fred Buchanan in Clovis, Calif. (Jan. 4).
“He’s a little banged up,” Norwin coach Kyle Martin said after Wednesday’s match against Penn-Trafford. “We may hold him out.”
It’s the second consecutive year Sidun has missed the tournament. Norwin did not participate in 2024.
And while wrestling fans will miss out on watching Sidun compete, the tournament still has state qualifiers and possible PIAA champions competing.
As expected, the 189-pound weight class turned out to be loaded with PIAA-quality wrestlers. Latrobe sophomore Hunter Snyder, a returning champion, was seeded No. 1 over Kiski Area senior Mark Gray, Penn-Trafford senior Tasso Whipple and Derry sophomore Brady Brown.
The 215-pound weight class is another strong bracket with returning champion Cooper Roscosky, a Kiski Area junior, getting seeded over Belle Vernon junior Elijah Brown and Burrell senior Luke Boylan.
Action gets underway at 4 p.m. Friday at Greensburg Salem and resumes at 9 a.m. Saturday. This is the first year for the girls tournament.
Latrobe senior Luke Willochell is looking to win his fourth title. He was seeded No. 1 at 133.
Burrell junior Cam Baker looks to become a three-time champion. He is ranked No. 1 at 127.
Other past champions are: Latrobe senior Leo Joseph (2022), Mt. Pleasant sophomore Stephen Predajna (2024), Derry sophomore Mason Horwat (2024), Derry senior Anthony Mucci (2024) and Whipple (2023).
2025 WCCA seeding
107: 1. Beau Fennick, Franklin Regional; 2. Liam McKlveen, Kiski School; 3. Rocco DeCario, Derry Area; 4. Kai Maxwell, Latrobe; 5. Parker Thompson, Southmoreland; 6. Chad Brown, Yough.
114: 1. Dylan Barrett, Penn-Trafford; 2. Coleton Klipa, Norwin; 3. Titus Colangelo, Franklin Regional; 4. Brody Bronson, Latrobe; 5. Gavin Murphy, Kiski Area; 6, Andrew Pohland, Greensburg Salem.
121: 1. Leo Joseph, Latrobe; 2. Luke DeSantis, Penn-Trafford; 3. Carter Thomas, Burrell; 4. Dylan Bateman, Derry Area; 5. Sal Nassif, Franklin Regional; 6. Nathan Caracciolo, Hempfield.
127: 1. Cam Baker, Burrell; 2. Anthony Mucci, Derry Area; 3. Michael Ruane, Franklin Regional; 4. Brooks Blasko, Norwin; 5. John Deluca, Kiski Area; 6. Jake Lang, Penn-Trafford.
133: 1. Luke Willochell, Latrobe; 2. Giovanni Beatrice, Derry Area; 3. Chase Smith, Franklin Regional; 4. Jacob Stewart, Burrell; 5. Juzek Betts, Valley; 6. Dom Butera, Norwin.
139: 1. Deydon Soto, Belle Vernon; 2. Nico Sarnic, Franklin Regional; 3. Julian Bertucci, Burrell; 4. Brett Klim, Derry Area; 5. Nathan Klingensmith, Norwin; 6. Gino Pecora, Penn-Trafford.
145: 1. Max Firestine, Franklin Regional; 2. Jeremiah Gess, Derry Area; 3. Gage Mamie, Norwin; 4. Tristian Wtorkiewicz, Mt. Pleasant; 5. Aidan Mulheren, Ligonier Valley; 6. Keegan Young, Greensburg Salem.
152: 1. Mason Horwat, Derry Area; 2. Kole Doppelheuer, Belle Vernon; 3. Luke Ankney, Franklin Regional; 4. Dylan Clayton, Penn-Trafford; 5. Shawn Hollis, Southmoreland; 6. Calio Zanella, Burrell.
160: 1. Ethan Cartwright, Franklin Regional; 2. Stephen Predajna, Mt. Pleasant; 3. Jack White, Norwin; 4. Ewan Olson, Derry Area; 5. Travis Shearer, Kiski Area; 6. Ben Catullo, Burrell.
172: 1. Mario Hutcherson, Kiski Area; 2. Landon Delara, Southmoreland; 3. Isaac Lasinski, Burrell; 4. Bradan Bronson; 5. Logan Matrisch, Penn-Trafford; 6. Ethan Miller, Greensburg Salem.
189: 1. Hunter Snyder, Latrobe; 2. Mark Gray, Kiski Area; 3. Tasso Whipple, Penn-Trafford; 4. Brady Brown, Derry Area; 5. Henry Patts, Franklin Regional; 6. Jake Mundorff, Ligonier Valley.
215: 1. Cooper Roscosky, Kiski Area; 2. Elijah Brown, Belle Vernon; 3. Luke Boylan, Burrell; 4. Kadon Shannon, Southmoreland; 5. Johnny Montgomery, Franklin Regional; 6. Lucas Krieger, Ligonier Valley.
285: 1. Ryder Ekas, Kiski Area; 2. David Sager, Southmoreland; 3. Marco Scarton, Latrobe; 4. Ayden Kun, Burrell; 5. David Peters, Greensburg Salem; 6. Raidon Kuroda, Yough.
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.
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