Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament moved to Saturday, Sunday

By: Paul Schofield
Thursday, January 18, 2024 | 8:35 PM

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Fox Chapel athletic director Michael O’Brien alerted teams competing in the Allegheny County Wrestling Tournament of a schedule change.

O’Brien said that due to the expected snowfall, as well as multiple school closings, the tournament has been moved to Saturday and Sunday.

Weigh-ins Saturday and Sunday will begin at 10 a.m. with wrestling starting at 11 a.m.

Quaker Valley senior Jack Kazalas and Thomas Jefferson junior Bode Marlow are looking to become three-time champions.

Kazalas won the 121-pound title in 2023 by defeating Chartiers Valley’s Brad Joling, 9-2, and pinned Bethel Park’s Aiden Bench to win the 113 title in 2022.

Marlow decked Pine-Richland’s Mac Miller to win the 152 title in 2023 and toppled Montour’s Peter Chacon, 6-2, to win the 138 title in 2022.

Kazalas is the top seed at 133, but Marlow is seeded second behind Baldwin’s Keith Mincin at 160.

Plum won the team title in 2023 and should be in the running along with Fox Chapel, North Allegheny, Pine-Richland, Quaker Valley and Pine-Richland.

Other wrestlers looking for their second titles are North Allegheny’s Casey Walker (106, 2022), Bethel Park’s Mason Kernan, Bethel Park (120, 2022), Plum’s Owen Campbell (107, 2023), Plum’s Rylan Campbell (114, 2023), Thomas Jefferson’s Maddox Shaw (139, 2023), Pine-Richland’s Spencer Vaughn (189, 2023) and North Allegheny’s Aiden Buggey (215, 2023).

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.