PIAA team wrestling tournament: Seneca Valley eases past State College

By: Paul Schofield
Thursday, February 6, 2020 | 9:56 PM

HERSHEY – Seneca Valley used pins by Chanz Shearer (138 pounds) and Antonio Amelio (145) to open a lead, and then got late pins from Liam Volk-Klos (182) and Nick Funovits (220) to defeat District 6 champion State College, 34-29.

The win puts the Raiders (16-2) into the quarterfinals against the top-ranked team in the state, District 11 champion Nazareth, at 2 p.m.Friday at the Giant Center. The Eagles defeated the District 1 fourth-place team, Garnet Valley, 69-3.

A win by Hunter Swedish (113) and a major decision by Dylan Chappell (120) gave Seneca Valley an early 7-0 lead.

A win by Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (132) and the pins by Shearer and Amelio pushed the lead to 22-6. The late pins iced the win for the Raiders.

Seneca Valley 34, State College 29

106: Hayden Cunningham (SC) won by forfeit.

*113: Hunter Swedish (SV) major dec. Bailey Weaverling, 16-4.

120: Dylan Chappell (SV) d. Eric Weaver, 8-2.

126: Carter Weaverling (SC) d. Evan Vetter, 5-1.

132: Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (SV) d. Owen Woolcott, 5-0.

138: Chanz Shearer (SV) p. Clayton Leidy, 2:55.

145: Antonio Amelio (SV) p. Kyle Martin, 5:09.

152: Harrison Hoopes (SC) d. Aidan Hayes, 8-1.

160: Noah Prewitt (SC) d. Caden Leighty, 8-5.

170: Lance Urbas (SC) tech fall Marshall Adamson, 16-1 (4:56).

182: Liam Volk-Klos (SV) p. Ty Price, 3:49.

195: Josiah Lose (SC) d. Patrick Johnson, 2-0 (SV).

220: Nick Funovits (SV) p. Nick Beebe, 5:05.

285: Harrison Schoen (SC) won by forfeit.

* — Match started at 113 pounds.

Records: Seneca Valley 15-2, State College 11-5.

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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