WPIAL Class AA wrestlers to watch
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Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | 4:27 PM
Mt. Pleasant’s Dayton Pitzer celebrates after defeating Freedom’s Bryson Miller for the 182-pound Class AA championship at the state meet last season.
Top returning Class AA wrestlers
State champions
Wrestler, School (Yr., Wt., Last year’s record, career record)
Thayne Lawrence, Frazier (sr., 160, 29-3, 96-11)
Dayton Pitzer, Mt. Pleasant (so., 182, 42-1, 42-1)
PIAA placewinners
Joey Fischer, South Park (jr., 106, 38-2, 73-10) 4th
Ryan Michaels, Elizabeth Forward (sr., 113, 43-2, 78-8) 3rd
Ian Oswalt, Burrell (jr., 120, 48-4, 95-14) 5th
Ty Cymmerman, Derry Area (jr., 126, 40-8, 82-14) 4th
A.J. Corrado, Burrell (jr., 138, 38-12, 77-27) 5th
Trent Schultheis, Freedom (jr., 152, 36-5, 76-23) 2nd
Austin Walley, Ellwood City (sr., 182, 36-5, 94-24) 4th
PIAA qualifiers
Luke Geibig, Mt. Pleasant (so., 106, 32-14, 32-14)
Nate Yagle, McGuffey (jr., 113, 28-10, 60-30)
Ed Huehn, Carlynton (sr., 126, 32-9, 93-33)
Conner Redinger, Quaker Valley (jr., 34-10, 73-12)
Kenny Duschek, Freedom (jr., 138, 35-14, 73-24)
Shane Kemper, Burgettstown (jr., 145, 36-9, 69-21)
Riley Kemper, Burgettstown (sr., 285, 36-10, 96-37)
Gerald Comedy, Washington (sr., 285, 28-8, 39-19)
WPIAL champions
106: Joey Fischer, South Park (jr., 106, 38-2, 73-10)-
113: Ryan Michaels, Elizabeth Forward (sr., 113, 43-2, 78-8)
120: Ian Oswalt, Burrell (jr., 120, 48-4, 95-14)
126: Ty Cymmerman, Derry Area (jr., 126, 40-8, 82-14)
106/132: Conner Redinger, Quaker Valley (jr., 34-10, 73-12)
152: Trent Schultheis, Freedom (jr., 152, 36-5, 76-23)
138/152/160: Thayne Lawrence, Frazier (sr., 160, 29-3, 96-11)
182: Dayton Pitzer, Mt. Pleasant (so., 182, 42-1, 42-1)
220/285: Riley Kemper, Burgettstown (sr., 285, 36-10, 96-37)
District 6
Ryan Harbert. Ligonier Valley (so., 132, 26-10, 26-10)
Kyrie Miller, Ligonier Valley (sr., 19-11, 44-29)
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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