WPIAL wrestling rankings: Dec. 10, 2024

By: Paul Schofield
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 | 8:09 PM

Week 1

Team rankings

Class 3A

Team (record), Last week’s ranking

1. Connellsville (0-0), 1

2. Franklin Regional (3-0), 2

3. Bethel Park (0-0), 3

4. Norwin (7-0), 4

5. North Allegheny (3-1), 6

6. Fox Chapel (1-0), 7

7. Latrobe (0-0), 8

8. Kiski Area (2-2), 9

9. Trinity (2-2), 5

10. Canon-McMillan (0-1), 10

Teams to watch: Baldwin, Belle Vernon, Butler, Moon, North Hills, Penn-Trafford, Peters Township, Plum and Ringgold.

Class 2A

Team (record), Last week’s ranking

1. Burrell (0-0), 1

2. Derry (5-1), 2

3. Quaker Valley (0-0), 4

4. McGuffey (7-0), 5

5. Laurel (7-0), NR

6. Frazier (3-2), 7

7. Bentworth (2-4), 6

8. Burgettstown (0-0), 3

9. Freedom (0-0), 9

10. Highlands (0-0), 10

Teams to watch: Beth-Center, Greensburg Salem, Hopewell, Mt. Pleasant and Southmoreland.

Individual rankings

Preseason

Class 3A

107: 1. Tommy Gretz, so., Connellsville; 2. Beau Fennick, fr., Franklin Regional; 3. Zach Rehak, so., Thomas Jefferson. (PA 1: Brayden Wenrich, fr., Northampton).

114: 1. Nick McGarrity, so., Peters Township; 2. Dyan Barrett, jr., Penn-Trafford; 3. Nolan Rice, so., Connellsville. (PA 1: Emilio Albanese, so., Emmaus).

121: 1. Landon Sidun, so., Norwin; 2. Nico Kapusta, sr., Hempfield Area (inj.); 3. Zach Franks, jr., Connellsville. (PA 1: Dominick Morrison, so., Hatboro-Horsham).

127: 1. Santino Sloboda, jr., Butler; 2. Leo Joseph, sr., Latrobe; 3. Cael Yanek, jr., Moon Area. (PA 1: Keanu Dillard, jr., Bethlehem Catholic).

133: 1. Luke Willochell, sr., Latrobe; 2. Nico Fanella, sr., Indiana; 3. Collier Hartman, jr. Canon-McMIllan. (PA 1: Trey Wagner, jr, Northampton).

139: 1. Kai Vielma, so., Connellsville; 2. Carter Putt, sr., Indiana; 3. Gus Stedeford, jr., North Allegheny. (PA 1: Anthoy Mutarelli, sr., Council Rock South).

145: 1. Rhamil Islamov, sr., Baldwin; 2. Dominic Ferraro, sr., Pine-Richland; 3. Darius McMillon, sr., Peters Township. (PA 1: Tahir Parkins, sr., Nazareth).

152: 1. Evan Petrovich, sr., Connellsville; 2. Thomas Allison, sr., Trinity; 3. Kole Doppelheuer, sr., Belle Vernon. (PA 1: Petrovich).

160: 1. Maddox Shaw, sr., Thomas Jefferson; 2. Lonzy Vielma, sr., Connellsville; 3. Luke Dunlap, sr., South Fayette. (PA 1: Shaw).

172: 1. Bode Marlow, sr., Thomas Jefferson; 2. Mario Hutcherson, fr., Kiski Area; 3. Cole Gibbons, jr., Mount Lebanon. (PA 1: Asher Cunningham, sr., State College).

189: 1. Hunter Snyder, so., Latrobe; 2. Elijah Brown, jr., Belle Vernon; 3. Mark Gray, sr., Kiski Area. (PA 1: Brian Heard, sr. Abington Heights).

215: 1. Jake Conroy, sr., Ringgold; 2. Cooper Roscosky, jr., Kiski Area; 3. Roman Thompson, so. Pittsburgh Central Catholic. (PA 1: Conroy).

285: 1. Shephard Turk, sr., Thomas Jefferson; 2. Roan Tustin, jr., Waynesburg; 3. Ben Lloyd, sr., Mount Lebanon. (PA 1: Dean Bechtold, jr., Owen J. Roberts).

Class 2A

107: 1. Angelo Boni, jr., Central Valley; 2. Clayton Ealy, so., McGuffey; 3. Jack Kondrasuk, fr., Laurel. (PA 1: Chase Karenbauer, fr., Grove City).

114: 1. Bruce Anderchak, jr., Quaker Valley; 2. Javeon Chambers, jr. Highlands; 3. Tucker Main, so., McGuffey. (PA 1: Freddy Bachmann, fr. Faith Christian).

121: 1. Auston Kosanovic, jr., Avonworth; 2. Luca Rosa, jr., Burrell; 3. Jimmy Stivers, fr., Laurel. (PA 1: Joe Bachmann, so. Faith Christian).

127: 1. Antonio Boni, jr., Central Valley; 2. Mason Wright, jr., Beth-Center; 3. Giovanni Beatrice, sr., Derry Area. (PA 1: Gauge Botero, sr., Faith Christian).

133: 1. Cam Baker, jr., Burrell; 2. Drake McClure, so., Bentworth; 3. Anthony Mucci, sr., Derry Area. (PA 1: Jax Forrest, jr., Bishop McCort).

139: 1. Julian Bertucci, jr., Burrell; 2. Brett Klim, sr., Derry Area; 3. Finale Holden, sr., South Park. (PA 1: Brandt Harer, jr., Montgomery).

145: 1. Lucas Barr, jr., McGuffey; 2. Luke Boyer, so., Elizabeth Forward; 3. Aiden Buford, sr., Highlands. (PA 1: Bo Bassett, jr., Bishop McCort).

152: 1. Mason Horwat, so., Derry Area; 2. Jonah Erdely, jr., Frazier; 3. Jack Diemert, sr., Quaker Valley. (PA 1: Reagan Milheim, jr., Warrior Run).

160: 1. Owen Ivcic, jr., Bentworth; 2. Ryan Celaschi, sr., Frazier; 3. Gabe Lilly, sr., Ellwood City. (PA 1: Devon Magro, sr., Bishop McCort).

172: 1. Isaac Lacinski, sr., Burrell; 2. Ewan Olson, jr., Derry Area; 3. Marcus Richey, sr., Quaker Valley. (PA 1: Melvin Miller, so. Bishop McCort).

189: 1. Braedon Welsh, sr., Fort Cherry; 2. Jackson Angelo, jr., Frazier; 3. Brady Brown, so., Derry Area. (PA 1: Adam Waters, jr., Faith Christian).

215: 1. Colin Whyte, jr., West Greene; 2. Luke Boylan, sr., Burrell; 3. Brennan Breisinger, fr., Quaker Valley. (PA 1: Austin Johnson, sr., Muncy).

285: 1. Landon Heath, jr., Jefferson-Morgan; 2. Joe Wilson, jr. Washington; 3. Casey Wilson, jr., Laurel. (PA 1: Mark Effendian, jr., Faith Christian).

Note: “PA 1” denotes PaPower Wrestling preseason No. 1.

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.